Mennok had been napping while Jenny rummaged through the Hoarders stash. He had already checked their surroundings so that he had enough time to take a nap to get rid of some fatigue. He wasn't actually napping, he just closed his eyes and tried to forget about his surroundings so that he could focus and he didn't know the word for whatever he was doing so he just went with napping.
Mennok had been imagining killing monsters left and right and watching levels trickle in when he was interrupted.
"Is that... (gasps) it's Jonathan's daggers?" She inspected the blades and then did a quick appraisal.
(+1 Dagger Mastery, 13% chance "poisoned effect")
"I can give this back to his family aswell."
"Mennok?" He lifted his head and looked in Jenny's direction.
"Can you keep William's sword and Jonathan's Daggers with you?" His face lit up. "Only temporarily. I need to give these back to their families."
"Family stupid."
"What?"
"Family stupid."
"Why's that?"
"Family want to take weapons from Jenny's friends."
"That's because they're related and they've known each other for a very, very long time. You wouldn't understand Mennok."
"I do. I understand. Me once have skeleton family. Me stay long time with them. Me think skeleton brothers help me, but they betray me and try to kill. I kill them back. Family not good."
"I wouldn't exactly call a few days a long time Mennok. William and Jonathan have known their families since they were born."
"Born? What born?"
"When someone is born is kind of like how you came here. You spawned."
"Ooooooohhh. So Jenny people born in Dungeon?"
"My "people" are called Humans."
"So Humans born in Dungeon. Why I not see here?"
"Not every Dungeon has the exact same Monsters."
"More than one Dungeon? Waow."
"Yes, and no humans aren't born in Dungeons. They are born from their mothers."
"Mother's?"
Oh boy, looks like she's dug herself in a rabbit hole.
"A mother is like someone who takes care of you when and feeds you while your growing up."
"How feed?"
"Ummmm... when they're really young they breastfeed their children."
"What is Breast?"
"It's ummmm... it's ummmm.... oh boy how do I say this. It's like a chest but for females."
Mennok pulls up his shirt and points to his pecks. "Like this one?"
"Eww what are you doing?! Put your shirt down!" He put his shirt down.
"Kind of but its..bigger and round, very round and big for some."
"You female?"
"Yes. Why?"
"Why you not have breast?"
Her face went pale.
"U-ummm.... I do. It's just they're quite",her voice lowered to a whisper," small."
Mennok cupped his hands behind his ears.
"Quite what?"
"S-small... Quite small! There I said it ok?"
She couldn't believe she was being humiliated by a skeleton.
"At least I have skin!"
"I not female, still have bigger chest."
"Whatever! Back to what I was saying. My friends have been with their families for a very long time, so they might want something to remember them with."
"Ok. Only keep weapons for little bit."
"Here, take them." She handed him both sword and daggers which he quickly stored away.
"We have to start moving, we can't stay here forever."
Mennok and Jenny stood up and began walking down the pathway. After a few minutes of walking Mennok broke the silence.
"Jenny?"
"Yes?"
"What is friend?"
"A friend is someone you have fun with and wants what's best for you. They would help you out if you're in trouble or help you go through tough times. Friends are a delicacy that many don't realise until they lose them."
"Me your friend?"
"Huh?"
"Me your friend? Mennok your friend?"
"Hmm....I guess you are my friend."
His face lit up and he looked at Jenny who smiled at him. They continue to walk for a while until Mennok nudged Jenny in the arm.
"What now?" How many times was this guy going to bug her?
"Here." He handed her the broken sword that he had been using for quite a long time.
"What for? I told you I couldn't use it anyways."
"Gift. For being my friend."
"Aww, thanks a lot Mennok." She hugged him and he hugged her back.
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[Warning: Intruders eliminated Imp's. Nearing current location.]
[Send reinforcements (Lobrok)? Yes/No]
"No. Stinky Lobrok stupid, weaker than Thrak the Great. Let them come. I kill them and then eat tasty meat.
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"Let's rest here for a bit. We've been walking for at least an hour now." Jenny placed her bag and pouch down on the ground, took out a piece of cheese and started nibbling on it while Mennok sat at the wall and opened his status.
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Status:
Name: Mennok
Race: Muscular Skeleton
Gender: Male
Level: 9
Attributes:
Strength: 15
Vitality:15
Agility:15
Intellect:18
Will:20
Stats:
Health: 225(+100)
Mana:150(+25)
Stamina: 250(+50)
Skills:
Achievements: (Dungeon Escapee) (Kinslayer)
Attribute points: 5
Items:
(+50 Health, Basic Self Repair)
(+25 mana)
(+50 Health, Basic Self Repair)
(+50 stamina, Basic Self Repair)
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He then clicked on his attribute points and a screen covered his view.
[Attribute points: 5]
[Do you wish to apply your attribute points? Yes/No]
"Yes."
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Attributes:
Strength:15 (+)
Vitality:15 (+)
Agility:15 (+)
Intellect:18 (+)
Will:20 (+)
Attribute points: 5
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He put 3 into Strength and one each into Vitality and Agility, using up all his points.
[Do you wish to confirm changes made to Attributes? Yes/No]
"Yes."
The feeling of getting stronger had once more resurfaced within him. He couldn't get used to that feeling, he would always be looking forward to it.
"Are you done Mennok?"
"Yes."
"Ok. It's storytime. You've only been here for a few days so you probably know nothing about the outside world, thankfully I was one of the only students who listened during history class, so I'm the woman to find. Also I'm not going to tell you what a student is right now, maybe later."
"How you know?"
"Because you've been asking questions the entire time. So I'm going to need to educate you."
"The world that we live in is called Parentheia. Parentheia was born hundreds and thousands of years ago, and I say born is because many believe that Parentheia has a will of its own which controls the "System".
"At first was nothing but a very large rock, no trees, vegetation, no mountains, just rock. Nothing had inhabited our world until the "Infusion" had occured. Another world slightly smaller than ours collided with Parentheia. Unlike Parentheia, this world was full of energy, enough energy to transform our world into the one we know it now but much bigger, as both worlds had infused with eachother, hence the event name "Infusion"."
"A few creatures from the other world had managed to survive the collision, spreading around the world we know today and rapidly populating it with their offspring. The collision of the new world had caused for the original Parentheia to release a power from within its core, a power that we call Mana.
"The Mana interacted with many lifeforms, changing the structure of their body and giving some the power to control mana and evolve. That was when the "System" came to be. The System came from the old world of Parentheia along with Mana. Many speculate that the system was created by old Parentheia to help it control the world and it's newfound powers."
"Some speculate that the enlightened races came to exist when an a number of an unknown species from the foreign world evolved into Humans, Dwarves and Elves. But that's only speculation. "
"We live in a continent known as Hasemir. There are Humans, Elves, Dwarves and many monsters that live on Hasemir. That's all for now. Did you like it?"
"Yes."
"Great! Let's go now, I've finished my cheese and I'm pretty low on food, need to get out of this Dungeon as quick possible."
Mennok and Jenny stood up and continued walking on the pathway. After a while of walking they began to realise that the cave walls had begun reverting to the familiar stone walls, except these ones were lined with torches.
"If there's stone walls then something has to be here. I hope it's not another monster that we have to face."
They walked for about half an hour until they reached a large door which triggered a notification for both Mennok and Jenny.
[Arrived at: Bogghart's Lair]