The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL] novel Chapter 65

Chapter 65: Click Clack

When Luca spent 15,000CP on three Contractual Spirits in one bundle, he thought he was saving money. The description stated that each Contractual Spirit would be equivalent to one farmer.

Other choices were available, but they averaged 7,000CP or higher for each one, and as a penny-pincher, that sounded a little too heartbreaking.

But maybe there were more things to consider than just the bottom line.

All Luca wanted was to follow the idea that a happy farm was a happy life. But how did it end up like this?

It all started with the prompt:

[Acquired: Contractual Spirit Bundle x 1]

When Luca tried using the item the same way he did for anything in his inventory, he was surprised to find that it didn’t work.

[Missing: Energy Crystal x 3]

"Huh?" Luca stared at the prompt and tried to see if he had seen something like that. He knew of Spirit Stones, but what were Energy Crystals?

"Oh no! The item needs energy crystals to make this work. Do we even have those?"

Luca realized he was too worked up when he bought something without scrutinizing the fine details. Maybe he was too bothered about the debt and couldn’t concentrate as much as he needed to.

"About the Energy Crystals, Host, I think we should be fine with that."

"You’re saying we have Energy Crystals?"

"If you look at the side of the Recycler, we should have a few of them by now."

"!"

Luca moved toward the direction pointed by D-29, and sure enough, there was a glass-like cylinder with iridescent liquid.

It was such a beautiful color that Luca didn’t notice how it was slowly titrating into a container before solidifying into tiny crystals.

"So all the corrupted loot we’ve thrown into the Recycler were used to produce this?" Luca marveled at the giant glass tubes that weren’t even a quarter full.

"Yes, Host. Apologies for not discussing the Recycler in detail. We’re recycling to obtain Filtered Energy Essence that would solidify into Energy Crystals."

"What are the Crystals for?"

"Host, It is what powers the Dungeon."

"Wait, what? Isn’t it powered by the Energy in the environment?" That was an unexpected answer. All this time, he thought it was the ecosystem that kept a steady supply of Spiritual energy.

"Yes, Host. It is, and that is why the entrance to the dungeon could remain intact even when you didn’t have enough energy."

"But with the expansions and additional features, the Dungeon must have a way to sustain itself. And that is through Energy Crystals."

"Host, you may want to try storing a few in your inventory."

Luca followed D-29’s instructions and stored several pieces before pulling one out.

"Hmm"

"Why does it look so much like an Energy Core?"

He shuddered at the memory of his past life. Back in Tesseris, the Awakened would use these Cores to improve their abilities, eventually allowing them to move up ranks faster than manually accumulating energy. _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}

Wow.

[Contractual Spirit Bundle Activated]