Waiting for Qi to fill up again, I made a hallway for my second room on the first floor. The new hallway entrance will be where I put my core in the wall while battling the remaining monkeys and the leader. I moved my body back into the center of the room, away from the wall.

I “ate” a hallway comfortable for an adult human male to walk through. Instead of a straight path, I wanted a cross-section. After getting to about 25 feet, my Qi was brimming again in the core.

Taking my eyesight back to myself in the room; I did the same thing again and summoned five more heavenly monkeys. I had the first group that was first patrolling returned to me. Overall, I had six males and four females.

I was looking at my newest group of the family. Don't kill each other, find the leader among you. I sent the thought into all of their minds.

All the females backed up from the group of males. I gave them a questioning look; I have no issues having a female leader, but I got my answer when I saw my males fighting. My males ripped each other apart with their fangs, flesh-ripping apart. They were throwing each other onto the ground and punching.

They impressed me; one male raised his head and roared. I had my leader. I asked them to stand in front of me. When my group was in front, I sent a wave of Qi out to heal them. “Great job; you all did well. Let me reward everyone.” I was pleased with the outcome.

Four Earthen Beast cores and five Flame Beast Cores were called up with my monkeys.

Starting with my females, I guided two of each Beast Cores, one for each of my four females. The cores went through the chests of my female monkeys. I wanted two of each version.

Next, I drove three Flame Beast Cores into three of my males and two Earthen Beast Cores into the remaining two males. I am not sure what reaction they would have, but the previous versions had them.

The bodies of my new companions were hovering in the air, roaring into the cavern. I healed them until I got a notification from the System.

Congratulations to the Host for creating two new variants of the rank 1-star Heavenly Blessed Monkey. Please see the status for information.

[Flame Guardian Monkey] and [Earth Guardian Monkey]

Status!

Flame Guardian Monkey

Rank: 1

Qi: Fire

Description: As a evolved variant version of the Heavenly Blessed Monkeys, it has the essential Qi element of Fire. A Male’s fur looks redder with a bit of gold, while the female is the opposite, with more gold than red. However different, they both possess the power to harness the flames.

Skills:

(Males) can cover their bodies and weapons in a fiery aura. They can withstand high temperatures and absorb Fire from the surrounding area.

(Females) they can throw fireballs from the pads of their fingers. They can stand at high temperatures and absorb fire Qi from the surrounding area to regenerate their power.

Earth Guardian Monkey

Rank:1

Qi: Earth

Description: As a newly evolved variant of the Heavenly Blessed Monkeys, it has the essential Qi element of Earth. A Male’s fur tends to look brown with a bit of gold, while the female is the opposite, with more gold than brown. However different, they both possess the power to harness the Earth.

Skills:

(Males) can cover their bodies on a hardened plate of Earth. Once their earthen armor comes off, they release one wave of spikes from their entire body. They can stand high resistance to pain and taunt their enemies.

(Females) they can throw spiked pillars from their tails and summon an earthen wall around them for protection. They can reabsorb their Qi from the surrounding area.

I did a mental dance in my head; it had successfully worked." So, A.V.A, how do I make a boss?"

“All you have to do is look at the creature you would like to become a boss and say boss while giving it extra Qi. A boss is a named intelligent creature. It is one rank higher than the floor that it is guarding. Although you can name only your bosses, there is a skill that you can buy in the shop that can allow you to call creatures other than your bosses. If it dies, any named beast of yours keeps their soul and memories until you summon their bodies again.”

So essentially, they can grow in their skills because they will have their memories. I was low on my Qi from summoning all the cores. It looked like I would need an abundance of Qi to complete what I had in mind for my boss.

I had my monkeys patrol again while I went back to working on my cross hallway. I decided to make a left-right angle for the same 25 feet. After completing the left intersection of my crossway, I started making another room at the end. I didn’t get much work done in the room when my Qi had completely regenerated.

I pulled back my vision from my hallway. Again, I made up one of each core; my idea this time was to see if I could somehow fuse the two cores.

Using my mind, I pushed the two cores slowly together. I felt a drain in my Qi as a force went against my merging. But, I will not give up! Using more energy, I pushed through the pain to make each Qi blend and stabilized to complete one core.

When I got halfway, I was almost out of my Qi. So I quickly summoned my female monkeys to touch me to help support my dwindling Qi because they can regenerate from the surrounding area.

I felt a wave of fire and earth Qi as it rushed into my core. I pushed harder through the pain, and it seemed like my dungeon was having an earthquake. As the last centimeters met, a burst of energy went through the dungeon. I mentally let go and took deep breaths even though I didn’t need to breathe, which helped bring in more Qi. Dust and gravel were blowing about in a circle. My female monkeys were on the ground, looking at the center of the dust storm.

CALM DOWN AND STOP! I mentally yelled at the raging Earth. Suddenly, all matter flowing stops and freezes in the room; hovering so soundly in the middle of the mess was a Golden Fiery Beast Core. Inside of the Core was a vertex of Earth and flames.

I did not move, for I did not want to disrupt the chaotic situation I had just caused. My first plan was to get my lost Qi slowly back until then; I didn’t enjoy letting the new core out of my sight.

Slowly but surely, I regained my lost Qi. Then I mentally pulled everything down from the air and slowly onto the ground.

It’s alright; now you can move again. I told my monkeys. The female monkeys moved farther away from the core with faces of awe and fear. I would have been one of them, too, if I had legs and a face.

I “ate” my rubble mess away, and last but not least, I slowly absorbed my new precious treasure. I would be drooling if I had a mouth; this Beast Core tasted like food from a five-star chef. The Fire had a burning sensation mixed in with the Earth, giving it a hearty meat fulfillment in a steak.