Lilussees groaned. Another group of monsters from the dungeon they were assaulting turned the corner. Couldn’t they just lighten up? Shouldn’t they realize it was pointless by now?

Lilussees turned over in her hammock and focused for a moment, selecting one of her protocols. Her mana flared to life and linked to the drones flying around. A dozen magic circles formed, and then Fusion Dark Beams combined into a massive beam that filled the entire hallway. One monster to the side had barely survived, nothing remained of the others.

Lilussees tapped the metal walls around her. The Living Armor she was hiding inside of stepped forward, and lifted its hand.

Mana-conductive web in the shape of a magic circle glowed on its palm. The Living Armor channeled a bit of its mana and the circle lit up, firing a smaller Dark Beam to finish off the survivor. Lilussees sighed, and then crawled out of the Living Armor, spinning another web magic circle on its hand before crawling back to her temporary room.

“Well, like, keep going, or something.”

The Living Armor nodded and started walking again, the drones following suit. Lilussees groaned again.

She just had to go and become the best mage in the ‘network’ after the boss lady, huh? If she had known there was an option to hide in her room and command golems from afar, she never would have started this training! But no, now she had to be present on the battlefield so she could cast her magic. Of course.

Well, at the bare minimum, she wasn’t going to walk!

Which is why she…politely requested the assistance of the Living Armor. There was barely enough room for a hammock up to Lilussees’s standards, but she made it work. Somewhat.

Lilussees shook her head as she reviewed the messages from the Aesdes. Since, like, the boss lady had one of those under her command now, apparently. But thinking about that and the relationship of the Aesdes to dungeon masters was too much work, so Lilussees didn’t.

“Oh, look. Like, another evolution, or something. Which probably means, like, more work for me, or something. Great. Just great.”

She had already become some sort of ‘Cyber-Arcane Weaver’, or something. She could cast more magic and make magic circles out of her web now. Most of which now meant more work, just her luck. She had briefly considered choosing something weak, so that she wouldn’t have as much to do, but she discarded that thought almost immediately. Her instincts as a monster and dungeon master made her deeply uncomfortable with intentionally weakening herself, and losing her magical abilities might just result in her getting another job that might require even more effort.

And, well, Lilussees also felt vaguely that she would like to kill the people who threatened the boss lady. They were threatening her safe and comfortable home, after all!

So she glanced over the list of evolutions.

Available Evolutions:

Name:

Description

Giant Cyber-Arcane Weaver

A larger Cyber-Arcane Weaver. It produces a truly astonishing amount of mana-infused webs to cast its spells with.

Cyber-Dread Weaver

A Cyber-Arcane Weaver attuned to Dark Mana. Its mana and poisons carry Dark curses.

Cyber-Arachne

A humanoid cyber-spider hybrid. Combines humanoid intelligence, machine precision, and a spider’s deadly characteristics.