CHAPTER TWELVE
About Fifteen Hours Later
JESSIE'S POV
I decided to name the fox. His name is Rocky now. He left a couple hours ago and has just walked back in. He's carrying a butterfly and is running from something. He drops the butterfly into the water trap, and dashes through the corridor of traps, stopping at the entrance to the first room, then proceeding to sit facing the entryway. As he sits, a big spotted cat dashes through the entrance. The cat easily jumps over the water trap and continues running. Somehow by chance, the cat triggers the swinging blade trap. The blade swings down, and chops off the cat's tail braking itself in the process. The cat screams out in pain, now slowing down to be cautious. As it slowly draws nearer to the pitfall trap it notices Rocky, who is just sitting there watching. It growls, starts to run, and subsequently falls into the pit trap. That could have easily gone worse if Rocky hadn't been there. I wonder to myself if he knew that… Nah, it's just an animal, it can't be that smart. I dismiss the notion and watch as Rocky wanders back to his little bed. I decide to look at the notifications I got for that fight.
Congratulations
Your Dungeon Fox ‘Rocky’ defeated a Blue Morpho You gain;
* 5xp
* 1MP
* The ability to spawn Blue Morpho
You defeated an Ocelot You gain;
* 100xp
* 50MP
* The ability to spawn Ocelot
It’s odd how the Butterfly had a type specific message. I kinda expected it to say a butterfly died, and leave it at that. Hmm. I open up the creatures menu and pull up the page for the Blue Morpho
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Creature Info
Blue Morpho:
The Blue Morpho is a large blue butterfly. The only difference between Blue Morphos and normal butterflies is the unique alchemical usage of it. Blue Morphos are used in some types of mana potions produced in villages near rainforests or jungles.
Mana Cost: 2mp Base, no possible modifications.
Wow. That’s really valuable. The only problem is that dungeons don't have mouths, and therefore can't use mana potions. So, I guess it's just loot… Damn. I spawn a couple of the little buggers throughout the center room.
JAMES' POV
I'm starting to work on the center room. I start by digging out a little pond in the center of it. I put a little rock coming out of the center of the pond, and make a little water spring in it. At some point, I’m going to have to figure out how the water sources work, but for now, that's not my priority. I put arcing pillars coming up from the corners of the room, meeting at a center pillar I make the center pillar stand on top of the rock in the center of the pond. I’m nearly out of mana now, so I take a step back (figuratively) and look at my work. Only to see butterflies popping up around the room. I go to look at my notifications, and right on top is my level four page. The fact I got it probably explains how I was able to build my pillars fully. After it is a message for ‘Rocky’ killing a Blue Morpho, whatever that is. Under that is a message for killing an Ocelot, which apparently gave me a full hundred experience. I guess that on top of all my building, levelled me up. Cool.