Ch.8 The weight of a name

After I cursed everything I could think of I started talking to myself.

* Theres only too days left after I get out of here to prepare for the invasion, the trap room I made so far will definitely stall them for days but I need more fodder and road blocks, time is key, I just need to make the place as frustrating as possible. I am not like other Dungeon Cores in the games or novels at least, for the first days or weeks, I myself is the biggest lure for my "food" to willingly walk inside. With my problem being that there's too much demand for the supply (me) my goal needs to be to buy my time and slowly make a impenetrable fortress.*

while I was planning to make my invaders cry for there mommy, the system once again made itself known.

[New Missions are available for the host. Host should accept them when possible.]

*Mmhhmmm... missions?*

Snaping out of my, how to torture the invader till they cry (trade mark) mindset, I take a look at my Missions.

[Mission: Adoption Cave

Description: Using the host purified mana trade, for one of the following monsters.

(Slime): A weak creature with endless evolutionary Possibilities

Attacking power: 1

Magic power: 0

Defense power: 3

Magic resistance: 0

Agility: 1

Special skill : Adaptable stomach

Description: Can eat anything and everything, things with mana will take a long time to digest or kill the slime if there's higher rank mana.

(Wolf cub): The infant of a savage wolf, sharp fangs and claws.

Attacking power: 4

Magic power: 0

Defense power: 2

Magic resistance: 2

Agility: 8

Special skill: Enhanced senses

Description: Increases the connection to the bodys nerves, allowing the detection of danger and attackers weapons trajectory.

(Poisen Ivy): The roots of a plant monster, growths quickly, has sharp poisonous leafs.

Attacking power: 2

Magic power: 2

Defense power: 1

Magic resistance: 1

Agility: 0

Special skill: Elemental Mana addict

Description: Uses all the Elemental mana around it to grow extremely quickly, enchant it's poison potency and production, mana it can't process will turn into fruits

Missions progress : 0/1

Reward: Resources for the rooms created in host Mind scape.

This first mission was incredible! I could finally be a proper Dungeon with my own pet's [minions], however only being able to pick one out of the three was frustrating! I asked the system to make sure.

*System can I only pick one? If so can I pick the rest later?*

[Host awakening of its primal instincts will absorb 500miles worth of random Elemental mana. The speed of wich Host can absorb mana after his awakening will vary depending on the actions of the sepiant races. After calculations host will have thirty points of pure mana this is sufficient to trade for all three]

At first I was happy then confused? If I can have all three why is the mission only asking to pick one? after I thought about it the process of making pure mana should not be easy. I don't know how long it would take to turn 500miles of Elemental mana to pure mana to trade with. The system ever-present in my mind answered for me.

[Host has fourteen points of pure mana at present. Host please check (Dungeon Core data and Statistics) on your field of view.]

I blush a little, completely forgotten about my icons in all the excitemen and aw.

*Oh! ya I forgot ha-haha....*

I quickly took a look at my icon, noticing that the giant question marks were now properly displayed. the icon for (Inventory & Resources Dimensional Storage) was very compact and slick looking, a column of small lockers looking like a tall building with a black hole in the middle, too conveyor belt making a half eight the top one delivering crates of rainbow gems to the black hole, the other arm of the eight receiving a large cuts stone, urb full of water and steel pipes from the black hole.

The final icon (Purified Mana Exchange Market) was alot more grand, a large circle with a stage in the likeness of a planet, a action house hammer in the middle, this however verily covered half the middle instead a large stage with a red curtain covered the rest of the Circular icons middle, the red curtains are open, one pure white hand initiating a handing motion to another, the sides of the icon looked like my core to the right and a planet with too moons on a starry background to the left, the rest of the icon have small shops selling fruits and meats on one side and tableware on the other.

After looking at them I quickly touched the icon i was looking for. A window popped up with my statistics.

Prismatic Dungeon Core : ???

Mana: 39/500

Elemental mana: 48/421,474

Pure mana: 14

Special skills: ( Protocol#30 System: Host )

Description: The system, a piece of the world's will, it's goal? Pure mana, in exchange of this symbiotic relationship, the host can tap into the nearly endless calculating prowess of the world, as well as ask for small favors with a large price tag.

After seeing this my eyes nearly pop out! I have heard of old grandpa or grandmas that protect the reincarnated people till there strong enough or main characters with the ability to create anything with enough power. Me? I get basically both, tho I have to pay a large price, this is still awesome! After the excitement pass i took a look at my name full of question marks.

*System, the question marks next to my Core type is my name right? why is it empty.*

[The Host has not been named yet. Would host like to be name?]

* Of course my name is ...B-aah..Br-aaah...*

As I tried to call out my name my voice breaks and I started to cry, while the tears keep falling in the back of my head a memory surfaces.

~ Hello little one can you hear me?~

*This...is miss Q'ill again? This memory must be from that child.*

[?] w-who is that? are you one of the scary red dots?[?]

~I am so glad you can hear me sweetie! I am Q'illtress Birch Blossom, what's your name little one~

[?] Name? what's a name? Quill Beach blazoom? [?]

Oh-ho this kid's gona get it, to my surprise however I only heard a small crack like someone stepped on a branch, my money is on miss Q'ills teeth or my geode.

~I-it. is. Q'illtress.... Dear... call me Q'ill for short. Ok?~

[?] Qu-Qi-i-ll Q'ill![?]

~Yes! Just like that, that's my name, Mmhhmmm.. Dear you really don't have a name?~

[?] No.. miss Qill, you remind me of the scary red eyes that hide in the darkness not too far from me, they also have angry voices are you one of them? [?]

~Q'ill!.. wait? Scary eyes? Dear can you explain what you can see.~

[?]What i see? I see myself and a white stretch of land with nothing on it, then after that there's darkness. whenever I think about something a piece of the darkness comes closer, when I try to reach to it red scary eyes show up, then voices full of angry noises pop in my head and it starts to burn. I stop thinking about it and the eyes and pain stop, but the darkness stays close and won't go back were it was.[?]

~Dear.. w-why don't you stop reaching to them, I am here now! let's chat you and me, no need to talk to the wills.. I mean, scary darkness ok.~

[?] Ok.. you seem nice... your voice is so warm... hehe[?]

~Dear your such a good child yourself, how about this ill Call you Malpetios! It means the light in the shadow, how about it do you like that name?~

[?] Malpetios? ok sounds good Malpetios! He-he I got a name, I'll call you Miss Nice then! Gillpeass is hard to say.[?]

~IT'S.... gha.. sure sweetie call me Miss Nice.~

I slowly came back to my senses, the system ringing in myhead, to my surprise however the monotone voice has a bit of sadness to it.

[Host has chosen (Bahbrah) as it's name is this correct?]

*N-no... my name.. my name is Malpetios!*