"Unfortunately you might be right Wang... I saw you completed two quests by the way, would you like me to help you with the rewards?" Guide spoke seriously
"Yes, but first I want to go over the third quest, 'What am I?'"
Guide frowns as I ask.
"What, is something wrong?" I inquire
"Wang, what do you think yourself to be?" Guide questioned in turn.
"Well you said Im made of souls, and refered to me as a spirit, was that a lie? Am I not a ghost of somesort?" I reply nervously.
"*phwew* Im relieved, it would have been a problem if you thought you were a human or something or rather... Anyway, no I did not lie, your consciousness was formed from the large spike in the number of deaths of souled beings of earth converging into one entity, you. But that only represents your Mind and astral projection, as for your physical race...." Guide worriedly trailed off
"Guide, what are you hiding?" I demand.
"I'll tell, I'll tell, just... let me show you..." Guide cowed.
Ding! Character Panel Updated!
Name: Wang(望) Stats Race: Dungeon Core(Mutant)[Domain Core] CORE: 2 Location: Earth's Moon MENT: 1.01 Age: 1 day SOUL: 3 Guide Persona: Familiar ENGY: 100/100 Karma: Good
Quest Completed: What am I?| Reward *Pending* Chose a Path Tree first/ +0.10 MENT
"Alright, okay, uhhhh. I need to collect my thoughts here. I stammered out." ... "Ok, Guide whats a dungeon core and how am I different, as a mutant [Domain Core]?" I ask with uncertanty.
"You took the news better that I had dared to hope." Guide sighed pleased
"Why? Are Dungeons and their mutations bad?"
"Well Dungeons arent native to this universe in the first place, but where they are... They arent inherently bad per-say. more like most others just frown at their existance. As for you being a Mutation I dont know, I've have records of aberrant Dungeons, sure, But not outright mutants." Guide tensely disclosed.
"What do you mean they arent native to this universe? And how will this effect our plan going forward?" I ask without patience.
"Dungeons are naturally born or created in universes' whos laws are subverted or outright controlled by magic / mana / qi / ki / chi / voodoo ect., This universe however lacks any of those forces, and its laws are in full effect and are only "controlled" or rather known by science." Guide rambled on.
"If there is no magic how am I here, and more importantly how am I still living?"
"I don't know, though I would wager a higher power intervened and placed you here, as for your continued well being, thats likely due to your mutation and/or the system of which Im a part of."
"Nothing we can do about that now. Explain to me what Dungeons are and what they do." I nodded to Guide to explain
"When a Dungeon is born, or created by a sufficeintly powerful being, it resides(usually) underground and will, with the help of magic, excavate its way to the surface. Afterwhich It will spawn traps, monsters and other defenses, until it lures in potential prey. If it manages to kill said prey the dungeon will grow stronger. This increase in strength allows it to excavate more, build better traps, stronger monsters, and thus lure more, stronger prey. This is its life cycle till death or imprisonment."
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"That seems kinda bleak, Is that all thats in store for me?" I murmured
"Doubtful, something spent a great effort to place you here. Perhaps your mutation affords you a different path?"
"Lets hope."
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Ding! Hidden Quest Complete: Acknowledgement & Acceptance | Reward: +0.50 SOUL +10 ENGY
"I'm pround of your adaptiblity Young Wang" Guide warmfully praised
"Guide I want to use my rewards now, lets start with the perk." I say, Guide nods in affirmation.
You have ( 1 ) unspent perk point avalible and 3 perk choices, view now? Yes / No
Perk: Gene Therapy; Improve and Evole any who reside with you.
Perk: Matter Conversion; Convert equivalent matter into any material
Perk: Esoteric knowledge; Gain insighst into magic and the Dao
The third perk seems leftover for a normal dungeon and wont work here. Gene Therapy is nice but I dont have any living neighbors here on the moon. Its a simple choice, 'Matter Conversion'.
Ding! Perk selected; Matter Conversion | applying now
I feel slight tingling that quickly passes, I immediately try to use 'Matter Conversion'
Error! Perk use failed. User lacks material.
"Guide how do I gain material?" I blerted excitedly
"You Dont" Guide objected
"Huh!? Doesnt that mean this perk is useless!?!" I wail
*sigh* "Before you get yourself in a rut chose a Path tree" Guide plainly advised
Hrrmph... Fine
User has 3 Path Trees avalible. Chose now?
Yes / No
'Yes'
Path Tree: Botanist; Path aimed at improving biological growth and development.
(Starting Ability: Sow Seeds)
Path Tree: Constructor; Improves Building and Engineering innovations
(Starting Ability: Nano Drones)
Path Tree: Mystic; P̴̢̧͚͎̼̬̗͙̲͂̐̈́̂͑͐̇́̆͑̽̏̀̚͝ą̷̧̢̜̮͈̻̏̍̌̌͆͒̏͗̆t̸͓̪̖͈͍͎̺̮͕̜͇̻̪̍̈́̐̾̈́h̶̨̨̛͇͖͚͈̭͓̥͈̩͈̝͊̇̄͆͋̊̃̒́̒͠͝ͅ ̸̟̟̩͇̯̾̓͛̑̅̋͛̓̓̕̕͝͠ọ̶͚͎͕̻̲̫̖͈͐̌͒f̵͈̥̳̏̆̈́ ̶̨̢̫̖̪͖̝̰͇͍̣͖͋̐̋̅͊͆̇͗̓ͅͅͅI̴̡̢͉̮̯̮̱̤̖̺̘͈̗͋̽̈́͘͝n̶̡̘̫͖͎̹̭͌t̸̝̺͚̝̼̩̜̰̾̇͗̋̃̓͊̏͋̔̈́̉̑̽͜r̷̢̙͚̠̬̹̠͎͖̭̺̦̺͗͜ọ̵̧̨̰̗̜̜̯̜̹̼̞̼͗ş̴̨̜̤̼͓̻́p̸̡͍̰̬̖̝̌̏̓͌̏̇͐͝ę̸̛͖̥̩̭͔͕̥̲̈̔̒̏̂͋͝͝c̷̟̣͔̀̌̍̉̉̃̂̋̾̈́͝ͅṭ̷̨̭̜͙̯̳͇͓͇̪̣̗̔̋̓̀́̂͋͐͐̈́̕͘͝͝į̴̟̬̦͓̮̰̮͔͂͜͜ơ̶̳̥͉̙̆̆͊͌́̈́̈̇͒̈́̽̚͠n̵̢͚͓͓͙̗̖̪̉̀̏͐̒̐̈͘͝ ̷̰͕̹̅͜a̶̠̖̓̀̀̓͌̈́͆̓͛̂̚ń̴͈̯̾͊̂̌̎̀̃d̴̨̳͓͙̬̫̥̣̩̋͌͋̄̀̈͒ ̸̧̢̛̦͔̂̏̾͛͊̎̊̇͝I̸̡͉̻͂͑̿͌́͐͜n̷̺̞͔͍̰̩͔͕͔̝͖̳̞͔̊̃͊̀̎̊̇̉͝s̴̮̱̤̼̓̾́̓͐̋͝ĭ̷͍̬͓̥̣̦̦̣̉̏͒̈̓̆̕͝͝͝ͅͅĝ̵̨̢̱̪̫̗̣͈̗̙̰̀̈́̈͑͂͝ͅh̶̨̘̗̊̎͌̔́̈́̇̋̍͋̆̿̚t̷̡̛̛̰̥̠͙̳̪̘̳̒̇̆̋̀͒̎̇̉͜͜͝ ̸̢͉̲̱̪̗͔̥͔̝̇́į̸͖̖̮̊͊̿̆ͅn̷̨̼̮̹͙̟̞̝͔̻͔̽͊̿̄̀̃̌̈́̇͘͝t̶̞͙͋̈́̽̍̍̈̒̈́̓͝͝õ̵͓̦̥͙̼̩̯͐͋̈́̿̍̏͆͠ ̵̜̺̲̲̺̟̓̍̓̋͠t̴̺̻͎̜͔̩̬̾͐̉̊͐͜͝ḩ̸̧̗͈̻̙̘̅͠ͅe̶̢͚̼̬͚̟̬̻̫̯̭̦̙̾̎͒̀̎̋̆̔ ̵̣̣͊́̓͘͝S̴̯̼̟̻̖͉̹͈̲̤͊͒́͊̐̏̂̿́̚c̷̨̡̮͍̣̞͉̫͇̻͓̘͔͔̹̑͘ĥ̸̬͈̠̭̳̳̥͙̒́̀̾̅̒̒̀͗͆̐͂̚͝o̶̧̟̙̤̖̞̮̰͕͉̞̭̜̞͂̆̉̂̽̍͠ơ̸̧̻̞̬̰̤͒ḻ̶̡̢̨̮̱̣̱̪̘͖̪̜̝̈́̇̄̆̏́ ̴̺͈͉̹͍̈ò̷͒͌̇̈̌́̓̾̓̒̂́͠͝ͅf̶̜̖͕̲̼̏̉̀ ̴̢̛͕̮̤͗̀̈̈͑̕͠T̴̨̹̖̀̄̄̀͗̈́̏̏̚͜h̸̨̨̧͈̖̞̺̙̺̤̘̳̩̞͛ͅó̴͕̦̖̳̌̔͌̆ͅu̸̗͓͖̭̩̘̬̟̥̬͚̥͌͊̊̒̿͜ͅͅg̵̛̬͓̹̞͗͐͐̀̋̌̇͌̒̇͠h̶̡̗̺̙͎͉͍͍̒̅ͅt̴̛̜͇̙̬̩̐͊̍̆̇̒̄̐͛̅
(̵̧̲̠͉̭̲̭̫̟̠̄̿̄͆̀̅͋̈́̉̃͘͘̕̕S̴̢̭͙̘̫̬͍͎͈̈́͜t̵̨̮̟̹̱̪̟͕̞͕̺̭̮͍̗͊̇̃̎͆̇̌̚a̴̙̺̥̗̜̎ŗ̶̯̱̤̍̔̔͌t̷͙́̋̆̉̂̚͠i̷̫̥̦̺͕̝̳̗̝͉̊̋̈̔̄͑̈́̐̾̏̄́n̷̢̨̥͙̹̮̰͚̝͋̂̉̐̊͗̾͗͂̊͊̃͜͝g̸͎̭͎͍͈̿̿̄̈́̀̋̊̆́͂̂͌͘͘ ̴̜̲͇̘͇̖̟͓͒̑̏͒̓̂́̌̈́̽́̔̂͜͝͝A̷̢̝̗̜͉̮͕̒͗̽̆͗̆̅̕͝b̶̦͓͔̟̯̻̘͉͇͇̓͗͝i̵̞̬̘͕̹̜̲͎̺͕͚̟͐̑̎͌̊͝l̵̺̤͚͚̼̬̳̦̻͍̤̔͆͂i̶̢̡̙̲͖͙̰̳͂̋̀͆̃̈́̆͌̈́̚͜t̸̫͎̒̔͊͋̐y̸͙͑̆͛̚:̶͔͇̣̳̫͙̄̏̃͊̈́͊̚͝ ̵̬̩̌̆͂̾̽̋͐M̸̖̜̳̮̤̗̝̦̪̒̍̈͆̔͘͝ͅe̴͎̮̟̦͙̘̅̿̊̄̑̑ͅd̴̢̧̜̲̬̼͙̭̱̰̭̣͂͊͜i̶̛͙̯̰̪̘̱̱̰̠͍̇͂̉̑̈́̈́͗̑̋̋̑t̸͈͖͙̣̗̰̯̻̆͗͘͝a̴͙̗̞̪̩̮̮͇͙̞̋ṯ̸̬̫̒̈̈́͛̆̐͒͊͐̈̕͝ȉ̸̛͍̱̼̗̓̽͆̎̂͑̍̈͂͝o̴̧̘̳̮̳̙̭̯̻͓͖̜̹͛͐͂͑͊̍̕̚n̴̥͂͋̈̄̂̕̕͝)̸̢̛̝̣̬͔͚͙͉̘͖̱̈́̀̈̆̐͝͝
Welp, I dont think I should touch the third one at all, and I already gave up on Gene Therapy. In for a penny in for a pound....
User Has selected; Path Tree: Constructor
Ability Gained: Nano Drones
Earth, I'm on my way.