Chapter 8 Alice and Ery_Alice The Roaming Dungeon (Relaunch in progress.)

Erethon was cursing the world for this situation he was in. Not only was he stuck at the bottom of a dungeon, but he was also the prisoner of the fucking Pale Rider. The system itself warned everyone about her, and now he had the luck to have attacked her home. He was going through his mind thinking of a way how he could get out of this, but he knew that he would literally have to run from death and fight an army defending the way out. But he felt his fear disappear in an instant.

The Rider's scythe and horse vanished, and with a sweet tone, the Rider spoke: "Now Mr. Elf you looked the leader of that little gang. You're going to stay here and answer all my questions ok?"

Erethon was at a loss for words when he heard the Rider she lost almost all terror she showed him. Her eyes were still intimidating, but they were more beautiful than scary. She looked like an adorable child, to be honest. Even her strange appearance only added to her charm. He was still slack-jawed when the Rider spoke again "Earth to Elf you there."

"We're not on Earth any more dumb ass; we're on Atia."

"Yeah, that's right say, Atia to Elf."

"When I told you guys to shut the fuck up I meant it."

"Fine."

Erethon trembled again when he realized he was not only a prisoner of the Rider, but the Rider herself was insane.

Erethon thought to himself "One wrong move, and I'm dead."

Annoyed at the lack of response she was getting Alice spoke: "Hey, Elf are you deaf."

"Oh no Lord Rider, I meant no disrespect I was just... um... trying to grasp the situation," Erethon responded frantically.

"Good Elfy now who are you, what are your stats and what do you think of my dungeon?"

A little taken aback Erethon began to speak "My name is Erethon Leaf-Walker, I'm 516 years old, and as you guessed I'm a Wood Elf. As for my stats I rather..."

Alice cut in and with as sweet a voice as she could "Oh, I'm sorry if I let you think you have a choice."

Name: Erethon Leaf-Walker Race: Wood Elf Level: 574 Exp: 68% Titles: The Dungeon Explorer, Dungeon Conqueror, Monster Slayer, Dungeon Slayer Class: Dungeon Conqueror (A) Racial Skill: Not Shown Health: 34,783 Mana: 42,978 Health Regen: 1.2 per sec Mana Regen: 4 per sec Strength: 1968 Vitality: 1976 Agility: 2079 Reaction: 1887 Intelligence: 1886 Wisdom: 2198

Elemental Mastery:

Earth-36% Fire-86%

Wind-59% Water-45%

Nature-92%

Resistance/ Endurance:

Physical- 450

Magical- 747

Stamina- 15,876

Stamina Regen- 81 per sec

Alice froze, ignoring that fact his stats popped up out of nowhere. When she saw his stats in her head, she lost it, and in her mind screamed at her voices "Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck, OH FUCK!!!"

"What the shit Alice I thought we were overpowered as shit when we saw them fight the Oak Guard. How the hell is he that strong and Dungeon Killer what the hell does that mean!"

"*Crying* We're gonna die, right. But I don't wanna Alice help me; I want us to live."

"Be quiet now, main Alice we need to be careful he's under the impression we are infinitely stronger than him. So we need to keep it that way, play it cool and don't fuck this up."

"Ok guys, we got this...I hope."

Done with her voices, she began to address Erethon again "Ok then what's the deal with your stats they seem off?"

Erethon curious about what she meant "Are you unfamiliar with the system?"

She angrily replied, "What do you mean?"

Erethon went pale and tried to recover "Forgive me, Lord Rider! It's just that it's not unheard of for gods to bring their children from other worlds to Atia and we've learned that system doesn't exist in every world."

"That is the case but how do you know I'm a Child of God. And come to think of it, you reacted a bit too strongly to me being the Pale Rider. If anything, I thought you would be more confused than terrified."

"The system sent a mass message to every person on Atia upon your arrival and whose child you are. It caused mass panic, so we were already aware of your existence before we saw your message."

At first, Alice was confused, but she understood quickly and thought "Lyssa you fucking bitch."

"That makes things easier then. And yes my world didn't have the system, so hurry up and explain your stats."

"Yes, Lord Rider! If what I think is correct you are wondering why my level is so low for my age. The answer is simple; I dedicated myself to studying dungeons. And many of the dungeons that are still new to me are for the lower levels, so my level is low because of the little experience I get from those monsters."

Alice thought "What the shit, so he should be stronger" and spoke, "Ok then that's part of it, but there is something you didn't answer: Why can't I see the rest of your stats?"

"Well Lord Rider it's just that information about stats is beyond private in this world and you only share it with someone you would give your life for."

Alice smirked "So you don't want me to know all the cards you have up your sleeve. Whatever, it won't make a difference anyway, so I'll let it go for now. So how was my dungeon?"

"May I ask you something first?"

"Fine but choose, your words carefully."

"If you're a child of Mania how do you have a dungeon?"

Alice smiled evilly "A reward for destroying my home planet."

Erethon froze and whispered "Your planet?"

"Well, not the planet itself. Just all the intelligent life. Now I answered yours you answer mine."

"The court mages found your dungeons mana signature about a week ago, so am I correct in assuming that you have only been on this planet for a week?"

"Yes"

"Then I'll say this your dungeon is extremely abnormal. For one, a dungeon will take hundreds of years to complete two floors less than half the size of your first floor. Also, your plants and monsters are all mutated which makes no sense. How you managed to accomplish this in a week is beyond me."

"I actually did it in a few hours, and that's not what I'm asking. Judging from your Class and Titles you've seen been to plenty of dungeons, so how does mine stack up?"

"For a new dungeon it's incredible, but for an old one it's incomplete."

"I know that damn it, I'm asking you for the flaws!"

"Forgive Lord Rider, I was trying not to offend, but I would say that if were not for the monster cores, your dungeon would be almost worthless. The monsters corpses have some useful properties, and some plants are rare in this region, but it would be easier to get them from merchants. There is also no loot to speak of which is a major problem for you. From my experience, the most profitable dungeons have monsters that are imbued with some type of magic and give magic items as loot. But what's most lacking is that you have no bosses to speak of."

"Ok... That was more detailed than expected. Well, at least I have something to do while we wait for Miss Knight to get back. Now Erethon, you're clearly well learned and traveled so I'll cut you a deal. You tell me about dungeons, the world, and anything else I want to know and I'll treat you like a guest more than a prisoner. But if you try to leave, I'll kill you in the slowest and most painful way possible."

Erethon thought to himself for a minute "Well great; she might not completely hate me. I just need to play it cool and make it out of this alive."

"Does your silence mean no?"

"No Lord Rider thank you for your generosity."

Alice smiled "Good Ery; you'll have a house next to mine. We'll start in the morning. Also, you can stop calling me Lord Rider. My real name is Alice I don't have the last name yet."

"Lord Alice I..."

"Alice is fine."

"Alice if I may make a suggestion, it may be a good idea to put in a day and night cycle in the dungeon."

"Why?"

"Well, E ranks will probably take more than a day to pass through the first floor, alone let alone the second."

"Oh look at you Ery, already making yourself useful."

"Ery?"

"Your name is too long, so we shortened it."

"*Crying* I knew it main Alice, he doesn't like it. Why did you say it out loud I was only going to call him that when he wasn't around."

Erethon screamed out "No no it is a great nickname! Please don't cry, Lor... Alice"

"*Sniff* You do?"

"Yes of course!"

"Main Alice he likes it! Isn't that great? I thought he would hate us for giving him a bad nickname."

"Good for you Alice."

"Ery you're nice, want to be my friend?"

"Hold it you fucking moron he attacked our home not even 20 minutes ago."

"Quiet you two; I'm the one in charge here so shut your mouths and were not his friends. Ery, ignore those two your house is over there, it has a bedroom and a kitchen. Take whatever food you want from the plants growing over there."

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Erethon was confused but nodded and thought "Get a hold of yourself. She isn't some kid you need to worry about. Damn it all I just need to make it through this; I can't let the Rider fool me."

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Alice went to the second floor of her house and sat on her makeshift bed a pile of soft mutated leaves and looked at her notifications

Alert- Due to kills being made within your own dungeon experience earned has been diminished.

Alert- experience requirement met- Level now 86

Alert- Class Skill earned- Error Skill Incompatible

Admin "Atum" Override

Skill Alteration Made

Skills Learned- Soul Grasp, Soul Manipulation , Soul Essence

Magic Skill Learned- Necromancy

Error Necromancy incompatible with dungeon race

Admin "Lyssa" Override

Necromancy Alteration Made