The next moment Naomi was standing in an oasis. A few meters away on her left stand a statue of The Lady. Next to her grow some desert bushes, somehow in full blum. Naomi first goes to look at statue. It was a very old sculpture, definitely created by a master sculptor but on the surface there were a lot of scratches. Who knows how many desert storms it survived. Naomi cleans the statue from accumulated sand and in hands brings water for bushes from a nearby pond. Just a little because desert plants don't need too much water.
Few steps away was standing bookshelf and reading nook. Well, actually it was the shelf with the boxes. Boxes were made from lacquered polished wood and each contains one scroll. On top of the lid closed with a golden string tied around two buttons, was the title of scroll. Thanks to magic, unknown words were instantly translated on english. Both rolls of scroll were inserted in groves for further safety. For reading and writing was a scribe desk with angled desktop and holders on top and down for rolls of scroll. Naomi comfortably sits and starts to read one scroll after another because she loves books, even if they were scrolls. After she reads almost half of them, she gets up and stretches and takes a deep breath.
-show me my patch-Naomi said and before her appeared a floating holographic panel with her personal information. She didn’t know why gods didn't say anything about this but she suspected that it was one of those obvious things for everyone besides people from Earth.
Name
Naomi
Level
0->3
Race
Dungeon Core
Path
Crafter
Appearance
Human
Gender
Female
Age
0 years (+ 36 years)
Health/health regen
Full / continues until mana depleted
mana/mana regen
Full /slow, depends on visitors
Strength
Low
Agility
Low
Dexterity
Very high
Wisdom
Very high
Stamina
Low
Skills
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Scholar - grand master
Crafter - master
Title
Clockmaster, Unbreakable, Touched by nature
-so lets see. My name lacks my surname. Shame but not a big deal. Level 0 pending 3. I understand that means I get 1 level for one floor. Not like people whose level was average of levels of skills-there were 5 possible levels. novice, apprentice, master, grand master and arch master. Naomi was incredibly grateful for gods wisdom, that they don’t go for purely numerical system. The perspective of some mad hero with level 999 killing everything right and left for one final experience point for level 1000 was terrifying. Here people really need to learn-ok. Next, race dungeon core obviously. Path crafter huh, sounds about right-every sentient being get path. it was like class in games but not entirely. it’s was more like whot you do every day. Most people have simple path like farmer, warrior, mage. You could still learn new skills and gain new knowledge outside of your daily job. Depending of your choices you can get specialization or change it entirely. Obviously learning entirely new set of skills was very hard and rarely happens. There was one exception. When you become bandit or worse you sided with evil gods your path will change immediately. well bandits sometimes get second chance, cultist never. Guards always request for showing your status for people wanting enter town. If someone refuse is arrested and bring before priest. Only clergy can force someone to show his system -next three ones also are right. Well it's funny seeing my age as 0. Health and mana is ok too. When i start working there should appeared indicator of my usage of mana, according what was written. Strength, agility and stamina are low i was counting on average, but it's true that i newer exercises. At least dexterity i wisdom i have maxed - like with skills there was too five possible levels: nonexistent-reserved for sick and dying, low for people who just living like her, average usually active physically or mentally, high for those who have lots of skill and experience and very high for those who excels-master for crafter. Yes i did few things, and try work as engineer but it didn't work. And grand master scholar for skill hah. Well i know lot of things, and like learn new one, but grand master. Oh well at least not arch master. that will be embarrassing- but detailed description of it shows how vast Naomi had knowledge and on how many fields. Yes, many times it was basics but how many people know how silk is made- clockmaster i like, touched by nature is a little embarrassing, but unbreakable. I should call customer support, because this is evident bug-Naomi jokes embarrassed.
-oh well. Time to try some magic.
According to scrolls the first thing was to get a feeling of mana. That was easy for Naomi because she got that as she became dungeon master. She literally sees wisps of mana appearing and disappearing, floating and dancing everywhere. The second part was all about imagining object and/or necessary process. Then using an adequate amount of mana. It took her a long time and countless attempts, but after first success, the whole process was much easier. Naomi tries to create a few basic things like a stone, piece of wood or cup, even some water but as she tries more complicated things something feels off. She stops and starts observing her collection. She took each object and observed it clously. On one hand everything looks alright. They had the right texture, shape, and water taste like water. They weren’t really real because dungeon masters and mages can only shape mana and world energies into objects. Dungeon masters creation was much robust and in theory can exist indefinitely, when mages creation was temporary and short lived. People find solutions for that and most mages specialize in manipulating existing matter and energy for more long lasting effects of spells. Creating real matter from mana was reserved for gods.
Suddenly Naomi had a thought.
-there was written and/or. What if you not only need to imagine an object, but also process of it creation in the same time?
She once again tries to create a piece of stone. This time she tries to remember all she can about geology and how rocks are naturally created. When she ended the spell she got a piece of stone but different. It too was from condenser mana but somehow condensation was denser and the stone felt more real. To confirm her discovery she created the same object like early, but using her new understanding. Effects made Naomi happy. Each new one object was looking much better, much real, somehow even beautiful. She decided to store them as keepsakes.
Dungeon masters for more complicated things have star trek holoprojectors combined with replicators powered by mana.
-let see. I will need a workbench for wood work for building a wooden chest, and small forge for metal parts-instantly around her appear a set of workbenches with all kinds of saws, hammers, tongs and whatever else. There was also anvil and forge. It took her a long time but she touched every tool, every bench and whatever tool was there and before pushing mana into it she imagined. She imagined how it was done and how it was used as best she could do. The end result was decent in Naomi's opinion. There were a few flaws but for now she can’t do better.
-ok show me the chest-and before she starts floating a 3d model of a typical wooden chest. It had some metal fittings, handles on both sides, round lid and simple lock. First Naomi starts changing its diameters, it needs to fit all her first testing creation. She didn't bother with exact dimensions because it was not needed. Inside she creates trays that will lie on top of each other, and each will contain one set. Finally she checked the fittings, handles, hinges and lock.
-lets see what happens if i do something like that-she said aloud and created a few wooden boards. Next she meticulously cut them and polished them and when ready placed them in the right spot of a holographic model replacing the image with the real thing. She does the same with metal parts. Only the lock she changed for a simple latch. At the end she nailed all parts. Naomi was very happy with the end result. Even if the chest looks like the work of an amateur, all sides were straight and even. Hinges didn’t creak and latch fits.
-good. Time for real things.