The world was still.
Or at least, his world was.
The little money-grubber didn’t think that things could be worse.
After everything, they only had 207,100 CP. And this prompt was talking about something that costs so much!
200,000 CP.
His hands shook as his soul hurt.
"Luca, what’s wrong?" Xavier approached, and only then did the little chipmunk creak his head to face him.
And he looked pitiful.
Luca’s eyes actually trembled as he tried to explain what was wrong with his life.
"I—I think we’re broke." The little money-grubber managed to say it.
"Broke?" Asked Xavier, whose tone could’ve made Kyle gasp in horror.
Luca nodded slowly, still in disbelief that it could be this bad.
"It’s asking for the last 200,000 CP that we have for a Dungeon-Linked Space. But I’m not even sure what that means."
True.
Unlike the other upgrades, this wasn’t as obvious, aside from clearly being a space linked to the Dungeon.
"Host! About this, I have summarized what I could gather from the manual."
[DUNGEON-LINKED SPACE:]
[Creates a stable, anchored sub-space outside the Dungeon]
[Extendes as a designated spatial note to act as a dimensional access point]
[Limited Environmental Transfer: replicates Dungeon conditions at a lower efficiency]
[Gate Control: The entry point to the Dungeon-Linked Space must be manually placed and can be relocated (with CP cost)]
Everyone stared at the growing prompt that was shared with them.
"Wait a minute, brother."
"So, like another Dungeon Space?" Ollie asked, trying to make sense of what he was reading.
But just as he said that, a giant red ’X’ mark appeared on his screen.
"Okay... I guess that’s a no?"
D-29 obviously wouldn’t accept the notion that it would only cost 200,000 CP to make another Dungeon Space and wanted its opinions to be known.
"It’s probably like an outdoor shed. Like it’s part of the house and can be seen by everyone, but the entrance is different."
"It says you have to place it manually? That means you must find a spot for it, like the pocket dimension, right?" Verified Kyle.
"But where could we even place it? Our Guild Office barely fit in the small shack." Luca remembered how they could only basically fit that pocket dimension door.
Xavier actually had a few planets they could use to test this, but he thought that Luca would benefit more if it could help extend his current reach outside of Planet Nova.
"Luca. What about the Duchy?"
Luca blinked up at Xavier’s suggestion and realized how that might really be a workable idea.
Provided he could get his father to agree.
But to everyone else that wasn’t even a question. For the Duke would likely agree even if his precious son said something about letting Tortie stay there in his full form.
And it was definitely as expected, just a little wilder.
Duke Leander was actually in the middle of a meeting to discuss their next objectives when his terminal prompted him with vigor.
It was the highest priority prompt, which could only mean one thing.
His precious boy, Luca!
See? He gets calls from his son now, too! And he doesn’t have to just sit there as all these other geezers get one from their kids!
Hmph!
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