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Well, that certainly wasn’t what I expected!
But then again, I suppose the Blazesmith is just following its orders and guarding its assigned room against all-comers, rather than abandoning its post to chase after the red choplet, deeper into the dungeon.
It’s extremely funny to me to make a chicken-based petrifying monster when a cockatrice already exists. Excellent stealth punchline.