CH.276 The banished rmaid
“I was … banished.” The rfolk girl admitted.
“... I see. I’m sorry.” I apologized. “But still, why attack the fishern?”
“... I … I need… the fish… to leave.” She told .
“Can’t you just swim away? There are a few rivers leaving this lake.”
“No. This is … a prison… as long as I have this,” She used her right arm to point at her dungeon terminal. “I cannot leave.”
A dungeon which the master cannot leave? Is that possible?
(Laura?)
(Check the dungeon out with Dungeon Founder.) She told , and I did as ordered.
Dungeon 21_013: Nixie Clan’s Hallow Prison
Core Status: Weak (Slave) (C-rank core)
Miasma Status: Minimal
Monster Status: None
Founder: Aminah Nixie (deceased)
Current Master: Cailie (captive)
Oh yeah. That is new, by the way. When I look at a dungeon status with Dungeon Founder, I can tell the rank of the core from it. I can also see the status of the founder, deceased, present, near or away. I got that ability after I beca a Founder of the Chaos God Dungeon. Didn’t know about that ‘captive’ part.
So, considering there is a current master, and the fact that she has a terminal, her na should be Cailie. But still, this explains nothing. How is the dungeon holding her captive?
(This is a slave dungeon. It was made that way by the Founder. That ans that there is a stronger dungeon in so other place, which can be used to remotely control this dungeon. It was then turned into a prison. That ans that the Dungeon Master is trapped in here, until they earn enough Generation points to buy their freedom. If they try to leave before that, the core will teleport the Master back to the core.)
(Oh? Alright. I think I get it. So she is attacking the fishern so that she can take the weak fish monsters to the dungeon, and absorb them for points, so she can leave. Am I even remotely correct?)
(I believe you are, but you should just ask her.) Laura confird.
“Are you… trapped… in this dungeon?” I asked.
“Yes. I cannot leave. If I try… the dungeon forces back here.”
“I see. … and you need the fish monsters to buy your freedom, right?”
“... how? … how do you know that?”
“I’m sowhat familiar with dungeons.” I said, as I rolled up my sleeve enough that my terminal, with the Ground Assault Bugroth still on it, was revealed.
“... are you also… a prisoner?”
“No. No. Of course not. Do I look like a prisoner? I’m soone who founded a dungeon.”
“... founder… Founder… evil? Founder Aminah made this prison… so did you found a prison?”
“No, I didn’t. There are good dungeons too. Not all of them are prisons.”
“... I see. Good prisons…” Cailie said. “I… trapped here. Not allowed to go ho… until I suffer punishnt. For that… I need to hunt monsters… and give them to the dungeon…”
Okay. I still don’t think I have the whole story, but I think I understand. Sohow, this girl was imprisoned here and she can’t leave. And she needs to hunt monsters so she can leave. So I think as long as she ets the point requirent to leave, everything should go back to normal, and she will stop attacking the fishing boats.
“Cailie. If I help you get the points you need to leave, will you let the fishern start fishing again?” I asked the rfolk.
“... but how? No monsters, but fish?”
“Don’t worry. I have plenty of monsters with . I can give them to you, as long as you promise to let the fishern fish in the future.”
“... I … I just … want to go ho… so if you can help… I’ll leave the fish.”
Good. Sure this will be a bit of a waste, but I do have plenty of monster corpses from our run through HoBase, so why not? I’d only use them for materials, or absorb them for quicker miasma gains anyway.
I quickly explained everything to Alice, because while she could understand , she couldn’t understand the rfolk. Then I asked Laura to relay the info to Lua, so she could also go to the Yomi Ship to tell Agunan and Ria that the mission was a success. At least I hope it will be. Well, I guess the Yomi Ships purpose was to help us identify the target, and we did that just fine. But still, Ria will soon-ish have to unsummon Yomi Ship, so better to get that ssage going.
“Alright. I’ll bring out so monster corpses now. You can just absorb them all.” I told the rmaid… rfolk girl, before I began piling so insect corpses on the floor. Both Alice and I had unsummoned our Bugroths, just to hopefully have the rfolk girl relax a bit more.
I started with so of the spiders from the first floor of 27_001. I already stripped the venom glands, as well as the spinnerets from them, so they would be worth less points than if they were complete, but without those parts, they weren’t that great. Sure you could eat them, but I’d rather not eat a spider, and you could also use their exoskeleton to make armor, but I have better stuff for that.
As for why I took both the venom glands and the spinnerets, well, the poison from the spiders is quite potent and it does damage over ti, instead of instant damage like my Poison of the Old Man. Mixing the two would make for quite the lethal combo, a big burst followed by DOT.
And the spinnerets could be used to extract high quality spider silk, and that can be quite valuable. And comfortable. I kind of want to make so nightgowns for Alice and Lua from spider silk, so of course I’ll keep them. Or maybe I should make so tights. Or maybe knee highs. So many options.
“These… are high level … monsters… Can I really … have them?”
“Don’t worry. I already took the most expensive parts out, so they aren’t that expensive any more.” I lied to the rfolk girl. Sure they are stripped from so parts, but each of these spiders would still sell for anywhere from 4 to 6 gold coins. With the venom glands and spinnerets, they’d be a bit over double that, 12 to 14 gold.
As the rfolk was still looking at the pile of spiders, probably wondering if she really may take them, I began making a second pile. This ti, from plant monsters from the second floor of 27_001. After that, the third floor bird monsters. Then fourth floor griffons.
Click. Clang.
“I … I’m … I’m free?” The rfolk questioned as the Master’s terminal opened from around her arm, and clanged on the floor. Soon after the terminal hit the ground, it disappeared into nothingness.
We hadn’t even gone through three floors worth of monsters from 27_001 when the terminal opened and released her. According to Laura, the rfolk got around 200,000 Generation points from the monsters she absorbed, so that was likely what she needed to be released. Had she done it with the local fish, she’d have had to hunt around 1000 fishes for that. In all honesty, quite the reasonable punishnt, depending on why she was sent here.
… I actually never asked why she was sent here… I hope I didn’t just release a murderer rmaid or sothing.
Well, I don’t think I did, considering that all she was doing was attacking the nets and fishing lines so that she’d have more fish to hunt.
“... thank you… human. I … Thank you.” The rfolk mumbled.
“Don’t worry about it. So, what will you do now?” I asked her, but before I got an answer, sothing began to happen.
So sort of magic circle was beginning to form under her … well tail. rfolk don’t have feet, they have a tail fin.
“Going ho. This,” She said as she pointed at her feet. “Will take ho. Thank you. Co visit… if you can.”
“I’ll see if I can.” I answered. “Take care, Cailie.”
Soon the magic circle was complete and after it was, it shined brightly and then the rfolk girl disappeared. The magic circle glowed for a bit longer, before it too disappeared from sight.
(Laura, make sure Tahlia has a good picture of that magic circle. I want to know how it works, so we can potentially use it.)
(Yes. She already records all that you see, so I’ll have her make a perfect render of it, and I’ll ask the spellcasters that know teleportation to analyze it.) Laura answered.
Mission: Hunt the Monster of the Lake
Mission Complete
Reward: Set ‘’ unlocked.
And there is my reward. I have to say, it was worth giving up all of those monster corpses for a new set.
“Alice, let’s head back. … wait. We should probably co up with a different story first, just so we’ll have sothing to actually bla. I don’t think the citizens will be happy if we bla a rfolk that is no longer even here.”
After we ca up with a story, which is… believable, I summoned a copy of Amphibious Bugroth MK-3 and we both got into it. It wasn’t too bad for two, but it was still clearly ant for one person, so Alice had to sit on my lap. Not that she minded.
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Shattered Axe, Celestial Transformation, Elental Recharge, E - Ergency Call, Destiny Signal, Guard Dog, Elental HERO Mariner, R - Righteous Justice, Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude
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E-call and Righteous Justice, huh. Not bad at all. Diamond Dude is alright as well. Even Elental Recharge could be useful in so situations. And I guess if I want a Guard Dog, I have one now. Mariner is just food for the fusion challenge, I should summon my new fusions by the way, and Celestial Transformation is a bit too limiting to be actually useful.
Next.
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EOJ 2
Elental Recharge, Avalanching Aussa, Celestial Transformation, Majestic ch - Senku, Dinsional Fissure, Royal Knight, Raging Eria, Cyber Prima, Herald of Green Light
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… Don’t tell Dinsional Fissure does what I think it does. It opens a dinsional fissure, won’t it? Well, I guess Exodia could already do that, so … still. Maybe I should not use that card.
Also, two more charrs. Well, they aren’t actually charrs, but they are part of that series of cards. How many variants did they have again?
Royal Knight and Senku are… usable but not that good. Well, Royal Knight is not bad, I guess. Just needs an equip or two. And Herald of Green Light is not bad.
Next.
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EOJ 4
Blazing Hiita, Grand Convergence, Raging Eria, Shattered Axe, H - Heated Heart, Elental HERO Mariner, Batteryman D, R - Righteous Justice, Guard Penalty
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Grand Convergence, huh. Too bad it needs Macro Cosmos. And it might be a bit too destructive. Hiita is also looking pretty, but she always is. Red hair just looks nice. Isn’t that right, Lua? And Guard Penalty is useless.
Next.
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EOJ 6
Blazing Hiita, Destiny Signal, Elental HERO Necroid Shaman, Macro Cosmos, Majestic ch - Senku, Whirlwind Weasel, Bountiful Artemis, Elental HERO Mariner, Majestic ch - Ohka
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There is the Macro Cosmos. I honestly thought it was a rare, not a common. Majestic ch - Ohka looks cool, it is like a chanical winged lion thing, so I might actually use it. Bountiful Artemis is good in Counter Fairy decks, but I’m not sure if I’ll need her. Actually, if she can activate counter traps, she might be useful for things. And Necroid Shaman, well, it is a fusion monster.
Next.
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EOJ 7
Elental HERO Necroid Shaman, Misfortune, Destiny Signal, Avalanching Aussa, Raging Eria, Cyber Tutu, H - Heated Heart, Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude, Clock Tower Prison
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Clock Tower Prison, huh. Fitting, considering that I was in a prison dungeon today. Also, Cyber Tutu is cute. I wonder if Alice or Lua would cosplay her if I asked?
… let’s open next pack, before I get too degenerate.
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EOJ 8
Elental HERO Mariner, E - Ergency Call, Dinsional Fissure, Destiny HERO - Doom Lord, Layard the Liberator, Avalanching Aussa, Cyber Kirin, Destruction of Destiny, Elental HERO Phoenix Enforcer
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Wow. An Ultimate Rare Phoenix Enforcer. Nice. It might honestly be even better than Fla Wingman for . The effect is just a bit better under the rules I play with. Cyber Kirin is also nice. I can use it to negate Power Bond damage. And Destruction of Destiny is just … why? Why does it work like that?
Anyway, two more packs. Let’s go.
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EOJ 9
Blazing Hiita, D - Shield, Cyber Gymnast, Swift Birdman Joe, H - Heated Heart, Whirlwind Weasel, Power Capsule, Storming Wynn, Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude
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Wow. Four commons that I didn’t even have in one pack. Cyber Gymnast is not bad at all. Swift Birdman Joe is just an off brand Harpie Lady. Power Capsule need a Victory Viper, but still good to have in case I get the ship, and D - Shield is… well, a card.
Last pack of the day. Maybe sothing good, please.
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EOJ 10
Destiny HERO - Captain Tenacious, Dinsional Fissure, Swift Birdman Joe, Misfortune, D - Shield, Royal Knight, Guard Dog, Elental HERO Wild Wingman, Life Equalizer
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Life Equalizer might be, actually, it could have so uses. I have a lot of HP, and if the extra HP from Agunan counts, I might be able to activate it whenever I want, so I can instantly heal soone to 3000 HP. Still, I have better cards for healing.
But still, because of the Ultimate Rare Elental HERO Wild Wingman, this is a great pack to end on.
I hope Cailie is doing as well as my packs did, wherever she teleported to. Maybe I should ask around about this Nixie rfolk clan. Cailie should be a mber of it, so if I find out where they live, I could go visit.
Well, sothing to do later.
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