Dungeon Core Online

Chapter 90

"I must say Glyax, that's definitely…. A look?" Rue was staring at him up and down with eyes red and tearing from laughter. James had summoned his pixie to his side after he finally finished adding equipment to his avatar. Sadly, while he had unlocked the skills and upgrade tab for his Avatar, he didn't have any options for either just yet. His upgrade tab, it seemed, required upgrade points, which he needed to ask Rue about. The skills tab had options descending in Rows and Columns, like a normal skill tree would for regular characters. Each row though, corresponded to his research level, and sadly, the level one Row had a single option, which was already selected and glowing.

Summon- Allows the summoner to summon a mob equal to or less than the level of the summoner, from a list of available summon options.

When James had hovered over the option, hoping to see what his mob options were, he sadly didn't get any information. He also wasn't sure what his level as a summoner would be. Honestly, the Summon skill read exactly the same as it did for players, but obviously, as a dungeon core, James hadn't leveled in quite the same way as they did.

"Trust me, this was the best they had." He grumbled, glaring at her. And, he was actually glaring. It was nice to be back in a humanoid body, if for the sole purpose of being able to actually use expressions.

They were standing in an empty dirt arena, with various test dummies arrayed all around them. The Avatar Training Grounds were extremely similar to essentially every other game's test zone or training ground. An empty space to practice your skills and get used to the controls. Of course, being that this was virtual reality, the controls were easy for the most part. It came down to getting used to the UI and learning all the important nuances incorporated into the game. For instance, someone, somewhere, decided spell casters would almost always need to use hand gestures in order to cast their spells. Thankfully, most games used the same gestures, but still, it felt a bit silly, especially when you should just be able to cast spells with your thoughts, in James's opinion.

"Uh huh." Rue nodded, before breaking out into another fit of laughter. She had once again looked him up and down and couldn't help herself. Damned Pixie.

"Well, at Avatar Research Level 3, I get access to my second floor's gear." That had been what James had found out when it came to the weapons and armor options for his Avatar. What he had access to, from the generic lists of gear he could choose from, were based on his dungeon floors, and his research levels. At level 1 and 2 of Avatar research, all he had access to, was gear from the first floor of his dungeon.

Of course, for dungeons that were a single type, that simply meant upgraded stats, and probably visual effects, for their gear as they increased their levels. For James…that meant demonic farmer gear for level 1 and 2, and steampunk dinosaur gear for level 3 and 4. James shuddered to think about what would happen at research level 5. He still had to get around to creating his third floor, before immersion ended. But first, he really felt he needed to get a hang of his Avatar.

"Well, on the plus side, you should have that no problem before the fight against BLANK." Rue held her hand over her mouth as she stifled another laugh. "Because right now, I don't think BLANK would take you seriously."

"Thanks, brat." His elf, whom he had spent so much time making, was currently standing there in the very demonic farmer gear that they had laughed about all of his adventurers wearing. Compared to the generic robes the game had started his avatar in, the increases seemed minor, and the gear didn't carry with it set bonus that it did for the players. However, slight increases were better than no increases, and as Rue said, he would be getting rid of it soon. But, for testing out his Avatar, it would do. Honestly, he probably should have just kept on his robes for the test run…but hey, hindsight was 20/20.

"So, what all can you do, or mighty farmer? You going to summon up some corn bread and chicken for us?" At the mention of food, James's elven stomach grumbled, causing him to wince. Damned Pixie.

"I swear… if I summon a-" James held out his hands in front of him and closed his eyes. Doing so was needed for summoners to summon their pets, he knew that much. What surprised him, was as he closed his eyes and focused on summoning, a list of information appeared in front of his mind.

Summoner level 5 (Avatar Research Level x 5)

Summon Options

Dicken- 1 point- lvl 1 mob

Sacrificial Lamb – 2 points, lvl 2 mob

Swiner- 3 points, lvl 3 mob

Scapegoat- 4 points, lvl 4 mob

Mad Cow- 5 points, lvl 5 mob

"Seriously?" James had known it. He had seen it coming. Of course, why wouldn't it be? Summoners in DCO were able to summon from a list of mobs from a general selection, which ranged in elemental types and abilities. However, James figured the creators of DCO had tweaked the Avatar classes to keep them from being too op, and to keep them on theme with the dungeons they were representing. Which, as James was guessing, meant even as a summoner, he would be limited in what he could summon. Sadly, that meant he was stuck being able to only summon his mobs. And at low levels, that meant… his demonic farm animals again. He would never escape his dickens, would he? Though, on the plus side, he also knew the best ways to utilize every single one of his mobs, giving him a slight advantage.

James selected his Dicken and was prompted with another window.

Summon 1x Dicken? Y/N

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He selected yes and felt his mana flow through his body. The runes on his wrists burned, and as he opened his eyes, he saw a small summoning circle appear on the ground before him. A moment later, a regular sized dicken appeared. Ah, it seemed his summons as an Avatar would not get the upgrades the dickens in his dungeon did. That was a bummer. James focused on his dicken, and his eyes widened as its stats pulled up.

Dicken Lvl 1 Summon

Type: Demonic Poultry

HP: 60

MP:60

Atk: 6

Def: 6

Unique Traits

Birds of a Feather: Dickens double all stats when in groups of 5.

Flock together: If dickens are repeatedly struck by nonlethal damage, the offender will pull the aggro of all dickens within a 10 x lvl yard radius.

Active Buff

*Avatar Summon* - All stats increased to reflect Avatar Level Threats (Base stats x (5+Research Level)

This, James could definitely take advantage of. It seemed while his summons didn't have his dungeon's improvements, so no roided out dickens, they were still getting stat boosts. And, while currently he could only summon one mob at a time, James had seen a level 2 skill for his summoner class that he knew now he immediately wanted. It was called mass summon, and it was normally a lvl 10 summoner ability, which allowed a summoner to summon multiple mobs. There were of course limitations to it, but James was certain with it, he would be able to summon what he needed. Grinning, James turned Rue as he mentally sent his dicken to attack the dummy. The poultry let out a cluck, the same James and Rue had heard countless times, and then raced forward to obey.

"I think BLANK is going to regret choosing to face us."

Rue yawned and glanced at the dicken that was attacking the dummy. "You going to give them a good dicken?"

"You know it." James laughed at the joke. It was tired, and overused, but still fun. He kept smiling as he closed his eyes, and mentally dismissed the dicken. As the creature faded away, the runes on his wrists grew cool, and a tingling he hadn't realized had been there the entire time he had the dicken summoned, disappeared.

"Now, how about we prepare our third floor, while we wait for the research to finish?" They were 6 hours into the final day of immersion. His research levels for Avatar, Core Defense, and Core Offense lvl 2 completions all had 18 hours remaining, meaning it would be pointless to use a dungeon token on them now, as he would still have to wait 6 more hours. That meant, the logical step, was to build his third floor.

"Oh, dungeon building is always my favorite." Rue grinned at him and cracked her knuckles. "Can I spin the wheel again?"

"You know, you have a gambling problem." James chuckled as he mentally closed the avatar training grounds window, which removed him from his avatar's body, and returned him to his floating orb. "But I suppose I'll continue to enable that."