Empoy yawned as he stepped out of his shack. Another day, another dungeon.
Well… technically, it wasn't his dungeon. The guild insisted he go with a team this time—"to keep him in check," they said.
Empoy muttered under his breath, "Check me? Please. I trip over rocks and monsters fall down. That's my whole system."
The Guild Team
His team today:
Kiko, the swordsman with way too much drama.
Lina, the nervous mage who kept muttering "I hope we survive…"
Bram, the silent archer, mostly avoiding eye contact.
The guild receptionist handed them a mission scroll:
Mission: Clear the Forgotten Dungeon, investigate strange activity, report monsters.Difficulty: HighReward: Enough to pay for the village's annual festival
Empoy looked at the scroll. Then at the team. Then muttered, "High difficulty… huh. Sure. Sounds like a Tuesday."
Dungeon Entrance
The dungeon entrance was a yawning cave with jagged stones. Faint glowing symbols lined the walls—clearly magic, clearly dangerous.
Kiko jumped in place. "This is it! Our first real dungeon!"
Empoy sighed. "By 'real' you mean 'probably going to get eaten.' Got it."
They stepped inside. The air was damp and smelled faintly like rotten eggs. Somewhere, something growled.
Lina whimpered. "I—I think that's the monster."
Empoy casually pulled out his bag of tinkered devices. "Don't worry. I brought… um… my tools."
The Monster Appears
Deeper in the dungeon, a massive stone golem emerged. Its body was roughly three times Empoy's height. Its eyes glowed red. The floor shook with each step.
Kiko yelled, "Charge!"
He tripped almost immediately. Lina tried a fireball spell—completely misfired, hitting the ceiling instead. Bram's arrow bounced off the golem's stone hide.
Empoy sighed. "Step aside. It's my turn… quietly."
He arranged a few small mana-thread traps along the floor. Attached his compact coil generator. Placed one reinforced blade as a pivot point.
Then he tripped on a loose stone—accidentally activating all of them at once.
Sparks danced along the traps. The golem staggered, caught in a mesh of invisible mana threads. A mild electric pulse from the coil left it twitching.
The team stared. "Did… did he just—?"
Empoy dusted his hands. "Yeah. Totally planned. Nothing to see here."
The golem, dazed, toppled backward and collapsed with a deafening thud.
Guild Misunderstanding
Back at the guild, staff were losing their minds.
"How… HOW did he do it?!" one shouted.
"He tripped over a rock…" muttered another, confused.
"TRIPPED?!" the receptionist yelled. "He… he defeated a stone golem by tripping?!"
Empoy walked in casually, holding his bag. "Morning. Dungeon cleared. Monster gone."
The receptionist blinked. "Explain yourself!"
Empoy shrugged. "Accidents. Devices. Luck. You know, background character stuff."
Kiko gasped. "I witnessed it! It's impossible!"
Empoy muttered: "Officially impossible. Keep it quiet."
Villagers Take Notice
News of the dungeon cleared reached Bran Village by evening.
The villagers whispered in awe:
"Empoy… he's doing it again."
"The extra… is stronger than any hero we've ever seen."
"He does it quietly… we'll never know how he does it."
Empoy returned to his shack and checked his devices, quietly smiling.
Quiet life… slowly becoming legendary.Accidental heroics… keeping the world safe without anyone officially noticing.
Lightning flickered faintly across his fingertips as he adjusted his mana-thread circuits.
One day, they'll understand. But not today.