Dungeon Base: Aspiration

Ed approached one of the torches outside the temple of Ed for the moment.

The flame flickered languidly and glowed dimly. It appeared to be dying yet it continued to cling onto life. This was the death element.

'I think there is something to be learned from these torches' Though always present and lighting up their surroundings, these torches were dead inside.

'Eh, that doesn't sound like the lesson…' The real lesson these torches taught was about the dungeon. How were these things always on? The dungeon kept them lit using mana.

'The undead aspect of death mana coupled with the volatile fire mana' The dungeon was at all times expending mana and just wasting energy as a whole. This meant that the necessary upkeep could not be small.

That begged the question of why the dungeon continue to do something so inane. Ed could only come up with two reasons.