Before long, we were standing at the bottom of the mountain looking up at the dungeon entrance. It wasn’t too far from the cave I had escaped from. It even looked to be in the same mountain just on the other end of it.

  The dungeon itself was up on the side of the mountain with a sketchy looking trail leading up to the mouth of it. Though now that I was a squirrel, the trail wouldn’t be a problem at all.

  I could only make out one skeleton from this distance. However, Ben said he could see all four.

  “How are you able to see all four? I can barely just make out the one in front.”

  “Its one of my Racial gifts. I’m sure you will get a good one as well.”

  “Ive only discovered one of mine so far.”

  “You will likely get another when you reach level ten.” Ben said dismissively. “Now, are you ready? Ive been waiting a long time to take on this dungeon.”

  “Alright, yeah, sure, but we need to have a plan. Looking at the terrain, it may be best to knock them off that trail. Depending on the aggro range.”

  “Okay, sounds like a plan. Now we can finally begin our adventure!” Ben said while nearly bouncing with anticipation.

  I really hoped this wouldn’t be a problem. Maybe the shrooms would calm him down in a bit.

  “Does that enhance spell work on others?”

  “It sure does. Want me to use it on you?”

  “Sure, but first let’s get closer than ill summon my familiar and you can cast it on him as well.”

  “I really don’t want to enhance a human,” Ben said. “But it is your blessing from the mother tree… So I suppose I can do it.”

  Jason was trying to deal with the squirrel summoning him to another world the only way he knew how. Which was drowning himself in alcohol. He had barely made it out of the liquor store before opening up the bottle of whiskey. The damned squirrel told him they were going to a dungeon.

  A literal dungeon with monsters! And he didn’t even have a weapon. In fact, all he had was a loincloth. And from the way the squirrel was talking, it really didn’t care if he died or not.

  Jason did not know what would happen if he died and didn’t want to find out. And the way the squirrel could order him around was just the cherry on top. Accepting that prompt had been the worst decision of his life. Hearing a siren, Jason turned to see a cop car. They were no doubt going to arrest him for public intoxication. The sad part was he really didn’t care at this point. The car pulled right up to him and the cop got out.

  “What is that you got there, son?”

  Jason didn’t know why he even asked. It was obvious he didn’t even have it in the paper bag. Instead of answering, Jason just took another swig.

  “I know the world is in an uproar with the rapture and all, but the law is still the law. I’m going to have to ask you to come with me.”

  Jason looked over at the cop. He was your typical middle-aged cop and was being professional and polite. Jason had no intentions of resisting arrests. But he sure would try to talk his way out of this situation. “May I ask your name?” Jason asked after taking another swig.

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  “Officer Brown.” The cop said, narrowing his eyes as Jason took another swig.

  “Look officer Brown, I….” The next moment Jason was engulfed in a green light and he was standing on the edge of a cliff. No, he was on the side of a mountain. He was also now holding a handful of mushrooms. All traces of his buzz gone.

  “Oh yeah, I forgot about those.” The squirrel said. “Just set them on that rock there and go get the attention of one of those skeletons.”

  Jason’s eyes widened in surprise as he turned to see two skeletons standing at a cave entrance. His body jerked to obey the command he was given. He didn’t even have time to process seeing two literal skeletons.

  It was an odd sensation to have his body move without him telling it to. He also somehow knew if he started to do the command, then whatever magic that was forcing him to obey wouldn’t intervene. But if he didn’t make any moves or had no intentions of completing his summoner’s commands, his body would do it on its own.

  Placing the mushrooms on the rock, he turned back to the skeletons. His heart was beating out of his chest. He didn’t want to do this. “If you would explain the plan, then I could work with you better,” Jason said.

  “Hold up.” The squirrel said.

  Hope bloomed in Jason’s chest at this. Did the squirrel actually understand him?

  “Hey Ben, go ahead and enhance him. I would rather him not die. I have no idea what will happen to it.”

  The next moment, the rabbit glowed, then Jason had the golden glow coming off his body. He instantly felt lighter and stronger. Though the skeletons had weapons, and he was basically naked.

  “Alright go get em boy. And do try an not die.” The squirrel said.

  Jason turned back to the skeletons. “This is insane!” If someone told Jason he would be summoned to another world to fight skeletons for a squirrel and a fluffy white rabbit, he would have told them they were crazy and laughed in their face. He would much rather be in the back of officer Brown’s car right now.

  Jason crouched low. He had two orders get the attention of the skeletons and don’t die. He was now thirty feet away, and the skeleton made no moves to indicate they knew he was there.

  There were four of them. If there were four outside the dungeon, he could only imagine how many were inside. He hoped there were just four. Jason couldn’t see into the entrance as it was too dark. He could only pray that the rabbit and squirrel had something up their sleeve. The rabbit did cast magic, after all. Grabbing a rock, he readied himself to throw it at the closest skeleton, praying he would gain the attention of just a single skeleton.

  The rock flew straight through the skeleton’s chest, somehow missing all its ribs and hitting the one behind it. That one happened to have a bow.

  “Oh, shit.” Jason said as he turned to run back towards the squirrel. He only made it a few feet before an arrow stuck him in the back. The pain was intense, like nothing he had ever felt before. He screamed in pain as he fell. Out of the corner of his vision, he saw the squirrel and rabbit both take off back down the trail.

  Jason didn’t have a chance to think about this before he was being hacked to pieces by three skeletons. He kicked and screamed, but it did nothing. The skeletons didn’t care what part of him they attacked first. They just continued to hack at him and all Jason knew was pain.

  Jason was screaming even as light engulfed him and he reappeared back on the sidewalk with the bottle of Jameson still in hand. He continued to scream bloody murder for a good several seconds, completely unaware of the strange looks he was being given. Suddenly, he realized he wasn’t in any pain. And he simply stood there, eyes wide.

  “Did I just die?” Looking around, he noticed the cop was nowhere around, though there were several people looking at him. One person even looked to be recording.

  He then quickly began walking back to his apartment. At some point, he realized the bottle in his hand and he took several long swigs. He was only a few blocks away from his apartment complex now. He was shaking as he kept thinking about the skeletons hacking him apart. The pain. He would never forget the pain. Several more gulps from his bottle, and he heard a siren. “Oh, come on.” Jason exclaimed. His apartment was just right there.

  The same cop stepped out of the car. Jason nearly laughed. He could only imagine what the cop was thinking after he just vanished..

  “Son, I…”

  Jason didn’t get to hear what the cop said as he was engulfed in green light again.

  “Okay, well, that went terrible.” The squirrel said, “I take complete responsibility for that one. My orders were a bit vague. Also, there’s a weapon for you.”

  Jason looked down at where the squirrel pointed. It was a large stick that resembled a baseball bat. “This time, I want you to knock the skeletons off the edge.”

  “Please, don’t make me go back up there.” Jason pleaded.

  “Yea, I really need to teach you how to talk. Alright, let’s get a move on. My mana is depleting as we speak.”

  A few moments later, Jason was crouched at the same place as he had been when he threw the rock. Spotting the one with the bow, he narrowed his eyes. That’s the one he needed to watch out for. If he got hit by an arrow again, he would likely die.

  He did not want to do this, but he didn’t have a choice. He would do better this time. At least he had a club to fight with. Just having something in his hands made him feel much better.