《Dungeonovel: Without Creatures, Through Iron and Steel.》


 Prologue: In the Dark

    It was dark, not a complete darkness but a always shifting shadowy mass of darkness that was all the "____" could see. The darkness changed but still revealed nothing, time couldn''t be kept in such a state. What was most surprising out of this hold event was that "____" was unfazed as the darkness shifted and swayed for what out be centuries. It was surprising but not unheard of, sometimes souls are damaged before they arrive in this state, while others could enjoy the solitude. Some even had themselves as company during this time as they had multiple personalities that acknowledged each other. Regardless of the reason, "____" was not unnerved as they floated through the black mists for an immeasurable amount of time.


    There wasn''t a pop, zip, zap, bang, nor boom when the perception of "____" changed from the swirling black curtains to a solid black view. This uninterrupted blackness lasted only for a few seconds but it could break damaged minds completely. What it was interrupted with was a box entering "____" perception reading:


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    <td>Welcome Border Dungeon 8!</td>


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    <td>  Building a new dungeon from scratch is difficult,</td>


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    <td>however, it is necessary to overcome such an</td>


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    <td>endeavor in case of the most dire of circumstances</td>


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    <td>leaves you in such a state.</td>


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    <td>          Signed: Parent Dungeon Inner Dungeon 3</td>


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    This message was followed by a stats screen that covered the basics of Border Dungeon 8''s new life and how to make a dungeon.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


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    This is my first time working on this novel, please correct my spelling mistakes.


    Also, this chapter is short to start and I will try to make longer chapters in the future.


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    Status


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    Name


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    Border Dungeon 8


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    1 (0/100 experience)


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    Lesser Dungeon


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    Age


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    0


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    Sex


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    N/A


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    Health


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    100 (+.01/minute)


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    Mana


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    30 (+.1/minute)


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    Dungeon Points


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    5


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    Curses/Blessings


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    N/A


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    Species: Lesser Dungeon


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    Dungeon''s are magical in origin and can evolve past their boundaries with enough strength and resources. Lesser Dungeons are what some consider "half dungeons" for having half the abilities and capabilities of full dungeons. Evolutions of dungeons past the regular "Full Dungeon" include: Heavenly Dungeon, Demonic Dungeon, Earthbound Dungeon, Cursed Dungeon, and Blessed Dungeon.


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    Dungeon Points


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    Used to build build a dungeon, Dungeon Points are the main currency of dungeons and are used to upgrade and even evolve dungeons. Dungeon Points are collected whenever a sentient creature dies within the area of influence of a dungeon or when a dungeon levels up.


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    These boxes appeared in Border Dungeon 8''s view and it was all that they could see. The objective: survive. That was all that Bord Dungeon 8 needed to know and found themselves looking for more information to complete this objective. This first thing it did was to check itself and its surroundings. The area around Border Dungeon 8 now came into view after the boxes faded and was awfully.....dull. There were walls of what looked like stone and a ground of what seemed like dirt. The walls looked natural and a dull brown grey, the ground more brown than the walls. The floor was uneven with small holes and other descriptancies that if one wasn''t careful they could trip. The cave, for a lack of a better word, was large. Maybe two in a half meters tall, with the walls in a somewhat rounded square that were about four meters apart. There was a back wall which was directly behind Border Dungeon 8 but across was only open space as the cave kept going past their sight. After checking the surroundings Border Dungeon 8 checked inself, accidentally used the word "menu" when thinking about how to categorize the information. The thought was: "I want to place this in a spreadsheet, or even a simple list. Where would I find that? Would a menu appear and-."


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    Traps ¨Œ


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    Creatures ¨Œ


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    Environment ¨Œ


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    Curious Border Dungeon 8 tried to investigate the menu first and found nothing happened. Then they investigated the other tabs and they opened, revealing more information.


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    Traps ¡÷


    Dungeons have an array of weaponry to protect themselves from invaders or even the elements. Among the array of weaponry are Traps. Traps are used to slow, damage, and even kill invaders. To unlock more traps a dungeon must kill or damage enough creatures with a single trap, kill or damage enough creatures with multiple traps, level up, upgrade, or research the workings and manufacturing of traps.


    Traps available:


    Pitfall (lesser)


    Tripwire


    Falling rocks (lesser)


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    Creatures ¡÷


    Dungeons have an array of weaponry to protect themselves from invaders or even the elements. Among the array of weaponry are Creatures. Creatures are used to slow, damage, and even kill invaders. Creatures are more mobile than traps and rooms. To unlock more creatures a dungeon must kill or damage enough creatures with a single type of creature, kill enough creatures with a single creature, or damage enough creatures with multiple types of creatures, level up, upgrade, or research the workings and breeding of creatures.You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.


    Creatures available:


    Kobolds


    Goblins


    Snakes (lesser)


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    Rooms ¡÷


    Dungeons have an array of weaponry to protect themselves from invaders or even the elements. Among the array of weaponry are Rooms. Rooms are used to buff a dungeon''s creatures, debuff invaders, and slow, damage, and even kill invaders. To unlock more Rooms a dungeon must kill or damage enough creatures within a single room, kill or damage enough creatures with multiple rooms, level up, upgrade, or research the workings, manufacturing, and abilities of rooms.


    Rooms available:


    Creature room (lesser)


    Trap room (lesser)


    Core room


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    Environment ¡÷


    Dungeons have an array of weaponry to protect themselves from invaders or even the elements. Among the array of weaponry are Environments. Environment are used to slow, damage, and even kill invaders. Environments are used to buff creatures and rooms. Environments can span more than one floor, To unlock more environments a dungeon must kill or damage enough creatures within a single environment, kill or damage enough creatures within multiple environment, level up, upgrade, or research the workings and abilities of environments.


    Traps available:


    Gloomy cave (lesser)


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    Information ¡÷


    This is where the information pertaining to a dungeon and a dungeon''s interests is stored.


    This area is also where the dungeon map is stored.


    Current objective: Survive.


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    Border Dungeon 8 wanted more information over the requirements for surviving and what the menu meant by "invaders?"


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    Categorized as anything entering the dungeon''s area of influence without the dungeon''s permission and or with the intent to harm the dungeon. Most invaders fall under three categories: Sentient Adventurers, Sentient Creatures, and Beast.


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    Survive


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    The objective given to Border Dungeon 8 and every living creature. For a dungeon to survive it must have at least 51% of the core still attached and undamaged, contain the ability to regenerate mana, and have a defined area of influence.


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    With nothing else to do Border Dungeon 8 decided to protect themself in the best way possible. Which turned out to be......Border Dungeon 8 tried again at wondering what to do to make sure they survived. How does one dungeon? It answered with a box:


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    Dungeons can use mana and dungeon points to create, modify, and influence their area. To start a dungeon please follow this tutorial made by the dungeon that made you.


    -Tutorial:


    -Define an area of influence


    -Protect oneself with traps and creatures


    -Make contact with a contracted dungeon helper. e.g. Dungeon Wisp, Dungeon Pixie, Dungeon Imp, Etc.


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    This screen then appear in the view of Border Dungeon 8.


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    Dungeon management screen


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    Create:


    Creatures:


    - Goblin: 5 mana


    - Kobold: 7 mana


    - Snake (lesser): 4 mana


    Traps:


    - Pitfall: 10 mana


    - Tripwire: 5 mana


    - Falling Rocks: 8 mana


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    -Creature room (lesser): 50 mana


    -Trap room (lesser): 80 mana


    -Core room: 300 mana + 20 Dungeon Points


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    Modify


    Current Dungeon:


    This dungeon currently has no defensive capabilities nor offensive capabilities.


    Structures built: 0


    Structures destroyed: 0


    Structures in need of repair: 0


    Structures ready to upgrade: 0


    Dungeon Creatures created: 0


    Dungeon Creatures slain: 0


    Dungeon Creatures in need of repair: 0


    Dungeon Creatures ready to upgrade: 0


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    Carve (Lesser)


    -Can carve out sections of materials within the dungeon''s influence.


    -Lesser works on dirt, stone, wood, and copper.


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    -Can place resources and materials that have been collected by the dungeon and or create materials ???????  from the dungeon''s mana.


    -Lesser places dirt, stone, wood, and copper.


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    With this information Border Dungeon 8 calmly started working on a plan. First and foremost Border Dungeon 8 had to protect itself from the most dangerous factor: Mother Nature. Without knowing much about the other types of invaders or how they operated, how frequent they appear, or even truly how dangerous they are. Border Dungeon 8 began to build a plan to protect against the elements with the little resources they had. First, according to what the lesser dungeon could see, there was a long "hallway" before them this meant there was no physical barriers between the core and anything heading into this hallway. To prevent just any random creature wandering in Border Dungeon 8 chose to create a wall between the core and the rest of the hallway. The lesser dungeon began to slowly place dirt and rock from the ceiling down and after what felt like forever the ability to place the materials was halted. A message appeared in front of the lesser dungeon.


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    A dungeon can that isn¡¯t connected to the outside world will be forced to hibernate until access is possible again. Do you wish to continue this action?


    Yes                                                                               No


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    This made the lesser dungeon halt. With this information the dungeon couldn¡¯t grow or protect itself in any way except with remaining hidden. The dungeon wanted to at least grow a little bigger before even considering to choose yes. So after answering the box the dungeon had to make a new way of preventing first the elements and second, creatures from reaching the core. The wall the dungeon had made was thicker at the top than the bottom and almost reached the floor. The space between the bottom of the wall and the floor was around two feet, or 0.6096 meters. This wall wouldn¡¯t stop anything, especially the elements, from reaching the core, With fear of first water then other elements and creatures the lesser dungeon began to dig a hole underneath the wall. The process again was slow until the lesser dungeon remembered that it could create a pitfall. Using the remaining mana it had stored the lesser dungeon made pitfalls under the wall in the hole it had already created. The hole was about a foot deep or 0.3048 meters and now had two pitfalls beside each other that went another 4 meters. This was sure to stop invaders, the lesser dungeon thought. And it began recharging its mana and thinking of other ways to protect itself.