Congratulations Dungeon Core!
* You received the following Frameworks via Absorption:
* Pure-Touched Slimeling (Purified Ooze Variant)
Obu looked over her new monster and nearly squealed in pleasure again but from the way her father had winced the first time she had done it she tried to curb her excitement. It was so cute! Even her father, with his penchant for loving all things ugly, had to concede that the slimelings were a unique brand of jiggly condensed cuteness. She was almost mollified enough that she could forgive her father for wandering off and getting himself into danger without telling her.
The knowledge that he was perhaps the strongest wielder of magic in this new realm wasn’t enough to completely overpower her concern for him. He was old, at least in goblin years, though she could tell he had been revitalized in the last week or so. That didn’t mean he could just run around getting into fights! She caught herself before she began ranting again.
Instead, she turned her attention to the cavern that her father had discovered. It was a fascinating place, natural, yet not in other ways. Now purified by her father’s flames the inherent power of the place was waking up. There was actually a hole drilled straight up providing natural light into a central space of dirt. She could see the remnants of plants, now burnt to ash as most of them could not handle being purified.
She let her power wash over the space even as her father helped to herd the animals back outside with the Forest Lord’s help. She put their conversation out of her mind as she found a bright and shining spec within the loam. There, in the center of the patch of dirt, was a seed. On instinct, obeying her nature, she flooded the seed with Aether. Almost immediately, it sprouted and she received a System message.
Congratulations Dungeon Core!
* You received the following Frameworks via Absorption:
* Purified Thalvyran Maple (Psuedo-Divine Maple Variant)
“Interesting, I did not think there were any of the old nature god’s trees left. Treasure this gift, Dungeon Core. You will not find many things like it in this world but perhaps there are more hidden in the filth of corruption. I would caution you against spawning any more. I doubt you have the Aether or Potential to do so. However, that being said…”
* The Administrator
Congratulations Dungeon Core!
New Quest Given!
[Cultivate The Divine]
Type: Chain, Unique, Ongoing
Step 1: Claim the area around the Purified Thalvyran Maple
Step 2: Protect the Purified Thalvyran Maple from further corruption (Ongoing)
Step 3: Purge the remaining corruption from the area (Ongoing)
Obu looked over the message incredulously. That little sprout was some pseudo-divine tree. Apparently, it was some leftover aspect of some divinity that fell to the corruption before being purified. Now she had a quest to protect the growing tree and even claim the area around it for her Dungeon. She sighed, she would need her father’s help for this.
“Dad? I need your help with something.” Almost immediately, her father turned his attention to her and she felt his attention like a ray of sunshine. His obvious care for her shone clearly through their bond.
“What yousa need den Obu?” When she told him he simply nodded and began to stump his way back into the cavern from where he had been directing the newly released animals back into the forest. The slimelings had remained in the cavern, wandering aimlessly around, and he had to move some of them out of his way with his staff as he made his way to the spot she directed him to.
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“‘Ere den?” He asked, pointing to the wall on the other side of the patch of dirt. She gave her ascent and he carefully pried one of her subgems off her staff and placed it into the stone, commanding the stone to part for him as he did so. It still felt uncomfortable but it would be necessary to make sure this place remained under her control. She would need to be nearby to make changes but it stabilized the area so that it didn’t disappear once her father took her somewhere else.
Congratulations Dungeon Core!
New Quest Given!
[Creating a Hidden Floor]
Type: Chain, Unique
Note: Hidden Floors are separate from the main Dungeon but still connected in some way. Hidden Floors may only contain a number of Rooms equal to the Dungeons Alphabetical Rank. Current Rooms allowed = 1
Step 1: Choose an Environment for your Floor
Step 2: Choose a Monster Type for your Floor
Step 3: Choose a Trap Type for your Floor
Step 4: Complete the Central Room
[Cultivate The Divine]
Type: Chain, Unique, Ongoing
Step 1: Claim the area around the Purified Thalvyran Maple [Completed - Reward +200 Xp]
Step 2: Protect the Purified Thalvyran Maple from further corruption (Ongoing)
Step 3: Purge the remaining corruption from the area (Ongoing)
If Obu could have blinked then she would have at the newest Quest. She could have a Hidden Floor?! Completely separate from the rest of her Dungeon?! That was great! Her Core thrummed with excitement, enough that Dug looked up at her quizzically. She was much to engrossed though to give him much more than, “I got a Quest!” which he seemed to accept with equanimity.
Having a Hidden Floor took so much of the pressure off of her to experiment. In fact, she could do so now with this first Room. She breathed in deeply before sending it out in an explosion of Aether. The wave coated the walls and she began to consume. She ate away at the walls of the central cavern till it formed a rough circle some 300 goblin feet wide and some 150 goblin feet tall until the stone formed a dome with the original hole in the center that continued for some distance.
She kept stone pillars to help support the stone above since the hole itself was actually quite large. She would need to protect that rather obvious entrance into her supposedly hidden Floor but she could determine how to do so later. After finishing with the room’s dimensions, she expanded the dirt circle by eating away at the stone of the floor and then replacing it with rich loam which was actually just a whole lot of ground-up earth and minerals.
She made sure to make a note of the earth’s exact composition because if it was suitable for a pseudo-divine tree it was most likely suitable for any other plants she encountered. With that done she began to plant the various vegetation she had found outside, creating a rough interpretation of what she had seen outside. When she was done, she accepted it and watched as the System helped tweak it into the Temperate Forest Biome she had received when she had Ranked up to F(2).
After that, choosing a Monster Type was easy as the Slimelings were already present and accounted for. They happily slid their way into the forest of still-growing trees as the Aether-infused vegetation exploded with growth. She chose Environmental Traps immediately and designated two of the trees currently growing to be partially weak so that if someone walked nearby they would fall toward them.
When she came out of her creative fugue she found Dug staring at the cavern-turned-forest in irritated awe. “Dat notta fair,” he said simply and she burst into giggles even as she heard the ping of the System tell her she had completed Steps 1 through 4 of her Quest. She was distracted from looking at it though by a voice addressing her from her old Dungeon. “Hey, dad? Can you take care of things here for a little bit? I think Razum wants to talk.
Dug just waved dismissively, though Obu could sense he was happy that his children wished to talk with each other. “Yes, yes, isa can do dats. Go an’ ‘ave fun wid your bruddah.”
She sent him a mental hug and transferred her conscious attention to her main Dungeon where her brother was waiting. She wondered what he wanted to talk about.
End of Chapter System Messages:
Congratulations Dungeon Core!
* You have completed the Quest [Creating a Hidden Floor] as shown below!
[Creating a Hidden Floor]
Type: Chain, Unique
Note: Hidden Floors are separate from the main Dungeon but still connected in some way. Hidden Floors may only contain a number of Rooms equal to the Dungeons Alphabetical Rank. Current Rooms allowed = 1
Step 1: Choose an Environment for your Floor [Completed - Reward +100 Xp]
Step 2: Choose a Monster Type for your Floor [Completed - Reward +100 Xp]
Step 3: Choose a Trap Type for your Floor [Completed - Reward +100 Xp]
Step 4: Complete the Central Room [Completed - Reward +100 Xp]
Congratulations Dungeon Core!
* You have enough Xp to ascend to Level 15!
Warning! Dungeon Core has reached the Level Cap for Rank F(3)! To begin advancement to Rank F(4) please ascend to Level 15 immediately!
* For completing Quests you have been rewarded 400 Xp!
* 400 Xp from the Completion of [Creating a Hidden Floor]
* Error! Experience Acquisition will be put on hold until the Dungeon Core Ascends to the next Rank.