This takes place in the morning of the 2 Alice chapters
So as the timing is a little messed up, I’ll add it as a spoiler here. Brian took down the Sword-horn bull in the evening of the day they came into the dungeon. That is also when the giant ferret appeared and began making its way towards Alewatch. Then Brian took his sleep after that and we are now in the next morning. So Alice is currently registering at the guild.
As I was watching over the dungeon core, I realized that my founder’s terminal had changed slightly. Like the master’s terminal that Christina has, it also has one card slot on it even when not in combat mode. I guess that will be useful when I only need to summon one monster, like when I’m traveling on Overdrive or one of my dragons.
(Laura, when did this happen?)
(I don’t know so it likely happened when you were in level-up sleep.) Laura told me.
(Oh yeah, you also sleep during that.)
(I wouldn’t call it sleeping.) Laura said.
(Well it’s close enough to sleep.)
(If you say so, Master.)
I took another look at the founder’s terminal and activated the combat mode. And it had changed as well.
Instead of the DiaDhank that it was, it now resembled a GX era duel disk, but it was made of the same gold material that the terminals were made of. Well, it didn’t have the bulky arm part that holds the deck and graveyard, but the ‘blade’ of the duel disk was basically the same. That meant I now had access to five monster slots and five spell/trap slots. And even a field zone. Sadly activating combat mode removes the one slot I had on the bracer itself, so I didn’t get six monster zones, but perhaps once I acquire link monsters it will be my extra monster zone. Original content can be found at novel fire.net
The duel disk also had five gems in the area between the two halves of the duel disk. They looked like small gems, but they were completely colorless. Perhaps they are something like monster cores.
[Kind of looks , but more plain. (If a gold duel disk can be called ‘plain’.) The bulky arm part is not there, and the large red gem is replaced with 5 smaller (about the size of the green gems) translucent gems. No other gems are present on the duel disk.]
(Master, I think you should also take a look at the Pack Opener skill. It has gotten something new as well. And you also have your daily tokens.) Laura said to me.
(Something new? What could that be? I don’t think I unlocked any new sets.)
… two new things? I guess that’s nice. There is also something in the instructions tab to look at. But why does my skill tell me what is new?
(That’s not the skill, Master. I did that.) Laura said.
(... you know you could have just said to check them out.) I argued.
(I thought you would enjoy this more.) Laura countered.
… no, I really wouldn’t. I hate seeing +1 on the information brokers. It just means I need to stop what I’m doing and go over and talk to them.
(Please don’t do it again.) I said to Laura. (If there is something I need to look at, just tell me.)
(If that’s what you want, Master.)
Now let’s check these new things out.
Okay, so the skill wants me to summon fusion and ritual monsters. Why?
(It might help the skill to evolve faster.) Laura said. (Using a skill in lots of ways is a great way of improving it. Perhaps the skill doesn’t want you to just rely on the monsters you always use.)
Wow. I’m not even maining just Blue-Eyes and the skill wants me to add variety. Well I guess I can do it. Now what do these ⅕ and ⅖ mean? I mean they mean that I’ve summoned one unique ritual and two unique fusions, but what happens when I get to 5?
So I get a reward at five unique fusion summons. That’s nice. Wonder if I get the next reward at 10? And my first reward is Meteor Black Dragon. That’s good. Not that it is stronger than Master of Oz, but it’s stronger than Blue-Eyes and it can fly, so it might be useful if I have to fight a dragon or something. Let’s check out the ritual one as well.
Ooh. I can get a Black Luster Soldier. It’s not the Envoy version, but that’s cool. But I need four more ritual summons for that. But really, getting a warrior with that kind of power will be super useful. Having both him and St. Joan will be super nice, and I can even summon them in the middle of town without being a Demon Lord or something. I mean they look human enough. Well, St. Joan is a fairy.
Oh yeah, there is also the sword of Black Luster Soldier to consider. If I get him, I can analyze his sword and recreate it with the dungeon. I’ve not made my own sword yet, as I don’t really know what style I want to go for, but having more options would be nice.
And if I got Buster Blader and Dark Paladin, I could analyze the sword staff of Dark Paladin. That might be nice for Alice. Then again, it might be a little much for her at the moment. Perhaps attaching a sword blade to get current crescent moon staff would be better.
Now then, time to check out the Promo Trade thing.
So I can get some promos. I guess that could be nice. But the wording for the ‘trade in’ sounds questionable. I wonder how much they cost.
I opened the available promos and checked them out. Most of them are … garbage, but Cosmo Queen and Millennium Shield are nice. The shield especially. I want one.
So I need to sacrifice five warriors for a shield. Let’s check the Cosmo Queen as well.
So I need 8 for Cosmo Queen. I guess it’s just equal to the level of the monster. Well I don’t really need Cosmo Queen at the moment, but Millennium Shield would be nice. A great defensive wall and I could use it to gain shield skills. I think.
(Laura, can you pick the five warriors?)
(Master, how about opening the packs first. That way I have more to choose from.) Laura answered.
(Oh yeah. I haven’t done that yet. I also need to check the instructions. Let’s check that out next, then packs, then Millennium Shield and finally some toploaders for the new cards I want to use.) I decided.
Setting cards? As in setting them face-down? That … Well, how does that work?
So I can set a card and it will automatically activate. That sounds super useful. In some situations.
(It’s also great for defending yourself from surprise attacks, Master. You could set Sakuretsu Armor on yourself with the condition that it will activate when someone attacks you, or when someone attacks you with the intention to kill. Sakuretsu Armor would automatically activate and kill the attacker before they could hurt Master.)
(Yeah I guess. But I would need to be careful with cards like Sakuretsu Armor. I don’t want to kill some innocent person because they play-fight against me.)
(Anyone that wants to harm Master is guilty and should be killed on the spot.) Laura said.
(...isn’t that a little extreme?)
(Master is the most important person in the world. That means that people that wish to harm you, want to harm the world itself and should be dealt with.) Laura reasoned.
(Yeah, how about no. That’s not super reasonable.) I told her. (But having a defense against lethal attacks would be nice, so maybe I could do something with that.)
(Thank you for agreeing with me, Master.)
(I didn’t agree with you. Your take was a little too extreme.) I argued. (I just want to avoid anything that can instantly kill me. Actually, if I had quick-play revival, I could resurrect myself as soon as I died, couldn’t I?)
(I suppose you could, but Master doesn't have any.) Laura said. (I also don’t want you to die.)
(Agreed. Dying sounds like not fun.)
Okay, time for some packs.
But what set to open? I guess I should go for some fusion and ritual monsters since I got the challenges for them.
(Then Master should go with Metal Raiders. It has a large quantity of fusion monsters.) Laura said.
(What about ritual monsters?) I asked.
(There isn’t a set that has multiple ritual monsters easily available, so I believe it would be better to focus on the fusion monsters.) Laura said.
(Yeah, that makes sense. Rituals really were underused in the early days. And even these days.)
Labyrinth Tank and Cannon Soldier. That’s two pieces of a fusion summon. Now I only need a Giga-Tech Wolf for that. And Giga-Tech Wolf is common. Then again, I know my luck when it comes to getting commons.
Well there is the wolf. Guardian of the Labyrinth is a material for Giltia. And Niwatori for Punished Eagle.
Summoned Skull? That’s cool. Or nice. Or amazing. Well, it’s good. And I think Black Skull Dragon is in this set as well.
And now Gate Guardian.
(Do I even have the parts for it?) I asked Laura.
(You lack Sanga of the Thunder, but you do have the other two.) Laura said.
Heavy Storm. That’s nice. And with Protector of the Throne, I now have the materials for Giltia the D. Knight. I need to Toploader another Polymerization to fusion summon all these monsters. Or get something like Fusion Gate.
Well, I got some fusions from the packs. Or perhaps a lot of them. I think I have enough to go for the first reward already. Probably for the second as well. If the second reward comes at ten unique summons. But before I worry about that, Dark Beginning 1.
Imperial Order and Delinquent Duo? Those might do something stupid. Might need to test them out. Ground Collapse is good to have as well, now that I know a little about what it does. And Gaia the Fierce Knight is the last piece I needed to summon Gaia the Dragon Champion.
Time Seal... I should experiment with that at some point as well.
And along with Summoned Skull, Gate Guardian and even Heavy Storm. Having them is nice.
I guess next up is getting my Millennium Shield.