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โOk,โ I said, โIโm ready when you are. Letโs do this thing.โ
Kyrine reached her hands out on either side of her, and after a moment Selena and I both stepped up and took a hand each. Then Selena and I joined hands as well, creating a linked circle around the enchanting table.
Immediately, I felt the dramatic effect of the magic. There was a deep sound on the edge of hearing, like a massive subsonic boom that I felt in my guts rather than in my ears. Then, a high, electrical whine, like an electrical frequency just at the top end of my range of hearing.
Kyrine stood still as a statue, her eyes closed, and her hands joined with ours, but Selena looked scared.
โDonโt break the circle!โ I warned Selena. I couldnโt have said how I knew, but instinct told me that if the circle were broken right now there could be bad consequences. Sweat began to bead on Kyrineโs brow, and then I felt it tooโheat, pumping out of the enchanting table as if it were an oven.
The candles flickered, and I glanced at the window. The view of the gothic fantasy city flickered, then went out. Outside the window was utter, impenetrable blackness.
This was getting creepy.
I glanced at Selena. She was looking scared, her eyes wide, staring at me and at the blank window behind me. I smiled reassuringly at her, though I was feeling far from comfortable myself.
The table began to glow a dull red, and then a sudden bright light shone out from the green ghost jade crystal.
With a lurch as if the carpet had been drawn out from under us, the room vanished. Everything except the enchanting table and the three of us, was gone. The second shock was realizing that we were now all dressed in black robes with the hoods up. All around us was blank space. There was no up or down, no floor, nothing but a swirling gray mist that seemed to surround us in a cocoon.
โWhat theโฆโ I began, but Kyrine interrupted me.
โWeโve done it!โ she said brightly, breaking the circle, stepping back from the enchanting table and pushing back her hood. Selena kept a tight grip on my hand, and I didnโt feel inclined to let go of hers either. I couldnโt feel anything solid under my feet.
โUh, what have we done, Kyrine?โ I asked.
โWhy, weโve created our new dungeon, of course!โ said Kyrine, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. The enchanting table had stopped glowing red and emitting heat, but the runes on it still glowed steadily. There was no sign of the nugget of ghost jade, however.
โThis?โ said Selena, looking around at the mist. โThis is the dungeon?โ
Kyrine nodded happily. โThatโs right. Weโll need to begin adding things to it, of course, before we can see anything. It wouldnโt be a good idea to move too far away from the table just yet. You might get lost!โ
โNo chance of that!โ said Selena, laughing shakily and looking around at the mists. โIโm not going anywhere! How do we start adding things?โ She looked down at where the gray mist flowed under her feet. โCan I suggest beginning with a floor?โ
โOh, yes, you should begin by putting limits on the space,โ said Kyrine. โA floor, a ceiling, walls. Once youโve done that, you can move freely around the space, adding things as you desire.โ
โAdd a floor,โ I said, consideringly. โAnd how do I go about doing that?โ
Kyrine shrugged. โI suppose you justโฆ do,โ she said, as if it wasnโt that big a deal. Then, despite her warning to us to stay close to the table, she wandered off into the fog.
โHey!โ I said. โWhere are you going?โ
โIโm returning to the mansion,โ Kyrine replied. โYou must take it from here. This is the role of the Keeper.โ
Her voice faded into the mist.
โShit,โ I said to Selena. โI guess this is the Keeperโs job.โ
Selena was still holding my hand, but now she let it go, tentatively leaning on the edge of the enchanting table instead. โPerhaps,โ she said, โitโs something like your summoning technique? Maybe you could try approaching it the same way as you approach summoning monsters?โ
I nodded. โThatโs not a bad idea.โ
I turned my attention inward. Within myself, I had two spheres of energy. One of them was my own center, a ball of magical light that was filled with my own core of energy. I guess it was my equivalent of a creature core. When Iโd joined with Kyrine, Iโd been gifted with a second sphere, this one exclusively for summoning creatures.
With rising excitement, I now found that a third sphere, smaller than the other two, had appeared within my center. I reached toward it eagerly, and a ping alerted me to a new notification on my Personal Cultivation System. Holding onto my awareness of my internal spheres, I opened up the Cultivation Systemโs display to look at the notification.
Stats: Dungeon
Status:
Blank
Name:
Blank
Level:
0
Creatures:
None
Traps:
None
Chambers:
None
Boss Level:
N/A
Times Run:
None
Mana Expended:
None
Adventurer Deaths:
None
Outside Connections:
None
Upgrade
Not available
Add item?
Selena seemed to be growing more confident. She moved round the table, keeping one hand on its edge, to look at my screen. โWow, you did it!โ she said.
I nodded. It was taking me quite a lot of effort to maintain awareness of my core spheres and my Personal Cultivation System readout, so I experimentally let go of my core sphere awareness. Nothing changed.
โLooks like I can manage the creation of items from the screen here,โ I commented with a sigh of relief. โLetโs give it a go.โ
I tapped Add Item and a new screen appeared.
Options: Add Item
Floor
Ceiling
External Wall
I reached for Floor and
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