Chapter 37: Chapter 37 - Dungeon Core
"Maybe we shouldn't have brought back a hoard of bookstores back," Cloud sat inside the temporary tent, staring at the Dungeon Core in his hand, along with Tifa, Aerith, Eve and Arthur.
Arthur was lying on the bed, his face flushed from fever, "Ah...I wanted to see that...He must have been so bored with being the King that he's having fun now..."
Aerith stroked his head, "He'll be back soon. You can see him then," she wasn't sure what was keeping his sick. He had been so ever since he left Haven. She could tap into people's Fate and Eve could heal but nothing helped Arthur.
"Hmm..." Arthur closed his eyes, not wanting to bring down the mood which they noticed.
Eve patted his chest, looking towards Cloud, "What does it do?"
"Well, it's like this," Cloud put it on the bed, a screen appeared on top of it, showing them the project values.
[Current Dungeon Points: 999]
[DP/DAY: 999]
[DP Catalogue]
Land
Flowers
Sea Water Lake
Decor
[Exchange] (Exchange more items to add to DP Catalogue)
"Hm," Cloud's eyes went towards the bottle of water in the tent. Tifa noticed the look in his eyes. She brought the bottle to him.
"Thank you," he took the bottle, placing it near the orb, "Exchange."
A white glow appeared around the bottle, taking the bottle with it and the Catalogue upgraded.
[DP Catalogue]
Land
Flowers
Sea Water Lake
Fresh Bottle Lake
Bottle
Decor
...
"How much is land?" Eve tapped on the Land, causing more information to appear.
[Land: 1 Square Meter per 10 DP]
"100 Square Meter? How big would that be?"
"I don't know, probably the size of this tent," Cloud looked at the tent, it was on the larger size, enough to be the size of a room, "His Majesty said he'd be bringing someone as strong as me...let's say this added some more points in the daily...an area a little bigger than this. How long would it take for us to have proper land?"
"100 days," Arthur coughed and whispered, "It would take 80 to 100 days for a hectare. Depending on who father brings."
"How big is that," Aerith gave him a troubled look.
"Football field...I think," Cloud knew that much, having memories of being a SOLDIER he had this trivia from assessment training, "That not enough to house the people we brought. It's crowded in Avalanche."
"It's not near enough..."
"Arthur?" Eve shifted her eyes towards her son, who breathed out.
"That creature made of energy...it's not near enough..."
"Right, Isobu!" Aerith clapped her hands, "Isobu has ton of chakra, we can borrow it a little to give us a good start."
"Can't we ask His Majesty? No don't say it," Tifa suggested and thought otherwise. She still remembered the drop of his aura to this day. She hadn't felt that much danger from anything. Not even when Cloud trained with her at full strength.
"Yeah, I doubt this thing will be able to take it," Cloud picked the Dungeon Core, "that gives me the idea. I can bring it here or take the core to it. If I can take it, then I might be able to take it where all the strong people are in this world and gather initial DP."
"That's...surprisingly smart," Tifa patted his shoulder, lightly massaging them.
"Surprisingly?"
Tifa cleared her throat, suppressing her smile, "that's good. We'll wait for His Majesty to come back. Why don't you take Aerith to talk to Isobu?"
"Ok."
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Next Morning,
The morning wasn't easy for Cloud. He was bombarded with questions from the people he brought along. Many of them were from the New World they went to. Faces that he was familiar with like Alice, Jill Valentine, and faces he had no idea about like Saya's father and mother and their entourage.
From what he heard, they wanted to earn a Nobility Title and gain Rights to Their World, which sounded reasonable, but it also made them eager.
'Maybe they would be better at managing this,' Cloud thought to himself, planning to talk to them later. The plan was interrupted by when King came back from his survey with two people following him. One of them increased his points by 250, which was saying something.
"They are?"
He had become a Progenitor of the World and his strength boosted to the Peak of Phase 1, and that only gave 400 points per day. He scanned the woman with blonde hair, wearing a grey kimono. Her large breasts were pressed against the fabric of her clothes. A small necklace hung around her neck.
She looked around her, not answering. It was King Aurum who did.
"This is Tsunade-Senju, she will be the face of the Village so you can attract more people from this continent," he courteously stepped aside, "and this little lady here is Shizune."
"Little lady," the little girl blushed, hugging her piggy. She hid behind Tsunade, clutching on her kimono.
"She's strong," he had a boost in strength but most of his strength came from dangerous things like Jenova. Or Zombie poison in his veins. The only thing she had were experience, skills from his memories. Though now he could copy limit breaks using Aura. He wasn't sure who would win if they fought, 'I lack real experience...I can't judge.'
"She'll teach you everything you need about Chakra."
"Don't tell me you are going to build a Village here? On Beach?" Tsunade looked at the sand under her feet, narrowing her eyes. She didn't sound very happy with the idea, "With what? You have nothing."
"Cloud will show you how," he patted Cloud's shoulder, "I'll be leaving soon."
"Arthur. He's sick. He has been sick for sometime now," Cloud worriedly told him.
"Is that why you came to find me? Your people are sick?" Tsunade crossed her arms, "alright, lead me to him."
"He," Aurum decided against explaining. He walked in front of her, taking her to Arthur's tent along with Cloud. She paused her steps for a second, seeing the golden-haired girl sitting beside the boy. Tsunade couldn't hide her surprise, but she kept going forward, checking on him.
She expected something like seasickness, but she couldn't tell what it was. He looked healthy in every aspect, but something was making him sick. Her eyes shot towards the man with snow-white hair, standing at the entrance with a knowing smile while two girls hopped behind him and the other boy to see what was going on.
Tsunade took her hand back, taking a deep breath, swallowing her pride, "what happened to him?"
"His Fate. He is a Pendragon and thus is meant to stay and rule the Camelot in the Future. Running away won't do. His body will keep being like this."
"Is this a joke," Tsunade looked at the rest. She didn't believe in something as flimsy as Fate. She was hoping rest would think of her but they didn't react, their faces remained downcast.
"Alright, Arthur. You wanted to try, and I let you. Now sit. We are going back home," Aurum walked over to the bed.
"No..." Arthur turned away, curling up, keeping his eyes shut. All he wanted was this sickness to disappear, and remain here.
"Arthur," Eve worriedly tried to pull him towards her, hoping he would listen.
"No..." he pulled the blanket on top of him.
"Arthur..."
"No!!"
"You can come back later," Aurum tilted his head with a smile. Those words made Arthur sit up, he gave him a hopeful look, "Really!"
"I sent Red Queen to Zack. Once his Expedition is over, and we have new technology you can frequent here. Few hours a day shouldn't be a problem," Aurum tried to gently explain.
Arthur's eyes widened, "Really?!"
"Did I ever lie to you?"
"No," Arthur scratched his head, grinning, "thank you, father!"
Tsunade looked at him with slight shock before she turned her face away, clenching her fist.
"You look better," Aurum smirked, "Now come. We should go before your adrenaline disappears.I'll send you back first."
Arthur hugged the pillow, crossing his legs. He hesitated, feeling awkward. He looked up to Cloud, "I haven't lost yet. I'll be back next time, and stronger."
Cloud's face twitched, trying to hold back a smile, "why don't you go back and sleep a little. You are talking in you sleep."
Arthur didn't even fight him on it. He hugged Eve, whispering, "I'll be back, mother."
"I'll come see you," Eve softly whispered, kissing his head, "don't push yourself too much."
Arthur sat down on the side of the bed, nodding, "I am ready."
Aurum patted his head, and the two of them disappeared.
Tsunade glanced at the heavy look on their faces, "Sorry...I thought I could heal him..."
"No, it's fine," Eve took Tsunade's hand in hers, "Thank you for trying."
Tifa breathed, "He'll be fine. He won't leave us for long. Zack must be on his way back from Expedition."
"True, Zack would be back soon," Aerith excitedly chuckled, "He's going to bring good stuff. Till then, we should complete our work here."
"Then I'll fill her in," Cloud looked towards Tsunade, "and we can decide what to do from there."