The Crafter's Defense: A Dungeon Core Novel (Dungeon Crafting Book 2) by Jonathan Brooks (top 10 novels txt) 📗

New Origination Materials found!

Finely Woven Burlap Cloth

Finely Woven Linen Cloth

Finely Woven Cotton Cloth

While these Cloths cannot be directly used as a Monster Seed, they can be used as a material for use in the dungeon or other purposes.

Success!  While the three different cloths couldn’t be used as a Monster Seed, the fact that she could reproduce them for use in making sacks and bags, clothes, and other crafts was exciting.  As soon as she unlocked the other types of fibrous-plant seeds using her new skill, she would add to the repertoire of available cloth-like materials, but for now she was just happy to have finished yet another crafting project – at least for the time being.  She also briefly wondered why Leather hadn’t been unlocked in the same manner for use as a material, but she realized it was probably because they technically weren’t “finished”; there was a reason the Leather she had made already was starting to rot and decompose.  She was missing some vital components to make them last.

While she didn’t know when Violet would wake up, she guessed that there was still at least 5-6 hours before the other Gnomes awakened for the morning.  Plenty of time to get some more done. 

During the night, when she hadn’t needed to use the Mana for fixing the Hauler or for her crafting, she had been feeding her excess intake into the requirements for some of the fruit-producing trees.  As soon as she unlocked one, she filled up a plot with them and started to grow that particular tree in a long line.  By the time the morning roamed around, in addition to the Orange trees that she left there, she now had Apple, Pear, and Peach trees filling up more than half the room with fruit.  She would’ve unlocked more, but there wasn’t enough time.

The reason Sandra did all that was because she wanted to have a larger variety of foodstuffs to give the Gnomes on their journey home; cooked Bearling meat and oranges would only go so far and would likely be repetitive without a little bit of choice thrown in there.  Eventually, she wanted to look into acquiring some sort of vegetables or even wheat so she could make some bread, but that would have to wait until it was a little safer outside – and when she had more time.

Without more time to start something new, Sandra finished off the wagons for the ride ahead of them.  Her Apes had already loaded all the supplies Sandra had stockpiled, though that stockpile was quickly filling up again against the wall as the Mana kept rolling in from her AMANS outside.  If – no, when – the Gnomes came back for more, they would have plenty to take back with them.

Now all she needed to do was close up the tops of the wagons, keeping everything inside safe and secure.  Using the same technique that she had used earlier and cheating the process a little, Sandra created large wooden boards that were laid across the tops of the evenly packed wagons and then she sealed them to the sides using the same ability she had used before to “weld” them flawlessly together.  Then, on top of that platform on the frontmost wagon, she created some small wooden chairs with arms that would allow the Gnomes not piloting the Hauler to sit and enjoy the – likely bumpy – ride.  To help block some of the hot sun – especially in the wastelands – she even extended a canopy of her new Finely Woven Cotton Cloth over the top of the wagon using long poles that were bent in an upside-down U-shape.

And then, when she was done with that, all the Gnomes woke up – all except for Felbar, of course.

Chapter 32

“What…happened?” Violet asked groggily as she sat up.

Sandra watched her quickly come fully awake as her eyes opened wide in surprise, before feeling over parts of her body, checking for damage.  She sighed heavily in relief as nothing seemed to be wrong, especially after looking up at the Hauler, which had been fully rebuilt and repaired, looking as complete as it had before it partially blew up.

“That must’ve been all a dream then…”

* Not quite – you blew yourself up.  Fortunately, my Repair Drones were able to fix your broken body…but it was close.  As for the Hauler, I took the liberty of repairing it while everyone was still asleep. *

The Gnome looked incredulous, as if she couldn’t believe that she was still alive.  “I…think I remember some of that.  There was a big flash of light and then…nothing until I woke up a few seconds ago.  The parts before that are a little fuzzy, though,” Violet added.

* You created the enchantment linking the left steering wheel and gear, but something went wrong when you tried to use it.  Right before it exploded, you mentioned something about forgetting to reverse the ‘Power’ rune, I think. *

Violet thought about that for a second with her brow furrowed in concentration.  “Okay, I’m starting to remember a little bit more of that, now.  I can’t believe I forgot to reverse that rune; it essentially captured all of the energy in the entire linked rune sequence and started to amplify it – catastrophically.  I’m actually shocked that I’m still alive – that must’ve been one heck of an explosion.”

* It…was.  However, everything is all patched up now – including you; do you think you have it in you to redo the enchantment? The others are already awake and heading up as we speak, and they’re bringing food for you with them. *

There was absolutely no hesitation on Violet’s part as she picked herself up – which was fairly miraculous to see given that her body had been a broken mess the night before