Chrysalis

[We need more of this. As soon as you can get it.]

…

[Uh, okay? Maybe take it out of my face a little so I can see it?]

An unusually forceful and intent Enid is waving something in my face with shaking hands. As soon as I waddled my way into the village someone had gone to fetch her and the normally dignified older lady had arrived at a dead run, her skirts hiked up with one hand and the other clutching this, object.

As she withdraws the object slightly I can see that it is, as suspected, the mana infused wood that I delivered to Beyn a day or so ago.

[Ah. Finally got your hands on that did you? So what is it?] I enquire.

[It's mana infused wood.]

[I can see that plain as day! What is it good for?!]

Enid huffed with her hands on her hips.

[Well that's a different question, isn't it?] she held the branch tenderly in her hands, like a newborn babe, [this wood has absorbed the plentiful mana of the Dungeon and taken on the attributes that surrounded it.]

[Yeah?]

of materials from the Dungeon are treasured and worth just as much as cores. Nations fight over the rights to expanses and other regions that produce this kind of thing fiercely. They are rare and incredibly useful! Not to mention valuable. In the past I dealt with some things like this that my husband managed to bring up. They sold high, I can tell you. Enchanters and craftsmen love

I'm losing my

of mana, materials like this will amplify the effect. For example, if a staff where made

[Ooo, that is handy.]

could make shields, swords, armour, or artefacts that would

wood has double elements in it] I pointed out, [water as

vigour in my face, [is the most important thing! Double affinity! Double the offensive boost,

I doubt there are any master enchanters hanging around the village currently, and the colony certainly doesn't have the ability

Yet.

they'll capable of in a few years? In my mind scenes of

Gweheheheh.

within

Anthony. Play it cool. The inevitable ant future will arrive

strangely. Dammit Anthony, don't let the ambition be quite

importantly, we have Beyn to help guide

Just how much time do you think we have to

She shook her head.

think. By accelerating level growth in the Dungeon and with expert knowledge to crack the unlock conditions, the only thing missing is materials to

The question I have for you is, what's in it

share going to the colony of course. I was also able to extract a promise from a curious Enid to engage in a knowledge

in on my class of hatchlings. Once more painfully shifting my legs one by one as shooting beams of agony rippled through my body with each step, I made my way