So unless there's a way for someone I trusted to have access to the system, I was stuck going over every little thing that had to do with the tower. I needed help with this, desperately. that way I can have more time to myself, since everything major I have done so far is partly attributed to making sure the tower is in proper shape.
• ORIGIN EARTH TOWER
• NAME:????
• MASTER: KAEL COR
• LEVEL: 8 (0/70.100)
• AWAKENING: 69/100
• CURRENT TASKS: NONE
• SHIELD: LEVEL 4: 16% (REGENERATING)
• BLOODLINE FOUNTAIN: TIER 1 (UNAVAILABLE)
• CREATION ENERGY: 17/ 100
• SOUL ENERGY: 100.000(348.000)/100.000
• EARTH ELEMENT ENERGY: 12565%
• WATER ELEMENT ENERGY: 6870%
• WIND ELEMENT ENERGY: 2880%
• FIRE ELEMENT ENERGY: 2310%
• METAL ELEMENT ENERGY: 2905%
• WOOD ELEMENT ENERGY: 3407%
• DARK ELEMENT ENERGY: 1570%
• LIGHT ELEMENT ENERGY: 1660%
• LIGHTENING ELEMENT ENERGY: 2000%
• TOWER SKILLS:[CREATE EARTH LEVEL 7/CREATE WATER LEVEL 5/CREATE WOOD LEVEL 5/ CREATE METAL LEVEL 5] [ENERGY CONVERSION LEVEL 6/ENERGY GATHERING LEVEL 10]
From the look of things the tower has experienced a qualitative change, and not to mention, it had enough to soul energy to get to level 10,the soul energy in the bracket seems to be stored soul energy, since what the tower absorbed went past it's storage capacity, and I'm sure it still shared a lot of that energy with the dungeon. The tower's skills also experienced a qualitative change, and it seems to me that my ranking up, has made it possible that no skill was below level five.
I was excited, because this meant that I could now complete one of my earlier missions about raising the tower to level 10. Now let's get this over with and see what the hype is all about.
"Raise tower level to 10!"
[AUXILIARY STORED UNREFINED SOUL ENERGY WOULD BE UTILIZED, PROCEED?...AFFIRMED COMMENCING LEVEL UP.]
[CONGRATULATIONS TOWER IS NOW LEVEL 10, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY USER INTERFACES UNLOCKED, TOWER SPIRITS AWAKENED, SHIELD IS NOW LEVEL 5, TOWER SENSE EXPANDED FOR TWO HUNDRED METERS, TOWER CAN NOW ASSIMILATE OTHER ORIGIN EARTH TOWERS WITHIN IT'S IMMEDIATE VICINITY, PLUNDERING THEIR ELEMENTAL MAKEUP AND CREATION ENERGY. TOWER CONSCIOUSNESS AT 99.99% AWAKENING, PLEASE GIVE TOWER A NAME TO COMPLETE AWAKENING.]
Okay, what the hell. That was a lot of changes, some really awesome changes if you ask me, it's as if the tower on its own was responding to my immediate needs, unlocking new functions that helped with all of my pressing worries and needs.
Now with the primary and secondary user interfaces, I could literally have someone else run the tower, and take care of gathering energy for it and assigning tasks, while I gallivant around the pit like the spoiled rich brat I am. I felt something brush across my feet, I looked down and almost jumped out of my skin at what I was seeing.
Gnomes, not the gnomes of Shearath that were more like dwarves, but rather garden gnomes, the kind that had pointy ceramic hats. Though this gnome did not look like it was made from ceramic, rather it seemed incredibly life like.
It bowed at the waist, it's blue pointed hat gleamed as it's edge pointed straight at my heart. Okay that's freaking me out!
"Hello master, how may I help you today."
Okay I'm panicking, I'm fully panicking. I was asking the tower for an explanation, but none was forthcoming.
I was worried for a moment before I remembered that it's consciousness was awakening, this was a crucial stage for it, and I had to give it a name to complete the process. Naming this tower would not be easy, I did not know whether to give it a masculine name, or a feminine one.
But I already named the dungeon core Soren, so maybe it would be better if the tower was female, but what name would work best. I thought hard for a while, before I said the first thing that came to mind.
"Your name would be Nefisat."
In my past life, I had a Muslim friend who worked at the same law firm as I. She was quite voracious, and very outspoken smart and at the same time very playful. Above all, her one flaw and also one of her greatest quirks, is he fact that she talked a lot and was a total workaholic. So hopefully this name served the tower well.
[ NAME HAS BEEN ACCEPTED, AWAKENING IN 4..3..2..1..0...….]
[Whoohoooo, it took you so damn long to wake me up master, ah it feels so good to actually be able to have coherent thoughts now. It feels so nice being alive, now I definitely have to taste ice cream, that's the first thing I want to experience. Err master? Master? Master Kael, are okay, why are you frozen like that, master?.]
Good God what have I created. The voice, the cheerful but apparent tone of condescending sarcasm, it was as if I was actually really talking to Nefisat herself.
And while we might have been friends, that girl was too blunt in a lot of ways, and she had the worst kind of superiority complex I've ever seen in a person. The shock wore off after a few minutes, and I settled down to listen to Nefisat explain the changes in the tower, or at least about the garden gnomes.
[The garden gnomes as you call them, are level 1 tower spirits, they are mostly responsible for cleaning, though due to their tiny size there's not much they can do. However it is possible to unlock higher leveled tower spirits if the requirements are met. Also each level of tower spirit, is a different race from the last, with different talents and responsibilities.]
Well that explained the tower spirit option, in a simple form, I would say they're supernatural servants, responsible for keeping the tower in order.
And garden gnomes are known to have quite the effect of plants, they were natural farmers, which meant they could take care of the farm in the first basement. I don't really have a use for the farm, but this was something I already started, and I would not be stopping myself halfway, I had a really good feeling about the farm.
So even though I have lost everything that's related to farming, such as the class and skills, I could still satisfy this still nagging urge within me about farming. I gave a mental nod to Nefisat and had her continue with her explanation.
[The primary and secondary user interface allows you to allocate or bestow or appoint.....I can't be sure which one of those words work better, thinking is an entirely new thing to me. It amazing! I mean have you always been able to do this, I can't imagine...]
The look on my face was so hot it could melt ice. It was just like me to bring to life a tower with a short attention span, life within this tower would either get really, really hard, or downright crazy. I was sad to say this, but I don't think that Nefisat coming to full consciousness made life any easier, shit just got a whole lot more complicated.
"Nefisat, please focus" I said to her as I massaged my aching head.
[Oh! Sorry about that, I just get so carried away some times you know, you know what I'm talking about right?]
I had a deadpan look and my face as I gave her an answer.
"No I don't"
[Oh! Well that's too bad. Anyway you can choose certain amount of people who would have administrative access to my system, allowing them to allocate tasks, handle leveling, or running some other functions that requires a personal touch. Now I can do all this myself, but I'm only five minutes old, so my judgment can't be trusted. Also should you create restricted areas or secret rooms, those with either primary or secondary access would be allowed access to it, on your orders of course. Next would be the expanded tower sense, it has now grown to 200 meters in any direction within the vicinity of the tower, which means I cam see everything that happens, even to the tiniest ants foraging for food. And the icing on the cake, the newly developed ability to assimilate other towers, I can assimilate all of their materials and energy, creation or otherwise, and store it in my matrix. Doing so will expand my awareness outside of leveling up, and I can get control of the those towers, becoming capable of building and altering it just like me. Of course we can dismantle them into nothing, and use the free space for something else. Done right, I believe we can build a village, town or city in this manner. With I, that is me, being the central intelligence that can control and monitor everything for miles upon miles of land and space. It would not be farfetched to say that you can literally control every square inch of the blue district, and given enough time, the entire pit.]
O, so that's what could happen, assuming I don't die tomorrow that is. So my insane luck strikes again, of course getting to that point would take a lot of work, and stress and blood. But the fact that such an avenue is open to me is amazing in and out of itself.
But I was not stupid either, with something like this dangling in my face, it's almost as if everything that I have done, or has happened to me, was only leading me straight down one path, and that was the path of leader. I had too many things to worry about, also there's a dragon still waiting for me out there somewhere.
"Okay Nefisat, show me the list of available tasks, and show me your updated stats. Also designate Xaseah, Asha and Asare as secondary users and grant them access to your system. Teluna, Nisi, Kodak, Gus, Magellan, And Varsessa should all be granted primary access. There's not much use for it now, but do that, and also introduce yourself and your tiny friends to the rest of the pride."
[You got it boss!]
• CREATE TOWER ASSAULT RELAY (BLUE PRINT AND SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRED) : 0.00% COMPLETED [COST 500% EAR-E, 500% WAT-E, 500% WIN-E, 500% FIR-E, 500% LIG-E, 500% DAR-E, 500% MET-E, 500% WOO-E, 5 CRE-E, 300 SOU-E]
• CONSTRUCT TOWER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR: 0.00% COMPLETED[ COST 400% MET-E, 400% WAT-E, 250% EAR-E, 400% FIR-E, 300 SOU-E, LIGHTENING ELEMENTAL CRYSTAL]
• FULLY CONSTRUCT AND OUTFIT FIVE FLOORS AND FIVE SUB BASEMENTS: 0.00% COMPLETED[COST 5000 UNITS OF EAR-E, WOO-E, MET-E, AND 1000 UNIT OF SOU-E, AND 5 UNITS OF CRE-E]
• ASSIMILATE NEAREST TOWER AND EXPAND TOWER AWARNESS BY 100 METERS(DECONSTRUCT OR REFIT): 0.00%[COST 2000 UNITS OF SOUL ENERGY, ONLY]
• ORIGIN EARTH TOWER
• NAME:NEFISAT
• MASTER: KAEL COR
• LEVEL: 10 (0/280.300)
• CURRENT TASKS: NONE
• SHIELD: LEVEL 5: 100%
• BLOODLINE FOUNTAIN: TIER 1 (UNAVAILABLE)
• TOWER SPIRITS: LEVEL 1
• CREATION ENERGY: 17/ 100
• SOUL ENERGY: 237.000/1.000.000
• EARTH ELEMENT ENERGY: 12565%
• WATER ELEMENT ENERGY: 6870%
• WIND ELEMENT ENERGY: 2880%
• FIRE ELEMENT ENERGY: 2310%
• METAL ELEMENT ENERGY: 2905%
• WOOD ELEMENT ENERGY: 3407%
• DARK ELEMENT ENERGY: 1570%
• LIGHT ELEMENT ENERGY: 1660%
• LIGHTENING ELEMENT ENERGY: 2000%
• TOWER SKILLS:[CREATE ELEMENTS LEVEL 5] [ENERGY CONVERSION LEVEL 6/ENERGY GATHERING LEVEL 10]
There were a lot of changes, the awakening option was no longer there, meaning Nefisat was fully functional now. The tower skills had changed too, all of the individual elemental creation skill, had completely fused to become a singular skill, though I'm not sure if level 5 is a good enough level for it to be at the moment. I was about to allocate the necessary tasks to Nefisat, before a system prompt showed up in front of me.
[CONGRATULATIONS OF COMPLETING YOUR MISSION] [MISSION: In one month, raise tower level to 10/ REWARD: 100 essence points.]
[YOU'RE DOING GOOD KAEL, AND PROGRESSING AT A NICE PACE....HURRY IT UP WILL YOU, AND STOP PLAYING HOUSE IN THAT PIT, THE UNIVERSE NEEDS YOU. ONCE YOU COMPLETE THE FINAL MISSION TOMORROW, I WILL GIVE YOU NEW ONES TO KEEP YOU BUSY. YOU DID GOOD KID.]
I couldn't help the shivering that my body involuntarily experienced. I felt like I was being watched, and it annoyed me since I knew earth was literally seven universes away from me, through layers, upon layers of dimensional veils. Yet it could still see me, damn this fucking system. Useful as it is, its helping the earth to spy on people, not cool at all.
The hundred essence points is barely a drop in the ocean compared to what I would usually need, but since it was the first mission given, I think earth expected that I would complete it a whole lot more faster, so the reward was minimal. It didn't matter though, I had different cards up my sleeve, so it's time to move on.
"Nefisat carry out task 3 and 4, and use the creation energy to exchange for any elemental essences that wouldn't be enough to finish the job. Get it done soon, I'm going down to see Soren."
[You got it boss, say hi to my baby brother for me! Tell him I'll come see him later, once I'm finished up here. Have fun!]
I left my apartment with a confused look on my face, Nefisat was just born, and Soren had gained consciousness a whole lot earlier than she had. Then how in God's name is she the elder sister, you know what, I don't want to know. Because right now, I had monsters to awaken.