Then, I heard something. It was a noise like a *splat*.
It was up around the corner. I slowly crept towards the sound. I turned around the bend and saw a.. a slime. Why was there a slime trying to climb the wall? It was making little tentacles but could not get a good grip, so it fell back down. There was a ledge with a small crystal on it that it looked like the slime wanted. I walked closer, only stopping to kick the slime away. I didn''t kill it though, I didn''t get the notification.
Just then, I felt a foreign presence in my head.
"Please, don''t kill me. I can help you"
Who are you?
"I have no name. I am a dungeon core, I just spawned a couple of days ago. I have chosen my Specialty but my only slime fell off my ledge. My mana regeneration is not high enough to spawn a new one yet".
I Observed the core and got a notification.
| Insight gained on Cores. You have gained the Spell: Crystallise |
| Crystallize: Create a Mana Core. 100 mp |
*Yesssss*
How can you help me, Dungeon?
"I can form a Companion contract. It will benefit both of us. When I am stronger I can provide you with resources and training".
That sounds pretty good, but what do I have to do for you?
"All you have to do is agree to not hurt me in any way"
Let me see the contract
| Companion Contract |
| Ascendant agrees to not harm the Dungeon in any way directly or indirectly. The dungeon agrees to not harm you indirectly or directly. Mana Regeneration inside the dungeon domain is doubled. |
I accept.
Roxanne
What will you get out of this, besides an awesome fucking protector?
"I will get 50% of your total mana and mana regen."
You said you have chosen your Specialty? what does that mean?
"A dungeon''s Specialty is like an Affinity. I chose the slime Specialty, so I can only spawn slimes"
That seems harsh, you can only have slimes in your dungeon?
"No, I can only spawn slimes. I can Tame any creature that is subdued and accepts me as their master. You are safe since we made the companion contract."
Huh, that is useful. Ok the last question, are you a male or female?
"Silly creature, all Dungeons are females. We are mothers."
It said that with a definitely more feminine voice, almost sounding flirtatious.
A shimmering mist came out of the core that I was now holding in my hand. It formed a rather cute woman, about 20 or so and 3 inches tall. I observed her and saw a spell notification.
| Spell Gained: Astral Projection. Passive. 5mp/m |
"This is my form, but now it is very small. I am trying not to waste mana. By the way, you have an impressive mana regeneration rate for your age. What level are you?"The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.
I wasn''t sure if I was supposed to keep that a secret, but what could she do?
I''m level 15. What''s yours?
"I''m level one."
Oh duh
"Your mana regeneration should be much less than that. When do you unlock your core?"
I unlocked it when I reached level 15.
"Fuck me sideways, You are a Dominator?
Yup
"God help us all. You are the next Saurian Dominator. I should be elated, I just signed a contract with you. But all I''m getting is a sense of dread. You could probably break the contract and enslave me, who knows the limits of a Dominator."
First of all, I don''t even know what I am. Secondly, I am not going to hurt you or else I would''ve just crushed your core.
"How in the Hells do you not know what you are? Almost all Dominators came from this world but were reincarnated into paragons of their species".
I am reincarnated, but I''m not from this world.
"That is extraordinary, but not unique. There have been other Dominators, claiming to be from another planet called Earth."
Yes, that is where I am from! Where are these other dominators?
"I have no idea."
How do you know any of that anyway?
"Before dungeons are spawned, we have the knowledge imparted to us from the Central Cryst."
What is that?
"No one knows. People call it The Mother Of All Dungeons."
The MOAD!!!
That''s pretty cool.
"Yup"
And you don''t have a name?
"No, Dungeons are usually named by the first explorer"
Which would technically be me...
"Correct"
I think I will call you Roxanne.
"I like it."
Great, now tell me everything you know about Dominators.
She talked and talked and talked for sooo long. I was starting to get sleepy when she suddenly yelled at me.
"Hey!"
Ah shit, what?
"Were you sleeping while I was talking?"
No, of course not. Listening to you talking for hours is just so interesting.
She flipped me off
Ghost Boy
Basically I learned that Dominators were:
Very powerful
Very rare
Only one of each species at a time
It usually took about 10 years to spawn a new Dominator after one died
Dominators formed their core at level 15, where most species did at level 30
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Dominators were more adept at magic
Sooo, Dominators are basically royalty in this world?
"That is a very crude way to put it, but yes"
Bow to me, Peasant
Roxy giggled as she flipped me off. "I want to try this Astral Form," I said. "How did you get that skill" she wondered. "I can gain spells by watching them be cast". She just nodded like that was normal.
I cast it, and a weird sensation came over me like I was floating. I WAS floating. "Oh yeah, this feels great" I felt weightless. I looked at my body. It was a human body, but pretty muscular and transparent. I was a big Casper.
"Wow, you are kinda cute," said Roxanne.
I struck a pose and did a hair flip. I don"t know how, but it worked.
She started giggling and we just laughed together. It felt good to laugh with all the crap that was going on.
Chapter 10
My dino body looked it was asleep. I was hoping it had some autopilot. I looked at Roxanne for the first time up close. She had a nice figure with a decently large chest. She had the oddest clothes on. It looked like...
Oh shit
She is naked
And I have been staring at her
I quickly looked away, and then glanced down at myself. I was naked too.
"Is everything ok?" she asked.
"Yeah, I''m okay I just got caught off guard."
She giggled "You have a situation down there"
I looked down and was horrified. It wasn''t short by any means, I wasn''t ashamed of it, but still.
Roxy thought it was hilarious. "Someone''s happy to see me"
"Screw you" I shot back.
"You would" she giggled.
"Would you grow up? I''m merely appreciating your assets" I said.
"Maybe you should grow a little less next time" She was having a great time. "Don''t be such a hard-ass. I will take that as a compliment. Now, are we gonna get moving?"
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I canceled Astral Projection and popped back into my sweet dino ride.
I loved the feeling of power I felt in my body. Roxy said that she knew of a way out of the cave. The slime had her core on top of it and was like a moving throne. She kept her form projected as she sat on top of my head. I felt a little bit of pressure but she was basically weightless.
"Could you use your spell-learning skill on Mental Connection? I need to reserve my mana" she asked.
"Wow, you are so demanding" I teased.
I wasn''t sure how I could learn it since I had to Observe it to learn the spell. I could feel the mana connecting us, however, so that was a start. I kept casting Observe while I "felt" the pattern of mana.
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Insight Gained: Spell offshoot learned-Visual Learner-Passive-0mp/m
Insight Gained: Spell-Mental Connection learned- Passive-10mp/m
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Wow, that turned out good. "Roxy, you can stop it. I learned the spell".
I cast my own spell of Mental Connection to her. I activated Visual learner just because, I might get something.
"Um, I''m sorry I have to ask this, but what is your name?" Roxy asked me. She sounded serious for once.
"You can call me Daddy," I said, while I tried to keep a straight face. She burst out laughing. "Ok seriously, you can call me Ryan or Ascendant".
"Which one do you prefer?" she asked. "It''s your choice," I said.
"I think I like Ryan better"
"Then that is what you can call me"
"Ok then, we''d better stop dicking around down here. I want to get out of this hellhole" Roxy said.
"Agreed. How do we get out?"
"I sense a caved-in portion of the cave walls. We can get out there."
What? "How do you know that?" I asked.
"I can sense the mana flowing in from the surface," she said. "I am very talented at detecting mana"
"Well then, tell me the directions to the surface," I said eagerly.
She directed me to a collapsed portion of the cave wall. There was sunlight streaming in from the good-sized hole. The debris was used as an impromptu staircase. I crawled over the big rocks, while Roxy''s slime held the Dungeon core and slid up with me. I peeked out into the world and was in awe.
Symbiote
The view was gorgeous. The flora was huge and colorful, plus they were almost too green.
"Amazing, there must be a landline near us," Roxy said.
She explained that leylines were the mana passages of the world. If a dungeon was placed Roxy looked around in awe. Her slime took the core and placed it on the ground. It slowly sunk deeper, like the ground was swallowing it.
"I will be fine for now, I will start the base of my dungeon domain. Please come back later though, I enjoy your company" said Roxy.
She sunk into the ground after her slime and core. I snuck into the underbrush, looking for some levels. I saw a burrow, about my size. If I went in there, I would probably be dragged deeper in. I headed away from the danger hole.
I kept walking, and suddenly a flash of movement caught my eye.
A small, black, crystalline spider about 6 inches wide, counting the legs, suddenly attached to my chest.
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Queen Crystal Nanobeast is requesting a symbiotic bond
Kill her now and get experience, or:
Allow Queen Crystal Nanobeast to consume your excess mana to survive
She will attach to your core and siphon all of your excess mana, but only when your mana pool is full
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Crystal Nanobeasts can sacrifice their lives to replenish 5% of your health in that area
If you choose to become her symbiote, you will have 50% control of all of her Nanobeast spawn
The Nanobeasts will also help your natural regeneration ability
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Most creatures would probably just kill her for the experience. Only sentient or creatures with high intelligence would accept her request. It sounded good, another creature on my side. I accept your offer.
She slowly molded into my skin, not unlike how Roxy molded into the ground. If I could have seen my core, It would now have a raised black mark in the shape of the spider.
I instinctively pulled up the number of nanobeasts in my bloodstream, and there were already 2 spawned. I could lightly sense them moving around my bloodstream. I could feel them slowly rebuilding my cells, and making them stronger and closer-knit together.
I came upon a few creatures, but they were just small rabbit-like creatures with a wickedly sharp horn on their head. When I killed one, the prompt called it a Basher. I met one called a Mana-Saturated Basher. It shot a blue bolt at me from its horn, and I learned a spell called Mana Bolt.
I shot right back at it, and I crippled the poor beast. Then I bit it right in half. A small core with spiraling rines etched on the surface came into my view.
| Insight gained on Cores. Spell: Crystallize upgraded |
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Crystallize: Active
Create a Mana Core: 100mp
Create a Spirit Core: 150mp
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| Spirit Core: A Mana Core with a very primitive AI capable of absorbing and directing mana |
The Spirit core seemed to be a diluted version of a Beast Core. The Basher was only level 20, so it must have gotten it''s sore from the Mana-Saturation.
I bet Roxy would like to have some of those cores, I should probably get back to her.
Spirit Cores
I cast Crystallize with the Spirit Core option. A small core, about 2 inches in diameter, was created. It was slowly generating its own mana while drawing in some from the environment. I created a Mental Connection to it, and just felt some vague emotions. I told it to start giving me mana, because why not. It created pseudo-limbs out of mana and hopped onto my back. Once it was on top it connected a mana-tentacle with one of my mana passages.
It slowly fed mana through the connection, and I felt its joy as it completed the task.
I walked past the Basher burrow on way back to Roxy. A level 31 Nature Basher was just outside of the entrance.
I slowly snuck up on it from behind and shot a Mana Bolt at it. I barely hit the back leg, but it was good enough to cripple it. Suddenly a greenish glow surrounded it and I got a notification.
| You have learned the spell: Regenerate |
| Regenerate: Heal a portion of your health-Active-30mp |
It was a healer. I shot 2 more mana bolts before I got into melee range, hitting it on the side. It didn''t cast heal, so it was crippled again. I hit it hard on the head, knocking it out. I figured it would be a nice gift for Roxy to Bind to her dungeon.
I walked up to the clearing that Roxy was in and unconsciously sucked in a breath.Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.
There was an arch of stone, with steps leading down into the earth. I held the Nature Basher in my arms while I walked down the steps.
"Whoa whoa whoa, stop right there. I have to disable all the traps before you can see it" said a familiar Dungeon Core.
"Roxy, I brought you a gift." I showed her the Basher, and it started to wake up. It looked around, its eyes were unfocused. Roxy flew right up to him and cast the spell Bind.
| Insight gained on Taming. Spell learned-Tame |
| Tame: dominate a creature, so it will only follow you-Active-Variable Mp cost |
Wow, that could be useful. Just think, I could ride into battle on a dragon. Oh, wait I am a dinosaur.
"Hey, Roxy I have another gift for you," I instructed the mana core on my back to dismount, and I cast Crystallize spirit core again.
"Those are Spirit Cores! How did you make them?" she asked in awe.
"I can learn spells, remember?" I said in my best "Duh" voice.
"Of course. I would love some more of Spirit Cores, anytime you can make them. It always helps to have a backup mana supply" Roxy said.
I agreed with her and created another Core. I didn''t want to disappoint my ally, of course.
She showed me around the dungeon, and I saw a lot more slimes. The Nature Basher was also healing itself, so it could get back to operating properly. It would be a good support creature. I should find a creature for ranged attacks, but I just wanted to stay solo for now. Also, I had my Nanobeasts and a sexy naked dungeon core on my side, so I think I was doing pretty good. For now, though, I think I am going to sleep.
I asked to sleep in the dungeon, so I could take advantage of the enhanced regeneration for my Nanobeasts. Their count was already up to 56!
I was starting to like this new life.
Earth Matriarch
I woke up in Roxy''s dungeon, completely full on mana and well rested. Roxy was nowhere to be seen, so I decided to head back out. I figured I had slept for about 5 hours, and I thought the sun would be down. I looked out of the archway and frowned. It was still mid day. I went to sleep in the morning, so it should have deen almost dusk.
I would ask Roxy about it later. Now, I had over 200 nanobeasts and I was ready for the Baher burrow, I assumed. It was larger than the last time I saw it, but not by much. The thing inside must have grown a little bit larger .I crawled inside the burrow.
I was suddenly charged by several bashers, but they were only level 6. They posed no threat to me, so I used my Slash skill I had gained earlier. I didn''y check my notifications, but apparently it came from fighting the Nature Basher. I kept crawling, and the ceiling slowly got higher. Two morebashers charged me, and they were level 6 and 7. I bit one in half, but the other one managed to scrape my leg with it''s horn. I quickly sliced it''s head off, so it only did 20 hp damage.
I looked at the wound, and watched the nanobeasts sew it back together. It was like they started the framework and my flesh filled in the gaps. I snuck farther forward into the burrow, watching my back. If something came from behind, then I could only Mana bolt it. I killed 3 more bashers, and the highest level one was level 15.The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.
Suddenly, I fely vibrateions from the earth. A big basher was coming. I saw it come around the corner, and instantly observed it.
| Earth Basher Matriarch- level 30 |
It must have just evolved, so it needed to make the burrow bigger. That would explain why the entrance was expanded. It was covered in a greyish-coating, looking like some kind of armor.
| Insight gained on Earth magic. Spell: Rock Armor learned |
| Rock Armor- Covers your body in a suit of rock-Passive- 10mp/m |
It shot a spike of rock at me, but I dodged. I got a notification that I learned a spell, but I didn''t have enough time to check. This would make a great addition to the dungeon so I had to be careful. I shot a Mana Bolt at its horn, since it seemed like they could only cast from it, but it turned so its armor took the hit. A few rocks were knocked of but nothing major. I shot 5 rapid fire bolts at the leg, and it broke the armor on its front paw. One hit to the leg sent it limping away, the stump completely amputated.
The fight went on, but then it started to get exausted from blood loss. It slipped unconcious, and I cast regeneration on it. I grabbed it in my mouth and hurried to Roxy''s entrance. I didnt want this thing to wake up in my mouth.
Time Dilation
I finally made it back into Roxy''s dungeon and choked on the Basher. The dungeon was much larger than when I had left it. It had at least doubled in size, and that was just the front cavern. The floor wasn''t rock anymore, but lush grass. Several bashers ran past my feet when I stepped inside.
"Another Basher?" Roxy asked. "Is that all there are out there?"
"You are so picky. I should just kill this damn rabbit and get the experience" I said.
"No, It''s ok. It is hard to find animals with cores that can be Bound. They are so hard to subdue without killing them" she said.
She bound it, and then she explained why monsters with cores were ideal for binding.
"Monsters with cores can be respawned much easier and faster. They don''t need to be rebuilt completely, I have their basic blueprints from their cores" she said.
That made sense, but I needed to ask her the question I thought about earlier.
"I fell asleep for hours in here, so it should have been dark outside. It was barely midday. Explain that please."
"That would be the Time Dilation. In relativity to the Domain of a dungeon, the outside world is 3/4 slower. That is how Dungeons can re-populate after adventurers have completely killed off all of its creatures."
"That is very convenient," I said.
"I know. I told you I could help you. You could stay here and train your spells and skills."
That reminded me, I hadn''t checked my Status in a while. I bet I had some stat points to spend.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work!
| Name: Ascendant |
Race: Young Dominator |
Level: 20 |
Exp: 24% |
| Skills |
Affinity |
Traits |
Spells |
| Vitality: 20 |
Toughness: 20 |
Intelligence: 20 |
Agility: 20 |
| Core |
Hp: 400/400 Regen: 20/m |
Endurance: 400/400 Regen: 20/m
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Mp:400/400 Regen: 20/m
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I placed all of my points, bringing all of my stats up to 20. I took a quick peek at my skills and spells.
| Skills- |
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Bite
Inhalation
Slash
Mana Empowerment
Stomp
Mana Control
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| Spells- |
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Observe-Active-0mp
Mana Bolt-Active-20mp
Earth Bolt-Active-20mp
Regenerate-Active-30mp
Visual Learner-Passive-0mp/s
Earth Armor-Passive-10mp/s
Crystallize-Active-Variable mana cost
Tame-Active-Variable mana cost
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I must have gained that Earth bolt from the Earth Basher. It was like shooting a rock spike at the enemy. I Went back out into the wild, once again, and started shooting it at the damn mosquitos. I could rapid-fire them at a swarm, and disperse the buzzing cloud.
I checked my Nanobeast count, and they were up to 235. I needed a strong animal test myself. I casually strolled down a game trail. It looked decently traveled, with some of the underbrush cleared away. I could see small animal prints leading down the path. I shot an Earth Bolt into the ground, every few feet. It would help if I needed to find my way back.
I saw a pair of much larger tracks, looking like a quadruped form. It had 4 large claws on large feet. They were very recent. I could still feel the ground moving from the footfalls of the creature. It had to be close
I heard a low growling noise. It sounded close but not within 20 feet. Suddenly, a roar shook the jungle. Another roar answered it. A massive impact shook the trees. The fight had begun.
Hiatus Notice
I have decided to stop pursuing the dream of writing this, I have no character arc planned out and no "Fun" bits other than an overpowered creature than can do what it wants. I have no redemption or shocking relevances that will surprise people. I have decided to change my focus to this fiction: Darkpawn??`Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work!
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