Musings over, he turned to the panels floating in front of him.

  It contrasted greatly with another panel.

  With his new [Greater World Link] skill, Brandr inquired as to what this meant. This caused a new panel to open up.

  Brandr read this with great interest. He checked and apparently, he could set up a beacon that would have any dungeon pixie that caught the signal know there was an unbound dungeon in the area. He could also have the world create one for him immediately in exchange for some of his mana. The benefits of doing so were clearly illustrated. The boost to mana control seemed useful but Brandr had yet to have problems controlling this world's essence despite its difference to what he was used to. However, he stood the chance of summoning a pixie that possessed useful knowledge. Knowledge that would guide him with regards to the building and running of his dungeon.

  'Ah…that's what a guide means', he realised, his mind immediately going to the tag Thorn had.

  Quickly, he looked up sprites.

  Brandr looked up from his reading, staring at Thorn so intensely the sprite lord grew uncomfortable. It was as if he was seeing the creature for the first time and in a way, he was. The description said sprites were caretakers and for Brandr that translated to field hands. They tended to fields, crops and beasts. What else could they be?

  Scanning his abode, Brandr felt a surge of happiness for the first time since he landed in this world. Excluding Thorn, he, a mystic realm, a being that was essentially a world of caverns, monsters and plants, had no less than forty-seven field hands!

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  If that wasn't good fortune, what was? Without hesitation, he chose to maintain his guide and then went back to his reading. He'd field test his caretakers after he finished reading his new manual. Right now, the blue panels demanded all his attention.

  The information provided by his [Greater World Link] informed him that whichever he chose would become the primary inhabitants of his dungeon. They would grow and develop depending on how he ordered and provided for them and in so doing, fulfil the fundamental tasks of defending his core and hunting for him. The individual descriptions of his options were informative.

  Brandr stared at the various screens for a few several seconds before making his decision.

  "Thorn, I need some help!"