Amelia Yokakko PoV:
Ahh, this is the life! I am inside the tavern on my fourth floor drinking… non-alcoholic beverages. Achem, this is especially after my victory in court. I came here after I admittedly fell asleep laying on the grass in my Core Room, and I may or may not have punched one of my grenadiers in the stomach… look in my defense she was leaning over my face when I woke up, and it startled me, and I reacted on instinct yada yada yada. I also heard snickering coming from a nearby bush…
Anyways man this place is packed! The last time this tavern was packed was when it first opened some time ago, I also see some of the ‘civilians’ of the settlement are employed here. Jackie does appreciate the help.
Speaking of which here she comes, “Hey mom, here’s a recent newspaper from the latest shipment, I figured you’d take interest in them.” Jackie said, dropping a newspaper in front of me before walking off. Hold on since when did- you know what not gonna question it.
I take a sip of hot chocolate, and this paper is from ‘Voice of Kurz’ the main headline reads ‘Hero Party of Methyr Loses Historic Case Against Two Foreign Monks and A Dungeon Core’ oh wow, man they’re quick it’s barely been four hours after the trial ended! Oh what’s this to the side?
Grand Council, Lazir, Ergon Outraged at Methyr Theocracy!
In a shocking turn of events, the Dragdville city guards sent to accompany the Hero Party have discovered what at first glance is a future invasion plan by the Theocracy of not just us here in the Union but also on Lazir and Ergon. The plan in question goes into shocking detail, starting with what they have wrote on those plans as quote ‘Demon exorcism plan for Southern Maryura’ we here at the Voice of Kurz aren’t born yesterday, clearly this ‘Demon exorcism’ is just a euphemism for invading not just us but also our hated enemy in Lazir, and our somewhat enemies in Ergon. They sent their so-called ‘Hero’ Party to scout us out taking advantage of their renown as ‘Heroes’ and ‘Saviours’ to be able to operate within our lands without scrutiny. Which let us remind our readers that our HATED enemy in Lazir would never stoop this low. Now we’ve read the documents and they planned to turn us into another Mythraeraeia! And to that we say come! We dare you…
Moving on, If you want to read the full document for yourself the full document will be published at the end of this article. Trust us you’ll be shocked when you read their future plan for us.
In light of this revelation, the Grand Council has convened an emergency session to discuss and decide on a course of action in regards to the Theocracy, as of now we’re still waiting for the Grand Council’s decision. Alongside this, the Laziran and Egonese ambassadors have expressed similar outrage at this discovery, with the Ergonese ambassador going as far to say quote ‘If they [Methyr Theocracy] decide to invade the Union of Kurz, then the Ergonese Republic will intervene and aid the Union’ end quote, there's some rumors that Lazir is considering ending their unjust embargo on our nation, which if true then it’s magnificent we wish that it didn’t take a threat of war from an outsider. Well regardless…
Damn, now this is a surprise, didn’t know those bozos were secretly here to plot against the country that I’m living in! I need to catch up on the news man, especially on this world’s geopolitics! But now I’m really curious, they said that they published- Ah, here it is the document in question, it’s at the bottom of the article let’s see…
Oh wow, oh my. They’re not even doing a great job at hiding the fact that they want to invade these countries! I’ll um leave it at that. What would that mean for me? You know I like the people here, ah well hopefully it doesn’t come to a full scale war.
Oh well no use in fretting over the future, anyways I’ve been neglecting my dungeon for it yearns, nay it begs, PLEADS for a sixth a floor, and I shall answer by adding a sixth floor.
Why did I suddenly become so dramatic? Anyways, time to start digging out the new floor!
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Amelia PoV two hours later:
Whew I coughed up twice the mana to expand my sixth floor beyond its initial size. Actually I paid twenty mana for the size expansion. Oh another thing that happened is I received a huge flood of adventurers and as a result well, I AM ONE XP AWAY FROM LEVELING UP AHHHHHHHHHH! Here I’ll show you!
Status.
> Name: Amelia Yokakko
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> Dungeon Name: Yokakko Dungeon (Temporary)
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> Exp Req: 67,546/67,547
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> Level 16
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> Mana: 300/320
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> Mana Regen: 65 per hour
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> Floors: 5/12
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> Traps: 2
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> Puzzles: 2
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> Titles: Early Survivor
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> Avatar: Off
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> Avatar Editor.
Achem excuse me, um anyways I have with me is a very big gray room. A rubber ro- time to change it by selecting a theme!
> Select a Theme for floor 6:
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> Plains
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> Desert
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> Tundra
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> Star Fort
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> Countryside Villages
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> Taiga
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> Mountain
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> Special Themes:
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> RTS
Hmm, I pick the plains theme, cause you know I haven’t been fair to the cavalry you know? It’s about time that I show them some love! And also by extension the skirmishers/light infantry and yes I am grouping them together sue me!
I selected the Plains theme, and the floor has changed to a bright sunny, well uh grassy flat plains? Well, relatively flat as there’s some small hills sprinkled about, and yes I am using the word hill very loosely.
First things first, build a military camp outside my Core Room door, and a smaller camp right outside the sixth floor entrance, this is going to serve as a safe space for adventurers, cause lord knows the cavalry will be swarming the moment they set foot in here! This also means that anyone in this camp can’t attack anyone outside. Both camps cost me about a hundred and twenty mana.
Oh you know what this floor is perfect to set up traps and also add another puzzle! So traps, oh that’s very easy gonna choose the classic pitfall trap, place like maybe five or six, spread them out evenly, so this cost me sixty mana total, yeah I placed six. Now for the puzzle?
Alright so here's my idea, I find the highest hill, and I don’t know, make people do a jigsaw puzzle? Look man technically it's a puzzle okay! So this jigsaw puzzle piece will depict scenes from various battles that Napoleon himself took part in, the number of pieces and size will change depending on the depicted scene. Reward, hmm randomized loot with a very small chance of gaining something unique for each individual.
Funnily enough the highest “hill” is located at the center of the floor, and with a snap of my fingers a 4x4 table with two chairs on all sides appeared. Oh, would you look at that it's a puzzle table with drawers on all sides, pretty neat huh, should probably set up a sign explaining what a jigsaw puzzle is, just on the off chance that jigsaw puzzles didn't exist in this world. This set up costs forty-five mana. Which if my math is correct leaves me at about one ninety-five mana left to spare.
Should be enough to get one or two regiments, maybe three.
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> Nockgunner: 10 Mana
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> Axe-Gunner: 25 Mana
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> Hand Mortar Crew: 35 Mana
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> Blunderbuss Gunner: 10 Mana
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> Kalthoff Gunner: 90 Mana
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> Belton Gunner: 95 Mana
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> Militia:
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> Prussian Landwehr: 15 Mana
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> Austrian Landwehr: 15 Mana
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> Bavarian Landwehr: 15 Mana
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> British Fencibles: 15 Mana
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> Russian Opolcheniye: 15 Mana
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> French National Guard: 15 Mana
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> US State Militia: 15 Mana
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> Danish National Guard: 15 Mana
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> Line Infantry:
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> British 42nd Regiment of Foot (Black Watch): 35 Mana
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> Austrian Infantry Regiment NR.1: 25 Mana
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> Austrian Infantry Regiment NR.34: 65 Mana
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> Bavarian 5th Line Infantry Regiment: 25 Mana
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> Yokakko 1st Dungeon Infantry Regiment: 45 Mana
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> Ottoman Nizam-I Cedid Infantry: 50 Mana
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> British 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers): 55 Mana
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> Ottoman Janissaries: 50 Mana
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> (British) Brunswick Leib Battalion: 80 Mana
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> French 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment “The Irish Legion”: 55 Mana
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> Italian 3rd Line Infantry Regiment (Kingdom of Italy): 65 Mana
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> Italian Royal Battalion of Istria (Kingdom of Italy): 65 Mana
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> Elite Infantry:
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> French Old Guard: 650 Mana
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> French/Polish Vistula Legion Grenadier: 50 Mana
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> French Young Guard: 100 Mana
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> French Dutch Guard: 100 Mana
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> Austrian-Hungarian Grenadier: 110 Mana
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> British Coldstream Guard: 120 Mana
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> Russian Pavlovsky Life Regiment: 160 Mana
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> 2nd Dungeon Infantry Regiment/Dungeon Grenadier Regiment: 165 Mana
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> Skirmisher:
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> Prussian Silesian Schuetzen: 25 Mana
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> British 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles): 45 Mana
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> Cavalry:
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> Russian Cossacks: 60 Mana
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> French 4th Hussar Regiment: 60 Mana
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> British Royal Scots Grey: 65 Mana
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> French 1st Cuirassier Regiment: 65 Mana
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> Marines:
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> US Marine Corps: 65
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> British Royal Marines: 65
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> French Imperial Guard Marines: 65
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> Spanish Marines: 65
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> Spanish Guerrillas: 20 Mana
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> Russian Partisans: 20 Mana
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> Ottoman Janissaries: 50 Mana
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Well first off I’m gonna summon cavalry before anything else, um let’s see here I’ve got four choices, Cossacks are perfect, let’s see if they have a description. It’s been too long since I’ve read one. Yay they have one let’s go!
The Cossacks are a nomadic group of peoples that originated in the Pontic-Caspian steppe of Ukraine and southern Russia. These nomads would serve the various militaries of Eastern European states in exchange for a great degree of self-governance.
During the Napoleonic Wars, and especially during the French Invasion of Russia in 1812 the Russian soldiers most feared by Grande Armee were the Cossacks, with Napoleon himself stating “Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all the world with them.”
Cossack cavalry units would take part in the partisan war deep inside Russian territory, they along with Russian light cavalry plus other units, such as civilian partisans would carry out attacks against supply lines and communications.
Short and sweet, though I will preface this by saying that there were many different Cossack hosts and regiments at the time, not sure which Cossack host will appear since the system didn’t name a specific regiment or host.
Alright enough talk, time to summon! After I teleport myself to the camp, err the one that's outside my Core Room. Before I do so, I just want to check the capacity.
> Floors->Floor 6
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> Theme: Plains
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> Capacity: 0/84
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> Sappers: 0/2
That is a fairly generous amount for a floor capacity. Achem, I snapped my fingers, and as usual twelve girls appeared, this time they’re on horseback. All of them were wearing what I think is a dark-blue coat with red collars and cuffs and equally dark-blue trousers with I think a red stripe on each side. They have donned on a dark-blue cloth cap with a red band and a visor. Lastly they all have a black leather belt with a pistol strapped on they’re all carrying lances.
One of the girls approached me, dismounted from her horse, and bowed to me, she must be the officer. “Call me Asya, lady Tsarina Yokakko, for the Cossacks are ready to serve!”
Well that saves me from trying to come up with a fitting name. “Yeah, make me proud!”
Asya remounted her horse as the rest of the girls cheered, raising their lances high into the air. There they go riding off into the distance. Now then time to summon the 95th Rifles! But first let's read their description.
The 95th Regiment of Foot was first formed in January 1800 known at the time as the Experimental Corps of Riflemen and which were to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the Rifle Corps.
In January 1803 the Rifle Corps became an established regular regiment and they were titled the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles). In 1816 at the end of the Napoleonic Wars the regiment name was changed to the Rifle Brigade.
Another one that's short and sweet, though I would like to add that the 95th Rifles weren’t just deployed in Europe. They were deployed to the Spanish colonies of South America in 1806, which Spain at that time was still allied to France. The 95th was to be part of a second invasion force which were designed as the reinforcements to the first invasion force against Buenos Aires, which was launched earlier in 1806 by Sir Home Popham, without the knowledge of the government.
They took part in the siege of Montevideo which was captured on February 3rd 1807, they saw action at Colonia against a Spanish force which had crossed from Buenos Aires. After that expedition, which ended in a disaster, in South America the 95th would fight in Spain for the near entirety of the Peninsular War. Also side note Sir Home Popham and John Whitlocke who was also part of the expedition, the two of them were court-martialed, with Popham being reprimanded and Whitlocke dismissed from the army.
Oh my god calm down Amelia, let’s uh just continue with the summoning. I want to see the Pattern 1800 Infantry rifle, aka the Baker rifle in action against fantasy!
A set of twelve girls appeared, all of them wore what I can describe as dark green coats, with the exception of the officer as she’s wearing a dark green Hussar jacket only through the right sleeve. I forget what those Hussar jackets are called. I think they’re called pelisse’s, I don’t remember.
The officer stepped forward, and gave a salute “Ma’am, Rifle regiment is ready, point us to a target and we’ll sort it out in no time.”
Man the British accent is HEAVY, not that I mind, I mean I can listen to her for hours and not get tired. “At ease, Everly Rose, I have no doubt of your regiments' skill. For now though just relax at the camp and wait till any outsider arrives. You’ll know when you meet them.”
She nodded, and ordered everyone to relax inside the camp, as everyone scattered around the camp. Oh what's this smell? It smells so good, someone is cooking something at the camp. HOLD IT right there Amelia now’s not the time to eat food!
Anyways, how much mana do I have left? Status.
> Name: Amelia Yokakko
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> Dungeon Name: Yokakko Dungeon (Temporary)
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> Exp Req: 67,546/67,547
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> Level 16
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> Mana: 90/320
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> Mana Regen: 65 per hour
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> Floors: 6/12
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> Traps: 8
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> Puzzles: 3
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> Titles: Early Survivor
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> Avatar: Off
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> Avatar Editor.
I still have enough for one or maybe two more regiments, how am I doing on capacity?
> Floors->Floor 6
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> Theme: Plains
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> Capacity: 24/84
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> Sappers: 0/2
Oh I’ve still got plenty of capacity left, yeah I’ll add one more regiment, then call it good for now. I’m thinking of adding another cavalry, man it sucks that I don’t have any dragoons, I’m gonna pick the 1st Cuirassier Regiment from France.
NO I AM NOT READING THEIR DESCRIPTION I REFUSE TO LET THE HISTORY NERD OUT ONCE AGAIN!!!! Achem, moving on with the actual summoning.
A set of twelve girls on horseback appeared, eleven of them wearing chest plates and blue coats with red collars beneath. Alongside what I can presume to be either desert tan or khaki colored trousers. Can't forget the helmet! The horsehair going down back looks nice, and they’ve red plumes on the right side. While the bugler is wearing a red coat without a chest plate and a white and red plume on her helmet. Lastly they’re all wearing white gloves and knee length black boots.
One of the girls, the officer I presumed, approached me “Madame, it is with great honour that the 1st Cuirassier Regiment can serve by your side.”
“And it’s a pleasure to have such loyal soldiers fighting alongside me, nice to meet you Eugenie!” I said, “Oh please feel free to relax at the camp for now.”
Eugenie nodded, and motioned for everyone to dismount. As everyone got off their horses, Eugenie included, they led their horses to a stable located to the right side of the camp. Glad to know that I don’t have to spend mana creating stables for my cavalry.
Now off to go questing, if I am being completely honest here I wasn’t planning on adventuring for quite a while, but now? Well I gotta prove that ‘Hero’ who’s better at being adventurers. Yes I am that petty. Well time to go find Earalyn and Jeannett.