Once Zion was out of the office, he searched for ' GMS Controversies '.
GMS is a system developed by the UN, to reduce the guild's influence on the general populace and national affairs. In many small countries, the guilds have become so powerful, that the government is mere shadow. In more powerful countries, the guilds have become a myriad of kingdoms forever in war. Thus, Law and Order has become a joke in many parts of the world.
They came up with the bait of GMS, which will open almost all of the internal affairs of the guilds to the government. Only, a moratorium came down from all the traditional guild masters. ' Do not use GMS '. Any experienced veteran would have known this.
As the guild masters prohibited GMS, the governments all over started reducing the qualifications to open a guild more and more. Zion was just lucky/unlucky enough to have come during the time they were about to slash even the ten thousand deposit needed for the services.
As soon as he came, he even brought such controversial press to the topic. The civil officer appreciated the press even more. This saved them a lot of publicity money.
On the other hand, Sheng guards, who literally ran around all over chasing Zion growled in frustration. Their orders were to bring in Zion silently, but with the flamboyant way he announced the guild, the public interest does not seem to be going down any time soon.
Zion though, was not near the guild office. He was already on the way to check the first dungeon he is responsible for.
This dungeon is called " Little Stump " .
It was a square stone room which is located right in the middle of a road, splitting the road into two. Due to the formation of this dungeon, the road has become a 'Y' fork.
The inside is just as gray as the outside. The stone walls are bare without any plastering. One can only distinguish the inside of the square room from outside because the walls inside are a little more even. There is a stone altar with a simple design. It looked like a stone tray placed on a rectangular stone, half a man's height. There are no special motifs anywhere. The edges of the tray are leaned out and rounded.
Zion placed his hand on the altar just because.
[ Welcome First Fairy of the earth. ]
[ You meet conditions to become earth's first guardian. ]
[ Do you wish to become the first guardian of earth ? ] ( yes ) ( no )
[ You have become guardian of earth. ]
[ You are now connected to earth's mana core. ]
Zion chose yes.
[ Do you wish to claim ownership of this temple ? ] ( Yes ) ( no )
Zion again chose yes.
[ Congratulations, First fairy of earth. ]
[ You have acquired (S) grade granite temple of guardian. ]
[ You have acquired (S) grade granite spirit altar. ]
[ Collect all twelve temples of earth to become guardian deity of earth. ]
Zion exited the temple, the moment he did, the temple collapsed like dust and vanished away.
Zion checked his status board once again, and checked the spirit altar unconsciously, just because he felt it's the most useful thing he has right now.
[ Spirit Altar ]
[ A spirit Altar is to a spirit what a wand is to the wizard. It is the medium to collect your believers' offerings and wishes, and give back your blessings. More an altar is used, more the spirit in possession of the altar is. ]
The second dungeon they went to is a pavilion on the lake. It's located in a park. It used to be a hotspot for insta pictures till signals kept vanishing in this particular place. The association promptly checked the area, and decided this pavilion part of the structure had turned into a dungeon. The cameraman stayed outside to shoot the surroundings of the dungeon. While he shoots the surroundings, TwelveInches will explain pros and cons of a guild's management of a dungeon. As Zion's screen's viewers increased and his own decreased, this is the compromise TwelveInches came up with.
As soon as Zion entered the stray dungeon, he knew he could claim it.
He put his hand on the pavilion and concentrated.
His breath turned regular, like he was in meditation. The mana around him oscillated. First, feel the air, then, feel the sound, feel the ground under your feet, feel the distant water. Slowly but steadily, the pavilion's structure fell into his mind's eye.
On the other side, the rough stone temple came up parallel to the pavilion.
Zion combined them in his mind. The stone mixed into the wood of the pavilion, then, slowly, the wood vanished leaving only stone behind.
The entire pavilion, along with the walkway to the pavilion had turned into smooth stone pathways.
The stone altar formed in the middle, this time, with an oval pillar, on top of that, the tray like structure formed, with a nice curved edge, curling slightly inwards like a shallow oval basket.
In front of the altar, on the parapet leaning towards water, a wooden trough formed. The trough is full of loose earth. This is the last remaining debris from the pavilion. They contain the remnants of the dungeon.
[ Congratulations on establishing the first temple of the guardian. ]
[ Temple blueprint unsealed. ]
[ Spirit Altar blueprint unsealed. ]
[ Basic production skills unsealed. ]
Zion felt like pins pricking into his head as his knowledge increased. Suddenly, he knew how to build a temple from a simple stonehenge to a thirty six layered pagoda. The spirit altar was also similar. Offerings can vary in many ways. The basic production skills included how to make a mud ball to how to mine iron.
In order for the believers to believe in this deity, he needs to make an idol. He knew exactly what to make.
Zion closed his eyes, and concentrated on the loose earth. The dungeon fragments hold a different type of mana, so he could feel them very distinctly.
As he concentrated all of his being on these fragments, the mana that made this part of the earth separated from the earthen particles, and floated into the air. If the cameraman was inside, by now, with all that Zion has done, the live stream would have gone more than crazy.
Zion concentrated the dungeon fragments and mana into an egg shape. The loose earth in the trough floated, and slowly formed a shell on the swirling purple dungeon mana egg. The egg slowly grew in size, till it became the size of an infant. At this point, he lightly set it in the loose earth. The picture looked absolutely harmonious, like the egg had been there for eons.
[ Congratulations on creating the Statue of the first fairy. ]
[ Skill mana manipulation unsealed. ]
[ Skill Idol making unsealed. ]
Zion was dead beat. The dungeon mana manipulation had taken all of his energy. Though his mana is low, his control has always been impeccable. If others limit is to be precise within a millimeter, Zion's ability is to be precise within a micrometer. That is how sensitive to mana he was.
The moving of mana does not take much energy, but it takes a whole lot of focus. It can neither be fast, nor slow. It always needs to be just right. It's easy to be just right for ten times, it is an inhuman task to be in perfect sync for ten thousand times. That is the task he has just finished.
Now that altar, idol and everything is set, it is time to receive offerings.
He went out, and while the camera man was wandering, he made ten earthen eggs, then inscribed mana circles on either end. One end allowed a person to pour in mana. Another circle, which is a little hidden, will transfer this mana to himself. It took him all of half an hour to make this little egg. It's surprisingly firm and smooth. Unless one has a sensitivity higher than himself, they won't be able to tell such mana circles existed on this egg.
Zion walked out of the temple. He reached into the place where signals are available, then opened the guild home page.
' Beloved members of DDA, I am Zion, your guild master. Today, The pavilion garden in Willow park has turned into a temple kind of dungeon. Here, you can find an egg shaped stone in the temple, which you can turn into a training stone.
Now you must be wondering, what is a training stone ?
Every one of you knows the best way to increase our mana capacity is to spend all the mana but save the bare minimum every day. However, this is not possible because skills always do not line up to this value. A little will always be leftover. This mana can not be released wildly. Training stone helps you counter this problem. You just hold the training stone, and push all your mana save the bare minimum into the training stone. This way, you can achieve that optimum low every night.
To activate the training stone, place the egg on the altar. Then recite the following oath.
" I, < your name > , willingly offer the first fairy of earth my mana through this vessel. Please accept my offering, and bestow your grace upon your follower. "
There are ten training stones in the temple today, it is first come first serve.
Location attached.
Enter at your own peril. '
Zion added the location, as well as pictures of the temple. Then, sent the mail to all the members in Sicuate city.