《Mischievous Dungeon》


 Chapter 1: Beginning

    Chapter 1:


    I just died from a from a truck hitting me and met the mischievous god Loki who reincarnated me for his entertainment purposes. He said he will leave "gifts" for me. I was Max Smith, I had average grades, was average at athletics and average looks. I was 18 years old and was in my last year of high school, I liked anime, light novels and manga, which I talked about with my friends.


    Now I''m a dungeon crystal/core. I''m speechless and I seriously don''t know what to do. I was thinking about some light novels where the protagonist reincarnates into a dungeon when I see a white light appear in front of me. It then spoke saying " I was sent here by Lord Loki to be your partner and teach you the ways of dungeons." It then shapes itself into a female with long blonde hair, blue eyes, porcelain-clay skin with a figure, models will be jealous of.


    I asked it " What are you?"


    It answered " I''m a Spectral, dungeons normally have a spectral which briefly explain to them about the way of dungeons before leaving. Loki let me be your partner for your whole life as one of your ''gifts''. Spectrals can be incorporeal but can also manifest as a solid body. We can also fight which I say I''m pretty good at.  " She says with a angry voice.


    "Hey I didn''t tell him to send you and stay permanently here, don''t be angry at me. I''m Max what''s your name?"


    She glares at me before sighing and saying " I''m Lucy nice to meet you."


    I then get on to the real business " So what do I do as a dungeon?"


    She replies saying" Ok I''ll start at the basics, most dungeons have souls in them, some newborn souls others old. Only a few rare souls still have memories of their previous life like you. This means there are good dungeons and bad dungeons. Then there are the corrupt dungeons, these are the dungeons with no souls that only want to eat.  These dungeons don''t need a spectral to explain to them as their instincts guide them."


    I process the information before thinking about the word ''eat''. I ask her " What do you mean by eat?"


    She looks at me and says " Dungeons absorb mana which makes them stronger. Most of the monsters they have are created by their mana and have no souls. Wild monsters and animals can join the dungeon as one of the 2 things, dungeon soul monsters or inhabitants. Dungeon soul monster are pretty much the same as the monsters you create with mana, they never truly die they just come back, but they have souls and have a re-spawn time for when they die. They can also procreate creating for monsters for you. Inhabitants live in the dungeon and use your presence to get stronger in exchange for it fighting for you. They can leave at anytime and can die. As for how you eat, it is when a living thing other than your monsters die. You eat/absorb their essence which you use to evolve and upgrade."


    Hearing this makes me as excited as a child. " So how to I evolve or upgrade?"


    Lucy answers by saying "Just check your status screen."


    I got so excited I would have jumped crazily if I had a body. I then ask "How do open the screen and check skills."


    She replies " Say open screen and for skills say show and the skill name."


    I say " Open Screen."


    <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Dungeon Screen</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>NAME</td><td colspan=''2''>Max Smith</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Level</td><td colspan=''2''>Apprentice Dungeon</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Health</td><td width="25%">1000</td><td width="25%">Mana</td><td width="25%">10000</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Dungeon Monster</td><td width="25%">0</td><td width="25%">Inhabitants</td><td width="25%">0</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''3''>Dungeon Soul Monsters</td><td width="25%">0</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''3''>Dungeon Essence</td><td width="25%">0</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Skills</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Create/Shape/Destroy Dungeon</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Create Monsters</td>[tr]


    [tr]<td colspan=''4''>Create Traps Level 1</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Dungeon Shop</td>[tr]</tbody></table>


    I look at my status screen and feel amazed. I thought I much better mana and health than dungeons until Lucy interrupted that thought by saying " All dungeons start off with 1000 health and 10000 mana."


    Disappointed, I say in a dejected tone  " Lucy I have 4 skills, create/shape/destroy dungeon, create monster, create traps level 1 and dungeon shop."


    She replies " Check your skills except dungeon shop, leave that for later."


    I say " Show Create/Shape/Destroy Dungeon, Show Create Monster and finally Show Create Traps Level."


    <table><tbody>[tr]<td colspan=''4''>Create/Shape/Destroy Dungeon</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>This skill allows to create rooms,passages,halls,dungeon levels and etc. It lets you shape to however you like and however big.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Create Monster</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>You use mana to create monsters. The amount of mana depends on what monster your creating and the amount. You can only create monsters you started off with and bought from the dungeon shop. Dungeon soul monsters use your mana to re-spawn. After buying the next monster evolution you can choose to create the evolved form of the monster for more mana. Creating the dungeon floor boss cost more mana and will only be the evolved from of the monsters you have on the floor.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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    <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Create Traps Level 1</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>You can only create traps of the same level as your skill. Higher level traps have to be bought from the store. The only current trap is the Pitfall Trap. Some traps might be unlocked by getting monsters.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    I learned a lot about the skills. "Lucy what is the dungeon shop skill."


    "The dungeon shop skill is where you get upgrades like evolve monsters/traps. You can also buy new traps from the shop. It also allows you to buy more monsters. It also has other features but you don''t have to worry about the dungeon shop now. Let''s get focused on creating your dungeon. I''ll send you the monster list which you will choose your starting monster from."


    <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Slime</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Goblin</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Wolf</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Larva</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Tadpole</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Zombie</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Demon</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Spider</td></tr></tbody></table>


    After viewing my choices I was dumbfounded. I didn''t know what to pick. So I asked Lucy." I wouldn''t choose goblins, zombies, demons they both have set different paths to take with defined evolutions. But people hate goblins because they rape, and they aren''t that smart so people will try to destroy you. Demons and zombies will get the holy churches attention, and even though they are strong the church will stop at nothing to destroy you. Slimes and spiders have set different paths and undefined evolution. Slimes are stupid and slow while spiders are smart but too weak. Wolfs are smart with set different paths and defined evolutions. They are also strong. Lastly the monsters that are hardly ever chosen, larvae and tadpoles. They are weak with undefined paths and evolutions. They are extremely weak and need to be evolved to get stronger. They have the most potential. To even it out your mana lets them evolve to a certain degree in which they can go kill by themselves. If you''re going to choose one of them choose larva because tadpoles need water which makes dungeon shaping harder."


    I thought about it for a while before saying "I think I will choose wolf."


    "Good, that''s what most people choose." Lucy looks around "Also lets building your dungeon."


    I say "I choose Wolf."


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Choose your second starting monster </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Slime</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Goblin</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Larva</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Tadpole</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Zombie</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Demon</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Spider</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Surprised I asked Lucy " Lucy, am I supposed to have a second starting monster."


    Her expression changes to a surprised expression before exclaiming " No, all dungeons start with one, it''s not supposed to be possible! Unless...." She ponders about something before telling me " I think I know what''s happening, this is probably one of Loki''s'' "gifts" to you. Choose your second monster."


    Listening to what she said, I think about what my second monster should be. "I think my second monster should be Larvae. What do you think?"


    She quickly replies " That is a good decision, the wolves are strong and can defend you well while the larvae can grow in safety."


    I say "I choose Larvae." after listening to her advice.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have choosen both Wolf and Larva as your starting monsters</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> From now on you can create level 1 wolves for 20 mana </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> From now on you can create level 1 larvae for 1 mana </td></tr></tbody></table>


    A myriad of notifications pop up. I then try creating a wolf and a larva. I felt something draining from me which I''m guessing is my mana and I see a wolf and a larva pop up in front of me.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have created a level 1 wolf </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Level 1 wolf 100/100 hp 50/50 mp </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have created a level 1 larva </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Level 1 larva 20/20 hp 10/10 mp </td></tr></tbody></table>


    I feel happy because I created my first monsters. Lucy says " Lets begin the dungeon creating process."


    To be continued.


    Author: This is my second story, my first being Breaking Chains. I read many dungeon stories like slime dungeon on royalroadl and I felt like I wanted to make one. Leave me tips, comments and reviews.

 Chapter 2: Building the Dungeon

    Chapter 2:


    After hearing Lucy say that I glance at my first monsters for a moment. My wolf have grey fur and yellow eyes while my Larva was white. "So what do I do?"


    "Max, dungeons can send their consciousness around their dungeon. When they are in their core room they can sense what is happening in the dungeon. When they send it to a room they can see what''s happening in that room more clearly."


    I try feeling my body, I grasp it and can feel my body and sense everything around it. I can see it clearly. I tell Lucy " I grasped the method, now what do I do?"


    "Send your mana to where you want your room and invoke your skill. You just have to imagine what your room looks like and it will be created. When your imagining the room your skill will invoke by itself. Afterwards you can shape your room to your will and destroy it at will as well. " Lucy then points at a wall of my core room and says " Try making a room there. Remember the bigger the room and the more fancy it is, the more mana it takes. Make 4 rooms that are 200 square meters  big, each. That is the most your can make with the amount of mana you have as of now."


    I try imagining a room  that is 200 square meters big. Sending my mana there I here ding sound.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have invoked the skill Create/Shape/Destroy Dungeon </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have used 2500 mana </td></tr></tbody></table>


    Something is leaving my body which I''m assuming is my mana. This feeling is weird but I will get used to it with time, I feel drained from creating the room.


    "Good job you created the room, check your work out before going to the other rooms." Lucy claps.


    I send my consciousness my room. I see a room which is square shaped and is 200 square meters big. The height of the room is 10 meters tall and has torches on the walls to light up the room. The walls are made up of granite. Thinking this was a good job for the first room I created I do the same process until I notice something.


    "Lucy I think we are in a huge mountain. I noticed this when I looked around for my last room to be built. Is this good."


    Surprised and happy, Lucy exclaims " This is extremely good, this way we don''t have to search for a place to create the entrance. We already have one. Hunting for essence can be easier if we are in the wilderness if the creatures enter the dungeon!"


    Excited and happy, I get rejuvenated by this good news and I start working even harder now. All my rooms were the same and were made up of granite, which I''m guessing is the basic mineral of the mountain.


    "I''m finished building the rooms Lucy, how do I recover my mana?"


    She explains to me " Normally you can just rest and let your mana recover by itself, but most dungeons just absorb the mana from the air. This will also increase your mana reserves if you keep doing this as training. Absorbing mana will let you recover your mana faster."


    Wanting to increase my mana reserves and recover my mana faster, I try absorbing the mana from the air. I think of a invisible energy in the air which is being pulled towards me and entering me. Concentrating on this thought helped me a lot and let me absorb mana from the air. A thought flashes, I remember some of the novels I read where the protagonist filters the mana of its impurities to get more pure mana. Imagining a sieve where the invisible energy in the air goes through before reaching me, I feel a qualitative difference where the energy fells more pure, powerful and comfortable. Hearing a gasp, I open my eyes and look at Lucy. "What''s wrong Lucy?"


    "Why is the mana your absorbing so pure?"


    I answer with the tone that made it sound like she''s stupid " I imagined a sieve where the invisible energy in the air which is mana goes through before reaching me."


    Feeling offended she replies with an angry tone " This never happened before, no one ever attempted that before. I have to note this done. You''re lucky, this means your mana reserve will increase faster and recover faster while being at a higher quality. This will give you a major advantage over other dungeons."


    Recovering my mana for a little while, I adjust my rooms a little making holes on the walls which connect to a wolf den where the wolves will come out of. I also create a area in my core room for the larva''s to evolve safely. Placing my finishing touches I hear Lucy saying  " Ok, let''s add some traps now. What traps do you have?"


    Feeling a little embarrassed I say " I only have the pitfall trap."


    Her face shows a little surprise before reverting back normal, I hear a low murmur " That''s weird dungeon''s normally have 2 traps while most get some with their monsters. Since it''s him I''m not that surprised. I got more surprised today then any day in my life, I''m probably going to lose my sense of surprise at this rate."


    You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story."Create pitfall traps in your 4 rooms and cover them with rock that will break under the weight of humans or more."


    I do as she says and imagine a huge hole in a room with a thin sheeting of rock that will break on the weight of a human. A blue box pops up under the familiar ding sound.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have invoked Create Traps Level 1</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have used 100 mana </td></tr></tbody></table>


    Lucy goes towards the trap and goes into corporeal form and steps on it. She falls into the trap, after a moment she comes out of the trap in incorporeal form and says " That is a decent sized pitfall trap, create the rest."


    I do as she says and after I finish, I hear the ding sound. Feeling confused about the ding sound, I look at the blue box.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have upgrade from Apprentice Dungeon to Novice Dungeon </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Mana reserves been upgrade from 10100 to 20100 and health has been upgrade from 1000 to 2000 </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> For having only one trap you have been awarded with the Boulder Trap and the Pitfall (Spike) Trap </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Boulder Trap</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>A boulder will be released into the room and follow a set path crushing anything in front of it</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Pitfall (Spike) Trap</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Pretty much the same as the Pitfall Trap but has spikes at the bottom</td></tr></tbody></table>


    A feeling of extreme joy invades me and I yell "Lucy I upgrade from a apprentice dungeon to a novice dungeon and my mana went from 10100 to 20100 while my health went from 1000 to 2000! I also gained two new traps, the pitfall spike trap and the boulder trap."


    Her expression changes into one of joy and says " Good now upgrade your pitfall traps to the spikes addition and add the boulder traps."


    Imagining spikes at the bottom of the pitfall trap they suddenly appear. I do this for every room before creating a long narrow path going to different rooms. This is where the boulder trap will take place, I imagine the trap and gets created. Whoever steps on a trap block will unleash the boulder into the narrow path. Something then pops up in my mind and I ask Lucy " What are the dungeon ranks?"


    " Now is a good enough time to tell you. The ranks apprentice and novice is when dungeons are first building their dungeons to be ready for it to be invaded. At this rank they don''t create their entrances. When they reach the H rank, that is when they open up their dungeons for the outside world and also when the Spectrals leave. The ranks are the following : Apprentice, Novice, H, G, F, E, D, C, B, A, AA, AAA, S, SS, SSS, X, XX, XXX then finally God ranked where even gods will die inside the dungeon. No dungeons have reached god rank and the highest ranked dungeon of all time reached the XXX rank and is still alive."


    This made excitement bubble inside me, there are many ranks ahead which means I can get extremely strong. "Lucy, I have a present for you." I say. I wanted to thank Lucy for all the help she gave me so I made her a room. I show her the room and she looked happy. "Thank so much Max!" she exclaims as she hugs me, or well the dungeon core. Realizing what she did, she walks away while blushing. Seeing this I asked something "Is it possible for me get a humanoid body?"


    "Oh, I''m sorry I forgot about that. Yes it''s possible. Right now you can send your consciousness into a monster of your dungeon and control it. This means when you get a humanoid monster you can control it." Lucy says in a apologetic tone.


    The possibility of having a body excites me and I try sending my consciousness into a wolf. It was exactly like she said, I can control it. I start running circles around Lucy and I howl in joy. I return back to my dungeon core form and tell her " This means I can train and help defend the dungeon. I can also sleep, eat and do other stuff like hanging out with you. I can''t wait till I get a ......." A noise that is seriously getting annoying sounded in my head.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Your larvae has evolved </td></tr></tbody></table>


    My face change into that of a surprised one and Lucy asked me "What happened?"


    To be continued.


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 Chapter 3: Evolutions

    Chapter 3:


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Your larvae has evolved </td></tr></tbody></table>


    My face change into that of a surprised one and Lucy asked me "What happened?"


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    <table><tbody><tr><td> Your Level 1 Larva has evolved to a Carnivorous Caterpillar </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Level 1 Carnivorous Caterpillar 30/30 Hp 22/22 Mp </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Carnivorous Caterpillar</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>The Carnivorous Caterpillar is 40 cm long and 20 cm tall. The like to prey on small animals and as it levels up or evolves it will eat bigger animals. It reinforces it''s teeth with magic, but is extremely slow. It''s skin is harder and can withstand being stepped on.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have unlocked the monster Carnivorous Caterpillar in the Dungeon Shop. Buy the it at the shop to be able to spawn it without having to go through the evolution process. </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have gained the trap, Ceiling Drop </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Ceiling Drop</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>You have a area above your ceiling where you keep certain monster which will drop down when the area is opened. To open it, a certain mechanisim must be activated. Current Monsters useable for trap : Carnivorous Caterpillar.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Snapping out of my daze, I look towards the larva area and see a massive caterpillar, " The Larva evolved into a Carnivorous Caterpillar and I gained a new trap, ceiling drop."


    She looks over to where I was looking and see''s the caterpillar. Various expressions appeared on her face, it went from shock to happiness to disgust. " Ugh, a caterpillar, disgusting. "


    " Well you have to get used to this since there will many of them," I state the obvious.


    She sighs and says " I know." Her face changes into one of deep thought before she tells me " Now back on topic, Apprentice and Novice are beginner levels where you don''t have to open up your dungeon. But when you reach H, your body will send out a ripple letting the people in this world know that a new dungeon exists. The good thing is that, they won''t know where. This ripple will also attract other creatures, so before people come, kill them and gain dungeon essence."


    I become nervous and ask " Um, how do I become a H level dungeon?"


    Nonchalantly she answered " You have to have a 100 monster to become a H level dungeon. I advise you to improve your dungeon''s first floor before becoming a H level dungeon. This way, you will have more protection. Now I''m going to enter my room and change it up. Don''t bother me, and don''t become a H level dungeon, until I come out. You better have improved the dungeon by the time I came out." I stare at the back of her figure as she enters her room.


    I think about the whole day, and what I learned. It takes me around 10 minutes to create a room and 40 minutes to recover my magic to full. For the traps, it takes around 20 minutes to make, and for monsters around 5 minutes for 2 monsters. Evolving the larva took around 10 hours.


    Returning back to the present time, I think about different ways to implement the new additions I got. Before thinking about it, I create 25 wolves and 25 larvae. After brainstorming some ideas, I went to work. I created 4 more rooms and added in the ceiling drop trap. It has different mechanisms for each room, like a trap step, trip wire or a 2 levers, 1 for the door the other for the trap. The paths were more diverse and had many more divergent paths. This addition made the dungeon more like a labyrinth and harder to clear. Different entrances to doors where added for example grand entrances or a path in which you have to crawl into to get into the room.


    8 hours have passed since I began improving the dungeon, and 5 of the larvae evolved into something different.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You larva has evolved into a Level 1 Silkworm </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Level 1 Magic Silkworm 10/10 Hp 40/40 Mp </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Magic Silkworm</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>The Magic Silkworm is like a normal silkworm but makes magic silk. Magic silk is a reinforced version of silk to point it can cut people and can be used as an assassins tool. The Magic Silkworm injects its'' magic into the silk to create magic silk, and when it runs out of magic it creates normal silk.</td></tr><table><tbody><tr><td> You have unlocked the monster Magic Silk in the Dungeon Shop. Buy the it at the shop to be able to spawn it without having to go through the evolution process. </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Magic Silk is strong, durable, sharp, flexible and stretchable. </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have unlocked the trap Trip wire </td></tr></tbody></table>


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    <tr><td colspan=''4''>Trip Wire</td></tr>


    <tr><td colspan=''4''>Trip wire trips the creature which runs into to it if the wire is made out of silk. If it is made out of magic silk, it cuts them and has a change of amputating them</td></tr>


    </tbody></table>


    After getting magic silkworms, I started getting magic silk and regular silk where I kept in a treasury I made. This left with me with a total of 9 rooms. I added the trip wire in and made it difficult to reach my treasury. I put my core room farthest away with a room in front of it. The room had 15 wolves and many traps as well as the paths have many forks  after clearing the room.


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    My renovating of the dungeon took another hour and 5 larva evolved.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Your Larva has evolved into a Level 1 Burrowing Parasite </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Level 1 Burrowing Parasite 5/5 Hp 10/10 Mp </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody>


    <tr><td colspan=''4''>Burrowing Parasite</td></tr>


    <tr><td colspan=''4''>There are 3 different Burrowing Parasites. There are Control Parasites (1 cm black centipedes), Queen Parasites (2 cm white centipedes) and Soldier Parasites (1.5 cm brown centipede). Queen parasites burrow in the creature and live off its nutrients and its body.  It then creates eggs which hatch out Soldier Parasites. The Soldier Parasites protect the Queen and burrow into creatures with her. They eat the creature the burrow into from the inside, after they finish all the parasites inside leave. The Control Parasites burrow into the creature and take control of its brain, controling it. If the creatures evolves and the parasite is inside they merge and the parasite becomes the creature. Sometimes it takes multiple Control Parasites to control 1 creature and when they all merge it might have bi-polar disorders.</td></tr>


    </tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have unlocked the monster Burrowing Parasites (all 3 centipedes) in the Dungeon Shop. Buy the it at the shop to be able to spawn it without having to go through the evolution process. </td></tr></tbody></table>


    This evolution both creeped and scared me out. Thinking about centipedes crawling inside your body gave me shivers, and also made me happy since they can''t attack me. To add these bugs into the dungeon, I created tiny holes on the ground where they can crawl out of. Another hour passed, 10 of my larvae evolved into Carnivorous Caterpillars and also Lucy came out.


    When I told her the changes she was happy, but when it came to the parasites, she screamed and ran into her room shutting it close. I sighed and started to improve the dungeon.


    This is getting repetitive but after another 2 hours, another 5  larvae evolved into something stronger than the wolves.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Your Larva has evolved into a Poisonous Flame Salamander </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Poisonous Flame Salamander 150/150 Hp 100/100 Mp </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody>


    <tr><td colspan=''4''>Poisonous Flame Salamander</td></tr>


    <tr><td colspan=''4''>The Poisonous Flame Salamander is 1 meter long and 70 cm''s tall. Black with red spots, it''s tail is 50 cms long. It''s regeneration is amplified and can regain limbs in a few minutes. It''s poison it also amplified to the points it can release poison breath and gas and infuse it with mana strengthening it. The poison paralyzes the enemy and damages them. It can also breath flames and has the fire affinity allowing it to use fire magic. It''s camoflague ability is much stronger as well.</td></tr>


    </tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have unlocked the Poisonous Flame Salamander in the Dungeon Shop. Buy the Poisonous Flame Salamander at the shop to be able to spawn it without having to go through the evolution process. </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have unlocked the Spike Trap (Poisonous) </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody>


    <tr><td colspan=''4''>Pitfall Trap  (Poisonous Spikes)</td></tr>


    <tr><td colspan=''4''>Bascially the Pitfall Spike Trap with poison on the tip of spikes.</td></tr>


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    <tr><td colspan=''4''>Do you wish to merge all Pitfall traps together and let all new Pitfall traps to merge with it?</td></tr>


    <tr><td colspan=''4''>Yes/No</td></tr>


    </tbody></table>


    Clicking yes, a blinding flash appears and another notification appears.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You Pitfall Traps have merged </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody>


    <tr><td colspan=''4''>Pitfall Trap</td></tr>


    <tr><td colspan=''4''>A platform will cover the pitfall and a mechanisim will activate it. There are different variations. Current variations: Spike, Posion and Poisionous Spike</td></tr>


    </tbody></table>


    Notifying the Lucy about the evolutions, she was surprised and happy. Afterwards we started working on the dungeon before I upgrade to H level.


    To be continued.


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 Chapter 4: Opening up the Dungeon

    Chapter 4:


    It has been a day since the evolutions, and I have 20 rooms. All of them are equipped with traps and have at least 5 monsters, the hallways are maze-like and are difficult to navigate through.. Lucy said my dungeon is strong enough to be a level H dungeon, and I should open my dungeon up. She said that I needed to get a second layer to be even more stronger and I should start killing creatures. Killing creatures, is not something I want to do and is something I despise, but I need to survive. On the contrary, I found out something interesting, dungeon walks are indestructible even gods can''t destroy it which means I don''t have to worry about people mining my dungeon. Another interesting fact is that, even though the walls are indestructible, I can buy an ore off the dungeon shop and designate an area for mining.


    Back on track, I have 99 monsters now; 49 Wolves, 5 Poisonous Flame Salamanders,  10 Burrowing Parasites, 10 Magic Silkworms and finally 25 Carnivorous Caterpillars. I''m creating my final monster before my upgrade, I''m creating another wolf. Excitement floods my body as I see my final wolf appear.


    Ding!


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have been upgrade to a H level Dungeon </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Mana reserves have been improved from 23758 to 53758 Health has been upgrade from 2000 to 5000 </td></tr></tbody></table>


    Recently I been meditating a lot more which increased my mana pool by a lot. Checking out the changes of my body, I noticed my core which was sky blue, now has a tinge of purple in the middle. This sparked my curiosity, but I''m guessing it is because my dungeon level increased and that the purple will start taking over after evolving more.


    "Lucy, I turned into a H level Dungeon, come help with creating the dungeon entrance." Ever since I gave her a room, she started to open up to me and be more kind. She wasn''t as cold and indifferent as before, and talks to me more often. " I''m here, ok let us start. Make the entrance huge enough for humans to enter through, make an arch. The arch will make it beautiful, and also make it out of marble. Then make marble columns lead up to a pedestal with a lever which opens the marble doors in front of it. Light up the rooms with torches."


    After finishing up the entrance, Lucy looks at it with sparkly eyes and exclaims " It''s so beautiful, I''m 100 percent sure it will attract creatures and humans."


    Ding


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Your Dungeon Entrance has been completed. Creatures can now enter the dungeon. A ripple will be sent alerting creatures of a new dungeon opening, but it won''t tell where. </td></tr></tbody></table>


    I then feel a faint ripple go through the air, the feeling is soothing to my heart, well not it''s a core. Sighing, Lucy sighs " Now that the ripple is sent, we just play the waiting game."


    For 4 hours I waited and tried to improve the dungeon, that is when I felt something entering the dungeon. Looking at the source, I see a cute white bunny with red eyes hopping into the dungeon. Seeing it, I feel guilty and don''t want to kill it, but when I see it''s screen I stop thinking that.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Level 2 Devil Rabbit 50/50 Hp 43/45 Mana </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Devil Rabbit</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>A rabbit that is cute and seemly harmless, but when it nears it''s prey.....  Right now it is still a bunny and not as strong as it can truly be.  It is 50 cms tall and 20 cms fat.


    This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.  P.S. It can use physical enchantment magic</td></tr></tbody></table>


    It left me speechless. The bunny hopped towards the door, which I opened it a while back to let creatures enter. When it entered the first room, it hopped onto a trap step and opened up the ceiling drop trap. 2 Carnivorous Caterpillars fell, the bunny noticed this and dodged to the left. The caterpillars missed, and the bunny opened its mouth to a freakishly large extent. Its mouth was at least 3/4''s of its size and it took a big bite out of the caterpillar. The bunny reinforced its teeth with magic, which left the caterpillar''s completely helpless.


    After killing the other caterpillars it finished it''s meal and sat down trying to rest. This is the moment I sent out a wolf. Charging towards the bunny, the wolf alerted the bunny with its noise. Turning around the bunny opened its mouth wide open, this made the wolf hesitate before regaining its courage. Scared of the bunny''s attack the wolf dodged, but the bunny wasn''t a pushover either and it bounced towards the wolf and bit its hind leg.


    The wolf howled crazily, this alerted the other wolf hiding. Not noticing, the bunny got charged at by the second wolf. The second wolf bit the bunny but couldn''t kill it. Feeling pain the bunny turned over and opened its enormous mouth and tried to bite it, the wolf dropped it and dodged. The handicapped wolf caught it in its mouth and ate it. After the bunny died, the wolf glowed and got back to top condition.


    Surprised I look at the status of the wolf.


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Level 2 Wolf 123/123 Hp 65/65 Mp </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td> Your wolves learned Body Enchantment Magic </td></tr></tbody></table>


    Realization hits me and I finally understand. Remembering the battle I start to sweat, thinking about how the bunny was not even mature but was already so strong. My motivation just got fired up, I want to get stronger, much stronger. But the side effects of mental stress kicked in, if I was human, I would have hurled for killing a living thing. it will take some time to get used to. I then hear a voice " You idiot, absorb the bunny fast, so that you can get dungeon essence."


    Being reminded about it, I felt embarrassed. Luckily, I was a dungeon core and had no body, so Lucy couldn''t see my embarrassment. Quickly absorbing the bunny, I hear a familiar but annoying ding.


    Ding!


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have gained 10 Dungeon Essence </td></tr></tbody></table>


    Thinking about what the dungeon essence does, I remember about the Dungeon Shop. My curiosity was reinvigorated, I wanted to know what''s inside the Dungeon Shop so I asked Lucy. "Lucy, can I open the Dungeon Shop."


    She sighs and replies " I knew your curiosity will take over, I guess now is a good time. Open it."


    I yell "Yay!"


    She murmurs " Such a child."


    I say " Open Dungeon Shop."


    Ding!


    <table><tbody><tr><td> You have opened the Dungeon Shop </td></tr></tbody></table>


    To be continued...


    Author''s note:  Sorry for slow chapters, went out somewhere. Hope you enjoy the chapter. Remember to leave tips, comments and reviews. I have another story called Breaking Chains. Hope you like the cliff-hanger, the enemy of all readers.

 Update

    Sorry I haven''t been updating for a while, I had exams and it just finished. I also had other things which I was busy with in RL. I will be back to writing the story soon. I suggest you reread the old chapters in a few days as I will revise it. The revision is going to be quite important as it involves the evolution, level system and some detail fixing.