The Crafter's Dungeon: A Dungeon Core Novel (Dungeon Crafting Book 1) Jonathan Brooks (sites to read books for free .TXT) đ
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Little-by-little, Sandra noticed that she was starting to feel something being funneled into her from the Spider. It wasnât visible or tangible, but she could nevertheless sense the ambient Mana from the air being absorbed and sent directly toward her. A quick look at her Core Selection Menu showed her Available Mana â which used to be at 2 after creating the construct â was slowly ticking upwards. It slowed even more after about five minutes, but it managed to tick over to 5 before it stopped completely.
As if she could sense it â which Sandra thought was entirely possible because she still didnât know much about Dungeon Fairies â Winxa said, âThe ambient Mana in here is just about depleted now, so Iâm hoping that you have at least five Mana available.â With a quick affirmation from Sandra, she continued. âNow, I want you to extend your senses out and âeatâ some of the wall again until you have at least 50 units of Raw Material available. And donât worry about the room collapsing, or the walls caving in; your natural presence alone will automatically stabilize anything that you have direct access to. This is especially important once you start expanding your dungeon, because otherwise you might have issues keeping your construction intact.â
Sandra paused in the act of âeatingâ more of the nearby cave wall. I didnât even think of that! She had watched carpenters and stonemasons plying their trade to construct buildings before, but nothing in her previous life had prepared her for a life underground and the dangers therein. Fortunately, it didnât seem that she had to worry about burying and damaging herself from a cave-in.
She quickly absorbed the Raw Material from the nearest wall until she had 61 units â more than was needed, but she had beenâŠhungry. Either way, she apparently now had what she needed to create another monster seed. Without prompting, Sandra opened her Core Selection Menu again and focused on the Monster Seed Schematics option. I think Iâm getting the hang of this.
Monster Seed Origination
Name:
Raw Material Cost:
Mana Cost:
Min. Mana:
Max. Mana:
Tiny Copper Orb
50
5
5
10
Easy enough to understand. Sandra mentally selected the Tiny Copper Orb and she felt the same siphon of Mana from her core like she had when she made the Clockwork Spider, but this time it was accompanied by some Raw Material. All of it flowed towards a spot on the floor, which soon showed a small misty fog that quickly compressed into an orb-like shape. Less than ten seconds after she had chosen to create the âseedâ, it was done.
The Tiny Copper Orb looked identical to the previous one; the only difference between the two that Sandra could identify wasâŠthat she had made it!
âVery nice, Sandra! I shouldâve known that youâd figure this out pretty quickly, especially based on your previous hobby. Youâll be able to find more types of seeds as you explore and expand, which will give you access to even more powerful monsters. And thatâs about all I can teach you right now until you get a little bigger and stronger. You should be safe in here for quite a while, so you shouldnât have to worry about any danger to your core forâŠprobably months or more. Now, like I said, Iâll be back â so donât have too much fun without me!â
Wait! What do I do now?!
Winxa was already opening another hole in the middle of the air with a negligent wave of her hand, but she took the time to turn back to the new Dungeon Core. âWhy, expand and grow â what else would you want to do?â
With that, Sandraâs Dungeon Fairy â the only source of information and socialization â walked through the circular portal and left her all alone.
Well, that sucks.
Chapter 8
Left to her own devices and without anyone to tell her what to do for the first time in her life â or âafterlifeâ, as it were â Sandra was frozen in indecision. Always before, she had a definitive plan that she followed; if it wasnât traveling around the land of Muriel selling merchandise, it was tracking down an elusive crafter that she wished to learn from. It was familiar and safe, and yet a bit confining at the same time.
And now she was free.
Sandra now had no obligations to anyone, not even to herself; she didnât need to earn money to make a living, she didnât need to sell weapons or other items to feed herself and her father â in fact, she didnât even need to eat anymore. Or, at least, she assumed she didnât need to eat; Winxa didnât really explain much other than the basics to her.
So, with her newfound freedom from responsibility and time on her hands, Sandra was ready to doâŠwhat? She honestly didnât know. The merchant life she had led before was really no more than a job to her, it was more of a means to an end. She stuck with her father because the two of them were all the family they had in the world and she loved him, but she didnât love the profession he had chosen to pursue.
Crafting, on the other hand, was something that she enjoyed â even if it was just learning about it. The Dungeon Fairy hadnât been too far off, however, calling it her hobby; without the chance to perform nearly all of the crafting she had learned about with her own two hands or innate magical ability, it was more of a spectator activity than anything else. But that didnât lessen her enthusiasm one bit.
And now that she had some time, options, and unique abilities,
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