The phrasing of words is essential when communicating; everyone knows that. Jake was quite known for sometimes not thinking through what he was saying, but sometimes, he knew exactly what he said. Sometimes, it was just really fun to fuck with people a bit, especially when what you said was entirely truthful.
Miranda had simply given him too good of a setup for Jake to miss the opportunity. It was just perfect. The reaction of Miranda was great as her eyes narrowed in confusion and disbelief… with the one from Holstred and the two who had arrived with him just pure gold as their eyes opened wide as if they had just heard something they really shouldn’t have.
“Jake… what exactly do you mean when you say that the Chosen of the Boundless Hydra died?” Miranda asked after a bit, having clearly sussed out that Jake was messing with her somehow.
“Well, what happened is that we went to the moon,” Jake began.
“Right.”
“And then Sandy wanted to explore the core and met the B-grade ghost haunting the moon deep inside the thing,” he continued.
Miranda nodded.
“This ghost then killed Sandy,” Jake finished.
“To fully clarify, is the Chosen dead as of this moment?” Miranda sighed.
“No? Not right now, as far as I know.”
“Then how exactly was the Chosen of the Lord Protector considered dead?”
“By being killed,” Jake shrugged as if she was asking the most obvious question in the world.
“But they are not dead anymore, correct?” Miranda said with a high level of exasperation.
“Sandy got better.”
“Right… right,” Miranda nodded slowly. “So, to conclude, the Chosen is not actually dead. So where are they right now?”
“Went back to the Order to recuperate. Turns out dying isn’t healthy for you. Who would’ve known?” Jake said with a grin.
“Okay, this was a very enlightening conversation,” Miranda said, as he saw a glint in her eye that made Jake aware she wanted to make him do work stuff. “Now, what’s this about us having to discuss setting up a Minaga’s Labyrinth?”
As she asked, she also threw a look at Holstred and the two others, making them bow and leave. This left only Jake, Lillian, and Miranda remaining in the meeting room. Jake had feared he wouldn’t escape having to set it up now after using Miranda’s return as an excuse for not having done it yet.
“See, while it may have been an excuse I made up in the moment, I do actually think it’s something worth discussing with you,” Jake said in a pretty serious tone. “In fact, I’m pretty sure I told Minaga back when I got it that I would likely just hand it to you.”
“We both know it’s more likely you would have forgotten all about the item. Anyway, I have heard a bit about these Labyrinths while at Nevermore. If I remember correctly, they are temporary dungeons that contain an image of Minaga within, with some of the better ones even having a real clone. However, I’m not sure they can be truly viewed as strategic resources. As far as I remember, they have limited usage and a relatively short duration they can exist,” Miranda said.
“Yeah, about that,” Jake scratched the back of his head. “The one I got is a bit better than the average.”
funny-looking statue of Minaga giving two thumbs up as he shared its details with Lillian
wondrous Minaga has been found, as you now have the opportunity to place your very own Minaga’s Labyrinth wherever your heart desires (conditions may apply). When placing the dungeon, you must choose a suitable location. The nature and design of the dungeon may be modified upon placement with advice from the Minaga clone within. This Minaga’s Labyrinth
Requirements: Soulbound.
read it carefully, as Lillian commented: ”I do think
the ability to have parts of it cross grades. Dungeons with creatures of different grades are
it’s good stuff,” Jake smiled. ”Now we just need to decide what to do with it. Where should we place it? What kind of
Caleb, the Fallen King, and a lot of others also have their own Minaga’s Labyrinths to place? I
they just forgot they had it,” Jake shrugged, having very reasonably concluded the
and having some kind of cohesive placement
Jake smiled. ”See, it was smart of me to have completely forgotten the
didn’t even want to argue. ”Lillian, can you reach out to those with Labyrinths? Also, Jake, do you
amplifier. ”Maybe Arnold? Not sure, though. Both of them
Thayne’s Labyrinth in Haven? The city is already highly congested, and placing a dungeon
consider looking into a good site to place the
City,” Jake joked, though he knew it probably wouldn’t end
bit more but decided nothing more
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truly spent for the day. Miranda also knew this and said she would contact him once there was any update on the Labyrinth situation or if she needed him for something. She did seem a bit surprised Jake was
his laboratory and got to work on his acids once more. He had a feeling that he wouldn’t have as many relaxing days as before
contacted and asked to be somewhere a week later. This week also quickly went by before Jake set off to somewhere he hadn’t been before. Apparently, there had been a lot of talks about where to place this Labyrinth City – a name that had somehow become official – and in the end,
only about five hundred people already had a teleportation circle placed there. The town was placed in an area
that Miranda and Lillian really had gathered quite the group. All the expected people from the post-Leaderboards reveal get-together were there, including even Sylphie, who happily flew over to Jake when she saw him. Even Arnold was there in person,
a bit late, but at least he had the
said with a smile as she directed her attention to those who hadn’t also been at the board meeting. ”It’s good to see some familiar faces I haven’t met in
pleasantries were exchanged before they got down to business and discussed how they actually wanted to do this entire Minaga’s Labyrinth thing. With
course, doing all this without having full knowledge of what exactly the Labyrinths were capable of was quite difficult, but
preparations over this week had been to place down a projection circle to allow a certain someone to participate. Jake honestly shouldn’t have been surprised when he saw
mortals,” the voice of Minaga echoed through the room as he turned toward Jake. ”Oh, and hi Jake,
Jake asked
for someone making time in their busy
take up your valuable time,”
out my schedule, so you’re stuck with me,” the Unique Lifeform
it your way,” Jake relented with a
– very flattering, by the way – and for that, you requested some
All-God Legion, and it is precisely so,” Miranda said with
have available,” the projection said as Jake and everyone else presented their statues. Jake
Minaga said after inspecting all the statues closely. ”Damn, I look good, don’t
you sure we can’t turn it
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