The Dungeon Fairy: Two Choices: A Dungeon Core Escapade (The Hapless Dungeon Fairy Book 2) by Jonathan Brooks (free e books to read .txt) 📗

Reward Tier:

2

Control Limit:

120/200

Core Options:

Carve Earth

Targetable

5 DF per minute

Place Environmental Object

Targetable

Variable

Teleport

Instant

40 DF

Dissolve Assistant Bond

Instant

1 DF

Create Creature

Targetable

Variable

Create Trap

Targetable

Variable

Core Access:

Creature(s):

Canine Family, Hill Dwarves, Humans, Elves, Gnomes

Variant(s):

All

Trap Specialization(s):

Enchantment

Environmental Access:

Forest

Permanent Assistant Sub-bond:

Tacca GloomLily

Special Characteristics:

Access all Variants for available dungeon creatures

All

All creatures are reduced in Level (cannot be less than 1)

10

Core Improvement Points are reduced when earned

95%

It was more than a little disappointing not to be able to utilize any of her Points (of either kind) from all of her hard work over the last few months, but it was unfortunately necessary.

“Don’t worry; you have plenty of time to earn more Core Improvement Points, expand your dungeon, and grow,” Shale consoled her.  He could certainly tell that she was feeling a bit down.  “You’ll see – once you eliminate your negative Special Characteristics, I think you’ll find that your potential will be nearly endless.”

I sure hope so; I’m itching to expand my dungeon and introduce some new ideas to this place.  The delay isn’t ideal, but you’re absolutely right – I’ll have plenty of time to grow once I get this taken care of.

The progression she craved for her dungeon was put on hold, at least temporarily, but it was something she could deal with.  It wasn’t like there was any pressing need – other than her own desires – to grow rapidly and become stronger…right?

Chapter 14

The leader of the Dungeon Placement and Regulatory Council had been putting off his encounter with the Conclave of Sages for as long as he could.  Malachite’s procrastination and hesitation wasn’t directly based on his own fear of Translocating into an unknown situation, though that certainly had something to do with it.  No, it was the fact that soon after he had made his announcement, the sudden and mysterious destruction of so many Dungeon Cores had come to a standstill.

In fact, for over a month since Malachite had made his announcement regarding visiting the Conclave, there hadn’t been any reports of Cores being destroyed for some reason.  Not that he was complaining – far from it – but the entire situation was a bit strange.  Lily had been practically beside herself with trying to manage the placement of different Dungeon Assistants that were left bereft from their destroyed Cores, but at least things seemed to be calming down quite a bit.

Even the Balance Bar, the visual representation of the volatile primal forces that encompassed the world, had stopped tipping away from the side that was regulated by Dungeon Cores.  It had even tipped back towards normal the slightest bit for some reason, though Malachite thought “normal” was a long way off; correcting the Balance was something that could take years, decades, or even centuries.  It took time to cultivate Cores so that they became stronger and were able to handle more of that primal energy, which they knew as Dungeon Force, so corrections to the Balance were, as a result of that, rather slow.

Overall, things were stable enough that the leader of the DPRC began to relax, hoping that the worst was over.  He had even relented enough in his constant vigilance over the map depicting the placement of all of the Cores around the world to get some sleep.  He still slept inside his office located in the heart of Council Headquarters, though, because he didn’t want to risk not being on hand if something changed drastically in the situation.

He wasn’t sure how long he slept, but he figured it had been at least 2 full days before he woke up, feeling fresher than he had in the last few centuries of his 15,764-year-long life.  It was only when he had settled in for sleep that he realized that the crisis had kept him from lying down and getting rest for months.  His body could handle it, but his mind had been straining from the constant pressure of needing to be ready at a moment’s notice to solve any problems that arose.

It didn’t take him long to get back to the Council chambers, to check in on the situation and ensure that everything was still running smoothly.  No one had awakened him during his much-needed sleep, which he was thankful for, but he had left instructions to his subordinates to wake him if he was needed.  Since that didn’t happen, he could only assume that everything was fine.

Malachite fluttered inside and, indeed, everything seemed as normal as possible.  A few of the Fairies they had monitoring the map looked up and bowed their heads at him, but other than the brief acknowledgement of his presence, they largely ignored him.  He was perfectly fine with that, however, because that was exactly what he wanted from them; he’d much rather they concentrate on their work than concentrate on him.

Lily, the Lead Placement Council Member, was at the far end of the room, so the Council Leader flew over to her; he couldn’t help but notice when he got closer that she looked exhausted, as if she hadn’t slept in the same amount of time that he hadn’t just a few days before.  If she keeps this up, she’s either going to make a mistake or kill herself from all of this stress.  Luckily, there hadn’t been as much to stress over during the past month, so there wasn’t any reason she couldn’t leave for a few days like he had and get some rest.

“Lily, I’m here now,” Malachite said softly to her when he was close enough to be heard.  “I think you should go take a long break; I’ve got this handled here.”

Her entire body seemed to sag in midair at his words, and relief painted her face.  “Thank you; I think I