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I had to rewrite 2ND time! I accidentally hit backspace button and all my almost done work had to be done again. My luck is amazing.
1. Huggin a wall
Demon dungeon has appeared! We can’t let them plague our lands with this heretic place. Adventurers with B and above rank are needed. Priests will be going on this mission, so healing and holy magic will be given every man in need. For clearing a dungeon reward of 10g and some loot will be given. Let’s kill these vile creatures!
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Hmm. Interesting offer, 10g will be enough for 3 months of living, maybe even a year but that depends how much I will be spending on ‘some things’. However this mission won’t be as easy as it may look like. Fact is that they are trying to gather B ranks and above but reward is quite too good. I don’t know! I think I want this money even though they smell fishy. Fortunately I’m A rank adventurer so I may be back in one piece. Having priests around is good too.
Ranks are starting with, the lowest, F and ending with, of course the best, which is S. I don’t know how many Faggots there are but I’m sure they are as common as ants. It’s a little different with S rank adventurers. There are probably only 11 of them? Mages, fighters, butler, mentally ill. In conclusion, diverse type of people.
Difference between these 2 ranks is not only about mental stability but in strength as well. To be honest, I don’t think I am able to hit any of them. Ok, I admit, I could have the highest rank but I don’t care about it. I don’t need to be an extremely strong person. I have to take possibility that I could go crazy. Ok, I am stopping it, woman had a bad luck, like really bad bad luck. I can’t be irresponsible just because I want power.
Instead of a morning training, breakfast, in place of an afternoon training, a nap. It’s very easy, I’m not that hard to understand. I just don’t do unnecessary actions. Actually I like to get sweaty but I have to be a responsible adult and learn some things. Not only bodyshould be trained but mind as well. That’s why books are important.
Who cares that it’s not about biology, geography or history. Books about adventures are equally relevant. I live a story which normally I wouldn’t be able to. New world, different body and better imagination. Books are opening are “eyes” to the new possibilities.
Instead of only raw information about world I want fictions as well. They teach, especially creativity and are making us conscious that everything can happen however we can’t take every fiction as something that can become true. For example, I doubt that 10 women will jump on me with lust in their eyes.
In conclusion, both body and mind are equally important. That’s why I eat broccoli and read lectures which adults gave me telling me it’s good for me. Really, you can believe me.
Being so talkative I can make you visualize myself. I’m handsome, perfectly muscled. I have beautiful, white smile, short, artistically disheveled brown hair which are making my green eyes as shiny as emeralds. Every time I am taking a look in the mirror it’s obvious what happens. Yeah, I remind myself about that lie… Maybe I am not ugly but handsome is also not descripting myself. Green eyes and brown hair, that should be enough.
Leaving the bulletin board I go to the bar. Every Adventurers Guild has a place which can be described as a good enough and quite cheap restaurant. I always have some kind of a ritual before going on a mission which is to bite something and be a little drunk, just a little. I promise.
Food is quite good, however alcohol… Liquor of the gods. I don’t know what they pour in there but it tastes better than my bartending tries. They are using some kind of hand techniques which are too hard for me to understand and BOOM! perfect drink. Well, I guess I have no talent with hands. However my fingers, I heard, are amazing.
It looks like ‘school trip’ to a dungeon is going to start their travel in 2 hours. That’s what I heard from few people, to be more accurate, every damn one is talking about it. Church has some fame and amazingly good advertising techniques.
I understand that the Church want to exterminate Demons. You know, Demons who can’t go out from under the earth, are very ‘dangerous’. We have to destroy these evil creatures! Sometimes I seriously can’t understand peoples thought process.
However I don’t judge my employers, especially the ones whom I don’t have to listen to. All I have to do is walking straight and not disturbing anyone. After successful ‘collaboration’ I will take my reward and then it is going to be time for myself!
It may not be surprising that ‘school trip’ started from under the Church and went directly towards dungeon. This hubbub, scuffles, making pairs. I won’t forget this moment. ‘Ahh’
When ‘teachers’ got us under dungeons gates I realized why they want to eradicate Demons. They got scared, I understand because who wouldn’t have. Gates are red, oh no!
Short history lesson! To be honest, said dungeon is in Sereb, a country controlled by the King who is under rules of the Church. ‘Holy’ guys have their own weird agenda with Demons. I don’t remember anything about it though. I don’t care enough to follow their actions. End of a lesson!
There are two kingdoms on the Ereu continent, both are ruled by Humans. They have peace treaty at this moment. There are Dwarfs as well but they built burrows and are sticking in there, so let them live in artificial light. Dwarfs are not interested in Humans politics.
Excluding Ereu, there are two different continents, Abiam with Beastmen and Elves, and Atraf with Demons.
All of them can travel around the world except for Demons. The latter even though are strong both physically and magically, are not able to leave their land. They wither further they are from Atraf and then eventually die. No one knows why Demons are like that but Humans don’t care, less to worry about. The exceptions are dungeons who have incomprehensible magic.
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I hope it’s enough of geography for now. Going back to the mission it starts easy like every possible one and ends a little bad.
First corpses made their home at 5th floor, first 20 corpses. It is unexpected because difficulty sky rocketed in one moment. The main culprit is the one and only dungeons Guardian.
The weirdest part of this is that he is in the same room as lesser monsters. That event makes us unable to surround him with ease. Firstly we have to clear out dems (big imps) and succubuses. Damn Guardian has to be a hipster. Why would he, like every fucking one of his kind, be alone in the room. Yeah, he has his own style…
Demon, I have to admit is intimidating. He has huge, muscled body, about 4 m tall. His head and legs have goats aspect and the rest of the Humans. Black hide, red eyes, black, curved back horns and in his hands is two-handed axe.
There goes an amazing news! Some twat gave to an axe more threatening look. Yeah, paint it with more blood faggot!
As time goes by, my dear Meat Shield is looking smaller and smaller. Damn… I have to make a move. I entrust myself to my leather armor, leather trousers and 2 shoes. Being honest, I don’t like my sword anymore, it got defiled by priests and their holy magic. I look like a lamp now! Nevermind, I have to fight, lazy days are not going to earn on themselves.
Goat is not only strong, his speed is good too. He may not be extremely fast but it still makes him hard to kill. Dream team of 50 got reduced to only 9 people. Priests helped to make it only a little thinner. It is very strong dungeon.
At this moment we have 3 warriors, 2 mages, archer and 3 priests. All of us, excluding healers, showed extraordinary skills (heal is noob skill), however it is still not enough to avoid more deaths.
Demon is forcing us to retreat by swiping with his humongous axe every time he can. There is no sense in trying to block that kind of attack. I doubt that anyone would withstand such a brutal force with or without a shield.
Every swing of his weapon makes him vulnerable to our attacks and his defense reaches 0 at that moment. Priests are healing every time someone needs a help. They look exhausted right now. I have to admit, they are strong willed, chapeau bas.
Fiend is weakening every second, his legs and torso have many wounds from which he is bleeding with black, dense blood. He has impaled in his skin ice shards and arrows. Fire magic is not very effective against him, so mages are using mostly ice magic. Archers used holy augmented arrows, yeah, thanks priests. However Demon still managed to kill another guys, 2 warriors and a mage. His axe is already blunt but with his massive strength it still very dangerous. He can blast us out of our low existences.
I have to be more careful now. No more Meat Shield around me. It’s good that I am specializing in augmentation so I can last longer in some situations. I can raise my speed, strength, defense and libido. The latter is irrelevant now though, dammit. However it’s not so amazing right now because my mana is going to hit the bottom in no time. We have to finish this fight as fast as we can.
Here we go! Let’s kill him! I would love to do that but life seems to be against me. Being in a fight so long and getting hit at the end. Amazing me. Anyone would be happy being hit with a not anymore sharp weapon, but not me, especially when wielder is a known goat guy.
Hit is so strong, that I started flying until I met my new friend, a wall. I was like a lightning, fast as fuck. I guess it’s a record, no one made it faster than me. I heard little boom, some cracks of my bones and walls shattering. Quite a symphony. It’s not comfy there though. I like something more soft and warm.
My vision is darkening. I am not sure what is the main reason. I am considering wounds and pain. Ok, I didn’t consider this I was in bad enough condition that I just lost conscious.
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Waking up I can feel I am not in my bed. It’s not the end of news! I am laying on something hard… What’s happening?
I didn’t have to wait long to remind myself what happened. I had some kind of meeting with a wall. Not my type though. But I don’t feel any pain. Did I get healed?
Maybe, I will eventually find out but after opening my eyes I can see being in some kind of room. No doors, only walls made of earth and some levitating thing. Nice, I am somewhere, alone, without possibility to get out of here. Could be worse, right? Right?
By the way, why is ceiling so high. Ok, and floor is too near myself… I’m smaller? What happened?
Pale, soft skin, small feet and hands and some nice suit which is all black. I’m wearing shirt, some trousers and on top of that very nice coat reaching under knees, with long sleeves and without hood.
Let’s make some plan. I don’t know earth magic, so I am stuck here. What else can I do? Touring around 10x10 room has no sense. I can at least check that floating crystal.
It’s in a shape of sphere, probably 1 m diameter, black and it’s shining, yeay. What is it there for? I guess I can only touch it and look how it devours my hand. Very good plan, so amazing that I immediately do it. I have to admit I still have my hand. However the most amazing part is what I am feeling right now.
I was standing with one hand on top of the crystal. I have a virgins face when he penetrated a girl at this moment. At least I didn’t come after 5 seconds. What I felt was better though. That’s why I am proud of myself that crystal is not white.
I am sensing enormous amount of mana. Some information is floating into my mind. What I am touching is a Dungeon Core! According to it’s guidance I am Dungeon Guardian now.
-Hahahah!
This is the adventure I always dreamt of!