The Crafter's Defense: A Dungeon Core Novel (Dungeon Crafting Book 2) by Jonathan Brooks (best ebook for manga .TXT) 📕

how to do that; she would be missing the enchantment runes, of course, but if she had some sort of schematic she thought she could build one if she had enough time and a brand-new room entirely just for that…

Anyway, since neither of those would impress upon them her willingness to help, Sandra knew she had to do something else.  When she had seen the orange, another idea had popped into her mind.  While she didn’t think it was as impressive as, say, forging weapons or building War Machines, she thought its impact would better convey the message she was trying to get across.

As soon as they were assembled in the room and lined up along one walkway, she used her Mana to produce a large pile of Orange Tree Seeds like the one she had absorbed in the Kitchen area.

New Origination Material found!

Orange Tree Seed

While the Orange Tree Seed cannot be used directly as a Monster Seed, it can be used in specific applications to create a whole new Monster Seed.

If the sudden appearance of the pile of Orange Tree Seeds startled them, then the sudden movement of dozens of Articulated Clockwork Golems all around them freaked them out.  They all pulled their knives out and held them in front of themselves defensively, but none of the Golems even came close to them.  Instead, they picked up seeds and started to dig and plant them in one of the dirt plots, seeding one entire 100-foot plot.  As soon as they were done they stepped away from the plot and her Singing Blademasters went to work; she had enough inside the room to completely cover an entire plot with water as soon as it started to pour down.

She had the Rolling Force above start the water trap and water started to pour down on her spinning constructs, and soon enough the sprouts from the Orange Trees were popping out of the dirt, reaching up to the bright light that was also emerging from the ceiling.  Fruit-producing trees apparently took much less time to grow, because within minutes they were already two feet high and growing at a rapid pace from there.

The Gnomes all looked shocked at what they were seeing and were completely silent as they watched the trees grow; Sandra had seen the Elves using their elemental energy to increase the speed at which plants grew, but the Gnomes didn’t really utilize their energy in the same way. She could also say without any type of false modesty, that her plants and trees grew much, much faster than anything she’d seen the Elves accomplish.

Within a half hour, the Orange Trees were already tall and mature enough to start bearing fruit.  Large, juicy oranges were already hanging low on the branches nearest the Gnomes, and it wasn’t too much hardship for them to reach up and pluck one off for themselves.  After peeling the skin back, they tasted them and exclaimed in surprise.

“These are so much more delicious than anything we get from the capital!  I guess that having it fresh instead of shipped out to us on the border makes all the difference,” Jortor added after he had eaten the entire orange and was licking his fingers.

“Okay…so you can feed us.  I’m actually very impressed – I’ve never seen anything like that before, and it amazes me how you can grow anything down here, let alone fruit trees.   However, we’re not exactly starving for food right now, but it’s nice to know that you can help provide some if we need it.  What I’m more fascinated by, though, is how you made those seeds appear out of nowhere.”

* That was actually what I was trying to demonstrate to you.  I can reproduce almost any material that I have initially absorbed, but it needs to be crafted or grown as you’ve seen here.  So, while I can supply you with all the Steel you might need— *

Sandra used her Mana to create a big brick of pure Steel and made it appear where the Orange Tree Seeds had been, to the shock of everyone there.

* —I have to manually craft everything that is a finished product.  Hence, the workshops you’ve seen on the way down here, as well as the other workshops down below. *

She saw Violet look at the large brick of Steel and to the Orange Trees – which had stopped growing when Sandra turned off the trap – but it still had plenty of fruit growing on it.  “I see.  We could definitely use the material now that our village has been destroyed—” the Gnome said, anger in her face and voice— “but why would you help us?  And what do you want in return for all of these ‘gifts’ you want to bestow on us?”

They were fair questions, though it was hard for Sandra to answer.  She knew exactly why she wanted to help them, but as far as what she wanted in return, it was something that they might not want to provide.

* I don’t want to help just you – I want to help all the races around here.  And the only way to do that for you is to help you in any way I can, to gain back what was lost when your Academy fell to the dungeons.  Not only that, but I think there might be a way for everyone to survive the coming dungeon monster invasion that is sure to come if something isn’t done about it. *

“How can we gain back what we lost?  There are very few Master Enchanters left to teach us all, and even if they could teach what they know in time, there is a serious lack of Apprentices that could even learn how to do it.”

* That’s where you all come in.  Currently, I don’t have the ability to do any enchanting, but I’m