Waking up that morning with a plan. I set about my normal morning rituals. Aerobics then some light sparring with alexis a few minutes of target shooting. Run through each of my offensive spells from my hoverchair. Pop up my defense spells. melly and amelia helped me with my shower and getting dressed. Breakfast would be at school.

With a hum. And a skip to my step. I hurried through my morning body armor setup. Hopping into my extremely comfy hoverchair i boot up the system run a diagnostic on it and connect to the mananet.

I even paid a little extra for this outrageous vehicle. For instance… it stimulates muscles while sitting in it… keeping me toned. Has massage functions and monitors my health in addition to everything else..

I almost went overboard and got the toilet option…. However some reason even knowing it will clean me up with magic.. I just thought that is seriously to lazy. I never asked my bodyguards if i should get it… i am sure some would have said yes because i would have been in the armor the whole time… but they are all women… even if i do not have privacy when i go to the bathroom. It is still better then. Knowing the guy you are guarding. Poops in the chair he stays in all day long..

That is just one question i am not sure i ever would want to ask… and seriously do you want your guards thinking about which is better for you.  While guarding you at night… i do not want. Them thinking about my bathroom habits..

However you the reader if you want to know…… shiver that is scary.

Looking around seeing everyone is ready. I walk around one last time and give the girls who are sleeping a simple touch on the forehead and a kiss goodbye… there not my harem.  However this was a habit i started when i was a child… and i believe it brings me closer to them. So i never stopped it… then the night staff and the morning staff leave with me and head off to the cafeteria. Running on time. To be honest the staff are literally running..

 We are not running behind at all infact we should be early… the run is only about 20 minutes. However this is another habit we started. If it is a holiday i am allowed to run with them. Because all the bodyguards are with me and my hoverchair follows along behind us. But when it just the 12 guards melly and i. I ride along in the hoverchair.

Unlike when i was in the army.. We do not run in columns. Instead we run… i should say they run with me in the center. In a kaleidoscope formation. Now i could go into everyone's positions and why but i'll keep it brief. Rogue or thief in front looking for mechanical traps. Followed by someone with the ability to see magical traps.. To each side someone also on the outer edges with some ability to share those detection skills. The skilled tanks run the closest to me. Combat medics slightly behind they often double as something else depending on what talent is with me.

Mages slightly in front or behind. Team assault crew such as mechanical heavy weapons on the outer ring. There is magical version of that.

Like i said the formation is a Kaleidoscope that changes daily and with slight changes every year as new bodyguards are added.

Now there are more powerful teams of bodyguards out there… after all there more powerful clans and even nobles.. However I think my team while an extremely levelheaded team is going to become a powerhouse of their own. 

We are also not the most militant crew… there are some that are straight out of the army protecting some generals son or daughter. back in my old life in america we called them contractors.. But we are definitely an elite crew. With my hoverchair i am able to act as artillery. Also with space magic i am able to drop quite a few mobs that have been upgraded to the highest ability.

Arriving at the cafeteria… greetings are said by all… my favorite morning waitress is there settling breakfast down on our regular table. I see a few cousins arrived before me. Already digging into the food. The rogues do a sweep of the table and a serious check of poison, nothing new here. Looking around i notice other nobles and clan heirs guards, who have done the same…. I know i have reasons to be paranoid but what the do they need to be so matter factly paranoid for. My cousins even know poisoning me won't do anything… we just check to make sure because this particular could embarrass me.

Not that my cousins would embarrass me… that whole protect the clan heir to save face thing. means even if they hated my guts nothing in public. This was more encase a rival trade group, got their hands dirty.. Currently my knowledge from a briefing this weekend directly from Karen. said i should not have anything to worry about in this regard by rivals.

This is to be my last year at the academy… While Karen is getting older. I should still have quite a few years left before i get stuck in a office. This will probably be my only few years i can go on adventure. Meaning i still need to read local news, inner house memos. Even if i am currently not directly in control i need to know what's going on. Currently negotiations who we have trade agreements with. 

I often catch up on this news while eating, stuffing my face as fast as i can… in the morning while reading on a holoprojector.. I have no table manners, it scrambled eggs, with everything diced up and added in. so i can eat with a spoon and not look at my plate, toast to wipe the plate afterwards.

Looking up, i notice taylor is sitting with us, with her guards at a table at her back..She eating breakfast while chatting with melly.

She actually has more guards then i do. But she only brings a few to school. And only one stays with her in school the rest of the guards meet her at the gate when leaving school.  

The night guards came over to me after their dinner, my breakfast....Received there kiss on the check. Then went off to the dorm we share.

Thankfully she left me alone while i read up. Calling out a morning to taylor. I inform one of the guards that attends the same morning class as i. That i will be writing memos to karen. Buttoning up the hoverchair so i am not distracted. I inform karen of my ideals. Current plans and such.

Melody drives me to class. Taylor hops off the nose of my hoverchair. I had not even know she had hopped on. She simple just rode my chair to class. Then settled into her seat. While my chair parked itself. Before class starts melody. Pulls up some prices of proper military trainers… in reality they are contractors. The basics… of what we plan and how i plan to do it. with the numbers i had not provided.

With the instructor coming into class. I unbutton my hoverchair and settle in for another day of growth.

After the days morning classes are done and lunch has arrived.. Taylor and her guards join us at lunch. The lunch waitress smoothly added a little more length to are table and chairs..my evening guards eat their breakfast while I eat my lunch.

This is also the most rambunctious time of the day for me… invites to attend local parties from nobles and other clans are often passed along here, excuses are often made here.

I also often invite many commoners who show promise, or try hard in class to attend lunch with me… sometimes i talk, sometimes it just a free meal for them. Or they talk to my bodyguards. There no setting order here. This is probably the funnest time of the day for me. It is also some of the most stressful time of the day for me.

 That female heir from the fishery clan today also sat at our table. she has sat with us a few times. there no alliance or anything like that. We often do not even talk her bodyguards and my bodyguards happen to all be women. It works out quite well.

 While i did refuse her invite. Somehow it turned out okay. She did not take it hard. Bunko is her family name.. Chie is her first name… She is of the mermaid or siren species… she not a long lived species however. I think she is of the mermaid species but she has legs… a quick search tells me that this is normal for a subspecies.

 A young noble sees taylor at my table… And Bunko. Then Amelia, Melly, and my bodyguards. Only bunko men are at the table and a few commoners… which just happens to be all females today… rather surprising considering how popular sitting with so many beautiful girls is.

Wondering over with his men. Bodyguards… I notice how high the quality of their armor is..

I am getting worried. Only a few of my bodyguards have powerful magic to harm them.

We do have a high quality team. Most of my bodyguards are still young adults. There are older more powerful people out there for example this male walking up like an antaganist… one reason why Karen spends so much on me having bodyguards. Even she only has a few guards compared to most.

You could say my bodyguards are full of overwhelming talent..tempered by just a little experience. Smart practices and habits. And cool heads.

There is always people with more power than you at the current time. Hello there Taylor calls the Young noble… I notice that several other young nobles, clan heirs have followed him. Surprisingly there are quite a few females included.

Taylor looking up. Hi Travis as you can see I am having lunch with my friends… does your family need to talk to my family. i can pass a message on if you could not get anything through official channels.

Travis replies no… As far as i am aware the arrangements for our wedding is being negotiated.

Wow, congrats Travis.  Cutting in mike replies. You are a lucky guy. She got a head on her shoulders for business… Your family whatever it does or is. Will probably see more success with her helping you make deals..

Travis looking a little bewildered at me… who are you girl…. Ahhh haaa i am sorry travis as pretty as i am\, still a guy… elf you know… I am a friend of taylors. Please do not hit on me, it so awkward to turn a man down when they confess. Blushing and putting my hands over my face.

Hey mike as much as Travis said we are in negotiations… He not trying to marry me. In truth he is trying to arrange where i am his mistress. Oh pondering this new information… your value is way higher than that… you should at least be a legal wife with full rights to run your own business separate of his bank account.

Travis you have really undervalued taylor here.. Not only that she is a noble… i am not sure who you are. But isn't that disrespectful to her family. Is your family in a high enough position to look down on other nobles.

Shut your mouth you trap...She should be lucky to be my mistress… another word from you and i will kill you where you stand. Instantly melody put a holographic sight on Travis who boldly stood in front of his. Bodyguards… My bodyguards were out of there seats with bloodlust… to a surprisingly degree. Looking behind this man's guards, I noticed taylors guards were entering the back of the cafeteria… how did they get here so quick the conversation only went on a few seconds… a guard of Taylor's must of signaled for back up as soon as travis entered the cafeteria.

Did this mean there was bad blood between the two of them..Mike taylor called. You do not need to fear this man. His house is not that much higher than my own. Only two steps.  I would not lead you wrong are families are tied to each other.

Wait A minute taylor. You are taking shit from this arrogant ass… why… you could have simple assassinated this moron. With no connections to you if you felt like it.. Why am i even verbally sparing with this brain dead magic knight and his overpowered henchmen.

As a noble you could challenge him. Slaughter his ass and use him as an adjunct lesson. You shitty commoner, I warned you now i will take your life. As he raised a sword from the sheath on his hip… a bodyguard that was close to him reached and and socked him in the fucking balls.

It was are combat medic as his other bodyguards started to draw blade guns and other such weapons… many of them felt a weapon pressed into there back only the front row were able to clear weapons and they were quickly overwhelmed.

Only a few injuries on my team.. Unfortunately one of the medics… she was quickly healed but she had the rest of the day off to sleep. Some of the academies Guards showed up… a quick recording was made available… however no punishment for either of us. I was actually informed that in three weeks we would have to fight it out in a dungeon.

From what I learned about this duel… we would not be fighting directly… instead the first to delve the deepest into the dungeon with the most cores and return. Would be the winner… this would be based on the quality of mana we received from the corpses of the magic beast we harvested. For instance all mobs on the first 3 floors would not be counted at all. Mobs from floor 4 and on would be. We also would not be allowed a resurrection necklace.

This was a duel… the most people we could bring was 100 people...I was flabbergasted by that number… how was this a duel when you could bring so many experts.

There are a few more rules such as. Bodyguards can only enter the duel at the start… no one who is not currently on academy grounds could be recruited. Looking at the rules i notice that bodyguards can have a resurrection necklace just me and travis could not… that actually made me feel a lot better.. My guards are important to me.

Mobs are allowed. We have two weeks to prepare. Looking at these rules..sigh. Also if we make it to the 8th floor. It is possible we can directly duel… there one spot..where the dungeon path he takes and the dungeon path i take will cross. The next one would be on the 10th floor.. Hiyah that 5 floors higher than anyone has ever made it on my team and friends. It takes to long to get that high… we will probably end up fighting on the 8th floor if i even make it… Ugh… i am not even sure how to plan this…

I only have 17 bodyguards. Plus melly and Amelia…

After school i informed everyone i am headed home… surprisingly A lot of people invited themselves over to my home. Even commoners… honestly i did not have the heart to tell them no… I simple said do whatever i have paperwork… some seemed to be disturbed by this… however Shamelessly the guards invited them over and talked many of the hesitating ones also.

That Afternoon not knowing what to do… i went ahead and rented a place on the outskirts of Rokita, the capital of city of Bastilla the country, the planet of Helionova… One of karen's lackey picked the place.. I had to do it all by email… Apparently Karen also is looking for my old ship.

Barracks for the 3rd tier house troops. Is being made. a med-capsule has been purchased and several Contractors have been employed. to train whoever we pick up off the streets.

The Med-capsule is to improve their body. The contractors is to improve the quality. The local dungeon if going there by bus. Is close by. A few expedition busses like what i have here. will be added to the garage that will be under the barracks..

This is a long term investment… The contractors are also to weed out the no good fiercely.. Only the top 20% get more than 6 months of training. Top 40% will have a job. But only the 20% will undergo continuous training to improve them. That is a large chunk of money. just weeded out my ability to purchase a ship this year and for the next two years.. However all the ships i could afford.. Are to small for the amount of people i would take on board from the start… most of those ships would need additional improvements. Costing additional mana points i honestly don't have.

Doing this by long distance… make me feel anxious. Turning to look around i notice my room is pretty quiet..only a few guards are in here some are sleeping others reading… getting undressed i throw a towel over my shoulder and head to the bath.

A couple of girls i see start to get undress and follow me… slipping into a hot tub… i start to relax some of the girls sit down with me...also relaxing… there is a area on the tub that is a little shallow i use it some times to lay down face down similar to a massage table in older times… within a few minutes one of the girls is next to me giving me a massage… i love this…

I never ask for this. However someone always offers...it to bad i so rarely get this opportunity.

Today the girl goes a little further than i intended but honestly there no reason to stop. i just enjoy myself and try to give her pleasure in return. I quickly fall asleep afterwards.. Right there in the tub… with a smile..waking up in bed a few hours later… i find i have been dogpiled… there are a few in the bed with me… honestly my bed is not that big. Two can fit comfortable three easily but there are four on the bed with me.

Crawling out… i look down it is Amelia, Mellie and surprisingly Taylor and one of the other bodyguards who seems to like sharing my bed from time to time.… none of them are wearing cloths.. Amelia is awake… looking at them i get horny… i crawl right back in...later the other two awake… Taylor turned out to be a virgin.. Lucky me… and i had taken melly virginity two years ago. The bodyguard decided three women was enough and mostly just stayed by and helped our guest enjoy herself.

I am seriously wondering how they got Taylor in my bed naked...But that is just one of those questions i will not ask.

After our rounds of fun. once i am exhausted taylor, vaguely  informs me. you have a lot of guests downstairs many stayed the night.

Looking at the time it is close to dinner… Are cook is cooking dinner. Good i just spent a large portion of my credits. I could afford to take everyone out to eat that day… however it is not like i am currently overflowing with cash.

Getting dressed i go down stairs… there i am greeted with applause… why are they applauding me..There also some good natured jeering and catcalls… looking behind me i see all the girls are waving one hand and two fingers its seven… why.

Whats up with the hands i ask… nothing they all reply… Alexis comes up to me leans in and whispers seven really… tonight i want you.

Then in a normal voice. Your friends have been strategizing and mostly everyone going to take some drones and hit the dungeon here. To make more mobs that are higher quality since no one really has a ship…

i am sure taylor does… Turning to taylor do you have a starship… looking slightly embarrassed she said no… I used to but i gave it back to the family i planned on returning with you. Ah understood no reason to tie up resources…

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And this is the first time i have had a duel. After eating dinner with a voracious appetite… everyone went to a room however as many guest as i had.. I actually had to get them to share rooms and even beds… females in some rooms and the males in others… lots of males got the living room also.

My cook came to me with a large smile.. Very happy with how much i ate… bots where cleaning up dinner.. And dishes.. Grabbing my hand her and Alexis pulled me up the stairs. Taylor following behind.

The next morning i was extremely lethargic. Melly even brushed my teeth for me… while i barely cracked my eyes..i slept right through breakfast and woke up when the teacher did… melody recorded class and i sunk into my hoverchair hit noise cancellation. Pulled a blanket over myself and slept more… melody using a hologram sat in class for me.

Taylor fought for my blanket...she was a blanket hog… snuggling in closer to her i went right back to sleep… at lunch time i woke up. Huh somehow taylor crawled into my hoverchair and slept right besides me… in class...Melody...Don't worry mike we fixed it no one know she in there.

Looking down Taylor had a smile. She really is a small women… no wonder she fit in here. Without further ado… we went to lunch me reinvigorated. And knowing no one could see me i rained kisses down on her. Melody covering for me...Taylor waking up immediately went straight for naughty.

Stopping at the restroom.. Taylor followed me out with the two bodyguards. Quickly we got to lunch table… taylor took her normal spot down the table from me… however she quickly talked to a girl nearby… seeing she was pretending nothing was going on. I started to talk to one of my guards...a few minutes later a girl crawled into my lap...the girl taylor was talking to… Melody had been giving off a holo projection of my lower half with pants on however taylor had stolen them earlier.

This girl with a delighted laugh said melody help me out.. I had to stop eating but i was so hungry.. Remembering the name it was a friend of taylors. Shelly… that girl who beat up those boys. While shelly ate me… my bodyguard feed me with the cute aahs… to say i was blushing was understandable.

While shelly was eating me… Travis returned to bad mouth me… and everyone else…. It was extremely surreal to be getting a blowjob hearing a girl giggle. while several feet away some blowhard was bitching me out… Taylor whispered to a few girls nearby… they in turn whispered to the next person… the whole table was giggling while this dumbass was screeching at them… this time are table had a lot more guards maybe that's why dumbass only bitched out loud while everyone giggled.

Trying to think soon became difficult… Shelly knew what she was doing...Soon i was having trouble not moaning while my guard snickered and kept feeding me. I had to push her hand away a few times so i could breath.

Shelly stopped just as i was about done...melody full holograph curtain… climbing into my lap… hurry up and help me get these pants off..she whispered in my ear…

Stumbling i helped her then she shook off her shirt and bra and reclining my chair… she took full advantage of me… while blowhard got pissed i started ignoring him… My guard stuck her head past the holoscreen… watching us with a snicker. Hurry up the guard said to shelly… No way replied shelly i wanted this for two years. Looking at her i asked did i even know you two years ago?

She said does it matter i knew about you and have wanted you basically since the first time we met. Well true i guess it does not matter… Now focus i heard you lasted seven times with no preparation. Speaking up the guard said just so you know your feeling ill and going home early today… also there a few guest like shelly here that karen's already pre-approved of. They should be coming over the next two weeks before the duel to meet you.

 This is the last semester you will be in school.. Unless you go for college. So take your time enjoy yourself… Alexis has already started the preparations for this duel. Now Hurry up Shelly.

Stop hurrying me i want to take my time… plus it is exciting doing it like this. He needs to eat more..replied the guard...then shelly while riding me talked to the guard… who kept poking her head in….

Bell rang said the guard… damn said shelly i can't take the day off… I was almost there ….tonight looking down at me… sure i replied. By the way how long did you know that Karen gave you approval for me to screw with you… actually i had almost a year and a half. Replied Shelly nonchalantly… you never tried to talk to me that much other than the being generally nice to me just like everyone else.

Well I kinda thought Karen would tell me who to try to date honestly so i never worried about it.. I honestly thought you were a short lived species. Me and taylor pretty much have the same deal. Only i didn't need you there to get it. Finished getting dressed.. Shelly asked how do i look… Looking at her i said innocent…

Laughing she boldly hopped out of the hoverchair blows me a kiss in public then walks off to class. My guard pops her head in and her shoulders… hungry with a plate of food… horny i replied i didn't finish either… ahhh… after we get home i'll take care of it eat first.

Arriving home i check my mail and message Karen i screwed two girl and who they were...Good replied Karen those two i really wanted to see become closer to you. The rest of the friends i can expect to have travel with me. now that family negotiations are finished, i got a dossier on.

To say karen is going full force to set me up is a understatement… two other women are on the list. Of course if they do not get along with me then nothing happens. One is a tauren. The other is a real elf… Neither one of these can i recall ever seeing. Supposedly there here at the academy however both are in college. If i go to college here which i initially planned to do… there is a good possibility of me meeting them without trying to set up a meeting. Both are also commoners.. Middle income families.

They are receiving scholarships. From the family… however are outsiders that Karen came across.

As i was reading this my guard reached in and directly picked me up and carried me off in a princess bride… I thought about complaining but watching the other guards chuckle. I reached up wrapped my arms around her neck laid my head on her shoulder. Fluttered my eyes and said my prince loud enough the majority could hear me…

Watching her blush while the other outright laughed. She kept her promise and i mine.

Alexis talked to me for a bit… then she contacted the city dungeons about some upgrades she specifically wanted for the protoss race… Because of magic swordsman that Travis was she did not feel comfortable having zealots be upgraded with Ai’s she wanted a different solution.

Watching the rest of my money disappear and also several of the guards… plus some i have no idea where it came from…  I was quite sure Karen did not have that kind of currency she did not let money sit around that much before she bought an improvement. Or added to the clans baseline.

Alexis where did that currency come from...Friends she said… friends i asked...who… well Taylor and shelly in fact a lot of the commoners put in quite a bit also. After the dual they need to be paid back immediately. But quite a bit came from them when i told them we needed to buy upgrades. They chipped in…

Did you lead them Alexis… no it was more happenstance… however you have a large pool of friends that you helped since you been here.. And apparently Travis is not liked. Other heirs and young nobles are constantly funneling money…. Some who are just acquaintances we promised to return funds soon after.

Here is a website… one of the commoners made. Pulling up a window… you could see what upgrades i could purchase… i had purchased a exclusive right through the city dungeon. In turn since i was the only customer… for the work he did. In encoding the mana lines… and a few other people who were gifted. We paid a large upfront sum. There are staff members at the mansion who understand this stuff… however they are much slower than the city dungeon or a team of specialist that work with the city dungeon.

There is a projected return on what the upgrade will do and what it does do… for each unit that gets that upgrade. With a graph of how long it will take to repay a person.. Who selects the lend function. Instead of the patreon function. What each know monster on a floor and how long it would take to get that unit up and going.

Life expectancy of a mob…

For those who lend. They can collect and use are mobs on the next trip they take… plus they get the money back…

For those who give directly they get to use are mobs free several times depending on how much they give how many times they get to do it… basically the whole point was after giving or lending they get something in return so they could not hold anything over are heads..down the timeline

Some people who i knew in economics class. Who are not adventures would rent a chair. Form a team with others and spend a weekend on some of the floors fighting mobs in the dungeon. They still took a resurrection necklace....the initial price of a chair and a few buildings was only so much… however what they got to bring out more than made up for it… we also bought back units that did not get destroyed when the weekend was over. All destroyed units the dungeon absorbed. Unless the unit was picked up fast enough.

Some in economics actually rented, then camped in a pretty safe area .. and just built units to sell back to us. Since we basically could do this ourselves… basic units were not bought for much.

However they still spent time making those units which saved us time. In making those units when we went to the dungeon so we never stopped renting and buying from them… they enjoyed a weekend while still making money. It was like camping. actually the best analogy would be hobbiest gold prospectors panning in rivers and such on the weekends they enjoyed there weekends and sometimes made a profit..

The strange hornyness of the girls the last two weeks.. Brought me directly to the entrance of the dungeon… looking over i see. Travis is about to enter he has 100 fully decked out merchs soldiers bodyguards.. Sneering at me he hops into the dungeon with the thin film showing it is a instant. Looking around me, i see we are entering in with a very strange mixed bag of people… There are some of the economic people. Some odd ball students. Several of the people who basically enjoy camping, my guards, the girls melly and amelia are cook. A few combat students Shelly, taylor a grouchy old man who has his grandson with him… they both are carrying a tablet strapped to their wrists.  A massage therapist. A pit crew and driver that was an all girls team...

Chie bunko there with a few older men ….correction very old men… they also have what looks like honolulu shirts… almost no one is wearing body armor… looking at them hehe… they bought the upgraded hover chairs… with the mana filters for cleanliness and toilet function….ahhahaha I don't rent those out.

Strolling over in my own hoverchair. I call out to them hey bunko..These guys have got some nice equipment… with admiring glance… some reason my guards are embarrassed. I immediately hear. No you can not have one.

Looking over to see who said it… i am pinned by quite a few girls faces… looking away into the distance. As nonchalantly as possible.

Alexis reinforces the girls rule… if you do i will inform Karen about that one thing...gulping… i hear the old men cackle…. Got yourself in trouble did you… sighing i look at them and said yeah i was thinking i should upgrade my chair…

The old men chuckling say well from what i hear… if you got one of these some of these girls wouldn't climb in with you chuckling…

Unsure which to be more shocked over my jaw hangs loosely… the fact he knows… or the fact i did not even think about if the girls would stop visiting me… now that i thought about it i wouldn't visit me in a chair if it was a toilet also.

Yoosh i am happy with what i got… a heavy sigh is heard, looking over my shoulder, taylor confidently without dodging. “what i was looking forward to the next time also… but not in one of thoses. Sorry old guys… but i not interested in you either..”

Oh Alexis was just wondering what going on…well it is pretty simple really… we have a lot of help… and we really do not need that many warriors. We just need to funnel mobs up to the next floor after a floor is beaten. Each of these guys forms a team… sets up a base as we go and then moves extra mobs forward while collecting drops.

That why shia and her dad and uncle here. Are going with her. They will set a camp up and simple farm mobs.. Then send extras up with the next group to go to the next level or front lines.

Same with the kid and grandad… they will stay on level two and farm… while upgrading mobs from basic to the second upgrade...each person has a spot.. All you have to do is cruise along…

We also have a lot of initial mobs. So a small wave of 3rd level mobs with a second of basic mobs enters… then we follow those two waves in the busses. The mobs find a location we set up first base. And move along like that.

As we go along some will stop off with a bus and a team and set up there.

First 5 floors are to be hunted. First 3 floors of mobs we give to those who help us.

Floor five we start to really use advanced mobs… and strategy… we build a strong defence base on floor five and six. two teams of six will be on each of those floors… three work on upgrading mobs and defence for the camps 3 go hunting from each camp looking for higher level mobs to attack.

We think we can get through five and six without anyone needing the resurrection necklace.

Seven we prepare for and expect to still lose people… depends on how well we prepared...how many mobs we lose fighting on five and six and how fast lower levels can push advanced mobs up to seven.

However Everyone in the lower levels understands the basics. At least even if they don't know the advance stuff.

Some of the better players are in the middle...we also have roving teams to travel between 4-6 they will gather mobs on those floors and bring them up to us. This is actually what some of the combat guys will be doing since they are not as good with strategy. We the guards actually stay about 4 waves of bots back behind sending in those mob bots. This should clear out the majority of anything on The seventh entrance.. We set up a breach head… heavy defence… a team comes up and makes an advanced base… while the rest of us hang around.

Again gathering a huge wave of mob bots we send them out ahead of us. With a few stealth units… mapping. We may have to do this a few times.. The seventh floor should be a lot tougher than the sixth floor.

We camp out for the night. In the morning we send out a heavy third wave...Gather the elite bots around us and then a smaller wave of advanced bots and start to look around...once we find a spot that is troublesome… we bring up a few teams of advanced strategist… sorry michael you are not that great even if you are the most familiar. With the game.

They dig the trouble out… hopefully they do it without losing anyone. Eventually we clear out 7… then even more slowly than seven we do the same with 8th level. While we maintain control of level seven.

Sounds good. Glad i thought up this plan i say …. Alexis lightly hit me on the back of the head.

Loading up into the trucks … i see raid group form… strangely enough Taylor is the leader … i'm pretty close down there on the list… well whatever…

Looking out the window.. For once i am sitting in a regular seat passenger side of the bus.. I see about 60 advanced zealots and close to 40 advanced terrans followed by close to 100 basic zealots and 200 basic terran marines… above them i see a few protoss observers being dropped out of storage. They surge inside glancing down i notice the map automatically updating.. We slowly start to go in but not before a bunch of hovering vultures speed inside.

The first level is quite large. Easily two days travel by foot. However it is common to travel by a faster mode of transportation. On the first floor…

We plan to travel in the bus the whole way. At least as far as we can, till we meet travis team.

Second level we slow down some… however i can already see my map updating … the teams that planned to be left behind have already done so.

Third level an advanced party took that while we simple slowed down on the way there.

As we go are chain of supply continues to grow. However it is also being reinforced behind us. by some defensive players normally dropping a pylon and making basic turrets...like a cookie trail behind us.

Arriving at level 4… this is where the majority of us fought before almost none of us have gone beyond level 4… Level four will have a large base… 18 players will stay here… this is also were tier 2 building are deployed. This floor takes us several hours to clear more than the other 3 combined. It is also the largest floor we have been on.

Advancing to level five. Is slow and torturous… A lot of mob bots died here… just trying to establish a breach hold… coming out of the stairwell for five is a small village for lesser demons…

While we knew we would run into a small demon town… we did not know it was spawned in front of the tunnel…

After clearing that town we established a camp right there… again collecting are strength.

A wave of reinforcements meets us from the rear… sending that forward. We continue on even as the base in the breech head is being built...fighting constantly  sending each group and sending  directly to taylor who is at the forefront.

Eventually we start to overwhelm the six floor. Arriving at the stair to seven we see a horde ready to meet us..

The fighting was brutal...we kept having to take more bots.

Slowly we made are way to the edge of seventh floor… here we struggled aleix sent special units forward...then many more zealots mixed levels and potential… so that is what the demon will have to fight.

After many waves of mob bots… we move to the breech head of seventh...here we are reinforced with flying units.. There slow to arrive but i am glad for it.

trying to clear the seventh floor… at the start to the eight just mind numbing boring ideal. We rested everyone did.. Letting the Ais keep up with everything going on.

After resting… We still felt there was not enough. Advanced mobs… here i started a whole new base personally.. Others followed my lead… a rambling base was built here. You Could see many players had actually gone to the second tier buildings before with many refineries built and gathering mana directly into mana crystals…

Slowly the number of terran and protoss forces with no upgrades are built. here at the back of the mobs that had gathered. I start to gather Flying mobs. Placing them overhead..not attacking until noon. I still feel the quality and numbers are too small…

It seems Taylor also feels this way she has not ordered and assault yet… Ah she was waiting for the roving units to add to the numbers available.  Slowly the observers take on stealth mode. Going down the stairs.

Funneling down the experienced units mixed with the basic mobs… she sends wave after wave in… here she also broke groups up with different people to try and use the units better before they are overcome.watching the mobs travel down groups watch the units attack Dungeon mobs giving new directions directly from their tablets not placing themselves in danger

Slowly the defenses are broken and destroyed. Here and there mixed in with these combat units are simple construction units. Turning to the left and right of the tide they edge out of the direct path of the combat unit. Here they start to create energy crystals many fail...there are some successes however… even of the success many fail… you can hear people getting excited and groaning as there particular construction unit they were watching succeeded or failed..

One a these energy crystals once constructed. Gave a small radius that empowered nearby units. As soon as a Crystal was built. Heavily armored turret would then be constructed… each set of constructions… was closer to a summoning action… small starts are created… sending balls of plasma. Directly into enemy units… following the attack mobs. Layers of turrets are made. with a simple zig zagging path for which, attack units may travel through.

Slowly the attack mobs are getting crushed however there is a tiny sliver of hope… as we watch… Turrets come online...one after another… as some are coming online others construction is starting…  this battle wave teethers...back and forth… looking at the action i send in my flying units. On the left hand side.

That wedge of hope is growing… Siege units have started to fire into the back of the masses for the dungeon mobs. Stiffening the damage dealt. Grows…. Stealthy terran soldiers with precision guided magic attacks. launch long range attacks that deal massive fire damage…

Terran flying units that are battle wagons… drop heavy laser and magnetically inducted rounds.

Followed by protoss units that deal damage similar to heavy laser. However are automated curses fired in a stream… concentrate on the more powerful units.

Here and there you see massive flying fortresses, Square and block shaped like a hammer cradled in a Cee shape of engines and weapons. Firing off attacks the equivalent of 3 siege engines strolling up to the battle lines.

Followed behind them and slightly higher elevation is a group of bulbous spiked cigar shaped floating levitan's. From which you see swarms of small bots flicker in and out firing lasers and magic blasts to everything they see then fluttering back up into the heavens… swarms of these units randomly pick enemy units and tear them apart.

The dungeons defensive line grows thin… the attrition rate steadily declines.

Watching this we hold our breath waiting to cheer. Thinking we are almost there...Suddenly a large presence strolled into the rear of the enemy's lines. Followed by hundreds of savage hell hounds..ignoring the attacks from the air. They savagely attack the bots ganging up and tearing there way through the lines. Dying in droves all in the meanwhile… still more stream in.. like a carpet of cheap savage monsters specifically meant to destroy my army of bots… suddenly the air is filled with flying imps attacking the air units..it is breathless. Slamming my finger… flying anti air units race up down the tunnel to join. The flying fortresses.

Soon the protoss turrets are flickering plasma bolts and lighting into the sky directly into the imps that form the cloud cutting huge swaths.. Yet there fire is no longer solely focused on the hellhounds and devil dogs… looking for something that could handle these units know what i needed and not seeing them i see someone gathering protoss Zealots… there not enough but it might help. I tell them to send the units straight to the front… Each zealot can take on two devil dogs and with a upgrade two hell hounds…

Dancing with blades on their hands they are the perfect melee unit that we need. Looking for more… and not seeing the anti air platforms that i wanted… i reach into my storage ring and fling out my valkyries…. If only someone made Protoss arbiters.

Shooting into the air they power forwards… i really did not want to use those units… they are fully upgraded… against a swarm like those imps how much damage could they do with so few units. Looking through my storage ring… i find a ground unit that can do some damage against the flying imps...I pull out Goliaths… there still not the best unit but i have more of these… others see me pulling these units out and also send stuff forward out of there storage ring.

Building cheap vultures… i mass them and send them forward also followed by basic marines… who know if they can do what needs to be done… I spend a little more mana however to give them larger ammo boxes.

Churning out cheap units...just to keep up with the dungeon throwing massive waves at us...I wonder if we will be okay… after this we will have lots of cheap units… and nothing truly elite to deal with the powerhouses on this floor. Once the waves slows down and we once more feel in control of the breach. I start to pull units that have somehow through some statistics anonymously survive while gaining experience.. These i pull to upgrade to the max.  

Battle wagons are brought back for repairs.. Turrets lost are replaced.. Marines with spent Ammo boxes return to refill… looking at all those marines.. Each easily carries 3000 rounds...how many bots were lost here i wonder. Simple because they had no more rounds..

Zealots are pulled back to upgrade and heal… the head of area of defense narrows once again only this time they will return stronger. Tanks and siege engines move to a more advantageous position. Get repairs. Or upgrades. I was surprised to see the valkyries. i was certain i lost return for refills some repairs. However of the goliaths only two came back… I sent close to 120 forward and only two came back..

There rifles were twice as big as the most advanced marine could fire harder and faster. Each arm had a crew served heavy weapon. shoulders carried rocket launchers. Heavy armor...slightly less than a tank… only two came back.

It was amazing...They had been gifted with advanced intelligence, true it was the lowest order… but they were smart enough to take cover and fast enough to blaze away… still they were that overwhelmed with hellhounds and devil dogs.

Just thinking about that made me glad i had not been at the front lines...for the rest of that day we could not move forward. We simply did not have enough machines… slowly we built are numbers however so did the dungeon...Are bots built experience.. As the plan was on lower levels and came to the end of level seven. To pile behind are base. get last minute upgrades, then file in between the turrets. To kill some more…

honestly this floor seven was amazing… the pressure was constant the kills racked up. We still had not taken level seven. Only able to establish that breach head. Not even able to collect the massive amount of bodies that was stored there at the front line… actually some of the guards went to the turret lines… to collect the bodies they could find… however each time they did this . the dungeon would send massive waves attacking the line…

They had to scuttle back..recording it was amazing… it was a magic war. That just kept growing in scale… this dungeon was a amazing to just keep throwing demons out with numbers like this.

Taylor received a call. There are one hundred bodyguards from travis team cooling their heels outside of the dungeons instance...did they quit… we wondered… however travis was not seen… wondering what was going on… Taylor sent a order out to lay more turrets down...the rest of the day we spent on laying massive turrets rows down… then she withdrew. All are bots and we backed down the tunnel to level 6 there we gathered everything mobile packed up all the buildings that built bots command centers… and simple drove back all the way to level one gathering everything that was mobile.

Exiting the instance. Would have meant forfeiting. Except.. Not a single person had to use their resurrection crystals..

There i found out they made it to level ten… however a wave elite monsters. wiped them out…

Seriously where is travis i asked… well he did not have a resurrection crystal. The duel was finished.   One of us did not survive the dungeon. Serious how did you make it through level 8 and nine i know you're great but here is what we were fighting…

The mercs started to laugh… oi oi oi that's where all the demons were… we had it easy till we got to ten.. Hahahahaha i started to laugh….without having to compare who had more kills i was able to sell off massive amounts. Of corpses… and paid off fully half of the borrowed income. Getting my own resurrection necklace… many of the same crew that i had just gone in with. Agreed to do it with me again the next weekend.. Only this time there would be more of us. Not limited to just a hundred people.