Styx had previously talked with Irie about the public information of dungeons, due to questions he held toward himself and why he could stockpile experience points rather than living creatures which would automatically undergo the level up process as soon as the threshold was met.
He had a deep understanding of the Max Level concept as he could physically inspect someone's mana work. It was possibly to level up in rapid succession very easily, but this led to no potential being gained in between, and a practically zero expansion of that individual's mana work and resulted in hitting Max Level at anywhere between
and , almost forever unable to become a Second Step ranker.
However, there had never been a dungeon which had been recorded as hitting Max Level nor having a Class Up system. Not to mention, dungeons grew physically with each level up which also seemed to have no relation with potential built up between levels.
Styx observed his own dungeon core, which was his main body, currently still hiding in a pitfall trap he had ingeniously installed on the ceiling in the center of the dungeon. It had grown from the original 70cm in height to 115cm, increasing by 5cm each level respectively.
Despite this, there were still benefits to building up potential between levels. The higher level he reached, the longer it would take to level up each time as the experience points required scaled exponentially. This meant that using as much potential to level up his skills at earlier levels would increase his overall abilities at later levels, even if only by a tiny bit each level.
When a lifeform levelled up, their mana and potential in the mana work would burst out into the body and infuse itself in every cell, slowly evolving them to the theoretical point where they were essentially the embodiment of mana itself. Styx, and other dungeon cores, were already natural conduits for mana, so this wasn't a factor of their leveling system.
Styx was currently , and with the large influx of experience from the death of six adventurers, one being a Second Step ranker as well, he reached the required amount of experience.
'Should I, or shouldn't I,' He contemplated to himself as he mentally picked flower petals, trying to decide whether to level up now, or wait.
Eventually, he felt like
was a significant number, and resolutely hit the marker to trigger his level up procedure.
[
3,648 exp used to level up.
Lv. 9 -> Lv. 10
Accumulated skill experience bonus:
Mana Control
->
Dungeon Control
->
Mining
->
New Title: Dungeon Lord
]
[
Species: Dungeon Core (Dungeon Master: None)
Name: Styx
Mana: 1,320/1,320
Exp: 249
Level: 10
Abilities:
Dungeon Creation
Mana Control
?? Mana Infusion
?? Mana Vein Creation
Dungeon Control
Dungeon Facility Construction
?? Biomass Converter – 100 mana
?? Breeder – 50 mana, 20 biomass
?? Storage Crate – 10
mana, 10 physical material
?? Blast Furnace – 100 mana, 20 stone
?? Storage Tank – 20
mana, 20 physical material
?? Rotary Mana Engine – 40 mana, 10 stone, 1 iron
?? Material Refiner – 150 mana, 10 stone, 2 iron, 1 emerald, 1 ruby, 1 amethyst
?? Alchemy Table – 200 mana, 5 stone, 10 iron, 1 ruby, 10 quartz
Basic Dungeon Construction
?? Scan – 10 mana/m3
?? Blueprint Creation – 37 blueprints
?? Blueprint Manufacturing – 37 blueprints
?? Mental Projection – 1 mana/min
Trap Construction
?? Bait – 5 mana, 5 biomass
?? Spike Trap – 20 mana, 10 stone
?? Pitfall Trap – 10 mana, none
?? Arrow Trap – 20 mana, 10 stone (5 on reload)
?? Weak Poison Gas – 50 mana, 1 stone, 1 biomass (expendable)
?? Chaotic Space Trap – 200
mana
?? Crushing Wall Trap – 30 mana, 20 stone, 2 iron
Internal Resource Storage
(49,977/102,400)
?? Physical Material – Stone (30,000), Dirt (10,000), Biomass (785), Ardonite (1,200), Manasteel (37.045), Wolfbone Steel (11.988), Wood (114)
?? Liquid Material – Water (7,829)
Mining
?? Basic Material Identification
?? Mineral Detection
?? Auto-mine
?? Overdrive
Avatar Creation
Resources:
Biomass – 1,401
Stone – 1.2m
Ardonite – 265,994
Oltrite – 2,875
Black Sand – 256
Dirt – 220,009
Clay – 96,335
Celendine Clay – 134
Wood – 187
Water – 9,700
Iron – 34,102
Copper – 2,048
Tin – 979
Gold – 0.042
Steel – 7,821
Manasteel – 224
Wolfbone Steel – 52.006
Monsters:
?? 21x Miners ( x1,
x8,
x12)
?? 6x Shroom Gnomes ( x3,
x1,
x2)
?? 8x Dirt Gnomes ( x3,
x5)
?? 6x Forest Goblins ( x6)
?? 5x Stonerats ( x2,
x3)
?? 12x Forest Assassins ( x4,
x8)
?? 6x Midnight Guards ( x6)
?? 6x Treant Spirits ( x3,
x3)
?? 4x Stone-Tailed Foxes ( x1,
x3)
Inhabitants:
?? 1x Blood Crystal Bee Queen
?? 150x Blood Crystal Bee Royal Guard
?? 4,766x Blood Crystal Bee Worker/Warrior
Titles:
Level Suppressor, Lusty Dungeon, Dungeon Lord
]
[
Dungeon Lord: A dungeon which has developed its own individuality and has survived under it own rule without being conquered. It is a manifestation of itself which so long as its avatar is alive, cannot have the dungeon core be conquered.
Effects:
10% Stored potential
20% Mana
New Skill: Avatar Creation
Avatar Creation: A physical clone of the dungeon, shares all of the dungeon's skills and senses. It consumes an enormous amount of mana to create, so the skill will store mana in a separate space to recreate the avatar in the event of death. Recreation of the avatar will take 7 days of time.
Avatar cannot leave the spere of the dungeon's influence.
One free avatar will be awarded upon earning the skill.
]
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"What!??" Styx's shouted in shock, even unintentionally sending his shocked voices into the minds of the elven women and one unsuspecting human who woke up in a moment of fright.
"What is the matter?" Therina asked to the dungeon whilst in the middle of training with Elena, Klair and Kale, Rhea and Theo off training to the side also perking up their ears.
Styx was slightly embarrassed, but he felt this avatar of his rapidly being coalesced out of a sudden, enormous influx of mana.
There was an issue with this. His core was currently in a small hidden cavity in the ceiling above one of the bridges, where there was a 10 meter distance between the ceiling and bridge. His core could float, but the body couldn't. It was also very weak as the skill was currently only , so such a fall would be crippling.
Not wanting to cripple this new avatar, he called out to the elven girls and told them to hurry over to where his core was located. Theo naturally was told to remain in the training grounds, where he focused on his own training while absentminded.
None of the girls knew where the dungeon core was hidden as Styx had kept it a secret the entire time, so they had to follow his instructions on where to go. They arrived at the location which didn't seem any different from other parts of the dungeon, both excited and nervous.
Styx naturally trusted the elven women, it was kept a secret out of his own paranoia ever since he manifested, but now, he couldn't be conquered so long as his avatar existed.
"Be prepared, I need you to catch my new avatar when it drops from the ceiling."
"Avatar?" Elena quizzically asked while tilting her head in thought.
"Yes, a physical manifestation of myself, the result of a new title. The monsters are too stupid or not dextrous enough for this, now get ready."
Styx's avatar finally manifested in its entirety and his senses were immediately connected with it, like a set of senses which he had just remembered he had. Inside the small cavity was the new Avatar Styx along with a softly glowing 1.2m prismic, blue dungeon core.
It was an extremely strange sensation, to have the senses of a body while also still being omnipresent in the dungeon, as if he was looking at the same thing from two different perspectives at the same time.
"How strange, looking at myself." Styx said while rubbing his hand over the cold, crystal surface of his core.
The trapdoor on the dungeon ceiling was never designs to handle heavy loads from the inside of the door, so the hinges rapidly cracked and broke under the weight of his new avatar's body.
Styx's eyes widened in surprise as he was struck by a sense of weightlessness, the memory of such locked away in long distant memories of his previous life.
He fell from the ceiling among a now broken stone trap door towards where one elf and four dark elves were waiting. They all easily avoided the broken debris while Klair and Kale acted in unison to rescue his falling body.
Not long after it, the dungeon core floated down from the hole in the ceiling under Styx's control. It moved much faster due to higher Mana Control skill level, but it was still relatively slow and would never be able to run away from someone chasing it.
"So beautiful," Therina said amorously as she ignored Styx's new avatar and immediately jumped on the crystalline core.
She rubbed her hands all over it before hugging it and nearly causing it to fall to the floor.
'There is definitely a screw loose in her head,' Elena thought to herself with yet another mental sigh and starting to feel like she was the only sane person in the dungeon.
Elena then eyed up Styx's avatar, which took a similar appearance to his body in his previous life. He was tall, about 6'4
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