Darkness.
That was the first thing I saw. I tried to get up, try being the operative word there. ‘oh, shit am I trapped under that crappy building!? Please, gods, don’t let me die in such a stupid way…’ at first I thought my lack of pain was a shock. After about half an hour of freaking out at the possibility of being crippled, I managed to calm down and take stock of my situation.
‘I can’t feel any of my body parts, I can’t see anyth- what the hell is that.’ In the corner of my vision, I could see a small blue thing that looked like a cross between a sunspot and a cockroach. As soon as I focused on it.
Congratulations!
by dying at just the right moment and an event that has happened and will happen somewhere in the multiverse you managed to be the lucky version of you who reincarnates! As having been a subject of the Great System and having traveled to a non-system-controlled universe. We have decided to hire you like an expansion associate. Yay for you!
Currently, you are being held in stasis until you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy if you decide to decline, we will have to immolate your soul…
‘I didn’t realize text could be threatening.’ I began skimming the document.
… in case of betrayal on the part of the signee, you hereby sign away your right to free will...
… if on the off chance we the system reserve all rights to cancel the contract and immolate the signee...
It seems as the first thing that happens to me after reincarnating is I am pressed into a soul-destroying contract…
I reluctantly sign the obvious trap.
congrats!
Now as a fair and kind company we will even give you an advanced wage!
Your wage is an extra point of mana regen and your benefits are we don’t kill you. How kind of us.
‘I just became a wage slave. Happy me’ I could physically feel how hard this will screw me over later. Whatever couldn’t have changed it.
we will unfreeze you soon but before we do we will give you a few gifts to help you survive in your new world. Have fun!
As soon as that message flashed across my, vision? Mind's eye? Whatever, as soon as that message disappeared, I felt like I was hit by a bus! I mean we are talking full-on truck-Kun. After my wave of nausea passed I kept my eyes closed waiting to see what my new clearly heroic form will be after being isekai'd.
I feel wet, I slowly open my eyes and see… nothing? ‘please don’t let me be born blind, I’m not ready to be a blind senior!’ then I realized I didn’t have eyes to open. I tried to reach up to my face but I realized I can't move. This could only mean one thing… I AM A DUNGEON CORE! FUCK YEAH. Okay, I got to start planning out what elements I am going for, I think I should go for a mix of undead and holy to cover for each weakness.
Alright, I just need to wait for my helper. Please don’t be a fairy…
<<<
Okay? Either I’m really far from anything else or nothing is coming… time to start experimenting!
The natural step is to find my mana. I think meditating is always good for that, bare minimum its good for the soul.
<<<<30 minutes later… I think…>>>>
Well it turns out I can't fall asleep but I can REALLY tired… didn’t find any mana either.
Okay next up let's see about finding a menu. Open, system, pause. Okay, that stopped being funny everyone knows that you have to say/think status.
Status
name: Ryan Hollberry, Randyll
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titles: Expansion associate, progenitor, haunted
race: house
Classes:
System Expansion Associate,
Home,
stats
Teir:1
Rank:1
health: 524/20,000
regen: 0/hr.
Exp: 100/0
stamina: 0/0
regen: 0/hr.
Religion: the nine
mana: 5/20
regen: 1/hr.
Loyalty: The Great System. No one else.
Strength
50
Creed: none
Constitution
50
Unassigned points: 0
Dexterity
0
???
Structure
160
???
Intelligence
10
???
Wisdom
10
???
Charisma
6
???
Luck
19
???
Skills
Spirits: lvl. 1
Heart of Hearth: lvl. 1
Expansion Point: lvl. max
Leaders Domain: lvl. 1
Okay, a few things… what in the Sam fuck does it mean by my race being HOUSE?! What the hell are those stats, those classes!?! Why is my health so low? Why don’t I have any regen? Okay… okay… calm down. I’m so fucked… nine hells, what am I going to do with this shit…
Okay, I have one last hope. Maybe I can get some more info out of this crap…
I try to focus on the classes first.
Class information
System expansion associate:
You have selected to become these dimension’s first expansion associate! Your job is to create system expansion beacons and defend them. You get a few bonuses to make your survival a possibility, and custom text by one of the System Minds.
Home:
You weren’t made for killing that’s for sure! You gain experience by having the sentient beings inside of you flourish and grow. you must fight off all the pests and nuances that come with being a house. You are also the progenitor of this class and the only species it applies to.
Huh yeah, none of this helps. If anything it tells me I will be playing tower defense until I’m killed by magic termites. Yay me! Okay next the titles
Titles information
Expansion associate:
You are an expansion associate. Yay! Good luck with that.
Progenitor:
You aren’t just the first of your species or of your class no you’re the first of an entirely new type of being! A house… a sentient house… with classes… yeah, this world isn’t ready for you… oh well, not the systems problem.
Haunted:
Guess what you got the spooks! You probably should tell your prospective partners before they move on in… who knows, if they don’t bring protection they may get haunted too…
Nothing new… nothing new… wait? What? I’m haunted too? What is this the grudge? Great, just wonderful, maybe this will keep the magic termites away for now. Okay, last chance please oh god let me at least have a chance!
Skills.
Spirits Lvl 1:
You can summon a simple house spirit to help maintain the house. They do everything from cooking, cleaning, construction, excavation, but no combat the poor things are to slow to have any real power behind an attack. At higher levels, you gain the ability to summon other spirits.
Heart of Hearth lvl 1:
You emit an aura of warmth and safety. Those that stay inside or within ten feet of you heal faster and rest easier. Draws in not only the lost and weary but also animals so beware.
Expansion point lvl max:
Makes it an object act as a focal point for the system you already have one, it’s your alter. If it breaks you die, we figured you would be more motivated to protect it. At later levels, you can make more points.
Leaders Domain lvl 1:
You are a natural leader counting your past and your status as a progenitor. You inspire those around you.
Finally, something I can work with, this Spirits skill seems to be my only hope. Since I am a house maybe I can get healed by getting fixed, hopefully. Okay, let's go on ahead and try this.
I push my will in the general direction of the skill and it works. And I almost pass out.
A space in front of me starts glowing and the light slowly forms into a small pure white figure about six inches tall. I learned a few things from this, namely, I can see. As I get a glimpse around my surroundings, I feel nauseous. I’m surrounded by burned corpses it looks like there was a slaughter in here.
The small white figure opens its eyes and then blinks at its surroundings. Seemingly horrified, ‘I’m with you, little buddy!’
Thanks to the light he emits I realize I’m just in a basement, a basement full of corpses! They look old too... like they have been here for months. I feel another wave of nausea and tiredness wash over me then t goes black.
<<<
‘HOW DARE IT! HOW DARE A MESS LIKE THIS EXIST!’ as the brave little house spirit flew into a burning righteous rage, it felt its creator’s attention fade from him. it immediately flew into action they tried to take the mess outside, but the way was blocked! How much more of a mess can there be!
the little spirit was astonished and horrified he immediately jumped into action hauling rubble across the room at lightning speed. After a few hours of clearing the way it came to the outside and what he saw horrified him. A sprawl of burned wood and collapsed timber spread before the little spirit.
The spirit realized what faced it was a task larger than itself. It decided that the best thing was to get started cleaning. So, it started hauling the trash from downstairs and moving it to the remnants of the fireplace. As it pulled stuff into the fireplace a blue flame formed on the refuse and dissolved the trash.
With each object consumed by the fire, small cracks sealed shut in the basement and wood started to regrow.