In the workshop Lord outfitted me with one of those Gems too since I'm now also part weapon. It didn't hurt and was in the same place as Hearts when they were in normal form.
“Alrighty then...onto the rest of my weapons right?” I said, wondering if my other weapons were done or if we still had work to do.
"Yup." Lord said. "Good news, Lindworm is done, and that female Wyvern joined as an alternative lance, so in the form menu she is attached to her own weapon form. Also their egg in out back."
“That’s wonderful.” I said happily. “So...which weapon next?”
"Lunatic and Interdiction are almost done and Sharp Shooters just needs some tweaking and it will be ready. The others since they don't have similar structures to the other weapons. And for Foudre we have to make a special gem for it given its small size." Lord said.
“Cool.” I nodded. “So then let’s get started.” I said simply. “But what do you think of my weapons Evolutions?”
"They look nice." Cript said.
"They work and that's all that matters." Lord said.
“Even thought it went from sixty percent of Cript’s max to being able to take Cript’s max.” I pointed out. “And they still have four more evolutions.”
"Either way, let's get this out of the way so we can start the Ethernet stuff." Cript said, taking out SharpShooters. To my surprise each own had a gem on it. He quickly went to work tweaking it as Lord was working on Lunatic and Interdiction.
“Alrighty then…” I muttered while going over and starting to fiddle with Book of Retribution and Staff of Leniency. “So...this Ethernet thing…” I started, not knowing much about it besides what the common internet talk would be about it. “What is it?”
"Basically another Multiverse. But WAY more random." Lord said.
"We've only explored a few places there. One is basically YouTube, the other is a place where the Admin War Never happened, but the Admins there don't even know how to use code. They think it's magic." Cript said.
“I mean, I told you two that Code is an overcomplicated version of Magic a long time ago.” I said honestly
"Either way, this time we will be looking into their machines. Maybe even gaining help along the way." Cript said.
“I’m sure Jenny will help out in someway.” I brought up. “She probably knows the Ethernet better than either of you at the moment considering...who she is.”
"Maybe." Cript thought aloud.
“Alright.” I nodded as I continued to work on my weapons. “Oh, not sure if you noticed but we added a new world to the Kingdom.” I mentioned to Cript.
"Saw. Pokemon huh? Also saw the new influx of family."
“Yep, all the legendaries and the greatest Pokemon trainer on that world.” I said honestly.
"Huh." Cript said, now closing up Sharpshooters. "And done." They said, tossing them over to me.
I took SharpShooters and looked them over. “Let me guess, you made these stronger than that giant Admin Cannon I found in the Tomb of Heroes?” I asked. “I...sadly forgot the name, but it’s basically the RYNO from Ratchet and Clank.”
"It's up there, and given they are the same class of weapon it's a form it can shift two. Their base form as well as switching between evolutions, the giant cannon you mentioned, and an extra I added solely because it was funny."
Confused, I looked into it. Base form, Cannon Form… Casual form? Selecting it turned them into cartoon bike horns, a large loop between the 'triggers', being those rubber balls you squeeze to pump the air for the noise through, and the fiering barrel, being the horns end.
I looked at it...and then I looked at Cript. “Why?”
"Funny." They said simply as I shifted them back to base form, final upgrade form. "Having versatility is useful, you already have a fair sized armory at your disposal, but even if the weapons are diverse, is what they can each offer you in combat just as diverse?" He asked, not expecting an answer as he began working on Book of Retribution next.
“Alrighty then.” I said while stepping away from Cript to do his work. “I was just checking all of it’s stats and abilities before I fully messed with it.”
Class: Ranged Mana Armorment
Ammunition: N/A
Type: Collectable
Att: 75
Def: 40
Mag: 120Name: Joy Horns
These collectors weapons ignore 50% physical defense and 100% magical defence. They improve attack damage the happier the shooter is. It's bullets scatter, each dealing split damage overall.
“Well then…” I started. “That’s...interesting.”
There was a tab for additional info. I clicked it.
Spawn Rates:
Level 1: 0%
Level 2: 2%
Level 3: 40%
Level 4: 45%
Level 5: 47%Values:
Buy: 64,000
Sell: 36,000
“Um...what?” I asked curiously. “Spawn rates and price tags?”
"You didn't notice?" Lord asked. "The Mother we already met with merged with our cycle already. As well as like nine others."
"In short, Dungeons exist now. Easy ones are level one amd hardest are level five, meaning Admins or equal to in power only." Cript said.
“Um...alright.” I said honestly. “So...what, is the Tomb of Heroes level 5 or something?” I asked curiously.
"More like or something." Lord said. "It starts at level one difficulty and going down to level five the further down you go."
"Sounds about right." I nodded.
"Bright side, they are great training grounds."
"Yes they are." I said honestly. "Especially when an entire floor is an infinite mob spawner."
"Varies from dungeon to dungeon." Lord said.
"Or depending on room to room, cause I've gone through thirteen and the Celestial one is the only one that's been an infinite spawner." I said honestly
“Huh. weird.” Lord said, finishing up Lunatic as they gave it to me and began finishing Interdiction.
“Weird?” I asked curiously. “Why weird?”
"Normally the dungeons spawn in certain amounts of enemies a day, triple on Blood Moons and double on Pulsating Moons, but bosses respawn once. Year. Same for their loot. Floor loot will respawn daily. Void must have fucked with it's respawn clock."
"Either that, or that's just how the floor works." hrugged.
"In any case, these dungeons will become invaluable for training not just the soldiers, but the family as well." Cript said. "Teams for the best odds and to help build trust and all that."
"I smell a Guild happening." Lord said with a laugh.
Cript gave a chuckle. "Maybe."
"You mean Guilds haven't been cropping up left and right?" I asked, honestly a little confused as Consequence told me dozens of Guilds were forming to help the kingdom where it couldn't get to half the time.
"They have, but we mean turning the family into a guild itself." Cript said.
"Well...that'll be interesting." nestly.
"Regardless, let's keep existence from ending first then we can consider what comes next for us all."
"Yeah, I'd rather existence not end thank you very much." I said simply.
After a few days work all my weapons now had gems on them and a few had special new forms. "Alright then, time for the Ethernet." Cript said, stretching.
"I'll go look for the Storage Drive then." Lord replied.
"Hey King. Here." Cript said, tapping their Assistant as a new app installed on mine.
"Oh?" I hummed while checking the new app.
Mission Tracking.
"Mission tracking?" I asked curiously.
"As of today, this family is the Crowned Guardians Guild. Royalty that protects the land and the people it's banner reaches. Only ways in are birth, marriage, or adoption. As an official Guild the Mission Tracking app is a must to keep tabs. It's basically a to do list but with detailed information on stuff. Completing missions gives various rewards but always ensures more skill points are earned. The Lowest being one and the most being twenty."
"Cool." I said. "What kind of missions do these Guilds do besides fetch quests and monster hunting?"
"Investigations, alerts about tournaments and such."
"And, currently exclusive to us, Front Lines Missions." Lord added. "Our objective, reach the Void Mother and various other things."
"But we have one mission on there for you that will tie into the Void Mother mission… finding Void Key. Luckily this app is… unique. It's programming and processing is done by reading Code itself and basically translating it's expected paths. So, you have a lead." Cript added.
"Oh I am going to enjoy hunting Void Key." I said with a predatory smile as I looked up my lead.
Mission: Find Void Key.
- Search Coco's Heart.
“Alright…” I nodded. “Good thing I’m with Coco at the moment in the Heroes Tomb.” I said simply. “By the way...what would happen if someone…’broke’ a dungeon floor?” I asked curiously.
"Broke how?" Lord asked.
“Now before I kind of...blew up a dungeon in a fit of rage…” I said sheepishly. “I was just wondering what would happen if you either start breaking the actual Floor, like cracks or pieces start disappearing.” I said sheepishly.
"It will self repair all damage within a day, no matter how severe. But if you are talking about digging straight to the bottom floor, that's impossible."
“Well...alrighty then.” I nodded. “Good to know that it’ll only take a day...well that floor is going to be ruined to hell…”
"What floor?" Cript asked.
“Floor 13, where I found Shadow the Celestial.” I said, accidentally forgetting his name but knowing what he looks like. “And going to save the Queen of the Celestials.”
"Queen of the Celestials? You mean Celestia?" Cript asked.
“Yes, yes I do.” I nodded. “That’s the lady that I have to beat to progress after all.”
"... She's not in the family though…"
“I...didn’t mention her being part of the family.” I said slowly. “I said I was going to save her from being a boss in the Tomb of Heroes…” I said. “Uh...actually that raises a question, what would happen if someone were to...take away the Boss from a Dungeon floor? Like say...using Second Chance to turn them into infants and then bring them home?”
"Good question." Cript thought. "Also remember, everyone in the Tomb of Heroes was part of this family in the past cycle, so… guess that means I best give her a call…"
"Given how the tomb of Heroes was built and operates, most likely they were always saved, but by cycles end… respawned, meaning they went their, died on their floor, and starts next cycles, same story basically." Lord said.
“Oh…” I muttered sadly. “Good...to know...so uh...how much of a bitch is it to fight Lyra again?” I asked. “Cause she’s the final boss...and Jericho said she’s probably the strongest person to exist at the moment…”
"Hmm… a lot like fighting me I guess." Cript thought aloud. "But Lyra had always had better speed."
“Oh boy…” I sighed out. “So it’s going to be a nightmare.”
"All the best bosses are." Lord added.
"Either way, you head off and finish up the Heroes Tomb, Lord and I will get busy here and hopefully make some progress." Cript said.
“I’m already there.” I said. “You forget, starfish clones. I’m with Coco, Jericho and Kexez at the Tomb right now.” I brought up.
To be continued...