Leaving the Dungeon, I exchange messages with Gabriela, scheduling the time I will spend in her room, telling her to leave her equipment ready, which I will earn in my Inventory and deliver to her once we are in the Dungeon.
Of course, I didn't use video game jargon, I put [Storage] in place of Inventory, and [Dimension] in place of Dungeon.
Gabriela agreed with everything apparently, so I sleep and soon wake up!
For the first time I leave my room, take off that plate and take a deep breath, then go to the cafeteria to have my breakfast.
In the process I meet Gabriela, smile at her, who only nods at me and stays with her team.
I am saddened by her indifference, but I will make this change, where whenever she sees me, she will be smiling and all wet downstairs!
...
As I eat my breakfast thoughtfully, I notice that Gabriela's Level has gone from 58 to 63!
5 Levels, very good indeed, it seems she has achieved something new, because as far as I understood, every 5 Levels, one can make sacrifices and agreements with the Entities.
Of course, it's not recommended to do it every time you have 1 space available, the Entity on the other side doesn't like to be bothered by small things.
Of course, if the sacrifice is something of good quality, the Entity will be more than happy to proceed even if it is only 1 agreement.
In Gabriela's case, which was to improve her agreements in exchange for high quality sacrifices, this is not an uncommon thing to do, but those who do it have to be extremely careful!
It is very difficult to redo one of the agreements, as it can greatly displease the Entity, who may think that the individual has become displeased or is despising him.
The result is often serious damage to Sanity, or serious side effects!
So if you have to redo a contract to change a Ritual, Skill, or Talent, the materials sacrificed to do so must be of extremely high quality compared to the one used.
If the Entity doesn't like the materials, even if they are good, it can simply ignore the call by devouring the Materials, but if it doesn't really like them, then the individual is literally fucked!
Gabriela who made the sacrifice with my blood and better than past items certainly pleased her Entity to a great extent, it got to the point where the Entity gave her more Paranormal and seemingly controlled Exposure.
In other words, the Entity besides potentially improving the past deals, making you even stronger and more empowered, gave you something new.
Having 170 Intelligence and 123 Wisdom are helping my imagination a lot based on the little I know about rituals, I know I will know a lot more if I do.
As far as I have read, it says that when you connect to the Entities, you will receive a myriad of information, understanding everything, all answers and doubts will be answered, but you can only come back to yourself with 1 answer according to the amount of agreements, the rest will be forgotten.
So it can be said that when I come in contact with the Entities, my Skill [Paranormal Knowledge] should rise in Level without stopping!
...
Well, I finished things off and made the last preparations, getting my hands on a Lightweight Ballistic Vest, which slightly increases my defense, without affecting my speed and flexibility.
Along with it I bought two very good quality short swords, which are covered with paranormal inscriptions of the elements Blood and Death!
I learned that if I make a deal with the Blood Entity, I can get something called [Blood Wrap], where if I get injured and bathe a weapon linked to the Blood Element, I can strengthen its properties and cause more Blood Element Damage.
As for [Death], it is linked to aging and dementia, there are no Rituals or Techniques where self-harm strengthens the properties of weapons of the Death Element.
But there are Rituals and Abilities that allow you to strengthen the properties of Death Element items significantly, depending on whether you are very connected to the Death Entity or not, you can just spend your Negative Energy as a price or you will need to use together some ritualistic materials, in the case of the Death Element: Ashes!
...
At 9am, I arrived at Gabriela's bedroom door, where before I knocked on the door, she opened it and looked at me.
"Are you ready?" - I ask and she nods.
I soon enter asking for permission, then I see the items she prepared on the bed, her main melee weapon is a sledgehammer with Hate and Blood writings, from the scars I remember on her body, it should probably have [Wrapped in Blood].
I also see what would be the equivalent of a SWAT riot armor, full body and pretty thick, also looks heavy.
There's also a grenade launcher, a double-barreled shotgun, black and huge, looks like a fucking hand cannon!
"That must have been fucking expensive!" - I say impressed with equipment of such high quality, touching it, I see its information.
"My team helped me to equip myself better..." - Gabriela said in a vague and sad tone.
I naturally gathered some information about her, I learned that her 1st team was annihilated in the 1st mission and she almost died, where she was traumatized for some months.
But she came back stronger and her 2nd team, which she is on today, has already lost half of its original members, with only 3 people left.
In the last mission, she learned that 2 died, a reason Gabriela forced herself to get stronger and receive the Tail, she needed strength, so she made a ritual to the fangs, being able to deal with the enemy.
In case you are wondering: How the hell did you find the time to collect this information if you were training non-stop?
And I'll answer: plot hole, baby!
(Author: Joking aside, it's just that gossip runs wild, so Juri found out this easy if he asked anyone, not to mention there's Doctor Julia, who is technically Juri's handler, she may have informed him. Pick whatever you think is best and follow that!)
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I put Gabriela's items away in my Inventory in an orderly fashion, where I see her look surprised and immediately say.
"I still can't believe something like this exists, it's very enviable!"
Smiling at her I say. - "I don't really understand my powers and capabilities, but I think there will come a point where we will get our hands on items that can create small storage spaces, maybe you can get one or two."
Listening to me, Gabriela nods slightly, enjoying hearing that.
Then we soon leave for my room, with her following me.
The reason for choosing my room and not hers?
Gabriela has friends, I don't!
If they came to call for Gabriela, they might force the door in concern and find a portal in the middle of the room, which would fuck up my plans.
I, on the other hand, have a reputation of being a reclusive bitch who stays for days inside my room, not to mention that I don't have anyone very close except for Doctor Julia, who always ignores my flirtations... this hurts my heart.
Careful Juri, this could be an indication of a heart attack!
...
Well, we arrive in my room, I let her in and then I give her my items, which she starts to equip her armor and asks for my help.
I am surprised at her asking me for help, but I happily help, I have some knowledge of this and it is not that difficult, not to mention that she instructed me.
"You smell very nice, what perfume do you use?" - I ask curious.
Gabriela says nothing for a while, before saying. - "I don't wear perfume..."
"What, really? But you didn't smell that good before... was the sacrifice that good? Did the Entities even make you smell tastier?" - I ask in surprise.
"Stop talking about that!" - Gabriela raised her voice, so I cringe and stop talking about it, but enjoy the smell.
And the sound of my sniffles is pretty obvious, but Gabriela doesn't say anything, so I continue, I just don't overdo it.
Soon she is dressed from head to toe by her armor, she moves a little and nods slightly.
I give her her helmet and help her attach the ammunition, knives and weapons to her armor.
Next I also get dressed, where I only wear my light armor anyway.
"Are you going like this?" - Gabriela asks frowning.
"Wearing a lot of armor would make it hard for me to move, I am more focused on speed and strength, my main weapon being my kicks, but I use double swords and firearms no problem, I will pull if needed." - I say calmly and Gabriela only nods, but soon says.
"I think you'd better find a focus to specialize in, lingering too long could cost you your life!"
"Are you worried about me? What a thing, I thought you wanted to kill me!" - I say, smiling as I hear her.
In response I just get a heavy snort from her, know that I will soften that heart of stone of yours my beautiful little white monkey!
So without further ado, I make her make room, activate my System, [Create Dungeon] and start selecting the Level, I decide for Level 1~15.
When I do, a message pops up:
[Dungeons of Level 11 and above have different rules, The Player can choose which rules will exist!]
I get confused, but soon understand, I can block the appearance of certain creatures that use different paths.
For example, I can block the appearance of physical type creatures, like the beasts I've faced so far, just as I can block creatures or beasts with [Negative Energy] from appearing inside.
I can also allow or deny creatures that can use [Mana] to appear.
Along with this I received information that from now on, after meeting certain requirements, a BOSS will appear, which will be 10 times more resistant than their normal versions, having more HP, being able to have abilities and so on.
But in return, the loot has changed, where now weapons, accessories, potions, skill books, etc., can drop.
I can also choose whether to continue dropping money or not, this option is available for the Dungeons of Level 1~10 now too, which helps a lot, it would be difficult to explain why a Tiger when dying leaves 10 Credits.
I since I'm not short of money, I took out the drop Credits, in return there was a slight improvement in the drop chance of the other items, since 1 of them came off the list.
But other than that I can't take anything else off!
And something interesting that came up too, are the [Treasure Chests], where the chances of finding one are 0.1% chance and the Chest will be protected by a creature of the maximum Level allowed by the Dungeon, as well as this monster will be an Elite 2 to 3 times stronger than normal, not in terms of attributes, but of skills and difficulty to face.
Understanding the new Dungeon mechanics, I ask Gabriela to wait a little, as I say that creating more advanced Dimensions, need more time due to many new rules, she said she would wait without problems.
It doesn't take long for me to set everything up, out of fear I decide to exclude creatures that use Magic or Negative Energy for now, i.e. physical Animal confrontations!
Bears, Lions and so on are likely to start popping up now, as well as even stronger versions of the above.
"Look, I have found that I can choose the types of creatures that will generate in the Dimension, either they be Animals that are just like the ones in reality or much stronger physically, but have no Negative Energy, or I can have it generate only Negative Energy creatures, as I have never encountered them in the Dungeon, I don't know what their strength will be like, so I won't choose that one.
I can also allow both to generate in mixed form, where Animals can generate with or without Negative Energy, giving birth to strange and very powerful beings.
Technically, a fucking Blood Bear could arise, which in addition to having a significant amount of Negative Energy, will have enormous physical ability!" - I say patiently to Gabriela.
"I see... I think we'd better face creatures that deal with the physical part, Paranormal creatures have greater resistance to items of reality, not to mention that within the [Negative Dimension], Paranormal creatures are not limited, so they can exert practically 100% of their strength without penalty.
Since we don't know the rules of this Dimension you create, it's not good for us to face Paranormal creatures, even Low Level ones, with 100% of their power!" - Gabriela said seriously, soon finishing talking to
"Not to mention that normal creatures, even enhanced ones, will still receive full damage from our weapons and explosives!"
I totally agree, this would be the choice anyway, so a Level 1~15 Animal Dungeon was born!
I see Gabriela who was quite calm and curious, widen her eyes when the purple and blue portal appears in front of us, surely there was still doubt and disbelief in her mind, but now, she was forced to believe!
Laughing internally, I tap her shoulder, waking her up and say. - "Come on!"
Gabriela nods and moves forward without fear, I follow right behind!
As soon as I pass through the portal, I see Gabriela's back and notice the larger, denser forest around us.
She looks amazed as she looks at her surroundings, then looks at me as soon as I emerge due to the sound, before returning to her surroundings.
Smiling I start to stretch, which I forgot to do before.