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Chapter 29

”I have no idea how you won that bet.” James grumbled as his 100 resources were taken from him by his pixie. As she predicted, the group made a holy hand grenade comment. More specifically, Med Ic had made a comment about preparing to launch a holy hand grenade. He then proceeded to count one, two, five, three, and launched a golden orb at Old Man Jenkins, which had finished the boss off.

”Well, their group is a bit predictable.” Rue was grinning as she flicked her wrist, and it seemed she was checking her own screen. She had to have close to 200 resources from him, tricksy pixie.

”But-”

”And at level 10, clerics get a holy blast, which serves as their first actual offensive ability. I figured Med Ic would give the skill a try, especially since he was wearing one of those chicken talon holy symbols. They give him +5 to his magical attack after all.”

James had to stare hard at his pixie, as his sleep deprived mind tried to follow what had happened. Had his easy going AI, who just made crude jokes and gave him a hard time, really put that much thought into her bet? She was a lot more devious than he had thought.

”Alright, well I will win the next time.” The gamer in him refused to lose to her anymore, and he was sure when his mind wasn't sleep deprived, he would be able to think things through just like she had. He just wondered how many more references she was getting that he wasn't. James needed to figure out what things these players were referencing. His generation of gamers had their own jokes, and he was aware of some older memes from the early 2000s, but anything before that, he was sadly out of his league on. He was guessing the Knights Who Go Ni were an older group of gamers, cracking jokes from their childhood while they played.

”Inconceivable.” Rue stuck her tongue out at James, before she broke into a fit of giggles. He smiled softly to himself, she had started out a bit intense, but now that he was used to her personality, he found it made him smile.

”Oh, look, it's time.” Rue motioned to a timer she had pulled up, and sure enough, there were just a few seconds left. As the clock struck 0, a bright light washed over everything, and suddenly all of the adventurers were gone. It was just Rue, James, and the demonic farm. At the same time, an achievement appeared before James's orb.

Achievement Unlocked- Sleep is For the Weak- Stay Awake for 200 hours. Are you hallucinating yet? Maybe talking to a pixie or fairy that is really a figment of your imagination? Go you!

Rewards- 10,000xp 1000 resources 5 dungeon tokens

”Huh, that seemed a bit snarkier than usual.” James glanced at the achievement once more, finding the strength to grin as he patted himself on the back. He had done it. It had been hard, but he had done it. Another screen popped up after he closed the achievement.

Tier Up!

Congratulations you are now a Tier 2 Dungeon!

Resource base max increased to 2000 (does not include structures

Tier 1 Mobs have all been promoted to level 10

Boss mob has been promoted to level 15

+1 upgrade points for mobs

Mob points for Tier 1 now 200

Tier 2 instances unlocked

New research options available

New loot options unlocked

You are now able to create a Tier 2 floor

You are now able to summon Tier 2 mobs

You have been awarded 5 gold

You have been awarded 5 dungeon tokens

James felt overwhelmed as he read through the list, and closed it out, pulling up his character sheet, to see what else had changed. He was most curious to see how the experience had changed. James knew games had a tendency to increase experience costs at certain milestones. He had even heard Z and his group complaining about the experience jump once they reached level 10. Apparently from level 1 to 10, the cost per level had increased by 100. So from level 8 to 9 it had cost them 900xp, and 9 to 10 cost them 1000xp. But when they hit level 10, it cost them 1500xp for the next level, and 2000xp to get to 12. The only reason they had managed to hit level 12, was because they unlocked an impressive amount of achievements while they farmed mobs. James sighed as he pulled up his character sheet, dreading what he would see.

Glyax Tier 2 Rank 1 Dungeon

Mob Type: Random

102,361 xp

17,639 xp to next rank

197,639 xp to next Tier