When I got to the Inn, the skyline hadjuststartedto showthe edge of the sun.Some of the vendors were setting up stalls and getting ready for the morning customers.There was a blacksmith shop surrounded by trees at theend ofthe street, that hadjustput out a sign which said(we need golem scrap.).I''m guessing that''s the signtheyput out whenthey''re runninglowon metal.
Ifacepalm, andspoke in asadvoice "whydidIjust leave all that scrap and power crystalsbehind." WasIreallyfocusingtoo hard on leveling?Slouching I walked into the inn and started heading for upstairs.This time there were two young women running the Inn.One of them was wiping down the tables with a rag, and the other was restocking the shelves with what looked like wine bottles.There was the third person in the back, making pots and pans noises.Icouldn''tseethem, butIthink they were cooking.
Iwalked upstairs and wentstraightto Andrew''s room.Smiling,Ihadan evil idea.The plan was to make myself look like an evil monster andscarehim a message popped up beforeIcould start.
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"nooooooooo" that makes sense,Iguess.IfIhad the ability to change shape wheneverIwanted and had invisibility one of the two would be redundant.ThenIcame up with anewplan.Isnuck into the room and stood right next to the door.Then I knocked loudly on the wall, making a hollowed thunking noise.Andrewstirred way turned overIactivated my cloaking.Andrewstood up off the bed andIknocked on the paneling again.Andrewthensaid."I''m comingjustwaita second."
10 seconds left.Andrewslowly stumbled over to thedoorexhaustion evident on his face.Andrewslowlyreachedhis hand out to thedoorright as my timer hit zero.Speaking in anormaltone of voice,Isaid "don''t worry,Iletoooffffff"Andrewhad just punched me in the stomach with the same hand that was holding thedoorhandle, cutting off my sentence.
Andrewsaid in a worried voice "sorryyoujust showed up out of nowhere"Istarted to laugh.Andrewbroke into a grin and spoke with a chuckle "youdidn''tevenfeel thatdidyou?'' Nope, but at least now I know how towakeyouup in the mornings.
Andrew frowned a little when he said "yeah, but a fresh cup of coffee would really hit the spot" then I asked with surprise on my face,"why haven''t you guysjustaskedmetomakesome?"Andrewthengrabbedboth my shoulders andpulledmeface-to-face With a manic gleam in his eye,"Are youtellingmethat we could havehadcoffee at any time if we hadjustasked?"Ianswered hesitantly."Um yes, I have a skill called(Create life.)that lets me copy anything I eat, and I know there''s a container with a bunch of seeds from Earth, including coffee."
ThenAndrewbeggedme"pleasefor the love of Godmake a ton of it.At leastone ton Carol has been going slowly insane for the past couple of days as well as Steve andme."
Speaking with the drones, They quickly started opening up one of the seed volts and beganbringingmesamples ofdifferentplants.When I talked to Andrew, he had a smile this time. "Okay, the drones arebringingmesamples of coffee beans right now.I shouldhavethem in another 20 minutes" Andrew looked relieved when he asked."Howlong would it take you to get a coffee maker and beans over here?"
Thinking aboutit,itwouldprobablytake me an hour to make a delivery drone.Basically, the quadcopteronlyhas replaced the helicopter blades with anti-graph rings.Much more quiet and harder to spot.
Cray
"Should behere,in an hour and a half.Thecoffeemaker will be about the size of a thermos.You will beableto make thecoffeeinside.You willjusthave to clean out thecoffeegrounds and filter from the bottom section of the can."
Andrew looked relieved until I asked, "should we wake up Carol and Steve Now?"Andrewwas panicked when he said, "No wait as long as you can, in fact, let''s go out to the city right now."
Whenweleftthe end.Andrewspoke up"weshould go to themarketplaceand startpicking upsupplies for theweek." Whenwegot to themarketplace.I wassurprisedto learn that Andrew had become a jack ofalltrades.He had gotten basically one level inallof his abilities.One of them was(detect poison.),which meant he was basically picking outallthe food and I wascarryingit.Andrew would normallybuyone something,thentake a bite.Determiningwhether it tasted good, Andthenhewould buy more or none at all.
Ithenaskedtheold manworking in a stall ifheknew whereIcould get travel rations.Theold manlooked confused for a second whenheanswered my question "travel rations?Oh,Ihaven''t heard of that stuff sinceIwasa kid.Justgo overto the young lady in the alchemy store rightoverthere.She has the preserved food skill.It will keep your food fresh for six months.Good luck."Hewas pointed at a store a few doors down from his stall.
Andrew and I looked at each other and walked over to the shop.The shop had wall-to-wall glass Mason jars filled with everykind ofthing imaginable.A lot ofthe pots I recognized as carrying simple elements, while others look likeground up animal parts or plant powders of some sort.
A young lady was standing at the desk.Shelookedlike an 18-year-old girl and had green tattoos running up the sides of her arms.The tattooslooklike a longleaf that came from her shoulders.
AndrewandIwalked up whenAndrewasked "how much woulditcostto getallthisfoodenchanted with the preservedfoodspell'' the girl answered whilelooking atAndrew"itcostone small silver sinceit''s an area of effectspell, you pay for each time thespellis cast.So long as all your food fits within a 1-meter circle, I can get it all in onego."
She was staring atAndrewso much, thatIwasworriedthat hisearswere showing.But when I looked at his head, he was still wearing the headband that I gave to Steve and Andrew.The headband was broad enough to cover their ears completely, andAndrew''searsweren''t showing.
The height that''s why everybody keeps staring.Thetallestelf I''ve seen was 165cm, meanwhile, Andrew was 188cm.That''s why that little girl called him a giant.Hopefully, nobodies put too much thought into it.Well besides the children.Anyways.That or I''m completely wrongandthe girl is more interested in Andrew than his height.I shouldprobablytellhim after weleavethe shop.
After wegotall the food piled up.The girl still hadn''t cast the spell and was staring at Andrew.He politely coughed together attention.Sheblushed and said "oh, right"shethenput her hand over the food.The food andafter her tattoo started glowing and then slowly faded, shesighed and said: "there were all done."
Andrew is still looking at the tattoos that it just stopped glowing andasked. "Hey,I was wondering what those tattoos are?'' She lookedsurprisedat the question and blush harder all saying "oh,it''s a potion my granddad came up with two years ago.It''s why so many adventurers come to this town.My granddad invented a potion using power crystals, that can amplify Mana regen up to four times itsnormalrate.If you want to buy one, their two small golds each.Sorry butIcan''tgo down onthe price"
We bothhadthoughtful looks on our faces.Iwas wondering ifIcoulduseit onmyAI core to increasemyregen.Andrew asked a question whileIwas thinking "are there any side effects?"Thegirl smiled while she answered "yes and no.As you can see the tattoos glow when magic is in use.they also work better when the air is flowing over them.Some of the adventurers have enchanted vents that push air onto their tattoos.Thelargestportion of the tattoo shows up on your back.Theadditionalairflow can sometimes increase the effect from 4x to 5x.If you''re in the water or wearing heavy armor with no vents.The Mana regen drops down to yournormalrate.Besides that, there are no other side effects.Oh, and we discovered it can be used on the contracted beast to"
The elf girl who is called Alex and Andrew kept talking to each other whileIwandered around the shop.All the bottles were labeled asIwasn''tabletofindanything of interest.Most of the stuff was things I already have, and the others were things I had no reference for what they could be.
Finally, the two of them were done talking and Andrew came back over tomeholdingasmallcase. He smiled and started speaking"Igotfive of those potions for a large gold, one foryouto see ifyoucouldcopyit.One for us to experiment on, and the other 3 for Carol, Steve andme, todrink." Inodded and said "okay,I''vegot togo back to my core and start eating the seeds, soyouguys canhavecoffee.The drone will listen to your orders whileIam gone.I''ll be back in abit." henodded asIdisconnected from the drone.
When I got back to the base, I realized I could see through my core now "neat" it was like having an eyeball where my core should be being able to move and look around the room. "Well, it''s time to eat up the pile of seedsnow."
WhenIstarted eating the seeds.Igot a system message.
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Warning the abilities known as (matter absorption and reconstruction) (electronic manufacturing) (Creator of life) (trap maker) and (maze builder) have all combined into a new skill (devour and create) this skill has been added to the class (dungeon AI) see statistics for more information.
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All experience from the previous abilities has been added to (total experience awaiting allotment) tab.
Warning the abilities known as (library of human knowledge) and (library of lost knowledge) have been added together, and are now called (library of knowledge). This skill cannot be leveled with experience. However, knowledge crystals or black boxes from crashed chips can be added to the skill, to increase its level. This ability is in the (Magical abilities) tab.
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when I finished eating all the seeds, I pulled up my statistics
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<td>Name:</td>
<td>cray</td>
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<td>race:</td>
<td>half dungeon half AI core (dungeon AI)</td>
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<td>Affiliation:</td>
<td>human race</td>
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<td>Total Mana capacity:</td>
<td>5870</td>
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<td>Total Mana:</td>
<td>5679</td>
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<td>Mana regeneration:</td>
<td>23/s</td>
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<td>Durability:</td>
<td>1000/1000</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>4/10</td>
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<td>0</td>
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<td>programming:</td>
<td>mastered</td>
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<td>emotions:</td>
<td>level 3/10</td>
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<td>long-range contract:</td>
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<td>devour and create</td>
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<td>Achievements:</td>
<td>2</td>
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<td>Stole from a God.</td>
<td>This title was earned when you took an empty dungeon core from the god of chaos.</td>
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<td>Golem master.</td>
<td>This title was earned by creating three unique golems that the gods had never seen.</td>
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From what''s happened so far. I''m guessing if I use (soul converter). It will combine with (programming) and maybe (emotions). Because the abilities only combined when I used them for the first time. Or something out of the ordinary happened.
But for now, let''s Max out the skill (devour and create) and read its description.
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<td>at level 1 you are capable of devouring any nonliving thing and nonsentient plants. You can also create very basic items, in your dungeon AI core room. But no plants or living creatures.</td>
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Do you wish to upgrade this ability to level: 2
Cost upgrade: 200 XP
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<td>You are able to create more advanced objects and plants. Adding a blueprint of everything you eat.</td>
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Do you wish to Max out this ability
cost upgrade:102400 XP
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All things you eat, will have a copy of their blueprints made and added to the (library of knowledge)
First effect you can eat any nonliving monster, plant, animal or sentient.
Secondary effect: you can eat any item, even potions, and enchantments, so long as it''s not protected by a living aura.
Third effect: you can make blueprints for temporary magical effects cast on items you eat.
Fourth effect: You can create any item you have a blueprint for. This includes enchantments, potions and temporary magic effects.
Fifth effect: you can control up to 1024 floors. You cannot take control of areas directly touched by the suns rays. You will be able to create and devour objects on any of your floors. You can also use this ability to mine out tunnels.
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Of course,Ichose to Max out the ability.The whole ship could be repaired in a day.Not only that, butIget to expand downwards, mining out whatever materialsIneeded.
The drones quickly sealed up the whole leading to the medical bay.Ithen detached the repair shop andfloatedit back to itsoriginalsection,Puttingit back in the ship.The airlock door opened, and I began expanding my aura throughout the ship. Several of the doors were still locked closed.Iimmediatelyhaddrones open them.When the doors opened water started coming in, butmyaura was faster.Mydevourandcreateability sealed up the holes thendevouredall the water. Within minutes ofmyaura expanding through the whole ship.
Only two cleaning bots were working on the muck in slime in the hallways, so Imadeanother 30 of them.That should be enough for the whole ship.
The drones were working overtime on the ship whenIcame acrossa problem.No matter how hard we tried, the spider bots andIcouldn''tgetpower to the engines itjustkept fading away.Iwould beableto get a few seconds of power beforewouldultimately fail.Sighing,Iset out loud."That explains theengineson the other ship and why they keep turning on and off.The AI must be tryingtofixthem, and it''sfailingevery time."
Theenginesare justtoobig. I could make the low atmosphericengineswork.But the ones meant for space will never work on this planet.So I decided to devour theengines.Theywerejustbigchunks of scrap at this point andonlyweight down the ship.I Wasn''tableto get to the wings yet, but I''ll bereadyto in a few days.
Repairing the outside of the ship andmaking itlow atmospheric ready,it''s going to takeat leasttwo months.Several construction drones were made to begin work on the wing.
I was at a stopping point with the ship,Since I wasabletogetall theessentialwork done in a few minutes.The parts were all ready to be attached to the internals of the ship.The loading bay had enough pieces to repair the wings.All they had to do was just put them together.
Also, when I moved to the repair shop, the radio buoy was lost.
The delivery drone had three 12 ounce bags ofcoffeeand thecoffeemachine that looked like a Thermos.Then I switch back over tothe infiltrator.
Andrewandthe infiltratorwere waiting at the entrance to the town. When I took control of the infiltrator, Iturned with a smile and said toAndrew"theshioooooo"Andrewhadhitme in the stomach again "shit,sorryman you''ve got a stopdoingthat.You''re as silent as a statue and then scared thecrapout of me."Iwas still laughing whenIsaid "it''sokay. Oh, and I finished preparing the crew quarters, and the drone with the coffee is coming.So let''s gogetit andgetback to others before she,wakes up,"
Weboth laughed aswewalked into the woods.The droneshowed upa few minutes later, and Andrewpicked upthe cardboard box with the precious cargo.The cardboard box was a gunmetal gray so that it wouldn''t be noticed by the other people in town.We turnedaroundand walked back into the city.
Nothing unusual happened until we got back to the Inn.Once inside, I noticed that several people were sitting at some of the tables eating fruit and what looked to be chicken.We walked back up to room, and When we got inside, he pulled out the thermos and some water bottles.Two minutes later he was drinking a cup of coffee.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door.I wenttoopenit, right before the dooropenedAndrew got a panic the look on his face.He quickly drank the rest of the coffee in the cup.The door finishedopeningIrealizedwhyhewas so panicked.On the other side were Carol and Steve staring at the cup ofcoffeein his hand.Bothof themquicklywent intothe room and said at the same time "where did yougetthecoffeefrom"hepointed dejectedly at the thermosknowing thathewas holding thelastcup ofcoffee,hewasgoing toget.
BothSteve and Carolwentstraight for them thermos and began making their owncoffee. When they both had their 1st cup, they let out contented sighs at the same time.After everyonehadtheir cup of coffee, We decided to go downstairs andgetsome food.
When we walkeddownstairs, Carolnoticeda woman staring at herhand.She was sitting at one of the tables near the entrance with two others.The woman''s lefthandwas missing third and fourth finger on her righthand.Carol walked up and sat down next tothe woman.Thewomanwas blonde withblueeyes and a lightly muscled frame.She was dressed up as an adventure.
Carol begantalkingawoman"why haven''t you seen a healer about that injury" thewomanlooked upand said in forlorn tone "there are no clerics in this town and I wasn''t able to find the other fingers" shelooked backdown at her hand.Carol asked,"why do you need the fingers, a level 5healingtouch wouldgrowthem back?"The womanlooked upnowlookconfused "what''shealingtouch?" NowCarollookedconfused "it''s ahealingspell, at level 5itregrows limbs andhealsallinjuries"thewoman smirked atCarolclearly not believing her.Carol,nowangrysaid. "look, justunwrapped your hand and I''lluseiton you."
"ha, If that''s true, I''llgiveyou five silver"womanslowly unwrapped her hand. The wound was scabbed overand wasn''t bleeding anymore.Carol grabbed onto thewoman''s wrist andwoman''s arm and began to glow.
In front of the adventurer''s eyes.She watched, in astonishment as her fingers slowly grew back in 10 seconds. After her fingers were fully formed and her hand had completely healed.The woman held her lefthandto her face and sobbed while staring at her healed fingers.The two other adventurersgot outof their chairs to look at herhand.
Carolgot upand walked back to us.SmirkingIsaid. "you do know, half of the adventurers areprobablygoing toshow uphere and try to see if they cangethealed?" Carol smiled as she tossedupfive silver coins andcaughtthem."And yetI''m going to be rich"I''m starting to realize why her brothersfearher.