Chapter 207: Path of the Dungeon over Breakfast
No matter how much I hated the idea of running an empire, I couldn’t pretend I wasn’t. The space we demanded for our city here would only last so long, and while I had no intention of actually honoring the border agreements, especially considering how many people from surrounding areas had joined us, it would still be an issue I’d need to deal with when we expanded. The city council idea Alexandria had used might just be a model we could replicate as the empire grew. At least I could put off theoretical governmental bodies for a while still.
The Antarctic dungeon was starting to look more and more like a research base. The biggest surprise there was that Apollyon seemed to enjoy the researchers' company, Johan especially. He had somehow started to form a friendship with the core. Despite their long talks on the topic, though, the team was nowhere near solving the dungeon energy mystery.
What I likely shouldn’t ignore any longer was the sapience line in Path of the Dungeon. I had known the moment I took Apollyon from the archive, I had the last core I needed to unlock it. What I hadn’t realized until this morning, when I finally pulled it up, was that the other lobotimized cores did not count at all. That had been a strong blow to my hope of healing them, but I still wasn’t willing to give up yet.
I had also made the decision to bring them, along with every core I could, once Rorland and Teral made contact again. Whatever weird order they belonged to, the cores had a right to see and make their own decisions on it as much as I did. This likely meant Apollyon would be stuck here for the time being, but I doubted they would want to go anyway.
I pulled up Path of the Dungeon and invested the million experience needed to fully unlock it.
| -Sapience\System Registration {0/1} |
| Each time System Registration is unlocked, a single dungeon core may be registered with the System. Once registered, the dungeon cores gain access to all other unlocked Sapience classpath abilities. |
| Unlocked Count: 0 |
| Increase factor x100 |
| -Sapience\Quests {0/10 Levels} |
| Quests allow a dungeon core to begin receiving its own quests from the System. |
| -Sapience\Skills {0/100 Levels} |
| Skills allow a dungeon core to begin to specialize in its own skill development. |
| -Sapience\Classes {0/1.0E3 Levels} |
| Classes allow for a dungeon core to utilize class orbs and pursue their own classpaths. |
| -Sapience\Evolution {0/1.0E4 Levels} |
| Evolution allows dungeon cores to grow beyond their base form, expanding their capabilities. This is the first step on the path for a dungeon core to unlock its own soul energy. |