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2. Sightseeing and Skilling

-I’m getting dizzy...

Information from Dungeon Core got me a headache. Gaining knowledge in such a fast time is painful. What did I learn? I am dungeons Guardian. This job makes me able to access every room annd I can control monsters on my level.

There is one more thing. I know why I am so small. It’s not about me getting younger. I am no more a Human. My appearance is one of a Demon. Small demon… ‘Why do I have to be brat again?!’

I feel some new limb as well. Taking a look at my back I see a tail. ‘Oookay…’. It grows from my butt. Looks like I have to get accustomed with my new body. I’m approximately 1,5 meter tall and my tail is 1 m long.

Using my new limb is not an easy task. I am trying to lift and I can’t do it properly. I may have certain muscles to be able to move it freely but I have no knowledge how it actually works. Looks like I have to learn how it works.

So I am Guardian of the Demonic Dungeon. I am looking forward to this duty. There are going to be parties, drinking contests and other games. I hope I can gatter enough people.

However I am not that free there, I have some rules to obey :

1. I have to lead monsters in fights.

2. When adventurers are making a stroll on my floor I have to be patient and wait in final chamber.

3. I can’t use weapons which aren’t mine when the fight is still in progress.

4. I have to kill guests as fast as I am able to, no toying and tests.

5. I can’t fight on different floors.

6. Have fun! ‘You took my freedom! How am I supposed to have fun?!’

Very strict rules but what I can do other than look for loopholes?

How am I going to lead Demons and be in my room at the same time? It’s rather easy, I have mental access to my minions. I will just tell them what they have to do while making myself a sandwich.

Now that I can move around dungeon I am going to see how it looks. I can sense it but I want to see my lands with my own eyes. ‘Where should I start?’ I think I will start with my room. I have to know my grounds first. The rest can wait. I just can teleport everywhere and anytime I want.

My chamber is very big. It’s in a shape of a circle, approximately 4 m in height and 20 m in diameter. Very nice, I like big spaces. I just have to be able to make a pirouette and I can achieve anything.  I’m looking forward to epic battles!

Oh, I have a throne as well, +5 to style. Being short is disappointing but this is good enough to make me excited. Adventurers will shit in their pants seeing me sitting there. Just kidding, I don’t want to fight people stained with excrement.

The floor here is a little uneven. It may be problematic at first. I have to learn how to move there. ‘Hey, it may be very good’. The moment I make myself comfortable in here, fighting is going to be advantageous for me. Adventurers will be stumbling and I can use it to win.

Let’s check the next room. It’s the same in height but this time its ground is in shape of a rectangular. Floor is 5 m x 5 m. It may not be very much for a big party but it’s a young dungeon. It will construct better chambers in some time. In contrast to my room, ground here is even. I guess it is because of the traps.

It is a variation of a pitfall. Its purpose isn’t killing any person by falling in its deep hole. They are supposed to make anyone who places a foot in there to trip. The best part is that it is invisible. Every adventurer will walk there without any hesitation. Shallow pitfall is under cover of thin earth which will crack under pressure.  So when adventurers are busy fighting they are going to trip while activating a trap.

There are also monsters. Being more precise, Imps. They are little Demons, fortunately smaller than me, . Red, 1 meter tall little brats. They have black tiny horns, fangs which are visible even though their mouth is closed, sharp looking claws and tail that looks like it can pierce through skin. Red eyes are making you to be cautious around them. Their eyes are like ‘I’m going to make you scream tonight babe’ and I don’t think anyone is going to find a pleasure in it. Two fangs are leaving a nasty mouth. Their hands have sharp claws which will make good weapon. Quite long tail is rooted in their ass cheeks.

Imps with their good agility will obliterate fallen adventurers in no time. This room is full of these devils. Ok, being an honest person… I mean as honest as I can, there are 12 Imps. I think it is good number of them.

Second room with Imps is of the same size, though this time there are some big rocks laying around. I think they can be useful with ambush. I will make 5 Imps hide behind stones while the rest will be ‘just’ grazing like lost tourists. Who is going to think that 5 easy preys won’t be easily obliterated? ‘Haha, let’s make visitors regret coming in there.’

Next room is very simple. 5 meter long and 2 meter wide corridor. This place is connected to the outside world with ladder. Having stairs would be like telling anyone they are going to have hard time down there. Something like “You guys are going to fertilize these underground, come.”. Looks like the Core has some intelligence. It’s better to be underestimated than being dead because of too strong adventurers.

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‘Rooms are quite deadly so it’s time to make myself as terrifying as them’. Having such thoughts on my mind I teleported to Guardians chamber. ‘There is plenty of space so it’s good training grounds’.

Firstly, I’m training my tail. I am going to start with lifting it, making circles and then pointing it in every possible way. Last lesson of tail introduction is curling it and making it straight as before.

I have found small stone for this training as well. I am going to achieve grabbing it with ease. owevereh However it’s not a simple task. Even though I can do some actions, my tail is pointy at the end so it’s hard for me to have a good grip.

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I think I can start with throwing a stone in the air now. What I want to achieve is making a stone to fly in straight line so I can work on my aim. I am trying to catch pebble with my tail which is making me more precise under pressure of time.

Training for 4 hours doesn’t make me exhausted, maybe a little bored. It’s very tedious activity. In meantime I even started to throw a pebble at an angle so I made catching more difficult.

At this point I am good enough with throwing and catching. Later on I will tell Imps to aim at me with stones. I have to raise difficulty of my training every time I am getting too skillful. The best method to raise skills is by making tougher exercises.

Unluckily I can’t train my swordsmanship. All I have right now is my magic and body. I hope that I will be able to keep some weapons of dead adventurers in the future.

Being too bored with a stone I am planning to train my magic. The best way to train mana control is by meditating. I can’t make my capacity bigger just by training. It will increase with Cores strength.

That’s why I am going to increase my control in mana which is helping with faster casting. Even though it’s very hard to do I have my memories and experience from my previous life. It’s going to go smooth. Mana is involved with mind so it’s a different story than body training.

People are using magic mainly with thoughts. Picture is superior to words. Words are restricting in many aspects while image is only limited to creativity and knowledge.

I am the best with body reinforcing. I trained it as a Human because in my opinion it is the strongest type of combat magic. Using elements and rune circles is nice too but I think they are inferior compared to strong body.

I have experience with enhancing my speed, strength, regeneration and senses. They are the most basic abilities. Even though they are basic I can do very much the moment I get skillful in using them.  

I can make myself weigh more as well, which when used in good moment can be very devastating. Unfortunately this type of magic is greatly influenced by body. This aspect and long casting are only flaws of changing weigh.

Being small made me very weak. Maybe not very weak but I won’t be able to fight C rank adventurer when he is fully rested.

That’s why I have faith in my Imps and pitfalls. I mean they have no other choice than winning. I will lead them to victory! My minions are the strongest possible beings here! A little weaker than dragons offspring. A little.

In 5 days I learned how to quite proficiently use my body. I can see my limits with magic reinforcement as well. I can use only 2 kinds of enhancements, strength and speed. I don’t have enough mana for the rest. The moment I am getting fully familiar with myself is going to make me much stronger. I think with dungeons growth I will get stronger as well.

I even made little simulations with Imps. I was leading them against imagined enemies. We won of course. No matter what fight enemy got completely destroyed or escaped. Easy wins.

By the way, treasure which I am defending currently are gold and silver coins. Later probably I will have some armors, weapons and other nice things as well.

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I am getting bored, can’t they discover this dungeon faster? I have enough of training, I want to see my progress!

Lately I was looking through information I got on the first day. I found my name. It sounds quite nice. I don’t think it’s the same which I had as a Human. Well, being and honest person, I don’t even remember anything about myself other than my magic and swordsmanship.

Then how do I know so much about people I have no memories of? The Core made me aware of my enemies, adventurers. How can I defend myself not knowing anything about foe? Mages, warriors, ranks, it’s all there.

So, my name is… At this moment I felt someone in my dungeon.

-Can’t I even talk to myself without a problem?! Who is this?!