《Rise of Evil》 Fall and rise "Alright dude, I gotta get off for tonight. See you tomorrow!" "Guess I''ll see you later. Be safe!" *Crack* "Ow" I screeched as my back clicked hard. The doorknob clicked as I opened the door. I stepped outside and shut the door with a loud bang A dark shadowy figure dashed from the alleyway, and...The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. *Bang* I fell lifeless on the ground moments later. "Ugh, where....WHERE AM I?" I said. A man that looks like the stereotypical devil stands infront of me "You are in what you mortals call "Hell"" "I am Rolthi, The demon king of this world. I sense great evil in you, so I am reincarnating you as a dungeon core." "Wait, what? You can do that!" I said "Yes, I can. I would like to let you know about your new body first" "You will be a immobile, red floating crystal. You can sense everything that goes on in your territory and even move around spiritually in your territory. If your crystal gets broken entirely, you will cease to exist in this world. Lastly, I am giving you the power to carve out your own dungeon and create any sort of creatures you want as you level up." He snapped his fingers and a red light circled around me as I felt my bones crunching and twisting into this new shape. Awakening "Ugh what happened" Wait... why cant i feel my body! ???: "You were shot." Me: "Yes i know but where am i?" ???: "You are in a cave." Me: "Why cant i move anything?" ???: You are a dungeon core. You cannot move. Me: "Yeah right. Who are you anyway?"Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. ??? "I do not have a name. Would you like to give one to me?" Me: "Hmm yes what should you be named?" Me: "I shall call you Zeta." {Warning, You are about to give a name. This cannot be undone. Proceed?} [Yes] {Naming complete} Zeta: "Thank you. Now would you like me to teach you how to survive in this world?" Me: "Yes please." Zeta: "You would probably like to learn to "See"." Zeta: "Try to feel the mana in the air. After that try to bring that mana to you and expel it in pulses" I reach out in the air with my figurative hand and pull mana to me and expel the mana. Woah this is amazing! I can see rocks and feel the life of multiple ants around my core! Zeta: "Good, good." Zeta: "Currently, you cannot make monsters because your dungeon rank is too low. Right now, you can only influence creatures in your domain." Back to school Zeta: "Do you see that ant over there?" Me: "Yes i do." Zeta: "Wrap some of your mana around it and try to control it" I Wrap my mana around the ant and try to make it walk to me. To my suprise, the ant stops in its tracks and starts walking over to me. Once it reaches me, it stops and goes back to doing what it was doing which was nothing. Zeta: "Good, but notice how the ant goes back to what it was doing? You need to essentially program it." Me: "How am i going to do that?" Zeta: "Its simple really. Just command it to do something like protect you and it will do that until the day it dies." Me: "Oh ok that seems interesting" I wrap my mana around the ant once more and command it to "Protect me with your life" The ant promptly walks up to me and stands infront of my core. Zeta: "It seems like you are learning faster than most other cores. The other cores have to keep trying over and over again 10 times!"This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. Me: "Anything else i need to know?" Zeta: "Yes. As you know, you are inside a closed cave. If you stay in this closed off cave for any longer you might die." Me: "Wait why?" Zeta: "You are like a animal. You breath in unsuable mana and expel mana usable by humans and other creatures. If you have too much of the latter mana, your core will get corrupted and you will weaken before eventually dying. To prevent this, open a hole to the outside world. To do this, focus on the rock and visualize it being dug out." I focus my mana around the rock and imagine a tunnel forming to the surface. The rocks slowly part ways with a grinding sound and i feel the bad mana rush out of it. The absence of bad mana seems to have empowered my core! Zeta: "You are a being of pure mana. For this, you have a immunity to most magic." Zeta: "Now, you need to learn how to corrupt stronger monsters. Controlling the ant was easy because it''s mind was simple. But to control beings more than ants, you have to corrupt its mind using pure mana. When the monster is in your domain, it gets slowly corrupted to your cause. Active corruption uses more mana but is alot stronger and faster." Me: "Is it possible to force evolutions on monsters?" Zeta: "Well yes, but not at your level. Changing any living being''s shape, or mentality is very mana intensive. Say the word "Status"." Me: "Status"
Race: Demicore
Name:
Mana: 400/500
Population: 1
Mana regen: .1/h
Me: "Wait why do i only have .1 mana regen per hour?" Zeta: "The more monsters you have, the faster and better you gain mana." Discovery Me: "Also, What is this "demicore" race?" Zeta: "The Demicore race is a race of cores that began with you. They have the power of demons and are most typically more evil than the normal dungeon, preferring to torture their victims due to the insane mana they get from pain and fear." Me: "Why am i demicore then?" Zeta: "You have a subconcious desire to harm." Me: "Of course i do.." Me: "Huh whats this? I feel something approaching me!" Zeta: "From the looks of it, that something is a human child." Me: "Can i speak to it?" Zeta: "Yes but a dungeon core speaking has never been discovered." The child enters my cave with astonishment as they walk up to my core Child: "Woah a dungeon core! Why isn''t it attacking me?" Me: "Hey i have some decency!" "AAH it''s talking!" The child screamed Me: "Hold on i dont want to hurt you! What is your name?"The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. Child: "I am Cyne" Me: "Hey why are you here?" Cyne: "i am an orphan and i would like somewhere to stay. Do you know anywhere?" Me: "You can stay here with me if you want!" Cyne: "You mean it?" Me: "Yes!" {Attention: Cyne has joined your dungeon. Resident count increased to 1. Skill "City leader" acquired. Skill {City leader} adds +5 to charisma}
Race: Demicore Residents: 1
Name: Mana regen 1.1/h
Mana: 450/500 Skills: City leader(Special skill),Monster control, Domain control
Population:1
Suddenly, i feel another prescence coming towards my dungeon. Upon closer inspection, there are 4 ants coming towards my dungeon seemingly to "Rescue" my ant. I ready 4 mana strings Once the ants enter, I command them to protect me, but one of the ants resists. The 5 guard ants close into the traitor and bites him over and over again while he rolls and writhes in agony. A strange, yellow gas comes out of the ants corpse and enters the guard ants'' bodies. The guard ants'' aura gets a bit stronger. Zeta: "Congratulations. One of your monsters has gotten exp." {Attention: Due to the consecutive gain of exp to four of your monsters at level 1, you have gained the skill "Exp heal" {Heals monster slightly depending on how much xp they get}.} The floor underneath the dead ant seems to liquefy and consume the dead ant. A wave of power washes over me. [Attention: New species, Red ant, discovered. Red ant now available to create.] Zeta: "Good job. You now can summon a red ant. At your current level, it would take half your mana. When your mana fully runs out then you fall into a sleep state." Zeta: "If a piece of your core gets destroyed, it will regrow in a set amount of time depending on how much damage you take" Me: "Nice" Ugly Thing A wave of knowledge enters my brain Me: "Zeta what was that?" Zeta: "With the [City leader] Skill, you randomly gain some knowledge that a resident has once per day." Me: "It looks like a rune of sorts" Zeta: "That looks like a rune of levitation. It lets you make things float by inscribing it on the object in question and funneling mana in. The more mana you put in, the further or harder it floats." SCREEEEEStolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. Me: "What the fuck was that noise?" Zeta: "It sounds like a common goblin." Me: "Is it easy to corrupt?" Zeta: "With your current power, it would take a couple seconds." A small green child looking thing barges in and comes after my core. I command my ants to distract the goblin so i can corrupt him. My ants hop onto the goblin and i ready 4 mana strings. My mana strings are forced to wrap around the goblins head and i pour mana into it. The goblin shrieks in confusion as i am worming my way into its mind. It stops resisting after a while and sits down. My ants jump off of the goblin and come back to me. Me: "God dang that was weird!" Zeta: "Goblins are known as the ugliest monsters in this world. Cyne: "Hey! Are you ok? I heard fightin...... Why the hell is there a goblin in here?" Me: "It tried to attack me but i corrupted it before it could hurt me." Cyne: "Phew thats good. It is really repulsive looking though." Me: "Yeah i noticed" First summon Me: "Zeta, what do we do with this.... Hideous thing?" Zeta: "I recommend you end him to get more mana" Me: "Yeah i guess we should but it looks like it has so much potential." Me: "Yeah no lets kill it" Me: "Uhh zeta, how do we kill this? Cyne has no fighting capabilities and neither do my ants?" Zeta: "You could try molding a spear out of the ground and impaling it." Me: "Yeah good idea" As i try to will the ground to become a spear the rocky ground starts to shake and liquefy into the new spear shape and then harden. I tell the goblin to pick up the spear and stab itself until its dead. The goblin then picks up the spear and stabs itself in the head with a loud "SCREEE" As the goblin falls to the floor, it quickly decomposes and gets consumed by the ever hungry dungeon floor. [Attention: Skill (Weapon Molding) Unlocked]
Race: Demicore Resident population: 1
Name: Skills: City leader, Monster control, Domain control, Weapon molding
Mana: 550/550
Population: 5
Mana regen: 3.1/h
I feel a sudden surge of hunger. Me: "Zeta, what is this sudden surge of hunger?" Zeta: "All dungeons have a hunger for souls and life force. The longer you live and the more powerful you grow, the more hungry you get. Also when a creature is birthed in your dungeon your hunger lessens for a while."This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Me: "Awesome now i have an excuse to murder!" Me: (Internally) "Hmm i need to expand. This tiny cave is barely anything!" I command my 5 ants to start digging a large tunnel, enough to fit cyne and any other humans i might "adopt" They faithfully start digging a large tunnel. My 5 ants constantly keep moving back and forth digging and transporting the stone to the surface. Me: "Hey Cyne you hear me?" Cyne: "Yes what do you need?" Me: "Do you have any skill in crafting?" Cyne: "Yes only a little bit though. I was an apprentice of a stonesmith (Mason) So i know how to craft some very small things such as doors and windows." Hmmmmm Me: "Hey Cyne, do you want me to build you a room to live in?" Me (Internally): "HAHAHAHAHA free mana" Cyne: "Yes please!" I focus on the solid rock on the floor in the corner. The stone starts soften up and rise to the ceiling before hardening with a crackling sound. Me: "Oh god i used too much mana...." I fell asleep due to the lack of mana. 5 hours later i awoke to the sound of screeching sounds Me: "Oh god whats going on now." Zeta: "The goblins have arrived. Luckily, you woke up just as they got here! Now is your chance to create a modified red ant!" Me: "How do i modify a red ant?" Zeta: "Open the list by saying {Menu}, then {Monsters}, and finally, {Red ant} Then imagine the red ant marginally bigger than normal." Me: "{Menu}
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Red ant
Goblin
Me: "{Red ant} I imagined a big red ant in front of me. The ground started liquifying and red liquid began to come out of the ground in strands. The red liquid began circling in the shape of a big, red ant and then hardened. *Click Click* The ant clicked its mandibles. It saw the goblins and along with the other ants, began running towards the goblins and started ripping chunks off its skin. The goblins began slapping themself in a futile attempt to get the ants off. Eventually, the goblins were too injured to continue and died. Once again, they decomposed into a dirt like composition and got absorbed by the dungeon. My hunger was sated for now! Cyne: "Are they gone?" Me: "Yes Cyne they are gone. Cyne: "Thank you!" The crash *Beep**Beep**Beep**Beep* Issac: "WEST! GET UP, WE ARE GOING DOWN!" West: "huh? Whats going on?" Isaac: "WEST GET TO THE ESCAPE PODS NOW!" West: "Ok ok lets go" Isaac and West put on their boots and head down to the escape pods. *Boom* A giant hole opens up in the wall of the space ship behind Isaac and West. *Beep* The escape pod doors open, and Isaac and West step in *Click* The escape pod drops. *Woosh* *Bang* The escape pod hits the ground right next to the dungeon. {5 hours later} Isaac: "West get up!" West: "What, Huh?" Isaac: "We landed on a alien planet. It seems that this has a breathable atmosphere." If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.West: "Hey whats that cave?" Isaac: "Maybe we can find shelter in there *Crunch* *Crunch* *Crunch* Isaac: "Hey west, do you know what that red floating crystal is?" West: "I dont know lets find out" West touches the crystal. ???: "HEY STOP TOUCHING ME!" ???: "God you dont just go up to people and start touching them. Isaac & West: "Wait WHAAAAT? you''re a living being?" ???: "Yes i am. I am a demicore." Isaac: "Uhh what is a demicore?" ???: "I am basically a magic being that can create monsters and control things in my territory. Watch" The red crystal began to glow and the ground infront of them began softening. Two soft stone seats carved themself out of the soft stone then harden. West: "Woah How?" ???: "Its called magic." West&Isaac: "Hey can we uhh stay with you? We kind of.." ???: "Crashed your spaceship?" West: "..." ???: "Yes i know it was a spaceship do you think im stupid?" Isaac: "Well no but." ???: "Fine you can stay." Strangers *BANG* Me: "Huh what happened" Zeta: "It seems something made a loud noise" Me: "I know that idiot" Me: "I sense a presence. Two humans *crunch* *crunch* *crunch* The humans walk up to me and start touching me Me: "HEY STOP TOUCHING ME!" Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.Me: "God you dont just go up to people and start touching them." ???&???: "Wait WHAAAAT? you''re a living being?" Me: "Yes i am. I am a demicore." ???: "Uhh what is a demicore?" Me: "I am basically a magic being that can create monsters and control things in my territory. Watch" I focus my mana onto the ground to soften it up and mold them into two chairs ???: "Woah how?" Me: "Its called magic" ???: "Hey can we uhh stay with you? We kind of.." Me: "Crashed your spaceship?" ???: "..." Me: "Yes i know it was a spaceship do you think im stupid?" ???: "Well no but." Me: "Fine you can stay." Living arrangements "What''s you''re names?" I ask them ???: "My name is West. ???: "My name is Isaac "What''s you''re name?" Asked Isaac "I have no name." I replied "Then how do we know what to call you?" They asked "I dont know what do you think?" I snapped back Isaac: "I dont know name yourself! "My new name will be Me" West: "Really? thats what you chose?" Me: "Yes look Im bad at naming, ok?" Me: "What are we gonna do about your living situation? West: "I dont know" Isaac suggests to use my magic to soften the ground and raise more stone walls in the shape of a room. Me: "Ugh I wish I wasnt stuck in this demicore body. Its so boring not being able to move around!" West: "Wait what? You werent a Demicore forever?" Me: "No I wasnt. I used to be a normal human but then i got shot and got reincarnated by a demon lord." Isaac: "That makes sense. I would doubt that a intelligent crystal could just be born randomly." Me: "We need to find food. My ants cant be eaten either so we need to go hunting. But I cant move from this spot so you guys have to do it." Isaac: "Fine, Lets go west" -----------------------------------Isaac&West POV----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 hour later Isaac and west arrived at the forest but have no weapons. Isaac and west scower the forest searching for anything they can use as a weapon. West: "Hey look Isaac, I found two sharp sticks. The pair pick up the sharp sticks and move closer to the forest They turn around fast and pull out a sharp stick *Crunch* *Crunch* *Crunch* Isaac: "What was that?!" Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there.West: "It looks like a... rabbit with horns? Isaac: "Great lets kill it!" The rabbit boosts towards Isaac Isaac stabs the rabbit with the stick A number appears over the rabbits head -5 HP West: "Isaac, its like a rpg on this planet!" Isaac: "Yeah yeah can you concentrate? Im trying not to die here!" West: "Fine" The rabbit then jumps into the air and [Air step] The rabbit jumps towards Isaac again in mid air. *Snap* The stick breaks in half but it blocked the rabbit West stabs the rabbit again -5 HP With a loud *SCREE* the rabbit dies. West: "Ok Isaac, We need to carry this rabbit back." Isaac picks up the rabbit and hoists it over his shoulder. 1 hour later The pair enter the cave and put the rabbit on the cave floor. Suddenly, the rabbit begins to droop and start melting. Isaac: "Wait what? We hunted this for nothing??!?!??! -----------------------------------------------------MC POV ------------------------------------------------------------- Me: "No no, whenever something dead drops into my cave it melts and i gain the mana and the ability to create it. Watch" White liquid begins streaming from the ceiling and wraps around the air in the bone structure of the rabbit. Tons of red liquid came from the ceiling and covered the bones in a red goo. The red goo then hardened into a muscle structure. Then more white goo falls from the ceiling and envelops the muscle and hardens into a fur like structure and a horn pops out Isaac: "Wow you can do that?" Me: "Yes I can. It takes alot of mana though and if I run out of mana, I fall asleep for a few hours. Beast "Ugh i HATE being stuck in this stupid core! i need a way to move around." I said "You can have a body." Zeta replies. "How though?" I asked confused "You can implant a part of your core inside a monster to control it like you would with your original body." Zeta replies again "Oh i really never thought of that! Why am i so stupid?" "Go ahead, try it. Though, it might hurt a bit." {Menu}
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Red ant
Goblin
Horned rabbit
{Goblin} The ground begins to shake and break apart. It gets crushed into tiny rocks and then the rocks begin to crawl up eachother and into a humanoid form. Then the rocks begin to melt together and solidify. A giant flash of light comes out of the rocks and they burst open revealing an ugly goblin. "Nope i cant do this. This thing is just too hideous!" "Get out of here you demon-spawn. OUT!" The goblin runs away to hopefully, go disturb some other person. "Well, that was weird." "You think, Zeta?" "I need a body but i dont want to use a goblins body. You got any ideas, Zeta?" "Well yes, You could have used that goblin to go hunt something to get a new monster, but you decided to send it off to go kill itself!" "Ok ok, I dont need sass from a fricking A.I!" It seems that Zeta is getting a personality. *ROAR* "Huh what was that?" Suddenly, i felt something enter my territory. "Oh no i should have built a trap!" Inspecting the new creature, it looks almost exactly like a bengal tiger! The only difference is that it''s claws are way longer than normal. Luckily for me, Five days have passed and my ant population has gone from 6 ants to over 80! I still dont know if they will be enough to stop this hulking beast but, its worth a try! With all my might i command my ants to destroy this intruder. In the mean time, lets see what kind of traps there are! {Menu}
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Springboard
Tripwire
"Tripwire? why do i have that?" {Tripwire: A basic trap that can trigger linked traps. Useful if you want to give someone a bloody nose.} {Springboard [Linkable]: A trap that launches the enemy back 3 feet.} Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site."Oh thats why i have a tripwire! its for later on in life. But wait... How do i get new traps?" "Hey Zeta, How do i get new traps? "You can design them or have them designed by a living being in your dungeon." {Springboard} A green hologram of a board with a spring under it popped up in my vision. While testing this, i found i can rotate and move it with a thought. {Cancel} *Roar* The bengal tiger smashed some of the ants off of its body in a blind rage trying to stop it from being bitten. "Good, it seems the ants are still keeping him occupied." {Springboard} The green hologram popped up in my vision once again. I rotated it to face away from my core into a big wall. {Accept} A big block of stone raised up where i decided to place it and the stone began to mold itself. With the sound of stone against stone, the bengal tiger winced as its ears were being massacred by the loud noises. The ants took the chance and crawled into its ears and began eating its brain. The tiger started bleeding from its ears, in such a force that it would have blown normal ants straight out. But these were no normal ants. They could hold on to almost anything. The tiger let out one last whimper before falling limp on the floor. It decomposed fast and i felt the same strange energy entering my body! [Level up] {Choose a new monster}
Giant spider
Bats
Grappler
"Grappler, What''s that?" [Grappler: A wolf with a plant growing on its back that shoots a harpoon covered in paralyzing poison. "Hmm, that might be useful." {Grappler} [Confirm choice?] {Yes} Suddenly, i felt my hunger increase drastically. I am going to need food. My own monsters dont feed me any and that tiger only gave me a bit of relief.
Race: Demicore Resident population: 3
Name: Skills: City leader, Monster control, Domain control, Weapon molding.
Mana: 600/600
Population: 80
Mana regen: 8/h
{New skill: Body Reuse: The user can reuse a body that died in its domain. The body is a zombified version of the body and stops working after a set amount of time.} {Special skill: Body creation: The user can create a body to move around in using stone or dirt. HP of the body depends on how well the user builds the body and what it is made of." "Ooh that is cool. Might not be much of a use though." "Especially because the bodies decompose after a while. They would be useful for a last line of defense." Finally, i can get a decent body! I decide to create a sleek body so i can move around easily. Stone begins to break down and form into a slim humanoid body for me to inhabit. Once again, the stones melt together except for the joints and then they fuse together. Here is my new body. I transfer my crystal into my new body. "Woah, it feels weird to have a body again!" Back to setting up my traps. Infront of the springboard, i carved stone spikes out of it. The hope is to have the monster or enemy steps on it and it launches the intruder onto spikes. "Dang, i can feel my evil coming out already!" "You gain more power for the suffering of other monsters and humans." "Yeah that helps alot Zeta!" Now we need someone to test my new trap setup [Attention: Trap created; Springboard spike: Springboard launches the intruder onto a large amount of spikes.] "Ah so thats how you get new traps! Update: I am stopping this story because i believe i can write a better story than this. I have learned alot since i first started writing a month ago and it will be better if i just drop this story and begin writing a new one whenever that is. Thank you to whoever read this story and i hope you find some interesting stories on this site. If you have any ideas for a new story just Pm me and i might see it.Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. That is it. I will hopefully see you later and reading a new story. It might take a few weeks to begin writing it because i want to make the chapters long.