>>3865449
Miellewds-guy here.

>>3865449
Here

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>>3865501
>>3865477
Hi hi guys, sorry it took me a while to reply, I got a looong phonecall

***

We take our beloved redhead and our adored imouto and take them out for a treat, Yup, let's enjoy looking at our girls eat cake and go 'delish!' with a face full of happiness.

As a matter of fact

"Delish!" - says our puppy imouto as she nibbles on a small cake

E~h... we had hardly gotten to see Stella's girlish side. She'a such a tomboy most of the time, and as of late, she's been trying her best at becoming a refined lady, so this side of her has become even rarer,

Holding her happy face with her right hand, she smiles happily. Her face making a real life ^_^ emoji as she enjoys her treat.

"Ah..." - we stop ourselves from wiping clean the bit of cream off her lips.

Let's wait until she's all done.

As expected from a city mostly run by merchant princes, they have quite a bit of exotic ingredients from all over the eastern shore. Well, we've seen and tried things absent from these markets, of course, but while most of the things we're used to thinking as valuable are absent from the local markets, there is plenty that is absent from our usual markets, as well.

There's bright-blue cherries... well they're cherries in taste, size and shape, though they're bright blue instead of red, but honestly, the similitud is close enough considering it is a different world.

Then again, since it looks like the dev gods just copied a lot of things from other worlds into this one, theres a chance there's a world out there where cherries are normally blue, or even that blue cherries are the norm through the muiltiverse and Earth was just the exception, I guess.

"Eldric, drink your tea before it grows too cold." - Lyann admonishes us very gently from the side.

Well, she may be our super obedient love slave half the time, but she's still a caretaker all the time, after all.

"Yes, yes." - we sip the herbal tea

Its not bad, just not what we're used to. A bit bitter.

>Sweeten it with honey (from our inventory)
>Accompany it with our own cake
>Drink tea, kiss Lyann, repeat.
>Other

>>3865525
>Accompany it with our own cake

>>3865525
>>Accompany it with our own cake

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Im thinking of mentioning what would have happened if we take the other option, so choosing always feel meaningful, what do you think? As a test: If we picked the other option, someone would notice us adding honey, ask us what we're doing, and we would open a new market for honey.

>>3865557
>>3865543
>>Accompany it with our own cake

We try the cake, and notice that it is indeed exceedingly sweet. Actually, this is the most sugar-filled thing we've eaten in this world yet.

"Uhn." - we have a sip of our tea.

Sure enough, the tea and the cake go well together.

"Eldric, you didn't like it?" - asks our redhead
"It's fine once you match it with the tea."
"Right, that's because they use a special drop to make sugar here..."
"Is that so? It doesn't drop as sugar in the first place?"
"That is correct. I don't know who was it that noticed first, but apparently you can process a local drop into high quality white sugar."
"..."

Asking around, we find that it is indeed sugar cane.

Well, this is a good discovery in two ways. Obviously, because sugar, but also, because sugar can be used to make rather strong but simple bombs.

>Secure some sugar canes
>Secure some sugar
>Dive into that dungeon
>Other

>>3865577
>Secure some sugar canes
Ah? I thought Stella would have helped a Miel Hegemony Hive start here in Bastion.
Looks like we’ll need to expand the reach of the Hegemony again.

>>3865593
Sure, but not with commercial aims, just to settle as normal people, buying land, building homes, getting normal jobs. No aim towards industrialization right now.

>>3865601
Has Eldric noticed the lack of honey in Bastion food? Maybe he can notice that, and have our family start a business venture here?

>>3865577
>>Secure some sugar canes

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>>3865613
I don't remember him having a sweet tooth. I guess we could have Stella mention how "thanks goodness the local hive is producing honey now." I guess?
But if we just roll a 'patch' out each time we pick something we don't like, it sort of steals meaning to picking an option in the first place.

Well this one isn't life or death so let's have the option for the honey business come up again later, I guess.

***

"Hn. A reliable source of sugar will be convenient for various reasons." - we explain - "Let's make a deal with a local guild so we can purchase in bulk."
"Alright?" - Lyann doesn't really know about explosives, so she's just trusting our judgement on this
"Ya~y, sugar." - Stella's tail wags softly behind her
"It's not for pastry, you know?" - we gently caress her face, and take the chance to clean off the cream from her lips

After having an enjoyable time, we leave for the guilds and pick up the list of goods before returning home in a closed-roof coach.

Stella surprises us by keeping her distance and proper attitude on the ride back, rather than cuddling up with us... it feels a little lonely.

>Well, it's good that she's growing
>Grab, pull, cuddle
>Other

>>3865654
>Other: grab, cuddle, and molest Lyann
Stella is important, but so is Lyann, who we’ve been making work without play

>>3865654
supporting >>3865666

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I realized we haven't mentioned if we're having Lyann go around in a skimpy outfit nowadays, or not, I mean, she was going around in what was basically harem silks at Alquia, but what about here? Sexy or classe? Or a mix?

>>3865702
>>3865666
>Other: grab, cuddle, and molest Lyann

I guess we can go baka-couple mode, since we aren't doing anything overly naughty with out imouto in the coach.

***

"Hn." - we smile slightly as we look at how beautiful and proper our puppy imouto looks right now.

Sitting quietly with her knees together and her back straight, hands resting on her thighs, looking out the window in a high class dress. Yup, her feathered hat gives her a definitively classy air.

It is a bit of a shame that it hides her fluffy ears, though. It also makes us forget whom it is we're looking at for a moment, as we find ourselves appreciating a shapely, healthy, busty and attractive dark skinned young lady for a couple of moments.

*slap!*

We hit our face with both hands, drawing the attention of the girls as we take a deep breath.

"Big brother, what are you doing?" - ah, this is a bit of a problem. Without her cute fluffy ears, we are having trouble getting rid of that illusion
"I was cheering myself up." - we explain, feeling a bit bad about lying to our imouto
"I can do that for you once we get home." - says our redhead as she lets out a smile

She too looks quite exquisite, in her...

>Elegant, form hugging white dress with a short black jacket. It looks very elegant, covering her from head to toe and hugging her figure without leaving a inch of skin exposed. The long skirt is practically a tight tube, though, forcing her into short little steps, and making it impossible for her to cross her legs as she sits, while the long gloves are of the same make as the dress, making it look as if it was a solid single piece instead.
>Sexy and simple set of slave 'irons'. Her collar, plus her wrists and ankle cuffs, with a long, flowy and mostly transparent white silk robe without buttons, that flutters as it floats behind her when she moves. Not an inch of her glorious body is hidden from sight, as we fully abuse of her [Dancer] job's effect. Her heels are so tall her heels are in front of her toes, and the chain between her ankles has been adjusted so she's forced to take tiny, graceful steps, causing her world-class beautiful legs to display for the best possible effect, and her amazing torpedoes to jiggle as they basically ignore gravity's pull
>Other

>>3865741
>>Elegant, form hugging white dress with a short black jacket. It looks very elegant, covering her from head to toe and hugging her figure without leaving a inch of skin exposed. The long skirt is practically a tight tube, though, forcing her into short little steps, and making it impossible for her to cross her legs as she sits, while the long gloves are of the same make as the dress, making it look as if it was a solid single piece instead.
For one, Eldric needs to get himself together and not be distracted so much.

Also, with Sykia being another isekai person, I would be afraid that there are other people not affected by this world’s Common Sense.

>>3865772
>Also, with Sykia being another isekai person, I would be afraid that there are other people not affected by this world’s Common Sense.

hah, wouldnt that be an interesting way to find more isekai'd ppl? have our cute slavegirl walk around and watch who blushes

>>3865741
>>Elegant, form hugging white dress with a short black jacket. It looks very elegant, covering her from head to toe and hugging her figure without leaving a inch of skin exposed. The long skirt is practically a tight tube, though, forcing her into short little steps, and making it impossible for her to cross her legs as she sits, while the long gloves are of the same make as the dress, making it look as if it was a solid single piece instead.

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>>3865806
>>3865772

>>>Elegant, form hugging white dress with a short black jacket. It looks very elegant, covering her from head to toe and hugging her figure without leaving a inch of skin exposed. The long skirt is practically a tight tube, though, forcing her into short little steps, and making it impossible for her to cross her legs as she sits, while the long gloves are of the same make as the dress, making it look as if it was a solid single piece instead.

<- This dress, in case you were wondering

***

We smile at our beloved redhead, and reaching forth, we gently catch her hand between our fingers and thumb, then pull her in close towards us, having her sit on our lap so we can hug and kiss her.

"E-eh! Eldric!" - she cries out in surprise, punching at our chest gently

Well, her gently and a normal person's gentle are completely different... I mean, if it wasn't us, there'd be a red stain spread all over inside the coach right now... stats, you know?

Anyway, we happily let her pout and offer some cutesy, token resistance as we happily hold her with both arms and sink our face on the side of her neck, just enjoying her scent and softness.

"Eldric, Stella is right here...!" - she complains, blushing a little as she looks at us
"Is okay, she knows I love you. There's no problem with us being a little affectionate, I think."
"Uuuh... you're still a meanie." - she pouts, and blushes a shade brighter

>Cute cuddle
>Slightly grabby cuddling
>Somewhat steamy cuddling
>Other

Let's stop here for tonight. See you tomorrow, guys

>>3865878
>Cute cuddle
Because this makes Lyann more embarrassed.

>>3865878
>>Cute cuddle

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>>3865940
>>3865883
>>Cute cuddle

"That's because my Lyann is extra cute when she's embarrased." - we gently hold her by the small of her back with one hand, and use the other to lift her gloveted hand to our lips, then kiss it - "And I love it when you are cute."
"J-jeez...! Y-you idiot!" - she's now tomato red

Sitting in our lap, she's just the right height so she can look us straight in the eye. Of course, this just means she gets even more embarrased, and quickly looks away.

Wearing a fine white dress with black details, buttoned all the way up and down, and with her hair twintails braided and then coiled together on a large bun behind her head, she's the very picture of a victorian lady... probably.

Her beautiful face and moist, bright blue eyes. The bright blush on her face, the way her eyes tremble slightly. She's quite adorable, so of course we have to kiss her.

It can't be helped, right?

It's her fault for being so lovable, right?

Right

*kiss*

Her eyes open wide as we gently pull her chin to the front so we can kiss her lips, gently.

"Owawawa~" - Stella's cute face takes on a healthy shade of red as she looks at the scene in front of her with a funny feeling

"You know, I rather like it when I get to pamper you and treat you like the beautiful, elegant young lady that you are," - we tell our redhead while looking her in the eye
"...diot."
"What was that?" - we pretend innocence
"I said, you are an idiot... y-you know I ha-te it..."
"You can't say it straight, can you?"

Indeed, while her slave collar needs at least -one- restriction to stay on as her slave collar, the only restriction we ever imposed on her, is that she cannot lie to us
"...i can't." - she confirms, apple red
"You like it?"
"I-i like it... it makes me uncomfortable."
"Alright." - we finally kiss her lips, then very gently hold her in place for a kiss that lasts all the rest of the ride home

That night
>We treat her extra nice and ladylike in bed
>We make it up to her by being extra mean in bed
>Other

>>3866366
>>We treat her extra nice and ladylike in bed

>>3866366
>>We treat her extra nice and ladylike in bed

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>>3866723
>>3866606
>>>We treat her extra nice and ladylike in bed

Come morning, she's not talking to us, and whenever we look at her or try to get her to talk to us, she just blushes so hard we can actually hear her blush, the red easily visible through her very elegant and prim white dress as she angrily looks away.

Well, that's enjoyable in its own way, too.

Now that we have various lists with most of the goods the city can provide, we sit down to go through it with a fine comb so we can pick the best materials for explosives... there's actually quite a few things we could also use to make fairly good acids, too.

No, we're not going to go Brotherhood of Nod on the [ERROR]s and make an acid-spraying flamethrower-like chemical terror trooper. We could, but chances are they would be more damaging to the morale of our troops than the enemy's. A sad truth about fighting mindless enemies, that.

No, we're bringing it up because acids have all sort of convenient uses in industry, from cleaning to refining. Superconductors, for example, require quite a bit of acid.

As we are sitting in the drawing room and enjoying a cup of tea before lunch, Stella comes in, wearing her adventurer's clothes and armor, stopping by to greet us before going out to the dungeon.

"Big brother, good morning." - she happily greets us, and walks over towards us
"Good morning." - we stand up and smooch her, then rub rub her ears a little bit
"Where is big sister?" - she asks, noticing that Lyann is nowhere to be seen
"Ah... Lyann is kind of angry with me right now, She..."

>Went out to enjoy the city for a bit before lunch
>Went back to Alquia
>Went to Albion to help in the labs
>Is sulking in our room (and working on her thesis)
>Other

>>3866747
>Went out to enjoy the city for a bit before lunch

>>3866747
>>Went out to enjoy the city for a bit before lunch

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>>3867143
>>3867039
>>Went out to enjoy the city for a bit before lunch

"Eh? Without brother...?" - she looks confused for half a moment - "She must be really angry."
"Well, I don't think she's that angry... " - we let out a wry smile.

Really, its not that she's really angry. More that she's too embarrased to look us in the eye right now.

Well, her cute side is beautiful too.

"Is that so? Alright then." - she nods nods with a smile, happy to see the problem isn't too big - "I am going to the local dungeon, for funds. What will you do?"

>I'll go with you
>I need to stay and work on chemicals
>Other

>>3867179
>>I'll go with you
We have to test the [EXP Chainer] item

>>3867179
>>I'll go with you

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>>3867223
>>3867187
>>>I'll go with you

"Alright!" - our puppy imouto actually bounced in place from happiness.

]Well, she only did it once before quickly calming down and clearing her throat while covering her mouth with her left fist, trying to act mature and calm.

"It will be great to have big brother's assistance. Thank you very much." - she says

Well, her tail is wagging quite fast from side to side, though. Yup, she's done a great job maturing as of late, but I guess there's no taking all of the puppy out of our puppy girl.

"Big brother? Why are you nodding like that?"
"Hm. I was thinking that my little sister is such a wonderful young lady now." - we say with as straight a face as we can
"Y-you are lying, aren't yoiu?" - she pouts and looks like her hands twitched.

She probably wanted to lift her hands and shake her fists at us, didin't she? Well, she has done a great job growing up, but she's still adorable.

"No, Stella is a beautiful and elegant young lady now." - we finish the tea and cast [Clean] on our hands, then approach and rub rub at the top of her head - "But you will always be my adorable imouto, too."
"Uuuuh...!" - ah, she actually looks upset now

We smooch her and that calms her down

"You've been running the local foodgeons for a while, right? Have you seen open floors with lots of the same monster? There's something I want to try that requires just that."
"Is that so? I... ah, there is one, but I don't like it because the monsters fly, you know!?"

Well, she's the melee type, so of course she wouldn't like it if she can't reach. We can use magic, though, so it shouldn't be a problem.

"There's also some tunnelsfull of giant ants, but they're less common than you'd think and it can take a bit to find each group." - she says

>Birds
>Ants

***

I'm goin out for a bit, see you guys when I come back.

>>3869992
>Ants
I would have liked birds to get some eggs, but the Ants will help us see if there is a timer between each kill (we need to kill another monster of the same type within x minutes of the last one).

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>>3870156
I wonder if we could evolve ants into a sort of ant centaur, like how Portia is basically a spider centaur

>>3869992
>>Ants

>>3870161
We could test it, maybe see if there’s a convergence between Ants and Bees.

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>>3870194
>>3870156
>>Ants

Let's go with the ants. That way our imouto won't get bored while we shoot down the birds. Plus with our harpies, it feels kind of wrong anyway.

That's how we are riding a coach towards the eastern foodgeon with Stella, having pulled her in so she can sit in our lap for our cuddling benefit.

Yup, her hair smells really soft and fresh, but it doesn't has that baby scent anymore. Her ears are the softest, though.

"Hnn! B-big brother, don't bite at my ears...!" - she winces adorably as we gently nibble on her puppy ears
"Rejected. Just deal with it."
"J-jeez, brother, you meanie!" - she complains softly, but doesn't actually tries to move away

She sure is warm and soft. Yup, supper huggable. Also, she is resisting only with her words, and her tail is happily wagging from side to side.

>Tell her she's a good girl, and smooch her softly when we arrive
>Promise her to give her a nice long bath tonight too, then help with her milk
>Other

>>3870771
>Promise her to give her a nice long bath tonight too, then help with her milk

>>3870771
>>Promise her to give her a nice long bath tonight too, then help with her milk

>>3870885
>>3870796
>>Promise her to give her a nice long bath tonight too, then help with her milk

"E-eh... really?" - her tail's wag intensified, then she looks away - "But I bet big sister wants you to spend more time with her..."
"I'll spend the rest of my life with her. I can spare a couple of hours to spoil my cute little sister." - we rub her head gently
"...alright."

We step down from the coach, and head into the adventueer's guild.

******

Let's stop here for tonight, I'll post more as possible

>>3870941
Thanks for running. We’ll have to take Lyann with us to make it up to her.

Reminder that Aritsu has a sidequest storyline in the Yellowleaves Kingdom that we need to finish.
And we should probably see how her twin sister and her fiance are doing. They're going to become our in-laws, after all.

And we need to get Tanis up to [Divine] by getting her a job that requires responsibility and maturity. Krabby got it by being the babysitter for our XP parties. But maybe Tanis would like something more active.

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>>3870941
>>3870885
>>3870796
>>Promise her to give her a nice long bath tonight too, then help with her milk
"E-eh... really?" - her tail's wag intensified, then she looks away - "But I bet big sister wants you to spend more time with her..."
"I'll spend the rest of my life with her. I can spare a couple of hours to spoil my cute little sister." - we rub her head gently
"...alright."

We step down from the coach, and head into the adventueer's guild, finding it to be quite lively, full of people that are ovciously adventurers or merchants.

That last bit seems a bit odd. Usually, merchants do not purchase directly from adventurers, but from the guild.

>Look into it
>Just go on with our own business
>Other

>>3874964
>>Look into it

>>3874984
>>>Look into it

As it turns out, our request to list all available goods is the cause of this. Or to be more exact, Stella's, since she offered a small bounty in exchange for the information, and while for 'her' view on money it is just enough to offer a incentive, from the point of view of many small merchants, it is actually a boon equivalent to a small fortune, and a chance to start their own business.

>Admonish her sternly about sending local economies into turmail
>Admonish her gently
>Shrug it off. Its what we wanted, anyway
>Other

>>3875065
>Admonish her gently
She is a young girl that doesn't know any better.
Our grandfather was a fully-grown adult who should have known and done better.

>>3875065
>>Admonish her gently

King is probably GMing a game right now.

King is currently experiencing a power outage that may last a few hours to a few days.

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>>3875335
Howdy, Im back. There was a power blackout but... it was amazingly brief. And yeah, it seems I'm the most trusted GM in town so a gamestore convinced me to gm for them for money, and they will pay me the cab to and from the store, too, on wednesdays.

***

>>3875144
>>3875133
>>Admonish her gently

"Stella." - we look at her
"Yes, big brother!" - she exclaims, rather than ask.

Well, she's just too cute with her perked up fluffy ears and wagging tail... so we rub rub her head a little bit

"Keep things in moderation, alright?"
"Yes?" - she blinks blinks
"Yes."
"Okay!" - shining smile

Yup, cute.

We purchase an extra keystone so we can link it to the floor Stella is taking us to, then have her use her stone to get there.

***

We appear in an ample, hexagonal room underground in what appears to be a natural stone cave. Of course, its a dungeon, so we know that's not (technically) the case.

"This is a safe room?" - we ask looking around. It doesn't has the normally visible glowing borderline at the door.
"Ye~s." - she replies obediently
"Uhn. Alright." - we take out our keystone and bind it to the room - "Let's go, then."

Heading out of the safe room, we enter a series of stone tunnels with a bove-like roof. A surprisingly smooth one at that, specially considering that the walls are rather roughly cut.

"Ah, this way." - says our puppy girl
"Hm?"
"It smells like ants."

Her nose is really useful.. I wonder what ants smell like.

A few corners later, we do indeed find a group of ants.

Three small workers (they're still the size of a large dog) and three large soldiers.

>Kill them all with a spellblast
>Kill them one by one to see the exp go up one by one
>Other

>>3876619
>Kill them one by one to see the exp go up one by one

>>3876619
>Kill them one by one to see the exp go up one by one

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>>3876695
>>3876676
>>Kill them one by one to see the exp go up one by one

"Hold o- hn... nevermind." - we are about to stop Stella from charging forth, but decide against it.

It'll be a good ways to check if party members help us trigger the [Exp Chain] effect, and maybe even benefit from it.

We follow her in, and quickly begin seeing the results we hoped for

[You've gained 21.000 exp]
[You've gained 42.000 exp]
[You've gained 84.000 exp]
[You've gained 32.000 exp]
[You've gained 64.000 exp]
[You've gained 128.000 exp]

"Hn... it worked well enough, but it seems the worker and soldier ants count as different types, after all." - we comment while Stella happily picks up the [Chitine plate]s and [Warrior Scythe]s and [Ant Legion Shield] that the ants dropped.

That means we need to find a floor of just -one- type of monster, in every sense.

We explain this to Stella, who seems to think about it for a bit...

"How about the floor boss? Its a queen that constantly spawns warriors, so we can just kill the warriors until we get sick of it? The queen itself does nothing else."

>That would be fine
>No, we need an actual floor of the exact same monster
>Other

>>3876718
>That would be fine
We can test if trash mob adds from a boss count for this or not.

>>3876718
>>That would be fine

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>>3876760
>>3876735
>>That would be fine

And that's how we ended up in the Ant Queen chamber, which is a large space with an ascending spiral full of ever marching warrior ants the queen is constantly spawning.

Leave it to the gamer sensitivities of the dev gods, but rather than the more expected, biological way in which ant warriors should appear, there's simply a bright light next to the rear end of the queen, and then a group of warriors appears.

[You've gained 1 exp]
[You've gained 2 exp]
[You've gained 4 exp]...

Well, the adds seem to count, but their base exp is one... is this a problem?

>Nah, it doubles constantly, so if we just stay here for an evening or so, it will rather quickly climb up anyway
>Well, let's try somewhere else
>Other

>>3876815
>Nah, it doubles constantly, so if we just stay here for an evening or so, it will rather quickly climb up anyway
>Other: leave some of our Pets to do it for us, like the Constructs, who won’t get bored.

>>3876843
The constructs are too low level right now. We could however quickly level them up if we add them to our party, once our exp gain is high enough,

>>3876856
Okay, so bring them out, have them level while Stella and Eldric deal with the trash and the XP multiplier goes up, and then when the constructs are high enough level, have them keep killing the mobs until the XP Chain reaches its limit or we need to cycle in different Pets for them to also gain XP.

Sound alright?

>>3876815
supporting >>3876873

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>>3876936
>>3876873
Okay

We bring out our construct pets, and let them win exp as it goes up. Soon we're receiving 131.072 exp per ant and upwards, which is when we start getting swamped with [Your pet Crystal has leveled up!] messages and the like.

"Wa~a big brother what did you do? I'm leveling up a lot!" - Stella calls out to us
"Don't worry about it!"
"Okay!"

Good girl

[You've gained 8388608 exp]
[You've gained 16777216 exp]
[You've gained 33554432 exp]
[You've gained 67108864 exp],,,

"It went up again!" - she says
"Don't mind it!"
"Oka~y"

Good girl

Hn. We passed Lyann in level now. This is actually working. Sure, it took a couple of hours but it already matched months of work.

Well, I guess the constructs are high enough level to handle this room on their own. Only worry is, they may not be smart enough to leave the queen alone. I guess we should leave someone in charge...

>Krabby
>Tanis
>Sykia
>Fahima
>Lyra
>Other

>>3877042
>Tanis
She will get bored easily, but I have ideas on how to motivate her:
1. While she’s leveling directly like this, she can vastly outpace Spelth’Gagaron. While we will have to equalize the levels later, for now, she can lord her stupid high levels over the others.
2. This is practice and a test for leadership. The more practice she gets, the sooner she can Rank Up to [Divine].

Also leave behind any books or toys, and a pile of different metals and rare alloys we want her to taste-taste. See if any agree with her, and if they would be good to give to our child with her when the time comes to breed with Tanis for real.

>>3877042
>>Tanis

>>3877123
Well, looks like we lost the other voter so lets end here for tonight. God willing, I'll see you tomorrow guys

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>>3877123
>>3877066
Nm I misread the thread. Typing, but then I'll stop for tonight

We kill the queen (we can't change items in combat), and retreat outside the room. Its a bit of a pity to have the exp chain broken, but it shouldn't be a problem for us since its our cute pets that will have to build it back up.

By the way, the ads don't drop loot, sadly. We did get a [Runic][Royal Garment Set: Sarong] from the queen, though.

Its a deep purple cloth piece with gold ridges and clasp. Bonus wise, it promises to rise evasion by a cumulative 5% per equipped piece, as well as increasing [Fire] resistance all the way to [Absorb].

Isin't this just a loincloth, though? I mean, its a very fine and expensive loincloth, but isn't that what it is? It does reach all the way to the floor, though...

Anyway, once we leave the room, we... are about to call out Tanis and hand her the bracelet when we remember that as a pet, she can't equip 'people' accessories and items.

Honestly, we're so used to thinking of them as equals that we forgot, that's not how the system reads them at all...

>Send a [Message] to Lyann and call her over, then leave her in charge
>Leave Stella in charge
>Stay
>Other

>>3877194
Weren’t we having Stella and the constructs do the killing, to see if we have to be the ones that do it or not?

>>3877194
>Other: remember that this exercise was to see if we could let party members do the killing and grinding while we’re elsewhere and still get the benefits of the [EXP Chain], and that Tanis should be able to fight without us being here

>>3877194
supporting >>3877819

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>>3878006
>>3877819
Yeah you guys are right. Alright, we still need to kil the queen because we can't get out of the room and go back until we do so, but once we're out, we call out Tanis and hand her control over the constructs, then throw them at it for the rest of the day, agreed?

>>3878048
Yes, that's good.

Is it possible that if we keep this running long enough, that we could not only catch up to Grandpa's level, but go past him?

>>3878048
agreed

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>>3878059
>>3878052

Unlikely, since grandpa has been at it for decades. and this amulet we got is something he literally discarded because he found something better enough to think it wasn't a big deal...

Well, maybe with the constructs if we turn the ant queen room into basically a infinitely going exp grinder, I guess.

***

We kill the queen, and Stella happily hands us a [Runic][Royal Sarong] from its loot.

After leaving the room, we call out Tanis and explain to her what we expect of her, then hand her control of our construct squad.

"Big brother..." - Stella pulls gently on our sleeve.
"Yes, What is it?" - we rub rub her ears
"I still need to farm some drops..."

Right, Stella is the one that invited us along. She wanted to farm with us.

>Alright, let's go deeper down
>Can you go on your own?
>Other

>>3878088
>Alright, let's go deeper down
>Other: Have Stella pop out of our Party, and we will just buff and heal her.
Ah, dammit, if we go with Stella, then we won't be able to keep the XP grinding going. But using this plan of just buffing and healing her while she's outside of our Party should get around that.

Either that, or bring Tanis and the Constructs with us until Stella finishes farming, and then we can let Tanis stay in the Ant Queen boss room to grind.

>>3878088
supporting >>3878108

>>3878134
>>3878108
>>3878108

"Eh... but big brother won't get anything like that..." - she leans her head to the side a little bit
"It's alright, because I get to spend time with my cute Stella."
"Ah!" - she actually blushed, and her ears perked up.

She's such a cute, happy girl. She really likes spending time with her big brother, doesn't she? Ah, I hope her rebellious phase never comes...

We kiss Tanis and leave her in charge, then move further down into the dungeon with our Imouto.

Hn... she may be well served taking some Hunter/Beastmaster levels. We would feel calmer knowing she has a party with her, after all.

We're going to pick/catch/breed her the cutest/best pets ourselves, of course. Yup, only the best and cutest for our puppy imouto.

Anyway, we head in with her, and have fun watching our little sister's heroic figure as she fights her way through the dungeon.

Hn. We leveled up fifteen times while doing so.

>Take more beastmaster levels for extra pet slots
>Other

>>3878152
>Take more beastmaster levels for extra pet slots
We're going to become a 1 Man (many Pets) Army!

And we want Stella to have cute Pets!

>>3878152
>>Take more beastmaster levels for extra pet slots

>>3878184
>>3878177
>>Take more beastmaster levels for extra pet slots

Alright, since we're sinking all of the exp into a single job, we can raise that class' level by 26, which is enough for 8 more pet slots.

"Ya~y. Big brothyer, I got a lot of drops!" - our puppy imouto happily wags her tail as she tells us what sort of stuff she got.

She gives us the rest of the [Royal Robes] set, includining: [Royal Gown][Royal Bracers] and the [Royal Slippers] which go with the [Royal Sarong] we already had.

It seems we're missing the [Royal Gems] still, though...

>Send a party of pets to look for it (will break the chain exp)
>Post a quest for it in the guild
>Other

>>3878273
>Other: Tell Stella we can go farming for it later. Either she can party up with Lyann, or we'll have some Pets farm for it.

For adventurers to get the Royal Gems, they'd have to come down this deep, and might disrupt our XP grinding with Tanis. We might as well send Pets to look for it later when we need to switch out Tanis anyway.

Pets for Stella:
Either a child of Fahima or Lyra, to act as a Healer.
A Vampire/Majin for AoE nuke.
A Human (Evolved, probably an offspring of Lyann), to be a DPS/Crowd Control.
A Plant Faerie offspring in case of [ERROR]s.

>>3878273
supporting >>3878311

>>3878317
Fahima as an efreeti is a nuker, though.
I agree with all the others though

Anyway, im going out for the night, I know its early but I need to do stuff.

So, other than the vampire, everyone would just be breed from pets we already have?

>>3878359
Yes. We might also include a Succubus as a Maid.
Though proper training as a Maid might require making the Pet be a Person for a time. Which could get weird.

So we could theoretically leave some pets here just for EXP farming while we just walk around levelling up all the time?
It's a dick move for our pets, but is it possible?

>>3878528
Yes. Nobles in Albion, and I think Eopolis, do something similar by hiring Adventurer Parties to party up with their kid, so that they go down into Dungeons and grind XP, while their kid goes to school and gets levels.

No one has done it with Pets because:
1. Most people don't have the number of Pets we do.
2. No one has the rarity of Pets we do.
3. No one has Pets as high level as we do.
4. Pets can be captured by another Hunter/Beastmaster, so letting your Pets grind away from you is always a risk of having them stolen

>>3878577
>4. Pets can be captured by another Hunter/Beastmaster, so letting your Pets grind away from you is always a risk of having them stolen
Huh, never heard of this one, maybe I should read more properly.
I wonder if it's possible to just make this dungeon our own with the EXP ants still inside.

>>3878586
This level is supposedly much deeper than what other adventurers usually go to.
We were planning on making a foodgeon/grinding dungeon at our Island Manor, so that the maids could get fresh foods and grind levels (and we should make them take Beastmaster levels so that their Pets can do the grinding and farming while the maids do housework), but trying to get a specific monster is not easy.

What we have to do is find whatever XP-boosting item that Grandpa is using, and get a copy of that. Or somehow remove the [can only chain by killing the exact same monster type] limitation on this item we have.
He's got something better, and we need to prove that our way of thinking things through is superior to his "All Guts, No Brains" brand of heroism.

>>3878597
Removing the latter seems like the more obvious choice, the former would just be a waste of time, as Gramps most likely has it on him all the time.
Have we tried some kind of uncursing yet?

>>3878626
We need to examine the Chain more closely, to see if the limitation is a curse installed to reduce the cost of the enchantment, or if it’s just a function of how it works.

>>3878359
can i get a thread description?

>>3884276
Now, we got the sugar. And tested the [EXP Chain] with some ants.

Testing to see if the thread can get bumped up or i should make a new one

New thread here
>>3887799