《I reluctantly became the dungeon master》 Chapter 0: a new life I am John Mullard, an ordinary person like everyone else. As a programmer on a game software company, I have been working for many days in the company. ¡°At least I have enough money to survive,¡± I said that to encourage myself. Now I am fixing some bugs in the game for my boss. He said we have to finish it otherwise we have to stay here. ¡°After this and I can go home¡± I muttering to myself. I rearrange my stuff and walk home. ¡®What should I eat tonight?¡¯ I think as I check my wallet, ¡®I have to eat instant noodles, then I will take a nap until morning¡¯. I head home in a good mood. After finishing everything I go to bed. ¡®I will have a sweet dream tonight.¡¯ I turn off the light and sleep. I tried to wake up, but the back pain held me back. ¡®Where am I¡¯ I say with surprise. I remember I died from a thief, a violent thief. He hit me on the head with his hand and asked me where my money was. I was so scared because he had a knife. I want to fight him but I can''t. He seemed impatient, I guess that''s why he kept shouting. But I couldn''t say anything maybe because of fear, or because I was tenacious I thought. I heard something, which made the thief really angry. He holds his knife tightly and stabbed me. It was really hurt. My eyes became blurry, my consciousness faded away.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. ¡®So this is the death.¡¯ I thought ¡®so cold and dark and silence¡­¡¯¡­¡­.. ¡®Don¡¯t worry, young boy¡¯ the voice comes from somewhere ¡®let me introduce, I am a god. Because you are one of the luckiest people, you will be revived again in another world. You will have a beautiful life there as a hero. Good luck!¡¯. I¡¯m confused but soon recovered. ¡®So I will be a hero in another world.¡¯ I think. But after I thought that, another voice sounded: Error: Teleporting..., failed. Recalculating the coordinates¡­, failed. Finding new coordinates¡­, success. Now teleporting¡­, 50%..., 75%..., 100%..., success. After remembering everything, I immediately stand up. I look around to exam this place but I can¡¯t see anything. It is completely full of darkness. ¡°So this is the new world¡± I muttering to myself. ¡°but where is this place?¡± I walk toward but in front of me is a wall. I turn around and exam this place. After walking around for 15 minutes, I can guess this is a room with a pedestal in the middle. ¡°Something must be on top of this pedestal¡±, I mutter. I reach out that object and touch it. Suddenly sleepiness strikes me. My whole body seems to lost all strength and collapse. I blank out my mind and fall asleep. Goodnight! Chapter 1: my first stat Chapter 1: my first stat I wake up. The floor is so hard and rugged, which makes my back extremely hurt. I try to stand up but I can¡¯t because of the headache. ¡®What happened?¡¯ I think, ¡®What is this information?¡¯ I¡¯m really confused. Everything I saw before was completely dark, now it is so bright. It is a big room, about 5 meters in height and 20*30 meters in size. Bigger than my house but as I expected it is very dirty. The insects are everywhere which makes me sick. The moss can even grow in such a terrible condition like this. ¡°Ewww¡­ Well, I didn¡¯t expect that especially, SPIDERS!!!¡± I exclaimed in panic. ¡°I want to get out of this place. I can¡¯t stand this.¡± I have imagined a scene where I will have a harem like some of the animes I watched before. ¡°And now I have to stay in this horrible, terrible situation¡± I lamented ¡°Why you have to do this to me, God. Whyyyyy?¡± I stand up. There is a pedestal, with a circular object on top of it, in the middle of the room. ¡°So this is the dungeon core,¡± I said without hesitation. The dungeon core or I can say the heart of the dungeon. It absorbs magic from the air or from the invaders to cultivate. It means the more invaders, the more powerful my dungeon is and the more risky my life is. ¡°This is the worst nightmare I would dream of in my whole life. Anyways, according to my information, the dungeon is a kind of living creature.¡± And I have been chosen to become a dungeon master or I could say the guardian of this dungeon. The dungeon core and I are the ones. If the core is destroyed, I die. But if I die, the core remains fine. ¡°This is ridiculous. How is this even possible???¡± I angrily shouted. ¡°But at least I can live another life.¡± I let out a heavy sigh. So to survive, I have to cultivate my dungeon. ¡°This situation is like a game I have made before. And now I am a character in that game. Anyways let¡¯s check our stat.¡± I shout: ¡°stat¡±. A board appears in front of me.
Name: Zack level 27/30
Title: The weakest Demon in the World (Decrease Charm for 0.01)
Class: Demon Rarity: Epic (3 stars /5 stars)
Variable Stat:
Health: 2850 Hp Mana point: 6000 Mp
Strength: 350 Vitality: 250
Magic power: 600 Agility: 345
??? ???
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 4.324/10 Persistence: 3.204/10
Luck: 2.506/10 Charm: 3.516 (3.526)/10
Skill:
Demonic slash (Exceptional Unique) Demonic aura (Epic)
Special Skill:
True dead aura (Epic) ??? (???)
Talent: None
Potential: 1545/4000
¡°What??? Who is Zack¡± I surprisingly shouted, ¡°No I need to know about these stats first.¡± ¡°System, what do all the stat mean?¡±A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. Another board pops up in front of me. (It increases the damage you deal and your maximum health.) (It increases your defense against physical damage, your health regen, and your maximum health.) (It increases your magic damage, magic defense, and magic absorption.) (It increases your chance to doge some critical attack and your speed.) ¡°Ok, I got it. These stats determine whether I¡¯m strong or not. But it looks like I¡¯m rather strong. With this stat, I can survive long enough to cultivate this world.¡± I happily said. I just want to run around and shouting: ¡°Thanks Godness.¡±. I clam myself and gently asked the System. ¡°And what are the ranks?¡± ¡°Wait what? Does it mean that I¡¯m really lucky to get ¡®Exceptional?'' I knew it. God won¡¯t leave me alone.¡± I thought excitedly and felt grateful to God for helping me. ¡°He has to that or I will die without a grave dug for me.¡± But happiness doesn¡¯t last long at all. ¡°System, you want to kill me, do you?¡± I shouted. ¡°Synchronize stat with John 1%... 33%... 50%... 67% ¡­ 100%, completed¡± ¡°Resetting the stat, completed¡± ¡°Showing the new stat¡­¡±.
Name: John Mullard (SP: 11 points) level 1/100
Title: - The first human dungeon lord (Gain a great deal of intelligence ¡®+0.5¡¯) - The blessing from the God (Gain a small amount of luck ¡®+0.13¡¯)
Class: Dungeon Lord Rarity: Ancient (0 stars/ 10 stars)
Variable Stat:
Health: 60 Hp Mana point: 0
Strength: 10 Vitality: 5
Magic power: 0 Agility: 23
??? ???
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 5.279 (5.229)/10 Persistence: 3.040/10
Luck: 2.032 (2.019)/ 10 Charm: 1.002/10
Skill: None
Special Skill: Eternal Eye of God¡¯s System (Exceptional Legendary) * Ultimate creativity (Exceptional Legendary) * Mastery of all language (Exceptional Legendary) *
Talent: 2¡Á Magic Absorption * 2¡Á experience gaining *
Potential: 38/20000
Note: *: God¡¯s blessing ¡°What is this stat? How can I survive with this?¡± I said to the System. But it remains silent. ¡°But the God¡¯s blessings seem to be great¡± I temporarily accepted this reality. ¡°At least I got some skills. They will help us in the future.¡± ¡°Receiving a new message¡­¡± ¡°Hello? Can you hear me?¡± Another voice comes out which I¡¯ve never forgotten in my entire life. I angrily shouted: ¡°Yeah I did, why you teleported me to this dirty place? I thought you will teleport me to the palace as I¡¯m a hero.¡± ¡°Well, I apologized to give you such a bad condition like this. It¡¯s my mistake after all. That¡¯s why I gave u some blessings to help u starting up from the beginning.¡± (God) I nodded nonchalantly. ¡°*cough* Anyways, listening to me carefully because this is the last time we could meet each other. You have been transferred inside Zack¡¯s body ¨C The Old Dungeon Lord. That¡¯s why the system is resetting your stat and the dungeon¡± ¡°In a few more minutes, the dungeon will be collapsed and I will lose connection to you so pay attention to what I am going to say to you now.¡± I nodded my head and pay more attention to hear. ¡°First, you have seen the compensation right?¡± (God) ¡°What is the compensation? I have never heard of it.¡± (Me) ¡°I will explain shortly. The compensation is giving to you because honestly, you are too weak. That¡¯s why you will get a new skill from the System to help you survive in this place or I could say ¡®to balance the world¡¯. So choose wisely.¡± (God) ¡°Wait, did you cruse me? Where are you? Come here and I will smash you.¡± (Me) ¡°And be polite to the System otherwise she won¡¯t answer your question,¡± God said with a smile meaningfully. Hearing that, I shut my mouth up without hesitation and continuing listening. ¡°Secondly, after reconstructing the dungeon, the dungeon will automatically create a pathway connecting to the outside world. That means your dungeon will now be noticed by every living creatures. So make sure you have prepared to face dangers.¡± (God) ¡°What? So I have to face dangers already without any preparations. That¡¯s doesn¡¯t fair, you know.¡± (Me) ¡°Ha, I don¡¯t care, this is your business, not mine.¡± (God) Right now, I feel my rage starts to rise slowly. It¡¯s going to blow up anytime but a voice calms my rage down. ¡°System detects a new error, Start to fix¡­¡± (System) ¡°What? That¡¯s fast.¡± I think. ¡°It looks like the system is going to reset. Ok, the last thing I want to tell you is that in every dungeon, after a very long time, there will be a maelstrom appearing somewhere else in your dungeon. The monster from there will try to invade your dungeon. I still don¡¯t know where did these come from but I will try investigating this. Be alert.¡± (God) ¡°Ok, so do you know when exactly the maelstrom would appear?¡± I hesitated a bit but finally opened my mouth. ¡°Hum¡­ I¡¯m not sure when exactly it would appear but normally it appears around 1 ¨C 2 years.¡± God said to me with care. ¡°Oh, and by the way, you may want to ask what is the System and me. Well in the normal ways, you can understand that the System is a living individual against me. Its job is controlling this world while my job is to kill the existences which threaten the world. That¡¯s why I can¡¯t help you much. You have to do by yourself.¡± (God) ¡°Well. That helps me a lot. Thanks.¡± I politely said. ¡°Ha. Make your rage is easier than make you say ¡®thanks¡¯.¡± God ¡°Wanna die?¡± I can¡¯t stand against my rage. It is so difficult. ¡°Completing the error¡­, now demolishing Zack¡¯s dungeon¡± (System) ¡°The System is resetting now. Goodbye and good luck.¡± Just right after that, a huge earthquake strikes to me. I can¡¯t help but collapse on the floor. The earthquake is so huge which makes me feel dizzy. I almost vomit everything I ate last night. My head starts to hurt and becomes bigger. I can¡¯t stand again and lose my consciousness. All I heard was the System¡¯s voice. ¡°Starting getting consciousness¡¯s living creature in the dungeon, Starting constructing new dungeon.¡± chapter 1.1: There are people who try to become professional hero. I wake up in a place, not too dark but ¡°So bright¡±, I thought while trying to stand up. ¡°Where am I? And who are they?¡± I look around and examine this place. There is a group of people. ¡°Approximate 20¡± I guess. ¡°A big white room without windows? And a glowing circle under my feet?¡± I remembered that I suicide because of unemployment. ¡±I¡¯m so sorry because I can¡¯t give you a good life¡± I tormented while I thought about my wife. ¡°I¡¯m so idiot when thinking about death. Now I have a chance to live another life, I will change my destiny. I will make her the happiest woman in the world.¡± I have strong confidence but after that, I hear a soft voice. I turn my gaze towards the sound. ¡°What a beautiful woman!¡± I muttered while looking at her beauty. ¡°She must be more beautiful than the most beautiful woman in the world.¡± While I am hypnotized by her beauty, she says loudly but softly: ¡°Welcome our heroes, we give you the most respectful greetings.¡± The woman continues ¡°Let me introduce myself. I¡¯m the princess of Kurast, Alusair. You may be confused right now but before you ask something let¡¯s meet my father.¡± After hearing that, I¡¯m confident that I have another life. ¡°I won¡¯t give it up again. I will the way to get back home. My wife is waiting for me to have dinner together.¡± I say with a clenched fist. I and everyone follow the princess. We pass by a garden. ¡°This palace is bigger than I have ever imagined.¡± After walking for half an hour, we stop at a large gilded gate. ¡°And even rich. The kingdom seems to be rich or the king is too greedy.¡± I thought ¡°Never mind, at least he can help to go home.¡± ¡°Please behave respectfully to my father. He easily gets angry with crud actions¡± The princess smiled at us. Her smile can smelt the icy heart of a rigid person but I feel uncomfortable. Her smile is full of meaning which I get goosebumps whenever I see it. ¡°I should stay away from her. She is too mystery and ¡®dangerous¡¯.¡± I thought while trembling. I clear out my throat and move in the throne room. The King is now sitting on a throne carved with a great number of gemstones. I could see the aura shining from the king. ¡°He must have engaged a lot of battles when he was young.¡± I thought while rubbing my chin. I let my guard down and relax. The king raises his voice solemnly: ¡°Welcome heroes. Thanks for coming to this small kingdom. My name is Azoun. We were once known as the most powerful kingdom.¡± His tone of voice suddenly changes: ¡°We are now in trouble. The monster is getting stronger every day but the will of our soldier remains low and continuing decreasing. We also have a serious food shortage. We need your help, heroes. We can give you anything you want in return. Please save us!¡± His voice is trembling. His tears are about to spread. Surprisingly, one of us say as respectfully as possible: ¡°Your majesty, after hearing about the condition of the kingdom, I couldn¡¯t help but go out the battlefield and beat all the monsters up. If you send me out of there, I won¡¯t betray your expectations, your majesty.¡± ¡°HAHA, good! I have a lot of expectations on all heroes here.¡± The King says with a smile. ¡°Daughter, arrange the rooms for the heroes. Make sure to please all heroes.¡± (King) ¡°Yes father, Heroes, I will lead you to your room and remember to say ¡®stat¡¯ to check out your stat. We will have the first training after the morning breakfast tomorrow. Have a good day, heroes!¡±If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. I head to my room. ¡°Nothing special as I expected.¡± I sigh ¡°Let¡¯s check out the stat then.¡± A board pops up in front of me.
Name: Azure Level 1/10
Title: the knowledge of Zhuge Liang (greatly increase Intelligence ¡®+3.5¡¯)
Class: holy mastermind Rarity: Exceptional Epic (1 star/ 7 star)
Variable Stat:
Health: 5 Hp Mana point: 616 Mp
Strength: 5 Vitality: 0
Magic power: 56 Agility: 9
??? ???
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 8.568 (5.068)/10 Persistence: 3.235/10
Luck: 2.219/10 Charm: 1.124/10
Skill: None
Special Skill: - Mastery of all language (Exceptional Legendary) (Unlocking ¨C 1%) - Observation (Rare) (Unlocked ¨C 100%)
Talent: - Understanding the flow of magic (gain more 10% of controlling mana) (leveling ¨C 1%). - Understanding of how to store mana (gain more 10% maximum mana storage) (leveling ¨C 1%).
Potential: 70/8000
¡°Ok, so this is my stat. Not that bad after all.¡± I say with satisfaction. ¡°But why I have talent in magic and why my intelligence is so high?¡± I wonder why Then I hear a voice. ¡°Receiving messages¡­¡± ¡°Hello? Can you hear me?¡± ¡°Yes. But who are you?¡± I curiously say. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I can¡¯t tell you now.¡± He sadly shakes his head ¡°All I can tell you is that you are in danger. You have to become stronger and look for a Dungeon Lord, John. When you¡¯re done, I will tell you what to do next. So good luck!¡±. ¡°Wait¡­ Wait, I have something to ask¡± I say hurriedly but I can¡¯t hear any responds. I try to figure out what he meant. ¡°I¡¯m in danger? And I have to find a Dungeon Lord. I think I will ask the princess about this. She might know a bit¡± I let out my sigh while lying in the bed. ¡°Awww, It is hurt. Well, the straw bed, not expected much.¡± I sigh even heavier than the last one ¡°At least it is better than lying on the floor.¡± I try to sleep, but can¡¯t. I keep thinking idle until dark. ¡°It is dark now. Let¡¯s take a walk¡± I wake up and head towards the garden. The moon is shining brightly in the dark sky. Looking at it makes me remember my wife intensely. I remember how happy she was when I first proposed her. I didn¡¯t have much money at that time so I gave her an ordinary ring. But she gave me a happy smile. The most beautiful smile I have ever seen in my entire life. Her smile soothes my hurt heart and gives me the strength to face the difficult things in my life. That''s why I promise to protect her even risking my life. ¡°I have to go home.¡± I clenched my teeth ¡°To do that, I have to find John.¡± I head back to my room to take a nap because of the training tomorrow. ****** I¡¯m in a very bad situation. My left leg and right arm are super hurt. I have to rely on the sword to stand. Standing in front of me is one of the most powerful paladins in this kingdom. He provokes me: ¡°Are you a man? Even you are a magician but you are still a man. Come and get me.¡± I put strength into my leg and rush towards him. But he easily dodges my attack and swings his sword toward me. Thanks to my talent, I can easily infuse magic in my sword and try to block the attack. The paladin smiles at me: ¡°Don¡¯t you even know how to infuse magic correctly, little boy? Look at me.¡± He infuses his magic professionally in his sword. His sword vibrates intensely. The magic flowing inside the paladin¡¯s sword glows a deeper blue than mine. After seeing that, I knew I can¡¯t fully block that attack but I still put all my strength and hope for the miracle thing happens. When his sword touches mine, a small explosion occurs that sends me flying about 100 meters backward. My back hit the floor hard. I can¡¯t help but screech. ¡°Ahh, that¡¯s extremely hurt¡±. My instinct is roaring that I could die anytime but I still stand up. I hold the wooden sword even more tightly. I staring at him to find out his weakness but I can¡¯t. ¡°The rarity of your skill ¡®observation¡¯ isn¡¯t high enough to find that person¡¯s weakness.¡± (System) "How many percentages to win, System." "Calculating, please wait..." "The rarity of your skill ''observation'' isn''t high enough to give out the exact percentages." "Guessing... 5%" "Ok, thanks". I put all my strength and magic into my leg and rush towards him again. This time I move professionally to make him difficult to guess. ¡°At least I have to hit him once.¡± But I stumble. I try to stand up again but all my strength seems to leave my body. My consciousness slowly fades away. ¡°Good job, little boy!¡± The Paladin says with satisfaction. I fainted. Goodnight! chapter 2: Let鈥檚 build dungeon, the first battle. I wake up. The ceiling is still the same. Mosses and molds grow everywhere. And the spiders have 16 legs, I can''t stand this. I nag. I stand up while dusting off. I remember what God said to me: Now that danger is imminent, I need to focus on defense right now. I checked my room. But it was no longer a large room. It was a long cave with insects everywhere. The cave ceiling is about 6 meters high and very wide - so much so that 5 to 6 people go in and still wide. After examining for about 15 minutes, I remember the System. I say: ¡°System, what happened when I fainted?¡±
When you fainted: - +2 dungeon point - 3 invaders appeared - 3 invaders disappeared
¡°Thanks. Wait what? Invaders?¡± I exclaim panicked. ¡°System, who are the invaders?¡± *Waiting, 3 goblins, 1 range, and 2 melees.* ¡°Why they didn¡¯t notice me?¡± I try to figure out what happened ¡°Maybe they walk in when the construction happened. This means they can be back at any time. That¡¯s bad!¡± ¡°Menu¡± I shout loudly. *Warning, because of your low level, Some options will be locked.* ¡°Just open please,¡± I beg. A board pops up in front of me.
Creature Item Expansion Building ???
I immediately press the creature tab. Another board pops up
Creature Tier 1: ???
Boss Tier 1: ???
I have no choice but to press the ¡®Creature Tier 1:¡¯ tab.
Name: Dungeon point: Rarity: Requirements:
Core slime 10 (12) Common (1 star/ 1 star) - Level: 1 - System level:1 - Creativity (Common)
Locked Locked Locked Locked
¡°The core slime? System what is the core slime?¡± I curiously ask. *This slime is a kind of slime but its out layer can¡¯t absorb mana flowing in the air. That¡¯s why the core, which can be called ¡°heart¡±, is placed inside its body to store mana.* ¡°This means if the core is broken, the slime will die right,¡± I say *Absolutely yes* ¡°Thanks. And show me the core slime¡¯s stat, please.¡±
Name: Core slime Level 1/10
Title: None
Class: Slime Rarity: Common (1 star/ 1 star)
Variable Stat:
Health: 5.5 HP Mana point: 50 MP
Strength: 0.5 Vitality: 0.5
Magic power: 0 Agility: 1
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 0/10 Persistence: 0/10
Luck: 0.625/10 Charm: 0.5/10
Skill: None
Special Skill: None
Talent: Growing fast (5¡Á growing rate)
Potential: 2/100
¡°That¡¯s it. And it costs me 10 dungeon points. That isn¡¯t fair. Imagine how many dungeon points I need to buy a boss tier 1¡± I exclaimed discontentedly. ¡°Anyways, it can be used as a wall¡± I ignore and continuing examining the ¡®Creature Tier 1¡¯ tab. ¡°So, The ¡®(12)¡¯ means I have got 12 dungeon point right,¡± I think while rubbing my chin. ¡°Why it is so low¡± I sigh. ¡°System, how to get dungeon points¡± *You can get more dungeon points from:* *The concentration of magic in your dungeon* *Absorbing the mana crystals, dead creatures, and items* *You can directly transfer mana into the dungeon point through the core ¨C 1 MP/ 1 DP* ¡°Oh, so I can transfer my mana into dungeon points. But wait, stat¡± Another stat comes out:
Name: John Mullard (SP: 11 points), (DP: 12 points) level 1/100Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.
Title: - The first human dungeon lord (Gain a great deal of intelligence ¡®+0.5¡¯) - The blessing from the God (Gain a small amount of luck ¡®+0.13¡¯)
Class: Dungeon Lord Rarity: Ancient (0 /10 )
Variable Stat:
Health: 60 Hp Mana point: 0 Mp
Strength: 10 Vitality: 5
Magic power: 0 Agility: 23
??? ???
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 5.279 (5.229)/10 Persistence: 3.040/10
Luck: 2.032 (2.019)/ 10 Charm: 1.002/10
Skill: None
Special Skill: Eternal Eye of God¡¯s System (Exceptional Legendary) * Ultimate creativity (Exceptional Legendary) * Mastery of all language (Exceptional Legendary) *
Talent: 2¡Á Magic Absorption * 2¡Á experience gaining *
Potential: 38/20000
¡°Mana point is 0. No. This can¡¯t be¡± I almost burst out when I see it but soon calm down. Something crosses my eyes and makes me curious: *As a beginner, compensation will give to John. A 10000 SP skill will be created, please type in: ______________________* ¡°The dungeon points are so low which means I have to engage the battlefield. The core slime is a melee. And¡­¡± I hesitate. ¡°System, according to my level, when will I get the ranged creature?¡± *Calculating* *At level 4 and you will unlock the ranged goblin.* ¡°Well, when I get there, I will become a melee. But it is late. Which means I must go as an archer.¡± I mutter. An archer is easily killed in the battle but it is suitable for me. Firstly, I am just an ordinary person, working on a company not military. This means my strength, stamina, vitality is extremely low. And archer doesn¡¯t need to use so much strength like a warrior or raise vitality points to prop like tanks. All I need is improving my stamina and agility to run around my dungeon and ambush those invaders from afar. Secondly, I¡¯m afraid of death. I don¡¯t care if everyone told me, coward. At least I can survive and live better than those trying to be brave then die in such stupid places. And the archer is perfect for those who are afraid of death. Thirdly, I have gone to the military service for two years. This means I have known how to use guns and other things. Using a gun is absolutely the best because of its strong firepower, which can easily eliminate a great deal of goblins. ¡°But there is a thing I have to confirm first. System, is there a gun in the item list?¡± *There are no guns in the item list. Because of its modern, the gun will be eliminated from this world to balance the order of the world.* ¡°Ok. I get it. Thanks!¡± I say with a little sadness. After that, I start writing the compensation. Skill¡¯s Name: Sharpshooter master (Attribute: None)(Locked)(Unique) *Allow using the bow professionally* Then I press the ¡®save¡¯ button. *Examining the quality of the skill.* *Initiating the compensation for beginner.* *10000 SP are using to create a new skill.* *Improving the quality of the skill.* *Showing the new stat.*
Skill¡¯s Name: Sharpshooter master
Attribute: None Level: Locked Rarity: Epic
- Allow wielding all ranged weapons professionally - Help you to predict the direction of moving object
- The archer¡¯s body o Strengthening your senses. Your agility increases 150. Your senses are 10% more shaper.
- Time arrow: o When activated, your heart seems to bump faster. All your senses seem to be even more shaper. The time seems to move slowly. o You act 10000% faster in 1 minute.
*Do you want to save?* I hesitate a bit. ¡°A leveling skill should be more useful than the locked one.¡± I thought that while changing the stat.
Skill¡¯s Name: Sharpshooter master
Attribute: None Level: 1/10 Rarity: Exceptional Rare
- Allow wielding all ranged weapons skillfully - Help you to predict the direction of moving object
- The archer¡¯s body o Strengthening your senses. Your agility increases 150. Your senses are 10% more shaper.
- Time arrow: o When activated, your heart seems to bump faster. All your senses seem to be even more shaper. The time seems to move slowly. o You act 10000% faster in 10 seconds.
*Do you want to save* I happily press ¡®save¡¯. A lot of methods of how to use the bow entering my brains. A headache strikes me. I try to stay still on my legs. The whole place seems to be darker overtime. My headache is getting worse but my sense is getting even more shaper. After a while, not sure how long it was, the headache stops. My sense is clearer now and my body seems to be more flexible. I never have these feelings. If I have to describe, it is strange. I even know how to use the bow as if it was in my subconsciousness. I regain my breath and reassure myself: ¡°With this skill, I can survive if there are no strong creatures¡±. I sigh and check out the skill. ¡°System, open the ¡®Item¡¯ tab.¡± *Opening ¡®Item¡¯ tab* A board pops up in front of me
Tier 1:
Weapons Armour Materials Skill Books Magic stones Other things
I press the ¡®Weapons¡¯ tab and buy a bow and a quiver full of arrows, about 50 I guess, for 2DP. Thanks to my skill, I pull on the bowstring without much effort. I try to shoot the arrow. I think the arrow will fly in a straight line. But the worst scene I¡¯d never imaged comes. The arrow didn¡¯t even fly for an inch. ¡°What? What happened to the arrow, System?¡± I jittery say *Finding out the cause. Success* *Because of the high density of the mana, the projection will be blocked. * *Requiring a magic arrow in this condition.* *Calculating the necessary amount of mana for an arrow* *A 3MP arrow can fly 100 meters in this condition* ¡°Even the world is against me,¡± I shout angrily. After enraging for a while, I finally calm down; put 3 arrows into the core. ¡°System, infuse 3MP inside these arrows, please.¡± I politely ask the System ¡°Politeness is always needed.¡± The System infuses the arrows right after I asked. ¡°That¡¯s why the politeness is needed.¡± The pure magic flows inside the arrow, making me quite impressive. It strongly brightens through the darkest corner of the cave, leaving out a light blue arrow. The arrows covering by the light blue magic seem to get stronger now, giving me high confidence in defeating the goblins. ¡°With some more preparations, I can deal with them¡± I clenched my hand with a cheerful smile. I quickly say: ¡°System, open the ¡®Expansion¡¯ tab¡± A map of the dungeon comes up in less than a second. Right now I just have a long straight tunnel. ¡°I will make a straight long hole, fitting enough a goblin. The goblin isn¡¯t smart like humans I guess. The human will break through the hole but the goblin will try to crawl through it. All I have done is putting all my strength in a single attack. With that, both three of them will die.¡± I build a wall with a hole, enough for a goblin to crawl through. After setting all preparation, the first battle arrives. ¡°Ok the first battle, don¡¯t have to be worried. Relax and everything will be fine.¡± I try to calm down with those meaningless words. But the bad news comes. *4 Invaders appeared* ¡°Oh, sh*t¡± I unconsciously curse. ¡°System, who are they?¡± I ask the System ¡°Hopefully not a shaman or a leader. With their high intelligence, they will break the hole, using my 1 precious dungeon point.¡± I thought while begging. *4 goblins. 2 melees, 1 range, 1 shaman.* ¡°Noooooooooooooooooooooo! This can¡¯t be¡± I shout. ¡°I have to find a way out of this situation.¡± I bite my nail while thinking. ¡°The shaman will need time to cast a spell. At that time, I will activate my skill and shot arrow at them. Oh wait, I just have 3 arrows which mean I have to stay as close to them as possible.¡± I hurriedly think. ¡°That is the only way. Dead or alive, I give it to my 2.032 points of luck.¡± I finish thinking. I turn my gaze at the goblins, showing inside the dungeon core. *Clicking tongue* The shaman goblin is smart. He stays at the lowest position in their formation, where the protection is the highest. That means I have to shoot the melee and range before reaching the shaman. I start to move as fast as I could. I need to reach the hole now before the explosion occurs. ¡°I just have this only chance.¡± I try to stay calm while running toward the hole. On the way to the hole, I dig some gaps for me to hide in when the situation getting worse. ¡°Preparation is never redundant¡±. I wait at gaps, near to the hole. I stay there for about 3 minutes and hear their sounds. *krik, krik* ¡°What an annoying thing. Maybe they are saying something. When a goblin crawls through, I will elimin¡­¡± I can¡¯t even finish my sentence and an explosion occurs. ¡°The shaman breaks the wall, d*mn!¡± I quickly hide in the gaps. The dust flies in my mouth make me cough a lot. That means they absolutely find me. The ranger tries to shoot an arrow but it doesn¡¯t work. ¡°Yes. Thanks the mana.¡± I quickly run to the nearest gap and hide there. With my agility, I easily get them off. But I have to kill them fast or they will approach my dungeon core and break it. ¡°I will wait here.¡± I sit down to relax a bit. ¡°They are here, about 2 kilometers. It looks like they didn¡¯t notice me. Maybe my sense is shaper than them.¡± I think and keep silent. *1950 meters¡­ 1900 meters¡­ 1850 meters¡­* They stop. The shaman is casting a spell. ¡°They figure out or they just simply use detection magic. This means I will be noticed soon.¡± I quickly reveal myself and run towards them. The shaman stops casting detection spell and quickly changes to the attack spell. And the melees bring out their rusty weapons. The rusty weapon isn¡¯t a threat to me but the bacteria in it are actually big problems. ¡°If they hit me only once, I could die because of the bacteria and virus.¡± I focus on those rusty swords. After that, I activate the time arrow. The time begins to move slower. My body is extremely hot, even the smoke rises. *Activate the time arrow, counting down 1* ¡°10 seconds is enough!¡± I pull the bowstring while shouting. *2¡­3¡­4¡­* I rapidly shoot 3 arrows at my targets and quickly rush toward them. The magic arrow pierces through the high-density magic, soars through the air, making sounds like tearing the air. In my slow time, the arrows fly incredibly fast and reach them in less than 1 second. They, the arrows, pierce through their head. Because of the slow time, it has to be a while before their heads explode. *5¡­6¡­7¡­* I reach them in a hurry. All my sense is getting sharper overtime. Every step of mine makes out a big hole on the floor because the pressure is higher when I was faster. I focus my gaze on the shaman and reach its place. I quickly pick my arrows up and trying to stab the goblin. But suddenly¡­ *8¡­9¡­10¡­ Time¡¯s out.¡± I startle. The time goes back to normal. My body is extremely hot and hurt. My muscle fibers like torn out. My leg seems to lose all the strength and ready to collapse. ¡°So this is the side effect of not getting used to the new skill,¡± I mutter while trying to stay still on my legs. My vision is getting darker. My consciousness is fading away. ¡°I can¡¯t lose here. I can¡¯t die.¡± But my instinct is roaring. I have to move, killing that shaman. The goblin seems to be surprised at first but soon continuing casting its spell. And put all my strength in my leg and stab the arrow in its head the moment the magic completed. The magic explosion makes me fly backward about 100 meters. My back hit hard on the floor. My head hurts a lot. I can¡¯t stay still now. My consciousness is going to fade at any time. That is means I faint. But after I collapsed on the floor, I try to open my mouth: ¡°System, chamber room.¡± *Understood* A circle appears underneath me to teleport me. My consciousness fades away. I close my eyes and satisfy with my first victory. Goodnight! Chapter 3: Let鈥檚 build the dungeon (Again) and future works. ¡°Son, the human is the strongest beings. Did u know why? Because of the inquisitive nature of man makes people the most powerful. That¡¯s why scientists wake up in the morning. They find out what is their purpose. If you can¡¯t find out why you have to wake up in the morning, then you just go to sleep and never wake up.¡± The image my father told me as a child kept lingering in my memory. ¡°I can¡¯t continue sleeping; I have to find out my purpose, simply to live.¡± I try to escape from my coma because I would be killed if this keeps up. I wake up in a daze. Thanks to my father, I can wake up earlier. The ceiling is still the same, nothing special at all. Oh wait; it likes more blue than before. Maybe the goblins gave me a lot of mana, I guess. I try to stand up but I could. ¡°So, this is a muscle tension phenomenon.¡± I sigh. ¡°I have never felt this since I worked in company. I have to run to my company because of saving money.¡± ¡°I guess I have to sit here for a while.¡± I think while remembering something. ¡°Oh, what did we get after the battle,¡± I say with a cheerful smile. ¡°System, give me a list of what we get after the battle.¡±
When you were out: - +2 dungeon points from the magic inside the earth. - +225 dungeon points from the invaders. (data rounded) - You get 2 rusty swords, 1 rusty knife, 1 Shaman¡¯s ring. - The System is now level 2.
¡°Excuse me, the Shaman¡¯s ring?¡± I say with a surprising face. *You can simply understand it increases your magic power.* ¡°So if I wear it, I can have magic like games. Cool!¡± I think with excitement. *Unfortunately can¡¯t, the normal person wears a magic item not only not increase your stat, but also do harm to you.* ¡°I guess I have to get a skill in magic.¡± I sadly think. Anyways, the most surprises me is the dungeon points. ¡°But even the goblins can give me 225 dungeon points, why the dungeon core absorbs so ¡®many¡¯ dungeon points.¡± With these dungeon points, I can start to build the dungeon now. I build a new room and put the core inside. A new room is about 20 dungeon points. ¡°I should get the boss room,¡± I say while rubbing my chin. If you want to know why I can simply say that whenever creatures get in the boss room. They can¡¯t get out unless they kill the boss. And the boss has 3¡Á more stat than the normal one. I build a bigger room than the chamber one. It is about 50 DPS. I look in the tab to find a good boss. ¡°As I got to level up, I will get a better creature.¡± I think with hope. *Opening the ¡®Boss Tier 1:¡¯ tab*.
Name: Dungeon point: Rarity: Requirements:
Giant core slime 50 (157) Common (1 star/ 1 star) - Level: 1 - System level:1 - Creativity (Common)
Giant goblin 75 (157) Common (1 star/ 1 star) - Level: 1 - System level:2 - Creativity (Common)
Giant kobold 75 (157) Common (1 star/ 1 star) - Level: 1 - System level:2 - Creativity (Common)
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¡°Kobold?¡± I surprisingly say ¡°if I was right, the Kobold is half-dragon. Maybe I can get a true dragon.¡± I say with a bright smile. *Unfortunately, the kobold is truly a half-dragon but it can¡¯t evolve into a dragon because the differences between two creature are too big.* ¡°What did you mean?¡± I curiously say. *Dragon is a perfect creature, meaning it has a different type of magic. That¡¯s why human can¡¯t kill the dragon, whose magic is so pure, absorbing all sort of magic.* ¡°So the dragon is one of the most terrific creatures and till now, humans can¡¯t stand a chance against it?¡± *We can probably say that. That¡¯s why humanity used the method of teleporting.* ¡°Method of teleporting.¡± I do not understand it but immediately ask again. *You can simply understand that the people, who have been teleported, got some talents. And one of their talents is draconic power, standing against the dragon.* I got it roughly. So the dragon is one of the most powerful creatures, and for some reason, I have been summoned here. ¡°Maybe their knowledge about teleporting is not completely done,¡± I think. ¡°And kobold is just a half-dragon which means it can¡¯t use draconic power. I have to ask about the stat of it and goblin.¡± ¡°System, show me the stat of giant goblin and kobold.¡±
Name: Giant goblin Level 1/10
Title: None
Class: goblin (humanity) Rarity: Common (1 star/ 1 star)
Variable Stat:
Health: 145 HP Mana point: 0 MPThis narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it.
Strength: 55 (45) Vitality: 9
Magic power: 0 Agility: 30
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 0/10 Persistence: 0.265/10
Luck: 0.615/10 Charm: 0.645/10
Skill: - Slash (Common)(level: 1) - The rookie warrior (Common)(level: 1)
Special Skill: None
Talent: Fertility fast (3¡Á growing rate)
Potential: 84/300
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Name: Giant kobold Level 1/10
Title: None
Class: kobold (humanity) Rarity: Common (1 star/ 1 star)
Variable Stat:
Health: 65 HP Mana point: 100 MP
Strength: 10 Vitality: 5.5
Magic power: 10 Agility: 25
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 1/10 Persistence: 0.25/10
Luck: 0.765/10 Charm: 0.45/10
Skill: - Sneaking (Common)(level: 1) - Hunter form I (Common)(level:1)
Special Skill: - Rage (Rare)(level: max)
Talent: The half-dragon body (give ability ¡®rage¡¯)
Potential: 50.5/300
After examining both stats, I can conclude: ¡°The goblin is good at melee. With its high strength, vitality, it can easily become a ¡®hard wall¡¯. And I am an archer so it is necessary.¡± ¡°But the kobold is good at ambushing. With its skills and high agility, it can easily eliminate an enemy without leaving a clue.¡± Both are good but the one that suits me right now is the goblin. Because I need a living ¡®wall¡¯ so that I can shoot arrows in the distance. ¡°Ok let¡¯s get a giant goblin and 2 goblins (approximate 40 DPS).¡± I think With those preparations, I can now breathe the fresh air of peace. *The boss has appeared on the first floor. The boss has 3¡Á higher health, mana, and variable stat than the normal.* ¡°And 5¡Á more bigger.¡± I cheerfully smile. With this, I can work out now. Let¡¯s see how many my DPS left. ¡°Stat¡± I shout. *Showing John¡¯s stat*
Notifications: - As you ran in total 12,324 meters, increase 1 Agility point. - As an explosion hit you, increase 0.1 Strength and Vitality point. - As you activate the ¡®Time Arrow¡¯ for the first time, incredibly, your body can stand the side effect of the skill, increase 1.2 Strength and Vitality point. - As a flow of magic enter your magic through the scratch in your muscle, increase 0.5 magic power. - As you suffer a fireball from the Shaman, increase all your stats by 1. - As you are in a very dangerous situation, and your unyielding will power makes you overcome adversity, acquire a new skill ¡®The will of the human¡¯. - The will of the human: you know the will of the human. ¡¤ When your will of surviving is too high, you will even more power (+200%) - As you are in a very dangerous situation, and your unyielding will power makes you overcome adversity, acquire a new skill ¡®Overcoming adversity¡¯. - Overcoming adversity: When you are in a terrible situation, there will be a way to flee. ¡¤ When your health is below 5%, increase all variable stat for 10%. - As killing a group of goblins in silence, increase 0.5 SP points.
Name: John Mullard (SP: 11,5 points), (DP: 42 points) level 1/100 (42%)
Title: - The first human dungeon lord (Gain a great deal of intelligence ¡®+0.5¡¯) - The blessing from the God (Gain a small amount of luck ¡®+0.13¡¯)
Class: Dungeon Lord Rarity: Ancient (0 star/10 star)
Variable Stat:
Health: 60 HP Mana point: 15 MP
Strength: 12.3 Vitality: 7.3
Magic power: 1.5 Agility: 174
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Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 5.279 (5.229)/10 Persistence: 3.040/10
Luck: 2.032 (2.019)/ 10 Charm: 1.002/10
Skill: - Sharpshooter master (Exceptional Rare) - The will of the human (Exceptional common) - Overcoming adversity (Exceptional common)
Special Skill: Eternal Eye of God¡¯s System (Exceptional Legendary) * Ultimate creativity (Exceptional Legendary) * Mastery of all language (Exceptional Legendary) *
Talent: 2¡Á Magic Absorption * 2¡Á experience gaining *
Potential: 38/20000
¡°OMG!!! That¡¯s ridiculous!¡± I can¡¯t believe my eye. ¡°Well, that¡¯s deserved for risking my life.¡± ¡°And it seems like when I was at the limit, my stat will crazily increase¡± I have a bold idea. ¡°But before that, I need to put some magic ore inside the chamber room to increase my daily dungeon points.¡± If you say why, it¡¯s all because the radius of the core¡¯s absorption is too short, about 5 meters in all directions. There are two ways to increase my daily DP. First is leveling up the System. So that the radius will become larger. Second is changing the material inside the chamber room. I will put tiny magic crystal in there to get more magic and my dungeon core will transfer those magic for DP. ¡°What could possibly go wrong.¡± I laugh. After that, I buy 30 tiny magic crystals for 30 DP and put them inside the chamber room. For every crystal, I will have 0.005 magic per hour which means 0.12 DP/day. And I will get in total 5.6 DPS per day. ¡°That should be enough preparations,¡± I say with pleasure. ¡°And now it is time to risking my life again.¡± ¡°Now I have 12 DPS left. I will transfer these into mana, letting it flow inside my body.¡± I put my hand inside the core and starting to get mana out of it. The mana strongly flows inside me. And the moment that happened, the mana strikes my heart. All my body seems to be exploded. My heart is hurting a lot. I immediately collapse on the floor. For the one who doesn¡¯t what is happening, the mana is a double-edged sword. The more mana you get, the more powerful you are. But that is right for the one who can control mana. And I, don¡¯t know how to control mana, which means mana will destroy my vascular system and internal organ. More serious is damaging my nervous system. That¡¯s why I chose to do this. This is the fastest way to reach my limit. ¡°Ha. This little pain can¡¯t kill me. *cough*¡± I vomit a pool of blood. *Warning, finding a high density of magic flowing inside you.* ¡°Aw. I know¡± I heavily breathe. My heart hurts more and more. I have never thought it would be hurt like this. My vascular is going to explode; I have lost my control with my leg. *Warning, Your nervous system is damaged 25%.* I ignore the notification and focusing on feeling the mana. ¡°If I can feel just a little bit, all this pain will stop.¡± I think and focus on feeling the mana. I ignore all the pain. If I want to be alive I have to be hurried. *As your will of surviving is too high, activate ¡®Will of the human¡¯ skill.* ¡°Yes, with this I can focus now,¡± I say as well as happy. I have focused on doing that for an hour and nothing changes, except my body. It¡¯s getting worse over time. 76% of my body has lost the feelings. I can¡¯t do anything else but hope for a miracle. 15 minutes passed. ¡°I¡¯m going to die? No way.¡± I think. 95% of my body has lost the feelings. This means I can¡¯t even open my mouth. ¡°So cold,¡± I think. Even my feelings had gone but the wind seems to freeze my heart and my body. ¡°So this is the end. Well, I want to give up now. It¡¯s too hurt for me.¡± I cry. I remember my dad and all the memories. I have lost my mom because of a car accident since I was 4. I don¡¯t remember her face, but I can feel it; my mom¡¯s warmness, her love, and all the wishes she gave me. I want to meet her. To touch her beautiful face and say thanks for giving birth to me. But suddenly my vision goes black. I can¡¯t see anything except my father¡¯s face. He smiles at me and says: ¡°Son, you have to promise with me to be saved. You have to be alive until I was dead.¡± His smile is so bright that I couldn¡¯t even imagine. ¡°Yes, dad. I know. So can you please stop annoying me, my friends are waiting for me. I need to hurry.¡± A sudden, warm voice comes out. I turn my gaze at it. The little boy is standing there, nagging his father. It was me when I was 10. I remembered I was kidnapped but soon to escape when I was 9. That¡¯s why my father keeps telling me to be alive. I can¡¯t disappoint him. I have promised him that I have to be alive. This means I have to survive, to stand in front of him and proudly say: ¡°Dad, I¡¯m home.¡± *The skill ¡®The will of the human¡¯ have evolved to the skill ¡®The will of the super mankind.¡¯* I try to wake up from the dream. I open my eyes. I look at the notification. ¡°I don¡¯t have times. System is there a way to recover my body.¡± I think *You can use SP to recover. As low-level System, you just can get a low regeneration for 10 minutes, costs 1 SP.* ¡°Fine, give it to me.¡± I hurried to respond. Another kind of magic flows inside of me, it is not violent like the last one. It is curing my body. I begin to gain my control back, my pain goes away. But the most I happy is: *As you understand the magic, you gain the ability to control the mana.* *Acquire a new skill ¡®Basic controlling¡¯* *The skill gives you 10% of controlling the mana.* I laugh loudly. ¡°Thanks, dad. Thanks for your advice; I could be alive one more time. That¡¯s why there is always something I wouldn¡¯t understand unless I was older.¡± I found out my purpose to live one more time. ¡°Dad, I will be alive and come to meet you.¡± I clench my hand while talking. ¡°And to do that I have to survive in this cruel world.¡± I relax a bit and begin working more. I try to transfer mana one more time but it seems like my father doesn¡¯t want me to. *As you use too much your will, you¡¯re now exhausted.* My vision is getting darker. All my strength leaves my body. ¡°Not again. I just have waked up from the dream. Well, I guess, resting is not that bad.¡± I don¡¯t try to against it and fall asleep. ¡°I will work out tomorrow. And now let¡¯s sleep.¡± I say with a bright smile and fall asleep. Goodnight! Chapter 4: Prepare to head out. I wake up. I don¡¯t know what to say, but guess that I get used to this place. I no longer feel anxious, angry and sad I guess. The reason maybe I was a dungeon lord or in danger. I need to do a lot of things to survive or simply to live. I stand up and check out the notification. All I can do now is focus on practicing so that I can save myself.
While you¡¯re out: - +7.6 DPS - 8 goblins invaded your dungeon - You have 8 more goblins joined your defense.
¡°Sound great,¡± I say to myself. I got more goblins for free. I don¡¯t know why but maybe my boss is a giant goblin which is goblin¡¯s king. With that, I can have free goblins I think. And there is one more thing I have to do; the new skill. Like at always, skill is the most essential in this world. Not only to survive but to make life easier. If you want to know why; the magic is absolutely incredible. It can do everything without the help of science and technology. I¡¯m not sure about the theory of how magic does that, but I¡¯m quite sure about how to use it; in a special way. I focus on thinking. The gust is blowing hard inside the cave bringing a high dense amount of magic, striking toward my body. I ignore it and continuing thinking; not knowing it is good or not. I just knew that whether I am strong or weak, I can still die. That¡¯s why I have to find a way out of this situation; the skills are the best choice I think. I start to mutter: ¡°stat¡±
Name: John Mullard (SP: 11,5 points), (DP: 42 points) level 1/100 (42%)
Title: - The first human dungeon lord (Gain a great deal of intelligence ¡®+0.5¡¯) - The blessing from the God (Gain a small amount of luck ¡®+0.13¡¯)
Class: Dungeon Lord Rarity: Ancient (0 /10 )
Variable Stat:
Health: 85.3 HP Mana point: 15 MP
Strength: 12.3 Vitality: 7.3
Magic power: 1.5 Agility: 174
Will: 46.3 ???
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 5.279 (5.229)/10 Persistence: 3.040/10
Luck: 2.032 (2.019)/ 10 Charm: 1.002/10
Skill: - Sharpshooter master (Exceptional Rare) - The will of the human (Exceptional common) - Overcoming adversity (Exceptional common)
Special Skill: Eternal Eye of God¡¯s System (Exceptional Legendary) * Ultimate creativity (Exceptional Legendary) * Mastery of all language (Exceptional Legendary) *
Talent: 2¡Á Magic Absorption * 2¡Á experience gaining *
Potential: 84.3/20000
¡°That¡¯s new¡± I shout surprisingly. Firstly is the new stat ¡®Will¡¯. I don¡¯t know what it means so I ask the System. She told me that the stat ¡®Will¡¯ represents how powerful my will is. Simply that if a magician cast a mind impact magic; with a high ¡®will¡¯ stat I can block it. Even she said that but I have a feeling that this stat ¡®Will¡¯ will help a lot in other situations, not only in magic. And the will may have some similarities with the persistence. With these two stats, I can easily recover and soothe my heart or mental trauma, physical pain. ¡°At least I opened a new stat. This is a good start.¡± I say with a cheerful smile. Secondly, the new skill. Well, it is simply just a new form of the last skill ¡®The will of the man¡¯. It increases my stat ¡®Will¡¯ for 500% when my health is 5% lower. If I have to say who I am, I am going to be the extraordinary man, having the incredible ¡®Will¡¯. And finally, a special skill. It is a present, gifted to me really long ago, from God but I don¡¯t know what it does. If I can know the theory of it or at least what it does. It will be a great help for me, especially in collecting information. ¡®Mastery of all language¡¯ can simply be understood that I can understand all languages on this planet, I think. But in other aspects, I don¡¯t know what kind of language I could understand. Maybe the language of humans or other intelligent creatures; primates, predators¡­ ¡°Aw, I forgot to test this skill with the goblin when I faced them. Oh, hold on, I got the goblins, right?¡± when my rage is going to explode, I remember something. ¡°But the normal goblins don¡¯t have intelligent, meaning equals zero.¡± I¡¯m rubbing my chin. ¡°Aw, I have lost another chance. I will test this skill another time¡±. And I can use the System to dedicate what it is. I think it is too rare or something I don¡¯t know. But ¡®figure out¡¯ is the job of a programmer whether it is possible or not. And there will always have an answer, which is the skill ¡®Eternal Eye of God¡¯s System¡¯. I will call it ¡®Eternal Eye¡¯ for short. Like what it is called, it is the eye of God; the eye can see everything. I will use it on the tiny magic crystal. I get the information about that tiny one. And definitely, the information I got is even more detailed than the one I asked System; not only details but also the secrets about it. It raises my curiosity, excitement.You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.
Tiny magic crystal: - A magic crystal is made from the magic in the air - It has been converted using the ultimate creativity, making a high-quality magic crystal. - As you know about the secrets of crystal. - A new effect has been added in all crystals because of the ultimate creativity. + When holding this crystal, all mana will be gathered around you(increase 2 mana) + Increase regeneration for 20%.
The mana around me is gathering even more. I can feel the pressure, not of water, air but the mana; the most essential thing for every living creature; is now against me. Light blue magic is mystical; not only one line, but two, or even hundreds of them. They are all gathering at my space, creating a small vortex. It is too powerful but I think I can stand it. I reach the middle of it, lowering the pressure I am enduring. With someone else, it is really terrific but with me it is normal. I think my emotions is even broken or getting lost over time. I know I am a dungeon lord; this may happen but it is not the point. I am afraid of losing my memories of my father; my family. Anyways I can know what it does. I mean what the skill does. It is really helpful in a lot of situations, and inhuman villages. ¡°The Eternal Eye is awesome,¡± I say with admiration ¡°I¡¯m really appreciated for it, God¡± So the Eternal Eye will give me information about the object I want to. Well, the rarity of it is legendary. So it must be really rare or even not exist. ¡°Oh wait, if I use this skill to examine the skill ¡®Ultimate Creativity¡¯, what will happen?¡± I wonder. Examining the skill ¡®Ultimate Creativity¡¯ with Eternal Eye. *As the rarity of the Eternal Eye, The skill will be fully informed:*
Ultimate Creativity: - A skill helps you create stuff, items. - This skill is the last form in creativity; You are the master of creating - As you dedicate the secret: + With this skill, you can create an item in your mind.
¡°Ok, so because this is the final form, this skill can¡¯t evolve anymore. And it has a special effect; I can create what I want.¡± I nod my head and feel something wrong. ¡°It means I can create a gun, System why don¡¯t you tell me this.¡± *Because of System-level, I can create for you a gun* *sigh* I sigh heavily. I don¡¯t know what to say but my skill is created. I can¡¯t change it because it costs SP. But I don¡¯t care about guns anymore. All I want is to create things like Buddhist magic in Chinese. If I have to describe, China has a lot of martial arts and comics. And I think comics in china are really mystical. If I can use these in this world, it is going to be fun. I mean good. I take out a tiny magic crystal and carve in words ¨C ancient words like in china. I try to remember some words in comics and start carving in. And as usual, fail. But I will study it soon. Right now, I find something wrong; really wrong or even worst. ¡°Wait, why God helped me. He won¡¯t get any profits whether he helped me or not. Or I¡¯m not the only one, summoned to this world. There is another one or even a group of incredible people. God would give them a lot of rare skills. And the most important thing is that they are my enemies.¡± I say anxiously. I¡¯m not afraid of humanity; they are totally weak in the darkness and depend on the magic. They don¡¯t have any achievements in science, technology or even mathematics ¨C the most basic subject to work on science and technology. But the group of people has knowledge of science. With their help, the humanity in this world will develop and create gunpowder or I could say ¡®the gun¡¯. Not including that hero has a lot of power. They will rush through my dungeon with ease. I won¡¯t stand a chance against them. That means I have to get stronger. And I need to practice now; to get stronger or die. I start to practice as soon as I made up my mind. Push up, sit up and everything just to make me more power. Even my bone is going to break; even my muscle is going to scratch; even my body is hurting a lot, I still do it. I buy a sword, a really heavy one ¨C about 10kg, to swing. With this, I can increase my stamina and strength. I also bought a stone armor to increase the weight. About 20kg for the suit I think. I practice pulling the bow. The reason is decreasing my stamina and strength used for the bow. With that, I can also run and hide, while shooting enemies. And last but not least, practice controlling magic or called mana. But I can risk my life to do that last time. I want to be home so I slowly control it. ¡°Slow but sure,¡± I think. But I can do one thing; that is the ¡®Arrow time¡¯ skill. With it, I can act 100 times faster in 10 seconds. And you know if I do incredible fast, I will be tired; really tired. The lactic acid will accumulate in my body when I''m training, it would make me tired. With a lazy man like me, it is more likely to occur. But I''m a dungeon lord, which means mana will digest lactic acid. That will produce a great deal of energy, converting part of it into heat. That made my body extremely hot. That¡¯s why I¡¯m extremely hot when I first used it. Because I don¡¯t usually exercise, lactic acid would accumulate in my body really fast. But I don¡¯t have many choices. I knew this skill is only used in an emergency situation. But to get stronger fast, I have to do this. Well, I do that all day. Boring? Sure, absolutely boring. But to get home, there isn¡¯t any way but to do this, EVERY DAY. The ordinary person definitely can¡¯t do this but I¡¯m different. I¡¯m a dungeon lord. I don¡¯t have to eat, sleep. I repeat all the time, all day, all weak. I don¡¯t know for how long I have done this, but surely really long. After practicing so many times, not sure how long but I have reached all stat over 100.
Name: John Mullard (SP: 15.71 points), (DP: 248.22 points) level 3/100 (0.2%)
Title: - The first human dungeon lord (Gain a great deal of intelligence ¡®+0.5¡¯) - The blessing from the God (Gain a small amount of luck ¡®+0.13¡¯)
Class: Dungeon Lord Rarity: Ancient (0 /10 )
Variable Stat:
Health: 1154.1 HP Mana point: 1089 MP
Strength: 152.1 Vitality: 100.2
Magic power: 108.9 Agility: 224.3
Will: 100.4 ???
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 5.279 (5.229)/10 Persistence: 3.040/10
Luck: 2.032 (2.019)/ 10 Charm: 1.002/10
Skill: - Sharpshooter master (Exceptional Rare) - The will of the super mankind (Rare) - Overcoming adversity (Exceptional common) - Basic controlling mana (Common)(level 1/10)
Special Skill: Eternal Eye of God¡¯s System (Exceptional Legendary) * Ultimate creativity (Exceptional Legendary) * Mastery of all language (Exceptional Legendary) *
Talent: 2¡Á Magic Absorption * 2¡Á experience gaining *
Potential: 685.9/20000
I think with this stat I can survive, at least longer than I expected. Well, I practice not only to survive but also to go out there, collecting information. Lacking information is a critical weakness. I have been summoned to this world without any information. That¡¯s why I have to gather by myself or dying here. And if I don¡¯t get out there and gather information, I won¡¯t know whether I¡¯m strong or not. And the existences would threaten my life; the dragon and draconic magic I guess. And also I want to meet the people out there, and even heroes. I want to be their friends if I could. Well, friends are always better than enemies. But before I get out of here, I need to prepare first. I take out a tiny magic crystal and start to craving words in it. I have practiced this a lot of times. I want to test out whether It works or not. And if it works, it means that martial art is working in this world; or I could say ¡®The religious power¡¯. After carving a simple relic ¨C an absorbing mana barrier, I put it under my place and start it. This is a simple relic which absorbs mana better ¨C about 3¡Á times. With this, the mana gathered around me faster gives me more advantages to get a new skill ¨C The mana aura I guess. When the tiny magic crystal starts to absorb, the wind starts to blow along with thick layers of dust. Well, it makes me cough a lot but soon get used to it. I start to activate the skill, increasing my control with mana. The mana starts to rise and follow the trail of wind leaving out a blue mystical line. It gathers at me; creating a small vortex. I stand in the middle of the vortex and start to make a new skill. To make this skill, I¡¯ll use my own magic through my skin to block natural magic. With that I can make a simple aura with mana, blocking me against magic and increasing my stat. Well, to increase my stat, I will absorb the mana into my body and when my body is overwhelmed, I will use my mana to block the natural mana. I start to absorb the mana, feeling the mana flows through my skin. The notifications of the System start to pop up but I ignore. All I have to do now is focusing on this process. After a while, the notification, I mean the health notification pops up, telling me I''ve overdosed of magic. Well, magic is a cure but also a poison. Gathering too much of it may cause some bad effects. When the notification popped up, I immediately raise my own magic, bumped throughout my body, following blood to the deepest cells. All my body is extremely hot but I was used to it. I start to push my mana out through the skin, covering my body with mana. *As you did a special action, a new skill has been created* *The skill ¡®Basic mana aura¡¯ has been created* ¡®Yes, let¡¯s head out now¡¯ I say while picking the tiny crystal up. I buy two more quivers holding full of arrows, a black mask, a black cloak, and a black scarf. With the goblin boss and more than 30 of goblins should probably defense my cave. And I will go out for a like 2 to 3 days just to find out what is this world like. Also, I want to find out whether God would exist in this world and religious affection. After wearing all those stuff, I nod my head with satisfaction and begin walking straight through the cave. ¡®Well¡¯ LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN! Chapter 5: Visit the first city 25 years ago. I watched a TV show at night. Not sure what time it was but sure it was late; really late. The show was quite good and interesting as long as I remembered. My father went somewhere when I was watching. I didn¡¯t know where he was so I was worried. ¡°Where are you going?¡± I said while yawning. ¡°I am going to solve some problems. Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯ll be back soon so why don¡¯t you just go to bed.¡± He smiled at me; the brightest smile I could ever imagine in my entire life. ¡°Dad, there might be a ghost kidnapping you,¡± I said with anxiety. ¡°Haha. There won¡¯t be. They can¡¯t get me as I will ¡°get them.¡± He laughed at me. Not only confidence appeared but also anger did. I now still don¡¯t get it; the word my father told me before. ¡®I will get them¡¯. It still a mystery to me but I find out one day. I¡¯m sure about it! ***** I am very excited about my first journey. It might be risky and dangerous, but won¡¯t it be a thrilling experience? I take a look at my clothes again; make sure everything was fine. ¡°Just need to calm down and relax. Everything will be alright. They won¡¯t notice that I¡¯m a dungeon lord I guess.¡± I try to encourage myself. I don¡¯t know whether I¡¯m strong or not. I may be killed easily when they know the truth. But whatever the situation is, I have to risk my life once for information. If not, I will lower my survival chance and end up my life in a strange place without any acquaintances. I keep on moving until I find the source of light ¨C The sunlight. I squint; cover my eyes with a hand. I can¡¯t help but walk straight toward the beginning of the cave. The closer I am to the cave entrance, the brighter the light is, and the more I squint. Finally, I¡¯m out of the cave - my lovely dungeon. I can feel it: the fresh air, the smell of grass, dirt, and wood. The blue sky with marvelous flying structures gives me crazy thoughts. My cave¡¯s surroundings are empty give me a feeling of a huge space devastated by a vortex; There aren¡¯t any trees, flowers, grass, and even bugs. Maybe the existence of me has destroyed the surroundings recently, or an unknown thing had done this. I¡¯m not sure but ignore it; I have no reason to take care of this cause it¡¯s not dangerous I guess. The most important thing which I notice is an erratic high content of the element. Using the ¡®Eternal Eyes¡¯, I know it is the wood element. Well, I guess this is lucky because I can get this element for a new skill. Getting element gives me the ability to heal myself and the other as element ¡®Wood¡¯ is the symbol of growth. You may want to know why I knew this. Well, I used to be a game programmer, so I knew it, that¡¯s it. But there will be a risk too. Element and mana are different. Mana is a source of life. It is like blood, flowing inside of your body and rebuilding all of your body including organs. But element eats up all your mana inside of your body. That¡¯s why if there are elements, there won¡¯t be any mana. Because of that, it is very dangerous to take the element from outside. So I have to prepare first before I do this. I start to make some barriers ¨C The gathering element, The Protection, and the one pushing element out of my body. The gathering element barrier basically gathers the element to my place. The protective barrier is simply put mana inside the ground, so the element will be lured into the ground. The pushing one [I love to call it. J] will activate when the element inside my body is too much, it will push more than 50% of my mana out of my body and lure them into the ground. With that, I can save my life if things get worse. I also put some tiny crystal in case I don¡¯t have enough mana to lure element. I start to sit down and relax. Just like before, I will start to feel the mana, but it¡¯ll be the element this time. The element starts to pierce through my barrier; leaving a green trail. I focus all my senses to make sure everything is fine. Because of that, I can smell it ¨C The smell of nature, trees, grass, and even bugs. It is so peaceful that I just want to lie down and relax. And the most important is coming: The element is coming inside my body and start to eat my mana. I have thought about this but it is worse now. My mana is decreasing down so fast that I have to quickly use the mana from the crystal. I also activate my barrier and hope for everything is aright. After a while, repeating this processing several times, I do have a great result: 45% of the element has been consumed and I have a new ability. Basic Elementalist (Wood) (Level: 1/10) (Rarity: Epic): ¡°Well, this seems to be good.¡± I think with a smile on my face. I extremely admire myself as a programmer. ¡°It is not really that bad as a programmer. Well, everything will have its advantages.¡± I think. I stand up and clean all the stuff because it is noon now. In total, I have used 8 crystals but it is worth. Anyways it is time to head towards the forest and have the first meeting. I don¡¯t know what creature I may meet: A wolf, a bear, or even a human. After thinking for a while, I go into the forest. I do everything to get more skills: run, jump, climb, crawl, and even dig. I think people will call me an idiot when they see this. I use the new ability to turn my arm into the wood. I can shrink and stretch my arm, giving me a very weird experience. Believe me, it is really weird.If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. And all my efforts have been paid off. I gained an ability: Parkour ¨C A important skill for an assassin like me. 30 minutes passed and nothing changed as long as I remember. But I have found a bear. A mutated one, I think so. It is huge and it has 4 arms I guess. Its skin is shining and looks like lightning. If I have to guess its name, it should be ¡®Lightning mutated bear¡¯. But I don¡¯t care its name; it is meaningless to know its name. I need to know its stat. I start to use the eternal eye. My eye begins to change into the ¡®dragon eye¡¯ ¨C because of its appearance. *Showing stat*
Name: War Bear level 9/25
Title: None
Class: Beast Rarity: Ex Common (1 star/1 star)
Variable Stat:
Health: 348.4 HP Mana point: 339 MP
Strength: 26.4 Vitality: 32.2
Magic power: 33.9 Agility: 29.4
??? ???
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 2.035/10 Persistence: 3.172/10
Luck: 1.698/10 Charm: 1.14/10
Skill: - Slash (Common) - Growl (Common)
Special Skill: Anger (Ex Common)
Talent: None
Potential: 121.9/250
¡°Ah! What? That¡¯s it. So weak!¡± I say unbelievably. I thought it would be a legend or something is very powerful. BUT, this is disappointing. I think I will die because of the disappointment and upset. I feel so sad and try to pull my bow. Even feeling sad, I still try to infuse magic and element inside the arrow to have a new skill. But it is not easy as I expected: The arrow breaks immediately when I am infusing, giving me displeasure. I am sure that the bear has noticed me as it gazed at me. I can feel my goosebumps on my body. The bear dash forward immediately since it noticed me. Its dash cuts through a great number of trees, leaving a big space. I hurriedly jump to another tree while infusing another arrow. This time, I use very tiny magic and element to ensure the arrow is fine. And it is successful. I can feel a very tiny amount of magic and wood element inside my arrow. I aim my arrow at the bear. It seems that the bear hasn¡¯t noticed me yet. It turns around to find where I am. I smirk and give the bear a silent death ¨C A silent one. The arrow pierces through the bear¡¯s head and brain and stops on the ground. A small root comes out and ties the bear¡¯s legs. ¡°Well, I thought it will dodge it, so I give it this surprise. But it is meaningless now.¡± I sigh and examine the bear. Because it is quite weak, so I didn¡¯t get much experience, but enough to get to level 4. I use my element to make a wooden knife and infuse magic into it. With a knife, it will be easier to anatomize. But you know, the first time always costs a lot of time ¨C about 5 to 6 hours ¨C just to do it. I also create a wooden bag to put the stuff inside it. It is quite light, I think so. After that, I continue my journey to the nearest village. 30 minutes¡­ 1 hour¡­ and 2 hours passed, and I didn¡¯t get lucky. I think I will have a situation: A beauty is in danger and I will save her as a hero. But God seems to hate me. He let me meet beauty ¡®Beasts¡¯ in the wood. It was so horrible when a lot of female wolves and bears chasing me. Their eyes were like ¡®I¡¯m going to eat you¡¯. I can easily kill them but I don¡¯t want to. I¡¯m a mercy dungeon lord. So running is the best choice. Anyway, I find a village in a distance. It is very popular I guess. The village is larger than what I expected. It should be called the city as its huge size. I pull out my black mask, black cloak and wear it. A challenge is pretty good: Running to the city in the shortest time. I infuse my mana in my leg. I put my right leg back to gain momentum. I take a long deep breath and begin to run. I put my arms behind and lean forward to decrease the pressure of the air. But because of this silly challenge, I can stop at a high speed. So you guys can guess what is going on. I run too quickly and put my whole body inside the tree ¨C crash into the tree, I mean. ¡°Ouch, I shouldn¡¯t do this silly thing. It¡¯s pretty hurt even as a dungeon lord.¡± I mutter and nag. Anyway, I reach the gate of the city. I start to move into it. But the guard seems to run a very strict border. I need an identity card, and that¡¯s what they told me. ¡°Sir, can I please get in.¡± I insist on the guard. ¡°No, we can¡¯t let you in. Sorry!¡± (Guard) But I have a very ¡®terrifying¡¯ idea; I come close to their ears and say: ¡°I have some fur here. If you let me pass, I will give you these.¡± I pull out the bear¡¯s fur while talking to the guards. The guards look at each other and say: ¡°Ahem, the rule is that you need an ID card, but there is an exception. You can pass now.¡± They say with a sense of compliance. I think the general should dismiss them. I passed without revealing my identity and appearance. The first thing I have to do is to find where the guild is. At there I should have the information about Dungeon and The Kingdom. I ask people in the city and walk to the Guild. Well, I have to say marvelous. The Guild is so huge and beautiful. It gives me a feeling of standing inside of the Eastern Medieval structure I have met once before; I¡¯m quite like it. I start to gather the information here and realize I don¡¯t have money. I could get some from selling those bear¡¯s meat I got before for a half-price without the Guild Card. It¡¯s kind of annoying but still giving me a high discipline form. I don¡¯t have time to think so I decide to sell them all. In total, I got 1 gold coin and 50 silver coins. There is an informative room in the guild where I can get the information from. I get there to have what I want to. And here is some useful information ¨C I have to say I am a person in hiding [idk what to say] to get these: Firstly, Dungeon is a place where the Adventure ¨C The one who kills the monsters for money ¨C will get in and make them rich. But the chance to appear a dungeon is very low. Even the Kingdom only has 3 Dungeons in total ¨C And 4 including mine. That¡¯s why they don¡¯t have to destroy a dungeon if it isn¡¯t a threat to them. Secondly, this Kingdom is called Kurast ¨C A Western Kingdom. And this city is called JoshTer. Near our border is Astfert ¨C you can say, Ast. To The East, There is a Kingdom called Slainet. The political situation between our country with Ast¡¯s country is not good. So we have a war every year. Thirdly, The rank in the Guild is divided into 7 levels from C to SSS: And there is also a title for the most powerful person ¨C ¡®The only one¡¯. One of the requirements is potential: > 100000. That¡¯s the most useful information now. I think we should leave now. If not, my truth will be revealed. I pay 10 copper coins for this common information and leave. At the Guild¡¯s hall, I hear very terrifying information: ¡°Do you hear that? A new dungeon has appeared inside the Wood¡± ¡°Oh, really? If it is, that would be great. We can make a cr*p tons of money there.¡± ¡°But we can¡¯t now. The Guild Leader is going to send a scout to assure everyone that the dungeon isn¡¯t a threat to us.¡± I am terrified when hearing that. According to the dialog, I will have had a little number of times left before the first scout comes. This is totally the bad information I have ever heard in my entire life. This would be an end for my life if I don¡¯t act quickly. I run out of the Guild and head my Dungeon as soon as possible. PREPARING FOR A NEW BATTLE Chapter 5.1: A person who has a new mission [i mean battles] I wake up in a room. I try to remember what happened, about the battle and the conversation with God. It should be special and important information as God wanted to have a private conversation with me. I take a deep breath and recover my sense. I stand up and check what time it is. It¡¯s dark now so I guess it is night time. As soon as I examine everything, I look around and believe that everyone is asleep now. I sneak out of the room and try to find a perfect place for a private conversation. This is pretty important because I can get information to get back home from him. I slowly get out of the room. I stand on the roof and try to find a good place. I can go to the sewage pipe but it may make a displeasing feeling to God. I want to pay the most respect to God for the information. I finally find out a silent place; on the roof. It is a good place: I can pay respect. I can have a private chat. And also, I can get back early if something bad happens. I sit down. I take a deep breath again. As soon as I calm down. I mutter: ¡°Dear God! Can you tell me what to do now?¡± ¡°Ha boy, you have arrived right on time. Anyways, as I said before, I can¡¯t say anything now. You will soon know the other side of this Kingdom, causing a danger to you. You won¡¯t know whenever you die because death is silent. If you want to survive, find Dungeon Lord ¨C John. That is the only way to help you get out of this and bring you back home. I can help you but not always. You do need to do it on your own. And now, goodbye!¡± he smiles and waves his hand at me. I shout quickly: ¡°But where will I have to go to find him?¡± ¡°You will know soon, at least not now.¡± The conversation was too quick. I can ask anything informatively. All I can get is the name of a dungeon lord and ¡®The other side of this Kingdom¡¯. My goosebumps start to rise. I feel nervous, anxious. I know this feeling; the feeling of death. Whatever I do now, I have to be very careful. The people in this palace are very strange. I can¡¯t trust anybody else, even I don¡¯t trust myself. I look at the star, shining on the dark sky. It is beautiful. I can even see the galaxy, but I guess they are a lot of planets gathering together for this miracle scene. Looking at the star reminds me of my family. Living in the other world makes me so fragile, weak? I don¡¯t know¡­ I don¡¯t know but cry. I have never thought I would be like this. When I came to this world, I thought I will try to find a way home, but now I feel helpless. I have no clue about how to get home except a name. I take another deep breath in order to calm down. Not one, or two but a lot of times. I wipe all the tears and think about what to do next. I can just sit here and doing nothing. I have to find a way out of this cr*p. ¡°So my first mission is to find John right? Ok, let¡¯s go!¡± I say out loud and go back to the room. Everyone is in their marvelous dream, I guess, so I tiptoe and go back to sleep, hope for a good day come. 12/09/184, World Calendar, Last night was like a dream. Till now I can¡¯t believe it was true. I stand up from the bed and move to the Dining room. I have training today so I can¡¯t be late or my Commander will give me a ¡®sweet hug¡¯. After taking breakfast ¨C but I prefer it is a time when you taste the ¡®delicious¡¯ dish you have never imagined. I creep to the training place. It is normal like always; swinging sword 100 times, running 10 kilometers per day, or fighting to each other. Then, we will take turns fighting our Commander. At first, I thought it would be a good chance to increase my power, but I was wrong. It¡®s truly a nightmare. Even I¡¯m a mage ¨C Actually I¡¯m a holy mastermind, he still forces me to use sword and ¡®play¡¯ with me like playing tennis. All I remember is flying around in the training place and hope. After that, he will command the guard to bring me back to my room. If I wake up in the evening, he will force me to train even more. All I can say is that I¡¯m in hell. Finally, after 3 months, I can take a mission to head out of the palace. I won¡¯t see the creepy face of the princess, and the angry face of my Commander. I feel poor for the soldier now. Anyways, thanks to that hell training, my stat looks pretty good. All my stat is above 30 and my total potential is nearly 165. From what I heard, I can kill an orc with this stat but I think it will be difficult to do like the lack of experience. So the first thing to do is to have experiences while gathering information about the dungeon. According to God, this Dungeon Lord would be summoned here at the same time as me. I can¡¯t conclude that it is true, but this ability is high and I can¡¯t leave it. So the only place to have fighting experience and gather information is Guild ¨C Where I can choose a mission to do for money, gather information from people or high ranking members in the Guild. After making up my mind, I immediately come to the Guild. At there, I get an identity card. It¡¯s a card for a C-rank member ¨C the lowest rank in Guild. Well, depending on my stat, I should fight against a B-rank member. But I can¡¯t be a B-rank member because of my achievement points (ACP). I need 100 ACP to upgrade my card. And when I get a good rank, I can access the most important information in the Kingdom. So right now I need to gain ACP from the mission. I choose a ¡®Kill 3 goblins¡¯ quest and head out the forest. In the forestA case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. I¡¯m in the forest now. Everything is fine till now except the guy who wears a black cloak. Looking at him crashed into the tree makes me laugh a lot. I wipe my tears and search for goblins. Goblins are weak creatures but very pawky. Even they don¡¯t have intelligence but they can group up to 5 goblins. So to hunt them, you need to lure them and try to hunt down every single one. But that¡¯s for the C-rank members. With my strength, I can easily wipe them all. [forget I¡¯m still C-rank] After a while, I found a 3-goblin group. I hold my sword tight, mutter the skill: ¡°Infuse magic, enchantment ¡®durability¡¯, ¡®sharp¡¯.¡± The sword seems to get sharper and hardener. But to make sure everything is fine, I pick up a small rock. I sneak to their place and throw the rock to their behind. They quickly turn back and look. Don¡¯t want to miss a chance, I quickly rush toward them and cut through one of the goblin¡¯s neck. The green blood spreads out and makes me want to vomit. The two goblins turn back, leave angry faces. But it¡¯s too late. I quickly swing my sword and *slash*. Their arms fly away. They growl and try to run away. ¡°Where do you think you are going?¡± I shout and rush toward them again. The cold iron slashes through their necks and gives them a silent death. I stand there and do nothing. Something has changed. In my previous life, I would be never calm like this. Because I know; in this world there is only one thing: kill or be killed. I pat my cheeks and get all goblins head. Actually, an ear should be enough but it would be a waste of time when I cut their ears. I continue on finding other enemies. I can come back and complete my quest but all I want to do is getting fighting experience. After going for a while, an orc appears. Orc is a species that looks like a pig. It is a very tough enemy. It can easily knock you down in one go but it¡¯s quite slow. All I need is carefulness. I once again sneak to it. But it seems more hypersensitivity than the goblins so it notices me. I quickly dodge to one side. The axe slashes through the tree easily. I am so shocked that orc is so powerful but soon focus back and pick 2 rocks. I also run a long distance and prepare for another surprise attack. When the orc is near, I throw the rock at it. Because of its high sensitivity so it immediately swings its axe. Then I quickly run at it and make a deep wound in its leg. I jump to dodge the axe again and roll in a bush. This time I use the rock to fear the other creature. Because of rock, the creature immediately runs out. The orc once again swings its axe. I run out and cut it arm. The orc growls angrily but it would be the last growl it had ever made. I roll through aside and quickly cut through its wounded leg. Losing the leg, the orc loses balance and starts to collapse. I stand on its back and point the sword at its neck. ¡°Goodbye, the pig,¡± I say and swing my sword. The orc collapses; dedicate the victory of mine. Thanks to this battle, I have reached level 5. All my stats is over 35, giving me a bright smile. ¡°Ha, it isn¡¯t over. The most dangerous creature is coming¡± The God informs me. I look around and notice the existence of a creature. It looks like orc but bigger and seems to be more powerful. Its skin changes from green to red. And it has two horns on the top of its head. ¡°An elite orc?¡± I think ¡°No. A high orc.¡± God immediately says. ¡°What is the high orc?¡± I haven¡¯t finished my question yet and the orc swings the axe. I hurriedly dodge aside. The strength, speed, or even intelligence is more than an orc. ¡°Absolutely better, because the high orc is the evolutional form of the orc. Elite orc actually makes orc bigger but doesn¡¯t change its appearance. But the orc evolved will change the appearance. I can give you the stat of it. Wait¡± (God) A board pops up.
Name: High orc Level 6/25
Title: None
Class: Beast Rarity: Rare (1.5 stars/ 2 stars)
Variable Stat:
Health: 540 HP Mana point: 0 MP
Strength: 40 Vitality: 50
Magic power: 0 Agility: 45
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 1.234/10 Persistence: 1.528/10
Luck: 0.647/10 Charm: 1.989/10
Skill: - Growl (Common) - Slap (Common)
Special Skill: None
Talent: None
Potential: 135/500
As soon as the board popped up, the orc hit me. I quickly jump back. ¡°Hey God, you want to kill me? It¡¯s close¡± I shout and rapidly breathe. I focus my gaze at the orc; try to find its weakness. And a thought comes across. A smile appears on my face. My fighting spirit is rising bigger over time. All I need is a wound. I use my control mana ability to make a thin shield. Then, I rush toward the orc. Because of its instinct, it swings its axe at me. The speed is extremely fast which can¡¯t be a joke. I know I can¡¯t dodge this attack, I raise my shield diagonal. Taking advantage of orc¡¯s weight and axe, the attack has moved to aside. I use my sword and scratch a small wound on its stomach. I immediately let out the sword and put my hand on it. ¡°Have you ever tasted the violence of the mana?¡± I smile and start to control. I infuse all the mana inside the wound. I mean not the wound but push it inside the blood. Usually, the mana is very good for blood and body but what if the density of mana was too high in the blood. The mana will break the blood system; an explosion will occur. I pump all my mana in its blood. The orc seems to feel something strange so it growls and swings the axe again. I pump more mana inside its body. The orc can control itself and put its axe down. The blood system reveals on orc¡¯s skin. I know this is the time to give it a critical attack. I pick up a sword and cut its head. But the world doesn¡¯t go easy on you. The orc gains its control and gives me a punch. With its strength, I easily fly backward for 100 meters. At least 3 bones have broken after that punch. I try to stand up but can¡¯t. I think this is the end for me but¡­ I have forgotten a thing. My mana is inside orc¡¯s body. The orc slowly walks toward me. It grinds its teeth; tries to let out a smile I guess. ¡°What an ugly smile.¡± I smile and clench my hand. The mana inside its body starts to move back my body breaks through orc blood and flesh. The orc is trying to do something but it¡¯s too late. The mana breaks through everything and *splash* The orc disappears and leaves its body back. I breathe so deeply and relax. ¡°Let me relax for an hour and I will be back¡± I mutter and close my eye. All my sense fades away, and I have fainted. chapter 6: Trent and A-rank group I¡¯m in a bad situation. A scout will come to my dungeon to explore. If my dungeon is fine nothing will happen. But I¡¯m afraid of thieves. They will try to get my dungeon core and sell for money. Human is greedy so I won¡¯t know what will happen. I have to prepare carefully to face the worst situation which would happen. I use my skill ¡®Parkour¡¯ and my ability ¡®Wooden parts¡¯ to dodge creatures. I need to head home soon. The last time I need about 1 day and a half to reach the city, and now I just need 3/4 day to get back to my dungeon. The dungeon is close. I deactivate all my skill and walk-in. I immediately use ¡®teleport¡¯ ¨C A skill provided by Dungeon helps me to go anywhere in my dungeon ¨C to get back in my chamber. Everything is still the same, especially SPIDER! I try to ignore it and focus on what to do next. First I will check DP, monster and my new ability. *Welcome back my Dungeon Lord. Showing results when you were away.*
When you were away: - + 5.6 DPS
¡°Uhm, that¡¯s it?¡± I shocked at what I get. Well, this adventure doesn¡¯t give me much useful information. If not because a scout will explore my cave, I won¡¯t come back to my dungeon. ¡°System, how many DPS we are having now?¡± *Sir, DPS are 250.82* I open the ¡®Expansion¡¯ tab The System gives me the map of my dungeon and I will expand my dungeon from here. On the way to my boss''s room, I build in a total of 3 more rooms. In the first room, I put 5 core slimes and 3 goblins In the second room, I put 10 core slimes and 5 goblins In the third room, I put 10 core slimes, 10 goblins, and 10 kobolds. In total, I have spent 900 DPS on all these. (I have recently transferred my mana into DPS) Normally, when my monster dies, the mana will be back to my dungeon core. But because of the short radius of the core¡¯s absorption, I can get the mana back. But I can get back by doing this. I infuse my element inside my hand and cover my dungeon with roots. It costs me a lot of mana and elemental power but it quite deserves. The roots will absorb mana in the air and transfer back to me or directly transfer into DPS. Right now I¡¯m absorbing mana to regain my MP. But the Elemental power is really hard. If to use the number to describe how hard it is then: 100 MP = 1 EP. Although it is really hard to get Wood Element I don¡¯t say I can¡¯t get this. With a high density of mana in my dungeon, I can easily get EPS. So I sit down and start to regain my MP and EP. When I get enough I will start to create my first servant ¨C I mean guardian. 3 hours ago A group of people is sitting in the Guild master¡¯s room. They look quite normal but no one knows how powerful they are. ¡°Taft, Can you let me know why we are gathered here?¡± The girl wearing a white coat nags. ¡°Nancy, I don¡¯t know what is going on? But Guild master said this was an important question and our job is to finish it.¡± Taft says with a serious tone. ¡°Ok¡­ Ok¡­, you are always right.¡± Nancy shuts her mouth off and looks out of the windows. Her eyes are quite sad and hopeful. Suddenly a voice comes out: ¡°Leader, could I go back to my church when this mission is over? There are some problems in my church so I gotta go.¡± Priestess says while holding her hands. ¡°Sure, Vivian!¡± Taft says with a warm smile. ¡°Ugh, I told you that you can call me Viva instead,¡± The priestess says and holds her cheeks with her hands. I think she is a bit embarrassed. She is too meek so that she may be tricked. ¡°Oh, I¡¯m sorry. By the way, Wolfe, you said that you got some trouble with your village right? Do you need to get back and solve it?¡± Taft notices about the problem of his friend. ¡°Ah, it¡¯s ok. It¡¯s not that trouble. I don¡¯t have to get back to do whatever you want.¡± Wolfe seems to feel a bit annoyed. Well, he loves to live in the forest so the city isn¡¯t a suitable place for a wild man like him. And his gaze gives me anxiety; I still don¡¯t know why but my heart told me that he has killed a lot when he came here, but everything is fine since he joined us. ¡°Ok. I get it.¡± Taft still smiles. Well, with a friendly guy like him, it won¡¯t be too hard to know what he is like. ¡°Ahem, it¡¯s very impolite of me to interrupt everyone but because of the importance of this mission, I have to do it.¡± The Guild master walks in, gives a sharp gaze at everyone. He continues: ¡°Ok, so everyone is all pay your attention now. I will say it as quickly as possible. This mission is exploring a dungeon.¡± Guild master says with a serious tone. ¡°What? A new dungeon appeared? It will be the fourth dungeon in our Kingdom.¡± Nancy says with surprise and excitement. ¡°Yes. That¡¯s why I¡¯m going to send your group to explore what is going on in that dungeon. Because of this highly important information, you have to act carefully for our Kingdom. That¡¯s it now head for that dungeon. Good luck to the ¡®dragon fighting¡¯ A-rank group.¡± Guild master finishes his sentence and turns around. His eyes gaze at the huge structure flying on the sky, giving him a feeling to explore it and discover the truth of the flying structure. He also believes that the structure is the key to the truth of the world but who knows. ¡°Ok, everyone, let¡¯s head toward that dungeon and give humanity a brand discovery,¡± Taft says with excitement. At least, having a good spirit is also good too, that¡¯s what I thought. The group leaves the Guild and head for the dungeon. They walk through the forest, face a lot of dangerous animals but with them, they are all rats; because they are A-rank members. The low-tier monster can¡¯t harm them. After moving for such a long time, they have finally reached John¡¯s dungeon. ¡°I can feel a high density of the mana. This is probably a dungeon¡± Viva says to the group. ¡°Ok, check out everything and make sure they are all fine. Then, we will explore this dungeon.¡± Taft commands his members carefully before doing the mission. With him, the life of his members is the most important. That¡¯s why he always asks his members to check everything before going on the next move. After making sure everything is fine, Taft¡¯s group makes their first move in the dungeon; begin a tough battle that would never end. [don¡¯t mind me I¡¯m just making it up] 1 hour before the group comes.This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it I have fully recovered my EP. I have never had a feeling like this: So great and even more powerful than before. Thanks to the mana, I can level my basic element to 47%. It is pretty slow but still good. I start to use my new ability to ¡®summon a wood element (low)¡¯. Well, I can guess that this creature would look like a Trent ¨C A monster looks like a tree. First of all, I use a medium magic crystal for its heart. Next, I infuse a large elemental Wood inside it with my magic to dedicate who is its master. After that, I create its arm, leg, head and its body. I also put small magic crystals at 2 arms, 2 legs, and its head. With that my monster can absorb mana from surroundings and store even more magic. I start to pump mana in this body. The mana fills all of the corners of body parts. When It reaches 500 MP, the body starts to glow brightly ¨C the light blue light gives us a peaceful place. But I know this body can hold more mana. I start to pump even more mana in. This time the 5 crystals on 2 arms, 2 legs, head, and the medium one in this body¡¯s heart start glowing. The more I pump mana in, the brighter the crystals are, and the more powerful my servant is. After reaching 1000 MP, my mana start to see its limitation and the magic crystals can¡¯t hold longer. I finish this processing and see the result. The mana in the body glows even brighter and the arm starts to move. I use my eternal eye and see that MP and EP are mixing up together. The form of my servant has come. It¡¯s taller than me. It has razor claws, teeth. His head has two long hair [seriously don¡¯t know what it is called] looks like a transmitter device. He kneels on one knee and bow to me: ¡°My master, I shall give you my highest respect and loyalty. I wish my body would become a part of your mighty ambition.¡± ¡°Ok, what is your name?¡± I ask my servant. ¡°My master, the monster we don¡¯t have a name. Name is a protocol way to strengthen us and also order my soul to our owner. Giving a name costs our owner a lot of mana that¡¯s why my master please choose wisely.¡± My servant even bows deeper. I use my eternal eye to check his stat and I have a shock:
Name Level 1/60
Title: None
Class: Element (Wood) Rarity: Unique (2.5 star/ 3 star)
Variable Stat:
Health: 2750 HP M/E point: 5000 MP/50 EP
Strength: 250 Vitality: 250
Magic power: 500 Agility: 300
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 4.250/10 Persistence: 3.265/10
Luck: 2.985/10 Charm: 4.115/10
Skill: - Slash (Common)(level: 1) - Claw (Common)(level: 1) - Roots (Wood)(Rare)(Level: 1) - The ruler of forest (Wood)(Ex Rare)(Level: 1)
Special Skill: Field (Wood)
Talent: 3¡Á Regeneration (Wood)
Potential: 1300/3000
¡°So powerful!¡± I unconsciously exclaim. With all my elemental power, 6 crystals and all of my mana, I have created a nightmare monster ¨C A walking nightmare. I can make my servant more powerful by naming him or choose him to become the ¡®Guardian¡¯ of my chamber. Boss is a monster protecting the gate of every floor. Boss will be buffed with 3¡Á more health, mana and variable stat. It can also become stronger over battle only if its soul isn¡¯t destroyed. When it¡¯s dead, I will have to gather its soul back and use more mana to resurrect it ¨C About 2¡Á more mana than usual. Guardian is a higher-grade monster protecting the dungeon core. Guardian will be buffed with 5.5¡Á more health, mana and variable stat. It can become stronger over battle like a boss and it isn¡¯t limited in my dungeon. It can go out and do some stuff for me. But there is also a limit is that I can¡¯t choose more than 3 guardians. Because when I choose a monster to become guardian, its soul will be bound to the dungeon core which means it¡¯s very difficult to be resurrected again. Because of the limit, I think I will use for my most powerful monster: maybe dragons or demons, I don¡¯t know. But I think I will name this servant later because it will need 5000 MP to name him. I need to get stronger now. Oh, and here is my stat:
Name: John Mullard (SP: 15.71 points), (DP: 0.82 points) Level 4/100 (0.1%)
Title: - The first human dungeon lord (Gain a great deal of intelligence ¡®+0.5¡¯) - The blessing from the God (Gain a small amount of luck ¡®+0.13¡¯)
Class: Dungeon Lord Rarity: Ancient (0 /10 )
Variable Stat:
Health: 1220.1 HP M/E point: 1149 MP / 11.49 EP
Strength: 158.1 Vitality: 106.2
Magic power: 114.9 Agility: 230.3
Will: 106.4 ???
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 5.279 (5.229)/10 Persistence: 3.040/10
Luck: 2.032 (2.019)/ 10 Charm: 1.002/10
Skill: - Sharpshooter master (Exceptional Rare)(Level 1/25) - The will of the super mankind (Rare)(Level 1/25) - Overcoming adversity (Exceptional common)(Level 1/10) - Basic controlling mana (Common)(Level 2/10 (1.5%) ) - Basic Elementalist (Wood)(Epic)(Level 1/80)
Special Skill: Eternal Eye of God¡¯s System (Exceptional Legendary) * Ultimate creativity (Exceptional Legendary) * Mastery of all language (Exceptional Legendary) *
Talent: 2¡Á Magic Absorption * 2¡Á experience gaining *
Potential: 715.9/20000
Well, my stats have some changes: all my variable stats increase 6 points; I can see the level of my Skill. Suddenly, my System notices me about the new guests ¨C uninvited guests. Let¡¯s the battle begin! I ordered my servant to stay here and watch a show; a special given to all my guests. *Outside John¡¯s dungeon* The ¡®Dragon Fighting¡¯ group starts to get in the dungeon. The concentration of the mana seems to be higher than outside. Viva notices the changes in the mana and the roots. She feels that these things are somehow getting their mana. She immediately shouts and informs everyone about this: ¡°Leader, these roots are absorbing our mana. We must hurry now.¡± ¡°Understood!¡± Taft responds to his member and focuses on the roots; he feels a bit strange with these. He walks slowly when he reaches the first room. He tells everyone to stop and makes sure that no traps in this room. He signs every one to get in the formation because there would be a battle. 3 core slimes jump at them. Taft uses his shield and easily knocks out all the slimes. He thought it would be slimes ¨C The one with the immunity of physical damage, but soon realize that these are core slimes - a very weak creature in the rear of the forest. After finishing all 3 slimes, he notices about the 2 goblins and 2 slimes left. He commands all his members to not let their guard down and easily kill all the monsters. The second and the third room seem to not do a great threat because only one of their teams fights with the group of the goblins. Taft feels very good when this dungeon is a new-born one but also reminds everyone not to let their guard down. They reach the boss with ease. *In John¡¯s chamber* The first thing I want to say is that their power: they are incredibly powerful. All their stat is over 150 points. Their skills are not pretty good: The most powerful one is rarity ¡®Ex Uncommon¡¯. So I conclude that they are not a big threat. Their stats are marvelous but I got EP. And I am also absorbing their mana for the experience. The System in the dungeon is hard to explain. The dungeon uses adventure¡¯s mana for experience and DPS. But nothing is hard to explain. I will try to figure out the way to use this mana as mine. After seeing 3 battles, they are not pretty good as I would expect, but soon give me the most useful information. They have experiences in dealing with the monsters: their fighting style, their formation, and the power of the member give me all the need for a fight. The only thing I don¡¯t know is that their will. Will they sacrifice themselves for their group? Anyway, I should prepare to see the group. It will be the first time I reveal myself as ¡®Black lotus¡¯. I take my black mask and get in with Trent [i will call him ''Trent''] the boss room; hope for a good battle. Chapter 7: Twilight Forest and exploration (planning) *In the boss¡¯s room* ¡®Dragon Fighting¡¯ group is in the boss¡¯s room now. The door immediately closes after they get in. All the torches start to appear. Taft tells everyone to stay calm and gazes at the end of the room. At there, Giant goblin is waiting for them. It has taken a mission John: Killing all the invaders. The giant goblin stands up and commands its servant to kill the group. Taft tells everyone to get in position: ¡°This is a giant goblin; it seems to be tougher than the others. Be careful!¡± Taft shouts at their team. The goblins rush at the team but easily be killed by Taft. He infuses mana in his sword and put a leg behind to gain momentum. He rushes forward with the help of Nancy and Viva Skills ¨C Speed ¨C And swing his sword at the giant goblin. The giant goblin finds it in danger so it quickly dodges aside while swinging it axe at Taft. Taft struggles a bit but manages to block the attack. Well, the differences between Taft and giant goblin are too much. Taft gains back his balance immediately and tries to attack again. This time he holds his sword tight and tries to stab. He put a little bit more strength in his leg to get faster and dash forward. Because of the speed, Taft approaches giant goblin without being noticed. It struggles a lot but can¡¯t: Taft¡¯s sword makes a wound on its leg. It tries to stand on its feet but can¡¯t. It kneels on a leg and stares at Taft. Taft signs Wolfe to finish it off. Wolfe nods his head and using his skill ¡®Fireball¡¯. His mana gathers at his hand and builds up a ball of fire. It becomes bigger and bigger until Wolfe can¡¯t help but shoot it at the giant goblin. The fireball pierces through the air, causes a hot temperature, and burns goblin to ash. The battle finished with the victory of the ¡®Dragon Fighting¡¯ group; no doubt. *John¡¯s sight* Oh, wait! I haven¡¯t said that they won or not. They have another challenge which is more difficult than this. The guy standing in the front of the team seems to tell something with his members. He signs every one to look for something but I can sure that they are looking for my dungeon core. I think they got a technique to examine that my core is good or not. If it is good, they will leave it there and head back for a 5-page report. But if it is evil, they will destroy it without permission from Guild. But you know what I mean; I won¡¯t let them find it and this time to announce everyone about my existence. I put on my black mask and black gloves ¨C I believe it is claws. I leave out my murderous to make me look like a real dungeon lord. I smirk and appear at the end of the room with Trent. The group seems to be surprised but I don¡¯t let them have a happy moment. I leave more of my murderous. The group seems to find out that they have met the real boss of this room. I speak: ¡°Hello, invaders! I know that you are tired when clearing the boss''s room but I just want to say something. Let me introduce, my name is ¡®Black Lotus¡¯ ¨C The Dungeon Lord ¨C And this is my servant. You can call him ¡®Trent¡¯. I want to give you a challenge as a first group to clear out my first floor. You can choose to do it whether or not you want to.¡± I smirk while speaking to invaders. A silence begins for a while but soon to be broken. A guy moves forward a bit and says. I can even see how scared he is. ¡°Who are you?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t you hear what I said?¡± ¡°No, I mean what exactly you are? I have never heard about a Dungeon Lord.¡± What? I¡¯m impressed with that. There aren¡¯t any dungeon lords in this world? Well, I think I will need to get more information after this. I realize how lacking the information I am. ¡°Never mind. What is the challenge?¡± that guy shakes his head and asks me again. ¡°You will know when you accept it.¡± I respond nonchalantly. ¡°Please give us a second. We want to discuss.¡± After a while, they give me an answer. ¡°I agreed to the challenge but can you leave them to go.¡± (Taft) ¡°What did you say, Taft? Didn¡¯t you agree not to do this? If you want to do, we will follow all your commands.¡± ¡°No all of you go back and report the Guild master. These two are monster and we can¡¯t beat it. Tell them to assist me with at least an S-rank group.¡± ¡°No Taft, I don¡¯t want to leave you¡± the girl cries out. ¡°Don¡¯t you have to come to the Twilight Forest to find a cure for your little sister? You have to survive. I¡¯m sorry Nancy. Wolfe! Bring her and Viva out of here.¡± ¡°Understood!¡± Looking at this makes me feel that Wolfe just like a robot. Well, I love this great friendship so I will let them go. ¡°Are you sure that you want to receive the challenge?¡± ¡°Yeah,¡± Taft says with a strong will. I smile and wave my hand. All 4 members are teleported back to the entrance with small crystals. I have known that the crystal is rare. Even the tiny one can have 10 gold coins (10 Gold Coins = 1000 Silver Coins). So the small is enough for the first one who clears the first floor.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. Nancy tries to run back the room but can¡¯t. She bangs the door while crying. Taft mutter: ¡°Thanks!¡± After that, I explain the rule to Taft. ¡°Listen! I only say one time. You can use whatever you want to do this challenge. Your challenge is defeating my servant, Trent¡±. ¡°I will give you the victory, my master.¡± Trent gazes at Taft and says: ¡°I will give you the most gracious death so prepare.¡± Taft focuses his eyes on Trent and search for its weakness but can¡¯t. Taft also holds his sword more tightly because he knows that he doesn¡¯t stand a chance with this monster. He put all his strength in his leg and rushes at Trent. Trent smirks and says: ¡°You¡¯re too slow.¡± Trent raises his hand and bangs down. Taft immediately dodges aside and tries to stab Trent. Trent pushes the tip of the sword aside. Trent clenches his arm and tries to punch Taft. Taft raises his sword to block but can¡¯t. The power of the punch has pushed Taft back about 10 meters. Trent says again: ¡°You¡¯re pretty good when you can¡¯t block that. But you are too weak.¡± Trent rushes at him in no time. Trent gives him another punch, set him down on the floor. Trent continues punching but Taft manages to dodges all and stands up. He decides to give another swing with his skill ¡®Slash¡¯. Trent notices the Slash but he just laughs and says: ¡°What a small ant!¡± Trent uses his hand and easily blocks that attack. Taft feels despaired. Trent uses one of its hands and squeezes Taft¡¯s face. I immediately interrupt Trent: ¡°Wait! Keep him alive. I want to ask him something.¡± Trent immediately bows to me. I nod my head and ask. ¡°What is the Twilight Forest?¡± ¡°Why do you want to know about it?¡± ¡°Answer me.¡± ¡°Ha! Well, I will die soon so I will tell what I know.¡± ¡°Twilight Forest is a Forest to the East of this continent. Slainet is the kingdom of the beast, but there are elves, dwarfs, and some other species which are not the human. Our group wants to get there for a cure, but it is very hard to get it because of a high-rank creature. So we have to get stronger.¡± Taft says. I don¡¯t know why when Taft tells me about the Twilight Forest, my head hurts. I think I will get something when I get there, at least I get in contact with God. I rub my chin while thinking. After a while, I decide to let Taft¡¯s go. And Taft¡¯s seems to be surprised by my decision: ¡°Why do you let me go?¡± ¡°Simply because you gave me a piece of useful information. And I want you to announce to me all over the world.¡± I say. If I let Taft go, he will announce my dungeon and more people will come. Imagine how many experiences I may get. And I will easily get more information about ¡®Heroes¡¯. I know that I¡¯m not the only one who has been chosen to come to this world. There may be other people here. They may be a dungeon lord but also a hero. That¡¯s why I want to announce my dungeon to cooperate with those guys. After thinking a while, I notice Taft is still here. I cough and plan to give him a sword: a sword made of elemental power. With this sword, he can easily cut through mana. But he seems not to feel good. He looks at the sword with a disappointing feeling. I sigh and tell him about its power. He nods his head while says thanks. He waves his head and walks out of the room. Well, all I want is a friend, not an enemy. That¡¯s why I won¡¯t try to kill the adventure if they don¡¯t do any harm to me. And the most reason I leave him to go is that this is a fair transaction. He gives me the information and I give him back an elemental sword in exchange. So I still got many benefits. I nod my head in satisfaction and tell Trent to protect the chamber room. If no one gets in the chamber, just leave them to go when they have finished the boss''s room. I want to give the adventures the most protective place. After ordering the Trent, I go back to the chamber room and prepare for the new floor, the trip to Twilight Forest and the appearance of the headache. I will have to find out everything. I stand at the core and start to build a new floor. There is mana flowing underground. It is called ¡®mana river¡¯ and it usually appears beneath a dungeon. That¡¯s why the deeper the floor is, the more powerful the creatures are. And the high-rank creatures can go up the upper floor because of the low concentration of the mana. The second floor isn¡¯t like the first floor. I only put a normal room in the middle of the tunnel and the boss room. But I replace all the air with toxic to make it harder. Although I put toxic in the air, I just use the toxic which makes people exhausted. If they are greedy, they will die when they reach the room. In that room, because of the toxic, I will put in some poison tree monster. I decided to create some root monsters for that room. The root monsters look like an octopus. But its head isn¡¯t a circle as the octopus. It has two arms and it can use its roots to attack enemies. But because it is a monster created by me, so when it dies, I will have to create back. In the boss room, I still put root monsters but as a boss, I prefer another Trent ¨C not as strong as the last Trent. I just use 500 mana with a few EPS to create it. I also make roots covering the entire second floor. With that, I can still control the mana inside the second floor. Lastly, I put the chamber room at the end of the second boss room. At there, Trent is doing its job as a guardian of the dungeon core. The adventures may find that my dungeon has a little bit different after the first scout. They will send another scout giving me more time to make myself stronger. And as the first warning given to the A-rank group, I think they will send an S-rank group, which will cost them a lot of time to prepare. And because I leave the A-rank group, they will know that I¡¯m not a great threat to them. The worst thing may happen to me is that they will do some experiments with my body. But before the adventures know about the second floor and the S-rank group clears the floor, I will have enough time to get stronger ¨C just enough to wipe out the group. I smile at all the possible abilities because I will enough time. I think I will be safe before they send another group. I set up a rule that all monsters will reappear after dying for 30 minutes. Thanks to the group, I can easily regain my mana and DPS back. I think it will be time to practice. I want to increase all my stat; at least equal to Trent. I will also try to save up mana to name Trent ¨C a name should be good for evolution. I also need an assassin to get me information. Well, with the low-level System, I think I will just need a powerful scout going around the forest and gathering information for me. Oh, by the way, my dungeon gains more 3 levels after that invasion. Well, the invasion is pretty good at leveling my dungeon. I get 3 more new monsters: Grey Wolf, Sonic Bat, and Orc. I think Orc and Sonic bat is pretty good for my dark and wet dungeon. Sonic can make a lot of noise which can make the adventures losing their ability to hear. After that, the orc will punch them silently: A deadly combo. Well, a wolf is better to go out for a scout. At least, it is intelligent enough to report. Or I can use mana to get the information from their head. But still, I don¡¯t get any ranged monster then. A ranged monster may be a good selection for an ambush. Anyway, I will use orc and bat on the third floor. The next thing I want to prepare is traps. Well, traps can kill the adventures but that is for the rookie one. That is why I will put some pitfall trap with core slime bottom on the first floor. The second floor will be built some dart traps and pitfalls with poison roots and poison slimes. With that, it will make the adventures struggle a bit but not enough to kill them. Lastly is the DPS. After calculating a bit, I decided to spend about 11000 DPS. It will be a great shock to me when I was before but now with the mana from roots, I can get more than 1300 DPS per days including with my 1000 mana. I nod with satisfaction and start to create the second floor. I create the room, the boss room, and replace the air with poison. All that process costs me all the DPS I have. I move my chamber room after the second boss room and start to go in a hell practice. To survive, this is nothing. Chapter 8: Work and exploring the Cravens Forest *On the heaven* ¡®Hum. My children seem to be fine.¡± God looks through the mirror while smirking. ¡°What are you watching?¡± The fairies ask with curiosity. ¡°Well, just some new-born children. I have given them some instructions. So it will be some time before they come here.¡± God says with a soft tone and touches the fairies. ¡°Stop it! It tickles.¡± The fairies try to dodge away, finds something to play. God looks back at the mirror and mutters: ¡°When will you be here? John and Azure?¡± *In the chamber room* Time passes and everything is still the same. I still focus on practicing with building my dungeon. Till now, I have created enough roots for the second floor ¨C about 30 roots. I also try to absorb more elemental power. I got 75% now and I need 25% more to get to the new skill. I also increase my sharpshooter skill when I shoot the target from afar ¨C about 10 km I guess. ¡°98, 99, and 100¡± I push up while counting. I stand up and wipe all my sweat. Push up doesn¡¯t give me more strength but I still do it as the beginning of my training. I wear on the armor made of stone with some elemental power. When I try to move, there will be some mana pushed outside which you¡¯d never noticed. The element will eat up all that mana and make the armor heavier. I pull out the 25-kg bow and start to pull it. The bowstring is made of rope ¨C made from element (Wood). After 30 minutes, pulling the bow, I start to meditate to get mana back. When you get tired, you will get mana faster. And also the element will flow in faster as it is lured by the mana. I can also use the dungeon core for training but it is a dangerous way so I give it up. I also train in the poison area to make me exhaust faster. And it makes me get the skill faster. The ¡®Immunity of poison¡¯ is a good skill to get if you don¡¯t want to be harmed by poison. It has been a month since the group went into my dungeon. From then till now, there aren¡¯t any adventures to get in here. But there is a lot of noise outside my dungeon. I think the Guild is protecting my dungeon, ensure that I and my dungeon are safe, because the benefits given by the dungeon is very important for the improvement of the Kingdom. That¡¯s why there is noise outside. I don¡¯t care about the adventures. All I want to do is exploring the Forest. My dungeon is located in Cravens Forest. From what I heard, this place is just a low-tier monster''s place. The monster¡¯s levels are from 5-20 and the stats are usually lower than 40. Getting deeper is an advanced place. The monster¡¯s levels are from 30-50. The adventures haven¡¯t explored all this area yet but from what they reported, the strongest monster they faced is levels 50 and all the stats are over 300. There is also a place called ¡®death area¡¯ because no one can survive when they came here. With that information, I think I can survive in an advanced area. At there I can train myself and kill a monster from some good stuff. With my low-level dungeon, it may be a good choice to get the stuff from outside. The mana crystals are good but sometimes the weapons and equipment are better. That¡¯s why I need material and some skills in making such as: sew, build, alchemist, blacksmith¡­ After thinking a bit, I decided when the first adventure comes in, I will dig out when they have finished my first floor. I want to see the other adventures whether they are good or not. With me, it is quite a fun experience. *An hour ago, outside the dungeon* ¡°Sir, the report said we should be careful. 2 creatures can easily destroy an A-rank group. Can you think carefully before let a B-rank group goes in there?¡± One of the senior members exclaims. He doesn¡¯t believe at ¡®Black Lotus¡¯ because he doesn¡¯t know what the dungeon lord is. This concept is too hard to believe and that¡¯s the reason why he doesn¡¯t accept to let anybody in. ¡°Hm. You said right.¡± (Guild master) ¡°Yeah! That¡¯s why w¡­¡± ¡°But there is also a small chance that dungeon lord told us a true thing. And if it is true it will be a good advantage to get a lot of herbs, crystals, weapons that we can¡¯t find in the Forest. So I decided to let them in.¡± (Guild master) ¡°But sir, that is too dangerous¡­¡± ¡°Just do it.¡± Guild master interrupts him. He grinds his teeth and says: ¡°Yes, sir.¡± After hearing the command of the Guild master, one of the employees goes out of the tent and says with the B-rank group. ¡°After the discussion, The guild master decided to let you in the dungeon. But remember don¡¯t try to fight the boss. Otherwise, you will die.¡± ¡°We promise not to fight the boss. See ya, Laura¡± Laura waves her hand at the group and hopes they are all peaceful. *John¡¯s sight* My waiting has been rewarded. A group is coming in my dungeon. I feel thrilled and excited when I see them get in the first room. They are pretty careful because they checked all the traps even there are only pitfalls. They also checked the roots for about 5 minutes and left it when they thought it was ok. The first room is the easiest. There are only a few core slimes and goblins. With an A-rank member, (s)he can easily defeat it. But I have expected much. They have to fight as a team when dealing with just a small amount of monsters. Especially the wizard, she only casts the ¡®petite fire¡¯ ¨C a kind of fire magic but weaker than ¡®fireball¡¯. And the accuracy is terrible. If she casts 10 ¡®fire petite¡¯, only 5 may hit the enemies.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. Anyway, they manage to get through the second room and the third one. But they seem to be very tired. And it seems like they want to head back. Anyway, some tiny magic crystals are worth their effort. I sigh at the boring battle and dig another way out. The hole I made is big enough just for me to get out. I want to make it as small as possible because I want to cover it with some trees around here. I also want to leave the hole in case an emergency occurs. I once again get out of my dungeon for exploring. I didn¡¯t breathe this air in a long time ¨C so fresh. I take a look at the Guild and move to the East. I need to get to the advanced area. At there I will have what I need and prepare to go to Twilight Forest. I immediately run to the new area because I don¡¯t want to waste my time. Thanks to the training, I can easily use the skill professionally and rapidly. Although I don¡¯t know where the area is, I can still find it if I can run with this speed in an hour. 45 minutes passed and I arrived in the advanced area. I take look at everywhere and notice some strange things. The Forest at here seems to be redder than the forest in the low-area. The wind seems to soar harder and the sky seems to be darker in the morning. I can smell the blood flowing in the air. This place is very dangerous. If a person isn¡¯t strong enough, (s)he may be hurt in physical and mental trauma. That¡¯s why I have to prepare carefully before getting in here. I take out my bow and start to climb on the tree. I move from this tree to the other tree to make sure I am fine. The Forest seems to roar causing a hallucination to me. I see a dark shadow floating on the air. I stare at the shadow but it just stands there and looks at me. I shoot a bow and it disappears immediately. I gain my breath back and continue my journey. I find my first target: War beast. A monster looks like a wolverine but seems to be smaller. Its eyes glow red and its fur seems to be sharper than iron. It has claws harder than titanium. That¡¯s the information I get from Eternal Eye. About the stat, its potential is more than 600 and it¡¯s incredibly strong. The most dangerous thing is the skill ¡®rage¡¯. This skill can give the bear 2¡Á stronger. That¡¯s why it¡¯s super hard to kill it when you are A-rank But even with that, it¡¯s still weaker than me. This is what I got in 1 month:
Name: John Mullard (SP: 15.72 points), (DP: 4051.6 points) Level 4/100 (0.1%)
Title: - The first human dungeon lord (Gain a great deal of intelligence ¡®+0.5¡¯) - The blessing from the God (Gain a small amount of luck ¡®+0.13¡¯)
Class: Dungeon Lord Rarity: Ancient (0 /10 )
Variable Stat:
Health: 3143.7 HP M/E point: 3560 MP / 35.69 EP
Strength: 264.7 Vitality: 287.9
Magic power: 356.9 Agility: 412.8
Will: 154.8 ???
Invariable Stat:
Intelligence: 5.279 (5.229)/10 Persistence: 3.040/10
Luck: 2.032 (2.019)/ 10 Charm: 1.002/10
Skill: - Sharpshooter master (Exceptional Rare)(Level 3/25) - The will of the super mankind (Rare)(Level 1/25) - Overcoming adversity (Exceptional common)(Level 1/10) - Basic controlling mana (Common)(Level 3/10 (0.4%) ) - Basic Elementalist (Wood)(Epic)(Level 1/80) - Mana Aura (None)(Rare)(Level 1/15)
Special Skill: Eternal Eye of God¡¯s System (Exceptional Legendary) * Ultimate creativity (Exceptional Legendary) * Mastery of all language (Exceptional Legendary) *
Talent: 2¡Á Magic Absorption * 2¡Á experience gaining *
Potential: 1477.1/20000
I examine my stat and pull my bow and arrow. I infuse the mana in the arrow and the bow to increase more power. The War beast notices about the change in mana. It looks around and finds me standing on the branch of the tree. The War Beast gazes at me and growls loudly. It puts mana in its head to cut the tree down. Then, kill me. Well, I aim my bow at its head. I think it will die immediately because of the arrow and I will gain a great amount of experience but I was wrong. The War Beast uses its head and knocks away the arrow. I shock at that scene and focus back on the battle. The War Beast cuts through my tree makes me jump on another tree. I think for a bit and decide to do it. I pull another arrow and infuse it. This time I infuse elemental power to use the ability roots to tie that monster. I jump around the tree to dodge the War Beast and make times for my arrow. When my arrow is ready, I use an element on the ground to make the War Beast jumps up. I shoot an arrow at it. When you are floating in the air, there is no way that you can dodge the arrow. But I was too confident. The War Beast uses its skill ¡®rage¡¯ to make it become faster. It dodges the arrow and tries to rush me. I quickly jump to another tree. But the War Beast quickly changes its direction and cuts through my tree. I quickly jump back on the last tree and look at the War Beast. The War Beast gazes its eys on me and rush again. I smirk and say: ¡°You are going to die¡± The War Beast tries to stop but it was too late. The arrow I shot when the War Beast is on the air, bounced back and hit the War Beast. Its body starts to be tied by roots. When the War Beast rushes me, I jumped around and set up small circle magic. It can change the direction of mana. That¡¯s why the mana arrow can bounce back. And if the War Beast can notice the mana, I just need to increase my mana to make the entire of this area full of my mana to trick it. And because there is a possibility that my mana, which is full in the area, can cause my arrow turns back again. All I have to do is lower the mana in the area than the mana on the tree. The War Beast tries to get out but it can¡¯t. When it uses mana, the element becomes stronger. That¡¯s why it can¡¯t get out. I summon a wooden sword and stab its head. Blood flows on my sword. I gave the War Beast a silent death. I let go of my hands and sit down. This feeling is different from the feeling I use an arrow to kill Bear. The sword is so heavy, not because of its weight. It¡¯s something but I can¡¯t explain. I clutch my chest. It¡¯s hurting. It¡¯s hurting a lot. I have never felt like this. Even I have just killed a monster with a sword. But I can stand this feeling. The murderous in me makes me can¡¯t breathe. I try to calm myself and relax. I think I change into a dungeon lord affecting my emotion. I don¡¯t know how to explain it but it was terrible. It was like an invisible thing pressing on my chest. And some voices say in my head. I don¡¯t know why I got this. When I use the bow, I didn¡¯t get this but when I use a sword this happens. I think I got some restrictions with the weapons. But anyway, I killed a tough enemy (Not tough as I expected). I stand up, take a deep breath, and start to move deeper. I climb on a tree and continue my journey.