3 months have passed...or what feels like 3 months having no natural sun or way of keeping time screws with your thoughts pretty badly.The golem I summoned is still digging out the tunnel. The letter I read about a “guardian” still hasn't appeared but maybe that's because im underground? While the digging countinuses I summoned 3 more golems that were smaller and had them start digging through the back of the cave to see if they could find the surface that way
.. ironically it took them 2 weeks to dig into another open area of this place, a large underground river flooded the tunnel dragging 2 of the golems into it. Ordering the remaining golem to collapse the hole and dig in an upward slope i found a river leading into a rift in the earth pouring gallons of water into what seemed like a never ending hole.Sensing the 2 golems that were sucked into the current on a ledge about 50 ft from the edge of the waterfall. The water so heavily pressurize shot the golems all the way across the raven onto the other side! Looking around I couldn't see the end of this place but a cave dripping water into the hole was about 10ft to the left of the golems.Having one of the golems watch the cave the other began to mine the edge to enlarge it. Letting the golems be I begin to push my vision down the rift to see if there was a bottom.Traveling downward for about 40 minutes I located several more ledges that hung by the waterfall that I had come from.
*Well this is getting depressing.*
Looking down further all I could see was darkness,the water kept going but the idea of a never ending hole seemed more likely the longer you looked at it.
While my vision kept going down i suddenly felt a pull coming from above, not like someone yanking on your arm but just a pull on your sleeve to get your attention. Looking back up I heard a soft voice call down to me.
“Um…. hello? Spirit? I was told to come to talk to you.”
*Holy shit someone's here!*
Bringing my vision up to the ledge i see a small ball of blue light floating at the cave.
*Okay….. I see a light but no ones there.*
With that statement the ball bounced in the air
“That's me I’m a dungeon wisp,and i can hear you just so you know.”
*Ah so what brings you hear?*
Swaying left and right the wisp spoke.
“I was told by my queen that my partner had been born and I was to meet them…. The Queen said that a letter was sent ahead of me .”
*There was a letter but that must of been sent over 3 months ago. I assumed that it was vague and no one would come here*
With these thoughts the wisp seems to look away in shame.
“Well….. You see,,,,”
*Yes? What is it?*
*I couldn't find you until yesterday…*
Looking at the creature i sighed internally.
*So what kept you?*
“Well when a dungeon is spawned they are usually in a cave or cavern system before hand this lets their mana have a free flowing action which draws it to the surface, When this happens the wisp or other dungeon caring species will pick up the mana trail and follow it to the core…….” looking around and over the edge into the canyon below she looks up at where my perspective was at “ speaking of which where is your core?”
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*I'm guessing that the crystal that I awoke from?*
Nodding at that witch was more like a quick bob up and down
“Yes your core is the most important part of you it lets you and everything you control live comfortably in whatever ecosystem it finds itself in. “
*So is there something you need from me then?*
“Yes I was assigned to be your partner the queen got a message from the gods saying that a new home would appear here and that we were to be the ones to help and take care of it. I was chosen because my age is still young enough to let me bond with another and grow from it. “
*So this bond what does that do for me then?*
Seeming to smile at me the wisp went on
“The bond will tie our souls together and denies the ability to harm one another in any form, it will also let us cycle mana together to help you and me grow much stronger and be able to manifest your will in a larger area.”
Seeming to bounce it also added
‘Also with the give of you letting me live here I'll help you with anything I know”
*So by doing this you and will be stuck here with me what happens if you die, or by that fact others of your mind come here to try to bargain with me?*
With that the wisp seemed to harden over and become solid
“Um if I die nothing will happen to you but if you do I’ll die as well , other wisps can make deals with you but the position of partner will never change, so I guess you can say you will be forming a hierArchy in your domain”
*Okay this doesn’t seem to be downsizing to me and anyway and at least I’ll have someone to talk to…… The golems just work*
On the last statement the wisp brightens to a sky blue color.
“Great to make are pack final I need you to repeat what I say word for word”
“By the powers of the world my are souls entwine, I now name you my bonded partner.”
Repeating its phrase a beam of rainbow light shot down from the waterfall and entraps the wisp in a ball when the light disappears the wisp stood in a shimmering light of blues that changes to green and purple like the spectrum of colors themselves.
Looking up the wisp spoke
“Okay…..What the Eternal happened! Why am I changing types!”
Looking down to it I flatly said
*I spoke the words and I light wrapped you and you started to change colors*
Getting flustered the wisp spoke louder
“I know that! When a wisp forms a bond we gain the affinity of the dungeon we bond to so we can stay alive in whatever biome it creates!” Pointing at me it continues “The thing is new dungeons only have one affinity to start with but you have more then one you have at least 3 Wood,Death,and Water I can feel more but they didn’t mesh well cause it the ones closest to my own affinity to become dominant while the other faded to the back to get strength”
Looking at itself the wisp shot a look at me that made me shiver
“Where is your core at? The light came from above but I could've sworn it was in the caverns below.”
*Oh the stone that the light came from is passed the waterfall up in the station*
“Can you take me there? We need to finish the contract it’s best done face to face so to speak”
Following me up the waterfall the wisp stared at the large buildings till we got to the round table and she entered through an air vent to the gear room where my core sat.
“An elemental core………...HOW THE HELL IS THIS POSSIBLE!”
*Well what’s so special about an elemental core?*
“Elemental cores are the starting point for all of the high races depending on their growth and color they can produce a permanent race that can rival the others ! The high races are The Fae , Dwarves,Elves,Humans,Dragons,and the Beastfolk. Theses races can use high magic and other rare talents to rise above the others. Of course it does not make them immortal but the race will never pass into the dust of history but he constantly reborn even if the dungeon dies.”
*So does that mean I can create those races then?*
The wisp laughed
“No, no you can’t but you have the potential to make a race that can stand amongst them as equals.But enough of this talk for now let’s finish our bond with the final part.”
Flying over to my core it spoke again
“With the sealing of our pact we name one another for my these names ring forever in our hearts, I name you Ether ” looking towards me she motioned “now what’s my name?”
Thinking of her actions up till now i decided *Your name will be Cera*
The light gathered around us both and my rainbow light diminished and her body grew, gaining an outline of a 2 cm tall girl the wisp spoke again.
“I….I evolved?!?” Looking at itself closely it continued
“I’m a phantom dungeon wisp now ?!? How the…..”
Finally looking back at me ,”Oh right a elemental core would have this effect….”
*Mind clueing me in please?*
Floating closer to my crystal it sighs “You see when caretakers bond at a young age if the crystal is strong enough it will force an evolution to happen so the caretaker can keep up with the abundance of mana the core produces.”
*So mind telling me what this mana dose?*
Tilting her head she motioned to everything around her. “ I’m assuming it because no one told you but cores are one of the only things that can produce mana from the world, they pull the life force from everything around them and compact it till it almost becomes a solid and then release it into the surroundings to see and touch. It’s more or less a by product cores make when they grow that helps the world and makes it well… magical” raising her hands in the air at the last word she smiled.