As I lay there dying, waiting for the inevitable, I can see the glowing pulsating red light from what's left of the core that "WE", me and my supposed comrade in this event, shattered and only left a desirable fist size Core Gem.
-No. I'm not in the red light district, that's for sure. 'Cause I'm fucking dying here. Hello! How I hope I really am just in the red light district. With all this "What the fuck just happened?" going through my head. I might just want to blow off some steam.
-Kicked out of the guild whom I help improved a lot! Finding comfort with my supposedly new found "COMRADES" who's just gonna cross me in the end. Not even letting me hold that awesome sword. Even just a touch I guess would be fine. I mean IT touched me, I didn't touch it. And when it did TOUCHED me, I died. Fuck.
-As my consciousness slowly started to fade. I heard a faint voice.
Come here.
-I tried to answer but, I can't even open my mouth let alone answer the mysteriously over calming voice. I guess I'm being called to the heavens now. Yeah. That must be it. I mean, it or whatever he or she is don't really need to call to me. No need to hurry bruh. But then it persist on calling me.
Come here.
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Come here.
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Come here.
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Come here.
-Arhg! If I could just shout, I would tell him I can't open my mouth. Wait, what? No, if I could shout... I'll just let it all out. These are the things I can do without, come on! I'm talking to you, come on! No! No! Oh God no! P--please Azunai. Get a hold of yourself!
Hey idiot! Here! I'm the core of this dungeon. Come here. I might be able to help you.
-What?
Currently, I am inside your head, I'm using my powers to invade your mind. And I'm hearing your thoughts.
-Uhhh.... Really? How come I get to talk to a Dungeon Core?
Enough questions! You're running out of time! Do you really just want to disappear in this world without getting revenge on those who have wronged you? On your guild mates and your trusted friends who have thrown you out of the guild house which has become a home to you? What will you do huh?
Suddenly, anger swelled up inside. I got the urge to get up and run and stomp all of them. I, I just want to rage! And with that in mind, I tried all my hardest to get up. But it was so hard. All I could do was crawl towards the core. And I made it near the core in about 6 minutes of crawling.
"What............now?" I tried my hardest to speak at least.
Take a hold of me.
And so I did. But I felt nothing.
-Soooo. I got tricked by a stone! WHAT THE FUCK!!!!
As I screamed inside of my thought I heard rustling sound from a nearby shrubbery. I can't recall there being small critters and some kind of plants here at the bottom. So I tried to exert for trying to open my eyes. But it seems there's no need to exert force. It was actually effortless.
-The outside seems to have change.
I can now see the entrance to the dungeon and outside. But it seems different, I think I was moved to a different location.
-But who? Is this an infirmary of the dungeon?
I tried to look around but it's empty.
-Am I the only patient? No one's around either.
I tried to get up but I hovered overhead.
-What the fuck? Wait. Where's my body? What the fuck happened?
Now another "What the fuck happened?" question has been added into my life. I inspected the cave I was in. No bodies.
I concentrated and "closed" my eyes focus on where my body is. And I opened my eyes and was surprise to see a gem pulsating a black light. I immediately understood. It was a dungeon core. It dawned on me of what the voice said back then said. It said it was the core of the dungeon. I thought it was only joking. Well no, shit. My body is a finger nail size gem pulsating faint black light. And I've basically become a dungeon. Holy shit.
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-But why black?
I still have no grasp of the possibilities of being a dungeon. I am just but a small cave for now. But for me to become a dungeon, I would need minions. Because dungeons needs monsters as its guardians. As for me, being no bigger than a small cave, I might be able to house a bear or two here. Yeah.
-But how? How do I get minions? I mean, if I can I would invite them here. I would welcome them here. They would have roof over their heads and protection from harsh weathers, yeah? That's a pretty good deal right? Give and take, I offer them a home and I would need them to protect me. From the unforgiving adventurers. What I really need right now is information.
*DING!
Dungeon OverviewNameChallenger's DeepLevel1Miasma100Floors1MinionsBiologicalsNon-Biologicals00Dungeon AbilitiesInfluenceCreatures caught in the miasma of the dungeon
may cohesively join or forcefuly bend to the will
of the dungeon at the cost of Miasma.DigBy the will of the dungeon, sentient creatures
could be given orders to dig for new passage
ways or rooms or even minerals at the cost of
Miasma.Fill UpBy the will of the dungeon, sentient creatures
could be given orders to fill up rooms and
passages to close them down. Rooms being
used and main passage way may not be closed
down.
(uh.. yeah. the table from the table editor is ugly as fuck so sorry guys, please bear with it.)
-So all I need is to wait for creatures to come and stay at my dungeon then? Let's see...
After three hours of boring wait, finally, my first customer. A rat. It went inside me... No! Inside the cave. The cave which I kinda govern. I just let the critter stay for a while, to see if it would accommodate itself. I mean, I could forcefully corrupt its mind so that I would gain governance over this critter.
Weeell. Another three hours had passed. I still haven't seen a rise in number on my minions status. My influence seems kinda weak for now. But hey! Another rat came, it mingled with the first one. And yeah. They fucked. I mean they breed, here in my dungeon! Oh well, I could wait few more hours...
After about 30 minutes, I think? These two rats left! What the fuck? Am I brothel or something? Fucking critters! I ought to crush them while they fuck if I could just do it. OH! I could just imagine my imaginary head with its veins popping out.
I waited again, and waited. And waited some more. What I mean is a hundred more times. The frustration is real people. While I waited, there are many small critters that crawled inside my dungeon. Most were rats. And just like the first two rats, I've been used as a breeding ground by this scoundrels. They don't even pay. They did actually, their deposits. Their deposits would then be disintegrated and be turned to miasma. Only small amounts though. I have now accumulated 179 miasma. And instead of just waiting for these rats to turn themselves in, I would now use force! And so it begins!
Here comes a rat! I focused! Trying to forcefully influence the rat. It was success, it first started squiggling hard until finally! My first minion!
Forest RatLevel 1Mostly common forest rat from the forest outside an Unknown Dungeon.
He's special I'll name him Hope!
(yeah. pretty short i think. but i'm really sleepy now.)