Ch. 15 Herd mentality

Back on Malpetios Core room, wow... I can't believe I kill fifty-three of them so easily they barely took 4 steps inside my Dungeon, this is ridiculous.

Hearing my shout, Q'ill started talking. Dear, how are things? You have gotten fifty-three already? did they died to pitfall traps, slimes or you're Ivys? Did they send weak slaves to test you out?

Q'ill's remarks reminded me that I never told her about what I make, she spends all her time looking around my core room or eating the Prismatic fruits out of boredom. I started to feel bad because this meant I was a cage that she can't escape from.

Q'ill... Are you lonely? You're trap in my life aura and can't do much from here I can't even show you my handiwork. I felt like crying, to me Miss Nice was very important, though my Human memories are very strong, I have never forgotten the Child's memories they are as much of me as the humans. I feel like being two people sharing a consciousness, I don't remember much about my parents mostly the feeling of belonging, this same emotion is shared with Q'ill, I want to help her live better for the both of us.

Q'ill smiled and said, Dear don't be sad, I choose to merge with you so I can protect you from the Lingering wills, I do not regret my actions and am happy to see you in a healthy state. But to answer your question yes I am rather bored, we Fairys would patrol your Dungeon, give you advice, and acting as an independent Boss for you, till your strong enough to where a single Fairy is not much stronger than normal monsters.

Normally Dungeon cores would not have a very deep connection to us Fairys, their goal would be to absorb the mana of their Element as fast as possible. As far as I know, the consciousness on Dungeon core is very objective and cold the older they get, soon after the core is born they are very child like and pure, but quickly grow out of it and turn serious and focus on their mission to purify mana.

Malpetios thought about it. You said that Dungeon Cores have children before is that true? Then do all their inherited memories come from the same nearly emotionless Core molded into a purifying machine.

Yes, dear, almost all of them are cold and distant. Even now apart from the Fairy Generals, all other fairys are greeted with a (Mana Shield) each time they enter their Core Room no matter the rank or reason. They are not to blame for this, in the records of the great library, there are many examples of what happened to Cores that don't follow the Cold and focus on getting stronger approach. Lied to by humans and had their Consciousness controlled, lead human seeking "peace" into their Core Room and many many more examples. Even us Fairys have caused the death of Cores be it by Mind Control, attempted sneak attacks or those who don't want to serve their creator's and wish for freedom, said Q'ill.

This makes sense, only the Cores that keep everyone at arm's length survived till now, meaning that their collected memories show the horrors people can make out of greed or their unique reasons. This molded all Cores with parents into the same path not daring to take any risk no matter the opportunity. Malpetios thought this was horrible.

As Malpetios wonder if he will one day turn that cold, the System Spoke.

[Host has killed 53 unique lifeforms. Do to Host Dungeon Domain 53 Life Crystal's have been condensed]

(Life Crystal)

The crystallize Life aura of a strong life-form, can be obtained slowly over time as invaders agitate their will in a life or death situation or 1 by death. Used to create new Life-forms (Base is needed), Mutating existing ones or Increased of Dungeon Life Aura.

Looking at this Malpetios was Super happy! With this, he can make adjustments to monsters to fit his needs or more importantly increase his Life Aura allowing Q'ill to become a roaming Boss, as well as to give her something to do. The System snapped Malpetios from his uncertainty for the future, even though now he knew that attempting to communicate with anyone apart from the Fairys was a huge risk, he still could not shake the feeling of his human self to communicate with other people. He can't see himself as a Core that protects its Dungeon and Purifies mana till death.

Going back to trying to make Q'ill a roaming Boss I thought about (Boss Fusion) the skill says the Boss can go into my mindscape wouldn't that mean that Q'ill can see everything I can as well as communicating with me anywhere?! I quickly ask the System in my head.

[ The Life-form name (Q'illtress Birch Blossom) is eternally bound to Host by a Forbidden Spell. After analyzing the bond the similarities to the effect of (Boss Fusion) is 50%. It's assumed that this spell was created by copying a Dungeons bond to their Bosses. The host can trade 100 Pure Mana for a Complete Effect. Warning; Core requires (Boss Fusion) for the process to succeed.]

After the System response I could tell that (Boss Fusion) was a skill all Cores would Unlock by their ten-room, as well that someone used a pirated version to fuse with the Core for emergencies. knowing all of this I quickly use up all the Life Crystals on myself.

[Host has used 53 Life Crystals. Increasing Life aura range from 10 feet to 27.5 feet]

Quill! guess what, I increased my Life Aura to twenty-seven feet you can move around a lot more now! As I was happily yelling I got smash by a flying Prismatic Fruit.

Q'ILL! Dear... ok? hehe... She said with a few more fruits with my name all over them.

Aaa..ha ha haha s-sorry Mis Q'ill slip of the tongue.

Yes dear, my hand "slipped" as well she said staring daggers at me. Well, I can move twenty-seven feet around you? that's great! I quickly told her about (Boss Fusion). Oh my, I never knew the Forbidden spell was a weaker version of a Cores bond to their Bosses, with it I can properly protect you and have some fun! I could use a punching bag for my pent-up angered mhmhehe.

I pretend I'd heard nothing and took a look at my first room, almost all the spikes in the river were destroyed mostly from that Earth Element soldier struggling to escape the slimes, the rest from metal armor impacts. Talking about armor I saw the slimes eating them so I helped myself to the rest of the bodies, a few updates to my Creation skill were unlocked, taking a look (Magic metal) and (Magic Leather) were now options.

(Magic Metal)

Can be used to store Elemental Mana or Mana, use in construction or tools, to give them resistances or power.

CP:200 (Crafting Points)

Elemental Affinity Damage (Element) 00/20

Elemental Resistance (Element) 000/200

Elemental Conductivity (Element)

0/5

Required: Metal (any), Elemental mana, Mana.

Oh? It seems I can use this metal to craft my own armor and weapons, more importantly, I can use it to reinforce my trap rooms! Mages will probably show up soon so I better increase their resistance as much as possible. I take a look at my Blender room thought about replacing the stainless steel or at least the important parts so the mages can't blast thru it. When I was trying to replace it on my Creation skill icon the System was quick to stop me.

[Warning. The host is replacing key components with lower-grade materials. It's recommended that host sets Metal (Any) to Stainless steel.]

when I saw that I felt dumb. How could I forget that I can change the ingredients as long as the classification is the same like when I made springs out of rock. I quickly changed the ingredients and was dumbfounded.

(Magic Metal)

CP:3000 (Crafting Points)

Elemental Affinity Damage (Element) 0000/1000

Elemental Resistance (Element) 0000/2200

Elemental Conductivity (Element)

000/250

Required: Metal (Stainless Steel), Elemental mana, Mana.

The Difference was staggering, dumbfounded, I ask the System.

[Stainless Steel is formed when a raw mixture of materials like nickel, iron ore, chromium, silicon, molybdenum, and others, are melted together. Due to this, this Alloy recreated from the Host memories is one of a kind]

Dam!! I almost want to destroy the blender room and turn it into a full metal armor for Q'ill, I mean she's restricted to twenty-seven feet but she can still shoot fireballs, right? Anyone that gets close will just be asking for death.