Rocky's P.O.V:-
After giving orders to the ants, I had nothing much left to do, so I looked up for some answers. Yes, supervising and keeping an eye on them is one thing, but other than that I am stoned and liberal.
There is also Minie. I don’t know what she is doing right now, but from the looks of it, seems like she is also meditating.
*sigh* now days, even she trains hard eager to increase her strength.
I don’t think she has any reason to increase her personal strength. I mean, she said that I am as powerful as are my monsters and without monsters, a dungeon is nothing.
So I don’t find there to be any reason for her to put such much effort into something that would end up becoming useless.
Meditating? It gets boring after two or three days.
I am not power hungry at all… … yeah it felt like saying that I am not a dungeon master. Although I can train quietly and efficiently for half or day in one sitting, but such patience and state of mind, to continue doing the same thing for an unprecedented time span is something that I don’t have.
What I gained after my pain stricken hard and time consuming meditation?
A very big increase in my mana capacity, It increased by so much that I couldn’t even look at the Number without laughing a little.
How much did it increase?
Well it increased to a whole another level by the value of 2.
Until now it has increased by a total amount of 7… after 4 days of heart boring, pants tearing, hair falling, wood breaking, future destroying, OMG training; it increased by a fucking value 7.
Technically, it didn’t even increase at the rate of 2 per day.
I have never neglected my training, I never got lazy, always worked with the proper mindset, but the results didn’t really provide the amount of satisfaction that it should have.
Moving on to more important discussions like, ‘how to pass time when you are stuck in a cave?’
Is it answerable?
Well, even if it is not like anyone’s going to waste their time reading my thoughts and commenting about it.
Now that I thing about how boring the life of a dungeon master s then…
Minie is in a much better state than me. At least she has her sleep, which helps her pass the time.
And also support from her family and friends from her homeland.
Ah! Whatever, not like getting jealous over something that others have will give me the pleasure of enjoying it too.
So let’s do something creative…again.
“No stop! No more songs. Please, spare me from the torture.”
Was she not sleeping? When did she wake up?
But… …torture?
“What torture, its creativity at the highest level. The magnitude of its level is so high that even I am not sure what I write about. So, how can you call my talent torture?”
“Talent? You call that talent! Creativity my ass, to me it felt like a frog’s cry, a ghost’s wail, like a donkey talking, li…”
“But I’m sure what I wrote was lyrically and rhythmically perfect with no mist…” Rocky said in a timid and an almost cracking voice.
“Haha. So you mean to say even a rock can write and sing songs now. Don’t tell me the dirt I’m standing on is actually a god, the water that flows in the rivers are actually tears, the forests are actually hair and the peak…”
“Okay, okay. No need to chew me out, I understand. I won’t write anything ofr no… okay, I’ll never again write another song about killing anyone again.”
“Whatever, but why are you trying to become a bard? Is being a dungeon master so easy that you could not hold your curiosity over getting another job?”
“No, nothing like that, I ju…”
“Oh! So it’s like that. Being the first dungeon to have three elemental affinities was not enough, so now you are trying to become the first singing dungeon ever to grace our souls with its presence. This is the way that you are going to get powerful and become this world’s greatest dungeon…”
“No you ac…”
“If you are, then I think you are on the right way. Yeah, definitely, if it’s this then your way is straight.”
“Really!”
“Yeah, it’s a road taking you straight… to… your… Death.”
“…..”
“What happened? Are you not going to right another song? Please, do write it, but this time instead of writing about killing others, let it be about...”
“You want me to write about our dungeon?”
“No no, this dungeon doesn’t deserve such extravagance. Why don’t you write about, how your hobbies and laziness let to your death. Oh! Also, please don’t mention me in it, for I also don’t deserve such kindness.*smiles*”
“You…you…you are ruthless. You’re a devil in disguise. I don’t know any other fairy, who is also as coldhearted as you are. How could you say suc”
“Ahem. Excuse me, if you don’t remember this anymore cause of maybe being brain dead, then let me remind you that, forget about other fairies, you don’t know anyone else other than me. Ah, I don’t know about your imaginary friends or anything else but..”
“WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PSYCHO, YOU ARE THE PSYCHO, YOUR Masters a psycho, you’re…”
No, that not right. Didn’t I just call myself a psycho!
“Heehee…that right, you really are a bit crack in the head. No need to get mad over your own faults…heehee”
“Shut up, Shut up…Shut up! *heavy breathing*”
“Okay, okay. No need to get hyper over something so small; steady your breaths, because I just remembered that I have something to teach you.”
“What *hah* are *hah* you *hah *saying…fuuu.
Did...you * hah* not teach me everything *haaah* already?”
“Yeah the thing is, all of the exciting stuff that I had to teach you is long over. There only some rudimentary things left like; your vision problem, reward discussion and stuff.”
“What VISION! ARE YOU MAD OR WHAT? HOW CAN YOU CONSIDER SOMETHING RELATED TO VISION, RUDAMENTARY? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?”
“Chill out! It’s not like our super genius can’t develop abilities after cramming the logic. It’s so easy, that you’ll probably just snort it away, so there is no need to rush it. You can take all the time in the world that you want…”
“You are defiance to nature. You can’t do this!
What if something happens while I am learning it? What if people came in? what if…”
“Oh, come on! what are you so scared of? Don’t you have your ant workers? Isn’t this dungeon devolving nicely? Is our queen not going to lay another egg in a while? The first larva that was born is already twice its size and is getting stronger. So what are you afraid of…just relax.”
“You…you, I’m not talking to you anymore. Always makes fun of me, do you hate me or something? why do you always have to wait till the last moment before remembering something so important?”
“So you don’t want to talk to me!”
“No”
“So don’t want to learn omnivision”
“No… …wait, what?”
“Yeah, the skill is called ‘omnivision’. With this; anyone and any entity can see all and everything happening around him, at once.”
“Really? Tell me, why such a godly skill is considered run of the mill skill that anyone could learn, and has such low status?…well, in your dictionary at least.”
“The thing is, this skill is not; achievable, gain able, learnable…”
“What? What are you saying now! Then ho…”
“Yes, this skill is not available for everyone, but only for a dungeon master. This is a skill tailor made, just for you. Moreover, its not like every dungeon master can learn it. Only those with the capacity to think and the ability to perform actions fasr and precisely, performing actions after careful calculations can get it.”
“Please explain in a language that I could atleast understand, and please don’t go overboard with all the technicalities and stuff.”
“Really now, I mean, only those with intelligence have a chance to obtain it.”
“So, you mean to say that only intelligent master can get it.”
“Yes”
“So, you find me cute and handsome and are attracted towards my intelligence.”
“Huh, keep on dreaming.” She snorted, completely and utterly looking down on him.
“Anyways, what was all that about? Calculating and capacities, please, always use layman terms to explain things from now onwards.”
“It is important but you don’t need to know.” She said while looking at the roof, but her gaze felt looking at something far away.
“So, What should I do now? Tell me.”
“Okay, you know how to use mana particles to get something like a vision, but its usage gets pretty rough, as the distance increases, and…”
“Yes, yes I know all about this. If you are really going to say something, then tell me about omnivision, and not things that I already know.”
“Don’t rush me! Shut up and keep on listening, otherwise I’ll keep the secret to myself.”
“Okay, But please, keep all the highly classified information to the minimum, and…” without letting him complete his sentence Minie started explaining.
“Right now your temporary vision is because of you using mana particles to react with the surrounding. Now, that gives you a somewhat clear picture of everything around you but it is still not good enough to be called a skill. Even though you can see, but this is still just the most basic way to use it. It is not a skill that let you see clearly. Until now, you have been using your body as the vessel and your mana as the medium to see. All that you need to do is, to use the dungeon walls as your vessel and ….”
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“…, and the mana circulating inside as the medium to see. If I can do this, then I’ll get ‘Omnivision’.”
“See didn’t I tell you that its really simple, though the matter of getting the skill is a bit more difficult than that, but if you keep on performing this action continuously, then the rest of the path for you wiil be smooth sailing.”
“Yeah, in theory it sounds nice, but we both know how cruel reality can get.”
Shhh…I started meditating to calm my excited self, and to stop thinking about unnecessary stuff. Yeah, meditation not only increases my mana, but it also helps me calm down.
The result?
Just like expected, all my thoughts of anger and deceit, of joy and sorrow were washed away, and what remained was my calm and composed emotionless state and an empty mind, devoid of worldly uselessness.
The first thing I felt, was that all of the energy particles in my surrounding were rushing towards me; Entering my body and replenishing myself, rejuvenating my soul.
This myriad of lights have become a common thing for me, after experiencing them for such a long time… actually its has only been three…no four days, but after meditating for 15 hours a day, anyone would feel that in this world them majestic dots of lights were nothing luxurious, but as common as dirt.
Moving on, Like Minie said I need to use the walls of my dungeon as my body. Now as it really is my body so I had absolutely no difficulty doing it…other than a slight feeling of disorientation.
Now to use the mana circulating inside as the medium to see, Let me tell you that it brought a great headache to me,
Why?
Because when both of the conditions were fulfilled all the visions from all around the cave started rushing inside my mind. This flood of information gave me a scare, and I could not help but scream out loud.
“What happened?!” Minie asked, looking a bit bewildered.
“Nothing, I just succeeded in doing it.”
“But why did you scream? You know, my head is still ringing after you untimely and sudden attack.
Still, tell me what happened?”
“Yeah after I connected the two together, visions from the entire dungeon exploded my mind. Information from millions of perspectives’ and angles bombarded my head. I think, if I had not stopped it at the right time, then I might have gotten brain wrecked!”
“Ah! Yes, I forgot to tell you to only look at one scene at a time, otherwise you would get… well, you have experienced it already. Heehee” she smiled shamefully and turned the opposite way.
“Really, you what wrong did I ever do to be treated in such a way? What di…”
“Oh come on! Stop you’re whining and practice doing it until you get a skill out of it.”
“Hah…okay so I’m going to have fu…practice this way of seeing till I get the skill ‘Omnivision’. So before I dive into my ultimate, painful, divine method of meditation do you have anything that you want to tell me?”
“Ha-ha, like I can’t just talk to you, while you look at your ants working.”
“How do you…”
“Just remember, don’t keep looking at the same thing from the same place, but try to change your viewing angle or move around and get a feel of the whole place. Also try to look at different scenes at the same time. If you somehow succeed in doing it without any backlash or problem, then keep on increasing the no of scenes that you consecutively look at. If you could do that then you might get a nice surprise at the end of it all.”
“What? What? What surprise? Are you not going to tell me?”
“I don’t have any need to tell you because you are eventually going to get it anyways, if you don’t slack of that is. So just do what you need to do, and leave the rest to… luck *giggles*”
She doesn’t change.
*smiles*
Well, it’s not like I am in any kind of rush, at least not for now.
So, what I need to do is to look at the same scene but from different angles and places. This is surely going to get boring very quickly.
You see using mana to see stuff is not bad but it has its limitations, what I have been doing until now can be considered the most basic of the basic types of vision. Although I could see stuff around me very clearly, I mean I could even see the expressions that Minie makes from time to time, but to say that I could see everything, is just giving respect to the blind.
But with this everything will change I will get a proper vision and the ability see things with texture and detailing, x-ray vision, heat sensing and the godly prophetic visions and much more…
Just kidding like a simple skill could do such a thing.
After calming down and entering my ‘mediation mode’, I took my presence to the place where ants were working at. A bit of interaction with mana and I started seeing the scene of ants working now using their mandibles to dig through rock and dirt giving shape to my exquisite imagination.
Are they slow? Yes, they are.
Actually it’s not that they are slow but the area that they working in is so big that it seems like they will never finish on time. Forget about finish it will be quite an achievement if they are somehow able to complete all the tunnels before humans invade.
How much time is left till the humans invade my territory?
That, I don’t know, and neither does Minie.
How would we know when they will attack? I mean, we don’t even know, if they will even come or not.
Ah, forget it, no need to think about the future.
Seeing how difficult it will be for my workers to complete the full design, I ordered them to first complete the tunnels.
We would be able to completely dig all the rooms after the initial trouble pass away, but we need to at least make then travel some distance before reaching our queen.
Ah, I remembered that I also need to plug the long tunnel that my mana burst created.
How I will do that?
Being a dungeon master is very convenient. I can simply use the stones and dirt dug out to create walls.
The thing is that until I have some open space and materials to use, I can’t do shit. But with all the raw materials present, I can create almost everything inanimate inside the dungeon.
After completing the plugging, came a long chain of hard and continuous order of practicing my skill. That included; looking at the ants from the side, then from the ground, from the roof, from far away, from the material that they were digging.
And then I got bored and lost interest in the simple stalki…observation of ants.
I wanted to observe Minie but there is no way in hell that I could have done it without her finding out. So instead of getting rebuked for doing something like that, I decide to do the multitasking thing.
Looking at one scene at a time is as simple as breathing, but things changed as I moved up from that.
At first observing two different scenes provided a fairly big challenge with an overly big headache, but after some time of patiently enduring, it got easy to do. Well, not as easy as a simple task, but still easier than my first try.
After practicing the same thing for an unknown amount of time, when my current task provided no more challenge to me, I decided to add one more scene to it, and I still regret doing it.
As to why I regret doing it, not because of the difficulty, but because I noticed that other than looking at ants digging or empty walls I had no other thing to look at, and it felt horrible.
How could I not fell horrible, thinking that no matter how powerful I get, I would never be able to go outside the confines of these walls, that I would never get to experience the wonders which the world outside the periphery of my dungeon holds.
Should I ask Minie if it is possible to go outside?
Let’s not ask her… well, at least not for now. I still have a lot of things to do, other than wasting time on things that are currently out of my reach.
So after the sorrow of being detained inside the darkness of my own body faded away, I returned to practicing my skill again...
But before doing so, I used some of the materials dug by the ants to plug the hole that led straight to the queen. Well, I this case the tunnel that I created at my birth.
What followed it was creation of more walls and patches till the whole dungeon at least acquired a tunnel system that I wanted, instead of the straight route to my room, that it had before.
And then I returned to my never ending struggle. When I got lost inside my own world, the ants completed the digging of tunnels and returned to expanding the rooms.
During my pain stricken, slumber like practice session, I was woken up by my favorite sound in the world.
I got happy, listening to the sweet music that was ringing in my head.
The voice sounded a bit crude then it usually does, but the feeling of excitement made up for it.
At the apex of my excitement the usual ding of information box started echoing inside my head.
But when I returned back to my real self out of the muddled state I was in, what I saw left me flabbergasted.
Why? because I was welcomed by a bewildered Minie who as looking at the dungeon interface in front of her.
At first, I felt awkward seeing her interacting with the panel, but all of my jealously and curosity was hammered to dust, when I saw a Bright red Information box at the corner of my vision.
It was not the contrast or its color that made me shocked, but it’s content.
[table=red]WARNING!
INTRUDERS ALERT![/table]