"Imaginarium activate! Tower shield! Pandemonium activate! Fire storm!"
Imaginarium realized!
Custom Tower shield created!
Pandemonium successfully activated!
Fire storm successfully copied!
Using 50MP to activate the skill in the requested area!
Alexandra and Decarbia were also wreaking havoc in the areas designed for them, but I might've also overdid it by a bit, probably due to being overly excited. At the same time, I tried out many things and found some restrictions regarding the Imaginarium ring.
One of the most obvious ones was the technology restriction. For example, I cannot have it transform into a tank and begin steamrolling over the monsters in the dungeons or a bomber plane that could kill from a safe distance. Why? Probably because on this world the technology tree itself is too far from that, therefore making it impossible to have something that will ruin the game’s balance.
Nevertheless, why did the desert eagles pistols materialized in that case? The answer I came up for that is simple actually: because they were simple sculptures. I had no gun powder or bullets, therefore just the pistols themselves could be considered a sculpture, or an object used in order to aim better.
Since I used attribute infused mana bullets and the pistols themselves were used only as aim assistance, it implied that I could just as well shot the damn things from my hands. However, there was a slight difference that one could notice. For example.
"Pandemonium activate! Wind attribute infused mana bullets!"
Aiming with my right hand at the head of a golem, the bullet easily pierced through and dealt critical damage.
Critical damage inflicted! -790HP
"And now, for the second round... Imaginarium activate! Custom Desert Eagles! Pandemonium activate! Infuse the weapons with wind attribute mana! Down you go!"
*BANG!*
Critical damage inflicted! -1560HP!
There you have it... Hitting the same spot of similar leveled golems, but the damage is almost doubled when using both rings. That makes me think that there might be an augmentation effect. The only problem is that my mana pool is majorly insufficient when compared with the consumption rate.
"Finally time to use my Free Attribute Points. This will be quite hard to decide upon..."
After much deliberation with Mia and some live experiments made on a group of over 50 people (the dungeon diving unit), some things were finally made clearer regarding the use of attribute points. First of 1 STR attribute points gives an increase of 1HP, while 1 END attribute points gives double that amount. Dexterity and Agility did not give any specific things that we could see, however given the Limber skill some of the 'lab rats' we used, is guaranteed to increase movement speed and flexibility of the human (elven) body. The interesting things were the Intelligence, Wisdom and Magic.
Intelligence gave 1MP per each attribute point invested, Magic gave 2MP and Wisdom provided a 0.2% MP regen. Given how there weren't any specifics regarding HP regen, mine and Mia's conjectures were that probably Dexterity and Agility might affect that somehow.
Anyway, after even more deliberation on my part and only when the floor itself was finally cleared of the golems, all three of us directly sat where we were and caught our breath.
"This time it was a lesson for us. We need to keep track of our MP consumption when using any spells or skills. Take your time and like we discussed with Mia, make sure you add some attribute points in Wisdom as well."
[Understood!](D)
[Okay.](Alexa)
After some snacks while waiting for our MP to fully regenerate, I checked the updated Status Pages. Of course, there was some extras in my case, since I was the one catching up from behind.
Name
Decarbia Astor
Name
Value
Name
Value
Job Name
Level
Progress
Race
Demon
STR
100
Magic
230
Demon Elementalist
38
83%
Sex
Female
DEX
119
Charm
125
Age
20 years
AGI
150
Luck
215
World
Underworld (demon world)
END
100
Free Attribute Points +0
HP
2460/2460(+49.2/sec)
INT
230
Ultimate Skill 1
MP
3304/3304(+108.9/sec)
WIS
200
About Decarbia... I could only say that she was absolutely terrifying... all her attributes went passed the 100 mark and she received a new entry called Ultimate Skill about which she said that it wasn't something she was able to talk about. Apparently, beacause of that even with Identify I could't pry open the secrets even if I wanted to...
Alexandra wasn even worse...
Name
Alexandra Greenwood
Name
Value
Name
Value
Job Name
Level
Progress
Race
Elf
STR
101
Magic
201
Hero
27
23%
Sex
Female
DEX
132
Charm
120
Age
18 days
AGI
141
Luck
195
World
Midgard
END
106
Free Attribute Points +90
HP
1799/1799(+44.2/sec)
INT
164
Ultimate skill 1
MP
2287/2287(+99.9/sec)
WIS
190
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Even her said that she didn't want to tell me anything about the Ultimate Skill which made me quite sad. I was literally abandoned by these beautiful but cruel girls. Also, she said that she doesn't want to assign her attribute points as of yet due to the nature of her skill... thing that served only to further increase my curiosity.
Name
Michael Corbett
Name
Value
Name
Value
Job Name
Level
Progress
Race
Elf
STR
65
Magic
100
Elf Lord
28
72%
Sex
Male
DEX
40
Charm
60
Age
25
AGI
52
Luck
70
World
Midgard
END
40
Title 'Kyrie'
HP
1659/1659 (+41.2/sec)
INT
55
Free Attribute Points + 29
MP
1696/1696 (+52.3/sec)
WIS
100
Yup... no ultimate skill for this little one. Also, I was so far away from it, that it made me wanna cry when comparing myself with the two cheats by my side. I will get my revenge sooner or later!
Anyways, I up'ed my Wisdom and Magic to 100 and of course... I didn't get any extra skills for doing that...
"This is discrimination! I want to file a complaint! Bring me the manager here and now and have him apologize! What's with this shitty bugged game!?"
After some complaining and raging, I've calmed down a bit and inspected the Status Page once more. A qualitative improvement, but the sheer amount of attribute points themselves cannot be sold shortly either. After all, with sufficient HP and MP, once can become invincible...
"However, is that sufficient?"
[Master?](D)
"Sorry D... Just talking to myself. What do you girls think? You both saw my Status Page and when compared with yours, mine is a generalized one making me a ‘Jack of all trades’, while Alexandra is focused on damage dealing through magic attacks as well as physical ones... and then there's Decarbia which is an absolute glass cannon focused on dealing magic damage, with quite the arsenal of spells available. When comparing attributes, it's obvious that a specialization is the best option, but for some reason after my Job changed to Elf Lord the stats are quite uniform."
[I think it's better that way...](Alexa)
[Mhm! I agree as well.](D)
"Eh? Why?"
[Well, in master's case, that ability of yours can manifest into anything you wish it to. So for example if you are surrounded by enemies in small cave and you don't have the time to use magic, you can directly use your ability to manifest weapons and fight in close combat. Your attributes allow you to do so, but for myself for example that's practically impossible. So, simply put you have versatility that myself and Alexandra don't have. For example, even Alexandra is good only in close combat and proficient at close and mid-range magic, but ineffective at long distance. You don't have that weakness at all...](D)
"I guess that's true. Thank you D!"
[Hehe!](D)
Thinking further, she might be right actually. With so many possibilities, being specialized would be a bad idea since I might find myself in a bind later down the road in the future.
"Haaah... Guess what will come, will come! Have you girls fully regenerated your MP?"
[[Yes!]](D)(Alexa)
"Good! Let us take a look at the fourth floor then! Be prepared to run if things become dicey!"
[Understood!](Alexa)
[Yes master!](D)
"Good! Let's go!"
The fourth floor was a swamp filled with huts and I began to doubt the earth attribute of the dungeon when I saw Lizardmen hissing at us. A rain of arrows shot from the tall trees put us at a disadvantage, but the Imaginarium protective dome helped us assess the locations of our enemies.
When the Lizardmen saw that they couldn't do anything with their arrows, they took up swords and shields with which they rushed us.
Being so severely outnumbered I didn't dare to play around and experiment, therefore we directly used a combination of skills. First, Alexandra used Great Flood a magic spell Decarbia taught her and targeted the entire ground in front of us. The result? The swamp became a lake, but the Lizardmen didn't seem to be that bothered by it, on the contrary, they were sneering in a very human-like manner at our pathetic attempt to drown them.
Then, Decarbia explained to them through actions, how our plan wasn't drowning them, by using a high-arcane magic called Unstable Current. Electricity discharged from her hands in a terrifying manner, damaging all creatures that had at least one limb in the mana infused water Alexandra created.
To wrap it up I activated the magic spell Clara (the guild master from the demo world) used on the Kobold village, but expanded the number and the width of the tornadoes. That in itself resulted in a huge catastrophe that destroyed the entire floor, even damaged the walls and ceiling of the room. Myself and the girls weren't spared either since the pulling force exerted by five huge tornadoes at once was stupidly strong.
In order to save us from dying from my own skill (I wasn't sure if that was possible or not but didn't want to gamble), I used the Protective Dome infused with two layers of wind attribute mana, which served to negate the pulling force.
"Stop looking at me like that... It was an honest mistake..."
[[Hmph!]]
The pulling force raised the two of them in the air and messed up their clothes quite a bit... including their skirts. Yes, I ogled! Of course I did! It would be an insult not to, in that scenario, right? Why are they blaming me for it?
The aftermath created by the artificial natural disasters was quite terrifying. If used in the world outside of the dungeon, even the World Tree would probably suffer quite severely, therefore I quietly banned the use of overpowered magic in the world outside.
Seeing the weather change in the floor and suddenly raining with Lizardmen and their body parts was... traumatizing. Really though! Is there a need for the realism and gore to be exaggerated this much!?
[Michael, there's one alive here!](Alexa)
[There's also one here!](D)
"On my way!"
Using Identify, I could see that one was a regular monster, while the second was the Boss...
Name
-
Name
Value
Name
Value
Job Name
Level
Progress
Race
Lizardman
STR
59
Magic
27
Lizardman Soldier
17
32%
Sex
Male
DEX
94
Charm
15
Age
10 years
AGI
98
Luck
54
World
Midgard
END
63
HP
1830/1830 (+82.2/sec)
INT
45
MP
620/620 (+7.01/sec)
WIS
36
Skill List Name Level Proficiency Fleet of foot ??? ???
Name
Krola
Name
Value
Name
Value
Job Name
Level
Progress
Race
Lizzardman
STR
82
Magic
63
Stone Golem
20
93%
Sex
Female
DEX
108
Charm
90
Age
10 years
AGI
136
Luck
120
World
Midgard
END
79
HP
2630/2630 (+82.2/sec)
INT
85
MP
862/862(+15.2/sec)
WIS
73
Skill List Name Level Proficiency ??? ??? ???
A named boss and skills I couldn't use Identify on. I felt like I should just make a run for it...
Seeing how the regular monsters of this floor were already between 15-18 Level, while the Boss was 20... no matter how overpowered the three of us were, is very likely that we won't be able to pass through the 5th florr.
"It's understandable though. Even in games a party had at least 5-6 people that were on different positions. For the three of us... basically three mages, with no heal, no tank, no kiter, a truly shitty party that could be used to dive dungeons."
"Let's take a look at the loot and we'll take a break for our MP to regen. D, what did we get from the third floor?"
[Mostly ores... in huge amounts. Besides that, there are five skill books separated like master said: 4 skills and 1 Job change.](D)
"What sort of skills?"
[Earth affinity deffensive skills.](D)
"That would be good for Claudia... And the Job change one?"
[...](D)
"Hmm? What is it?"
[...Stonemason.](D)
"...how... appropriate... Anyway, I'm planning to have Claudia and Laurence join us in the future when we're dungeon diving like this, while the rest will keep grinding. Also, given that we have more priests, Alice would joins us as well. It would be best to be properly prepared for whatever we might encounter deeper downstairs."
[I agree. But for those three, their levels aren't very high...](Alexa)
"It's alright, as we will help them increase their levels. With the skill books that we have found so far, we can improve their fighting ability, while their free attribute points will force them down the 'specialized' route, just like the two of you. Claudia has a defense related Job, so her participation would assist big time and Laurence is heavily focused on Agility and Dexterity, with some of Alexandra's skills regarding leadership, so he can be both a damage dealer and a kiter. Basically, we have a tank and a hunter, while Alice will be the healer. I can be any position really, while the two of you will be the damage dealers. Hmm... that's actually a good team composition..."
[Michael... do you think...](Alexa)
"Huh? What? Do I think what?"
[Big sister Mia. Do you think we can bring her along?](Alexa)
"Eh!? Why? It's dangerous and she isn't a fighter... she doesn't even have a Status Page..."
[But... it's obvious that she would like to join us whenever we tell stories of the dungeon expeditions...](Alexa)
"Is that so?"
[Mhm!](D)
"..."
Seeing even Decarbia agree and given that she joined only recently, I can only scold myself for being that pig-headed and unable to notice...
"Well, she's the smartest among all of us. Having her around might prove life saving later on. But if we do that, she stays at the back with you two and Alice. And we can bring her along only after we assess the difficulty of a floor. I don't want to get caught by surprise and lose any of the people in our camp... We have fewer people than I would like and losing anyone would be a huge cause of grief for our camp."
[Mhm!](Alexa)
[I am sure Mia will be delighted once you give her the news.](D)
"Nah... I will let you girls do the honors. After all, it was your idea. Is that a Job change book?"
[Yes... however, the mana flowing out of it gives me a sense of despair and coldness.](D)
“Let’s see... Holly fuck! It’s a Necromancer Job!”