Chapter 21: New Skill!
[QUEST COMPLETE]
[+500 EXP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
Dungeon Skill Unlocked!
[MINION SYNCHRONIZATION!]
[Dungeon System Interface!]
[Name: Hiro Dungeon]
[Level: 2]
[HP: 8000/8000]
[MP: 983/1500]
[DEVOTION: 100]
[EXP 130/1000]
Tamed Monsters: 8/30
Pylons: 5/5
[SKILL LIST]
Bubble Blow: LvL1
* Using mana, you create a bubble of charged mana. When it pops, it releases a light burst of mana. 5MP
Squirt Water: LvL1
* Squirt Water. Using Mana you create and squirt water out of your beak. 5MP
Summon Rock: LvL1
* Summon a small Rock. That's it. It summons a rock. 10 MP
Impart Instruction: LvL1
* Teach skills and share experience to minions or selected creatures.
Squeakerlocation: LvL3
* Using squeaks, you ping your nearby surroundings to paint an image in your mind. 1 MP
Purify: LvL 5
* Gathering Light mana, you may attempt to purify a source of your choice, rendering it free of curses, poison and disease. Effectiveness scales with level. 50MP
Minion Synchronization: LvL 1
* Synchronize your senses with a loyal minion to take control of the target for the duration of sixty seconds. Duration scales with skill level, effectiveness scales with bond. COOLDOWN[12 HOURS]
AWWWWW HECK YEAH! NEW SKILL! NEW SKILL! GREAT SKILL! I couldn’t help but feel ecstatic about the new skill I’d obtained, besides my numbers going up, I had gained something that I could use! That wasn’t useless like summon rock or bubble blow!
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[New Quest!]
[Synchronize With a Minion!]
Perhaps sensing my ecstatic emotions, Slimey rubbed my rubber head, its hand smearing cleaning solution on my yellow body.
“Lord Hiro, what's wrong? Is something the matter darling?”
Slimey said, its voice appearing in my mind with a sauve and oddly mature tone as it lifted me up, its sapphire eyes staring at me in reverance.
Even though I knew they were fake, even though I knew this was a monster. Even though I knew…
What did I know?
Nothing. And the absence of that knowledge oddly gave me comfort.
Nothing. Just a skill. I sent, with Slimey taking me into her arms and squeezing me against her liquid body.
“Will you show me darling?”
Sure! I sent back, replying with enthusiasm, eager to test out my new skill.
I turned my attention to Hector, my skeleton minion standing around and poured my will into activating the skill.
And then…
Huh?
I'm… I'm big?
Peeking through the orbs of energy that constituted eyes for Hector, I stared at my boney hands. My exposed fingers. Even though there was no skin, no flesh, I could see it.
Skin, my palms. My body.
Even though it wasn't real, for a moment. Just a split moment… I felt real again. Like I was… human.
I moved around, giggling internally with glee. Running in place, twirling my arms, spinning my head round in round-
And then it stopped, my consciousness back in my rubber container.
[11:59:00 Until Minion Synchronization can be used!]
[New Quest Available!]
Great...
I let out a squeak, the sound carrying with it my sigh.
“I'm sorry Lord Hiro! I have made you suffer! I shall repent at once!” Slimey exclaimed, tearing off her arm with a zealotry that made me wince.
Slimey began to uncloth, shedding off parts of her liquid skin as the slime cried cleaning fluid from its eyes.
Whoa! STOP! STOP! STOP!
“Please! My actions have caused you suffering! Please, punish me at once Lord Hiro!” Slimey begged, slamming her head against the floor so hard her head deformed and splattered against the cobblestone.
Uhhhhhhhhhh.
“Lord Hiro, your burdens are my burdens. Please. Order me to fulfill your orders so that you may be happy!”
Uhhhhhhh.
Embarrassingly, an indiscernible amount of time passed, Slimey and I locked in silence, neither moving.
Errrrrr.
HOW THE HECK AM I SUPPOSE TO REACT TO THIS?!
I didn't know, but Slimey was adamant they'd be punished. So I sent them on cleaning duty, away while I cleared my mind and attempted to process everything that had happened.
"For your glory, I shall commit my given tasks Lord Hiro!"
The slime kept her head to the floor, dragging it's face as it went on its way.
I turned my attention to Dave(let?)who was splayed out, the large croco-girl? Crockolid? Crocotaurus? I really need a better naming convention.
Anyway the large beast woman was splayed out, sleeping on her bed of hardened silk.
I sent an order out, attempting to rowse the muscular monster who simply batted at the air and turned away.
Great.
A zealot desperate to appease me on one end, and a lazy bum who ignored me on the other.
These were my strongest monsters…
I turned my attention to Hector and Chloe. The two skeletons unable to be healed unless given chaos energy or leveled up.
Probably time to add a new addition to that roster. But first, let me deal with this blinking notification.
[Quest: Defend Your Mana Heart!]
[The heart of your dungeon is new and weak. It must be given time to grow and strengthen!]
[Defend your heart for at least three days!]
[Reward: Minion Capacity Increase, Dungeon Management Panel Unlocked]
What?! DEFEND?!
[Dungeon Management Panel]
[Inactive Dungeon Heart LvL 1]: (Weakened)
HP: 850/850(1000)
Oh, neat. More micro management. Uggggggggggh.I wish I could just have an assistant take care of all this.
Suddenly, a pulse, an odd feeling that washed over me, wrapping around my being to coat my rubber body.
[You have been marked!]
Huh?
AW CRAP!
Suddenly, at the edge of my domain, monsters, skeletons, slimes, and spiders. Creatures pouring out of the tunnels in mass from every direction!
Battle stations! BATTLE STATIONS! GET UP! GET UP YOULAZY CROC!