Oh yeah, there was that one thing I threw away when I woke up here. I basically just gauged my eyes out and replace them. Now where did I leave them?

Since I had molded this cave quite a bit My hypothetical eyes were floating in the air doing nothing except look disturbing to anyone that can see them.

Perhaps this will give me some more insight on the bullshitery that's happening.

I gauged out my left eye and put the original back in.

New skill earned: evolutionary growth

Creatures you control can evolve to a higher related species, a common skill among dungeons.

Dafook?

Precise mana control l evolved to precise mana control ll.

Huh?

Precise mana control ll evolved into precise mana control lll.

Actually, that kinda makes sense.

Ready to create second floor.

That doesn't.

Root abomination is ready to evolve into a new species, "Stonemolder".

Can you slow down a bit?

Shepherd is ready to evolve into lesser tundra hound.

Wha-

Shepherd is ready to evolve into lesser tundra hound.

Ca-

Shepherd is ready to evolve into lesser tundra hound.

Shepherd is ready to evolve into lesser tundra hound.

Shepherd is ready to evolve into lesser tundra hound.

Shepherd is ready to evolve into lesser tundra hound.

... you done?

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Universal language comprehension evolved into Universal communication comprehension,

Wait, I speak everything?

Mana generation l evolved into Mana generation ll.

Neat, I guess.

Earned 50 karma.

Dafook?

Dungeon tutorial will soon commence-

"Hold on a fucking second."

My pink spiritual hand grasped the text tightly.

That's right, I have free will.

"We are both pure energy and one of us does not have human rights."

I grasped the line of text with both of my hands. I don't know what this is but I know it's made of energy. Meaning it reacts to energy.

An Error has occurred- An Error has- An Error- An- An Error has-A-A- An Error h- An Er- An Err- An Error has o-

Seriously?

Oh shit it talks!

What do you want?

"... can I skip the tutorial?"

Why?

"I feel like I'm doing pretty good already."

A neon teal mana figure just like mine appeared and why is he taller than me? He flicked his fingers a few times as some text flashed before us too fast to read.

There, done.

"Thank-"

Before I could even say thanks he disappeared again as fast as he appeared.

".. that was actually quite kind of him."

Private system granted.

"Oh? What does it do?"

You can no longer bother the system admin.

I feel like I just wasted a one use ticked. Eh, Shortcuts are for losers anyways.

So this is a system? Like in those shitty novels with overused tropes?

Wait... novels?

...

... Weird.

I looked up at the ceiling and saw a system message pop up.

Root abomination (ready to evolve)

Eh, why not? It's just a bunch of roots, what could it possibly become?

I tapped the system message with the intent of swiping it away but it disappeared immediately and I felt a huge wave of mana leave me and float up to the stone molder. I watched the cloud of pink take the shape of a network of roots before seeping into the actual roots its shape it took.

Huh, automatic? This could have saved a lot of work on my part,

Another pop up appeared, yay. This time there was just a timer and a icon, twelve hours huh? The icon was what must be hundreds if not thousands of roots forming something not meant to be seen, a single eye glaring through the mesh of roots.

It won't actually get an eye, right? That wouldn't logically work, an eye on a plant... but logic has been failing me.

Is this the Karma for throwing wolfhounds at those people yesterday?

Wait, didn't that system mention Karma?

"Hey,uh, system?"

An Error ha- I'm back.

Isn't that the admin?

"Why are you back, I thought you gave me a private system to not have to deal with me?"

You're an anomaly, I had to isolate you to stop you from causing further harm.

"... What exactly did I do?"

I've never seen a line of text sigh before, but now I just did.

Imagine a stream of water flowing down a dune of dry sand. The sand doesn't get soaked because the water thinks it can't soak the sand. But then a single water drop goes "Fuck this,I have free will!", can't have you telling all the other dungeons that they can overthrow the system.

"Huh... so I get special treatment?"

Yeah, you will never get access to the dungeon chatroom.

"... whatever, can you tell me what Karma does?"

Hold on, let me check your history... ah, you violated the bodies of followers of an evil god.

"Those fucks are evil?"