The Dungeon Fairy: Three Lives: A Dungeon Core Escapade (The Hapless Dungeon Fairy Book 3) by Jonathan Brooks (the false prince TXT) 📕

“Well, the Projectile Shield ability is a sustainable shield that can protect me from any projectile as long as it’s active.  It’s expensive at 500 Fairy Mana per minute, but I think that is well worth the cost.

“Then there’s something called Creature Boost, which allows me to connect with one of your creatures to provide a boost to its physical abilities, effectively doubling its deadliness.  The only problem is that I have to be in the same room as the creature, and I can only Boost one creature at a time.

“Forceful Repulse is an instant ability, which sends out a shockwave of magical force that can push everything away from my location.  It is powerful enough that I think I can actually hurt someone if they slam into a wall or something – or perhaps into a trap?

“Then there’s Mass Ejection, which is something I’ve never heard of before,” he continued excitedly.  Tacca had to agree – she hadn’t heard of it, either.  “It requires all of my Fairy Mana, but it basically opens up a portal inside of one of your rooms and ejects everything living it touches out of your dungeon, just outside of the entrance above.  This, unfortunately, also includes any of your creatures in the room, as well as any Environmental Objects such as your plants and trees.”

That certainly is powerful!  The ability would’ve been extremely helpful when those merchant Raiders with the powerfully enchanted armor had attacked, for instance.  Against those blue-skinned invaders, though, it would’ve been useless because Shale had been unable to use any of his abilities.

But her Dungeon Assistant wasn’t even done yet.  “Then there are two more abilities, both of which will help you immensely.  One, the Perception Link, should allow me to share with you what I’m seeing and hearing – even outside of your dungeon.”

That is amazing!  Now I can finally see what it looks like in the village down below.  Is there a range limit on it?

Shale shook his head.  “Not that I’m aware of.  It should work just about anywhere, as far as I can tell.”  His face brightened up as he explained his last ability.  “Lastly, and this is another ability I’ve never heard of, is Energy Transmutation.”

What in the world is that?  Although many of the abilities that Dungeon Assistants gained from working with a Core were common, there were quite a few that were unique – but even those abilities were documented.  As she had studied everything she could at DAPS, she had knowledge of most – if not all – of the abilities a Fairy could gain from their increase in Ranking; this Energy Transmutation was not one of them.

“From what I understand, I can use the ability to…transmute?...my Fairy Mana into Dungeon Force, and then transfer it to you.”  There was silence in her Core Room as they both processed that for a moment.

That is…insane!  How?  What?  Why?

For a wonder, Shale actually had some sort of explanation, while Tacca was floundering in shock.  “I think it’s because of our connection, and because of your unique situation,” he explained slowly, working it out as he spoke.  “You are both Fairy and Dungeon Core, so it makes sense that I would gain an ability that would take advantage of both aspects.”

It did make sense, in a way, but the ability was extremely powerful.  Since the ability didn’t cost anything, it essentially meant that – with Shale’s natural FM regeneration – he was essentially an extra 80 DF per minute.  Unless he was using his FM for something else, of course, which would cut that down extensively, but otherwise he was like a portable power source.

In short, it was awesome.

She took advantage of that immediately, as she continued to hollow out a new room in a new section, directing her Carve Earth ability in 20 different areas, each of them consuming 5 DF per minute – which made the entire process so much faster.  Tacca also found that it was much easier to split her concentration in so many different places than it had before, which she attributed to her recent Core Improvement increases.

Shale flew out of her dungeon, with both of them eager to test out if his Perception Link would actually work, and she found the downside to his Energy Transmutation: it stopped as soon as her Dungeon Assistant crossed the entrance threshold.  That wasn’t too much of a bother, though, because when she really needed his help, he usually wasn’t too far away.

For the first time since she had become a Dungeon Core against her will, she once again experienced the freedom of flying through the air, of being able to bathe in the morning light of the sun, and feel the wind whipping through rapidly fluttering wings.  They weren’t her own, of course, but the Perception Link that Shale now had was much more than just seeing and hearing; it was as though every sensation he experienced was passed through to Tacca’s mind.  It was both wonderful and made her a bit sad, as she missed experiencing these sensations herself, in her own Fairy body.

Regardless, even a taste of it was better than nothing, and she refused to let disappointment that it wasn’t her body’s sensations that she was feeling right now get her down.  Instead, she focused fully on what Shale was physically feeling, drinking in the ease of which he flew through the air like a dehydrated wanderer in the desert.  That might also explain how she was able to see movement below Shale before her Assistant even registered it.

Shale, there’s someone climbing up the mountain pathway.

Her Dungeon Assistant immediately focused on the movement, acknowledging her communication.  “This…could be interesting.”  With that thought sent to her, he swooped down lower, hoping to overhear any conversation between the ragtag