Sorry about the wait I have been helping some friends move were still not done but I managed to write this small chapter
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After Alex and mom left I went to work gathering money by picking the pockets of the wealthy npcs that came to stay at the Jolly Giant. It was a skill I picked up from someone trying to do the same to me, only to find that I had higher senses then he expected. He taught me how as an apology and I''ve been using it to afford the supplies needed to tame an animal companion. After a hard day''s of work and almost being caught by a guardsmen, Alex finally arrived.
Justin "About time you got back."
Alex "I had some things to do besides you didn''t have to wait for me."
Justin "Cool now are we going to the dungeon now?"
Alex "Not yet let me see your weapons first."
Justin "Why?"
Alex "Do you want awesome weapons or not?"
Man this is so infuriating he never tells me what he''s going to do and it almost always backfires on me when I allow him to do it, but he does have that unique skill synergy maybe ...
Justin "Fine just don''t break them!"
Alex "Yeah right."
He took out three monster cores and a bright light enveloped the weapons the next thing I knew the weapons now were solid black he handed them to me.
Alex "There better be happy those are worth more money then most players have at the moment."
And he wasn''t kidding one weapon alone was worth three gold pieces I used identify on it.
<table><tbody><tr><td> Shrouded Bow (Living weapon - Dark Bat )
Damage 2-10
Durability 100/100
Quality Good
Value 3gp
Growth Potiential Medium
Shroud - The owner of this bow has 20% concealment
A living weapon made by a synergist of low skill but good quality material it has a low starting power</td></tr></tbody></table>
the other weapons where two shadow blades that added dark damage but they were not living weapons.
Justin "Wow thanks, mind teaching me that skill."
Alex "Maybe if it''s worth my while a persons unique skill is their lifeblood you know."
He''s right it''s the only way you start with an edge in this place, speaking of I wonder if I can bind the bow to me. I tried just that since I can have three bound companions to me at my skill level I can still have my wolf companion.
It succeeded now well share experience so my bow will get stronger quicker.
Alex "So Are we going to the dungeon or what?"
Justin "Yeah let''s go"
I followed Alex to the newbie dungeon but before we went in he looked at me and said
Alex "Now before we go in I want all the monster cores in return I will turn one third of them into weapons and we split the proceeds down the middle agreed?"
Justin "Sure but you know the boss cores are worth a lot too"
Alex "I need those ok."
Justin "Ok but if we come across a wolf or other animal I want don''t kill it."
Alex "Deal."
We went in the dungeon instance after starting a party to find the first enemies were slimes green regular slimes with a few acid slimes mixed in.
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Justin "how do we damage them do we just destroy the cores?"
Alex "Normally yes but I want those cores but they are weak to elemental weapons so your swords should do the trick at least on the regular green slimes."
Justin "What about the acid slimes?"
Alex "I''ll take care of those with magic."
Alex shot several bolts of ice at the acid slimes avoiding the cores. I went and guarded him from the slimes with my twin long blades. Soon the room was clear and I had around 40cp and two health potions. It seems like the party loot sent most of the loot to my brother, he better do what he promised to do.
Alex "How much copper did you get?"
Justin "forty how much did you get?"
Alex "None I set it so that all crafting material, monster cores, and half of the restorative items come to me while the money and the rest go to you. The weapons go to a shared inventory so that I can synergise them later."
Justin "Why do you get all the crafting material?"
Alex "So I can have synergy material."
Justin "Fine but I get two thirds of the money after this delve."
Alex "Ok go ahead I can make more later."
Good I will be able to afford lots of skill books at the book store and I don''t have to do half the work it would usually take. Alex I love you but you are too generous for your own good. I should really learn that skill maybe if I teach him my skill would he teach me his? The goddess did say guard our secrets well does that mean they evolve overtime?
By the time I stopped thinking we cleared almost all of the first floor seeing as they were slimes and some bats all that''s left is the floor boss. We arrived at the boss room to find a Green Slime Knight one of the lower tier slime bosses still powerful though. It was a green see through man with armor and a shield and sword combo.
Justin "I''ll take point you back me up with healing and Ice bolts."
Alex "Fine but who made you the boss?"
Justin "Your mom."
Alex "You know that joke doesn''t work when we share mothers right?"
I ignored his jab and charged the knight it met me with a clang of metal. It was fast it was all I could do to just to dodge the bash of it''s shield. It slashed down with a heavy strike of it''s blade too fast for me to dodge but before it hit me a arrow made up of ice slammed into it''s chest sending it back by about two feet, I took the opportunity to attack it with a double slash towards it exposed face. It hit before he could recover from the slow debuff. Slimes started forming around the boss as he stood there recovering. A storm of ice rained down on the new emerging slimes as Alex called for me to get back I did just in time for the boss to recover from the first debuff and the little slimes to die.
Now the boss with yet another slow debuff lurched towards Alex. I rushed in and slashed at any exposing slime flesh that I could reach. The battle continued like this for about thirty more minutes before the slime started showing signs of damage and a weird icon appeared above it.
Alex "Get down it''s going to blow!"
I ducked as an ice shield appeared in front of me and I heard Alex collapse behind me from mana exhaustion but I was saved from the explosion of metal that could of killed me.
<table><tbody><tr><td>Graduations you are the first people to beat the boss</td></tr></tbody></table>
We recovered from the long fight and decided to go to the second floor, but first we checked the loot. I got 2gp and an egg wait an egg.
Justin "Alex did you get an egg?"
Alex "Yes it seems like the first people to beat the boss get''s a companion egg they are self aware npcs that are loyal only to the one that hatches them. There also random they go from copper grade to platinum grade I got a silver grade female slime knight. What did you get?"
Justin "I got a platinum grade female slime wizard."
Alex "Good job buddy lets use them when we get back I want to beat the second floor now."
Justin "Ok let''s go."
we continued on to the next dungeon.