[You have died]
This was the last message Allen saw in his life, or at least it should have been. Shortly after everything went black he found himself in a well lit room. In the room there was a desk made of a dark wood variant he didn't know with a few documents on it. There was also a door to somewhere and a window. As he looked out of the window he saw what looked like a universe in the distance with many different colors and it looked breathtakingly beautiful. After he stopped looking out the window he noticed the leather chair he was sitting in and the other person in the room.
Well more like being, as that being was completely white and had only the outline of a human. No that is not quite right. that being had a pair of eyes Allen had never seen before. It is as if he is looking into a sea of stars.
“Mister Walker”, the being began to speak,” you have made a lot of trouble for us, do you know that.“
“Trouble? What do you mean! And where am I? What was the text I saw before I die…”, Allen couldn’t finish his sentence. He was shot. He felt the bullet penetrate his head. He was sure he should be dead. How come he is still here. And where is here even. What about his sister he would visit tomorrow about her best friend and neighbor Danny. What about his parents? What about his best friend and co-worker Daniel? Did they know he died? Is this the afterlife? Or will he vanish after everything is over. Does there even exits an afterlife. His thoughts spiraled deeper and deeper into the depths of insanity.
“Mister Walker did you hear me?” asked the being.
This made Allen spring back to reality or at least the reality he was in now. “I am sorry”, Allen said sarcastically ,“There was just to much going through my head, because of you know dying!”
“Yes and this is the problem you made for us.” The being said in an even tone before continuing, “But it seems you don’t even know what is happening so let me clear a few things up. Shortly before you died your home planet has started the integration process, but the major problem was that the integration was not finished before you were killed.”
“Which integration?” Allen asked with some concern in his eyes. Could it be that he was not the only person from Earth here. And why was he so calm all of a sudden. Did the being do something. Had he been changed?
“The integration into the Multiverse of course. Into the almighty System. You see the world you live in is not the only place with intelligent lifeforms. The System was created to connect all places so that every one can talk with each other trade goods and show how good you are. To get stronger than others. It is also a tool that made wars not only easier it made them essential for survival. Because the Multiverse lives through conquest”, the being said with a savage glint in his eyes, “but I digress. You see every living being was transported here in there own instance or if they are small children with one of there parents. Here they get a short explanation while your planet will be transformed. After that the animals will be transported back and the humans will start the tutorial.”
“Tutorial? Transformation? What are you talking about”, Allen asked lightheaded with many thoughts racing though his head. ‘Trade of the entire Multiverse. The necessity of war to survive. This will not be pleasant.’
“Lets start with the transformation of your planet. You see your planet doesn’t have any Mana in it and this is not allowed by the System. So the System terraforms your planet ,so it starts to produce Mana. This has the byproduct that your world will expand in both mass and size. This will also allow the people to use this Mana for certain effects like creating a spell or inscribing weapons. And many more things you can not even imagine”
“Next is the tutorial. The tutorial was made by the System for the intelligent lifeforms of the planets it integrates. There they will learn most of the things they need to learn about the System and the Multiverse to survive and grow in strength. It also allows them to grow stronger in a short amount of time. But not everyone will survive the tutorial. It will depend on which difficulty they will chose.”
”And here we are with the problem that is you. You died during the integration while the System was still loading your planet. And because you died during this phase the System got an error and does not know what to do with you. You should know not many beings made the system have an Error, and non where as weak as you are.“
“So what is going to happen with me” asked Allen fearfully.
“Well the System decided after some time and input of certain characters that you will be given a second chance to live.”
“So I will be reborn as a human?”
“Reborn yes. Human maybe, but likely no? It will all depend on your luck. Could you please open your [Status] it will open if you think about it”
‘[Status]’
[Status]
[Name: Allen Walker
Age: 20 Years
Rank: G-0
Race: None (Currently a free Soul)
Class: None
Achievements: [Chosen],[Error maker],[First Death],[Reborn],[Luck of the draw]
Stats: N/A]
“So I don’t have Race or a Class and what is this rank thing. And why do I not care that I have something like a Status?”
“Yes you do not have a Race or a Class. It is even possible that you will never have a class depending on your Race. As for Rank this means how strong you are and some other things that are not important currently. As for why you do not care about having a Status and that you can think without problems is because the System changed you mentally so that you have a higher chance of survival.”
“The System changed my mentality!” Allen asked outraged but he calmed done really fast, this was also probably because of the changes the System had done. After calming down he asked the being “So how do I get a Race? Can I chose it? And what is your name?”
“You can call me an Adjudicator, as for your race” the Adjudicator claps his hands and in front of Allen a slot machine appears. “We will use this thing you should know what it is.”
“How many different choices are there?” asks Allen with a horrible forecast.
“Over 500 Trillion different choices”
“Are all of them Intelligent?” Allen ask with hope and trepidation.
“No not all of them have intelligence, but most get it after a certain amount of time. For example there is a tree who gets intelligent after 50 000 Years.” The Adjudicator informs Allen.
Allen just sighs and pulls the lever while thinking ‘Here goes nothing.’ After a short while a single token was dispensed. The token had a crystalline look while it also felt ethereal. After Allen takes it in his hand a screen appears before him.
[Item
Name: Dungeon Core/Spirit
Type: Race change token
Description: This will change your Race to a Dungeon Core/Spirit]
[Do you want to use it?]
[Yes] [No]
[System override detected answer chosen]
[Congratulation you are now a Dungeon Core/Spirit]
“A Dungeon core and even of the Spirit type that is rare”, said the Adjudicator with wonder in his voice.
[Status]
[Name: Allen Walker
Age: 0 Years
Rank: G-0
Race: Dungeon Core/Spirit
Attunement: N/A
Dungeon Fairy: None
Achievements: [Chosen],[Error maker],[First Death],[Reborn],[Luck of the draw], [Dungeon Master]
Mana: 0]
“Is this like some story’s on Earth where the Core creates a Dungeon that other people challenge to get stronger and the Core gets stronger the more people die in that Dungeon. And does it mean that I have no Body only a Core?”
“Yes it is like the story’s you have read, but you do not have to kill every person who enters your dungeon, because a person or creature not made by you that is in your dungeon generates energy for you to use. But this will diminish after a certain amount of time. And no you won’t have a core because you are of the Spirit type, which means the entire Dungeon will be your Body but you will have a Spiritual incarnation with which you can interact with other creatures. Spirit type dungeons are the most difficult to capture or relocate.”
“Capture?”
“Some organizations love to capture dungeon’s so they work for them. Most of these dungeon’s are enslaved, but as a Spirit type dungeon you do not have to worry about it. Next you will get your Fairy.” The adjudicator explains.
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“How to I get a Fairy? And more important what is a Fairy even?”, Allen asks while looking at the slot machine that was still in the Room.
“A Fairy will be the mental support of the dungeon. Your mental crutch so to speak. They are there so you won't go insane. It will also explain most of the things a dungeon has to do and how to get stronger. There are different types of Fairy and depending on which type you have you will be able to do different things. For example if you have a Fire Fairy you will be able to control Fire even if you do not have the Attunement. As for how you get a Fairy,” The Adjudicator just points at the slot Machine. Allen just sighs and activates the machine. After some time again a Coin appears. This token had the figure of a young women on it with fairy wings. The rest of the token had a mix of all colors. As he touched this token a new screen appeared in front of him.
[Item
Name: Fairy token
Type: Fairy Token
Description: This is the prove of your Contract with the Fairy Mia.]
[Congratulation for getting your Fairy]
[Status]
[Name: Allen Walker
Age: 0 Years
Rank: G-0
Race: Dungeon Core/Spirit
Attunement: N/A
Dungeon Fairy: Mia
Achievements: [Chosen],[Error maker],[First Death],[Reborn],[Luck of the draw], [Dungeon Master], [Chaos Fairy Partner]
Mana: 0]
“You can focus on parts of your Status to see what it does”, the Adjudicator informs.
[Rank: G-0
Description: The Rank shows you your Level of Power. Each Rank has 10 Levels form 0-9. After the 9th Level you can Ascend one Rank.
G-0 the weakest type of existence often found in unintegrated Worlds.]
[Race: Dungeon Core/Spirit
Description: You are a Dungeon core your Dungeon will be your Body so grow stronger and make your dungeon one of the best.
As as Spirit type Core you just have the Dungeon as a Body and no Core. This can be both a blessing and a Curse.
Racial abilities : 0/1]
[Attunement: N/A
Description: Your Attunement is the type of Energy you can control, currently you do not have any.]
[Mana: 0
Description: Mana is your lifeblood. Without Mana you can not exist. You can also use Mana to summon and create Items and creatures. You also need Mana to expand your influence.]
[Dungeon Fairy: Mia
Description: Your partner in crime for creating a Dungeon. You both are connected through your Souls.]
[Status
Name: Mia Chaosspark
Age: 18
Rank: G-0 (Depends on Dungeon Core)
Race: Chaos Dungeon Spirit
Attunement: Chaos Origin
Dungeon Core: Allen Walker
Achievements: N/A]
[Chosen
Description: The System thinks you have great potential. It will give you some extra Luck that you will need.
Effect: The next instances of Luck are in your favour]
[Error maker
Description: Because of you the System had an Error
Effect: The System is keeping an eye on you.
Amount of Errors created: 1]
[First Death
Description: You were the first to die after the integration of your World
Effect: None]
[Reborn
Description: The system gave you the chance to be reborn as a different Species
Effect: You will be reborn as a different Race.]
[Luck of the Draw
Description: You get the chance of a lottery. Draw your win.
Effect: +10 Luck on draws from the System]
[ Dungeon Master
Description: You are the owner of your Dungeon
Effect: You can control the Dungeon as you want. You know everything that is happening in your Dungeon.]
[ Chaos Fairy Partner
Description: Your Partner is a rare type of Fairy.
Effect: You can use her Attunement as if it was your own.]
“Mhh a Chaos Fairy I did not even know that they were available, to be honest I did not even know that they exist.” the Adjudicator informs Allen with a concerned look in his eyes. “And the titles you have are really impressive for someone who is G-0”
“Are there still more things where we need the slot machine or can I choose things now.” Allen ask with hopes in his eyes, he doesn’t want his future to be designed by only luck. Even thought he would have no idea what he should choose. But his hopes were dashed with the next words of the Adjudicator.
“No you won't be able to choose anything. We still have 2 things you need to get before you can go to your tutorial. You still need to get a Racial ability and an Attunement, so if you would please use the machine twice more. Or you can think of using it twice while you operate the lever of the slot machine”
Allen just wants to be over with it and uses the machine. After a short while two new token’s are dispensed. The first token was completely black like the emptiness between the stars. The other token was white with a person on it, this person had no features at all. It was as if it was a white canvass where you can paint however you want.
[Item
Name: Void Attunement
Type: Attunement token
Description: This will give you the Void Attunement. You are the void between the stars. You are the darkest Abyss. This type of Affinity is one of the rarest that have ever existed. This affinity lets you devourer all things to get stronger. There is a common misconception that it has something to do with the Space Affinity but this is not the case.]
[Item
Name: Avatar Ability
Type: Racial ability token
Description: As a dungeon you don’t have many ways to explore your sounding, but with this ability you can make an Avatar who you can use to explore the region. Be warned creating an Avatar is expensive and can only be used if you are in the E-Rank or above. There is also a limit to the amounts of Avatars you can have. You gain 1 Avatar for every Rank after you get this ability starting with one.]
[You used both tokens]
“Void and an Avatar ability at G-0. Could it be that you are the bastard of the System itself? With your luck I don’t know if this will be good or bad for you.” The Adjudicator says with obvious concern in his eyes. “But one thing is for sure your tutorial will be very hard.”
“Can I not chose the difficulty of my tutorial? And what about the people of earth can I not get the same tutorial as them?.” Allen asks with hope. Maybe he can get to his family a lot faster than he thinks. Maybe he can help them grow as he is a Dungeon. Maybe…
“No you will not be able to chose the difficulty of your tutorial, and no you won’t be in the same trail as other people. Your tutorial will be unique because of your race. The System will decide the difficulty of your tutorial. I think it will be almost 100% the Nightmare level difficulty.”
Allen just sighs and started to accept that he can’t do anything but he still asks a question that he wanted to know, maybe it will help him in the future when he knows what his tutorial is. “You said there are different difficulty's for the tutorial, what does this mean? What are the difference's between the difficulty’s”.
“The differences are the survival rate and the reward rates. The harder the tutorial the more likely you are to die, but if you survive you will be stronger than others who chose a lower difficulty. You will also get better class choices and titles for completing certain task within the tutorial. The different difficulty's are, ” as the Adjudicator says the last part he waves his hand and in front of Allen a screen appears.
[Tutorial difficulty’s]
[Difficulty: Child
Survival Rate: 100%
Description: Only for Children under the Age of 16]
[Difficulty: Easy
Survival Rate: 99%
Description: For those people who wants an easy way out. These people will never be strong.]
[Difficulty: Normal
Survival Rate: 80%
Description: This difficulty is used by those who want to life a normal life after the integration but who can still protect themselves.]
[Difficulty: Hard
Survival Rate: 20%
Description: This difficulty is chosen by those who want more in there life then they had before. Maybe they can become a noble or a great master of Cultivation.]
[Difficulty: Nightmare
Survival Rate: 1%
Description: This difficulty is only chosen by the desperate. Maybe they want to die or they need something that only the Nightmare can give them. But should they survive they will be one of the strongest on the planet after the tutorial ends. They are the most likely who will become the Worldsovereign]
“Are you ready for your tutorial?” The Adjudicator asks Allen.
Allen nods his heads and says, “There isn’t a lot more I can do other then start the tutorial, is there?”
“No this is all I can help you with. The system does not allow more, but there is one thing I can say you won’t be transported to Earth after the tutorial ends. But people from Earth maybe one day be able to visit you. Also the tutorials take a different amount of time before completion. But all tutorials will end in 1 year real time. I hope you will survive the tutorial, maybe I will visit you one day if you survive” With this words the Adjudicator disappears and in front of Allen another screen appears.
[The System will chose the difficultly of the Chosen]
[Gathering information of all advantages]
[Creature is a Dungeon Core/Spirit]
[Chaos Fairy Partner found]
[Void Affinity found]
[Racial ability Avatar found]
[Multiple Achievements found]
[Choosing difficulty]
[ERROR]
“What?”
[No acceptable difficulty found]
[Creating Difficulty]
[Please wait]
“I have a bad feeling about it. Hopefully it will be not to bad,” mutters Allen, with hope in his voice even thought there is not a lot of hope left in him.
— 5 minutes later
[Difficulty created]
[Difficulty: True Nightmare
Calculated survival Rate: 0.01%
Description: You are the first and maybe the only one who will get this difficulty. Because of multiple Advantages your trial will be a lot harder but should you survive you will be one of the strongest, if not the strongest who came out of a tutorial. ]
“Oh no!”
[Tutorial staring in: 5]
[4]
[3]
“Why does this happen to me because of some idiot who thought I stole the person he loved.” Allen was on the brink of falling into despair.
[2]
[1]
[Good Luck]
[Tutorial starts]