《9001: The resurrection of the Dominion》


 chapters one

    A boring life leads to a boring reincarnation.. Sometimes a salesman comes inside to show off the ship.


    Lets face it. I¡¯m a gloomy dungeon trapped in the body of a ship. I hate to get clean and I''m lousy with company¡­ not to mention I¡¯m one of the smallest ships on the lot.


    The idiot salesman thought that if they installed a holoprojector then I would interact more with the customers. That backfired since when I see customers, I still hardly interact with them. A simple wave and I¡¯ll go back to reading manga out of the local library that I downloaded.


    To be honest this is the life¡­ sure the ship reminds me of a camper but really I am a single guy¡­ or dungeon not like it matters to me that much. Ah maybe i should tell you. I am mike, a big tough 11 cm dungeon core...yeah it is like that. I mean what can you do.


    For those of you who do not know 11cm is 4.3inches im a handful dont let my size fool you.


    (flashback or explanation whatever)


    One minute you''re ticked off with your 15 year old nephew for getting in a fight at school over a silly girl who did not even like him in the first place.


    You are so mad that you got called instead of his mother.


    Seriously I had things to do i was waiting for the next release of one of my favorite stories. I get called all because he did not want to lose his allowance.


    Well honestly It not like i told his mother i just dropped him off at his house and then went to Gamestop to buy a game before going home. Dealing with my sister is difficult i do not even accept calls from her anymore same with my mother.


    The next is the normal it is raining outside. you slip on a slick spot on a curb and you just dive under a tire¡­ if only i had been wearing boots instead of silly flipflops. That would never of happened. Remember safety first kids¡­ and take the time to dress properly.


    Oh I''m sure you''re wondering about me more than a little. Why am i in a scout ship well to be honest i not really sure some reason god said wow look at this foolish mortal let''s make him reincarnate into a stone.. or something like that¡­ In case you''re wondering It was the God.


    The big Holy Trinity. I was all set to go to heaven. had my judgement was about to get my eternal rewards¡­ by the way I was a shitty christian. One of those who got saved got excited then got distracted by earthly desires...I would have gotten a beautiful lean to. no mansion for me. Anyways i was given this chance to go to his other flock. rack up some more heavenly rewards. before the great second coming.


    back to the hear and now.


    (flashback ends)


    We have poker nights, a while back i figured out how to piggyback on some mana lines between me and other ships they come over and we play poker.. actually i do not play i just sit around and listen to them bicker. it is a nice setting.


    In case it was not obvious the people coming over to play poker are avatars from other dungeon cores. There in the spaceships also sitting in the lot...


    I am one of the old hands on this dealership. most ships are sold in a few weeks they find there new owner and off they go. also people reincarnate from all different timelines except the future. there even different species that reincarnate as a dungeon. I been getting tips from them that i fill in on my electronic diary.


    The owner of the dealership come over every once in awhile to bitch at me to make more of an effort to see the stars and such¡­ but Here i am safe on this dealership. I mean really there pirates and such.


    there are space wars, i am a small spaceship so duh not interested. not to mention who knows what kind of owner i could get.


    I have learned one thing well in my previous life¡­ even the people who pretend to have it together¡­. Are screwed up, i have never met a normal person. If fact the norms are the one that scare me the most in my previous life.


    This is better I''m practically immortal now. If i need maintenance. i take a small maintenance bot out of storage to fix something. which every part i fix i read from a manual. Heh yeah i am an immortal dungeon trapped in a ship. who spends his days reading manga. everything else is too troublesome.


    So the planet i am sitting on is called helionova. Its bigger than earth by a little bit and the gravity is 1.3 the gravity of earth¡­ To be honest there star charts to show where earth is. But my death was long ago so why worry about it.


    Many of these dungeons are super excited to absorb mana power. My poker games are games of chance where they bet mp high bets are only allowed in the hundreds nothing more. for hosting it cost only 10 mp per each dungeon conscious/ i hold in my ship.


    i also have holo projector poker games outside my hold. around my ship for when the big games happen. this normally happens after a ship get sold.


    the other thing i do to gather mp is i made some really classy tiki torches. these absorb this planet''s ambient mana. there really just lightning rods cost 4 mp to make than 3 mp for the extension cords an additional two mp to make them look like tiki torches.


    i have my bot place them and connect them to the ship after all the employees leave the dealership at night. it really brings out the mood for the poker games. I have the bot clean up on timers sorta like a auto alarm function on a old cell phone. The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    The card dealer is a app i paid a few mp to get ahold of and sense i really can not program. And if someone tries to mess with your programming you can feel it. My games are called safe. meaning no fixed games.


    To be honest I actually have no ideal how to controll mana.


    yeah i am a dungeon but it not like the knowledge is gifted to you. I use mana like a food source and also like a battery for other stuff. nothing more I am completely dependent on technology.


    Oh also on my ship is the ship''s AI she kinda like my warden or keeper. but she an idiot a real true idiot. As long as i do not try to kill anyone or try to run away by warming up the ship''s engines other than to start them on their maintenance cycles which i let her do anyways we really do not interact with each other.


    My little recruit class scout ship has one of the lowest AI of all the ships on the lot¡­ Believe it or not it was decided to be cheap for two reasons.. my awesome personality and the fact that i can''t hack the chains that keep me from becoming anything more then this odd ball dungeon that i am.


    Let''s see I am parked on the southwest corner. Right next to the employee parking lot. so by the back fence. Sometimes i join the employees for their lunch at the picnic table they have there i know them all.


    Sometimes i see a dungeon tamer come by to drop off dungeon cores. To be honest i hate that bitch. she tried to enslave me. I mean i had just opened my eyes for the first time as a dungeon and i see that bitch reaching out to grab me like i was some kinda candy. toss me in a dark bag. I wake up in her apartment with hardly any mp left and she tries to correct my behavior¡­ what is this shit she did not even know who i was.


    She just a slaver and a criminal in my mind. I never even broke a law in my past life. Well I was a soldier in the american army. According to democrats being a soldier was a automatic criminal offence and being willing to carry a gun. ment there was a mental instability¡­ i always thought they were crazies myself But those guys hated anything to do with the american founding fathers and wanted america to turn into a government run just like when stalin was in power.


    The owner got mad at me when i kept insulting her. She threatened to take my tiki torches away and give them to the next ship that sold¡­. I rather like them so i stopped. Sure i could have kept going but insulting someone does not actually make me feel better. besides My insults are pretty repetitive and kinda boring. I never really enjoyed insulting someone i always wanted to just destroy them and move on. Anyways i am a untamed dungeon core. So i get sold cheaper once they find a buyer.


    Okay let''s talk about my cost I''m a problem child core So i will be sold for 21k My ship is the smallest so i''ll only get 5k for that plus with the additions of my holoprojector i''ll gather an additional 2k bringing my cost at the lowest bid for around 28k I''m a pretty cheap model¡­ Now why am i am not being sold¡­ the reason is very very simple There only enough room for three people on my ship. and only one tiny bathroom these rooms are nothing more than cubbie holes.


    the kitchenette is so tiny that a small human would hit their elbows every time they breathed¡­ now mind you while i did not install myself into this ship i did have some influence on the insides once i got in before i was in this ship it was much more spacious but i made crew quarters a lot smaller. and gave myself very large holding tanks. When your the base model and this uncomfortable you''re not going to get sold. it is not like i was the only base model however i was the only one to do this to crew quarters.


    I actually supposed to be an Explorer type recruit ship but since i changed the insides i guess i would be a tiny cargo type Recruitship for holding liquids.


    just think of me as a dairy tanker ship hahaha like those dairy trucks.


    Cargo would actually be the largest recruit ship. next is research,then explorer and finally fighter recruit ship.explorer is slightly larger by a few feet then a fighter and has more sensors and showers bed for a crew of six to eight with a kitchen.


    a fighter from the ones i saw normally have crew of three they can be bigger but a crew of three a kitchen a little bigger than what my crew has and lots of weapons. they also carry mines and when they get larger can carry squads teams and such like that.


    think of them as a swat truck the next step would be a countryside police station for each of their upgrades that the best analogy i can give you.


    I just celebrated my 4th year of laziness. I been playing starcraft from the twenty first century with the ai as a opponent. I''ll be honest Starcraft does not exist anymore. I had to post on the internet that i missed this game and the newer games where just too different from my favorite old game some other resurrected soul offered to remake the game for me if i would broker off 2000 mp on a mana-crystal.


    Unfortunately as a ship I can not have a bank account as of yet.. My next owner needs to set one up for me. This actually took me over a year to gather¡­ I found out he could do more programming than just that however. So the cost went up when he kept offering additions to the game that i could use. He was a city dungeon so luckily while i was sitting on the lot. he never moved away.


    Anyways I am currently goofing off playing against the ship Ai. I''ll be honest she is a idiot but once she understood the rules she a difficult opponent to beat. She an idiot AI for this world but for the old 21st century she still smarter than many of the people i dealt with. I also love this game but i am not a brilliant tactician and am currently losing to her.


    Anyways With the starcraft game i actually bought a few additional upgrades. Three so far there are a total of 13 upgrades from that guy. My first upgrade i bought a mana infusion drone that looked and was programmed to behave in a similar fashion as the scvs in starcraft.


    this drone was only 2 ? feet tall not very tall. it could create building that resemble and function just like those in starcraft for the terran race. each building would have it own function. these building would only be the size of a treadmill for a barrack and a dining room table for a command center.


    Unfortunately i could only build these building in a dungeon when exploring or my ship. there was also an ai that was to be installed into the command center once it is built. however I rather hope that the ship''s ai would piggyback into the dungeon and run the back half once i got started.


    The good thing about the terran buildings if you remember the game is they could lift off and travel slowly to a new destination. if i was smart i could slowly build them up and send them in. This protects that creation scv that cost me so much and i can not reproduce.


    The second upgrade i purchased. Was a exterior dungeon field. Think yugioh when they did those battles in the card stadium.


    The only problem with this field was that it used up so much mp. I actually had to build and adapt those tiki torches a little to where they looked like those medium cement blocks with solar panels on the outside.


    these powered the dungeon field, so me and other ships could battle. once the battle was over both their ship and my ship would send out bots to load the blocks back into the hold of my ship.


    while others enjoyed playing and spectating unfortunately it was to time and mp intensive. for other to want to have there own set up. was like buying a new care for a small income earner. not to mention the medium block took a lot of room in the hold.


    I imagine that this game would have a fan base much like the lawn mower races would have on espn not a very big fan base but while it was going on others would have fun.


    The last purchase i made Was really a hover wheelchair. it actually was not a small wheelchair. however it had lots of functions. for instance who ever sat in it could command the game forces just like you would on the old desktop cpus.


    You could switch which kind of battlefield you were in. Simulation, dungeon field, wolrd warfare. it had a physical switch on it that you had to turn.


    In world warfare which could only be used inside my own ship and inside a dungeon. The terran forces would view all demons as enemies to capture or destroy. it treated the wheelchair now called the ark as a titan as well as any allied forces as allied titans.


    very simple. Sense i bought the terran side. when the barracks built the soldiers that were created are only 3 ? feet tall. there weapons shot taser, lasers and slugs. the weapons they carried looked like children''s toys and they made me think of garden gnomes.


    they were just small robots however. Only in world warfare would actually robots be built. the other two modes where projections one inside that exterior dungeon field and one just on the screens that reside inside the hoverchair.


    on the outside of the hover chair where small cupboards. inside you could stake a few marines robots or scvs but nothing else on the backside was a small healing station and a mana shield generator. incase one of the ship''s crew where to get damaged while battling. there was also a simple mini fridge stationed just under the seat.


    if i do say so i think i did a wonderful job with this order.

 chapter two

    Chapter 2.


    I big buyer came into the dealership today. She purchased several ships. She was hesitating on one of the big research ships as to if she wanted to take it¡­ while they were discussing it they decided to take a break.


    From what I could tell this woman had money lots of money so it was not the price i''m guessing they were sitting at the employee picnic table. chatting about something to do with the schooling and how much everything had gone up.


    I came in on the part where she was complaining about her family having so many kids and expecting the clans funds to pay for their children''s schooling rather than the parents themselves to pay for it.


    I was not meaning to be rude but i did start to snicker about the problems of the rich folks. A quick glare and a loud knock it off mike. shut me up. Earning me a smile from that noble women. Owner of the dealership with a thoughtful look turns to noble women¡­ Say karen while you are thinking about it.


    Why don''t you take a look at micheal here it''s just a little explorer but it is the only explorer i ever had that does what he does. oh replies karen where is his ship. a quick finger point shows i''m literally within a few feet.


    that is a small one in fact haven''t i seen this ship before. Yup replies the owner of the dealership. he been here for 4 year seven months¡­ the only ship that i never sold in 3 months.


    Karen gets a curious expression on her face. walks over to my body the ai smoothly lowers a simple ramp and pops the hatch.


    stepping up the ramp a surprise shows on her face as she notices that this hatch is just big enough for two mopeds or one tiny mini cooper. which currently has parked inside the hover wheelchair.


    walking around that very same wheelchair is the interior door. That stupid ai which also opens up that door. Walking through shows a door to the left and right. On the far wall which is not more than a few feet is a very small elevator just big enough for one.


    between the doors and the elevator is some simple shelves for coats boots coveralls and a wand, gun, weapon of some sort. This is a incredibly cramped ship. Karen tries both doors but i manage to lock them.


    Then i stick out my tongue at the ai. This is almost a routine. Between the Ai and myself. Again karen quirks a eyebrow but moves on to the elevator. The Ai very smoothly send her to the second floor.


    Karen is looking around noticing the dust on everything. Your pretty dirty she says to me¡­ Nope i reply, all my sections are clean as can be this is crew quarters. They can clean up after themselves. You do not clean up the crew quarters she looks surprised.


    Oh why would i clean up the crew quarters. It is not my filth that made it messy in the first place. The AI quickly speaks up. i tried to clean it after every visitor. he strangely stubborn on this point. Disabled the cleaning bots when they cross the door downstairs threshold.


    If i get a crew and they do not want to clean up after themselves. they can purchase a cleaning bot from me i reply. But then they have to store it in their Quarters.


    the rest of this body''s mine, As far as i am concerned. I have also moved my core into the hold of this ship. They can not torture me. Force me do what they want.


    Oh you''re a untamed dungeon core i see. Yup i reply they tried to enslave my soul foolish women she was.


    Would you like to see the other side of this floor The AI spoke up. Hush women i snapped. Something like a snicker pop out of karen''s mouth but was quite quickly suppressed. with a bit of a smile just barely at the corners of her mouth. Karen replied i would love to see.


    A door appeared to open on the one small flat piece of wall available inside the crew quarters however there was no access panel or hatch on this side.


    Karen stepped through. Quickly seeing my own projected image. Looking around quickly she saw the room had a very romen classic look to it with flowers and vines growing along the walls. Framing little plaques here and there. as karen passes each plaque a image appears some of ships. some of creatures some of robots.


    Near the end. where cities and galactic maps with highlighted routes some of the walls had a plaque at the bottom near the floor as you stepped closer the plaque lit up showing a room that was not there.


    The AI replied these projected rooms are the rooms Mike wants to build when he upgrades. Even though there was no windows each room looks like it was sunny. Cats roamed in some rooms or sat on shelves in the projected rooms one room looked to have a orchid inside it with cattle grazing in the distance.


    Karen passed by a library that had a bright sky hanging over it. as she stepped further down the hallways that plaque deactivated also. near the end of the hallway was a lit up elevator a second small one. stepping onto the elevator a small plaque showed that this would be a outdoor stairway that went down to the what looked like a harbor.


    once at the bottom. the elevator stopped the plaque deactivated. karen turned around and saw a hold filled with plaques along the wall a few robots and what looked like small toy building but these toy building where the size of furniture.


    wandering around the hold there where more plaques but these had space battles. Dropships spewing out soldiers that did not look like starcraft robots. She paused by these. The AI quickly spoke up. Sense the robots have limited intelligents Micheal wanted to purchase the dna and clone high powered mages of different races once he is large enough.


    she passed a plaque that showed a demon enchanting equipment. Another that showed a factory. As she walked she saw very ambitious plans near the end she saw a plaque with a simple hallway that was not there. What this about she asked.


    The ai once again spoke up Micheal wants to place a ring that he can leave in orbit that mass produces many things basically a giant factory. also an entertainment district he wants to put in the frontiers of the space exploration and lastly he want to place a mercenary guild on this ring.


    the ring itself can not move but once the ship gets in the center it latches on and he can move it whenever however that not till many upgrades later about 165 years from now when he can fufill all his current dreams that you see.


    Oh karen replied quite ambitious of you i see. The ai replied it is and it is not. Anyone who saves could do each of these. however while micheal has these dreams. most of the time he not trying to get himself sold off, so he can start on them. it has already been four years now and he shows no interest in leaving this lot.


    Gruffly i replied I am immortal there no reason to hurry. Other people can hurry to their deaths i will enjoy my life along the way. exasperated the ai snapped back all you do is play games and read books. that not even living a life. I make models of things i want to build also¡­


    The ai snaps back yeah and you plan to install a ai for each of those projects of yours. Karen breaks into the conversation. So why did you show me the hold and all of that.


    I reply there no harm in showing you. you are only buying ships that are very large and comfortable plus you probably spent the majority of this year''s income on all those ships.


    thinking about it would you like to play a game i say. after a moment which actually cut off karen as she was about to speak. oh she says


    with a bit of excitement i say yeah i got a game that pretty fun but old fashioned. the ai snickers he loves it but he really not good at that game at all.


    Ill play says karen. you will, good. i simply reply. let me get it set up then. This way the ai beckens her.


    Karen stepping through the door sees she is actually back in the first hallway to the left is the elevator she first came in on. in front of her another door that closed to the right is the very first door she stepped through. on the other side of the door on the right is the hover wheelchair.


    the hologram ai walks past her turns to the right and then walks out of the ship into the sunlight karen follows. quickly she is back at the picnic table. as she walking up the owner says that took alot longer then normal.


    oh that''s because i got to show off the rest of the ship today. the ai says in a good mood. the hover wheelchair soon comes to the picnic table a bot comes out and pulls out a tablet and hands it to each of the women. then hurries off back to the ship however on the far side. soon other bots join and start to bring out the cement blocks.


    snickering the owner looked at karen, so you agreed to play a game. yes karen replied. then you will have fun. micheal goes all out for fun. within minutes a large dungeon field was set up near the ship. karen the owner and the hover chair soon gravitated towards the dungeon field where they found elevated chairs set up karen and the sales women/owner of the dealership each took a seat.


    the chairs floated up. the tablets lit up and a quick tutorial happened. a couple of the ships joined us and we had a three on three match the two women''s plus my ship ai vrs me and one ship ai and a dungeon core who was not a resurrected sole.


    there was a 20 minute no attacking rule on both sides so everyone could build up their base. then we went all out. at first my side was winning we almost wiped out owners base. then my ai gave command of the forces to karen while she focused on recovering for owner economy side.


    within 40 minutes i myself was wiped out. owner got wiped out shortly after then the two ais fought but neither could beat the other even though the ai on my side was a lower ai there only so much you can do on the economy side. karen wiped out the dungeon core forces and they mopped up the ai on my side.


    we all had fun.. but i was sad the newbie beat me. dismissing the field the bots quickly put away the blocks surrounding the field and it was once again stored on the inside the ship in this case the nearside sense the picnic table was on the far side.


    What do you think said owner to karen. Ah this game was fun but far to simple for a strategy game very unrealistic¡­ one bot came over and took the tablets from the women and placed them inside the chair which turned and came back to the ship


    Well after that nice break are you interested in that last ship we were discussing earlier. thanks mike called owner. i waved at them and headed back inside to read some more manga.


    twenty minutes later Karen and owner came back. Hey micheal Called karen why do you play games you are not any good at. Why do i need to be good at something to enjoy it. I used to be a soldier and while i kept my nose clean it not like i was a special forces or anything. i still enjoyed my job. Oh you were a soldier in your past life what did you used to do. believe it or not i used to fly drones just like now. these drones were about as complicated as this game is.If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.


    owner looks at karen then says since we can''t come to a decision on that last ship ill sell that last ship at full price and this guy at with a markdown of 3k sense i made profit on 6 ships. these last two i''ll break even on.


    without hesitation karen said deal...The ai jumped up and squealed with joy.


    I blurted out WHAT but you don''t need a ship like this and it extremely expensive to have a ship like this for no purpose.


    oh no i need you said karen.


    why i asked you run a clan and you''re not a explorer you run a business.


    it''s a surprise karen said. then she gave me a address to fly to in two weeks time. i tried to look it up on satellite just to see where she was going to have me land and it turns out it blocked from public viewing. After all the paperwork was done. Karen requested a copy of the game and programming also the specs of the ship and what i knew. except for the manga and anime that i had been downloading pirating and such. She didn''t even care about those virtual reality games where you get to be the mc in a anime. I think there something wrong with her head now.


    two weeks came and passed and i lifted off and flew to the address. behind a beautiful home was what looked like a simple concrete pad inside a building that looked like a tube. i flew to the center of the tube. then lowered myself inside. there was plenty of room.


    once i was down i was informed that i would open my hatches up. grumbling i did so. karen popped inside with a large dark crystal. bring a bot she said. like magic a bot popped up near her elbow took the crystal into the hold and i absorbed it after being given directions to do so.


    So said karen. Here what we will be doing. Your ship needs upgrades and lots of mp. However since you are not in a hurry we can take our time. after that she passed a data crystal. i had a bot pick this up also.


    scanning it i some changes to my body. for one there was something i that i could only think of as a hall. with a decent size bathroom at the end and a decent sized garage however it was basically just a part of my body that was pretty much isolated.


    I''m the owner and i do not really need you to have a captain. I''ll still put crew inside you. but this is the first upgrade. inside the hold was a large robotic factory a mineral extraction factory the hold was larger all the units i played with were similar but slightly larger. and a little more upgraded but not a whole lot they just had slightly better weapons and slightly better reaction speed.


    there was also plans for a better passive ambient mana extraction units. she upgraded my tiki torches and my blocks. now they were shaped like the protoss pylons crystals. i liked it.


    This was great i did not have to do anything hard and already life was going great for me. at the end i saw one thing that confused me. at the bottom of these upgrades i noticed that the scvs had one additional building they could build. It just said refinery. However In the original starcraft game. the terran refinery made gas.


    Clearing her throat karen says i''m guessing you saw that last upgrade. That refinery actually has nothing to do with your games It creates physical mana crystals. But it cost a lot to build the building. When ever you go to a dungeon you need to build a few of those near each base. That will be the money to replace the investment. Also once you are paid off the rest actually goes back to you. for your next upgrades. You can only use those refineries at wild dungeons. however. You also can''t suck more mana out of a wild dungeon then it produces in a day unless it is considered a hazardous dungeon.


    oh that actually does not sound all that bad. How exactly do you know how much a wild dungeon produces...i ask.


    well to be honest the ai in the command centers inside the bases will automatically regulate it.


    Micheal do you have any problems with the plans i made for the ships upgrade nope i replied. then get started on it. ill be back tomorrow.


    I finished absorbing the mana crystal and initiated the change.


    i slowly swelled up I got larger and in only a few hours all changes had been made. the insides continued to have that classic roman style i enjoyed everything feeling like it was made of stone.


    the next day karen came in to the crew side. went to a wall pushed a button i could not see. actually the new changes had no cameras inside the crew quarters. it really was isolated i only knew its look because i sent a bot inside.


    out of the wall a menu glowed and a receptacle for a mana crystal. she dropped a mana crystal in. then started modifying the crew quarters. soon play sections for very small children popped up. a small kitchenette. cribs and bunk beds. into the garage flew in more hover wheelchairs. then crates and boxes filled my hold with junk. more bots filled in more of the hold.


    i had only time to upgrade the ship to the limits of the mp consumption I actually had not had time to rebuild my mp yet even with some of the old mana collectors outside collect mana on the tarmac, most of my little terran building that i had housed in the hold had been absorbed as mana into the ship except for the few i happened to put in storage.


    after i felt those changes that karen had initiated inside the crew area. she walked out and called for me. i appeared on the external hollow projector. good you''re here( of course im here im the damn ship) let me introduce you to the crew. opening a garage door a limo that sure reminded me for some reason of a school bus only fancy pulled in. the door opened and out waddled a fat women¡­


    turning to karen i said wow she fat. Karen looked at me in surprise said quiet she pregnant you idiot. I actually felt stupid. then a few minutes later a couple of boys followed her then another pregnant women followed by 6 more. then a whole gaggle of small kids some in strollers finally 4 women that looked like security. this is your crew karen chuckled¡­


    uh i felt really bad. where there doctors i asked. the same ones that are security are the doctors. she replied plus there''s a whole med unit inside. ah. none of them are due for another 2 months.


    still that crew quarters while bigger is not big enough for everyone. karen looked at me. You did look at where you''re going tomorrow didn''t you.


    sure did we going to a wild dungeon.(doing my best to sound like a stereotypical country hick i once saw on a television show.) yup and we bought a small piece of land just on the border of the dungeon.


    you and the girls will clear that piece of land up then the girls will start building an outpost there while you use the dungeon to grow your units. to be honest all you really have to do is just drive there. let the women do everything from the chairs. if once you''re there you just want to read manga the whole time that fine. they really do not need you just the ship that you came in.


    just remember to build the things on the time table. that was given to you through your factory and that fine with me. now let me talk to that AI I want to upgrade her. the ai popped up. karen went into the hold and updated her. and that was that


    I went back to my room after greeting the women quickly and escaping thankfully AIs and bots are willing to be labor.


    A little while later a beautiful red head came to the hold hatch to inform me everyone is ready to go. she walked back inside the crew quarters i buttoned up the ship and told the ai who now insisted she be called melody. to take us away. melody smoothly flew us out several days later i felt us settle down i peaked outside however saw nothing of interest other than trees and just a little ways away a jungle. however we were in a clearing.


    minutes later those hover chairs came out.each one with a darkened plexiglas window. i saw three of the doctors/ security riding in a sidecar or more like a barber chair attached to the side. with a little tablet connected to the arm rest. the last one must be inside.


    melody worked with the women and my hold was opened up. Quite quickly i saw a blizzard of activity. there were bots i had no ideal what their function where but they had simple attachments to them one hover chair was always near these odd bots. underneath each of these bots the grass and shrubs withered died and disappeared.


    later i realized they were creating a foundation for buildings and such. I was curious but there was no internet to connect to so i could not look up these bots plus they did look special made. I am fine watching construction work happen. I do not need to know how everything works as long as it works.


    my little game building floated out and headed for that jungle. they were accompanied by a few of the real security drones that i have never built but had been stored inside my hold. the hover chairs and the security bots went into the jungle quickly and i could hear them firing away. the terran buildings slowly floated out to them half a hour later they settled down.


    quickly i saw them spin up game units on realistic mode which just means those building made my favorite starcraft robots.


    I called out to one of the women. excuse me can i ask why you do not use regular units. when you''re gathering materials and mp. She looked surprised isn''t it obvious. It''s a safe way to do it and much less in cost than normal units. huh i asked. she looked at me okay i''ll explain the economics of this.


    those little toy soldiers cost less then summons and normal units. Okay i can see that but there also weaker than regular security drone units in fact one sentry drone unit could take on 20-30 of those marines.


    yes yes agreed the women. but where do you make those sentry drone units. uh in my ships i replied. good now where do you make the toy soldiers when you want a lot of them. in the dungeon i replied. good now then when you''re using your mp it cost you to make the unit when you are using the dungeons mp it cost you nothing.


    oh i see. I never really thought about that i just wanted to have fun making a game. I i heard lady karen say it was a game to you that was why she suggested that we use this method.


    Not to mention we get to continue to collect mp while we are not as active with these hover chairs. those three hover chairs out there in the dungeon is the mother and her two boys having fun. the boys get to have fun with the game the mother gets to spend time with them.


    work is getting done for us. This is really nothing more than a vacation for us. while we build lodging here. Ah it makes sense. there is another thing to know. While you can not upgrade the size we have the option to upgrade the size of the robots and buildings so once we cleared a safe area.


    we will build some security bots in the dungeon then send them back here to provide security here. Each of the buildings come with a menu. we have more options than you do. so we can build specialty equipment if we select to do so. also Once this dungeon develops the terra building we can left off and bring them back here.


    We also have more races to pick from then you do. Once things settle down we will build a dungeon field here for the boys to play with and you to also play if you like. there no reason to be stuck with the same units when there so many games out there to chose from.


    Actually i never planned to stick to one game. the programming for more units cost a lot. I can not do programming sense i never learned. I figured i would slowly expand my games over time.


    I heard you think in the long term and you''re not really in a hurry. That is probably why Karen invested in you. A slow ship does not attract attention. most ships are very in a need to grow and are very excitable. it infects the crew. A ship temperament does not change even with age. they do not really retire. they instead look for new challenges until they meet a challenge they can not defeat.


    A owner might be a cautious owner when they''re new to a ship but after years of working with a ship they develop a similar temperament. because while a ship can feel and learn their temperament will always stay the same.


    After that conversation not a lot happened. within a week the women slowly moved into parts of the outpost that where completed. little mana crystals were made the family went into the dungeon on a regular basis. I enjoyed tv shows i had downloaded and played vr games. it was again a nice quiet life. this is the good life.


    everything bad happens on a monday why monday i will never know. and like always it happened while everyone was asleep. way to freaking early in the morning and those brat got up early¡­ did i need sleep not really but i still sleep like a human with night cycles i heard other dungeon stay awake all day long¡­ so melody start to buzz my core real damn annoying. hurry and come to full alert she says.


    I hear it small crack taser and such. poping my camera out of a hold i see large robots and a couple mages a good 20 people out there wading through the security bots. there headed directly for the outpost. these people were coming from the dungeon and they had wandered through one of the collection bases breaking apart the refineries.


    where had these guys came from. melody had recalled other units that were inside the dungeon back to the ship and i saw them strolling out in ones and two sometimes groups each unit attacking from a different angle. It was a battle that really was not in are favor..i quickly had my ship bots move anything they could in my hold to make a wall between my hold and the outpost back door.


    while more units distracted them the children where the smallest and they came to me first. it was easier for them since they could crawl behind blocks that were not all that high it was pitiful and when they got to my hold a bot had to lift them up. i used a landing strut to hide the children from the attackers¡­ everything was going good. i got the last child in. but my wall of random stuff was not that tall and very stretched thin it was enough for a mage to send a ball of flame that blew the middle of the wall apart.


    luckily none of the pregnant women in their hover chairs had left the outpost. but there was a big gaping hole in the wall that they had just made. it was in flames so any women who flew there would attract attention.


    the hover chairs only lifted a few feet off the ground and i had no weapons other than the tiny game robots¡­. this was a bad situation. my armor was not even thick.


    turning to melody we need to move closer now and we need the garage door facing them.. on the opposite side of the garage was where i put most of the communication equipment because it made sense at the time¡­ i was not going to fight.


    lifting off i twisted and turned however starting engines and lifting off brought most of the attacking unit weapons to bear on my ship and they were tearing holes through me with little resistance. I lost half my engines in just a matter of seconds most of my communication equipment. melody was able to keep me stable i crashed my landing strut through the wall of the outpost.


    dropped my ramp and had the garage door open halfway. the women quickly scuttled into my ship.with some jostling between the hoverchair that because they were in a hurry and there was not a lot of room they were not fighting to be the first in.hitting all my engines as hard as i could we lifted off with some lopsidedness...as a final fuck you to these people i sent a order off to all the games with attacker face as a the highest priority to kill and had all the computer allie.


    flying away i saw a large blob of robots pop out of the dungeon and hit them hard im guessing these were the advanced build units for the games.


    These units did last longer and hit harder


    several of the attacker...where they pirates?


    why were they attacking right then and there?


    Died. (mental fistpump) however i saw a ball of magma hit in the center of the units wiping so many out and damaging others


    i continued on my way. away from them but i was underpowered.and i was hurting.


    within 15 minute i needed to set down.


    that how hard i was flying not that i was flying fast. i was flying slow i needed lots of work i needed engines i pretty sure i blew another engine at that last second but that was not my first priority¡­


    uh hu this is your captain speaking we are experiencing slight turbulence¡­ we ask that you have patience and strap into the closest crash couch¡­¡­ there a good probability that we will be hitting the ground hard at approximately 3¡­...2¡­..1¡­¡­


    I need a bandaid i just bent the hell out of my hull in fact i look like a broke dildo. ah hell and there a shit load of smoke all over the place.


    everyone okay out there. no response shit did i just kill everyone¡­one of the internal hatches came open that red headed security guard popped in hey mike we are all good here¡­. but we need to leave.


    no duh is my first thought. looking at the garage door it''s pinched¡­ shit and i cant find shit inside my holds after all i did through everything out¡­ oh there a couple bots...one second i''ll open the garage door.


    together me and melody opened up the door.


    that red head pops back in okay we need to gather everything we are going to take...so you need to show me where your core is and her databox we only have maybe half an hour to a hour. her data box is easy to get to.


    within only a few minute melody was tossed into the limo¡­ i was a bit harder to get to the core that my column was in was bent bad also we had to take a bot and just burn a hole to get to my core let it cool use a different bot to grab me which by that time i was just a crystal no longer connected to the computer, ship or really anything redhead had to manually use the bot with a joystick¡­. my guess is she only had half a hour of practice for safety reasons got checked off. i thought she was going to crush me she was not gentle with my family jewel.


    hey i had grown i was no longer a overgrown marble. i was the size of a tennis ball woop only i no longer fit in her pocket...aren''t doctors and guards supposed to have cargo pockets on there pants or coats nope¡­. a quick swear then a bounce between hands like i''m a damn hot potato.


    she turned and ran back through the hatch i saw my little scv that i had first purchased sitting forlornly strapped and powered down in the corner. but i could no longer command it.


    hopping into a side door of the limo i was dropped on the floor then pushed to the kids. i spun like a top i wish i could puke.


    the limo flew out. and we started flying speedily but not near as fast as i used to be able to fly.every few hours we would lower down into the trees near a river and shut down for a bit.


    awhile later we pulled down shut the engines off and then the four guards left for a bit. one of the mothers talked the kids into a hockey game inside the limo and i was the damn puck. did i mention i hate kids¡­ i know before i said i love kids but that because i wanted to screw a girl and have her stick around afterwards¡­ now i can''t screw so i hate these little buggers¡­


    why did i try to save them there tormenting me. i heard a quiet murmur from some of the security and a few of the mother''s¡­ looks like a ship flying slow, missed us by just a little bit. it''s flying in a search pattern. Somehow we are off a little further to the side then there search pattern. good planning from security. they are double as doctors how good could they be.


    a day and a half passed like this before we made it to civilization.

 chapter 3

    Running across the large grassland.


    I was allowed to entertain children¡­.. The stories i could tell¡­. Did you know dungeon cores can fly? I learned this at the hand of a sadistic bodyguard who while bored. Was teaching young boys how to play while banking my core off of corners¡­ the goal post was a trash can on one end and the sanitation dispenser at the other end of this fancy bus¡­ its a limo but its a bus¡­


    I was quite surprised to see how the front of the bus was overly complicated. There is no actual driver like in the old school buses it driven by another AI. however one security guard normally sits in front. Following data screens. That constantly scroll.


    At least melody gets to play backup driver. Her databox was installed in a spare rig kinda look like that wanted her to be a radio because they placed her in the middle of a console.


    I spent my time playing games¡­ playing hide in seek, napping in unpredictable places.


    Dungeon diving in dumpsters¡­ kinda its a dumpster to me¡­ i also learned more about women then i even knew¡­. When pregnant there gassy¡­.if i had magic i would light a fire and blow this bus up.


    Oh apparently on day 4 the air conditioning while not breaking¡­ was not as powerful. So one of the security guards filled up a bucket with water¡­ and dropped me into cool my core off¡­ like i was hot im basically a sphere crystal¡­ anyways i cool off and they drop me down there shirts to cool off¡­


    Yay¡­. why are all my dreams being shattered about women¡­. They know i am a male right this is just wrong¡­ so wrong...im not a cool pack don''t stick me into hot sweaty sticky places that have not been bathed in days¡­..i can still smell even if i can''t talk now that i am out of the ship holder i still have eyesight even if its dark¡­.


    Also¡­ im not into pregnant women¡­. Just stop please please.


    Day 11¡­ we finally made it to a city¡­. And they have motels¡­ i got left in the bus¡­ they women and the kids and guards bum rushed that hotel like it was. A national guard unit offering shelter in the middle of a hurricane¡­


    Several hours later a guard came out¡­ cleaned up the bus they also were placing boxes in storage areas¡­ that night i had relief no one bothered me at all. The bus was parked in the back parking lot.


    Day 12


    The bus had gone off to a maintenance depot¡­ a bot came in and just replaced the whole ac unit¡­ a few bullet holes were found in less than 30 minutes the bus was back in top shape.


    Magic is such a cheat and so are bots¡­. I want a maintenance depot in my hold for my next ship¡­ and maybe a AI to control that bay¡­ if i had been able to fix and replace my engines while in flight or after only setting down for a little bit. I would not have been used as a hockey puck.


    I realized if not for the fact that Karen was from a rich clan...a lot of the advances my ship had received would have not been there. I could have been pirated¡­ i''m not actually sure what would have happened to my core¡­ but honestly i had a pretty sweet deal.


    If i had started off with a normal young teen¡­. The curse of the gods to ever moderate minded person¡­. There a good chance i would have been trapped in a broken ship¡­ it even possible they would have drained the mana fully out of my core. Which for dungeons is death¡­ or worse turned me into a baby sucker toy¡­. I heard a rumor that this was something done sometimes to cores who just would not work with humanity. They drain a core until it small enough that a teething child could use it as a sucker toy, super glue a handle on it¡­.


    Could you imagine being a family hairloom. You could even say you would become the precious family jewel. A honor i am sure. I also heard that they do this to help the flow of mana in children to make them better mages¡­. This makes me believe this rumor even more.


    If you think about it¡­ someone really pissed someone off enough to invent this as a threat...that poor poor soul. I am betting the person pissed off was a woman¡­ mad at a man¡­ What normal right thinking man would use this as a threat¡­


    I apologize for these disturbing thoughts¡­ i needed to focus on how lucky i am to not be a child sucker toy¡­ baby pacifier. Because i am currently getting fitted on a necklace¡­ and there draining my mana so i will fit the fitting¡­.i feel like i should make a prostitute joke here because the necklace is made out of rubberized plastic. I feel so very cheap right now please spray me with perfume and drop a glitter bomb on me while singing¡­ hit me one more time.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.


    red head just took possession of me. Mmmm she dam flat¡­ and this time she not sweaty¡­ sigh.


    We load up the bus and head out to the edges of town. Boarding a cargo ship straight up a ramp¡­ parked and then off loaded to statesmen rooms. We are on the way home.


    Day 16


    There was a disruption in the nearby airspace¡­ the ship moved differently however nothing major happened on our end. On the other hand¡­ the ships dungeon is a woman and she a real asshole¡­ she been making snarky comments ever since she saw me dangling down redheads shirt. Apparently im a real dirty old man and a pervert.. Taking advantage of the situation..


    Surprisingly redhead got tired of the snarky comments and while not exactly defending me. Has made some pointed comment back¡­ asshole dungeon core...Hey there pervert hows it hanging. You enjoying the view...redhead reply im sure he is¡­ however id like to remind you that we are paying passengers and abusing your customers even if there is a pervert in the midst is bad behavior.


    She flat¡­ she flat¡­. She a flipping taunt canvas¡­. Im bigger¡­..much bigger¡­ this is a boring vast plain. I think i see rib bones¡­ she does not need a bra¡­ bandaid are too much.


    I picture her parents saying we want a boy¡­. Lets stick the embryo in a baby incubator.¡­. 9 months later. I said a boy. Honey dont worry i turned the temperature up it should have been a boy...well we can always give her hormone control¡­.


    Red head did you say something while glaring at me¡­.. I can''t talk why would she think that.


    Thank goodness i''m a core if i was back in my old body i would have said that out loud.


    The next two days i was left inside a jewel case¡­with the lid closed. Since people can not read minds i am sure it was just a coincidence. After all people are forgetful. While thinking that i feel like i should be sweating.


    Day 18


    we finally arrive in the same city we had left from.


    Hours later we come back to that very same mansion weeks ago i had left from¡­ once everyone tromped in. i could notice that there was a very intense air inside the home.


    I hung out you know just kinda stayed in the background¡­.or red head did. We were pretty close like buddy buddy¡­.


    After hours later as the night was coming along. Red head went up 3 floors and was ushered into a set of rooms real fancy like. Finally we stepped into a office where i saw karen. Karen today looked ice cold. Stern¡­ even angry.


    After redhead reported i was handed over to karen¡­ she looked at me¡­ then melody was handed over and some data sticks. Think usb drive. After that she was told to go relax for a bit get a shower eat and sleep in the morning report to security. And off she went¡­


    You would think i would learn her name¡­ it was sergent.. Velliz¡­ but dont worry she a static secondary character¡­ i swear she flipping paused right there in the doorway.. And glanced at me. flipping scary.


    I know mindreading is not possible¡­ it does not happen in this universe i checked¡­ its women intuition.


    Karen popped me out of the facet. With a karate chop...i bounced off the desk and she snatched me out of the air¡­. Does she flipping do this every day¡­


    Then she popped my core into a holder that was extremely similar to the one i had on a ship. Okay mike tell me everything from your point of view..there i repeat the tale again for her and my thoughts that had nothing to do with the women i traveled with i did however complain about being used as a hockey puck.


    Once she heard my story. She sunk down into her chair. Simply sitting there.


    With a sigh karen finally looked at my holo projection. Here what''s going on¡­ a branch family that married into a competitor family.. Decided that they want to force the inheritance issue. Since i am the heir.. I am not dating anyone and i am from the main branch¡­. We need a heir while you can be a women to inherit we have had issues in the past with women running the family¡­ we also normally have someone older than I am.


    The last two generations have not been good to this family¡­ I been spending a lot of money. Its making everyone uncomfortable.


    I am spending on infrastructure.. While most understand that we need to catch up¡­ not many like seeing so much wealth from the clan funds being spent so fast¡­ and returns are medium risk with medium gains.


    We need a heir¡­ only I never been interested. In having children myself¡­ I also just have not found anyone i particular like.


    Okay get a sperm donor i reply then get a bunch of maids to raise the child¡­ The problem seemed simple to me¡­ of course you did have a branch family spill blood.. But only merks got hurt.


    The kids would have been captured same with the women.. Imprisoned at schools and such¡­ odd how they think. Got to save face. Is this asia?


    Tell me Karen said other than being a dungeon core. What fantasy race would you have wanted to reincarnate into¡­


    ¡­. You are not going to kill me and force my soul into a baby are you¡­


    This was a real worry¡­ for me¡­ after all i had already reincarnated¡­ it possible they could play god¡­


    Nope replied karen¡­ now answer the question¡­


    Looking at her i finally reply high elf of the sun elf variety¡­


    Why she replied¡­


    Simple the get killed off the least in stories¡­ and i would less likely have to be a warrior¡­ i would be protected. They also live longer than many other elves¡­ i would likely get my old blue eyes and they have cool hair color in almost every story.


    ¡­. I know it pretty sub par for reasons but this is a reality. Also if you a light elf and you decided to go the evil route ¡­ some reason light elves are thought to represent good things¡­ so are less suspected than others.


    Karen looked at me¡­ sighed ¡­ you know you have the worst reasons¡­ but there valid¡­


    Here what is going to happen.. You lost the ship you were originally given¡­ however your personality is lacking¡­ we are going to grow a sun elf, maybe not high elf those are really hard to get the genetic code.. And mix it with my mother''s and father''s dna¡­ you will become my little brother¡­ we will simple do a little surgery and with nanites we will add your core to the brain. The hair will cover the bump where your core will sit. In the back of the skull. We will just keep your hair long and in general a ponytail.. Until everything is ready.. You will just surf the web in that holder and read manga and stuff like you always do.

 chapter 4

    5 months later


    Karen says its time...time,..... Time for what i wonder.. Walking over she once again bashes me out of the holder i am in¡­ with a snap i fly out with electric arching off of me. Snatching me out of the air with a flick of her wrist.


    We go to a wing of the house and there is a tiny hospital ward with a medcapsule and liquid filled chamber. Inside is this prune fuzzball looking creature...it is ugly like a screwed up monkey.


    Dropping me from several feet up into a contraptions. i roll around down a funnel until i am placed in a wire catch basin.


    Within seconds of settling a robotic hand reaches over and firmly grasps me. Very firmly...am i going to get lucky with a robot¡­. I heard japan was trying to make sex robots¡­ this inane thought pops into my head.


    With a quick sweep i am laid up against the creatures back a small scalpel cuts the skin i am shoved into the body. I feel a wave of healing magic¡­


    I lost track of time in here all i can hear is a baby heartbeat¡­ the heartbeat is surprising very slow.. Over time i start to feel connections to different parts of the body¡­ still everything is surprisingly difficult to do.


    Finally i feel a connection that familiar¡­ i am connected to the mana net, mage net, internet.


    Yahoo i have wifi¡­.do they call it wifi here. I never did ask. I notice i have eyes¡­ well i am connected to cameras.


    I can see my ugly body inside the tank. After looking around i am already bored ¡­. Manga calls me. I think i should point this out¡­ what i call manga¡­ is nothing more than adventure tales from hobby writers¡­ they don''t actually have true manga¡­ to be honest i think it is better that they don''t. I guess i should call this light novels or something.


    A few hours later and i notice i am getting sleepy without thinking about it. I slept before but i never felt the need to sleep i did it because i was used to it. This is the first time i fell asleep with out wanting to do so.


    I wake up to someone lifting me out of the chamber¡­. I clearly hear them say oh he so cute¡­ i am not connected to the wifi at this moment so i can''t see who is talking to me. I am swung around a few time then laid in a cradle¡­ woop i have connection again. There i snap on cameras and see several women hanging around my cradle and there a few more cradles around me.


    I also see a hoverchair¡­ that honestly looks awesome¡­ it got mechanical arms...and one of those baby basin things instead of a seat...its like a little f-22 raptor with short stubby wings and hover disks instead of engines¡­ okay so maybe not a f-22¡­ its awesome looking¡­ looking around i spot karen try to speak¡­.no voice...looking around i find a speaker.. (mc)Hey karen is that hoverchair mine.. With a bit of surprise she looks at my bundle of joy¡­.okay just me. (karen) yeah that''s yours.. You are going to be the heir after all.


    Okay turns out my core was not placed in my skull.. They decided it would be better to place it behind my heart and lungs near the spine also i have a mixture of mana lines and nanites that move to my back creating a tiny antenna i guess there layered under my skin.


    Think those little baby heat pads¡­ they stick them in the cribs and seats for me and as long as i am leaning back against them. I am connected to everything. I also have something like a holder inside the body that i currently inhabit. As i get older my connection to the body will actually increase.


    the antenna on my back will grow. Basically all they did was body augmentation¡­ nothing new really, they just started me younger, than most. Ill grow with this body. Go to school like normal kids. My dungeon core will not grow at all it has been permanently stunted.


    My hover chair and house i reside in, my future dormitory rooms will have mana crystals.


    So basically i''ll have only external magic unlike most mages...however i''ll be able to store more mana then they will. And honestly while throwing fireballs and all is cool¡­ how often will i need to do that when i already found other ways of fighting that does not directly in danger myself.


    I have mixed genetics so i have a long long life expectancy.


    this should hide that i am a dungeon even more then other things.


    Melody going to be installed under my seat.


    so me and her will work together for are family and clan.


    After all i am becoming fully adopted. While it is possible that Karen will meet a guy. Have kids.. I am already the heir. Her younger brother.


    Guess that means no chance for me to just be the spoiled younger brother in this story.


    Okay because every reincarnation has a baby story here is my baby story¡­


    A few months after i had gotten used to my hoverchair crib.. I had a thought¡­ it was funny.


    My hoverchair had some really cool features such as. Holoprojector¡­ smoke, chaff, awesome acoustics. Everything a childish man-child needs to get in trouble true i was pushing 30 when i died. But still i am a man when you give me cool toys i want to play with them.


    My crib also had bulletproofing. So nothing could hurt me if someone got scared and lashed out.


    Perfect. I had recently found out that there are some scary looking magical beast that are instantly killed if found in cities. They looked like predator.. Understand this was the 10th month of the year. Last day of the month in the spirit of halloween i dressed up as a magical beast.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    I charged in on my hover crib with full holoprojectors screaming like i was hunting into the house¡­ at around 11 o''clock. The security was switching out and karen was there talking to the head.


    Bursting through the doors ¡­ well there automated. But i messed with them so that they swung fast. The security guards paused looking at me. With a mental press of the button my mask roared..


    Shaking their surprise off they lifted their guns in unison. Flipped the selector off. Then flipped it again¡­ and lit me up¡­ apparently security has armor piercing¡­ which is the correct method of taking down this particular magic beast¡­ most of the guards aimed at the head¡­.. Not all. And my hover crib was sitting dead center of the body.


    My holoprojection flickered off in the face of karen throwing this enormous fireball. The flames were very pretty white with blue edges¡­


    Within seconds i was peppered my crib feel to the ground the temperature was burning me up.


    Everything shut down¡­ i could hear the recorded messages playing. trick or treat¡­ give me something good to eat.


    I was quickly feeling weak¡­ looking down i noticed i was missing a leg.


    Two weeks later i woke up¡­ apparently they had to call in some real magically healers¡­ i would not be getting an allowance until i was 15 years old. And from now on i would have to help out around the house¡­.


    Karen also had a streak of grey hair¡­


    Do i mention it¡­? Or pretend i had nothing to do with it.


    Baby story number two¡­. I had a maid a bodyguard¡­and the designated childhood friend.


    So one of the ladies that waddled. Had been designated to be my caretaker¡­ are first conversation was something like this.


    Karen - hey mike guess what we decided that you will have a maid from now on¡­.why everything i need to do can be automated.. I can almost wipe my own ass with this mechanical arm.


    Karen gave me a look that said.you been trying with a disgusted expression...ah no i replied with a guilty expression¡­ i was actually to afraid to try it and mess up while squashing me so far i been practicing juggling eggs¡­.


    (Karen) Ah that why the cooks are always upset the eggs are gone¡­ and the maids are upset that they have to clean eggs off the ground in the storage room. from now on. That is no longer allowed.


    Anyways follow me. Following her I head out into the hall way down the stairs to the receiving hall. There i notice one of the ladies i rode around with in the buss before i became the heir..


    Turning up the external volume of my hover crib so i can greet her properly with enthusiasm.


    Hey i cry out i remember you¡­ you''re no longer fat¡­ where you cured. You look so much better. Right then i felt karen wrath¡­ peeking at her out of the corner of my eye i see her reach to her wrist and press a button¡­


    I was zapped it hurt so much¡­ then i was zapped again. Then a third time¡­ with a sobbing voice i asked why karen.


    Oh i don''t know replied karen with a tight smile then with a voice of death she says think about it.


    But karen i was saying nice things about her she looks alot better without the parasite.


    Karen stabbed down hard. Zapp zapp zapp zapp zapp


    With my wails creating music to karen''s ears. She and the maid talked soon after a security guard showed up.. This was to be my bodyguard¡­ wow karen can pick them...she was a dusky skinned beautiful women ¡­.green eyes¡­ tall but with a petite body¡­ wow i loved looking at her ass. As she walked around me to meet the maid and karen. Forgetting in my troubles that i still had the external speaker on i mumble to myself¡­ that is a ass i would follow around...thinking i had mumbled to myself¡­.


    While i am sure karen did not hear it, i notice the ears of the maids twitch. And the guard almost lost her step.. But recovered well. Karen walked over. Again and introduced me to my guard.


    Her name was Alexis¡­ well the name was truly long i shortened it immediately to alexis. She was a desert nymph. She did not come from a tree but rather a fern¡­ when i meet her other half¡­ to be honest i was not impressed it was a few sharp green leaves. With a giant bulb. And lots of roots. Apparently from now on we will be sharing a room. And the fern will go in the courtyard.


    The maid''s name was amelia. It was not a name i heard recently but some reason it felt like i should link it to something.


    Turning around i saw a baby on her back¡­ ah a baby i sputter. Karen looked at me and said we are a family friendly business okay¡­ with a glare at me. I Immediately reply no problem i like kids... It¡¯s a lie and karen knows it''s a lie¡­ with a knowing smile she says good because that child will be with you until she turns into an adult.


    You will have the same schools go shopping together. Just so you know your maid and guards will all be long lived races from now on. I won''t be pairing you up with high humans or normal humans.


    In the future the branch families and main families might have problems because until now we where all humans.


    Each year you get older i will add one more bodyguard. Also right now your allowance is to help you buy magic tech. So you can augment your lack of natural strength. Since you already have a young man mind. This should help you plan for you future as your body gets older.


    As a side benefit your maid has some brute strength.know some healing magic and normal small magics that good for the home. She is not a bodyguard however. Should not be used as such.


    Alexis has nature magic and is also good with plant magic and restorative magic¡­ she can also do some space magic¡­ just not a lot. As she gets older and more powerful she will be able to do more with her magic and again you can''t not ask her to store stuff for you. You''re the employer provide for yourself.


    Also i should let you know if you ever get a ship in the future the modification to let you keep your body and also run a ship are extremely expensive right now the clan does not have the money to get you a new ship. In a couple of years are midterm investments will start to come in.


    How much of a allowance would i get each year¡­


    You can expect around 40,000 a year. However you played that prank and now you will not get an allowance directly until you are 15. Your employees will be paid your normal bills will be paid and your school lunch and mandatory activities will be paid.


    You will also get around 200 a month that is to be used to purchase gifts for employees and friends that you will make in school. To purchase birthday presents and such. This is not your money it is the clan money to keep up appearances. You screwed your money.


    Do you realize how expensive your body is. Then months after getting your body we had to go back to the same experts to regrow a leg and replace the outer layer of skin because you were shot and burned¡­ that was incredible embarrassing.


    The hush money was incredible¡­ we had to pay so much. So i did not get reported to child services.


    After those talks and many others. Things settled down when i am five i will go to my first prep school.


    That was also when a branch family hired kidnappers¡­ they did not make it as far as they could have however I lost three bodyguards. That year.


    The family struggles increased then decreased for who should be the leader¡­ Karen fought to stay in control. Eventually her midterm investments would bear out.


    Amelia daughter was with me all the time.. She was 6 month older then me and as a child she never let me forget who was older.


    Her name was melly. I honestly think it is a terrible name¡­ however i had learned something.. Keep my mouth shut.. Both the bodyguard alexis, and Amelia my maid had wrist comms with that evil zapper button.


    Several times i had thought about getting rid of the button.. However i realized i truly had deserved each zapp i endured.


    Occasionally i see that flat chested redhead bodyguard. Thankfully she stays in the background as a static character. I see the other waddler ladies there all now skinny again.. Most of them are employees and such on the admin side.


    While things are not always good¡­ Are clan somehow manages to find the funds to keep face¡­ For my education¡­ well the clan did not quite have the funds to send me to prep school¡­ however several branch families gifted the main family with money they had saved up.


    I really wonder if this is normal..for rich families...the in fighting and such.

 chapter 5

    At the age of 15 for this body i am now 44 years old.


    Amelia looks the same as the second time i met her the first time she was fat with pregnancy. Alexis looks the same with slightly longer silver hair. Melly ¡­. Looks ¡­..like a women toned. A slight definition of muscle and curves in all the right places¡­ a bubble butt. And a c+... why am i telling you all this¡­ its tradition in light novels to fixate on all the female features¡­ honestly if i talked about how smart she was¡­ most guys would be turned off.


    I have actually adjusted. My life style.. My bedroom is nothing more than a barracks. Barracks style showers. I actually had this lifestyle before. When i was in the service¡­


    The major difference i was not a growing boy. And the people who were staying with me where not women.


    However while at some point it is nice. At others not so much¡­ while i am aware that the women look good.. I grew up with these same women and none of them have changed in appearance since i knew them.


    As for masturbating¡­ well men and women do it.. I simply curl up in bed face the wall cover myself with a blanket and then clean up the mess afterwards¡­ that is the extent of privacy i am allowed. I of course often wait till night. But again i grew up with these people.


    It is not like i am making tons of noise moaning out in lusty manner¡­


    In prep school i actually found that while i am rich and decent looking women''s advances just don''t bother me.


    I remember the first few confessions were difficult for me¡­ until i realized¡­ that while i had never really talked to majority of these people. They actually did not know me either..so they wanted something from me and it probably had to do with money.


    Now not saying every girl who confessed to me was after money however i was a heir¡­ i needed to have strategic relationships¡­ also i am an elf¡­ a human women really should not be on the list of women i can date.


    It was a simple solution¡­ i found. I made a application process...yeah a real application..


    It asked for their family background up to 3 generations¡­ what their family would gain from an alliance with me. If a relationship where to start. What my family would gain from them. Who their current competitors where all the way down to local mom and pop stores.


    If information was not given when there was information to be had then the application would be deleted. They would have to try again. Then melony the AI and a few guards would do background checks.


    There was also other sections.. The application process to date me grew over time. To make it harder for someone to actually date me¡­ also when an application was declined we had to work at a reason why they could not date.


    Strangely this became a popular past time. With the females of the classes¡­ because i would look down the timeline and give reasonable reasons why it would not work¡­. Unfortunately for the boys it made it harder for them to get a date also. The girls would copy an application of mine then when a boy confessed to her¡­ well there were a lot of single guys in my school while i was there. In fact a lot of single teachers also.


    Because this caused trouble for the girls and boys of my school¡­ once i had some money i pretty much blew it all on purchasing and retrofitting expedition busses for dungeon exploration.


    I purchased a lot of older busses¡­ and slowly changed them¡­ none of them however were armed¡­ i left that up to the explorers who rode the busses.


    Besides buying arms for a vehicle that where more than side arm or a rifle got expensive.


    We would send out invites to people who were scholarship students. The lower classes.


    Fill up the busses and then get a time slot on holidays. To go out into the dungeon.


    Several of the busses also served as bunks with kitchens. Showers and laundromats. For teams.


    We had a med truck¡­ and one small armory. Besides my bodyguards and my own programs bots to provide a safe place to camp within a dungeon.


    We pretty much helped to create teams¡­


    Money may not solve problems¡­ however it sure helps to create the opportunity to do so¡­ i also spent less money than a ship buying each of these buses and upgrading them.


    I earned good will. And personally i did not try to collect any money from these other students.


    A lot of these students hoped to get on a ships crew and experience was needed they also got to purchase better equipment.


    A ship dungeon would have been able to give them mob characters as support. While dungeon diving¡­


    I was able to give each team some mobs¡­ a simple tablet with controls on it would do for them.


    (rereading this chapter. i noticed here that i started talking about advanced buildings and barracks..but i did not tell you how i got them.... This was repurchasing the program from the city dungeon. It was that pirated starcraft game. I am useing it again to create mobs.)


    Allow the barracks to create some mob marines they would go over and gather the mobs directly from the barracks to their team. And off they would go.


    If they wanted advanced mobs they had to go to an advanced building pay the building in mana points to create for them since there was a contract with the school about how much mana could be taken¡­ the advanced buildings. Would slowly gather mana. Then build a vulture tank or goliath. For the base camp. If a team wanted one or a few they would have to give there own mana to create the mob.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    It all had something to do with ecology of a dungeon and balance...i took the class¡­ but to be honest i never really worried about it¡­ now a days you just let a computer. Monitor so you don''t take too much from a contract dungeon.


    Wild dungeons like the one our clan unsuccessfully tried to mine¡­ are mined so the dungeon does not grow. Not to kill the dungeon off.


    There are dungeons out there in space that go crazy. They try to retake their own ship¡­ there a lot of backup redundancies. To keep a ship from going crazy. It has something to do with holders.


    However just being a dungeon core will not make you go crazy if your out of a holder¡­ it takes time.


    For instance my dungeon core can only have 5000 mp points i would need to upgrade my holder¡­ however my holder is now part of my body¡­ so i can''t upgrade it. Instead i have to store extra mana points in basically mana banks once i get a ship.


    Those refineries i mentioned earlier will help me out once i get a ship again.


    There also different types of dungeons within the contract dungeons.


    The one we are currently in is part of the the dungeon for Rokita where in the school section. You have to set up in advance. Before you come to the dungeon.


    If we had gone to the the city of Spenolif¡­ you would have to worry about more then your life from the dungeon. There are rogue adventures.. Who will knock down a rookie adventure group.


    For now we are safe¡­ in the future planning needs to be done¡­ After all the majority of these adventures are teenage kids¡­ who want to become famous heros¡­ there going to be aggressive over confident.


    I mean if you think about it we have groups of teens running around in enchanted armor with sharp metal sticks.


    Do you remember high school i actually don''t but i know at one point i did.


    The med station was put to use and always had someone in there.


    As groups splintered and reformed i noticed that some would form small groups¡­ to help keep them safe i passed out more tablets for 200mp each. They could hunt on there own if they felt they needed to. I did not worry about it to much.


    One of my upgrades¡­ the flame bat¡­ turned into a dud¡­. Ill have to talk to that other dungeon and explain that the magical flamethrower does not work because it uses up it mp so fast. I will also have to probably make flamethrowers bigger so they can hold larger tanks¡­ i''m thinking of a potion shop that make napalm. Try to keep these bots as low power in mp as possible.


    As the students go to higher levels¡­ i noticed that the bots are dying much faster that''s obvious however these mob characters need to level up.


    Maybe i need to introduce a level up program on bots as they kill mobs they collect mp to upgrade themselves to a higher level¡­ or come back to be upgraded?


    After the first successful holiday many of these upgrades were made¡­ now i should mention¡­ there are other clans out there some of them are more powerful than my clan¡­ when dealing with these children¡­ it is often difficult. Many of these clans have their own ships¡­ that the children borrow. To go to different dungeons...It is exceedingly hard to say no to the invites.


    However i must persevere. The reason is simple¡­ while it is not illegal to be a dungeon.. It is rude to be a dungeon and masquerading as a different race...if i were to ride on one of these childrens ships. The ships dungeon would notify the heir that i was a dungeon. Most likely.


    You honestly never know what people will do when someone is different than you are.


    Today is another tough day¡­ there is a young lady from a classroom just down the hall¡­ she has a clan about equal in wealth. To my own clan. I personally do not know her at all. I did my research thanks to melody and everything on paper says she is a lovely girl¡­


    The tough part is she is inviting me over to her home again.. There is a local dungeon near to her home¡­ she has a fishery clan.. It is partly my own fault the school had been gifted with a large donations of fish from her clan¡­ me not paying attention had been eating the school lunch melly the childhood friend. And i was excited about how good the lunch was¡­ simple put she over heard and invited me several times¡­


    This was simple family pride for her.. She not trying to date me.. However i keep begging off simple because i do not want to ride in her ship.


    Currently she is waiting for a reply from me¡­ and i have no excuse to offer her..melody my ai is also running through excuses. None of them sound well enough alone. To do justice for the decline.


    The other problem is she has invited me in public at lunch again¡­


    And the table is eerily quiet..


    Ma¡¯am allow me to visit you once i own my own ship¡­ will you be so kind to reissue your offer at that time.?


    Seeing her smile slip¡­ I saw a look of hurt pass her face. But immediately she agreed.


    Thank you kindly I say.


    She went back to her table¡­ however after that day i received no more invites to go to dungeons with any of the heirs.


    I increased the busses that we had. Infact i had to purchase a small piece of land which i turned into a parking lot specifically for them. Borrowing a few simple construction bots from the main house. Was enough to get a parking garage built. With simple earth magic. A few of the guards helped set up. This was on the outer edges of the city limits


    A simple security system was paid to keep an eye on it¡­ however. While the buses were upgraded.. They were simple the cost of a few rifles. Even if they were stolen¡­ the lose would not be much.


    It really was not much more than a simple kitchen a simple bathroom and a few beds in an armored bus. Sure there were specialty busses again however each upgrade was paid for in mana points. The buses themselves were not a lot of currency.


    Looking at my saving¡­ i knew this year i would not have enough for a ship¡­ after all this is the first year i am getting an allowance as the heir.


    I might actually be 17 years old before i can afford a ship myself.. If i saved everything up¡­ however¡­ i do have other options to make money. I could purchase a few older used moving vans. Fill up the vans with advanced buildings from starcraft and also fill them up with advanced weapons. Then sell off the advanced mobs to adventures as they go into the dungeon. It would be good for the ones that do not have a ship of their own.


    One of the biggest expenses for me the heir.. Is rent...the other is i need to be taken shopping on a regular basis¡­ why do i need to go shopping so often¡­ has something to do with face¡­ i never understood it¡­ i''m practically a miser¡­ except when it comes to food i will splurge on that. me and my family of guards and amelia and mellie to eat¡­ i don''t go to five star restaurants ¡­.


    We go hunting for small unknow mom and pop places where we can eat sometimes we eat several times in a day.


    Food in fact is one of the most expensive commodities i purchase. I have a cook however i even take the cook with me. She is an apprentice cook and her job is to practice making great meals learning different foods.. So when i go on expeditions with the class she cooks the meals for them.


    Sometimes when we are home, she cooks. We go out to eat so much that it is not often she gets the opportunity she is also a student so we do our best to make life easier for her.


    I hate to do dishes however¡­ when we go on expeditions with the students. i help her with dishes. since i never allow myself to leave the basecamp.


    When i turned 16 Karen lost her temper with the branch families there are a total of 11 branch families.


    Using some strange mathematics she called in the heads of each branch.. There she brokered the family resources. With each branch putting them in charge of their own. Delivered through a mediator. Large amounts of documents. And simple cut off all who did not take the deal she offered.


    6 of the eleven branch families did not decide to go there own way. However Karen was unhappy that two of the branches had stuck with her.


    One family that was unwanted caused a lot of trouble with public relations¡­ the other was more devious...through another years of meditating¡­ we somehow managed to get rid of the family that was considered only trouble.


    As for the last. They navigated through each deal. And are considered still part of the family¡­ they actually tried to force a marriage between us cousins¡­ it came down to if they try to force it karen will take her share of the pie and just leave. While this would hurt some of the family others would not be as affected. Namely us. One family focused on exploration. Another focused on shipping. Another contracts. Are family focused on management.


    The last problem family focused on investments¡­ however it was discussed that not all the money taken for investments.. Actually was invested. They also had a large security section.. Making them able to project force that even three branch families would have trouble opposing.


    After the settlement¡­ many cousins moved to my school. 2nd cousins and such¡­ they were surprisingly friendly¡­ and had no trouble walking up to me. I actually liked talking with some of them¡­ you would simple start up a conversation then let there mouth rampage.. It was one way to learn about the family.


    I took them on a expedition for those that were interested. And allowed them to compete. Let them instill there bragging rights¡­ once they got used to the system¡­ i was interested in how they would make use of the mobs.


    The second time we went out more cousins went on this expedition. Once they found out i could provide mobs that were easy to control.


    This was an interesting development.


    I had some cousins that had no magic power¡­ they grouped together and used the mobs both advanced and everything. Surprisingly they actually picked the protoss race of mobs¡­ the protoss race was 90% magical construct. They delved all the way to the third floor. The terran race was 90% robotic construct¡­

 chapter 6

    The end of mobs


    After a year of constantly going down the school dungeon, it became obvious that mobs could not get you past the 4th floor even when level up and paying extra mp to upgrade mobs. these Mobs i am describing are simple the starcraft created robots.


    If it where not for the fact that the more adventurous teams often had a bodyguard shadowing them or even directly part of a team. Students would have been lost¡­


    What was made abundantly clear is that while strategy improved with the students mobs in general are too slow to attack the higher level monsters in a dungeon¡­ we needed a new strategy.


    So far we had made a rule not to get past level four with mobs. With AI help we even were able to restrict them from going down to the fifth floor they simply stopped moving forward.


    I did however get an accommodation from the school for making it easier and safer for their students to get experience and increase their stats a side effect was that when playing strategy games planning and thinking ahead of time often there int and wisdom would increase¡­


    I needed another way to make money¡­ mobs had paid for themselves several times over¡­ talking to my beneficiary the dungeon i had often sent with my request. I explained the problem.. There were solutions.. However in the end the problem was mobs were programed¡­


    The next viable step was to add ai to each mob instead of simple programing. This actually was not a cheap upgrade¡­


    i went ahead and paid for the initial upgrade program but we both knew this would not even get me to the mid range¡­


    low grade AIs would simple cost to much with how fast the mobs died¡­ there was a reason why. Dungeon ships cloned and built biological mob warriors..


    The Low grade Ai upgrade cost additional mana points at the barracks... one or two bots with a lowgrade ai... still die easy.


    just not as easy as a programmed bot. example basic marine bot from the starcraft barrack kills 10 dungeon mobs... that marine bot absorbs from the kills a fraction of the mana points. he goes back to the barrack gets a upgrade.


    30 kills he gets a promotion.. he is now a sergent bot... a little faster a little bigger then the basic marine bots. his gun rounds are a little bigger. shoot a little harder and possible have special munitions... all rounds are physical so he can only carry so many. before going back to the barrack to get more rounds this is often when he is upgraded.


    not like in rpgs where upgrades happen in the wild he has to go back to start point. finally after the marine bot has got the prerequsites. of being a sergent and a few other things and then carries enough mana he goes back to the barracks to upgrade to ai.. this will be the most expensive upgrade.


    however bots are mobs even with all these upgrades... his stats will probally still be below a warrior.. his damage below a mage or a magic archer... as a ai he can think a little better use cover better. but he still has to follow commands from the student who has the tablet.


    this is super time intensive and unrealistic it is possible to get a army of ai capatable drones that can help you get past the 4th floor to the fifth... the only reason my mobs work as well as they do is because the barrack is collecting mana from the invaded dungeon rather then my own dungeon.


    The reason so many ships grow there own clones. is...


    They had more potential. The biologicals could adapt to conditions faster. Could change tactics faster. Cost less initially to be made.


    I however did not have a ship...this was starting to become a tedious disability for a dungeon.


    I actually tried to figure out if i could maybe use a holder and make a land train. Like link all the busses together.


    The answer was yes¡­ there was a major problem however.


    The holder if installed into a land train. Or a series of linked busses. (busses are cheap call me a scruge) Would give me the benefits of a dungeon..the way the holder worked was when upgrading the holder sent wires of mana or physical wires at this point it does not matter which. Through the walls and simple add them to the next upgrade¡­think magic filements its still not correct its runic magic with a mana signature and and a physical form.


    I would have to be broken out of the land train each and every time. Each time i left the land train. The dungeon location would be broken up. .....the maisma or ambient dungeon mana... loseing the point of having a dungeon in a landtrain.


    The thing karen was talking about in the ship so i could leave each time was a specialized holder that would be incredible expensive and would need to be invented for me even if there are other dungeons like me. No one is talking about it so if it was already invented it would need to be reinvented.


    Again i dont store mana in my crystal above 5000mps above that they have to be stored in mana banks and crystals... which a ship would be able to store better then a bus or a land train. landtrains are not air tight. to make them airtight would be ineffiecent. when i could just get a ship and fly to different worlds.


    Since the whole point of the land train was to give me time to save money for a ship¡­ obviously i''m not going to put that much money into it.


    I needed a solution..


    I needed something that was cheaper than my current upgrades to make mobs viable for a few more dungeon floors..


    I needed some way to protect the students as they gained skills and leveled while trying to attract attention of an adventure group..(not sure when this became a goal...did pretending to be a nice guy distract me... ill figure out how to tie this into the story later. lets say im building a reputation...saint sama in training?)


    I needed bodyguards for the other students..without the students realizing they are being bodyguards so they don''t take even more risks.


    For many days i would have an absent expression at school while running around in my hoverchair.


    No i was not an invalid. But in a school of adventures. Me not having extra body strength. Or inner magic offensive power. Even an accident could be deadly i was no stronger then a man on earth. Of course i wouldn''t die¡­ my core would be safe.


    But i needed to guard this body like it was the real thing.


    I went to my economics classes. I went to my adventure classes.


    I went to lunch and sat in gloom.


    I could not think of a solution.


    Then i saw something wonderful¡­


    Well for me it was wonderful. For that clan heir it was probably embarrassing.


    I walked into a school fight.


    Now this is my last year of highschool. I am a senior so i should stop the fight. Instead i walked up closer then sat there and watched as one heir and bodyguards beat the living shit out of another heir and bodyguards,


    i do not know why they were fighting but with healing magic as long as no one dies i won''t have to do paperwork. Having shouted that to the winning heir she looked at me with disgust.


    Quickly enough i ask the girl out for lunch saying i have a few questions if you will allow me to ask i will pay for you and your bodyguards lunch in celebration of your victory of showing how elite bodyguards can beat riffraff like that¡­


    What will you ask she says still not happy with me. But probably thinking i will cause problems for her if she does not let me buy her lunch. Oh just some questions really about your bodyguards¡­ to be honest lunch with you is a bonus for the company. I really interested in them¡­ with a face of worry.. She looks at them and says we have a contract.(she thinks im headhunting)


    (mc) i see¡­ at least at lunch tell me about it.


    Turning to one of my guards a wolf women i say to her¡­ make sure these cretins get healed then have them over for dinner.. Make sure they come.


    Everywhere i go i travel with 1/3rd of my bodyguards¡­ even if others find it uncomfortable. I refuse to leave something i paid for alone. When i am in class two stand in the back of the room or take classes with me. The rest stand outside in the hall. 3 are always visible..


    It seems i am flaunting my wealth¡­ however there are others with more wealth¡­ however my guards never make trouble. And i am already paying for them. I never start fights.


    in fact i will do a lot to stay out of fights part of that is always having goons near me.


    Some say it is to make me have more self confidence.. It actually started when i was having trouble in my first year turning down girls¡­ the guards help head that off. We eat alone as much as possible. Together with my guards. Unless a cousin shows up then they eat with me. Which at school happens frequently.


    I actually spent a lot on the guards clothing for public appearance.. Each guard equipment has had a makeover. I done everything i could to make them look more similar¡­ not exact like troopshowever


    after all each guard fights differently and has different needs.


    the armors outer skin has been dressed up to look nicer and in the family''s colors.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    Now back to the topic this young heiress name xena the barbarian warrior¡­. Okay it was shelly.


    While having lunch i asked the bodyguards there background. Their family how much training they had had. How much they get paid how much they expect to increase their funds. How long do they have a contract. Have they had contracts before. How did they start.


    Compiling this information. I simple asked shelly what her family did and how was her family able to afford bodyguards¡­ her family was wealthy and it was easy to afford bodyguards..


    Thanking her for her time i asked for tea from my own bodyguard. After taking a sip of tea. I thanked shelly and her bodyguards for their time. Please finish your lunch first.


    see i am nice... i told her i was done talking to her... and she ate a free meal..


    I never did find out what shelly and that boy were fighting for.


    Not that i really cared.


    Sitting at lunch i was informed that cretin and his thugs had finished healing. immediately i informed the wolf women that i still had time at lunch. please inform them that lunch would be on me.


    Within 5 minutes my bodyguard wandered in with the poor boys arm trapped in hers. His guards trailing behind him.


    Without asking him or his guards what they wish to eat. Some of the most expensive food was placed in the center table in front of them.


    Sitting at the table. With 12 of my 17 bodyguards and my two maids plus a few loose cousin we all sat there as they sat down. Wolfgirl went about serving herself once she sat down. As the boy looked around.


    ahh don''t worry, we have already eaten.


    12 where did twelve come from... he said earlier he travels with a 3rd... its lunch time next shift joins them.


    As the boy reached for the food. With a grin i interrupted him.


    Oh by the way. your bodyguards tell me about them. directly asking the young male heir... keeping him from eating like it was a game. more questions where asked by me.


    A few times a guard tried to answer.


    i waved them away and hurried them to eat.


    Draining the boy of the little information he had¡­


    one at a time each of the 8 bodyguards informed me about them themselves.


    allowing me to finish up this interview.


    The seventh one had the info truly desired.


    It was rather funny because when i stopped questioning the boy he thought he would get to eat.


    However the girls thought this was fun so they started asking him questions. About really inane things.


    In all honesty some of the questions were not that inane. It probably seemed that way to the boy.


    The last one was a grizzled older man.. He probably had somewhat of a ideal what i wanted since getting the information out of him was much quicker.


    at the end of the few questions i had for him. He informed me his contract would be up this summer.


    Smiling in satisfaction. I thank him for the information just as the bell rings¡­ i smoothly got up. As does everyone else.


    Tipping our regular waitress here at school cafeteria..


    The boy tried his best to gobble down food but already people were racing to their classes.


    Wondering in at the last bell i went straight to the front of the class and sat right in front of the teachers desk.


    When i first came to this class. The class rep wanted that seat.. I talked her into sitting next to me¡­ the excuse. She had higher stats. So she could see better i had base stats. The argument could have been kept going but it was the start of school and she did not want to come across as disagreeable. So i moved my hoverchair right into my customary spot and she sat next to me.


    While i wouldn''t classify her as a friend. I would say she was now a close acquaintance.


    4 years she has sat next to me through the majority of my classes...she was also a heir.


    Think of her as a b minor princess. Small kingdom¡­(LN tradition girl who talks to mc is a princess if she is smart and rich. or the heir of some big name buisness)


    Also because this is a light novel all women in light novels are beautiful and automatically attracted to the mc¡­ in this case the dungeon core named mike being hosted inside a sunelf body. With blond hair and blue eyes.. Surrounded by a horde of bodyguards. Who are young looking and very fit. Not to mention elves look frail. And mike is always in a hoverchair¡­


    It is the standard op good looks plus a harem setting.


    (Just to be different¡­ the female protagonist in this case is the class rep who sits besides him in class for the majority of classes the last 4 years.)


    (We are going to make the clan''s family a beardless dwarf race¡­ i simple can''t stand the thought of a little women with facial hair being attractive. Because she is a dwarf she a little wider in the hips then most women. Being young she is petite for a dwarf. Boom a small women with hips and boobs¡­ i have fulfilled a lot of men''s fantasies right here with this women.)


    (Add a silverish blue hued hair. Fantasy complete.)


    This is my class rep. Named taylor vern. Western style. Eastern style would be vern taylor.


    Now does the class rep actually look like that, who cares i am telling the story. It''s your job to imagine her, how you think she should look. with me only adding a little discription.


    Blinking a few times i notice taylor leaning in close with a worried expression on her face.


    You okay mike.


    I''m fine i reply was just thinking about something. Oh what were you thinking about she asked.


    Oh if i were to write you as a character in a novel how i would describe you.


    Oh with a bit of a pause i explain my thoughts¡­ with a giggle she replies that pretty funny.


    (fmc)¡­.mmmm . I need to set up a meeting with karen she says.


    (mc).. Melody find out when karen has time¡­


    (fmc) i need karen to come to my families house.


    (mc) Oh ¡­ okay.


    Taylors family and my family has been setting up small contracts every once in awhile. It worked out pretty well for both of us. So while it not abnormal it is a little abnormal to call Karen to her house.


    (mc)Is there a problem¡­ pausing she thinks about it for a bit¡­ yes there a little problem.


    (mc)Oh okay.. I''ll tell karen then. She will figure it out.


    I was not worried about it. I know the majority of our contracts are fulfilled if there was a minor problem a little negotiations would fix the problem.


    Prattling on a group was formed in class and the assignment finished ahead of time.


    2 days later me and karen showed up at an expansive mansion.


    Inside we had dinner with the family¡­ we talked about all kinds of things that did not include business after dinner we wandered into a formal office.


    There we all took seats.


    The clan head turned to karen. Then said we want an exclusive contract...Karen quirked her eyebrow...(karen)my understanding was we had a small problem not that you wanted an exclusive contract¡­ also we (ding royal We maybe royal we should be wii lol) have never been interested in an exclusive contract. It is in fact, how I set up are family and business plan for the future.


    There was clear disappointment on the old dwarfs face. he looked at taylor she looked depressed..i wonder why¡­


    Looking at taylor then Karen¡­(mc) Karen, Taylor here is my friend she obviously wants to make her first big deal¡­ can we help her¡­ obviously exclusive contract is out of the question. But maybe we can give some preferential treatment to friends of this family.


    Karen looked at me then taylor¡­ then the old man, karen and old man both had a smirk..


    However (Karen) while i don''t mind a minor contract¡­ we specifically set you up to be a very long lasting elf¡­


    Taylor with hope in her eyes¡­ soon had a haggered puppy dog face that just been told no¡­


    (mc)Whispering out loud Taylor..so everyone heard it¡­ you''re among friends¡­ so you will get something out of this deal. Stop showing your emotions each time the old folks haggle.


    (mc)Oh by the way what are we haggling about i loudly ask¡­ we don''t even know what they wanted with an exclusive contract¡­ Taylor blushed hard. And squirmed around a lot. I want to go with you when you go adventuring. And a few more concessions¡­ she whispered so lightly.


    (like television commersials where they constantly change the volume. this coversation is unnatural. they should be talking over each other not taking turns)


    (mc) your an idiot all you had to do was get permission from your dad.


    (mc)I would of let you go adventuring with me¡­ you did not need to try and set up a contract¡­


    (in a real conversation someone would have already talked over the mc. this is a light novel however. so that stuff does not happen. lucky us fist pump)


    (fmc)micheal your the idiot, i knew i did not need a contract to go adventuring with you¡­.


    (mc)So arguing back what did you need a contract for¡­ with curiosity¡­(duh he is curious why did i type that...lets leave it there so other can laugh at me also.)


    (Karen) taylor don''t answer that. negotiations are not complete.


    (karen)Michael just sit there and wait. The adults are talking.


    After that Karen and the old man¡­ argued the contract¡­ back and forth it would no longer be an exclusive¡­ instead they made more options for instance every 50 years as long as my clan was in power¡­ an addition from his side would be added to the contract. At 250 years two additions would be added. However never more than two would be added to the contract. While my clan was in contract as long as we did not grow smaller this would be upheld even if there side got smaller due to war. The purpose was to increase both clans standing.


    (...okay rereading this. MC not really that dense. he just has a preconsieved notion)


    Our side of the deal.


    During war are clan was to carry supplies and aid directly to the city if possible. Also to provide safe escape for young...above all else except my own clan.


    (mc)Reading the terms outloud¡­ I say you know this kinda sounds like a political marriage¡­ kinda funny how contracts and marriages are so similar¡­ the old man cracked up. Karen laughed.. Taylor blushed¡­


    Laughing at taylor(mc)


    (mc)taylor why are you blushing you got yourself a good long term contract¡­ for your clan¡­ this will increase the wealth and most of all safety of our clans, good job.


    Laughing at her Karen speaks up. You know with the joining in are clans resources we should have a ceremony for something this nice..


    Nodding that sounds good but i still am really busy at school can we plan it for this summer when classes are out¡­ we can go ahead and start the contract but do the ceremony later.


    Karen laughed nah let start everything officially after the ceremony no reason to rush plus we can make sure everything fits together¡­ michael the contracts will be signed then. Until then go back to your dorm. Take taylor to her room and then make sure to get to bed early¡­


    So me and Taylor headed off. I dropped her off at her room said a light good bye¡­


    Then i headed to my dorm and bed.


    Now i am sure you are wondering about that build up earlier i was doing. Between that girl and that boy i teased at lunch.


    What i was trying to figure out is how much mercenaries cost the cheapest you could go and how they got their training.


    That night for only a few hours i had melody(that is the AI from my original ship) and some of my bodyguards teach me some of the things about starting a mercenary company versus growing house troops..


    In are city there is a lot of unemployment¡­ however there not a lot of starving poor. This is because the first level is open to everyone¡­ so if you needs something you go there to get basic ingredients in the dungeon to cook with a very low risk to your health. If you carry a shaved treebranch you should be fine.


    However between the abilities and skills and paying for more than the basics is a huge difference¡­ this is one of those moments when you realize the rich are rich and the poor are poor.. Basically anything you kill on the first two levels will not be enough to get ahead.


    There just enough to survive


    When you go to level 3 it suddenly gets harder¡­ a lot of newbies get killed here. If you form big teams you have a higher chance of survival. However it hard to keep big groups active because level 3 the money you get back from there just barely more. Level 4 is hard for newbies¡­ large group of dungeon mobs wander around¡­ here you need to have your own mobs or have decent skills.


    Finally level 5 is where those with resources shine.. This is also where i found out my mobs die to quickly it no longer became cost effective.


    The local dungeon is a training dungeon however if you do not have resources it is hard to get ahead or even to make a middle income as an adventure. Even at level 5 you''re still not going to get ahead. It¡¯s considered substenance living.


    I as a heir have not broken through level five¡­ if i hired a c level adventure group. I could do so. However it still would not be within my power on my own. Many of the heirs with me have not also. At least when they were not playing with my mobs. On their own maybe. But really most of us don''t need to be adventures¡­ i want to do it because being a manager will get old quickly.


    However i wish to play strategy games¡­ not bash my way through dungeons.


    I want to play general. Or in some cases admiral once i have my own starship.


    I will need peons people i''m okay with as casualties¡­ people who will waste away their talent. And their lives.


    I also need a way for them to get more combat experience without dying. And i need to increase their stats


    I starting looking at drug therapies. The solution was actually very simple..


    I go down to the disillusioned hire them with a magical binding oath. A long term contract.


    Make them second tier household troops.. These guys are the guys i''ll sink money into.


    Get a warehouse load it with medcapsules. Pay a little extra for subscription to some combat games and trainers. They spend 3 hours a day. In the capsules training mandatory. Every weekend they do a dungeon dive¡­ after they hit a certain stats it become once every two weeks.


    Setting my plan to paper¡­ i then have melody figure out what we can afford¡­


    Unexpected medcapsules are not cheap. Or i should say as expected¡­ but this is a future with magic¡­


    Thinking back i was yelled at for that prank and it cost me 15 years of allowance.


    This plan might not be realistic¡­ but there are all those people sitting in the city with no jobs¡­ there to low skill to be useful right now. But still those people could become c rank adventures with the right training and motivating force¡­.


    I want them to replace or supplement my mobs for beyond level 5.


    The path to greatness was unexpectedly easy¡­ affording greatness¡­ i need a new scheme¡­.this is costing more than a ship i could just clone monsters if i had a ship..


    Pondering what i should do¡­ i get ready for bed.. I also sound off my ideals and the issues with my bodyguards¡­ that are awake. Alexis is a great help here¡­ she often keeps me company in these late hours as i bounce ideas off of her.


    She often pokes holes in any plans i have¡­ even if we can not come up with a solution to a problem.. It is good to know that problem is there since i was not aware of it.


    Still at the end of the day i have not come up with a solution¡­


    Just at the end of the night as i am about to sleep. What if you purchased one. And set a crew to cycle through it until you could afford more¡­ use that plot of land near the wild dungeon.


    You know we might even find that. Old ship...we lost awhile back. With a much more simple plan i fell asleep

 chapter 7

    Waking up that morning with a plan. I set about my normal morning rituals. Aerobics then some light sparring with alexis a few minutes of target shooting. Run through each of my offensive spells from my hoverchair. Pop up my defense spells. melly and amelia helped me with my shower and getting dressed. Breakfast would be at school.


    With a hum. And a skip to my step. I hurried through my morning body armor setup. Hopping into my extremely comfy hoverchair i boot up the system run a diagnostic on it and connect to the mananet.


    I even paid a little extra for this outrageous vehicle. For instance¡­ it stimulates muscles while sitting in it¡­ keeping me toned. Has massage functions and monitors my health in addition to everything else..


    I almost went overboard and got the toilet option¡­. However some reason even knowing it will clean me up with magic.. I just thought that is seriously to lazy. I never asked my bodyguards if i should get it¡­ i am sure some would have said yes because i would have been in the armor the whole time¡­ but they are all women¡­ even if i do not have privacy when i go to the bathroom. It is still better then. Knowing the guy you are guarding. Poops in the chair he stays in all day long..


    That is just one question i am not sure i ever would want to ask¡­ and seriously do you want your guards thinking about which is better for you. While guarding you at night¡­ i do not want. Them thinking about my bathroom habits..


    However you the reader if you want to know¡­¡­ shiver that is scary.


    Looking around seeing everyone is ready. I walk around one last time and give the girls who are sleeping a simple touch on the forehead and a kiss goodbye¡­ there not my harem. However this was a habit i started when i was a child¡­ and i believe it brings me closer to them. So i never stopped it¡­ then the night staff and the morning staff leave with me and head off to the cafeteria. Running on time. To be honest the staff are literally running..


    We are not running behind at all infact we should be early¡­ the run is only about 20 minutes. However this is another habit we started. If it is a holiday i am allowed to run with them. Because all the bodyguards are with me and my hoverchair follows along behind us. But when it just the 12 guards melly and i. I ride along in the hoverchair.


    Unlike when i was in the army.. We do not run in columns. Instead we run¡­ i should say they run with me in the center. In a kaleidoscope formation. Now i could go into everyone''s positions and why but i''ll keep it brief. Rogue or thief in front looking for mechanical traps. Followed by someone with the ability to see magical traps.. To each side someone also on the outer edges with some ability to share those detection skills. The skilled tanks run the closest to me. Combat medics slightly behind they often double as something else depending on what talent is with me.


    Mages slightly in front or behind. Team assault crew such as mechanical heavy weapons on the outer ring. There is magical version of that.


    Like i said the formation is a Kaleidoscope that changes daily and with slight changes every year as new bodyguards are added.


    Now there are more powerful teams of bodyguards out there¡­ after all there more powerful clans and even nobles.. However I think my team while an extremely levelheaded team is going to become a powerhouse of their own.


    We are also not the most militant crew¡­ there are some that are straight out of the army protecting some generals son or daughter. back in my old life in america we called them contractors.. But we are definitely an elite crew. With my hoverchair i am able to act as artillery. Also with space magic i am able to drop quite a few mobs that have been upgraded to the highest ability.


    Arriving at the cafeteria¡­ greetings are said by all¡­ my favorite morning waitress is there settling breakfast down on our regular table. I see a few cousins arrived before me. Already digging into the food. The rogues do a sweep of the table and a serious check of poison, nothing new here. Looking around i notice other nobles and clan heirs guards, who have done the same¡­. I know i have reasons to be paranoid but what the do they need to be so matter factly paranoid for. My cousins even know poisoning me won''t do anything¡­ we just check to make sure because this particular could embarrass me.


    Not that my cousins would embarrass me¡­ that whole protect the clan heir to save face thing. means even if they hated my guts nothing in public. This was more encase a rival trade group, got their hands dirty.. Currently my knowledge from a briefing this weekend directly from Karen. said i should not have anything to worry about in this regard by rivals.


    This is to be my last year at the academy¡­ While Karen is getting older. I should still have quite a few years left before i get stuck in a office. This will probably be my only few years i can go on adventure. Meaning i still need to read local news, inner house memos. Even if i am currently not directly in control i need to know what''s going on. Currently negotiations who we have trade agreements with.


    I often catch up on this news while eating, stuffing my face as fast as i can¡­ in the morning while reading on a holoprojector.. I have no table manners, it scrambled eggs, with everything diced up and added in. so i can eat with a spoon and not look at my plate, toast to wipe the plate afterwards.


    Looking up, i notice taylor is sitting with us, with her guards at a table at her back..She eating breakfast while chatting with melly.


    She actually has more guards then i do. But she only brings a few to school. And only one stays with her in school the rest of the guards meet her at the gate when leaving school.


    The night guards came over to me after their dinner, my breakfast....Received there kiss on the check. Then went off to the dorm we share.


    Thankfully she left me alone while i read up. Calling out a morning to taylor. I inform one of the guards that attends the same morning class as i. That i will be writing memos to karen. Buttoning up the hoverchair so i am not distracted. I inform karen of my ideals. Current plans and such.


    Melody drives me to class. Taylor hops off the nose of my hoverchair. I had not even know she had hopped on. She simple just rode my chair to class. Then settled into her seat. While my chair parked itself. Before class starts melody. Pulls up some prices of proper military trainers¡­ in reality they are contractors. The basics¡­ of what we plan and how i plan to do it. with the numbers i had not provided.


    With the instructor coming into class. I unbutton my hoverchair and settle in for another day of growth.


    After the days morning classes are done and lunch has arrived.. Taylor and her guards join us at lunch. The lunch waitress smoothly added a little more length to are table and chairs..my evening guards eat their breakfast while I eat my lunch.


    This is also the most rambunctious time of the day for me¡­ invites to attend local parties from nobles and other clans are often passed along here, excuses are often made here.


    I also often invite many commoners who show promise, or try hard in class to attend lunch with me¡­ sometimes i talk, sometimes it just a free meal for them. Or they talk to my bodyguards. There no setting order here. This is probably the funnest time of the day for me. It is also some of the most stressful time of the day for me.


    That female heir from the fishery clan today also sat at our table. she has sat with us a few times. there no alliance or anything like that. We often do not even talk her bodyguards and my bodyguards happen to all be women. It works out quite well.


    While i did refuse her invite. Somehow it turned out okay. She did not take it hard. Bunko is her family name.. Chie is her first name¡­ She is of the mermaid or siren species¡­ she not a long lived species however. I think she is of the mermaid species but she has legs¡­ a quick search tells me that this is normal for a subspecies.


    A young noble sees taylor at my table¡­ And Bunko. Then Amelia, Melly, and my bodyguards. Only bunko men are at the table and a few commoners¡­ which just happens to be all females today¡­ rather surprising considering how popular sitting with so many beautiful girls is.


    Wondering over with his men. Bodyguards¡­ I notice how high the quality of their armor is..


    I am getting worried. Only a few of my bodyguards have powerful magic to harm them.


    We do have a high quality team. Most of my bodyguards are still young adults. There are older more powerful people out there for example this male walking up like an antaganist¡­ one reason why Karen spends so much on me having bodyguards. Even she only has a few guards compared to most.


    You could say my bodyguards are full of overwhelming talent..tempered by just a little experience. Smart practices and habits. And cool heads.


    There is always people with more power than you at the current time. Hello there Taylor calls the Young noble¡­ I notice that several other young nobles, clan heirs have followed him. Surprisingly there are quite a few females included.


    Taylor looking up. Hi Travis as you can see I am having lunch with my friends¡­ does your family need to talk to my family. i can pass a message on if you could not get anything through official channels.


    Travis replies no¡­ As far as i am aware the arrangements for our wedding is being negotiated.


    Wow, congrats Travis. Cutting in mike replies. You are a lucky guy. She got a head on her shoulders for business¡­ Your family whatever it does or is. Will probably see more success with her helping you make deals..


    Travis looking a little bewildered at me¡­ who are you girl¡­. Ahhh haaa i am sorry travis as pretty as i am\, still a guy¡­ elf you know¡­ I am a friend of taylors. Please do not hit on me, it so awkward to turn a man down when they confess. Blushing and putting my hands over my face.


    Hey mike as much as Travis said we are in negotiations¡­ He not trying to marry me. In truth he is trying to arrange where i am his mistress. Oh pondering this new information¡­ your value is way higher than that¡­ you should at least be a legal wife with full rights to run your own business separate of his bank account.


    Travis you have really undervalued taylor here.. Not only that she is a noble¡­ i am not sure who you are. But isn''t that disrespectful to her family. Is your family in a high enough position to look down on other nobles.


    Shut your mouth you trap...She should be lucky to be my mistress¡­ another word from you and i will kill you where you stand. Instantly melody put a holographic sight on Travis who boldly stood in front of his. Bodyguards¡­ My bodyguards were out of there seats with bloodlust¡­ to a surprisingly degree. Looking behind this man''s guards, I noticed taylors guards were entering the back of the cafeteria¡­ how did they get here so quick the conversation only went on a few seconds¡­ a guard of Taylor''s must of signaled for back up as soon as travis entered the cafeteria.


    Did this mean there was bad blood between the two of them..Mike taylor called. You do not need to fear this man. His house is not that much higher than my own. Only two steps. I would not lead you wrong are families are tied to each other.


    Wait A minute taylor. You are taking shit from this arrogant ass¡­ why¡­ you could have simple assassinated this moron. With no connections to you if you felt like it.. Why am i even verbally sparing with this brain dead magic knight and his overpowered henchmen.


    As a noble you could challenge him. Slaughter his ass and use him as an adjunct lesson. You shitty commoner, I warned you now i will take your life. As he raised a sword from the sheath on his hip¡­ a bodyguard that was close to him reached and and socked him in the fucking balls.


    It was are combat medic as his other bodyguards started to draw blade guns and other such weapons¡­ many of them felt a weapon pressed into there back only the front row were able to clear weapons and they were quickly overwhelmed.


    Only a few injuries on my team.. Unfortunately one of the medics¡­ she was quickly healed but she had the rest of the day off to sleep. Some of the academies Guards showed up¡­ a quick recording was made available¡­ however no punishment for either of us. I was actually informed that in three weeks we would have to fight it out in a dungeon.


    From what I learned about this duel¡­ we would not be fighting directly¡­ instead the first to delve the deepest into the dungeon with the most cores and return. Would be the winner¡­ this would be based on the quality of mana we received from the corpses of the magic beast we harvested. For instance all mobs on the first 3 floors would not be counted at all. Mobs from floor 4 and on would be. We also would not be allowed a resurrection necklace.


    This was a duel¡­ the most people we could bring was 100 people...I was flabbergasted by that number¡­ how was this a duel when you could bring so many experts.


    There are a few more rules such as. Bodyguards can only enter the duel at the start¡­ no one who is not currently on academy grounds could be recruited. Looking at the rules i notice that bodyguards can have a resurrection necklace just me and travis could not¡­ that actually made me feel a lot better.. My guards are important to me.


    Mobs are allowed. We have two weeks to prepare. Looking at these rules..sigh. Also if we make it to the 8th floor. It is possible we can directly duel¡­ there one spot..where the dungeon path he takes and the dungeon path i take will cross. The next one would be on the 10th floor.. Hiyah that 5 floors higher than anyone has ever made it on my team and friends. It takes to long to get that high¡­ we will probably end up fighting on the 8th floor if i even make it¡­ Ugh¡­ i am not even sure how to plan this¡­


    I only have 17 bodyguards. Plus melly and Amelia¡­


    After school i informed everyone i am headed home¡­ surprisingly A lot of people invited themselves over to my home. Even commoners¡­ honestly i did not have the heart to tell them no¡­ I simple said do whatever i have paperwork¡­ some seemed to be disturbed by this¡­ however Shamelessly the guards invited them over and talked many of the hesitating ones also.


    That Afternoon not knowing what to do¡­ i went ahead and rented a place on the outskirts of Rokita, the capital of city of Bastilla the country, the planet of Helionova¡­ One of karen''s lackey picked the place.. I had to do it all by email¡­ Apparently Karen also is looking for my old ship.


    Barracks for the 3rd tier house troops. Is being made. a med-capsule has been purchased and several Contractors have been employed. to train whoever we pick up off the streets.


    The Med-capsule is to improve their body. The contractors is to improve the quality. The local dungeon if going there by bus. Is close by. A few expedition busses like what i have here. will be added to the garage that will be under the barracks..


    This is a long term investment¡­ The contractors are also to weed out the no good fiercely.. Only the top 20% get more than 6 months of training. Top 40% will have a job. But only the 20% will undergo continuous training to improve them. That is a large chunk of money. just weeded out my ability to purchase a ship this year and for the next two years.. However all the ships i could afford.. Are to small for the amount of people i would take on board from the start¡­ most of those ships would need additional improvements. Costing additional mana points i honestly don''t have.


    Doing this by long distance¡­ make me feel anxious. Turning to look around i notice my room is pretty quiet..only a few guards are in here some are sleeping others reading¡­ getting undressed i throw a towel over my shoulder and head to the bath.


    A couple of girls i see start to get undress and follow me¡­ slipping into a hot tub¡­ i start to relax some of the girls sit down with me...also relaxing¡­ there is a area on the tub that is a little shallow i use it some times to lay down face down similar to a massage table in older times¡­ within a few minutes one of the girls is next to me giving me a massage¡­ i love this¡­


    I never ask for this. However someone always offers...it to bad i so rarely get this opportunity.


    Today the girl goes a little further than i intended but honestly there no reason to stop. i just enjoy myself and try to give her pleasure in return. I quickly fall asleep afterwards.. Right there in the tub¡­ with a smile..waking up in bed a few hours later¡­ i find i have been dogpiled¡­ there are a few in the bed with me¡­ honestly my bed is not that big. Two can fit comfortable three easily but there are four on the bed with me.


    Crawling out¡­ i look down it is Amelia, Mellie and surprisingly Taylor and one of the other bodyguards who seems to like sharing my bed from time to time.¡­ none of them are wearing cloths.. Amelia is awake¡­ looking at them i get horny¡­ i crawl right back in...later the other two awake¡­ Taylor turned out to be a virgin.. Lucky me¡­ and i had taken melly virginity two years ago. The bodyguard decided three women was enough and mostly just stayed by and helped our guest enjoy herself.


    I am seriously wondering how they got Taylor in my bed naked...But that is just one of those questions i will not ask.


    After our rounds of fun. once i am exhausted taylor, vaguely informs me. you have a lot of guests downstairs many stayed the night.


    Looking at the time it is close to dinner¡­ Are cook is cooking dinner. Good i just spent a large portion of my credits. I could afford to take everyone out to eat that day¡­ however it is not like i am currently overflowing with cash.


    Getting dressed i go down stairs¡­ there i am greeted with applause¡­ why are they applauding me..There also some good natured jeering and catcalls¡­ looking behind me i see all the girls are waving one hand and two fingers its seven¡­ why.


    Whats up with the hands i ask¡­ nothing they all reply¡­ Alexis comes up to me leans in and whispers seven really¡­ tonight i want you.


    Then in a normal voice. Your friends have been strategizing and mostly everyone going to take some drones and hit the dungeon here. To make more mobs that are higher quality since no one really has a ship¡­


    i am sure taylor does¡­ Turning to taylor do you have a starship¡­ looking slightly embarrassed she said no¡­ I used to but i gave it back to the family i planned on returning with you. Ah understood no reason to tie up resources¡­This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.


    And this is the first time i have had a duel. After eating dinner with a voracious appetite¡­ everyone went to a room however as many guest as i had.. I actually had to get them to share rooms and even beds¡­ females in some rooms and the males in others¡­ lots of males got the living room also.


    My cook came to me with a large smile.. Very happy with how much i ate¡­ bots where cleaning up dinner.. And dishes.. Grabbing my hand her and Alexis pulled me up the stairs. Taylor following behind.


    The next morning i was extremely lethargic. Melly even brushed my teeth for me¡­ while i barely cracked my eyes..i slept right through breakfast and woke up when the teacher did¡­ melody recorded class and i sunk into my hoverchair hit noise cancellation. Pulled a blanket over myself and slept more¡­ melody using a hologram sat in class for me.


    Taylor fought for my blanket...she was a blanket hog¡­ snuggling in closer to her i went right back to sleep¡­ at lunch time i woke up. Huh somehow taylor crawled into my hoverchair and slept right besides me¡­ in class...Melody...Don''t worry mike we fixed it no one know she in there.


    Looking down Taylor had a smile. She really is a small women¡­ no wonder she fit in here. Without further ado¡­ we went to lunch me reinvigorated. And knowing no one could see me i rained kisses down on her. Melody covering for me...Taylor waking up immediately went straight for naughty.


    Stopping at the restroom.. Taylor followed me out with the two bodyguards. Quickly we got to lunch table¡­ taylor took her normal spot down the table from me¡­ however she quickly talked to a girl nearby¡­ seeing she was pretending nothing was going on. I started to talk to one of my guards...a few minutes later a girl crawled into my lap...the girl taylor was talking to¡­ Melody had been giving off a holo projection of my lower half with pants on however taylor had stolen them earlier.


    This girl with a delighted laugh said melody help me out.. I had to stop eating but i was so hungry.. Remembering the name it was a friend of taylors. Shelly¡­ that girl who beat up those boys. While shelly ate me¡­ my bodyguard feed me with the cute aahs¡­ to say i was blushing was understandable.


    While shelly was eating me¡­ Travis returned to bad mouth me¡­ and everyone else¡­. It was extremely surreal to be getting a blowjob hearing a girl giggle. while several feet away some blowhard was bitching me out¡­ Taylor whispered to a few girls nearby¡­ they in turn whispered to the next person¡­ the whole table was giggling while this dumbass was screeching at them¡­ this time are table had a lot more guards maybe that''s why dumbass only bitched out loud while everyone giggled.


    Trying to think soon became difficult¡­ Shelly knew what she was doing...Soon i was having trouble not moaning while my guard snickered and kept feeding me. I had to push her hand away a few times so i could breath.


    Shelly stopped just as i was about done...melody full holograph curtain¡­ climbing into my lap¡­ hurry up and help me get these pants off..she whispered in my ear¡­


    Stumbling i helped her then she shook off her shirt and bra and reclining my chair¡­ she took full advantage of me¡­ while blowhard got pissed i started ignoring him¡­ My guard stuck her head past the holoscreen¡­ watching us with a snicker. Hurry up the guard said to shelly¡­ No way replied shelly i wanted this for two years. Looking at her i asked did i even know you two years ago?


    She said does it matter i knew about you and have wanted you basically since the first time we met. Well true i guess it does not matter¡­ Now focus i heard you lasted seven times with no preparation. Speaking up the guard said just so you know your feeling ill and going home early today¡­ also there a few guest like shelly here that karen''s already pre-approved of. They should be coming over the next two weeks before the duel to meet you.


    This is the last semester you will be in school.. Unless you go for college. So take your time enjoy yourself¡­ Alexis has already started the preparations for this duel. Now Hurry up Shelly.


    Stop hurrying me i want to take my time¡­ plus it is exciting doing it like this. He needs to eat more..replied the guard...then shelly while riding me talked to the guard¡­ who kept poking her head in¡­.


    Bell rang said the guard¡­ damn said shelly i can''t take the day off¡­ I was almost there ¡­.tonight looking down at me¡­ sure i replied. By the way how long did you know that Karen gave you approval for me to screw with you¡­ actually i had almost a year and a half. Replied Shelly nonchalantly¡­ you never tried to talk to me that much other than the being generally nice to me just like everyone else.


    Well I kinda thought Karen would tell me who to try to date honestly so i never worried about it.. I honestly thought you were a short lived species. Me and taylor pretty much have the same deal. Only i didn''t need you there to get it. Finished getting dressed.. Shelly asked how do i look¡­ Looking at her i said innocent¡­


    Laughing she boldly hopped out of the hoverchair blows me a kiss in public then walks off to class. My guard pops her head in and her shoulders¡­ hungry with a plate of food¡­ horny i replied i didn''t finish either¡­ ahhh¡­ after we get home i''ll take care of it eat first.


    Arriving home i check my mail and message Karen i screwed two girl and who they were...Good replied Karen those two i really wanted to see become closer to you. The rest of the friends i can expect to have travel with me. now that family negotiations are finished, i got a dossier on.


    To say karen is going full force to set me up is a understatement¡­ two other women are on the list. Of course if they do not get along with me then nothing happens. One is a tauren. The other is a real elf¡­ Neither one of these can i recall ever seeing. Supposedly there here at the academy however both are in college. If i go to college here which i initially planned to do¡­ there is a good possibility of me meeting them without trying to set up a meeting. Both are also commoners.. Middle income families.


    They are receiving scholarships. From the family¡­ however are outsiders that Karen came across.


    As i was reading this my guard reached in and directly picked me up and carried me off in a princess bride¡­ I thought about complaining but watching the other guards chuckle. I reached up wrapped my arms around her neck laid my head on her shoulder. Fluttered my eyes and said my prince loud enough the majority could hear me¡­


    Watching her blush while the other outright laughed. She kept her promise and i mine.


    Alexis talked to me for a bit¡­ then she contacted the city dungeons about some upgrades she specifically wanted for the protoss race¡­ Because of magic swordsman that Travis was she did not feel comfortable having zealots be upgraded with Ai¡¯s she wanted a different solution.


    Watching the rest of my money disappear and also several of the guards¡­ plus some i have no idea where it came from¡­ I was quite sure Karen did not have that kind of currency she did not let money sit around that much before she bought an improvement. Or added to the clans baseline.


    Alexis where did that currency come from...Friends she said¡­ friends i asked...who¡­ well Taylor and shelly in fact a lot of the commoners put in quite a bit also. After the dual they need to be paid back immediately. But quite a bit came from them when i told them we needed to buy upgrades. They chipped in¡­


    Did you lead them Alexis¡­ no it was more happenstance¡­ however you have a large pool of friends that you helped since you been here.. And apparently Travis is not liked. Other heirs and young nobles are constantly funneling money¡­. Some who are just acquaintances we promised to return funds soon after.


    Here is a website¡­ one of the commoners made. Pulling up a window¡­ you could see what upgrades i could purchase¡­ i had purchased a exclusive right through the city dungeon. In turn since i was the only customer¡­ for the work he did. In encoding the mana lines¡­ and a few other people who were gifted. We paid a large upfront sum. There are staff members at the mansion who understand this stuff¡­ however they are much slower than the city dungeon or a team of specialist that work with the city dungeon.


    There is a projected return on what the upgrade will do and what it does do¡­ for each unit that gets that upgrade. With a graph of how long it will take to repay a person.. Who selects the lend function. Instead of the patreon function. What each know monster on a floor and how long it would take to get that unit up and going.


    Life expectancy of a mob¡­


    For those who lend. They can collect and use are mobs on the next trip they take¡­ plus they get the money back¡­


    For those who give directly they get to use are mobs free several times depending on how much they give how many times they get to do it¡­ basically the whole point was after giving or lending they get something in return so they could not hold anything over are heads..down the timeline


    Some people who i knew in economics class. Who are not adventures would rent a chair. Form a team with others and spend a weekend on some of the floors fighting mobs in the dungeon. They still took a resurrection necklace....the initial price of a chair and a few buildings was only so much¡­ however what they got to bring out more than made up for it¡­ we also bought back units that did not get destroyed when the weekend was over. All destroyed units the dungeon absorbed. Unless the unit was picked up fast enough.


    Some in economics actually rented, then camped in a pretty safe area .. and just built units to sell back to us. Since we basically could do this ourselves¡­ basic units were not bought for much.


    However they still spent time making those units which saved us time. In making those units when we went to the dungeon so we never stopped renting and buying from them¡­ they enjoyed a weekend while still making money. It was like camping. actually the best analogy would be hobbiest gold prospectors panning in rivers and such on the weekends they enjoyed there weekends and sometimes made a profit..


    The strange hornyness of the girls the last two weeks.. Brought me directly to the entrance of the dungeon¡­ looking over i see. Travis is about to enter he has 100 fully decked out merchs soldiers bodyguards.. Sneering at me he hops into the dungeon with the thin film showing it is a instant. Looking around me, i see we are entering in with a very strange mixed bag of people¡­ There are some of the economic people. Some odd ball students. Several of the people who basically enjoy camping, my guards, the girls melly and amelia are cook. A few combat students Shelly, taylor a grouchy old man who has his grandson with him¡­ they both are carrying a tablet strapped to their wrists. A massage therapist. A pit crew and driver that was an all girls team...


    Chie bunko there with a few older men ¡­.correction very old men¡­ they also have what looks like honolulu shirts¡­ almost no one is wearing body armor¡­ looking at them hehe¡­ they bought the upgraded hover chairs¡­ with the mana filters for cleanliness and toilet function¡­.ahhahaha I don''t rent those out.


    Strolling over in my own hoverchair. I call out to them hey bunko..These guys have got some nice equipment¡­ with admiring glance¡­ some reason my guards are embarrassed. I immediately hear. No you can not have one.


    Looking over to see who said it¡­ i am pinned by quite a few girls faces¡­ looking away into the distance. As nonchalantly as possible.


    Alexis reinforces the girls rule¡­ if you do i will inform Karen about that one thing...gulping¡­ i hear the old men cackle¡­. Got yourself in trouble did you¡­ sighing i look at them and said yeah i was thinking i should upgrade my chair¡­


    The old men chuckling say well from what i hear¡­ if you got one of these some of these girls wouldn''t climb in with you chuckling¡­


    Unsure which to be more shocked over my jaw hangs loosely¡­ the fact he knows¡­ or the fact i did not even think about if the girls would stop visiting me¡­ now that i thought about it i wouldn''t visit me in a chair if it was a toilet also.


    Yoosh i am happy with what i got¡­ a heavy sigh is heard, looking over my shoulder, taylor confidently without dodging. ¡°what i was looking forward to the next time also¡­ but not in one of thoses. Sorry old guys¡­ but i not interested in you either..¡±


    Oh Alexis was just wondering what going on¡­well it is pretty simple really¡­ we have a lot of help¡­ and we really do not need that many warriors. We just need to funnel mobs up to the next floor after a floor is beaten. Each of these guys forms a team¡­ sets up a base as we go and then moves extra mobs forward while collecting drops.


    That why shia and her dad and uncle here. Are going with her. They will set a camp up and simple farm mobs.. Then send extras up with the next group to go to the next level or front lines.


    Same with the kid and grandad¡­ they will stay on level two and farm¡­ while upgrading mobs from basic to the second upgrade...each person has a spot.. All you have to do is cruise along¡­


    We also have a lot of initial mobs. So a small wave of 3rd level mobs with a second of basic mobs enters¡­ then we follow those two waves in the busses. The mobs find a location we set up first base. And move along like that.


    As we go along some will stop off with a bus and a team and set up there.


    First 5 floors are to be hunted. First 3 floors of mobs we give to those who help us.


    Floor five we start to really use advanced mobs¡­ and strategy¡­ we build a strong defence base on floor five and six. two teams of six will be on each of those floors¡­ three work on upgrading mobs and defence for the camps 3 go hunting from each camp looking for higher level mobsto attack.


    We think we can get through five and six without anyone needing the resurrection necklace.


    Seven we prepare for and expect to still lose people¡­ depends on how well we prepared...how many mobs we lose fighting on five and six and how fast lower levels can push advanced mobs up to seven.


    However Everyone in the lower levels understands the basics. At least even if they don''t know the advance stuff.


    Some of the better players are in the middle...we also have roving teams to travel between 4-6 they will gather mobs on those floors and bring them up to us. This is actually what some of the combat guys will be doing since they are not as good with strategy. We the guards actually stay about 4 waves of bots back behind sending in those mob bots. This should clear out the majority of anything on The seventh entrance.. We set up a breach head¡­ heavy defence¡­ a team comes up and makes an advanced base¡­ while the rest of us hang around.


    Again gathering a huge wave of mob bots we send them out ahead of us. With a few stealth units¡­ mapping. We may have to do this a few times.. The seventh floor should be a lot tougher than the sixth floor.


    We camp out for the night. In the morning we send out a heavy third wave...Gather the elite bots around us and then a smaller wave of advanced bots and start to look around...once we find a spot that is troublesome¡­ we bring up a few teams of advanced strategist¡­ sorry michael you are not that great even if you are the most familiar. With the game.


    They dig the trouble out¡­ hopefully they do it without losing anyone. Eventually we clear out 7¡­ then even more slowly than seven we do the same with 8th level. While we maintain control of level seven.


    Sounds good. Glad i thought up this plan i say ¡­. Alexis lightly hit me on the back of the head.


    Loading up into the trucks ¡­ i see raid group form¡­ strangely enough Taylor is the leader ¡­ i''m pretty close down there on the list¡­ well whatever¡­


    Looking out the window.. For once i am sitting in a regular seat passenger side of the bus.. I see about 60 advanced zealots and close to 40 advanced terrans followed by close to 100 basic zealots and 200 basic terran marines¡­ above them i see a few protoss observers being dropped out of storage. They surge inside glancing down i notice the map automatically updating.. We slowly start to go in but not before a bunch of hovering vultures speed inside.


    The first level is quite large. Easily two days travel by foot. However it is common to travel by a faster mode of transportation. On the first floor¡­


    We plan to travel in the bus the whole way. At least as far as we can, till we meet travis team.


    Second level we slow down some¡­ however i can already see my map updating ¡­ the teams that planned to be left behind have already done so.


    Third level an advanced party took that while we simple slowed down on the way there.


    As we go are chain of supply continues to grow. However it is also being reinforced behind us. by some defensive players normally dropping a pylon and making basic turrets...like a cookie trail behind us.


    Arriving at level 4¡­ this is where the majority of us fought before almost none of us have gone beyond level 4¡­ Level four will have a large base¡­ 18 players will stay here¡­ this is also were tier 2 building are deployed. This floor takes us several hours to clear more than the other 3 combined. It is also the largest floor we have been on.


    Advancing to level five. Is slow and torturous¡­ A lot of mob bots died here¡­ just trying to establish a breach hold¡­ coming out of the stairwell for five is a small village for lesser demons¡­


    While we knew we would run into a small demon town¡­ we did not know it was spawned in front of the tunnel¡­


    After clearing that town we established a camp right there¡­ again collecting are strength.


    A wave of reinforcements meets us from the rear¡­ sending that forward. We continue on even as the base in the breech head is being built...fighting constantly sending each group and sending directly to taylor who is at the forefront.


    Eventually we start to overwhelm the six floor. Arriving at the stair to seven we see a horde ready to meet us..


    The fighting was brutal...we kept having to take more bots.


    Slowly we made are way to the edge of seventh floor¡­ here we struggled aleix sent special units forward...then many more zealots mixed levels and potential¡­ so that is what the demon will have to fight.


    After many waves of mob bots¡­ we move to the breech head of seventh...here we are reinforced with flying units.. There slow to arrive but i am glad for it.


    trying to clear the seventh floor¡­ at the start to the eight just mind numbing boring ideal. We rested everyone did.. Letting the Ais keep up with everything going on.


    After resting¡­ We still felt there was not enough. Advanced mobs¡­ here i started a whole new base personally.. Others followed my lead¡­ a rambling base was built here. You Could see many players had actually gone to the second tier buildings before with many refineries built and gathering mana directly into mana crystals¡­


    Slowly the number of terran and protoss forces with no upgrades are built. here at the back of the mobs that had gathered. I start to gather Flying mobs. Placing them overhead..not attacking until noon. I still feel the quality and numbers are too small¡­


    It seems Taylor also feels this way she has not ordered and assault yet¡­ Ah she was waiting for the roving units to add to the numbers available. Slowly the observers take on stealth mode. Going down the stairs.


    Funneling down the experienced units mixed with the basic mobs¡­ she sends wave after wave in¡­ here she also broke groups up with different people to try and use the units better before they are overcome.watching the mobs travel down groups watch the units attack Dungeon mobs giving new directions directly from their tablets not placing themselves in danger


    Slowly the defenses are broken and destroyed. Here and there mixed in with these combat units are simple construction units. Turning to the left and right of the tide they edge out of the direct path of the combat unit. Here they start to create energy crystals many fail...there are some successes however¡­ even of the success many fail¡­ you can hear people getting excited and groaning as there particular construction unit they were watching succeeded or failed..


    One a these energy crystals once constructed. Gave a small radius that empowered nearby units. As soon as a Crystal was built. Heavily armored turret would then be constructed¡­ each set of constructions¡­ was closer to a summoning action¡­ small starts are created¡­ sending balls of plasma. Directly into enemy units¡­ following the attack mobs. Layers of turrets are made. with a simple zig zagging path for which, attack units may travel through.


    Slowly the attack mobs are getting crushed however there is a tiny sliver of hope¡­ as we watch¡­ Turrets come online...one after another¡­ as some are coming online others construction is starting¡­ this battle wave teethers...back and forth¡­ looking at the action i send in my flying units. On the left hand side.


    That wedge of hope is growing¡­ Siege units have started to fire into the back of the masses for the dungeon mobs. Stiffening the damage dealt. Grows¡­. Stealthy terran soldiers with precision guided magic attacks. launch long range attacks that deal massive fire damage¡­


    Terran flying units that are battle wagons¡­ drop heavy laser and magnetically inducted rounds.


    Followed by protoss units that deal damage similar to heavy laser. However are automated curses fired in a stream¡­ concentrate on the more powerful units.


    Here and there you see massive flying fortresses, Square and block shaped like a hammer cradled in a Cee shape of engines and weapons. Firing off attacks the equivalent of 3 siege engines strolling up to the battle lines.


    Followed behind them and slightly higher elevation is a group of bulbous spiked cigar shaped floating levitan''s. From which you see swarms of small bots flicker in and out firing lasers and magic blasts to everything they see then fluttering back up into the heavens¡­ swarms of these units randomly pick enemy units and tear them apart.


    The dungeons defensive line grows thin¡­ the attrition rate steadily declines.


    Watching this we hold our breath waiting to cheer. Thinking we are almost there...Suddenly a large presence strolled into the rear of the enemy''s lines. Followed by hundreds of savage hell hounds..ignoring the attacks from the air. They savagely attack the bots ganging up and tearing there way through the lines. Dying in droves all in the meanwhile¡­ still more stream in.. like a carpet of cheap savage monsters specifically meant to destroy my army of bots¡­ suddenly the air is filled with flying imps attacking the air units..it is breathless. Slamming my finger¡­ flying anti air units race up down the tunnel to join. The flying fortresses.


    Soon the protoss turrets are flickering plasma bolts and lighting into the sky directly into the imps that form the cloud cutting huge swaths.. Yet there fire is no longer solely focused on the hellhounds and devil dogs¡­ looking for something that could handle these units know what i needed and not seeing them i see someone gathering protoss Zealots¡­ there not enough but it might help. I tell them to send the units straight to the front¡­ Each zealot can take on two devil dogs and with a upgrade two hell hounds¡­


    Dancing with blades on their hands they are the perfect melee unit that we need. Looking for more¡­ and not seeing the anti air platforms that i wanted¡­ i reach into my storage ring and fling out my valkyries¡­. If only someone made Protoss arbiters.


    Shooting into the air they power forwards¡­ i really did not want to use those units¡­ they are fully upgraded¡­ against a swarm like those imps how much damage could they do with so few units. Looking through my storage ring¡­ i find a ground unit that can do some damage against the flying imps...I pull out Goliaths¡­ there still not the best unit but i have more of these¡­ others see me pulling these units out and also send stuff forward out of there storage ring.


    Building cheap vultures¡­ i mass them and send them forward also followed by basic marines¡­ who know if they can do what needs to be done¡­ I spend a little more mana however to give them larger ammo boxes.


    Churning out cheap units...just to keep up with the dungeon throwing massive waves at us...I wonder if we will be okay¡­ after this we will have lots of cheap units¡­ and nothing truly elite to deal with the powerhouses on this floor. Once the waves slows down and we once more feel in control of the breach. I start to pull units that have somehow through some statistics anonymously survive while gaining experience.. These i pull to upgrade to the max.


    Battle wagons are brought back for repairs.. Turrets lost are replaced.. Marines with spent Ammo boxes return to refill¡­ looking at all those marines.. Each easily carries 3000 rounds...how many bots were lost here i wonder. Simple because they had no more rounds..


    Zealots are pulled back to upgrade and heal¡­ the head of area of defense narrows once again only this time they will return stronger. Tanks and siege engines move to a more advantageous position. Get repairs. Or upgrades. I was surprised to see the valkyries. i was certain i lost return for refills some repairs. However of the goliaths only two came back¡­ I sent close to 120 forward and only two came back..


    There rifles were twice as big as the most advanced marine could fire harder and faster. Each arm had a crew served heavy weapon. shoulders carried rocket launchers. Heavy armor...slightly less than a tank¡­ only two came back.


    It was amazing...They had been gifted with advanced intelligence, true it was the lowest order¡­ but they were smart enough to take cover and fast enough to blaze away¡­ still they were that overwhelmed with hellhounds and devil dogs.


    Just thinking about that made me glad i had not been at the front lines...for the rest of that day we could not move forward. We simply did not have enough machines¡­ slowly we built are numbers however so did the dungeon...Are bots built experience.. As the plan was on lower levels and came to the end of level seven. To pile behind are base. get last minute upgrades, then file in between the turrets. To kill some more¡­


    honestly this floor seven was amazing¡­ the pressure was constant the kills racked up. We still had not taken level seven. Only able to establish that breach head. Not even able to collect the massive amount of bodies that was stored there at the front line¡­ actually some of the guards went to the turret lines¡­ to collect the bodies they could find¡­ however each time they did this . the dungeon would send massive waves attacking the line¡­


    They had to scuttle back..recording it was amazing¡­ it was a magic war. That just kept growing in scale¡­ this dungeon was a amazing to just keep throwing demons out with numbers like this.


    Taylor received a call. There are one hundred bodyguards from travis team cooling their heels outside of the dungeons instance...did they quit¡­ we wondered¡­ however travis was not seen¡­ wondering what was going on¡­ Taylor sent a order out to lay more turrets down...the rest of the day we spent on laying massive turrets rows down¡­ then she withdrew. All are bots and we backed down the tunnel to level 6 there we gathered everything mobile packed up all the buildings that built bots command centers¡­ and simple drove back all the way to level one gathering everything that was mobile.


    Exiting the instance. Would have meant forfeiting. Except.. Not a single person had to use their resurrection crystals..


    There i found out they made it to level ten¡­ however a wave elite monsters. wiped them out¡­


    Seriously where is travis i asked¡­ well he did not have a resurrection crystal. The duel was finished. One of us did not survive the dungeon. Serious how did you make it through level 8 and nine i know you''re great but here is what we were fighting¡­


    The mercs started to laugh¡­ oi oi oi that''s where all the demons were¡­ we had it easy till we got to ten.. Hahahahaha i started to laugh¡­.without having to compare who had more kills i was able to sell off massive amounts. Of corpses¡­ and paid off fully half of the borrowed income. Getting my own resurrection necklace¡­ many of the same crew that i had just gone in with. Agreed to do it with me again the next weekend.. Only this time there would be more of us. Not limited to just a hundred people.

 notes between chapter 7 n 8

    26 hours a day


    42 days in a month


    13 months in a year.


    World called Helionova


    Moons


    Red: Kasai


    Blue: Shui


    Green and blue with purple hue: Shenmi


    Town names:


    Goblin town Dreki This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.


    Costal town Kosak


    Grassland town Spenolif


    Capital city Rokita, Bastilla


    Adventurer''s Association


    Drone purchase price


    Laser drone: 30 mp


    Improved Laser: 40 mp


    Sentry: 60 mp


    Improved Sentry: 80 mp


    Shield: 100 mp


    Fighter: 120 mp


    Crab walker: 200 mp


    MP conversion


    Wingless Imp: 15 mp


    Leader imp: 30 mp


    Variant imp: 40 mp


    Winged imp: 40 mp


    Winged leader Imp: 60


    Lesser demon: 100


    Lesser demon leader: 130


    Lesser demon variant: 150


    Bullet Fish: 2 Mp


    Squirter Fish: 15 mp


    Sahuagin Grunt: 110 mp


    These are the standards for ships...in the novice catagory... most people do not get past level 5 different dungeons have different guadian mobs. these are the only one i currently know about.

 chapter 8

    Sitting together with My guards, Amila and melly. Amila the maid, melly the daughter. (i kept forgetting her name) Eating bbq pulled pork soft tacos with rice... this is were i tell you the wonders of genetically modified rice.... rice=wonder.


    Taylor and her crew sitting across from me.. some cousins... it was a very nice lunch.. only a few weeks from graduating... this is high school basically... and of course while having fun someone always needs to be upset... A young noble man. Forgot his name came to are table. This young man..wanted Taylor as his bride... during the confrontion about my friendship.. i simple said look if you want taylor to marry you ask the girl if she can stand you. you might have a chance.... yeah...i could have worded that better.. he was just irritating...Apparently we had a dual before... i think i might have slept in that day..I know Karen was upset with me because the school sent her a fine.. however when it was apparent that i had no ideal what she was talking about... she let me go..and never got back to me...


    I dont think meeting up for a duel is that big of a deal for her either...long story short... while i was trying to think if i should just ignore this duel challenege also... melody mentioned that i need to accept this one because the fines are to steep to ignore. not to mention it makes me look like i cant keep my word...Melody is my companion AI she started off with me in the ship got upgraded and then we escaped together with some of the women who lived with the family...


    Fine i accept your silly duel i told this guy... Anthony i say...No travis he replied... ahh my bad your face just screamed Anthony...(i actually had to go back and find this mob characters name..)


    Fine did you set up a proper duel... What are we going to do have a battle using Vr.. will we measure how far each of us can pee standing up... who can pick up the most girls.. draw the short straw... i mean all of these sound good to me... i just dont want to get hurt...


    Travis said it wont be a problem we will see who kills more mobs useing mana gathered at the end for comparison...


    Sighing in relief ahhh thank good ness you did not want to measure penises...This seems more fair then you trying to beat me with what you have natural gifted to you...he leaves pissed off shouting for all to hear how he will make me miserable...This guy does realize we are just competing to see who can kill more mobs in a dungeon right... its highschool lots of stupid drama.


    I honestly dont even care if i show up for the duel... now i wish we measured penises that would have been much quicker. if it were not for the fact the clan would get another fine.


    I recieve an email about 15 minutes later saying when the duel is schelduled. Again we can have a dungeon diving crew of 100 men.. just like last time... pretty much looks like the same stunt...however no shows have 3x the fine... Ah this is a fine by the school has nothing to do with travis... i guess i am not the only one who skipped an official duel...


    this weekend will be a full weekend dungeon dive... Are you serious i have plans this weekend saturday im getting a massage..this is totally screwing up my weekend. i wanted to go to the races saturday night and cheer on my favorite all girl pit crew. and driver. we had some dinner reservations...


    this travis guy is really annoying.. i should have been born a girl just so did not have to deal with these testatrome events...well if i was born a girl... id have to find a husband no way would i want that.


    Taylor you owe me one i tell her... she looks at me blankly... In fact if i have to do this duel. Just so this child can win and feel manly enough to ask you to marry him you have to do it with me... since i am the one suffering.


    If he wins he gets to ball up and ask you.. if he loses he just wasted our time..taylor looks at me for a long moment then sighs... sure sure ill help you with this stupid duel.. good with your team and my team we got the majority of the 100 man slots filled...melody, Melly, Amelia, And Alexis i want you to invite that massage therapist to come to the dungeon with us... That pit crew and the see if any of those cooks would be willing to come with us for the weekend. i dont want to screw up are weekend just because of Travis.


    Friday at 4pm me some friends mine and taylors Bodyguards the maids a different massage therapist then my original a few cooks we actually got the pit crew girls and the driver to come with us for this dungeon dive... while we where greeting each other and getting ready to dive in. We watched Travis and his 100 man legion get ready to enter through there gateway..


    Looking over at them with body armor, extra weapons, chests of potions, combat medics, a dungeon blacksmith with his mobile armory. I sat there and watched over a million dollars in mana crystals marched through the gate way Travis looking at my crew with a sneer. admittedly only the bodyguards looked to be in uniform everyone else was hanging out in jeans and a t shirt or something casual with maybe a backpack and a few busses in the background... which is what we all will be sleeping in while in the dungeon. It was pretty well know i used those busses to camp in the dungeon when me and my friends were dungeon diving.


    looking around seeing everyone still greeting each other and chatting quite nicely i was thinking this would turn out pretty good.. Alexis was going through a list to make sure we had everything.. The cooks had already checked there supplies..most of the ingrediants where brought over last night. the last few deliveries would arrive any minute. once I had the green light from everyone.. My fun filled crew of slackers Entered the dungeon also..


    Stepping through the dungeon gate following the trucks busses and hover carts filled with camping gear.. we looked around.. checked to make sure everyone arrived together... it not like i was worried about them being seperated from us... i think at this point it just human nature to confirm everone they stated with came together with them.


    I hopped up to the back of a flat bed truck pulled a tablet from a scv. Tagged the scv to a command center. and then told the command center to go ahead and float off the back of the truck and land on the ground... sure we were only at the entrance but might as well get started.. the new comers came around me and i showed them the basics.. passed out tablets.. they went around touched a tablet to scvs..and probes...


    I had a bit of a surprise Every cook picked the probes... The protoss is pretty much all magical constructs so they cost more then the terran race.. To get started fast you kinda need more Internal magic then the norm...or able to absorb Mana faster then the average person..I got started right away on building some refineries... this was more for the cooks then for myself. the refineries if you recall crystalize mana. the probes can Grab that crystalized mana and drop it at the nexus hall.


    Right away we had several different teams forming... each person on my 100man dungeon crew obviously saw everyone else as a allied.. however teams where formed of 8 people. the raid was everyone... this was more for the computer software.


    As for the contract dungeon we where in.. the first floor was a wide open cave system we were all able to spread out build are little mobs and then direct them to attack the dungeon mobs.


    We moved slow... checking to see if everyone was ready none of us was really in a hurry. when i got done i got in line to eat some food. drink soda. chat with the guys and girls.. it was a nice little camp out.. once even the slowest got a decent level of units and figrured out how to actually play a very basic game.. we moved to level two. bringing all the units and buildings we created with us.. I actually had all protoss building built right on top of the busses and flat beds


    if you ever watched a western movie where the cowboys where driving a cattle herd.. that how this felt except we were driving mobs to attack dungeon mobs... it was a nice slow attack that created a little gaming community. Totally breaking the ideal of dungeon diving.


    while in the 2nd floor this was were we had dinner.. we ate in groups of 25 generally. Not like it was a set rule or anything some people stuck around after dinner and ate with others. before dinner was even over we were already cleaning up level two and moving on to level 3. those who were more experienced and could recover units faster went first. we started to lose mobs pretty fast here... however the slower less experienced sent there.there mobs in to fill in holes and such they may not have know what they were doing against stronger mobs.. howeverwith this approach we managed to gain a foothold on the 3rd floor.


    we also started to show them upgrades for units and how to manage them while in combat. even if they failed. it not like anyone was really worried about it.. they could take there remaining units go back to level two. build up new units and try again. level 3 is were we allowed the newbies to gain there experience while the more experienced kept about 40% of there units back while building up units to replace those that they lost and such and also to upgrade those they could when they needed to... they were prepareing for level 4.


    Advanced facilites were built on the conquered 3rd floor.. we slept that night there with units patrolling and a few guards who stay up for night shift. I was aware that newbies would be jumpy...so each expedtion vehicle was made with soundproof walls...if it was not for the fact they knew they were sleeping in a dungeon it might have felt like sleeping in a hotel.


    for those who were going to have trouble sleeping we were fine with them sleeping in on saturday.. there was no hurry at all after all. most everyone had a good sleep even if they fell asleep early in the morning... we did not even move the busses and trucks untill 2 30 the next day.after everyone had a late lunch...only about 3 people had so much trouble sleeping that they stayed all the way through till saturday lunch.. we simple dosed them with sleeping aid. and then drove to the gate for level 4.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    At level 4 this is were basic mobs actually had trouble giving damage to dungeon mobs.. to be honest i was amazed at how far we got with basic mobs... this is now were we really started stressing upgrades... unit controll.. we even started talking unit tactics versus dungeon mobs...for instance 8 basic marines vrs one level 4 goblin... six firebats vrs one level 4 slime... 10 basic marines two upgraded marines and one sergent marine was a good combo against those damn cave bats... or 4 goliaths... 3 wraiths vrs one cave bat was a decent combo... a flock of cavebats lots of wraiths and carriers.. with ground anti air as support. such as every marine you can scramble and every goliath you can get..


    If you find armored pigs go straight to Tanks and vultures.. battle ships that can shoot down are great to kill pigs also. for the boss monster swarm the bastard. throw some zealots at armored pig you will lose some but the upgraded zealots with a local ai zealot can minimize loses. carriers templars and dark archons are a massize killer of mini bosses. Archons from the protoss race are almost a robotic magic cannon constantly sending out lighting bolts... or area of attack lighting storm they have a few other cool tools once there upgraded. but there slow and weak like a typical rpg mage... lucking there a mob and no one actually dies if they do.


    level four really started to introduce combined units and teamwork... I should probally mention this... the cooks where all sons of the cooking families we asked to join us with a few parents... they often teamed up with the pitcrew girls... i felt a little sad about this. they were having a blast however and that actually made me pretty happy.


    the massage girl stuck very tightly with the bodyguards... taylor, melly, amelia, myself, Alexis, a cousin of mine, and two students from are class that were commoners. was my team of eight.. we were the advanced team..


    Did i mention taylor was the class president... i did didnt i... lets be honest i was the weak link in that crew. I pretty much was the guy who feed units to the player controlling the mobs in the front.. melly stayed in the back and created mobs to there orders.. taylor and the two students controlled the fighting.. Amelia cordinated with other teams around us... to make sure dungeon mobs did not get behind us was also the one who kept are reserve unit...It took close to 12 hours to clear level four... it was two in the morning when we finished... we also had to leave two teams behind to clean up any mobs that spawned they each had a full upgraded army...that was 16 people on level 4...with close to 12400 mobs on level four. give or take a few... the math was simple 200 mobs per a person. there we rested for 4 hours.. then each team would get to attack level 5.


    we did this in this manner so that we could rest more.. It also happened that level 5 was lot a big wide open floor perfect warring...it was lots of medium sized tunnels 60 meter wide or so. with entrenched camps of mobs that could spawn more mobs while in battle you actually had to destroy the whole camp before the mobs for the camp would stop spawning... we sent a medium experienced team as the opening move..they lost more then 67% of there mobs.


    as they withdrew we sent a newby team in.. this was almost a pure protoss team.. the last team was a pure terran team... lightning storms spasmied across the dungeon ceiling... then strolled in the protoss carriers squads right after with there attack craft spinning out... finally waves of zealots under the attack craft rushed in... then the dragoons moved in... to provide medium sized plasma bolts to pin down postions... the protoss also have a seige unit that a very slow mover but send plasma bombs in that tracks a unit and does massive damage... those filled in last ...12% of the mobs for the newbies where lost.. however ... we now got to go into the first room of level 5.


    a complete team of guards mixed between taylor me and my cousin guards then swept the mobs encampments... finally we set up are beach head.. team 4 was also a medium team.. they swept into one of the paths provided... they made it while only lightly pushed till the next corridor... and lost the head of there units before they managed to stop there units from going in there in a line. built of a formation.. then attacked the corridor.. this corridor was smaller and more heavily fortifed with walls and more huts for the Dungeon spawn points... this looked like a oni and imp village... while team 4 attacked head on... team five moved up behind them and then attacked also.


    soon it would be my turn. on sunday morning at 6 am... my turn finally came we had cleared the second corridor..reinforced this corridor.. then sent scout mobs down each pathway to map out this floor. team one just woke up... they will start rebuilding there mobs... however the Ai inside the command center did have a build order so while they needed to select mobs to upgrade the majority of the work had already been done while they sleep.


    Taylor is a fan of Goliaths... she prefers them over marines and always goes for the quick build to get those fast... Melly loves invisible units and is a protoss fan...she will build terran units also if she can get the ghost and drop a dungeon nuke... magical bomb that just looks like a nuke no radiation created however.. curse magic instead. kills vitality. Her favorite tactic however is send invisible swords men in attack a major unit fast... until they are detected throw some carriers in with there attack craft and bring the invisible units out of conflect then bring an airdrop of zealots in to finish a base...melly is pretty damn slick when it comes to picking a mob group apart.


    I have always been a fan of Archon mass attack.. followed by a run away with them trailing me into an allies formation. i also love to use protoss cannon build wall...its like an auto turret for the protoss... useing plasma bolts with about the same power as a dragoon but with out the mobility.


    sometimes however no matter how slick you are... just damn good cordination with different units can undo your mass attack or tricky behaviors... the two students on our team work extremly well together... and while they do not favor any one attack that i can see they work very well with each other and cover each other better then anyone else in the team. there still team players... its just there like a shield and a spear.. today elliot... its a guy... had decieded to do mass marine sergents with fully upgraded Ai support... this is using the most basic unit of a terran then upgrading them fully... expensive and most of the time a advanced unit can do the job as well with only half the upgrades


    my guess is he wanted the man bonus.. each marine only cost half a slot for controll. so he has 400 marines. David his partner... has all the support you want upgraded medics.. artillary.. anti air. scouts. ghosts with nukes he upgraded all his support systems. but now has fewer men. the nuke itself takes up 8 slots each tank takes up 6 slot his medics take up 3 slots. a ghost=sniper takes up 4 slots. me rattling off these numbers probally does not help you imagine this... however it is a good team.


    my cousins send his unit as a sacrifice.. followed up by melly... who sneaks in. finally taylor brings her unit in right behind the cousins. i form up formations of what i have then send them to sit behind the others near the reserve unit amelia is in charge of.. then i go back to moving replacement units to the front lines and doing the handshake that hands off units from me to the combat comanders.


    David and Elliot. right now are parked. even though it is our teams turn... after the majority of units are lost and the replacements cant keep filling in the lines. that part will back off with everything they have unless they think they can get some more damage in. Melly for instance.. melly sometimes will leave whole units behind in a enemy base to do damage while she returns to the camp to help me resupply everyone else.. then slowly build her unit up little by little all over again... then david and Elliot charge right into the unit with there fresh supply of jacked up mobs. and it starts all over again... and ill just keep moving mobs from base to the rear lines..handshake them off.


    it is now Sunday 1pm... we are all exhausted and strained... its our turn to relax. we lasted longer made three more corridors. bassically we made 4 right turns and have came back the very first initial corridor. now we will move to the second corridor then make two left turns... soon we will need to back out of the dungeon. we will probally throw every attack unit we have into level 7 jump into the busses and trucks pack all the mobile bases we have... then get out.. when we are almost through level four we will then have level four units surge into level five behind us. the guards will then move to the front for level two and one... any building that where left behind on level two and one.. one hour before we return will start creating units. one we reach level two we will follow a string of left behind building that created units...those units will actually spread out and initate fights with mobs in the area as we swing through.


    all command centers and nexus are with us however... all probes and scvs are with us as well. we are not going to be creating any more building after all... those got loaded at 2pm... we could have loaded them sooner we mostly been busy playing. at 6 o clock we sent all building on level five orders to build like crazy.. these mobs are not even moving far from the building just to rally points... they stand around doing nothing...


    we double check everything that we need to take back is on the checklists. some people you can see the relief... sinse all nexuses where built on the truck we just had to make certain that all command centers are on the flatbeds... easy enough... we do a quick count of heads.. then we do a quick count of probes and scvs..


    everything there that needs to be there... we send the orders for all units to advance. gather tablets.. put those in the truck.. everyone but the guards will not need tablets anymore... we roll down to level four.. gather the 16 players there. gather scvs and probes the few command centers and the two busses that were left here... roll down to the doorway of 3.. gather there tablets.. send the orders for level four attack mobs to move to level 5, while we grinded our way to level seven are last stronghold was level five.


    we stroll through level two rarely do the guards actually have to even use a real spell. from two to one.. there nothing we need to collect... once the building finish there order of units to be built.. they will just stick around for a bit.. untill a dungeon mob destroys the building... which should not be long at all .. probally less then half a day..two to level one.. and out with 15 minutes to spare.


    we pull out of the dungeon park the trucks store the nexuses onto the flat beds that where on the busses.. then go into the adminstartion office.. since all i took was the gathered cores of the dungeon monsters. which while impressive in quanity was not anything major... we are sitting there waiting when out of a inner office the mercs come out with quiet a few les in number some of the household guards are with the mercs... they do not look happy at all.


    looking at them i feel like something is missing... then i ignore them... there not bugging me..


    looking in the lobby you will see a very animated crew sitting there talking aloud and having fun with a few people with exhausted smiles.


    On travis crew there is approximantly 35 out of 100 walking out... yet there no travis and only about 6 household guards... in fact of the mercs only a few of them have advanced level plates.


    i won the duel... also while waiting they go to the chaple.. to pick up the ones who died in the dungeon up.. however since me and travis could not carry in a resurecction necklace.. obviously he wont be coming back...


    Some reason i not really happy about this... to die for such a stupid reason... well idiots die for idiot reason.


    i go in to the office and there i get the bill for the use of dungeon mana.... i almost died... the price was astronomical... we had to pay in mana cores with our own mana... to put it simple we have a payment plan.. and we also everyday have to come by and dump mana for the dungeon to obsorb...


    3 weeks later and i graduated... every day eveyone except the people i invited like the massage therapist and the cooks the pit crew have to drop mana.. David and Elliot also help out... however they need to find a job actually want to hire them... because there good.. and we will eventually want them for when we dive into the insane dungeons....


    we still have to keep paying in mana for 2 whole monthss...hehehehe i over did it... and karen not happy either however no one ever thought about how many units of mana we were sucking out of a contract dungeon for fun... this is the biggest problem with a parasite offensive. you cant use it in tamed or contract dungeons and come out with a profit...we have to go to the most dangerous dungeons to use our methods...


    we need to improve house hold troops and mobs... we really need better mobs in the future...