Christmas Core by Brooks Jonathan

Author:Brooks, Jonathan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

* I’m assuming that I put too much in those presents? *

“It seems that way. It is sometimes difficult to tell the state of the local economy until the first Adventurers venture through your dungeon,” Keebles said. “Thankfully, they explained away the large amount of loot they received as a bonus for being the first ones here, so it should be easy enough to reduce the value of the loot in those presents without it being out of place.”

As he watched the Minions he had in the room slowly form back up and take their original positions, now that the Adventurers had left, Elmer did exactly what Keebles had advised. The golden ring was out, and at his Helper’s assurance that it would be correct, the Dungeon Core increased the amount of copper cookie cutters while eliminating the silver bells as well. He left the fruitcake, something that the Adventurers had looked strangely at, but now the loot from the room was more balanced – at least according to Keebles and the statements from the Adventurers.

“They appeared to be either just starting out or lower Level, so your changes are perfect for the difficulty of that particular cave in your dungeon.”

Elmer remembered that his Elven Helper had mentioned that the Adventurers also got stronger, like he did with his Core Levels, and apparently they had Levels of their own. Despite the fact that these particular three were supposedly low-Level, Elmer was thoroughly impressed by them. Not necessarily their tactics or skill, because from what had seen of the fight they were lucky to have survived, but because of the magic he had seen them wield. Sure, he used Mana to literally create things out of thin air, but that was different; he was a Dungeon Core with no other way to affect the world, so it sort of made sense. But to watch that woman create a ball of fire or shoot out lightning was nothing short of amazing. Added to that, the fact that the other woman could magically heal someone was probably the most wonderful thing he’d ever seen.

What also amazed him was the fact that he could understand them perfectly. For some reason, he was fairly certain they weren’t speaking English; in spite of that, he understood them as if he had grown up speaking whatever language they were speaking.

Just another strange quirk of this place, I guess.

Another thing about the fight with the Adventurers that he learned was that, apparently, his Inflatables were explosive. Nothing he had imagined about them when creating them in the first place had hinted at an explosive gas being inside of them, but now that he knew he wasn’t sure what to do about it. He considered taking them out of the first cave, but eventually decided to keep them in for now; instead, he finally added in a Defensive Obstacle to the room, though it wasn’t designed to necessarily hurt the Adventurers that came inside, but to put out the fire on his Inflatables before they could explode.

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