24 Chapter 24 (1/2)
Chapter 24
”Now, what do I do?” James was staring at the screen that had appeared before him just as the last of Z's group had fallen. Just as he had figured, the wipe of that party had given him enough experience to bump over 10,000 xp, meaning he had earned his first rank up.
Rank Up!
+1 lvl to all mobs
+1 upgrade points for mobs
+ 10 mob points
+100 maximum resources
Apply all changes now? Yes/No
James looked over the list, excitement and trepidation flowing over him. If he selected yes, his dungeon would instantly become more difficult, with all of his mobs leveling up by a point. James was curious what type of increases leveling up gave his mobs. What would an extra level do to their stats? He glanced at the floor below him, ignoring the flashing as another group attacked Old Man Jenkins. He had more important things to focus on.
”Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” James mumbled to himself as he selected the yes option. As he did, a bright light washed over his orb, and multiple windows opened up around him. His character sheet pulled up, showing he was now a Tier 1 Rank 2 Dungeon, with 10,016xp, leaving him with 89,984xp till his next tier. Not bad for 9 hours of adventurers diving in.
The next screen that opened up was his Mob Generator screen. As expected, the screen showed he had 10 unused mob points, and a glowing number at the bottom of each mob. His Dickens had a glowing +3, his sacrificial lambs had a glowing +2, and the others all had a +1. James figured the number meant how many upgrade points he had for each mob.
”Let's see what we can do.” He didn't want to make the dungeon too difficult just yet, knowing that the sudden jump in mob levels, even if only by one, would potentially cause issue for the players that hadn't started diving yet. At the same time, he wanted to at least look at what options he had for upgrades, and apply one or two points at least to his dickens and lambs. While they were the easiest mobs in the dungeon, they had definitely been putting in good work for him, and he wanted to reward them for their efforts. He also just really liked watching adventurers die to dickens.
James made the decision not to even touch Old Man Jenkins, his boss was strong enough already. He figured the first time Old Man Jenkins was defeated, he would give his boss a once over. Till then, the demonic farmer was just fine.
As such, he turned his focus to the strongest mob in his dungeon first, his Mad Cow. Focusing on the mob, he pulled up its window, taking note of the changes in its stats.
Mad Cow (5) Level 2
Type: MOOOOOOOOB
HP: 50
MP: 10
Atk: 8
Def: 5
Unique Traits:
Bullish Nature (passive): Will agro the first adventure in its sight 30 +lvl yards away
Mad Cow: The color red on an adventurers will cause the Mad Cow to become enraged, instantly drawing the Mad Cow's agro. While enraged, the Mad Cow has +40% Atk, but -20% Def.
Looking at his mobs stats, he was interested to see the Mad Cow had gained 10 HP, 2 Atk, and 1 Def for leveling up. James figured the amount each mob gained for a level up would vary on the mob, and was intent on checking out how his dickens and lambs had fared. James quickly scrolled over his upgrade options for the Mad Cow, and decided he was going to save the upgrade point for later on. Flipping through Swiners and Scapegoats, he made a similar decision. When he did eventually upgrade them, players were going to cry though.
”Mary had a little lamb-” James started humming the childish tune as he opened his sacrificial lamb's sheet. He was glad to see his lambs had increased their HP from 10 to 15, and their Def stat had increased by 1, putting them at 2. In essence, the lamb's survivability had increased, meaning they would be able to survive more attacks as they attempted to get near enough a party to explode. James was all for that.
The part he was really excited about though, was looking through the lamb's upgrade options. He pulled up the tab, and started to scroll through the available options in the upgrade tier. He currently had three options to choose from.