CHAPTER FIVE
~30 Hours Later
JESSIE'S POV
My mana pool is finally full again. I dig out another ten meters, and place another ‘Basic Pitfall Spike Trap’. That leaves me with twenty mana which I use to dig out another two meters. Mana seems to be my real hold back right now. Another thing I noticed, is that once something is saved as a schematic it costs less than when I build it from scratch. I go over to the rooms to watch what James was up to. He has three rooms now, and the core is looking slightly larger. That probably has something due to levelling up. Although, he might not have gained a level yet. Well, I guess it's time to bug him.
JAMES' POV
Back to ninety mana. Still almost nothing. Almost at the next level. I finish off the room I started, and start another room. I move the core, which is looking bigger, into the new room. The new room is gonna be the central room, so I made it a bit larger, with the final size planned to have a fifteen-meter diameter. It'll still be a square, but if you want exact measurements it will be fifteen meters from the entrance to the opposite side and fifteen meters between the left side and the right. It's gonna be taller than the normal rooms which are two meters tall. It's odd how the area I dig out for each ten mana isn't one meter cubed. It's one square meter, with a two-meter high roof. The whole of the dungeon dug out like that. The system was probably making it adventurer friendly, while still giving it the size I choose. I wonder how carving out a higher roof in this new room will work.
“Hey bro, what you doing?” Jessie says to me. “I'm building the central room for this floor now. I plan to make it bigger than the other rooms, and it'll look so awesome!” I tell her excitedly. “Awesome!” she replies, “I can't wait to see it. And maybe you could make a side room for our little creatures to stay when we get some. That would be great.” “Nice idea sis,” I tell her, before looking at a new message that's appeared in front of me.
Level Up
You reached level two. Congratulations
Rewards:
* Decorative Materials
* Marble
* Jade
* Basalt
* 5 Stat points
* 100MP
“Nice” I exclaim. “Wassup?” Jessie asks me interested. “I just got some new materials. And I also levelled up. I can't wait to put this all to use.” “I agree that is nice,” Jessie says, “I'd put your points in intelligence. To clarify, I'm not calling you dumb, but you probably need the mana regen” “Good idea. Thanks sis.” I reply, immediately assigning the stat points. Afterwards, my stat screen looks like this;
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Core Name:
James
Level:
2 (0/200xp)
Core Type:
Dual Green Garnet
Core Partner:
Jessie
Core Integrity:
100%
Mana:
100/175 (4MP/hour)
Intelligence:
20
Wisdom:
15
Perception
20
Charisma:
10
Strength:
LOCKED
Agility:
LOCKED
I decide to check out what we have in the menu. The menu seems to have only just popped up, but thinking about it I realize that it's been there the whole time I open it up, and it gives me a list of choices. 'Traps' which thinking about it was originally greyed out, meaning it holds only the traps Jess made. There is creatures which is greyed, out Items also greyed out, and materials. I open the materials menu. I have slate and limestone, which are probably what I started with. I also have the new materials, marble, jade, and basalt. In a separate category, labeled traps there is also some rope. Interesting selection of materials. I look back at the pillar the core is in, and turn it to marble. I add some basalt details. I choose to save the jade for later. Upgrading the pillar cost a hefty fifty mana. I use the remaining fifty to dig out another five square meters of the new room. At this point I don't have much to do, so I relax, and start to rest.