Chapter 4 - The Plan
A few days later.
“Master I…”
“eh, Sakura. Please stop. Just call me John.”
“No, I can’t you’re the dungeon master. And if you want to make a change then I will need your help to make it so. It’s just I’m torn on something.”
“go on.”
“well Master, my energy is low and your energy is low as well. Also you’re not as responsive as you were when we first met. I did as you asked and made a rock eating worm to start to dig so we can escape from the ground. And it has found a green acidic slime that remained on a floor above with a few spiders that escaped when the nest was burnt up. However part of the reason why a dungeon core claims the area is to help restrain and collect the energy and mana.”
John feeling very fatigued says with the equivalent to a yawn “I see, so continue…”
“Master if we leave here I need a body to help contain everything. If I try to make one it will use up most of my present reservoir and then some. By how it feels you would have to give much as well. It appears your energy regeneration is not as great as your capacity. Likewise master I’m fairly certain at this point that because you are my master you and I cannot separate too far. So rebuilding would be slow and potentially dangerous. But escaping here is about as dangerous, because we won’t have much in reserve. Also I can’t take too much from you even with your permission. You’re my master and so I can’t eat you nor can I reclaim my dungeon with that action. Besides I need your information on these new concepts. Especially this thing you talked about called Feng Shui, and these dragon lines or Lay lines. What is this electricity, and the items called batteries? If you can tell me where these things are, then building on them would net me much more than this location.”
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All is quiet.
“Master…” Pause. “Master…. Are you listening to me?”
“Sakura…” john says in pure exhaustion.
“Yes master. Speak and I will listen.”
“No, you clearly don’t listen. Because I said stop calling me master. Just John”
“No Master I told you because you’re the dungeon master I shall call you Master. Also it’s your ideas that will help me rebuild.”
“Maybe I should emphasize obey rather than listen.”
“You can… Master. But should I attempt to rebuild here or build a body to find a better safer place? I was already exposed once to explorers and they nearly killed me once. Bodies for cores are more dangerous than staying safe underground. It could be a good time to escape or shift to another section of the mountain. Didn’t you mention that tunnel you first came out of? Is it a place of power?” Sakura eagerly inquires.
“I’m… So exhausted. You. Should.. just…” John nodded off.
Nudge… Nudge… “Master. Master… I should just… master… huh… So does this mean a spirit becoming dungeon master can hibernate? I know when cores are dangerously low they can enter a dormant state to take in energy at a slower rate without expending much for activity. Master… Will you have more energy to share when you wake up?”
Sakura ponders the potential of females and gifts. It appears as tho men gift attractive females with gifts to impress them and often protect them. Would John do so? Could Sakura get gifts from other pathetic humans if it was a beautiful female or appeared to be? There is also the spiders that are good workers. Maybe silk clothing could be used to elevate the beautiful dungeon lord to new heights and become a Master Trader if the dungeon no longer working as a dungeon but a person. Regardless Master has some wonderful insight into the human world. But how does this recycle idea work?