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(It really feels weird.) – thought Thauma who had no will what so ever to pick ups its tools and craft anything.
(It has been like what? Day? Two days?)
(….)
(She is not coming back…..Now what?)
(I honestly….. I don't…. Fuck. I don't know why, but I can't work.)
(I mean…. Can I do it?)
(She said I will be fine and everything, and I know I can make my golems more deadly if I finish their designs properly… But what if the next invaders will be way too much for me to handle?)
(What if it will end up the way it did that day?)
(Did she lied about not coming back to save me when I'm about to die?)
(Curiosity? Fun? Was that her real reasons for helping me?)
(Maybe she lied about going away? Maybe this is just another test?)
"…."
(But…..She….. Dammit.)
Thauma stared at the stack of books it has received from Ariava as its farewell gift….. And as it gazed at it, the conviction that Ariava had really abandoned him strengthen.
(Basic knowledge she said….. She could had taught me that herself….. And yet she gave me books….. FUCK!)
(She is really gone!)
(But – Why – How -FUCK!) – the puppet walked around, trying to contain its anger in place and barely stopping itself from striking the books from anger.
"…"
(I….. What do I do?) – thought Thauma as he picked up one of the books and just stared at it.
(She said that I can chose my own path… But what do I really do?)
(The option I have right now is to strength my dungeon and make is strong enough to survival.)
(Ariava herself said that this isn't a choice really, but instead means of survival that I have no choice but to take if I want to live.)
(However, she also said that I can spend the time the way I want it and I maybe should consider what would I do if I ever obtained the means of leaving the dungeon.)
(Dungeons masters are beings bound to their dungeons, but as the dungeons develops, grows stronger and all sort of stuff, the range of my of how far travel away from the dungeon core will increase, even allowing me to in future leave the dungeon completely.)
(But I really don't know what I want….. Well, I do?)
(I like making golems, equipment, researching magic and experiment…. Pretty much I like crafting?)
(Ariava herself said that I could maybe make a living out of this or just focus on this whole crafting business….. And…. Hm… Honestly, it does sound good?)
(Maybe I should focus on this?) – thought Thauma as it opened up the book and sat down.
(But what about the invaders?)
(Specifically the humans, dwarves, beastmen and all sort of other races that will raid my dungeon?)
(Ariava told me why the Rabbit town did not exterminated my dungeon.)
(Profit.)
(They wanted to "Tame" my dungeon in order to turn it into source of profit.)
(By "taming" the dungeon, the dungeon in question will not be able to grow at all, while being forced to nonstop create new monsters in order to defend itself.)
(And those said monsters end up being hunted for their drops and as also means of leveling up.)
(They are also doing that so there would be no monster manifesting, that could in turn cause the dungeon break.)
(That is what I get…..But…. What would happened if I grow too strong?)
(I mean, she said that she may end up being target because she is both strong and "bad" person.)
(The adventure guild.)
(A organization that focuses on spreading quest around that the people can take in order to obtain money.)
(Those people are called adventurers.)
(And one of most well known type of quest they are dealing with is the monster hunting quest.)
(According to this book, the adventure guild focuses on keeping tabs on the hunting grounds, while also being possible dispatched as reinform nets in areas that are under threat from the monsters or maybe even criminals.)
(They are also the ones that deals with the dungeons and such.)
(There is also ranking system for monsters and adventures here.)
(The ranking system is divided into multiple categories, each category representing different ranks.)
(G, F, E, D, C, B, A, S.)
(These ranks represent both danger and power.)
(G, F and E ranks are consider as low rank.)
(Amongst the adventures they are consider as newbies, with the G ranks adventures not even being consider a real adventures but instead adventurer in training that needs to pass simple test to obtain F rank and official adventurer guild card.)
(However, the D ranks are where the things are consider different.)
(Between G, F and E the difference in power slash danger isn't that big, but between the E and D, the gab is very noticeable bigger.)
(The same applies to both C and B ranks that also have much bigger gab in power slash danger between themselves unlike the low rank.)
(D, C and B ranks are consider mid ranks.)
(And there are also ranks that sits on top.)
(A and S.)
(High rank.)
(The difference between B and A is extremely massive.)
(And difference between A and S is consider the biggest.)
(Ranks can be applied to many things.)
(Adventure rank, his skills, abilities, his knowledge experience or slash and their powers.)
(The rank of difficulty slash danger of the quest.)
(Criminal bounty.)
(The areas that are either consider dangerous for their hazardous environment or if they are infested with monster.)
(And finally, the rank of monsters as well as dungeons.)
(Ranks can be applied to many different things and even the same D rank can have different meaning for a dungeon and the monster.) – thought Thauma as it stopped reading the book [Adventurer Guild guide for dummies].
(In short, the stronger I would get, the stronger adventures could go after me.)
(I've met first hand what it meant to fight the D rank and I could tell the clear difference between us….. But S?)
(This books states that the gab in power between D, C and B grows massively compare to the low ranks.)
(And there is also high ranks on top of it? A and S?)
(What kind of freaks I would be fighting if some S rank comes here!?)
(If I grow strong enough, won't I just provoke those high rank adventures?)
"…"
(Although…. Ariava said that as long as I keep dungeon tamed in my own way, I shouldn't provoke a reaction from the adventures, that would make them want to destroy my dungeon…. But still, I will end up facing some stronger enemies in the future, no matter what I do.)
"…"
(Yeb…. This will be annoying…. Still, I will have to develop stronger, but that will also cause stronger adventurers to also start coming, and this would just... Wait.)
"…"
(Can I use them?)
(I can use stronger adventurers to develop and experiment with my weapons and such, including the golems…. Huh…. It isn't all that bad?)
(…. But still, what should I even do?)
(I mean, besides the experimenting and improving my crafting skills?)
(Is there anything else?)
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(Hm…. Can't think of anything right now…..)
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(Well, Ariava said that the things may show "themselves" to me once sometime passes. Maybe I will discover new things I like or find something that interested me…. Maybe I should trust her on her with that.)
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(And since I can't kind of get my thoughts together somewhat… Maybe I should bit more?)
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