"What is a guardian?" I ask Cinder with confusion as there was so much the wisp said I didn't understand. Like what is a Keeper, also what's a template? As I was wondering about that last part Cinder spoked up.
"Do you know anything, wait don't answer that I will start at with the basics. Please tell me you know how to open your states screen." Cinder said with what I think was irritation? And of course I knew how to open my state screen the blue box told me. As I open it with a thought.
Name: N/A Race: Dungeon Core - Gravity Titles: N/A
Level 0 0 / 10000
Health: 1000 / 1000 Mana: 2000 / 2000 Dungeon Points: 100 /100
Health Regen: N/A Mana Regen: 50 minute Dungeon Points Regen: N/A
Stats: N/A
Abilities:
Which Ways Up
Relentless
Bonded - (Smoke Wisp)
Skills:
N/A
Templates:
Will-o'-wisp
Night Eater Fenrick - Locked
Bone Wolf
Room:
N/A
Interested by what the abilities did I forces on them and three new boxes appeared.
Which Ways Up
Because of your strong connection to gravity you can change the pull of gravity.
As you are a Dungeon Core you can make this effect permanent with in your Dungeon.
Relentless
Like gravity you are relentless and that shows in your monsters.
All monsters that you make gain a 25% increase to health and stamina as well as any stats effects last 10% longer. Round down.
Bonded - (Smoke Wisp)
You have bonded to a wisp and this wisp is attuned to smoke.
As you are attuned to a smoke wisp you gain smoke mana as a prime mana type.
'Well that's interesting these most be strong' as I was looking over the abilities. Cinder spoke again and ask a something strange. "Well let me see your stat screen."
"I can share the blue boxes?"
"Ur yes you can and they are not call blue boxes they are call notifications and just push the notifications to me ease." Cinder say in a weird voice, was she mocking me?
I look at Cinder as they I look at me waiting. As I push the blu- on notification to Cinder as they stop they constant movement. As Cinder was looking over the notifications I wonder. 'Are Dungeon Core supposed to know what to do when they awaken?' with that thought in my head and that Cinder wanting me to make a Dungeon Guardian so I will make a Dungeon Guardian!
With that in mind I look at my states again, as Cinder keeps telling me to push stuff I tried and pushed on one of the templates as that seemed right. As I looked over the different templates I only had three the Will-o'-wisp, Night Eater Fenrick and a Bone Wolf. The Night Eater Fenrick seemed like a good pick but it was locked and I got the feeling that I cant do anything with it. So that left the wisp and the Bone Wolf as I look at Cinder... The Bone Wolf it is, as I push on the name a I could feel a heavy cool something move in me? As a notification popped up.
Ding
Do you want Bone Wolf to be your Core Guardian?
Yes / No
Warning after you have picked a guardian you this chose can not be change.
As I was about to push yes I hear I high pitched noise coming from Cinder as they spine around it make me feel a bit dizzy as I followed there movement.
"Please tell me you haven't pick a guardian yet!?" As they stop and stare at me. It felt a bit weird as they looked at me or I think they were looking at me as it was just a ball of smoky light.
"Umm no but I was about to." How did they know I was about to pick a guardian?
"Good. Okey I have had a look and what we have to work with is better than I suspected and for your guardian you should pick the Night Eater Fenrick." Cinder say as they start bobbing around my core again.
"But the Night Eater Fenrick is locked so how would I pick it as a guardian?" I ask with confuse as Cinder stops bobbing and spine around my core once before bobbing.
"Normally no you can't but when choosing a guardian it ignores some restrictions like you being to low level just focus on the Fenrick and then push mane into it." They said is a matter a fact voice.
Was the heavy cool feeling mana? Never mind I can ask about that later as I focus on the Night Eater Fenrick.
Night Eater Fenrick's are know as legendry creature that rarely appear. Know to find and hunt powerful appoints and will go to great lengths to draw them out, many city's have been destroyed in it's attempts to have it's pray come to it. Night Eater Fenrick's don't live long do to there behavior but well they do live they presents is felt.
The day will break and make the night will fall.
You are not strong enough to see the Night Eater Fenrick stats.
'Wow that does seem powerful!' As I start to push mana into it and I feel that heavy cool feeling again but unlike before it kept going, going and going as more kept poring into the Night Eater Fenrick I felt something it was unpleasant as it is getting worse the more mana left me was this pain? As I try to stop the pain first I tried and stop the mana but it would stop. I could hear Cinder say something but the pain I couldn't make sense of any of the words. As the pain mounted I begged it to stop I try slowing it down I tried to speed it up nothing work! I could feel my core crack as more mana was being dragged out of me 'I have nothing left please stop!' I'm vision burred by the pain a notification pops up.
Ding
Do you want Night Eater Fenrick to be your Core Guardian?
Yes / No
Warning after you have picked a guardian you this chose can not be change.
I look at the notification blandly for I don't know for how long but a some point I could hear Cinder again as my forces goes to them and I ask them one question. "Did you know?" My voice quite.
Cinder stopped there spinning around me. "Well I knew it might hurt a bit, but did you get the chance to summon the Fenrick?" They only had a bit of shame in there voice and seemed more interested in the Night Eater Fenrick. 'Didn't Cinder know how painful that was?' As I look at me self seeing the crack on my core slowly healing before selecting 'Yes' on the notification.
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Ding, Ding
Congratulations Dungeon Core!
You now have a Dungeon Guardian and it only nearly killed you and you haven't summoned it yet!
You gain 1000 exp for creating your Dungeon Guardian and you earn bounce exp for your Dungeon Guardian being an Legendry creature! exp 4500.
Congratulations Dungeon Core!
Your Dungeon Guardian is a Night Eater Fenrick but wish to modified the Night Eater Fenrick?
Yes / No
"Should I modify the Night Eater Fenrick?" I ask as Cinder zips right up to my core.
"Yes you should and show me the options as well!" As they start moving around my core a again much faster that before as I selected 'Yes'.
Night Eater Fenrick - Guardian
Modifications:
Shifter Tree:
Alter Form: Allows The Night Eater Fenrick Alter it's form to better suit it's environment - DP 6
Smoke Body: Allows The Night Eater Fenrick to turn parts of it's body into smoke and back again at will - DP 9
Regeneration: Increase healing speed greatly - DP 9
Moon Tree:
Light Eater Breath: Allows for the Night Eater Fenrick to left out of beam of energy that eats the light and others - DP 6
Alter Weight: Allows for the Night Eater Fenrick to alter it's weight around it's body - DP 6
Moon Blade: This allows the Night Eater Fenrick turn single attacks into multiple attacks - DP 12
Sun Tree:
Burning Fur: The Night Eater Fenrick now has it's fur do fire damages when in contact with enemy's or hostiles effects - DP 9
Life Dunker: Gains health when dealing damage - DP 12
Light Shift: Night Eater Fenrick can change the color of they food - DP 3
Custom Modifications: Cost base modifications.
As I look at the modifications some of them look really good like the Smoke Body but as I try and bring more information about the modification I got nothing? "Hey Cinder why can't I find more about the different modifications?"
"Ummm oh yea. You can't don't know why but you can't."
"So I have to guess what they do?"
"Pretty much."
'Okey that wasn't much help.' "And what are DP?"
Cinder does stop of a second before moving a again. "Dungeon Points or DP for short is what you use to make modifications to your guardian, boss, rooms and or modifications how the Dungeon overall works. So don't go to crazy spending all of them on the guardian and make shore you pick the right modifications for the guardian."
As there say that a new notification pops up.
Name: N/A Race: Night Eater Fenrick - Core Guardian Titles: N/A
Level 11
Health: 1,728 / 1,728 Mana: 791 / 791 Stamina: 1,134 / 1,134
Health regen: 37.8 a minute Mana regen: 31.5 Stamina regen: 27.2
Stats: All stats (+10%)
Strength: 28
Dexterity: 22
Endurance: 26
Constitution: 30
Intelligence: 21
Wisdom: 20
Perception: 24
Charisma: 24
Abilities:
Day Cycle
Unshackled
Skills:
N/A
Day Cycle
This ability is the calling card for the Night Eater Fenrick. It give the Night Eater Fenrick an aura that is 30ft around the Night Eater Fenrick. Well it's night the aura emits light that the Night Eater Fenrick can control. Well it's day the Night Eater Fenrick's aura emits darkness that it can be controlled.
Unshackled
Night Eater Fenrick's despise being chain. Any effect that would restrain, paralyze or the like will be 90% less effective as well as anything that's baring it's path will be 32% less effective.
'Well that's interesting as I look over the Night Eater Fenrick stats and why does it share my name? "Cinder why does the Night Eater Fenrick share my name?"
As I said that starts to laugh? "Haha oh you don't have a name yet? Well that doesn't matter yet but you can give bosses, the guardian and yourself names." As they finished speaking they went back bobbing around.
'Okey left think you are called a 'Night Eater Fenrick' Fen, Fen, Fenr, Fenrir? Fenrir! That's your name Fenrir.' As I put the name in. Then I looked at the modifications I could do to Fenrir I first remove the idea of using the 'custom modifications' as I have no idea on how to use it and Cinder isn't that good at explaining. As I didn't want to use to many DP as I don't know when I will level so I will only get a few. So for the first modifications I get was Alter Form.
Alter Form
Alter Form allows Fenrir to shape it body to better suit it's surrounding. 10% chance that creature will not see Fenrir. Environmental effects are 18% less effective. Fenrir can now survive in all nonmagical environs comfortably and can effect it's body up to 10%.
As I look over the modification I see that two new modifications were added to the lest.
Night Eater Fenrick (Fenrir) - Guardian
Modifications:
Shifter Tree:
Demi-Shifter: This allow for a partial humanoid form well in the partial humanoid - DP 9
Smoke Body: Allows The Night Eater Fenrick to turn parts of it's body into smoke and back again at will - DP 9
Regeneration: Increase healing speed greatly - DP 9
Moon Tree:
Light Eater Breath: Allows for the Night Eater Fenrick to left out of beam of energy that eats the light and others - DP 6
Alter Weight: Allows for the Night Eater Fenrick to alter it's weight around it's body - DP 6
Moon Howl: This give the allow for a stunning howl. - DP 3
Moon Blade: This allows the Night Eater Fenrick turn single attacks into multiple attacks - DP 12
Sun Tree:
Burning Fur: The Night Eater Fenrick now has it's fur do fire damages when in contact with enemy's or hostiles effects - DP 9
Life Dunker: Gains health when dealing damage - DP 12
Light Shift: Night Eater Fenrick can change the color of they food - DP 3
Custom Modifications: Cost base modifications.
As I look of the two new options Cinder started speaking again.
"Hurry up you can allow way modify it later let build your Dungeon!" They say in a almost irritated tone.
"Okey just one more modification then I will start building the Dungeon."
'I hope that they know how to build the dungeon.' With that thought in mind I decides to go with a other blue one.
Light Eater Breath - (Skill)
The Light Eater Breath is a weak but fast attack that can be exhaled from the mouth of the use. Shooting a beam of darkness that does 30 dark damages.
This is a skill and can be leveled by using DP or training.
(Note there may be other ways to level up the skill.)
As I finish the final modification I check the modification list and only see one new modification added to the list it's was in the Moon Tree called 'Magic Attack'. I do one more check on Fenrir.
Name: N/A Race: Night Eater Fenrick - Core Guardian Titles: N/A
Level 11
Health: 1,728 / 1,728 Mana: 791 / 791 Stamina: 1,134 / 1,134
Health regen: 37.8 a minute Mana regen: 31.5 Stamina regen: 27.2
Stats: All stats (+10%)
Strength: 28
Dexterity: 22
Endurance: 26
Constitution: 30
Intelligence: 21
Wisdom: 20
Perception: 24
Charisma: 24
Abilities:
Day Cycle
Unshackled
Alter Form
Skills:
Light Eater Breath
Satisfied with my choices I could feel a pressure building up as a glowing blob appeared on the floor next to me. It slowly taking shape first was it's fur black as the darkness with flex of gold and sliver. Then came it's four leg grow out of the fur almost looking like it was stretching the skin to break out, they where well muscled and seemed ready to break stone. Next was the head the first thing I saw was not the teeth nor the ears, nose or any other detail but the eyes and in other eyes held the sun, the moon and a will an intelligence to do something... 'To be free.' As the Night Eater Fenrick no as Fenrir turned it's head to me easy able to eat my core and have plenty room for more. 'Did I make a mistake choosing it?' as I looks at me. Even Cinder with her constated movements had gone still and before the tension could get any worse a body falls though the archway and a notification pops up.
Ding, Ding
Congratulations Dungeon Core!
You now have a Dungeon Keeper! Dungeon Keepers can help guided your growth as well as help protect you.
You will gain 5% focus with this Keeper.
(Note as the keeper grows in strength so will your benefits. Keepers grow with there Dungeons a strong Keeper is a Strong Dungeon!)
Quest Alert - Save the Keeper?
Your Keeper is dying do you wish to help you Keeper?
Yes / No
Warning if the Keeper dies you will be weakened for 1 year chose wisely.
(Strength is all!)