Future Preporations and Humans

It's been a few more days since Bruce had made any big changes to Sandbox. And in this spare time, Bruce has been observing and taking notes on all the different creatures that like to appear around Sandbox. This is most of what he has so far

{Basic Appraisal Information and Notes}

Ground Centipede (Rank E-)

-Can be found crawling around the Scaly Forest looking for food. These massive centipedes often like to gang up on their prey. Their sharp mandibles seem to be covered with a weak venom as well

Forest Deer (Rank F+)

-They look somewhat like the deer back on Earth. With the only differences being a slight increase in size compared to the deer on Earth, green streaks in their fur, and larger antlers

Weird Goat (Rank F)

-Just a goat... A weird looking goat... There's not much else to say about it...

Timid Rabbit (Rank F-)

-A rabbit with green streaks in its fur. It's not very strong, and will run away from anything that seems remotely dangerous

Horned Rabbit (Rank F)

-Unlike the Timid Rabbit, the Horned Rabbit will defend itself when attacked... Most of the time... It has a singular horn growing from its head, as well as yellow streaks in its fur

Earth Toad (Rank E+)

-A large toad that likes to hide in the ground near things like creaks and ponds. It stays hidden in the ground in order to hide from predators, as well as to ambush any potential prey that strays to close

Sea Scorpio (Rank E+)

-A type of aquatic monster that resembles the prehistoric creature brontoscorpio back on Earth. It can use its two claws in order to grasp and hold prey while it stabs them with its stinger. Which can only be assumed to be poisonous

(Bruce) 'Well that pretty much sums up what I've seen so far in the past few days... I wonder how these creatures will change in the future...'

Bruce was starting to get off track again, and was only able to get back on track when he saw more Sea Scorpios coming from the water and crawling onto Sandbox's beach

(Bruce) 'Hmm... I guess they're wondering what happened to their friends...'

After about 11 Sea Scorpios emerge from the water, Bruce spots 3 larger ones emerge from the water tailing behind the rest

{Basic Appraisal Results}

x3 Giant Sea Scorpio (Rank D)

(Bruce) 'I guess the big ones decided to show up too...'

The Sea Scorpios marched across the beach towards the forest... This time they were wary of the Lime Slimes scattered across the beach however

(Bruce) 'I think I'm going to need a little bit more than just Lime Slimes to take these guys down this time...'

Bruce is tempted to call in the Jagras to deal with the intruders at first... But decides against it due to their voracious apatites... So he decides to combat the invading scorpions with Pyro Imps, as he hadn't tested their usefulness in combat as of yet

Bruce has 5 Pyro Imps take up defensive positions where the Sea Scorpios are approaching from. Seeing this, the Sea Scorpios are a little unnerved, but keep pushing forward anyways. This leads Bruce to wonder why they're so interested with Sandbox in the first place, and Bruce can only guess that it's because the ocean is a very scary place... And whatever dangers may lie on the surface are probably a lot less unnerving than the creatures of the deep

Well... Not that it matters... These Sea Scorpios are nothing but DP in the eyes of Bruce now. Just as the island is probably just another source of food to the Sea Scorpios

Once the Sea Scorpios enter within firing range. Bruce orders the Pyro Imps to open fire on the Sea Scorpios... And then Bruce see's it for the first time... Magic...

The Imps stick their hands out in front of them and a magic circle appears. Bruce can tell this is different from the usual abilities monsters have. Because when the Clawbsters decide to shoot things like water bullets, they don't need a magic circle. While the Pyro Imps seem to be using something a lot more complex

(Bruce) 'Well now that I think about it... It did say that these Imps can use 2nd tier magic in their skills' [Magic has 12 tiers not including Uber tier magic]

Bruce watches as the Pyro Imps pelt the incoming scorpions with a hail of fire bullets. The fire bullets manage to kill 4 Sea Scorpios, and severely injure a few more... This makes the Sea Scorpios a little worried, as they know they'll lose to the Imps if this ranged battle continues. So they redouble their efforts, and charge full speed towards their opponents

During the charge, another volley of fire bullets is fired, and 2 more Sea Scorpios are killed. One of the Giant Sea Scorpios can be seen covered in serious burns from the hail of fire bullets pelting it

Seeing that they are fighting a losing battle, the Sea Scorpios decide to give up and retreat back to the ocean

The healthy Sea Scorpios are able to escape back into the waters. While their injured comrades end up acting as a distraction for the Imps

The distraction works, as the Imps focus on finishing off the injured Sea Scorpios. And the severely burned Giant Sea Scorpio makes it past the half way point back to the ocean waters, and it seems like it's going to escape... But then...

*Rustle, Rumble*

A Great Jagras comes sprinting out of the Scaly Forest at full speed towards the terrified Giant Sea Scorpio, who's now running at full speed towards the water trying to get away... But it isn't enough as the Great Jagras closes the distance between the two creatures quite fast

Once caught up, the Great Jagras pins the Giant Sea Scorpio down before yoinking it into the air with its jaws, killing it in the process

The Great Jagras's jaw then proceeds to unhinge like that of a snake as it swallows its prey whole before waddling back into the forest...

(Bruce) 'Again... I've seen it happen so many times in the game... But it's just so much more unnerving, as well as hilarious, when you see it happen for real...'

Bruce then has the Imps carry the spoils of war back to the DP conversion pit

(Bruce) 'Well now... At least I can say that the islands defenses work properly...'

Bruce was somewhat happy with the way his defenses turned out. And was fairly certain that they could hold up against most threats...

(Bruce) 'Anyways... Now I've got just one more thing to do... And that is to expand Sandbox MORE!'

Bruce decides to dedicate 2 months solely to expanding Sandbox [This may or may not be an excuse for me to time skip a bit... Anyways, let the time skip begin]

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{2 months later}

After the 2 months are up, Sandbox has grown noticeably larger, and its all thanks to the DP Bruce managed to scape up from all the creatures emerging from the ocean, as well as Sandbox's natural spawning monsters

{1,200 meters long/wide -----> 20 miles long/wide}

{DP: 2,790 -----> 6,000}

(Bruce) 'Phew, that was a lot of work...'

Bruce had worked himself to the bone. Or I guess in this case, to the core... And through all this work. Bruce had managed to increase Sandbox's size, add more spawners, and edit/create zones for creatures to live in

{Zone List}

-Clawbster Cave (At the center if Sandbox, it has only one entrance)

-Scaly Forest (Surrounds Clawbster Cave)

-Lime Slime Beach (Stretches all the way around Sandbox)

-Flaming Cavern (A Fiery Cavern that exists within the Scaly Forest)

-Fishy Lake (A deep lake somewhat near the entrance of Clawbster Cave... Something seems fishy about it...)

-Shady Cave System (Connected to the entrance of Clawbster Cave, and you must make it through this eerie cave system alive in order to get to it... There are multiple entrances into the cave system)

-Danger Swamp (A swamp located around one of the cave entrances to the Shady Cave System... The swamp is filled with all sorts of dangerous ambush predators, so watch your step)

Bruce was very happy with his zones results. As they were filled with all sorts of fun and interesting creatures... For Bruce that is anyways. As it would be absolutely terrifying for anyone or anything else that may decide to explore a bit...

[Anyways, here's Bruce's status for now]

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Name: Bruce

Race: Dungeon Core (Rank B)

Status Effects: NONE

Titles: Background Character

Durability: 500/500

MP: 6,200/6,200

SP: 0/0

DP: 6,000/infinite

ATK: 0

DEF: 32

AGI: 0

Skills: Intelligence (?), Dungeon Control (S), Dungeon Editor (S), Dungeon Clairvoyance (S), Dungeon Appraisal (S), Magic Resistance (B-), Personal System (?), MP Regeneration (B-)

DP Production 5 (50 DP per day) {1,500 DP for next upgrade}

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Bruce was busy planning his next expansion to the island when he saw a couple of objects approaching in the distance. They were hard to make out at first, but as they got closer and closer Bruce could make out what they were

The approaching objects were 3 large, heavily damaged ships. The ships damaged sails had a ocean wave insignia on it, most likely their nations symbol

Once Bruce saw the ships he got excited, and his first thoughts were

(Bruce) 'Yes... finally, human beings!!!'

And his second thoughts were...

(Bruce) 'Wait... I'm a dungeon core.... Oh no... Human beings...'

Bruce had no time to spare... He had to come up with some sort of plan quickly for when the humans arrived...

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On the flag ship of the 3 ships, a crew member was keeping watch on the crows nest with a dead look in his eyes... As the last 2 to 3 months have been a living hell for the crew. Just hoping that by some miracle, they would find land...

They never thought it was going to happen, as they'd already lost most of their ships on their ocean voyage already. And it was a miracle for them to still be alive in the first place... But then... As the crew member stared into the distance. He thought he saw something... At first he thought it was just his imagination. But as they kept sailing, a speck formed in the distance. That speck turned into a dot. And eventually, a small island could be seen far off in the distance...

The crew member stared at the small island in disbelief. And with tears in his eyes, he proceeded to yell

(Crew Member) "LAND HO!!!!!"

A few seconds later, everyone on board the ship came pouring out from there quarters. And after confirming the existence of the newly discovered land for themselves they all let out a cheer of joy, hope, and determination. As there long search for land has been a success, and their allies sacrifices have not been in vain either...

Pretty soon everyone on board the other two ships came outside to see what all the commotion was about on their neighbor's, and when they saw the small island in the distance they knew exactly why the others were celebrating

Back on the flagship Captain Jems voice can be heard loud and clear

(Captain Jem) "Full Speed Ahead!!!, all of our effort has payed off... Hurry now, quickly. Raise the sails, and fire up the magic engine! Don't let all of our friends sacrifices be in vain!!!"

(Crew) "YES SIR"

The 3 ships sped towards Sandbox at an incredible speed, trying to reach their new home as soon as possible... Meanwhile, on Sandbox... things are a little chaotic...

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(Bruce) 'SYSTEM WHAT DO I DOOooo~o!!!'

(System) 'What are you asking me for... If your so worried about them, just kill them for DP'

(Bruce) 'I can't just kill them without reason though! I used to be human too!'

(System) 'Well, it seems like I can't help you in this situation. I'm sorry...'

System then proceeds to go silent...

(Bruce) '...'

(Bruce) 'You know... This might not be so bad... I just need to figure out there intentions when they get here, and just play my cards accordingly..... Yeah, that's what I'll do...'

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(??? #1) "So, what do you plan on doing when you get there?"

(??? #2) "I don't know, how about you..."

(??? #1) "Hey, cmon, just answer already!"

(??? #2) "*sigh*, fine, I'll tell you... I'm excited to go and explore the island... How about you..."

(??? #1) "Well... Since your just dying to find out!, I'm excited to start exploring again as well. Unlike you however, I'm doing it in order to try and boost my skills with the sword a bit further... Who knows what cool monsters we'll find there!"

(??? #1) "Anyways, now that we've both shared what we're excited for, how about you tell us what your excited for"

(??? #3) "The word excited... Aren't really be the words I'd use for how I feel... If anything, all I care about is strengthening my magic to the next level... And if this island will help me do that... Then, I would be... Excited..."

(??? #1) "Aww... Your no fun... You're just so serious about everything you know! You need to learn how to relax a bit and have a little fun"

(??? #3) "..."

(??? #3) "Whatever..."

(??? #1) "YOU SEE!!!, This is exactly what I'm talking about!, you need to enjoy things for once!"

(??? #3) "..."

(??? #3) "Sure..."

(??? #1) "..."

(??? #1) "THAT WASN'T ANY BETTER THAN BEFORE!"

(??? #2) "Can both of you just focus please... We'll arrive there any time now, so just finish packing already"

(??? #1 & 3) "Fine..."