Her brave Adventurers were not exactly...

in perfect shape to take on an undead horde.

Having just faced off against an army of spiders, Delta’s frogs needed some time to catch their breath.

Not that Rale would admit to being at anything less than 100%.Jack, who was something called a “Kobold” according to Nu, stayed resting near her core.

The first ‘proper’ rest the guy had gotten in 20...

or 40 years.

Delta wanted to pretend she was expecting a trap or distrusted the Kobold but she didn’t.Jack sounded quite insane...

and very lonely.

He rambled on about undead, bombs, eating bones, and licking walls...

but he refused to stop talking.

He almost seemed a little needy for any ounce of conversation.How long had he been underground?Delta let him sleep as Renny stood guard.

The Mime was still wary of the lizard but after a couple of quick words...

the Mime just gave Jack odd looks.Another victim of the Silence...

a brother in arms in some ways.So...with nothing else to do and definitely not dwelling on her dream, Delta did what she did best.Make things better by making them worse.The empty room beyond the Circus had been her focus until the Spiders attacked.

Now, the only evidence of that was the glowing egg in her tunnel...

well, at least that was what Delta hoped.

If anything survived above then that would just be annoying.Imagine if the town had seen her make a little mess and got angry or something? She might die from the embarrassment!She pushed that thought aside to focus on the lone room that now curved to meet the new Spider Tunnel.

The room here still had some of the Spider Queen’s purple tinge, but it was aimless and docile.

Delta tapped her chin as she sat on empty air to think.If this was to be a shortcut via combat...

then this room had to be a defence from the strong but not the smart.

That only made sense.Some sort of puzzle room...

should it be spider themed or something? Delta had Mana and DP to spare, really.Nu hadn’t lied about the Third Floor and the Egg draining the excess.Her Mana was now maxed at 200 and her DP was near the 800s.It was insane and so much was open to Delta.

She shook that idea off for a moment, getting lost in what she could do compared to what she wanted was just asking for trouble.

She eyed the open room and made a giant gate of solid iron bars, spending a little more mana to add thick vines interwoven through the fence like gate to add some more weight to the whole thing.She focused and a growth of metal and Mana bubbled at the centre of the gate, forming a spider with eight limbs made of metal.

The top of which was still within reach of an average person.

Delta grinned as she manipulated the next part with careful intent.Each limb of the spider filled out with a spinning password lock.

Eight passwords needed to bypass the lock and Delta spent 2 Mana a piece to set the passwords.CoisNumbBillyFranHobGobMaestroBaconEach limb needed one of these names.

Some limbs shrunk as their passwords were shorter and some grew as their names were bigger.

If people wanted quick access to the second floor, then they damn well better know who they were skipping and not giving proper respect to.

Delta focused and pulled up the menu of her efforts.

Web of Friends Gate.Those who know friends, speak their names.

Or else.Double the gate’s resistance to physical attacks.

10 DPMake dummy passwords such as ‘power’ or ‘Dungeon’ to cause various effects to happen (Effects drawn from current Dungeon items.

Honey...

feather...

goblin spit) 20 DPLet the gate give clues with the Guardian’s approval 3 DPAllow second floor Monster names to be slipped in if invaders have knowledge of the passwords.

40 DPAllow gate to be opened by the Guardian if alive and befriended by invaders 1 DPAllows the Metal Spider to come alive if too many failed password attempts are given and gives it the ability to zap invaders unconscious.

Also, allows the rebirth of the Guardian.

35 DP