With all good things, they must come to an end. For the rest of the night, Terrance went around the dungeon’s first two floors and interacted with every mob he could. Everywhere except for the city. When he went there he got ambushed by players when he was working on one of the raptors he was fixing up. Naturally, being attacked by mobs that all but ignored Terrance when he was around them caused the players to have some ire against him.

After another day of IRL stuff behind him, Terrance went back into the game enthusiastic and ready for another grind. The first thing he did was check up on how much the prices of some food items have changed. Dicken’s meat had increased by a few coppers and a few other food items went up about the same. It appears the local restaurant was getting ready for something. Next, he stopped by the library. Mainly to do a little research on the miniboss and main boss of the second floor. Also to get some writing things. With the mandatory warm-up day behind him, the dungeon became open for business once again.

As typical for most, they rush the first floor and into the second, but some lower-level dedicated farmers of some groups got to work hunting the floor mobs. Terrance spent some time to pet the mobs he came across and deposited what he did not want to keep or sell into the barn before moving on. Old man Jenkins was not seen today.

The second floor was also mostly deserted, except for the dedicated farmers from groups as well. There were a few more level grinders and explorers, however. Most of the scrap cars had been picked clean, but one had a wrench in it. Those being mined he avoided.

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It did not take long before he met up with S.P.A.R.S., the drone he met before. FYI, Stealth Prototype Archeao-repairer System. That is what the user manual Terrance got called it. Spars were quite friendly actually. The elite mob had an evolved ai in it that was comparable to a boss. At least that is what his research on the Terminus said. Not only could it make sound judgment in combat but also out of it as well. An example is when Terrance was about to walk into a trap and it warned him out of the blue to stop.

Speaking of BLU, Terrance finally got to meet her. He was in the middle of oiling one of the cities raptors when she and her pack appeared. Something strange happened as BLU instantly aggroed toward him but the raptors he was working on took a defensive stance around him and SPARS appeared. A few times the miniboss changed her focus from the elite mob to him, but ultimately did nothing until Spars raised into the sky and BLU released a mechanical yelp.

Quest: License

It has been discovered you have been doing unapproved repair services. B.L.U (Ballistic Locomotive Ultra-raptor) a higher ranking unit, was the one to find out this fact. Due to a lack of living mechanics, she made a judgment call.

Quest item:

Citizen membership card (m)- you have been given a temporary permit (72 hours) for repair operations. Increases the success rate of repairing mobs. (note: this will not replace class but be considered a profession. Players are not limited by their professions as they are classes, but there are still restrictions.)

BLU has assigned S.P.A.R.S. and five raptors to aid you in this task. Now called S.P.A.R.S unit.

Quest requirements:

Slay or cure 50 mutant or zombified mobs (0/50)

??? (0/1)

Quest rewards:

Permanent license upgrade to citizen card. (increase the success rate of repair/grooming. Increase yield of all common mob affection drops by 1, with a chance of additional drop from higher rarities. This upgrade affects all floors.)

Pacifist level 4 unlock for SPARS + unit

Quest fail:

S,P.A.R.S. is destroyed (0/1)

Player dies (0/1)

Descending to floor 3 (0/1)