Chapter 49: Ch 43 – A flood of weird monsters

“Hello everyone! And welcome the Mad Rat’s worldwide famous time skip show! Hahaha!”

*Clap, clap, clap*

“As I already told you, this past week I was busy thinking about the first dungeon boss and looking for the bodies to create it. Well, and also training with my sister and friends for the tournament, but that’s not relevant. Fufufu!”

I sagely nod at my own words. Then I open my arms wide and exclaim.

“I also used this time to look for a lot of critters to capture and finally, FINALLY, complete the dungeon rework I started long ago. Look behind me! Contemplate my glorious work!”

I then turn around and move my hand sideways, displaying the magnificence of my latest creations.

“Amazing, am I right!? Hahahaha! And they are all Creepy, what I was missing to give life to the dungeon after the rework! Hahaha! Now, my dungeon can be finally considered a non-noob one! Fufufu! Baldy, I’ll make you eat your own words the next time you try to call me a noob because I’m not one anymore! Hahaha!”

That’s a secret between you and me, but for me to actually be able to create so many Creepy in a single week, I first had to upgrade the Collectionist technology so that I could bring more bodies with me after each dungeon exploration.

“Anyway, I think it’s time to reveal them, don’t you think!?”

“Yeeees! We want you to tell us already!” I answer my own question, simulating as if there was somebody actually listening to my monologue.

“Ok, ok! Don’t be so impatient! And now, without further delay…” I make a short pause to increase the suspense. “Here we go! Hahaha!”

The new monsters are neatly arranged into a row behind me. For this to work, I had to modify their AI to stay still all the time. I’ll return their AI to normal later, don’t worry.

I walk to the first Creepy in the row and introduce it to the nonexistent public.

“Here we have the first Creepy! Hey, say hello to our viewers!” The Creepy stays completely still, ignoring me. Well, I did change their AI to not move, so what did you expect? “This one is the pet of the future! It’s so cute that will melt your heart! I call it, the Octocat!”

*Clap, clap, clap*

“I want one!” “Nice name!” “I want two!” “Only two? I want at least a thousand!”

“Thank you for your enthusiasm, viewers!”

The Creepy I’m talking about is, as its name suggests, a mix of Cat and Octopus units. It has the head and body of a cat and the legs of an octopus. But the tentacles are covered in fur, the same fur that covers the cat’s body.

I found that there is a technology upgrade that allows me to modify how the Creepy units look instead of using the visuals of a single of the two units. It works in a similar manner to how the Hybrid or Basic Chimera work… so I researched it, of course. The new tech only allows me to modify how they look, the stats and skills work the same as before.

“Look at those eyes! And those tiny tentacles! They look like a bunch of tiny furred paws, only that they don’t have bones or joints! Hahaha! Like I said before, the pet of the future!”

“You might be asking how is this wonderful creature going to help with the dungeon defenses, right!? Well, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but it doesn’t. Not at all! The only thing it does is stare at you with puppy eyes and make you feel bad if you kill it! Hahaha!”

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The Octocat is a level 1 Creepy, after all. It doesn’t have any skill except for the Optic Camouflage innate skill that comes from the Octopus. But it only helps with hiding against enemies, so it’s a non-combat Creepy. I created a total of 11 of them.

“But the best of all is its ability to change its fur colors, like an octopus! You want a black pet today? No problem! You like it white with brown spots? Sure, why not. If you ever get tired of your pet’s fur, just change it! You can even make it have green, blue, or purple fur! Hahaha!”

“Adorable, don’t you think? Well, let’s move to my next creation!” I make one step to the side and put myself right next to the next Creepy. “This one is smaller, so it might be difficult to see from afar. Please get closer, don’t be shy.”

When I edit this video, I’m going to make a zoom-in effect at this point to properly show this Creepy.

“This one can be slightly disgusting, but it can also be cute depending on your preferences. What do you think? Do you like it, or hate it?”

“What’s it?” “I don’t understand…” “Hey, is that liquid that’s dropping from it?”

“Well, it seems this one needs a little bit more explanation than the first one! Hahaha! This one is a mix of a Gecko and Blue Gel! Everybody knows what geckos are, so I’m not going to explain that part, but a Blue Gel is a slime-type monster that looks like blue jelly. I call this Creepy: Blue Gecko!”

About 15 cm in size, the Blue Gecko in front of me looks exactly like a gecko, except it’s translucent, blue, and continuously releases mucus. A similar kind of mucus to the one snails release, except this one is blue, denser, and the quantity released is a lot higher.

If I had to give an objective and simple description of the Blue Gecko, it looks like a gecko-shaped gummy bear covered in sticky goo of the same color.

“But look at this! We also have them in red, green, black, white, yellow, orange, purple… Basically, they come in every color you can think of!”

Of course, this only applies as long as the game devs have created a Gel unit of that color. Which means most colors, but certainly not all.

“We have the whole series! If you call us right now, we’ll give you an exclusive pack including them all! Hahaha!”

“Eww… they look gross! I don’t want one even if they are for free.” “I want a red one!” “I want a yellow and blue combo!” “The black one looks cool.” “Are they edible?” “I want all of them, so I’ll get ten packs!” 

“Yes, yes! Thank you for your enthusiasm! Hahaha!”

As a side note, those from other colors are called Red Gecko, Green Gecko, Black Gecko, and so on. Also, it’s now the most common unit in my dungeon (yeah, there are more than Stitched).

Geckos are so stupidly easy to find that they appear in most underground dungeons. And gels are the critter units from the Amorphous faction, so almost all their dungeons are filled with them. In short, it’s very easy for me to create more Colored Geckos if I want to, I just need to dive into two different dungeons and capture a bunch of geckos and gels.

That’s why I’m using them as the most common mob inside the dungeon. Right now, I have 127 Colored Geckos in the dungeon, and I plan to fill it with even more of them as time goes on. It’s the first easy-to-get combination I’ve found that I like, so I’m going to create loooooots of them! Hahaha!

“And like with the Octocat, Blue Geckos and all their variants are completely inoffensive! Hahaha! See? They only are a little sticky, but you can safely squish them as much as you want! What do you say, you want a bunch of them? Hahaha!”

Colored Geckos are also level 1, and only have a single non-combat innate skill: Sticky Trail. Oh, and they can walk through any surface because both geckos and gels can climb walls and even stick to the ceiling.

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