CH.435 Temporary Leadership
[Brian POV] just because there have been POV changes in the last chapters
With the fight between Cailie and Amilie over, it was ti to deal with the aftermath. Starting with Amilie and healing her.
No, she didn’t die, but if we didn’t heal her like yesterday, she would. Lucky for , Gift Card is OP and I love it.
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Luckily Skill Drain will never integrate into the person, so it can always be removed by Mystical Space Typhoon or any similar card. Or you can remove it with Erasure Magic.
So if Amilie does sohow turn a new leaf, we can remove the Skill Drain and she will get her skills back. But I wouldn’t hold onto that hope.
… But at the sa ti, I think at least a part of her insanity was caused by the corrupted synchroes she did with the water sprite, so it isn’t impossible for her to get better.
Not that I think she’ll ever be what I’d consider good. What she did to Cailie is already proof enough that she was not fit to be a leader in the first place.
But let’s not theorize about the future and get back to the present.
“Brian. Can you hack the core so that soone else can be the dungeon master?” Cailie asked.
“Yeah, I should be able to do that. And if I can’t, we can force Amilie into giving up her position.”
“Thanks. … who should be the new master?”
“It has to be you, Lady Cailie.” One of the rfolk warriors, Larkos, said. “You defeated Lady Amilie in a sacred duel, so you are to take her position.”
“... I know, but I can’t. I don’t live here, and I don’t want to move back.”
“B-But my Lady! We need a leader!” Larkos cried out.
“... I know, but it cannot be .” Cailie said. “I haven’t been a part of this clan since I was banished. Twice. So I cannot be the leader.”
“Don’t argue about it now.” I said to the two. I even thought about Cailie’s new title, which does indicate that she is back, but she clearly doesn’t want to, so I’ll just. “I can take over temporarily.” I told them. “We can figure out who the next leader will be later.”
I quickly got to work on the core, well heart, with Lady Janina by my side. I think she was just wanting to make sure I wouldn’t do anything unkind to the heart.
While that was going on, Cailie was speaking with the rfolk warriors, probably about reuniting the clan, and Alice was keeping an eye on Amilie, but since Amilie is completely out of mana, she isn’t moving much.
After a bit of work, I got the core to the state where it only needed approval from the current master for the access to be granted to . And as long as we get her hand on the panel, it will count, because hacking dungeon cores allows to pick how approval is given. It doesn’t have to be verbal.
So we just dragged the passed out Amilie to the core, placed her hand on the scanner, and now I had full access to the dungeon, no hacking required.
I then quickly took stock of the dungeon. This place was decently large, about two thirds the size of HoBase. But the floors were laid out strangely.
The core room for one wasn’t at the bottom of the dungeon, but instead at the top. So if the ‘first floor’ or the floor that you can enter from the outside is floor 0, the core room is floor 1. You have direct access to the core room from the entrance floor.
And then the rest of the dungeon is just underground like a regular dungeon.
I guess it makes sense from a managent perspective, as the rfolk can just have easy access to the core, but from a security standpoint, it is terrible.
I then quickly took stock of the dungeon’s resources, and I realized just how different this dungeon was from anything normal. Well, first off, this dungeon was extrely low on both mana and miasma. And yes, despite not being a Chaos God Dungeon, this dungeon used both mana and miasma ters, instead of the Generation points most dungeons use.
I think Amilie was running this place to the ground to keep the little that she had of the clan on her side or sothing. Or maybe she used the mana and miasma to sohow boost the power of the spirit that had blessed her, thus resulting in the spirit getting corrupted and turning into a sprite.
There were also alarmingly few monsters in the dungeon, for a dungeon as large as this. I an, this place is quite big, but it has fewer monsters than TinaWood does. … in the mornings. TinaWood does get cleared on a daily basis, so it isn’t exactly the sa.
The low number of monsters is most likely because of the lack of mana and miasma, so it isn’t that abnormal, but still.
But back to the earlier point. This dungeon is definitely different from a regular dungeon. A regular dungeon is like a golem, a living, but also non-living structure that can be controlled with the dungeon pedestal and the dungeon core. This place wasn’t that.
This entire dungeon was alive. Being inside of it is basically the sa as being inside a living being. So calling the dungeon the dragon’s body is way more accurate than I ever assud.
And because the dungeon was alive, literally, I got extrely worried about the lack of resources. I don’t want this place dying.
But before I figured out what I could do about that, I used the core to release the few rfolk that were held prisoner inside the dungeon. There was the older male in this room and six others on floor 0.
I soon found out that the person held on this floor was Cailie’s dad. And no, I didn’t interrupt their little reunion. But I did order the rfolk warriors to go down a floor to confirm that the people who were imprisoned there were fine.
And yes, they did take orders from . I’m technically the current leader of this clan.
We then showed Amilie’s still passed out body into the sa cell where her father was just in, and locked the door. Keep her there until we figure out what we’ll actually do to her.
But back to worrying about this dungeon. I used my linked magic stone to pull so mana from HoBase and put it all into the dungeon core, aka. the dragon’s heart. It definitely helped, as mana fuels most of the dungeon’s operations, except for the monster spawning and generating items. So of the other operations also need miasma, but the amount they need is basically nothing, so even with the dangerously low miasma levels, the dungeon will live for now.
Not like I have a way of transferring miasma over large distances in the first place. Sure I can beam so down from HoBase, but I have to have HoBase over whatever I’m trying to beam miasma into, and since HoBase is still hovering close to Alewatch, that isn’t an option.
After I optimized the dungeon for the resources it had, and the rfolk that were in cells ready to talk, the clan, what was left of it, gathered for a eting.
The eting took place in the temple that also held the entrance to the dungeon. Taking part was almost every remaining adult mber of the clan, myself and Cailie.
Lady Janina and Alice were with the rest of the clan. Lady Janina handed so food, which I gave her, to them, while Alice was playing with the few children that remained. Alice even swapped into her rmaid looking swimsuit and the locals seed to like it.
But back to the eting. It was mostly about who would take the leader position now.
Most of the clan wanted Cailie to step up to the position, as she did defeat Amilie, but Cailie refused again, giving the sa explanation of this not being her ho.
From there it then went to who would be the next good leader.
The easy choice was giving control back to the previous leader, who wasn’t Cailie’s dad. It was actually one of the people held in the lower prisons. He did agree, but he said he couldn’t be a leader for all that long because of his age, and that the clan would need a younger leader.
But because no one was up to par, other than Cailie and even though she technically wasn’t by their own rules, it was a no can do situation.
Cailie then ca up with the idea of taking soone to HoBase and training them up to be the next leader. And because Cailie was kind of the leader, while also not being the leader, the clan agreed to her suggestion and allowed Cailie to pick anyone she wanted.
Her initial pick was Larkos, one of the rfolk warriors that first ‘greeted’ us when we arrived, and the only one of them to treat Cailie well, but Cailie then added that she’d visit the banished mbers, welco them back to the clan, and then she’d make her final choice.
Again, because she was kind of the leader, no one opposed her. … and I don’t really like that. This ‘the strongest will rule’ just doesn’t sit well with .
I an yeah there is the sacred duel, which does seem to be a way to get a bad leader out of the leader position, but it doesn’t really work if soone like Amilie is using the dungeon to power level.
After the eting, before our group headed for the banished part of the clan, I returned to the dungeon core with the old rfolk man who would take on the position of dungeon master for now.
And after the transfer, he had so words for .
“On behalf of the Nixie clan, I thank you. We may have all died were it not for you.”
I thought about giving a half-assed ‘no problem’ to that, but I know this ans a lot, so I just let him talk.
“It is also because of you that our dear Cailie was able to grow into the beautiful rmaid she is now, so thank you for that as well. So I want to give you sothing.” He said, as he used the dungeon core to open a door to a secret room in one of the walls of the room.
I did notice there were a few rooms like that, but I never opened them, nor did I look at what is inside, as it really isn’t my business.
But the old rfolk wanted to follow him in so I did just that.
Inside, I found a site that could be considered grim. In short, the room was a sort of graveyard. It held rfolk of different ages and evolutions, held in crystals that you can make with Holy Magic or with this dungeon's core apparently.
Yes, the sa type of crystal that is used to hold extrely valuable weapons, such as the First Saint’s staff that I saw in the church in the Hero’s country.
“These are the previous masters of the dungeon.” The old man explained. “The ones we could bury. They are taken here and made a part of our great protector.”
I simply nodded, as I listened to the story.
“For us, it is a sacred honor to hold the position of the dungeon master, as it ans being chosen by the two dragons. One who gave his life for us, and one who gave his brother’s heart for us. And now, you, despite not being a rfolk, have held that honor.”
“I apologize. I didn’t realize it was…”
“No. I am not saying this to reprimand you. In fact, I am thanking you.” The old man said. “... I made a mistake. I can admit it now. I never realized the type of person Amilie was. I saw her skills in leadership and magic. She even was given a blessing by a greater water spirit. But I never looked past the surface level.
I chose her as the successor because of her good qualities, thinking that she’d lead us to a brighter tomorrow, but … you know how it ended. I couldn’t ever even show her this room, as I was ashad of her. I failed, and I couldn't do anything about it.
But you. Not only did you save Cailie, for no reward for yourself, but you also ca to us when we needed you, and despite taking over our dungeon, you imdiately gave it back when a proper master was decided on.
Had you not acted, we may have lost the blessings we held, and because of that, I wish to give you this.”
As he said that, a stone slab raised out of the ground, making a new resting place like the ones that held all the previous masters of this dungeon.
“If you wish it to be so, when you die, this may be your final resting place. From now on, you are, and will forever be, a mber of the Nixie clan.” He finished.
And as he did, a System notification popped up on my screen.
You have been accepted as a mber of the Nixie rfolk clan.
Race: rfolk, unlocked in One of Every Race.
Racial Skill: Swift Swimming, unlocked.
… Well, not only did I gain a potential place for my final rest, which I think I’ll have to refuse because I’ll rather be buried in the depths of HoBase, but I also got a new race.
And I guess I’m also a mber of this clan now. Which is cool, but completely unnecessary.
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Na: Brian Wood
Race: One without a Race - User of Rare Skills (Advanced Human) ✯
Level: 166 [ 2]
HP: 7720 [ 180] ( 25,000)
Mana: 11,220 [ 190] ( 22,800)
Strength: 2855 [ 70]
Defense: 3745 [ 70]
Magic: 4460 [ 60]
Skills:
One of Every Race LV.3 (unique-racial) [ 1]
- Draconic Body LV.2 (racial)
- Draconic Magic LV.2 (racial)
- Swift Swimming LV.1 (racial) [new]
- Advanced Summoning Magic LV.3 (racial)
- Spirit Magic LV.4 (racial)
- True Blood Magic LV.2 (Racial)
Pack Opener LV.8 (unique)
Different Dinsion Factory LV.8 (unique)
Storage LV.10 (unique)
Limit Break LV.1 (extra)
Spiritual Space Magic LV.5 (extra)
Spiritual Ti Magic LV.3 (extra)
Mana Vision LV.2 (extra) [ 1]
Telekinesis LV.8 (extra)
Dark Chain LV.3 (extra)
Summoner’s Unity LV.10 (extra)
Beast Union LV.2 (extra)
ntal Visual Designing (extra)
Dungeon Founder (extra)
Summon Ti Spirit (extra)
Summon Space Spirit (extra)
Summon Light Spirit (extra)
Summon Dark Spirit (extra)
Summon Earth Spirit (extra)
Summon Fire Spirit (extra)
Summon Water Spirit (extra)
Summon Nature Spirit (extra)
Summon Beast Spirit (extra)
Health Conscious (extra)
Sword Technique LV.5
Shield Technique LV.5
Advanced Mana Control LV.14
Fast Mana Recovery LV.1
Taming LV.2
Designing LV.5
Defense Boost LV.11
Dragon Life Dedication (Greater True Fire Dragon)
Lachros’ Blessing
Iris’ Blessing
Eosther’s Blessing
Nyx’s Blessing
Thalassa’s Blessing [replaced Water Spirits Blessing (Greater)]
Gaia’s Blessing
Ninatia’s Blessing
Pan’s Blessing
Nature Spirits Blessing (Greater)
Friend of the Spirits
SS-Rank Summoner
Skill Maker
Blood Sucker (racial)
Honorary Baron of Ruiso Kingdom
Language Comprehension (humanoid) (draconic)
Slave Master
Slaves: Rhianna
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