Dungeon of Chance: Even Odds: A Dungeon Core Novel (Serious Probabilities Book 1) by Jonathan Brooks (interesting books to read TXT) 📕

“You’re going to have to risk it, unfortunately; if you wait any longer, you could still have the same problem in the future.”  Clay knew what Dwight meant; even if he waited another few days when his CSH was higher, there was a chance that he could still lose it all.  A lesser chance, granted, but still a possibility according to the probabilities.

So, he spent 1,000 of his Crystal Chips and braced for the ripping pain of Core Structure Health loss…and nothing happened.

Your Core Stage has been increased!

Current Core Stage: 3

Fortunately, during the process you did not lose any Core Structure Health!

Current Core Structure Health: 5

Remaining Crystal Chips: 13363

New Star Limit!  25 --> 40

New Monster Limit!  75 --> 100

New (Crystal Chip) Daily Accumulation!  2 --> 3

Yes!  None of my CSH was lost!  He was very glad he hadn’t lost any more, because he didn’t want to be reset back down to 1; that, and the pain was not fun from the process, so in his book it was always good to avoid it if possible.

But now that I’ve increased my Core Stage, I see that the next one only costs 1,500 Chips…should I go for it?

The baby dragonling by his side snorted…adorably.  “You’re still facing the same even odds as you just were, so there really isn’t any point in delaying it.  Having a higher Core Stage is always better, as it will give you more to work with.”

Good point.  He knew that it was a gamble, but he didn’t really have too many other choices that would benefit him more.  So, he spent another 1,500 Chips and did it again.

Your Core Stage has been increased!

Current Core Stage: 4

Fortunately, during the process you did not lose any Core Structure Health!

Current Core Structure Health: 5

Remaining Crystal Chips: 11863

New Star Limit!  40 --> 60

New Monster Limit!  100 --> 125

New (Crystal Chip) Daily Accumulation!  3 --> 5

It worked!  Again, he didn’t lose any of his CSH and he was now Core Stage 4!  With a new Star Limit of 60, he figured he could do a lot with that.  However, when he saw how much the next Core Stage was – which was only 2,500 Chips – he had to stop and think about it for a second.  It was much less than he thought it would be, and he had more than enough to afford it, but he had already gambled twice and come out on top of the probabilities.

That wasn’t the biggest deal, however, because he had to think about the Summoning Portal and its different Spawn Eggs – and the Bundle Packs that were offered.  He technically had enough Chips at the moment to purchase, believe it or not, an Epic Spawn Egg!  It cost 10,000 Chips, but it also provided the best opportunity to obtain an extremely powerful Monster, which would help him feel more secure about the safety of his Dungeon Core.  The downside of purchasing the Epic Egg, however, was the fact that there was still a 1% probability of getting a 1-Star monster; even if that 1-Star was somehow Legendary in Rarity, it still wouldn’t make up for the 10,000 Chips he spent on it.

A step down from the Epic Spawn Egg was the Mystical Spawn Egg, and he could afford to purchase Bundle Pack #2 – 10 Mystical Spawn Eggs!  The Bundle Pack came with the guarantee of something 6-Star, which could mean either a monster or a trap.  That was the sticking point for Clay when it came to the Mystical Eggs; there was approximately a 60% chance that it would be a monster and just under a 40% chance that it would be a trap.  While he was planning on putting some traps in the “nightmare” room and even the hallway leading to his Boss Room, they weren’t as important to Clay’s plans as monsters were.

For one, traps didn’t provide any type of “reward” for getting past them safely; two, the purpose behind them (from what Dwight had implied) was to teach Heroes to stay on their toes, figure out how to solve problems, and to be ready for the unexpected – none of which were going to help right now.  In the future, the benefits they could provide would be invaluable, but for now Clay was going to use them only as a means to keep the Heroes away from his BOO.

Then there were the Common Spawn Eggs and the Bundle Pack #1 – which he could buy hundreds of, if he chose to do so.  While the majority of the Eggs would undoubtedly be Common 1-Star monsters (other than the guaranteed 3-Stars), that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.  If what Dwight had mentioned about each of the monsters were true, he would be able to “evolve” the monsters if he had enough of them.  For instance, he currently had 7 different Common 1-Star Rats; if he obtained 3 more, he could somehow combine them together to create a 2-Star Rat.  Then, if he obtained 9 more 2-Star Rats (either through the evolution of 90 more 1-Star Rats or by finding them inside of Spawn Eggs), he could create a 3-Star Rat.

Whether it would be worth collecting so many of these monsters in order to do that was a whole other matter to consider.  Right now, with his current Monster Limit, he could hold up to 125 monsters. That seemed like a lot, but if he were trying to accumulate enough of the 7 different kinds of Common 1-Stars (technically 8, but he wasn’t holding onto Cats) to evolve into 2-Stars, he would need at least half of his capacity to accommodate them.  Then, if he did want to evolve them even further, he would need to have