The Crafter's Dominion: A Dungeon Core Novel (Dungeon Crafting Book 5) by Jonathan Brooks (e ink epub reader .txt) 📕

to Nether and Fire.  Even after seeing it succeed, Sandra still had trouble believing that 2 people could be that powerful.  They would make awesome Enchanters.

The thought of Enchanting caused Sandra to do 2 things.  One, she went to check up on Violet and the Gnome Princess, quickly finding them in Violet’s room down below, with Princess Celeste in her coma in Felbar’s former bed.  The Dungeon Core wanted to finally ask Violet what happened and where she had been, but the obviously exhausted Journeyman Enchanter was sprawled out sleeping on her own bed.

Two, she suddenly had a thought of how to solve a few problems, by continuing what she had been working on before the Golem-Classification Dungeon Core had finished its upgrade.  But first, she needed to get Echo and the two Royal personages downstairs; now that the two new Elves – strangely enough, when she looked at her Visitor’s List, their names were King and Queen – were Bonded, they needed somewhere to rest as well.  They hadn’t woken up from whatever ailed them, so hopefully some sleep would do them some good.

Sandra expanded the room that Echo had used while she had been staying in the dungeon, utilizing some additional Mana to create materials for making a pair of beds.  While she was doing that, she had two of her constructs arrive to pick up and transport the Royals down below.

I’m making a place where they can rest right now, but I’m also working on a solution for the Energy Orbs, as well.  While we move, why don’t you tell me why they were unconscious in the first place, and why you think they didn’t wake up after the Bond.  After that, I’ll tell you what’s been going on around here.

They started to walk, making their way down below via the VATS, and Echo started to explain what had happened to her from the beginning.  “Well, I’m sure it won’t surprise you to know that Elder Herrlot was up to something – but it was something completely different than either you or I expected….”

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It turned out that a lot had happened to Echo when she had gone back to her homeland to get help.  The story that she had been essentially imprisoned for days on end, and then held underground as she was pulled into some sort of plot to save the King and Queen from the machinations of someone named the Chamberlain, was almost too unbelievable to be real.  It was only the fact that the King and Queen were in her dungeon right now that allowed Sandra to believe that what Echo had described had actually happened.

By the time that the two Royals were comfortable in their new beds that Sandra crafted with inordinate speed thanks to some Goblin Crafters, the poor Ranger appeared as exhausted as Violet had after she had arrived.   You can get some sleep, too, and I’ll wake you up if there is any change in the King and Queen.  Sandra was trying to be positive, but from what she could determine, there really hadn’t been a change in the 2 Elves even after Bonding.  Then again, she didn’t really know anything about this mind-control thing Echo had described – and it didn’t sound like Echo really did, either – so it was entirely possible that they would wake up at any time.  Do you want me to let a certain someone know you’re back?

Echo jumped in startlement as she stared longingly at her own bed, and a heavy blush suffused the Elf’s cheeks at Sandra’s question.  “Umm…no.”  She looked down at herself, obviously seeing the dirt and sweat that even the Dungeon Core saw was coating her body and clothes.  “I really need to get some sleep and wash before I see…anyone.”

Perfectly understandable.  Let me know if you need anything; if I don’t respond, you may need to figure it out on your own until I’m back in control.  At first, Sandra had been wary of letting the Elf know exactly what was going on with her Core and her mind.  After a brief internal conversation with herself, however, she realized that it was better to be open and honest with her friend.  As she revealed many of the things that Sandra hadn’t even described to Winxa about her inner mind, she felt relieved, as strange as that sounded.

She’d never had friends before when she was alive and living as a merchant – at least none that she felt comfortable sharing secrets about herself.  With Echo, Violet, Kelerim, and even Gerold, she felt as if there was something special about them that caused her to want to open up and share.

Before she dug too deep into that, wasting time that could be better spent crafting, she dedicated her focus as Echo lay down to sleep on her problem with Energy Orbs.  Not only was it something that could benefit her crafting, but it could also solve the problem with the King and Queen being able to use all of their vast access to the elements in combination with Energy Orbs.  Even if they decided not to embed Energy Orbs in their palms, to have to carry around 6 Energy Orbs on a necklace or some other type of jewelry would be more than a bit cumbersome.

Winxa had brought up the “impossibility” of combining two elements together in a single Elemental Orb, and Sandra hadn’t had a chance to prove or disprove that theory.  After checking on the tunnels again and informing the Shieldmen and Rangers to stand by in case there was an aboveground attack, Sandra turned her attention back to her upper workshop.  If something went wrong, it was far enough away from her Core that she was confident in her safety – and the safety of everyone else currently residing in her dungeon.

Focusing on the entrance of the workshop near the old Bearling