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Rise of Mystic Dungeon
Chapter 3: Xerxes and First evolution

Chapter 3: Xerxes and First evolution

Day 5:

I woke up and start to work on my regular basis. Checking on my status, calendar, body layout, and relationship window.

^Ting^

(Status Window)

(Race): Plant

(Name): No name

(State): Seedling, Nameless Seedling's Master

(Level): 3

Title: None

[life force]:

[Energy]: 16.5 J

[Nutrient]: 909 Ns

Energy Production: 1 J/H + 5% of your servant

Nutrients Absorption: 89 Ns/H + 5% of your servant

Possessed Skills:

<< Growth >>

<< Respiration >>

<< Nutrients absorption >>

<< Root Wisp (Beginning) >>

<< Root Bind (Beginning) >>

Blessed: Demeter Attribute: Nature

There are not much change to my status except that I have gained two levels from defeating my servant in a duel. I also gain a new state which is new to me.  I gain new state from getting a servant.

There are nothing change in my body layout except that my roots grew thicker and longer.

I begin to look at my servant's status and other stuff.

Its body layout was started to look similar to my seedling body. Have fewer main roots but many small roots.

It just a bit weaker than me and that all. I think I should name it or something.

As I begin to come up with a name a massage pop up

^Ting^

[You have been challenge to a duel by nameless seedling]

What another a another duel. Well since I want to fight me so much than I will fight it.

'Yes I accept the challenge'

Without a break I immediately decide what I will use in this fight.

'I want two of my servant main root to fight and with my supply of nutrients and energies'

- Do you confirm to use 2x main root of your servant to fight with 100 Ns and 5 J as a supply to attack?

'Yes I am sure'

An screen pop up in front of me and showing image of roots travel along the soil like a snake and toward each other. One of the root coiled up on the seedling. And then a massage pop up that brought good new to me.

^Ting^

- Congratulations, your servant has successfully attack the nameless seedling in a duel. Now you have options to choose from.

'I choose this one as my servant as well'

^Ting^

- Congratulations, you now have a nameless seedling as your servant. You will gain 5% of its energy and nutrients every day. Also you can now command it to do thing for you.

The nameless seedling will appear in your relationship window.

^Ting^

- Congratulations, your servant has 2 level up and learn new skill "Root bind"

^Ting^

- You have successfully connected one of your main root to nameless seedling main root. You can now be able to receive and send energy and nutrients via this root. You can also send signal to communicate with nameless seedling via this root.

An image pop up in front of me. An image show me and two seedling connect to each other with my two of my main roots attached to each one of seedling root. It look like a triangle with uneven angle.

Now I have a new servant I should name them so I won't get confuse which one is.

I know the first seedling since it more close to me than the new servant.

'My servants I will give you a name'

As I thought about what their name should be.

Then suddenly I come up with names 'Taegoo' and 'Sin'.

I know that they are weird names but like how the hell I am supposed to name them.

I look at my first servant

'I will name you 'Taegoo''

^Ting^

- congratulations, you have name your servant. Taegoo loyalty toward you has increase.

^Ting^

- Taegoo has obtained unique passive skill "Absolute Loyal"

"Absolute Loyal" - It is a skill that show that user has no limited loyalty to the other one.

Requirements: high form of relationship between master and servant.

^Ting^

(Status Window)

(Race): Plant

(Name): Taegoo

(State): Seedling, nameless seedling's servant

(Level): 3

Title: none

[Life force]: 64

[Energy]: 16.5 J

[Nutrients]: 498 Ns

Energy Production: 1 J/H - 5%

Nutrients Production: 38 Ns/H - 5%

Possessed Skills:

<< Growth >>

<< Respiration >>

<< Nutrients absorption >>

<< Root wisp (Beginning) >>

<< Root bind (Beginning) >>

<< Absolute Loyal >>

Blessed: None Attribute: Nature

^Ting^

- You have obtained a passive rare skill "Naming"

"Naming" - This skill allow the user to name any creature that has no name but it request a life force or mana of the user who use this skill. If you use this skill one nameless creature than you will earn their friendship.

Level up

Level up

I was shock that just name someone can earn their friendship that why Tangoo become very loyal to me now. And Tangoo also gain new skill "Absolute Loyal" and just that I also gained two levels.

I turn around to my another seedling servant. I will also give you a name.

'I name you 'Sin'

^Ting^

- congratulations, you have name your servant 'Sin'. Sin loyalty toward you has increase.

^Ting^

(Status Window)

(Race): Plant

(Name): Sin

(State): Seedling, nameless seedling's servant

(Level): 1

Title: none

[life force]: 74

[Energy]: 4 J

[Nutrients]: _

Energy Production: 1 J/H - 5%

Nutrients Absorption:. 42 Ns/H - 5%

Possessed skills:

<< Growth >>

<< Respiration >>

<< Nutrients absorption >>

<< Root wisp (Beginning) >>

Blessed: None Attribute: Nature

^Ting^

Level up

Level up

Well I have one more servant. I give order to Tangoo and Sin to build their body and rest.

Now two of my roots become vessels connecting me to my servants. I begin two build two more main roots and Go to rest.

***

Day 6:

I woke up and started to work on my regular basis.

I have decide that I will get to more servants. Since I can get enough a more nutrients that essence for my growth.

I working on all three body construction and have obtained two more more servants

and name them 'Luke' and 'Freya'.

^Ting^

(Status Window)

(Race): Plant

(Name): Freya

(State): Seedling, nameless seedling's servant

(Level): 1

Title: none

[life force]: 49

[Energy]: 8 J

[Nutrient]: 154 Ns

Energy Production: 1 J/H - 5%

Nutrients Absorption: 35 Ns/H - 5%

Possessed Skills:

<< Growth >>

<< Respiration >>

<< Nutrients absorption >>

<< Root wisp (Beginning) >>

Blessed: None Attribute: Nature

^Ting^

(Status window)

(Race): Plant

(Name): Luke

(State): Seedling, nameless seedling's servant

(Level): 1

Title: none

[life force]: 77J

[Energy]: 5 J

[Nutrients]: 128 Ns

Energy Production: 1 J/H - 5%

Nutrients Absorption: 29 Ns/H - 5%

Possessed Skilled:

<< Growth >>

<< Respiration >>

<< Nutrients absorption >>

<< Root wisp (Beginning) >>

Blessed: None Attribute: Nature

^Ting^

- Congratulations, You have gained a title "Master of Seedling"

"Master of seedling" - This title has enable you to command your seedling servants.

They are less likely to refuse your order. Increase your seedling servant's power and development. Instead of gaining 5% now have increase to 6%. Increase your influence on other seedling near by you. You also gained a title skill "Command"

^Ting^

- Taegoo, Sin, Freya, and Luke has increase their loyalty toward you.

Sin, Freya, and Luke have obtained a passive skill "Absolute loyal" and "Root coiled"

What a title. Mastery of Seedling.

 Well I am exhausted now. Let just think a bout it tomorrow. Okay Bye!!!

***

Day 7:

I woke up and started my regular basis. I started to check my status,calendar, body layout, growth, and relationship window.

^Ting^

(Status Window)

(Race): Plant

(Name): No name

(State): Seedling, Tae-goo, Sin, Freya, and Luke's Master

(Level): 8

Title: Master of seedling

[life force]: 96

[Energy]: 36 J

[Nutrient]: 1345 Ns

Energy Production: 1 J/H + 6 from each servant

Nutrients Absorption: 90 Ns/H + 6% from each servant

Possessed Skills:

<< Growth >>

<< Respiration >>

<< Nutrients Absorption >>

<< Root Wisp (Beginning) >>

<< Root Bind (Beginning) >>

<< Naming [Unique] >>

<< Command (Beginning ) Title skills >>

Blessed: Demeter Attribute: Nature

I got a title skill.

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"Command" - This skill can only be used by people with the title "Master of seedling" or having high amount of Leadership stats.

This skill allow seedling to follow your order and can not refuse. This skill buff your charisma or charm and emphasise your speech. Cool down time of 24 Hours.

It good skill but what with twenty four hours cool time.

Oh well is not like I am going to use it anytime soon.

Oh yeah I forget that I have been living as a plant for a weak now. How cool is that.

I decide that I might more servants to do more work for me and they are very loyal.

'Project a map'

^Ting^

A screen pop up and project my surrounding. There are many seedling, seeds, and insects.

As I look at the map. I saw a snake.  What a snake living near that would be a danger for me I have to fight it.

'I want to fight the snake in front of me'

^Ting^

- Do you wish to challenge 'Tiger rattlesnake'

'Yes'

^Ting^

- You have discover a mini boss tiger rattlesnake  'Xerxes'

Xerxes have been rest underground for quite sometime due to its queen medusa have been prisoned in the underworld in the hand of God.

It is late for me to cancel my duel.

'How dare you interrupt my sleep'

^Ting^

- Choose your method of fighting.

I have no choice but to fight some how.

'I choose all my roots and my servants roots to attack Xerxes with all the supply I have'

^Ting^

- Do you confirm to use all the roots and all supply you have to attack?

'Yes I do' I don't how strong a mini boss is but I know to never underestimate your opponents.

'Sassss, How dare a plant challenge me a servant of the great snake queen Medusa'

It moving at my direction with a speed that our roots can not catch it.

"Bang, you have received a hit and lost 10 life force"

Ouch it hurt, it very hurt.

I don't want to die.

'Tae and Sin use wisp on snake and tried to repel it and Luke and Freya bind it if you can'

'Yes master'

'As your wish master'

Immediately they started to attack Xerxes. They managed to prevent the Xerxes from moving

nearer.

I might as well attack it. I begin to attack once it gets distracted by my servant roots.

"Critical damage, Xerxes lose 5 HP"

It not even near how much damage it give to me.

I started to panic.

"Bang, you and your servant lose each 14 life force"

No I might not give up if I give out then I will die.

'All of you distracted it attention and I will fight it'

"Yes Master"

Without listen to their reply I begin to move my roots in Same way as Xerxes have move I have figure that every time before I attack it will stop then that time it will good time to use bind and wisp to move it further away.

'Now look carefully as before it attack than you should your root wisp to attack it'

We continue to attack it. Every now and then before snake be able to attack it will stop at that moment we strike and repel it with our root wisps.

It rise to attack us.

'Now'

Without a second being waste we immediately hit the snake with our wisps.

^Ting^

'You and your servant have hit its vital spot. It lose 20 HP'

All I have to do is hitting this spot again and again.

^Ting^

- Your servant Freya is under critical state and now unable to fight.

What I was shock. But I quickly pull myself together again and quickly continue my attack. From I see it might only lose 5 or ten percentage of life from our attack just now. So we might as well attack it vital spot and put it under critical state or otherwise we will down.

^Ting^

'You have hit its vital spot. It lose 7 HP'

'You and your servant have its vital spot. It lose 24 HP due to attack the wounded spot'

As it continues for sometimes now. Me and my servants attack Xerxes vital spots. Both Freya and Luke are now unable to fight but they are recovery slowly.

I look at Xerxes now I assume that it almost fall into critical state soon.

'Ting'

'You and your servants have continue to hit the same spot which result in more damage added to the attack. It lose 46 HP.

^Ting^

- Xerxes has now reach it critical state.

'How dare you mere seedling attack you will suffered from horrible death'

"Acid rain has been activated"

^Ting^

- Xerxes has activated it special skill "Acid rain" on you. You and your servant will continues to lose your life force until you be able to deactivate and defeat Xerxes

- Sin is now in critical condition and unable to fight

- Tae-goo is now in critical condition and unable to fight

Dammit all my servant are all critical condition will still lose it life force if I don't defeat soon than they will die. No not just them I will die as well.

I want to scream yet I can't

'Ting'

- You have obtained a new title "Last Stand"

"Last Stand" - this title enable you to burrow your allies power. Your attack, defence, and your speed will increase tremendously for 5 minutes. You has obtained a title skill "Fighting Spirit"

"Fighting spirit" - This skill can only be used with title "Last Stand or Brave Hero" or having

high amount of Fighting spirit stats.

This skill allow the user to gain your allies power and user gain fear resistance against stronger opponents. Cool down to time for 1 Hour.

I have to win no matter what. I cried out "fighting spirit"

^Ting^

- Fighting spirit has been activated, you have gained your allies power and fear resistance.  Your attack, defence, speed will increase for 5 minutes

My strength has come back and I feel somewhat light. I immediately without waste a second attack the snake wounded spot.

'You have hit Xerxes's wounded spots. It lose 78 HP' A lot more damage than I thought I begin to attack again but at the same time me and my servant lose our life forces.

I have 19 life force left.

'You have hit another wounded spots. It lose 84 HP'

Then suddenly a screen pop up in front of me

^Ting^

- Congratulations, you and your servants have defeated a tiger rattlesnake, Xerxes a mini boss monster.

As a reward you and your servant will recover your life force to the maximum of 100.

You also can absorb it remaining corpse.

Level up

Level up

'Yes I will absorb it remaining corpse'

As I absorb the corpse I feel my body has become stronger and light I can move around easier.

^Ting^

- congratulations, you have meet a requirement to evolve into a into a snake - plant like race.

"Green pit venomous viper" You body will now change to your new race. Instead of normal roots now you can have a root that connect you to your servant and as well as absorb nutrients

You also gained fangs which have weak poison in them.

- You have obtained a name 'Serperior'

- Your skills "Root wisp" and "Root bind" have been update and now in basic level

- You have obtained new skills "Poison making", "Poison bite", "Photosynthesis", and a passive skill "Portable Root"

I open my eye and saw that my body have change from a plant to now a snake with all green scale around my whole body. I check my status window.

(Status Window)

(Race): Green serpent

(Name): Serperior

(State): Low level poisonous viper, plant snake, Master of Seedling

Title: Master of seedling, Last stand

(Level): 1

Physical stats:

HP: 100 Mana: 0

Strength: 13 Agility: 15

Wisdom: 26 Intelligence: 28

Vitality: 31 Leadership: 8

Fighting Spirit: 4

[Energy]: 3 J

[Nutrients]: 98 Ns

Energy Production: 10 J/H

Nutrients Absorption: 5 Ns/H

Possessed skill:

<< Growth >>

<< Respiration >>

<< Nutrients absorption >>

<< Root Wisp (Basic) >>

<< Root Bind (Basic) >>

<< Naming (Unique) >>

<< Command title skill (Beginning) >>

<< Fighting spirit title skill (Beginning) >>

<< Poison Making >>

<< Poison bite (Beginning) >>

<< Photosynthesis >>

<< Portable Root (Unique) >>

Blessed: Demeter Attribute: Nature/Poison

I have evolved into a plant snake. I was amazed and now I can produce more food but I loss the nutrient absorption so much. I can now produce poison and all skills when I still was a seedling are still here. Also I can move while having root.

As I lost in thought.

'Master Serperior, what would you us to do now'

I turn back and realise that allow only me have evolved but they look as if they never a fight. Their roots are grown back to replace the dead one.

'Master we can now evolve, master please choose what you would like us to evolve into so that we can be helpful to you in the future'

^Ting^

- All your servant have max their loyalty toward you.

- All of your servant can now evolve.

^Ting^

- Congratulations, you can now choose what you want for your servant to evolve into.

The list of evolve option are list below:

(Growth/ Evolve Window)

Bodhi tree

Golden shower

Bamboo

Gooseberry tree

Oak tree

....

....

Unique: Green pit venomous viper

I wonder what I them to be. I mean I can evolve them to be like myself now green pit venomous viper or something like Bodhi tree or something.

'I chose for you guy to be just like me'

Than suddenly a flash of light. Than begin to become dark again and evolve Tae-goo, Sin, Freya and Luke had evolved into plant snakes.

I order to go to rest and prepare to move out of the ground tomorrow morning as we will started our first day as pant snakes.

I close my eyes and fell into a sleep.

***