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Aidan

◊ Congratulations on surviving your first week on Gaia! ◊

◊ The Multiversal Wars will now commence in the Aqua Galaxy! ◊

◊ Unless perks state otherwise, all users may launch attacks on the planet they are at war with in the form of dungeons! Users may gather together to make larger dungeons, or they may create their own dungeon attack with their own monsters. However, every dungeon may only have one boss monster within it. ◊

◊ Additionally, the level of the monsters sent by the users will be determined by the user’s own level! Regular monsters of whom cost twenty-five War Points will be at the lowest level of the user’s current Tier. Rare monsters of whom cost one hundred War Points will be ten levels below the user’s current level. Elite monsters of whom cost two hundred and fifty War Points will be at the user’s level. And boss monsters will always be at the highest level of the user’s current Tier. ◊

◊ All users may send their monsters with Pacifist mode turned on or off. Pacifist mode will make the user’s monsters attack only those who have sent monsters to your planet, whether before or after your monsters are sent! Or those who have entered the dungeon your monsters are inside of. However, should a user who is not participating in the Multiversal War attack one of your monsters, the monsters will fight back, and the user in question will from then on be considered a participant. ◊

◊ Lastly, planets outside of the Aqua Galaxy may not declare war on planets within the Aqua Galaxy until permission is granted by the System to do so! ◊

◊ As a gift to celebrate the Aqua Galaxy entering the Multiversal Wars, all Victory Points earned during the first Multiversal War on every planet will also grant an equal number of Event Points! ◊

◊ Good luck, and fight hard! Because you will lose if you don’t! ◊

Nothing new in those messages that I didn’t already know. Other than the little gift thing at the end.

It makes sense, though. Otherwise, how will people upgrade their defenses in the early days of the System’s arrival?

Unless events are just that frequent, that is. Then I could see it happening.

But doing it this way pretty much makes the first Multiversal War for every planet their first System Event as well.

Anyway, more messages flood my vision before long.

And these are a bold red in color.

◊ATTENTION◊ The planets of Gaia and Furtruna have now entered a state of Multiversal War! ◊ATTENTION◊

◊ATTENTION◊ The planets of Gaia and Furtruna have now entered a state of Multiversal War! ◊ATTENTION◊

◊ATTENTION◊ The planets of Gaia and Furtruna have now entered a state of Multiversal War! ◊ATTENTION◊

Although the first three messages are just a repeat of the same message three times.

◊ Due to your planet entering a state of Multiversal War, all wartime menus and System functions are now open! ◊

Without hesitation, I open the Multiversal War Menu again to find it now updated so that the Launch Assault menu inside it isn’t crossed out anymore. So I open that menu.

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Launch Assault Menu

War Points: 204,113

Victory Points: 0

Perks: Tutorial Discount, Tutorial Skill Infusion

Perk Benefits: -10% to War Point expenditures on monsters, Unlocked the ability to infuse skills into sent monsters for an additional 20% War Points cost.

Current Monster Selection Price: 0 War Points (No monsters selected)

Monsters

Dungeon

Confirm Assault

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Oh, right. I forgot about that discount perk.

Too many things were happening when I got it.

That decreases the price of the monsters I plan to send by almost three thousand War Points. Which is quite a bit.

The first thing I do is open the Monsters menu, which shows an almost exact copy of the list of unlocked monsters that I was looking at earlier. Just with the boss and regular monsters merged on one menu.

So I go ahead and select the monsters I decided ahead of time.

Fifty zombie soldiers, three mimics, five elite void golems, and the one boss blighted broodmother. Then I confirm the monster selection, making the menu return to the Launch Assault Menu before I proceed to go to the Dungeon menu.

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Launch Assault Menu

War Points: 204,113

Biome

[ ] Joint Dungeon | Solo Dungeon [ ]

Confirm Dungeon

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Okay, so I can choose a biome for the dungeon?

I select the menu before multiple different biomes show up to choose from. And it doesn’t take me long to choose.

After all, what biome is best for a large bug boss?

A biome with lots of underground caverns.

I choose a mountainous forest. One with lots of cave systems.

After that, I choose Solo Dungeon so that it doesn’t put other users’ monsters in my dungeon or vice versa. Then I confirm the dungeon, sending me back to the Launch Assault Menu.

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Launch Assault Menu

War Points: 204,113

Victory Points: 0

Perks: Tutorial Discount, Tutorial Skill Infusion

Perk Benefits: -10% to War Point expenditures on monsters, Unlocked the ability to infuse skills into sent monsters for an additional 20% War Points cost.

Current Monster Selection Price: 26,145 War Points (Tutorial Discount: 29,050-2905 War Points)

Monsters

Dungeon

Confirm Assault

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I look at the price for a moment before nodding my head and selecting Confirm Assault. Following which another menu appears in my vision.

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Launch Assault Menu

Are you sure you wish to send an assault for 26,145 War Points?

Confirm Assault

Cancel Assault

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I immediately confirm the assault again.

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Launch Assault Menu

Your assault has been confirmed and sent.

Should your dungeon remain uncleared for three days, it will break, and the monsters inside will be let out to attack the nearest System City.

Please open the new icon in the corner of your vision labeled with a camera to view footage of your assault once the dungeon breaks or is cleared to review your chosen assault force and dungeon.

Close Menu

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Alright. My force has been sent.

Now I can’t do anything about it but wait for it to run its course.

So with that in mind, I turn my attention to the window, where I see the voidlings all on the move. No doubt rushing to go find and enter dungeons near the city.

I quickly get up from my seat and leave the building. Then I climb onto the wall to look out from the System City. And within just a few hundred feet of the city, I immediately see a large portal of sorts just floating in the air. One with a System label floating above it.

◊ User Ripjaw the Eighth’s Bronze Tier Grassy Plains Dungeon ◊

So all it says is the dungeon name and the user who sent it? What happens if multiple users have monsters that are part of a single dungeon force? Are all of their names listed? Or just the one who sent the boss monster?

Not sure. Doesn’t matter right now anyway.

Without hesitation, I step through the portal with dozens of my voidling creations along with my general before finding myself appearing on a vast grassy plain in the dead of night. One filled with numerous skeletons just walking around.

Although all of the skeletons instantly turn their gazes towards me upon my entrance.

Which is a rather creepy sight, considering their empty eye sockets.

All of them are at the start of Bronze Tier, with the exception of some larger skeletons closer to the back that are at level 31. Likely implying that the user who sent this dungeon should be level 41.

So they aren’t a very strong enemy.

With that thought in mind, I wave my hand, signaling all of my voidlings to charge the skeletons.

I doubt this dungeon will take long to clear.