章節 2: Chapter Two: Daily Life and Strangers
It has been close to a week since Evelyn first became a dungeon lord. With the continuous night cycle of the floor, she was only able to calculate how many days passed with her daily income of DP. 10 DP is the daily income and an extra 5 DP she would obtain with each visitor. So in all, with no visitors over the past five days, she had a cumulative amount of 50 DP. With the stockpile of necessities beforehand she could save and bank those 50 DP. She also realizes the huge discrepancy of the price range from the system. Unless Evelyn could get many individuals to visit her dungeon, she would be stuck with only the daily DP income as her allowance. So long as nothing unexpected happens, she did not really mind it.
The day after she woke up, outside her thatched home, she was surprised by the trees and shrubbery that sparsely cover her dungeon. Every now and then a small rabbit-like critter or a herd of deer-like animals would trek near her home. They would often pause and look at her warily before making their way to wherever they would go in this 10-mile diameter home. She would spend most of her time gazing at the unchanging scenery or browsing through the immense catalog of the system shop. There were so many things that even these past few days she was not sure how much things she had already looked through. Coming from a love of fantasy literature, she also browsed through the monsters or creatures available to her. Goblins, kobolds, orcs, wyverns, drakes and even the fabled dragons are just a named few. Evelyn could also personally customize the status of the said monsters as well with the right amount of currency. A flash of inspiration hits her. She had always loved reading and dreamt of writing her own little fantasy novels. Goblins is at the lowest cost of 3 DP. A regular dragon costs near 100,000 DP and a dragon whelp is half of that.
On the beginning of the sixth day, she decides to do a little experiment. She decides to spawn in two goblins. With the bitter cold environment, she decides to give both the goblin resistance to the cold. An extra 20 DP was expended in total. In all about 26 DP was spent on two little goblins with 34 DP left. A flash of light bursts before her and two blue colored goblins stand a few feet away from her. Wearing tattered cloth that covers their body, they stare profusely at her.
"Blue?" Evelyn wonders. "Are they not supposed to be green in color?"
Checking their personal status surprises Evelyn. The name of their species had changed with the small tweaking of their abilities.
Snow Goblin A
Rank F
HP 12/12
MP 3/3
STR 2
DEX 2
AGL 2
MAG 1
LUCK 2
Abilities: Resistance to Cold (F)
Snow Goblin B
Rank F
HP 9/9
MP 6/6
STR 2
DEX 2
AGL 2
MAG 3
LUCK 1
Abilities: Resistance to Cold (F)
Evelyn learns a surprising knowledge from giving the goblins an ability to adapt to the cold environment. Through the whole process, the goblins kept their eyes on her. Becoming uncomfortable she then gives her command.
"You can go now." Evelyn instructs them.
They scamper off into the field beyond her vision. Whether they need food or water, Evelyn is not sure. After all, she spent some DP to bring them into existence; will they still follow the same physiological processes that regular living beings would naturally have? Still staring at the small tracks that the goblins left, after a few moments, she retracts her gaze and continues on with her day.
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- Outside the dungeon's entrance -
In a verdant forest, close to the craggy cliffs of the dungeon, a trio treks their way through. A 22-23-year-old brunette woman with curly medium length hair leads the way. Well-equipped with leather gear and a few plates of steel covering her vitals. On her back is a leather bag; a small iron shield held by her right and steel handaxe holstered to the left of her waist. A young man, around his late 10's, could be found following behind her and next to another woman. The young man, of similar hair color, had short curly hair and possessing a good physique. Wearing close-fitting clothes and a rigid leather vest. A leather toolbelt strap wraps around his waist and carrying a rucksack filled with essentials. A well-worn wooden crossbow reinforced with steel bounces back and forth on the right side of his rucksack. The young woman beside him, having long straight blonde hair that reaches her waist, wearing a more luxurious set of clothes. A loosely fit short silk red mantle over a black-grey tank top with cotton pants that reach down to her knees. An exquisite shortsword strapped onto the right side of her waist. All of their leather trekking boots crunch on top of branches and twigs as they make their way closer to the craggy cliffs.
"Linda." The young man said. "How's the mana reaction? Are we getting closer?"
The woman leading in front quickly whips out a rough crystal adorned with a coiling gold wire that is around 3 cm in length. On the top and bottom of the rough crystal, the coiling gold widens and flattens out to encapsulate and anchor itself onto the crystal. With a close look, strange etchings are found on the coiling gold wire. A strong visual pulse of light is seen, similarly as that of a beating heart, within the crystal.
"We're getting closer since it's getting warmer." Linda said.
"Do you actually think that a dungeon would form itself out here?" The young man asks.
"Don't know." Linda shrugs. "Could be possible, maybe not."
"But we could hit it rich if we did find one." Linda continues.
"Yeah, we could use the extra coins." The young man said.
"You two siblings can be too competitive at times." The other woman sighs.
"Hey, Dianne! I gotta prove to Linda that I can drink my fair share as well!" The young man exclaims.
"Shut it, Leonard. You can never beat me in a drinking contest." Linda says in response.
The two continues their bickering and Dianne simply shakes her head in response. The nosily make their way forward, inching closer and closer towards Evelyn's dungeon.
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