Dungeon Engineer: A Dungeon Core Fantasy (The Fallen World Book 1) by Playwars aka Alex S. Weber

Author:Playwars aka Alex S. Weber [aka Alex S. Weber, Playwars]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Shadow Alley Press
Published: 2022-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

She was going to kiss this program someday.

They arrived in the core room, and Alexandra nimbly sat down on the altar. For all of its heavy armor, her body was surprisingly agile. Oh, it wasn’t exceptional or anything, and she had some restrictions on her range of movement, but she didn’t move like a slow, clumsy tank, like she’d imagined someone in full plate armor would. Then again, they had magic and her body was some form of magitech android. So who knew what kind of surprises it still held?

“So. We have defeated our first challengers. What have we learned from that experience?” said Emilia.

Alexandra sighed.

“The basic golems are completely useless. They’re not remotely useful, even as cannon fodder. The martial golems...they’re decent, but it’s clear their damage-dealing potential relies on their enemies being weak, as that young one was, and even then they rely on other things to deal the killing blow. They’re mostly distractions. The Palatial Guards weren’t bad. At all. For all of their simplicity, shields and spears are at least a reliable combo, if not necessarily effective against high-powered opponents. Particularly if the Palatial Guards aren’t coordinated.” She winced. “They probably won’t do very well against magic either, now that I think about it.”

Emilia nodded.

“I agree on most points. Well, shields can be very useful against magic, but the golems are too sensitive to heat.”

Alexandra smiled. “Bummer, for a base in the middle of the desert.”

Emilia looked at her, smiling sadly.

“This used to be a fertile grassland, once. They probably didn’t account for the destruction of the ley lines and this area turning into an inhospitable wasteland.”

“Wait.” Alexandra held up her hand. “Ley lines?”

Emilia nodded.

“Yeah. Back in the Time of the Gods, the ley lines were what permitted life throughout the world. They distributed mana from the pillars of power to every point of the globe.” She shook her head sadly. “Most were destroyed during the Great Night. Some still function, deep within the earth, but they are the exceptions, and most of them are unreliable.” She moved to one of the golems and tapped its head. “Did you know that modern-day magic circuitry was rediscovered when a massive study was undertaken on a broken ley line and an intact one?” She chuckled. “It took over a century to get all the authorizations from the various governments, get the funding, and have the Custodians of the Flame sign off on it, but they did it. That was back when most ruins were completely off-limits, and there weren’t enough people or good enough artifacts to think about mounting expeditions that deep into the wastelands.”

Alexandra’s eyebrows rose.

“That sounds like a while ago.”

Emilia nodded.

“Yep. Five thousand two hundred and thirty-two years ago. Give or take a few. Barely three centuries after the end of the Great Night. There was, what? Half a dozen nations back then? And barely three times that many cities worth marking on a map nowadays.”

“I see... What’s a pillar of power?”

That seemed to surprise Emilia, before she laughed.

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