Ikept an eye onthe video feed from Scout.The wolves were now 500 m away and closing in fast.The forest is made up of trees that resemblegiantredwoods.Iwalked up to one and beganclimbingit.Using the kite shields as climbing axes, soIcouldhavemy other two arms free.WhenIgot 20 m into the air, The wolves came over the ridge andspottedme.
Ibeganassessing targets and Weaknesses of the wolves when one of thembeganspeaking"you,youarenot adungeon.What have you done to our dungeon?I see a fragment of a dungeon soul on you, but not the full soul what have you done to it."
I was shocked bywhatthe creature hadjustsaid.And all the implications.These creatures were intelligent and wereherefor a dungeon.Wait, they said fragment is it becauseI''ma half dungeon, what''s going on.Itriedto see ifIcould negotiate with them and said "whoa, calm down here.I don''t know what you''re talking about, but I''m a half dungeon.Ihaven''tdoneanything." The Wolfinterruptedme with a snarl in itsvoice"there are no half-breeds our mastermakesthem whole and untainted.Brothers kill thisthing."
The wolvesbegan spreading out around my tree.Ifelt oddly cheerful whenIsaid "wellthe negotiations failed, combat It is"Iaim to my machine gun atthe wolves.Isawthe projectedpathof the bullet line and the theoreticalpathof wherethe wolveswould gonext.I opened fire on the Alpha Wolf, but the bullets didn''t hit it.They bounced off of a Blue Shield that faded into place, stopping my rounds.It took eightarmor piercing rounds for the shield to shatter making a glass breaking noise, leaving behind broken shards that slowly faded into light particles.When the shield shattered The Wolf dodged out of the way.I had to readjust my aim missing three more rounds.
Two of the stronger looking wolves were climbing up the tree.They wereusingtheir claws to stick into the bark.They were 5 m away.SoIpulled outmykukri withmyleft hand whileIwas still firing at the Alpha Wolf.Ifinallystarted hitting the Alpha Wolf, but theammowas just getting stuck in its fur and not doing any damage.Imanaged to aim and hit one of the eyes.The I burst and the Alpha Wolf let out a cry of pain.
One of the wolves that were climbing up the tree was finally in striking range of my kukri.Iswung up words with the molecular edge sword.The Wolf let go of the tree andfell tothe groundshowing that itsfacehad been cut in half.Ithought to myself "at least the sword cankillthem, but ifIfall tothe ground.All the other wolves will surroundmeandtearmeapart"
The Alphaturnedits head towardsmeand snarled,givingmetheperfectshot.Ihitit in the same eye socket as before.This time the Alpha flopped to the grounddead."2 down 63 togo." Thesecond wolf that was on the tree finally reached me.It bit into the right side kite shield which washoldingme onto the tree.Iturnthe machine gun around,slammedit into its mouth and fired.The Wolf coughed up blood.Thenlet go of my shield andthenfell from the tree dead.
One of the wolves started to glow. "shitshitshit." I quicklyaimthe machine gun back at the glowing Wolf andaimedfor its eyes.The Wolfhadits eyesclosedand looks I get was concentrating.Fired 12 rounds intoitbreaking the shield and killingit.Nowthere were threewolvesglowing.Theonlywolvesthat seem to have magic where the Alpha Wolf and thesmallerwolves.Thesmallerwolveshad shields, while the largerwolveshad fur that was immune to my machine gun.
I managed to kill another mage Wolf before the other two got their spells off.Each Wolf made an ice spike above their head andshotthem at me.Myshieldslet goof the treelettingme drop 3 m before slamming back in,stoppingmydissent.Iwas now 17 m off the ground,Icouldn''t drop much more.Eight other wolves started to glow.
Iopened fire again with my machine gun.I broke another shielding and killed the Wolf mage.The other 12 Wolf mages got in front of the seven that were preparing their spells.They started trying to overlap there shields to protect the seven that were casting.They were in a nice tight bunch.My kite shields had four grenade launchers on each, that gave me eight grenades, but to use them.I''d have to detach one of the shields fromthe tree.I slammed my kukri intothe treeand held on.My left side shield came out ofthe treeand aimed at the group of wolves mages.I fired all four.The first two broke there shields. Onehitthe first group of 12, the second grenadehitthe Group of 7 killing all the mage wolves.
One of the large wolves jumped off the side of the tree and latched ontomyleg.It started flailing, causingmyshield to lose its grip andmykukri to break.The Wolf and I fell to the ground.As we were falling, I aimed my machine gun inside of its mouth and fired.Mylefthand had pulled out the pistol beforeIlanded.Ilanded crouched on the ground with the body of the Wolf next to me.
The pistol waslargerandhadmore power, butIwasn''t going to aim for their fur.Iwas goingto continueaiming for the eyes.My right side kite shield pulled up and fired all four grenades.Each explosion killed three to four of the armored wolves bringing their numbers down to 24.The explosions had made a clear path out of the pack, and I began sprinting along it.While firingmypistol and machine gun.Ishotonethroughthe mouth withmypistol and anotherthroughthe eye withmymachine gun.
Three of the wolves lunged, and two latched onto my right kite shield.I detach the shield while shooting the third.Four had circled around and got in front of me.Eight more were running inmydirection.I''d lost side of four.I shut the two that hadlatchedontomyshieldwithmypistol.One of the four wolveslatchedontomypistol andtoreitout ofmyhand.Another one jumped up tolatchontomykiteshield, but this time I used theshieldas a sword andstabbeditinto the mouth of the armored Wolf.Itbrokesome of its teeth but didn''tkillit.Well, it was stunnedIshotitin the mouth.I thenturnedthe gun to another that had just lunged at mekillingit.The fourth Wolf ran to the other 8.I opened fire on them, while mylefthand grabbed a new drum magazine.The instant it randry.Iswapped them out.
Ikilled 3 more of the wolves before theyreachme again.They tried to run with their heads turned in single file, soIcouldn''thittheir eyes.Iaimedfor the legs of the one in front and tripped it.When he fell he caused the others to stumble or jump over his body.I opened fire on themkillingthe two that jumped over the body and one that had looked at me.
The Last one standing started to run away, but he looked back as he ran.Imanaged to hit one of its eyes, causing it to howl in pain.Ithenput a round through the roof of its mouth.The oneItripped triedto getup, butIwalked over and put two rounds through itsrighteye.
That leaves 5 unaccounted for.4 armored wolves and 1 mage Wolf that never showed up.
Isaw an icon blinking in thetopright-hand corner of my HUD.Ithought to myself, "theywere waystrongerthantheyshould have been.I''m justgladItook out the Alpha first, otherwise, this fight might have gone way worse" the kite shield the wolves had latched onto, showed bite marks and torn and twisted sections.I walked over to the Wolf that had taken my pistol, and the pistol had been crushed between its teeth.
Ilookeddownat my leg that was attacked by one of the wolves.Several chunks of the armor were just gone, and some of the electronics Inside were visible.If those had gotten damaged, I wouldn''t have been able to use my left leg.I spoke in the quiet woods "is there a luck stat because I feel like I roll to 20 on it."
Iwas planning on calling some spider bots to come out here and collect the animal skins.Iwill freeze the rest of the bodies.See what we can learn about them from town, maybe something else besides the bulletproof pelts will be useful.I''ll bring the Alpha back to my AI core and use the Creator of life skill onittocopyit.
Iturnedaroundand started walking back to the base.While I was walking, I clicked on the Linking icon in the top right-hand corner of my HUD.
A weird message popped up.The messagesaid.
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After battle experience report:
armored wolveskilled37 X1250XPtotal46250XP
mage wolveskilled23X925XPtotal21275XP
Alpha Wolfkilled3000XP
overalltotalexperience earned:70525XP
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Unknown error:
you havekilledcreatures outside of your dungeon.You gain no experience from killing creatures outside of your dungeon.The error occurred because one of your golems hastakenall the experience and has leveled up.
This hasforeverchanged the creature and two of yourabilities.
Theabilityknown as(long-range golem control)has combined with theability(servant contract).All experience from the twoabilitieshas been retrieved andawaitsassignment.Thenewabilityiscalled(long-range contract)and has been added to anewclasscalled(dungeon AI class).
Due tothis, theclassesknown as(AI core)and(dungeon core)canno longer level.All experience from the base classes has been retrieved and awaits allocation.
Two of yourclassesare currentlycombininginto a new thirdclassuntil this process is complete, noclassescanbe upgraded, but abilities in the thirdclasscanbe.Levels in the abilities of the two classes that are combining will remain until they''re combined into the third class.
Long-range contract description:long-range contracts at level 1 allows you to control any number of level 0 units within 100 m radius of the dungeon AI core.
The maximum number of wandering bosses You can control one.This will not change with leveling.
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Secondary effect:the contract allows you tocreatewandering boss golems or monsters with theabilityto level and use the living sentient HUD.This means they cancreateparties andchooseanewabilityor upgrade an existingability.Instead of having a random ability once every 10 levels.The livingsentienthuggivesyou oneabilitypoint everylevel.
Third effect:Atlevel1 Youcanhave 1 wandering boss whocannotlevelup past 10
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Icompletely lost control of all thedronesIhad outside of the base, including the combatdroneI''djustmade.Iquicklywent into my statistics to upgrade long-range contract.Sinceitwas reset the level 1Icouldprobablyget the range backup ifIupgradeditcompletely.
Iopened the statistics.
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<td style="text-align: left">Name:</td>
<td style="text-align: justify">Cray</td>
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<td style="text-align: left">race:</td>
<td style="text-align: justify">half dungeon half AI core(dungeon AI) </td>
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<td style="text-align: left">Affiliation:</td>
<td style="text-align: justify">humanrace</td>
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<td style="text-align: left">TotalManacapacity:</td>
<td style="text-align: justify">5870</td>
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<td style="text-align: left">TotalMana:</td>
<td style="text-align: justify">2608</td>
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<td style="text-align: left">Manaregeneration:</td>
<td style="text-align: justify">23/s</td>
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<td style="text-align: left">Durability:</td>
<td style="text-align: justify">1000/1000</td>
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<td>Magicalabilities:</td>
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<td>Matter absorption and reconstruction:</td>
<td>7/10</td>
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<td>Immunity to outside control:</td>
<td>Mastered </td>
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<td>Commander of the mindless:</td>
<td>9/10</td>
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<td>Library of lost knowledge:</td>
<td>5/10</td>
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<td>Class AI core level:</td>
<td>0</td>
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<td>Library ofhumanknowledge:</td>
<td>4/10</td>
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<td>Electronic manufacturing:</td>
<td>Mastered </td>
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<td>Programming:</td>
<td>Mastered</td>
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<td>Emotions level:</td>
<td>3/10</td>
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<td>Class: Dungeon core level:</td>
<td>0</td>
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<td>Creator of life:</td>
<td>1/10</td>
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<td>Soul converter:</td>
<td>1/10</td>
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<td>Trapmaker:</td>
<td>1/10</td>
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<td>Maze builder:</td>
<td>1/10</td>
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<td>Maximum number of rooms you can control:</td>
<td>2 </td>
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<td>Class:dungeon AI level:</td>
<td>0 </td>
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<td>long-range contract:</td>
<td>1/10</td>
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<td>Achievements:
stole from a God.This title was earned when you took an empty dungeon core from the god of chaos.
Golem master.This title was earned by creating 3 unique golems that the gods hadneverseen.</td>
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<td>Total experience awaiting allotment:</td>
<td>53,360XP</td>
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<td>Two abilities and two classeshadtheir experience retrieved.Total experience:</td>
<td>51,300XP</td>
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Inoticed some changes in the statistics butIhad to upgrade long-range contract quickly.I selected long-range contracts and it asked.
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<td>Do you wish to upgrade this ability XPcost:</td>
<td>100XP</td>
<td>Y/N</td>
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<td>Do you wish to Max level, This ability XPcost</td>
<td>51,200 XP</td>
<td>Y/N</td>
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I selected the Max option, and it came up with a new description.
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Long-range contract description: Max levelyoucan contact or control all golems or monstersyoucreate on the planet regardless of location.
The maximum number of wandering bosses You can control one.This will not change with leveling.
Secondary effect:the contract allows you tocreatewandering boss golems or monsters with theabilityto level and use the living sentient HUD.This means they cancreateparties andchooseanewabilityor upgrade existing abilities.Instead of having a random ability once every 10 levels.The livingsentienthuggivesyou oneabilitypoint every level.
Third effect:you can create 10 wandering bosses with no maximum level.10% of all experience earned from wandering bosses can be brought back to the dungeon AI core, for the court to use.
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I reestablish the connection with all my drones.Luckilyitonlytookme two seconds to go through all the information and figure out what I needed To get my abilities back.Being an AI really helps with information processing.Iconnected back up with my combat drone.Ithengota message asking ifIwanted to make the combat drone A wandering boss.If not,itwould gorogueand wander off, becauseitwas above level 0.
I decided to make the combat drone a wandering boss and started looking atitsstatistics.
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<td>Statistics:</td>
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<td>Name:</td>
<td>Unassigned</td>
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<td>Title:</td>
<td>Wandering boss.</td>
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<td>Race:</td>
<td>Metal Golem.</td>
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<td>Affiliation:</td>
<td>contracted to a Dungeon AI</td>
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<td>Mana:</td>
<td>none</td>
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<td>Durability:</td>
<td>8,762/10,000</td>
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<td>Class:combat drone level:</td>
<td>10</td>
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<td>Experience needed to next level:</td>
<td>31,800XP</td>
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<td>Ability pointsawaitingassignment.</td>
<td>10</td>
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<td>No abilities have been added.</td>
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<td>Do you wish to look at the ability list?</td>
<td>Y/N</td>
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He was still walking back to the base anditlooks likeitwould take a while, especially with his injured leg.Ilefthim onautopilot.Then pulled up his ability list to see what I could choose.
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<td>Level1ability:</td>
<td>level1abilitieswill cost 1 point to unlock.</td>
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<td>(Enemyradar)Level 0/3 description:</td>
<td>Atlevel1 uncloaked enemies will show up in a 30 m radius on a radar in thetopleft-hand corner of your HUD.Potential upgrade:once upgraded high enough the radar will also show amini-mapof the area.</td>
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<td>(Self-heal)Level 0/10 description:</td>
<td>outside of combat, you will regenerate 5% of your total durability every hour.Potential upgrade:once upgraded high enough this ability will work inside of combat,makingyou an unkillable juggernaut.</td>
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<td>(ammo scavenger)Level 0/10 description:</td>
<td>enemiesyoukill will have the remaining magic inside of them turned intoammo.Potential upgrade:ifyouupgrade this skill high enough your weapons will be reloaded every timeyoumake a kill.</td>
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<td>Level10 ability:</td>
<td>level10abilitieswill cost 3 points to unlock.</td>
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<td>(Sharedpower)Level 0/3 description:</td>
<td>Thisabilityallows you access to dungeon AIabilitiesout in the field, up to a 3 m radius.Potential upgrades:unknown only one dungeon AIabilityis available.</td>
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<td>(Power shield)Level 0/3 description:</td>
<td>This abilitykeepsenemies away and weapons from causing damage to you.You can shoot out of the powershield.Theshieldis projected 30 cm away from your body.The durability of theshieldisverylow.Potential upgrades:the shields overall durability can be upgraded to that of heavy armor plate.</td>
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<td>(Golemupgrade)Level 0/99 description:</td>
<td>Upgrade the overall durability, speed, andstrength of thegolemcreation.Potential upgrades:thegolemsof the god''s vault have fullyupgradedthis ability.They Have single-handedly defended the volts since the world began, andnoarmynomatter how large has managed to bring down asingledefender.</td>
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<td>More abilities will become available at level 15</td>
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Idecided to put twopointsinto(self-heal)whichmademy golem regenerate 10% of its health every hour outside of combat.Iguess eachpointdoubles the effect until it gets a new effect.
Iputtwopointsinto(ammo scavenges)and the description said.Enemies you kill will drop 10% of overall magazine capacity.When the magic orb is touched it will be deposited theammoin the magazine.Please select the gun you wish to apply this skilltoo.The gun list came up, and I selected the machine-gun.
Ihad six points left andIputall of them into(golem upgrade)your golems durability has gone up to 20,000.Your golems Sprint speed and agility is doubled.IguessIwon''t get the strengthupgradeuntilIupgradedagain.
Ihadthe golem sit inside of the engineering bay and wait for(self-heal)to fully take effect.
Ithen set out loud."Well, there''s nothing left to do except wait until morning.SoIguessI''ll switch back over to the infiltrator and wait for everybody else to wake up."