"Is this it, Skelly?"
"Mm… that's right,… Human…"
Skelly found it difficult to treat Esmond on a similar level once it agreed to work with him, however seeing how Esmond wasn't turning mad from the menaces exhibited by the black flowing river that seemed to carry the screams and anguish of the dead.
Looking around, Esmond decided to try and open a gate to the space within the river, hoping that he wouldn't need to stick his hand into the waters.
Thankfully, Esmond heard the right noise in his mind which let him know that he'd struck gold.
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*Ding*
[Recognised!]
[Pure Dark Mana Essence River has entered the Spatial Ark Star World!]
[֍ Elemental Dungeons Unlocked! ֍]
- Dungeons that spawn and house beasts can be found throughout the Spatial Ark Star World!
- Dungeons will spawn beasts based on the element affinity of the dungeon
- Host or residents of the Spatial Ark Star World can enter to improve their strength]
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[Pure Dark Mana Essence River has been analysed, enhanced & processed to eliminate any harmful traits before being saved into the Spatial Ark Star World]
[To continue development of the Pure Dark Mana Essence River within the Spatial Ark Star World, Host needs to find the source of the Pure Dark Mana Essence River]
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"Ohh damn…" Esmond exclaimed when he heard the news from the system.
Never expecting to unlock a dungeon function within the space, always believing the Hunting Grounds Generator was more or less a dungeon system.
Explaining what happened with the system to Skelly, whose skeleton head could show no expression or emotion, but Esmond felt Skelly was looking at him like a crazy paper.
"… I'm not some nutjob Skelly…"
"… Uhuh…right…" Skelly wasn't having it and stood as far as it could from Esmond, hoping what ever crazy infected Esmond wouldn't affect its mind.
"Anyway… I need to find the source of this river…" Esmond nonchalantly said, not knowing what he'd spoken was like a sharp kick to the guts for Skelly.
In all of Skellys time in the caves, there was never a time Skelly could directly go and dip its body within the river.
It was entirely possible the river would turn Skelly mad so there was never a time it believed doing something so crazy, but looking over at Esmond, Skelly had to re-evaluate what madness meant.
Before Skelly could warn Esmond against his decision, Esmond told him to start packing his things, as Esmond wanted to train within the space and use the Pure Dark Mana Essence River.
It would be countless times safer and cleaner for his body and soul to absorb, plus it was all in the comfort of the space so why not.
To Esmonds surprise, Skelly had all of the important information already stored within his spatial ring he'd made.
Ready to leave, Esmond opened a gate for Skelly to exit first since there wasn't anything to say Skelly could transport over or not.
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*Ding*
[Undead creature – Lich – has entered the Spatial Ark Star World!]
[Lich designated name – Skelly – has transferred over from Stovi, a Hunting Ground Generated World]
[Due to Pure Dark Elemental Affinity registered with the Spatial Ark Star World, Lich Skelly has been identified as an ally for the Host!]
[Undead creatures can pawn within Pure Dark Affinity Dungeons and Spatial Ark Star World!]
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"Wasn't expecting that…"
Esmond exited Stovi after receiving the news about Skelly being registered by the space.
Immediately Esmond was stunned by what he saw…
The bony skeleton of Skelly had long disappeared under the mounds of flesh, muscles and organs that appeared to be functional.
There were tears running down Skellys pink face flushed with flowing blood.
"I remember… my name…" Skellys shaken voice stuttered out, while his deep blue eyes were examining his hands covered in flesh and hair, as the sensation of the air and temperature could be felt by his body.
"Rahzil…" the dark black-haired Lich spoke with a smile across his face.
"Rahzil… sounds much better than Skelly, no?
Haha…" the two laughed like old friends, before heading off from the gate that led into Stovi.
Esmond decided to give Rahzil a tour of the space, showing him the First City and the Second, while taking him to meet some of the scientists at the institute.
It soon turned into Esmond groaning about his poor touring destinations once Rahzil was drawn into the mysteries of the scientific projects going on.
Carters warped sense of humour seemed to concern Rahzil, finding it difficult to understand how there was someone just as nuts as Esmond.
Thankfully the others seemed to be normal for Rahzil to associate with in larger doses compared to Esmond or Carter.
But while Rahzil was being introduced to the projects and other residents within the space, Carter came to Esmonds side with important news.
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"Wait… What?!" Esmond and Carter moved to a separate room while the others were interacting with Rahzil.
Once alone, Carter explained to Esmond what he'd been doing since his hysterical exit out of the cabin home after visiting the Star Trek world.
Having just finished explaining to Esmond that he'd set up the Federation Starfleet Service in the space which came with a ready to go, fully functional headquarters for the organisation.
Starfleet personnel would be spawned at the Summoning Square however it would include the various species who were part of the organisation in 2363.
The headquarters also included common grade tech and information regarding the organisation, fleets, undisclosed knowledge, and much more, which reduced the need for Carter to scan through the whole database of the organisation within the short time that had aboard the enterprise.
What Carter didn't expect was the size, cost, and lack of performance that the starships had.
When he tried to explain everything, he'd found, Esmond found it hard to believe that the starships needed a massive refitting.
Carter had even brought out the USS Enterprise-D from the Inventory into the space and let it work its magic on the ship.
Even then, the improvements made to the ship weren't considered anything special in Carter or Esmonds mind.
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"So… other than the designs and schematics of the ships, tools, and various of equipment that'd been used by Starfleet, there isn't any value… beside the personnel…
Fuck… they will probably need more training to be of any use." Annoyed, Esmond felt he'd wasted precious time trying to get the Starfleet information.
Fortunately, Carter displayed the work that'd already been done on the starships to Esmond, using the free monitors within the separate room.
"You've thoroughly changed the designs and makeup of the Enterprise-D…"
Esmond closely watched the updated designs of the starship, that were clearly simulated within the Virtual Labs.
"Mm… I focused on removed a lot of the chunkier nonsense that was forced in and adapted some of the completed projects into the ship.
Even the warp nacelles have reduced in size, while offering much more power with the improved Warp Cores and Dilithium crystals that've been processed by the space.
Also, the plasma containers as well have been substituted for the ones you've designed, including the Energy Sphere system and Power Cell Star Engine."
Carter continued to explain the changes while the monitor changed to the bridge of the ship, where the three seats had been readjusted and spaced out.
Each seat had their own station and working groups below them.
Similar to the Star Wars design where some of the staff would be on a lower level compared to the officers, the bridge had expanded to allow for such a feature, though everything was based around different departments onboard.
Carter decided to change the original designs to the current updated bridge layout mainly down to the lack of conversations and drama that the show emphasised.
Space was deadly and nobody honestly cared for a conversation because it meant you either had the strength to say without being worried for your own safety or utterly stupid to expect grace among the brutal void of space.
Since they had antimatter, Carter was preparing Antimatter Shield Generators that would cut out most attacks that would try to reach the ship, using its ability to cancel out phaser beams and missiles.
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Esmond wanted to use Darkmatter more so with the discovery of antimatter.
While it was highly possible to generate Darkmatter with Antimatter using certain particle accelerators that would generate small amounts of Darkmatter, Esmond knew it required time and patience.
It required the time and effort of countless people to create just a single nanogram of Darkmatter plus Esmond needed it all to be down outside of the space so he would need to wait for some time until Earth, Mars, Venus, or any of the other planets were in his control.
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Having returned to where the others were, Esmond asked Tulluan about the terraforming projects that'd been coming along in the Labs.
"Ah… well… to be fair I am positive the scientists have everything ready and sorted…
Only problem I have is the time…"
Tulluan dreadfully explained the timeframe for the terraforming tech to be effective on Mars or any other planet could take centuries.
They'd created satellites to take deep imaging shots of Mars, Venus, and the other planets, even sending them out from the space already into the atmosphere before rocketing them towards the respective planets.
There was plenty of time remaining before they had to take a step on the planets, however Esmonds cool attitude worried the Tulluan and the others, thinking they weren't doing enough.
What they didn't know was Esmonds mind had already started focusing on ways to improve the initial settlement of the Empire on the planets.
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*Ding*
[Scanning surroundings… Analysed!]
[Quest activated in conjunction with Spectral Consciousness Ability]
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[Media: Animation Television Series]
[Name: Dragon Ball Z]
[Year of release: 1989]
[Kamehameha…]