Chapter 414
[Most of our civilisation was lost when the blasted system changed us . No need for farmers, artists or poets when you're a monster . It was our ability to manipulate cores and create pets to fight for us that mattered, and over the years we've taken that skill as far as we can . ]
The two of us were relaxing in Formo's house, carved into the wall around the outside of the forge . The inside was as simple as the outside, a small number of rooms, a crude bed and furniture which had been carved from the rock . Formo sat on a stone chair next to a small table whilst I stood just outside with my head through the door . This part of the town wasn't exactly made for monsters to move comfortably in, and the Sophos were quite small .
[I'm a bit surprised that you guys all seem to look pretty similar . Since you're monsters, shouldn't you have evolutions and all that? What tier are you anyway?]
Formo's snort rang in my mind for a moment before he spoke .
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[It's a touch rude to ask that sort of thing, old bean . But I don't mind I suppose . We deliberately don't evolve much in order to keep our settlements in the upper levels of the Dungeon . Most of us are tier five and a few of us are tier six . We use mana concentration enchantments to bring mana up from below in order to sustain us . If we kept on evolving, that'd become impractical and we'd have to move down . This settlement is already something of an oddity, since most of our communities are in the second strata . Better cores down there . ]
[I can imagine . Any chance you would share those enchantments?]
[Nope . ]
[Dammit . ]
I think for a moment . I can feel that the mana in the air is more concentrated in here than it was in the tunnels outside, which is crazy considering there aren't any mana veins . Are they moving mana around with some sort of mana air conditioning system?!
[Your friend Tirimon seemed very interested in my pet Crinis . Any particular reason for that?]
[Is that the tentacly one?]
I nod .
[Yes,] he began to muse, one clawed hand coming up to stroke his narrow chin . [That's quite the rare specimen you have there . Quite rare indeed . Very new species . We encountered them for the first time during the wave, which I presume, you did as well . ]
[For sure . Scared the heck out of me . ]
[Hah! I bet! It's not unusual for the Dungeon to spit out new species during events like a wave, see how they fare . Now that things are calming down, we're quite keen to send an expedition to the lower levels to see what we can see . ]
I refrain from pointing out that they won't see much, due to being blind . That's too cheap, even for me .
[No one's going to steal her are they?] I ask nervously .
[What?! THEFT!? NONSENSE! The Sophos aren't petty thieves! ]
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