Chrysalis
Chapter 101
It is well known that different nations and cultures hold different attitudes towards the Dungeon. That the Dungeon provides resources to be used is a common thread to be sure, but the manner of their use, the manner of their acquisition and the reverence with which they are treated varies greatly across the continents of Pangera.
The Legionem Abyssi’s defensive attitude towards the Dungeon and restrictive policies towards it are well known to all major scholars.
The Church of the Path and those of the broader faith regard the Dungeon as a holy place, the battling of monsters and the harvest of materials from within a religious calling. The more fanatical branches of the church are rumoured to conduct all manner of rituals within the Dungeon and certainly encourage all members of the faithful to seek enlightenment beneath the earth.
The Cold Blades of Illirethil, the Wise Ones of Coggar Nothan, the Eastern Empire of Kallasar, all have their own traditions and expectations towards the Dungeon that they have cultivated over thousands of years.
Cultural study of Pangera and the Dungeon. Chapter 1. By the Magio Scholar Tarius
The large snake core glitters in my eyes as I pick it up and take it over to the rest of my cores. I can easily see that this core is powerful, but I’m not certain that it is powerful enough for my purposes.
Using my antennae, one placed on the large core and the other on one of the smaller ones, I activate the Core Engineering skill and try to combine the two.
Immediately I feel incredibly fierce resistance, pushing back against my mind until a pounding headache erupts between my temples. ARGGHH. These stupid cores... they think they’re all that!!!
COME ON!
Forcing with all my spirit I mentally smash the cores together and hold them tightly, refusing to allow their energies to budge even a millimetre apart.
The larger core exerts far more force than the smaller one, pushing back with an almost irresistible pressure.
But my will is indomitable!
Surrender to me you damned rock!
HRRNKASSAFRAZ.
Eventually the two cores melt together, or more accurately the smaller core is pulled into the larger one and they fuse together.
With the sudden release of pressure I collapse onto the floor of the tunnel. Ugh. This is way too hard.
I don’t allow myself to slump for long. Picking myself up I peer carefully at the massive core, my antennae tapping over it intensely and listening for the voice of Gandalf.
[Compatible core detected, do you wish to reinforce your core or reconstitute the monster?]
As if I would want to reconstitute the mess of a monster this core contains after I smashed another core into it! All I want is to try and manufacture a special core!
core and begin the process
HRRRNNNNNNNNNGAPAAAAA!
Success!
Gasp!
So hard!
core detected
Yes...
YESSSSSSS!
MAUAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!
grasp the core in my mandibles and take it towards my
this
stares at me for a moment before shaking his head and tapping his
[Full].
know buddy, but you can take in one more, just this
[Full].
....
BAM!
BAM!
the special core you disobedient ape! I just spent so
BAM!
Thwick!
the heck
I pull back from my pet to see what is happening, and my heart lifts when I see the core is stuck to the top of Tiny’s head like a spherical hat and his ape face is scrunched in concentration and pain. I can see the energy within the core leeching out and into the suffering ape. As time passes the core grows smaller and smaller as the suffering on my friends face becomes more
sympathise with my poor ape buddy. I clearly remember the pain of having that special core push your own capacity beyond the limit.
broad shoulders heave and his powerful fingers claw deep trenches into the tunnel
can do it Tiny!
is finished and the core has been fully absorbed. The poor
him and pat him on the head with my
raised him from when he was just a core after all! I try to firm up my resolve by reminding myself that this is for his
You need to evolve and get stronger, then you won’t hurt
hears me. His beady bat eyes are filled with anger and pain, his mouth
You’ve got to evolve!
his max level, given the ape’s intelligence, it would be very hard for me to try and
for an extended period of time. If he can’t evolve right now then surely it isn’t far away. The main point of my soothing is just to try and help Tiny calm down and adjust
to slow and even. Slowly but
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