33 Chapter 33 (1/2)
Chapter 33
”About time you're back.” James was greeted by Rue's face once again, the pixie nearly pressed up against his floating orb. She drifted backwards with her wings, a small smile on her face. ”I missed you Glyax.”
James couldn't help but smile at the reception, her mood had definitely changed since they first met, for the better. Whereas before she had come across as condescending and borderline abusive, he could feel her emotions had warmed towards him, and he was quickly growing attached to the pixie. James had to wonder what the AI's were like for the other dungeons, and if he had just gotten lucky with his.
”So, what have you been up to while I've been gone?” James was pulling up his screens as he chatted with the pixie, quickly browsing through all of the data. He was nearly empty on resources, just as he planned, with his maximum sitting at 2500. James figured the first thing he did, while he waited for his level 5 mob research to complete, was to begin building his new floor. He already had a vision that would work with the tier 2 mobs at his disposal, now he just needed to bring it to life.
”Were you even listening to me?” Rue's voice had raised a pitch, and the pixie was staring at him, her hands on her hips. Oops, James had zoned out after asking her about her time while he was in the real world. That wasn't going to end well for him.
”Umm.” James glanced from the screens, to the pixie, to the screens again. ”You're so pretty.” He panicked, and those were the first words out of his mouth. He really needed to work on his interaction with the pixie.
Rue stared at him hard, before a soft smile crept up to her face, her head shaking. ”You're an idiot.” The pixie sighed and glanced at the screens he had up. ”So, what's the plan, oh wonderful dungeon core?”
”For now? How about we build up floor two. Afterwards, we can go about assigning mobs.” James pulled up his dungeon creator tab and selected his tier two floor. Suddenly they were once again teleported to the empty expanse, the bright sun bathing them in its warm glow. Before he selected his resources, preparing to spend a few of his precious tokens, a thought crossed his mind.
”Hey Rue.” The pixie turned at his words, her face questioning.
”Yes Glyax?”
”Can you remind me to put a trapped treasure chest on my first floor, in the barn?” He had nearly forgotten his conversation with Dwight earlier in the day. James definitely wanted to set up that trapped chest. By using his alert settings for his instance, he would be able to receive a notification whenever a group neared the chest. Meaning he would be possibly learn what Dwight's in game name was. Revenge was going to be sweet.
”You want a trapped chest, or a mimic?” Rue was glancing over his orb, taking in all of the screens he had up. She was staring at his research table.
”I don't have mimics.”
”Yet.” Rue pointed at his current research. Rank 5 mob research would finish in a few hours, while rank 5 boss mob research still had over 15 hours remaining.
”When your rank 5 mob research is finished, you will unlock mimics, because you also have rank 5 loot and rank 5 traps completed.” The pixie crossed her arms, grinning at him. ”That's the secret requirement for mimics.”
”Oh really? What other things have secret requirements I can unlock?” If James had eyebrows as a floating orb, he would have one raised right then.
”That's for me to know, and you to find out.” The pixie started laughing as she did a backflip in the air, grinning at James. ”I'm not that easy, that I'll tell you all my secrets after a single night of immersion together.” She finished her statement with a wink, and James's mind once again broke for a moment. He silently thanked and cursed the developer that had come up with her character. Whoever it was, definitely loved anime.