“So what do I get for completing your ‘quest’?” Kai asked as he dropped on his place on the last room of the dungeon.
“You already got it, just open your menu and you will see it.” Isis’ voice came from the armlet without her doll body appearing.
‘Status.’ Kai said on his mind.
Name: Kai
Race: Canine Dungeon
Boss Level
04
Minion Level Range
01-04
Dungeon Points
322
Rooms
02
Minions Number
6-12
Deaths: 0
Kills: 85
Minions Races
Wild Dogs
Wolf
Dungeon Skills (Hide/Show)
Boss Skills (Hide/Show)
“So I leveled up and got 50 extra DP… and the number of minions I can have now doubled.” Kai said as he looked at his stats. “Can’t you take the number of kills away? It will starting adding up or couldn’t you change it to be only for strong or important opponents?” He asked after looking at his stats for a while.
“Well, that was something I have been discussing as well… and some others players did start talking about it entering the view over and over again, so it might soon change, though I’ll still need a few days to think over it.” Isis said. “I’ll be going now, I have a few things to discuss, I hope you like your game experience from here onwards!” She said and Kai sighed once more before dismissing the box and going to sleep since night had already fallen once he returned back from delivering the girl to the village.
***
“Daddy, Mommy. I’m back!” Laura shouted as she opened the door of her small house at the Spring Peak Village.
“Laura!” Her mother shouted as she quickly run to embrace the little girl. “Are you okay? You’re not hurt anywhere, right? What happened to you?” Her mother quickly started to bombard her with questions as she looked all around the girl’s body.
“I’m okay Mommy.” She said. “Mommy, look, I found these on the forest!” She said passing the handful of herbs she had taken from Kai’s dungeon.
“These are healing herbs… kid, why did you go there to take some? And you walked alone!” Her mother said still looking for injuries at her body but finding nothing but she did found big holes on the back of her dress and it made her eyes go wide because of the size of the holes. “What happened to you? Tell me everything!” She said as she sat before the girl.
Laura was about to start telling her mother the story when the door was open and a man entered the room, he was a bit down as he looked at his wife.
“I couldn’t-” “Hi Daddy.” “Hi honey.- find…” He said but stopped to look at the small girl that was sitting on a chair before his wife. “Laura!” He shouted and hugged the girl just to ask the same questions her mother had asked.
“You see… I walked to the forest to get some healing herbs because Daddy said that it would help Mommy with Ruan‘s illness…” She said before she told them the full story where she found the herbs just to be chased away from some animals then the other part about the lizards and last she told them about Kai. “... and then Mister Wolf brought me to the edge of the forest, he was kind, even if he looks dangerous he talked with me, even though he was mean…” She said a bit dreamy as she remembered the touch of Kai’s fur.
“So… this Mister Wolf, as you said, was what protected you from the lizards… but wasn’t he the one that made the lizards to appear in the first place?” Her father asked as he looked at the girl.
“No! Mister Wolf is the Dungeon Boss, and his dungeon only has wolves! I saw them working, they were really cool and organized.” She said puffing her cheeks.
“Wait dear, you’re losing the whole point here.” Her mother stopped her husband as he was about to talk. “You said that Mister Wolf was a Dungeon Boss, right?” She asked and the girl nodded her head. “Honey, there are no bosses inside dungeons. Only a red crystal that birth monsters.” She said as she looked at the girl.
“No Mommy, Mister Wolf said he is the Boss, and I believe in him. He was bigger, scarier and the others would follow all of his orders! He even talked to me.” She said getting a bit mad then she remembered a small detail. “Mommy, you said that dungeons have a red crystal… Mister Wolf has one on his head.” She said gesturing to her forehead.
The parents looked at each other before they gave up reasoning with her and decided to act as if all that the girl said was the truth because they could see that she wouldn’t stop talking about it.
“Then Mister Wolf saved Laura from the bad lizards then brought you back to the village.” Her mother said and the girl nodded. “Mister Wolf actually is a good guy then, did you thank him for bringing you back?” She asked Laura.
“I did, but he never looked back and just left. He was cool, and Mommy… those herbs are from his dungeon, he said I could keep them so I brought them with me.” Laura said gesturing to the herbs that were placed on a small basket on the table.
“Then he is sure is a great Mister Wolf.” Her dad said as petted the girl’s head. “You should give him something later too.” He said joking but the girl’s face soon lighted up.
“Thanks Daddy! I will think on a present for Mister Wolf later and ask him to see if I can get some more herbs to help brother’s illness.” She said before she ran to her bedroom leaving the two adults on the kitchen.
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“Dear, what do you think about her story?” The woman asked her husband in a low voice.
“Well… this Mister Wolf… I don’t think it is a bad person, even if she says it is a wolf, it might be a wolfman from the beast people.” He said with a nod. “And the crystal might be nothing more than colored glass or something.” He added as well.
“But that doesn’t explain the weird cave she said she saw and neither the herbs.” The woman said looking at the herbs. “But I can see a person living in a cave where he grows some healing herbs… that might be what she was talking about.” She talked and them both smiled at each other.
“Her story makes no sense at all though.” The man said after a while. “To think that dungeons would get smart… that is something I would pay to see.” He said with a smile on his face.
“We never heard of an intelligent dungeon before, all we know is that they are just like animals, consuming everything they can get hands on.” The woman said as she took the herbs on her hands before going to the kitchen to prepare a soup for her sick son.
***
“Yo Roran, did your daughter appear back at home?” A man with a large build asked while on his back a longbow could be seen.
“She appeared safe and sound, though she started talking some nonsense about some weird dungeon or something.” The man said while having a smaller bow on his back together with a full quiver. “She was talking about a dungeon that had a boss or something like that.” He completed as he placed the string on the bow.
“Oh, those are some dangerous words for a little missy.” The big man said as he smiled before he pulled a sword from his waist. “I never married so I don’t know how it might be to not find the girl just for her to talk about things like that.” He said maintaining the blade.
“I know Condor, it’s just that she even asked her mother to help her prepare something for the Mister Wolf, as she call the person that brought her back.” Roran said a bit ashamed. “I just hope she doesn’t go alone anymore, the world has changed. The animals are weirdly active since yesterday.” He said as he remembered the day.
“Yeah, but let’s go, today I feel in perfect conditions, no animal will run away from my bow and sword.” The big man said as he sheathed his sword.
“And the others?” Roran asked.
“They left already, they said they wouldn’t go too far away and just keep around the village today.” The big man said.
“Thanks Condor, next time I’ll pay all of the guys a round of beer.” Roran said as he slapped the big man’s arm.
“That I’ll like. I’m happy that little missy is okay.” He said as they both departed for another hunting day.
***
Kai woke up on and finally decided to have a small change on his dungeon. With the number of minions he could have growing he decided to call for four more so his pack would grow and it would make it easier if the number grew even more.
Four magical circles appeared and from there four wild dogs appeared. They looked just like the ones he already had but it was enough for him.
“You four are the new addition to my dungeon, you are to help planting the herbs, hunting, digging and protecting the dungeon and den.” Kai said as he looked at the four. “You are dismissed, start with digging, there are too little space for more creatures and our number is too low for now.” He said and the wild dogs walked towards one of the two holes the others had already started digging.
Not really in the mood to go out and hunt since the food they had would be enough for them to eat, Kai called for the hunters.
“You are to breed, I want more hunters and wolves are the best for it.” He said and the two quickly walked to the den, where he placed the female on heat for the day. “It will take a while for the puppies to be born, but this will let us with a way to grow without the need of me summoning new minions every time.” Kai said as he walked around the dungeon just to catch two rabbits and lizards.
***
Not too far from Kai’s dungeon another dungeon was having a somewhat difficult control because of the different play style of the owner.
The dungeon was formed by small wood dolls. They were walking all around the dungeon as they followed the owners orders.
“No! You should be hunting! Why are you carrying that around?” A female voice could be heard as the owner of the dungeon shouted at her minions, who were working as fast as they could to make her dungeon grow.
‘Status!’ The girl said in her mind.
Name: Terra
Race: Construct Dungeon
Boss Level
03
Minion Level Range
01-03
Dungeon Points
7
Rooms
02
Minions Number
6-10
Deaths: 0
Kills: 60
Minions Races
Wood Doll
Wood Puppet
Dungeon Skills
Excavate - 1DP
Excavation skill that allows the player to excavate an area of 1 square meter before his boss character
Summon Minion - 10 DP
Skill that all Dungeons have but the only type of Minion that are summoned is the weakest type, for stronger more Dungeon Points are used.
Dungeon Movement - 500DP
The Dungeon will move to a random place that can go to at most 500 meters away from the starting position.
Dungeon Move - 1000DP
The Dungeon can be moved to any location the owner desires, but all the changes and minions will be turned into points. (Skills and traits are affected as well)
Boss Skills
Repair (Active)
Ability of a Construct Life Form to repair others and itself.
Restore functions of small damaged parts of the a Construct Life Form.
She had chosen her dungeon as a way to make robot-looking dolls but what she got instead was the dark hole filled with strange wood dolls that she had to upgrade three times using 90 DP, 70 to make them grow bigger and stronger and 20 more to make them have a hand that could grab things.
Even her skill was something she bought because of how easily her minions got damaged as they dug some dirt and stones from the wall of her dungeon.
She could only sigh as she ordered three of her minions to go outside to grab some branches that had fallen from trees or to break some from bushes.
“This is all I can do for now…” She said as she watched two Wood Doll and one Wood Puppet walk outside just to bend over and grab a few branches before coming back with them and throwing on the ground.
She herself didn’t look as she wanted since her looks were somewhat restricted from the looks of the minions she had. She had a normal carved face, even though her minions had none, she was wearing a dress that looked that it was made of gears and a small red gem could be seen on her chest.
“My DP is insufficient… even with all the killing from the small rabbits and Lizards, they give almost nothing.” She said looking at the small den the AI had forced her to create and set, even though her minions and herself didn’t need to eat. “But when I said that… the AI laughed but didn’t say anything else… maybe I’m lacking something?” She thought as she watched the diggers getting injured and one of its fingers was lost.
Without delay she took the a branch that was on the floor and placed it before the injury. “Repair.” She said and the branch and the hand shined before a long piece of the branch was used to make a new finger for the doll, which continued to dig without stopping.
“We’re too weak… we easily break and my DP is not enough for us to evolve further away.” She said as she looked at the always growing number of branches pile. “Even if I was able to get my hands on more DP… how would I spend it? The next upgrade might cost a fortune.” She said a bit depressed but before she could get too under the water another doll walked to her, so she repaired it as well.
She wasn’t strong but she was there to help her minions when they were injured so they could continue their work, even if she was annoyed by their slow movement, she was quite pleased to see the dolls moving and doing what she wanted.
“I hope I can get some good branches or some trees to use on them, or else I will run dry of DP faster than I can gather them.” Terra said as she continued to heal any broken finger, hand or arm her dolls had.