3 Chapter 3: First Steps (1/2)
Gaia patiently waited in the Core Room for its brother and Dungeon Master to emerge from the portal. It had hibernated for the past year to stave off its boredom. It only kept enough energy to keep the ten eggs floating and feed them mana every day. Today was exactly one year after that fateful day. It was extremely excited to start building its dungeon and most importantly it could finally meet its brother again after a very long uneventful year.
As it thought up of different ways to design its dungeon, the portal in front of it suddenly flashed with a bright white light. As the light died down it saw a familiar figure covered in bands of rings and small multicoloured boxes.
”Brother!” Gaia exclaimed in joy as it rushed in front of Marcus.
”I'm back!” Marcus chuckled, ”And I've brought A LOT of resources!”
”Put it down brother so that I can arrange it later. Where should we build our storages?” Gaia asked.
”Create pocket dimension here in the Core Room and store them there. As an Absolute Rank Dungeon Will that shouldn't be too hard right?” Marcus teased it a bit.
”Of course not!” Gaia exclaimed as it puffed its chest out...or at least tried to, ”I am the highest rank that a Dungeon Core can become. A pocket dimension is but child's play!”
Marcus laughed, ”Build an incubator room here as well while you're at it. I wanna see what are inside these eggs!”
”Pocket dimensions and incubator coming right up!” Gaia enthusiastically said.
A couple of bright flashes of light later and the rings and boxes were gone. On the walls were now rows of fluctuating black dots which were none other than the storage dimensions. Beside the portal, there was now a 5-metre tall tree that had ten branches. On each branch was a single egg. This was called a Tree of Life - a top quality incubator that all races use, even the Gods, Devils and Buddhas use it.
”You sure are a spendthrift Gaia,” Marcus commented.
”I'm actually usually very thrifty brother but seeing as how these eggs can determine our future, I dare not withhold any resources in securing a good future.”
”Alright let's see what you offer,” Marcus said as he walked towards the first egg. He bit his finger and let his blood drip onto the egg. This was a spell called [Blood Contract]. It allowed the caster to guarantee the absolute loyalty of the being inside the egg. In turn, the being would be reliant on the caster for its food and growth. The more blood the egg absorbed the more powerful the being inside the egg is.
After ten drops of blood, the egg started to hatch. ”Ten drops only so it's definitely not an extinct race. It also shouldn't be very powerful...goblin maybe?” Marcus sighed disappointedly.
”That would indeed be the case if brother's blood was normal blood. However, brother's blood is that of the mighty Primalborn so something that takes ten drops should be pretty good,” Gaia comforted him.
As if to prove its words a short, muscular child broke out of the egg. Surprisingly it already had a beard at its age! It turned its eyes to Marcus and humbly asked, ”May master give this one a name.”