You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly

Sam Keen

It was dark cold night, the wind howled like a furious pack of wolves, brushing against everyone’s skin, giving them goosebumps. The gloomy night setting did not stop the joyous atmosphere eluding into the air, once the surrounded people had seen the dungeon fluctuate. This was the signal that the dungeon core had been destroyed, and that the remaining people were coming out.

'Woooooooosh'

Four silhouettes could be seen plummeting out of the dungeons entrance. This was naturally, Zhou Yin, Katniss, Darius and Ned. All their respective family members, friends or guards had surrounded these four.

They were making sure that they were fine, if not, they were giving medical attention. But, these four final participant all had cheerful smiles on their faces. They were extremely happy to have gotten some treasures from the hidden room behind the Orc Wargod statue. The people who had quickly surrounded the four could see the treasures that they were holding, which made their eyes go green with envy.

Malcolm naturally didn't care about those treasures, he had to forcefully quit due to his injury. This had triggered Maggie to almost suffer a heart attack. She hurriedly applied medical care to Malcolm’s leg, but luckily, her fears were just an overreaction. She was scared that Malcolm would become crippled just like her, but fortunately, the wound was easily healed with no permanent damage. 

Malcolm decided to wait outside the dungeon for David. Maggie too wanted to wait since she felt something for the strange young man, though she didn't know what she had felt in him. But she was curious to see where that feeling would lead to. So once the four people had exited the dungeon, you could imagine how Malcolm and Maggie had reacted once they saw that David was not part of the group.

"Hey, where's David?" Malcolm said with a worrying tone, brushing through the crowd towards the four participants. This alarmed both Zhou Yin and Katniss. They ignored their people and began to search around for David frantically. Zhou Yin then sighed in regret, nobody knew what he was thinking. Katniss also sighed, she felt sad because her saviour didn't make it out, but after thinking carefully, she furrowed her brows.

"You... did you kill him before we were transferred out?" Katniss said, her voice echoed loudly through everyone’s ears. Her eyes were focused onto a particular person. This person’s face went black, he crinkled his brows in annoyance.

"Hummmpft, that weakling died after the Dungeon Core was destroyed? How laughable, but you shouldn't accuse me of a crime, unless you want to pay for the price of slander!" Darius Firoach said mockingly as he walked towards his group. He only had a few body guards, but they were all wearing some luxurious red robes with fancy jewels and high-grade staffs. These guards all must be fire mages like him. 

"If I found out you had anything to do with his mysterious death, I will kill you" Zhou Yin said ruthlessly, brandishing his club for preparation of a fight.

"Dirty monk, let me see how you will kill me! If you make a move, I won't hesitate to turn your whole monastery into ashes!" Darius said while flaring up flames. His whole group too flared up with flames, emitting a fierce hot fiery wave towards the monk. Their aura rooted the monks body in place, the aura was like a heated heat wave with a strong crushing gravitational force. 

"Hmmmm, why is there cockroaches here? Ah... Do I have to dirty my hand just to clear up a group of pests?" A voice could be heard in everyone’s mind, it was like a deep soothing voice, clear of any negative impurities. A soft blowing wind had suddenly wafted toward the group of fiery cockroaches, the fire that they were so proud of had easily been extinguished. The group of fire mages all stood there dumbfounded, they all had their eyes wide open due to shock.

"Master!" Zhou Yin shouted excitedly. A tall hunched back old man with a regular walking cane had appeared ahead of him. This old man wore a traditional white martial artist robe. The old man had no hair, his head was very bold but shiny, and he also had six dots on his forehead, they were patterned like a regular six-sided dice.

"Disciple, I see you had found a treasure in this trashy place, hmmmm this glove is... Not bad" The old man said while looking towards the young monk.

Darius did not dare to utter a sound because he knew who this old man was. It was the Grandmaster of the Kunlun Mountain! This old man was even more stronger than his father, only his grandfather would barely be able to match up to him. Darius thought that it was laughable that he had said that he would turn that old man’s home into ashes right in front of him!

This whole time, everyone who was dare did not dare to utter a sound, until the old man had taken away his disciple. Darius and his group were too embarrassed to stay so they also quickly left. They were also glad that they were ignored in the end because of what Darius said, it could had made the old man wipe them all out. 

Katniss left reluctantly, taking one last look towards the dungeon. Every other group left too, leaving behind a desolate camp ground. The only people that were left was the two twins. Maggie wheeled her wheel chair towards the dungeon entrance, she placed her hands in front of it only to feel a forcefield. She bit her teeth trying not to cry, but it was no use as a single tear drop had fallen from her eye. She had lost too much, her legs, her dream, her friends, her parents and now David Lee. 

Even though they had not been together for a long time, she sometimes yearn for him in her dreams, she wishes to hear more bizarre stories from this strange young man, stories that seem too out of this world. Over the week he had been in her life, he told her some folk tale stories like Cinderella, Snow White etc. He even told him about some magic artefacts, something called a plane that will let people fly from one country to another. 

Malcolm also grew close to David, he sometimes trained with him too. He was punching the protective forcefield with anger until his fist bled. They both had lost too much, so losing someone that seemed like a bright shining light of hope and joy so suddenly, was very depressing.

"Enough... we will go home now but promise me this Malcolm. You will grow stronger so that you won't die too easily, If I lose you too then I don't know what I would do..." She said in a low sad voice.

"I promise" Malcolm said while clenching his fist. They both then began to walk back towards their home, leaving behind the lonely forest quietly.

...............

Knock knock knock

"Come in" A voice could be heard from the other side of the door.

"Oh, Perry you’re here now" The Guild Leader said while looking up from her desk, she was buried in paperwork.

"Yes, the Newbie Dungeon has been completed. Four people had completed the dungeon to the end, but another four had torn their escape charm. Two people did not leave the dungeon at all, they are now assumed dead." Perry reported, but her tone went slower when she said that last fact.

"So, where is David now?"  The Guild Leader said while scribbling down inside a workbook.

"I'm sorry Miss, but... David didn't make it out of the dungeon" Perry said sadly, as she grew rather fond of the young man. That man seems to spread positive energy around everyone he talks to. He also didn't seem to have a bad bone inside his body, he was trusting, compassionate and kind, a very rare man indeed. The Guild Leader paused for just a moment, before returning back to her writing.

"That is very unfortunate, but if that's all, please leave, I'm very busy right now" The Guild Leader said coldly.

"Yes miss, I will record down the date that is exactly three months from now, for the re-opening of the Newbie Dungeon" Perry said while bowing down towards the Guild leader. She then exited the room with an odd expression.

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'That was weird, wasn't she his master? She could at least show some more emotions towards his death' She thought while shaking her head.

Meanwhile inside the Guild Leaders Room... A sweet-sounding humming tune could be heard. The Elven lady was cheerfully humming while smiling coldly with a sneer. 

'I didn't even have to take a move myself, stupid noble. Luckily he didn't grow because his potential was too frightening' She thought as she recalled those moments when she had heard about his abilities from his mouth. She didn't feel at all that bad for what she did, and even if David appeared to be different to other nobles, she did not want to take any chances.

'I will kill all nobles, every last one of them will die!' She thought furiously, before humming her tune again with a smile. If anyone saw her now, they wouldn't exactly see a homicidal maniac, they would only see a breathtakingly beautiful lady cheerfully humming and working diligently.

...............

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH, stay back!" Screamed David towards the little chubby fairy. That fairy kept rising like a zombie constantly after being swatted dozens of time. He had swatted the little fairy once more after the fairy had tried to jump onto him again.

Splaaaaaaaaaat

"Uuuuuuuuuuunnnnngghhhhhh" The fairy moaned tiredly. This time the fairy was laid flat on the ground. But suddenly, his upper body rises, his head turned towards David, his eyes stared right at him.

"Ooooarrrgghhh" The fairy's voice sobbed out painfully as he tries to stand up. The fairy's body was all battered and bruised, his black modern suit was entirely messed up and his wings were crinkled. This caused the pitiful fairy to be unable to fly no matter how hard he tried, flapping furiously will not work.

"You... you stay back!" David said, but his voice had hit empty air as the fairy continued to walk towards him. His tiny body looked almost comical as he walked slowly like an undead towards David.

"Is my body not good enough!" The chubby fairy suddenly said while crying intense tears, but then, something happened.

He then began to...

He then began to strip!!!

"Ahhhhhhhh! What are you doing!" David said, terrified as he began to sweat coldly.

"Master, if my body won't do then... What use am I alive?" The fairy only took off his top, leaving his upper body bare for all to see, you can see the rolls of fat jiggle for every small movement. But suddenly, the fairy held out its palm.

'What is it doing?' David thought in confusion before his eyes grew wide open.

"Wait stop!" David said towards the little fellow. His voice had reached the fairy in time before the fairy had killed himself with his fingers. The sharp long finger nails had barely stabbed the skin below the fatty’s’ big breast. Luckily David had said something or else the fairy would had dig his nails towards the heart.

The fairy had suddenly broken down into tears while kneeling, David didn't know what to do so he consoled the fairy, trying to cheer him up. He also gave the upper garment back towards the fairy, so it could cover his bare chest, but the fairy instead used the suit to blows its noise.

Hoooooooooonk

The chubby fairy had drenched the suit in snot from blowing too much before wearing the top again. If David was inconsiderate for the others feeling, he wouldn't have had to hide the disgust on his face, but David just tried to maintain a relaxed expression to the best of his ability.

"Thank you master for accepting me, I will be the best servant ever!" The Fairy said cheerfully.

"Wait servant? Is that what you meant before..." David said, with a dumbfounded expression.

"Yes, what did you think I meant? The fairy said innocently while tilting his head in confusion.

"Uh....nothing, anyway uhh, can you tell me who the hell are you?" Said David while staring down at the little guy.

"Me?" The fairy said while pointing to himself, before continuing cheerfully, "I am JoJo!" 

"Uhh... What I meant is, what are you and why are you here? And, where are we? He said impatiently.

"I'm the Dungeon Core! But I was also a prisoner, imprisoned for hundreds of years just to manage this dungeon. I could never go outside of the dungeon because I was forced to stay here due to the orders of the higher ups! JoJo was so lonely and bored, being here every day without a friend, that is before you came!" He said while flashing a huge smile.

"This place is inside the dungeon, the dungeon had re-set into a blank state with only just a single room" The fairy added in quickly before fidgeting around.

David slowly took in this information, he thought that the fairy seems mentally unstable, since it was imprisoned here for hundreds of years. The fairy’s' body is just a projection of mass from the Dungeon Core. David suddenly felt sorry for it and decided to treat him right. 

JoJo said that he basically had no free will ever since he had been born, he was forced to manage a Newbie Dungeon and was unable to do whatever he wanted. But now since David had come, David had automatically released that restriction which was holding down the Dungeon Core hostage.

Since the restriction was lifted, this was basically JoJo’s first time producing a physical form ever.

Basically, a dungeons function has two options. Creation, and Summon. Both options were forcefully locked due to the higher ups orders. Now that David was in charge, he had the ability to use these functions to create whatever he wanted.

He had then decided to investigate this new function by concentrating his mind to his new status.

Dungeon Master, David Lee

Low Grade Dungeon Core [JoJo]

Dungeon, Revival Period (1/90 Days)

Dungeon Coin: 0

[Creation]

[Summon]

David saw that he needed Dungeon Coin to help build up his dungeon. Currently the reserves were reset back to zero. David felt frustrated since he couldn't do anything right now. But he scrolled around looking in both the Creation and Summon category. In Creation, you can unlock more blocks of land like the one he is in now, you can buy traps, decorate etc. This is more for architecture. The Summon category will let you buy monsters such as goblins, mimics, spiders, dragons, nine headed hydra etc. This is more for army building and buying underlings.

Natural, every month you get 1000 free dungeon coins. You can get more dungeon coins when your dungeon officially opens. Killing Dungeoneerers or keeping them idle and trapped will give you dungeon coins depending on their strength. Recycling items to the Dungeon Core will also give you dungeon coins.

David was stuck in a daze, thinking about what to do until he had felt a tugging force on his leggings. It was JoJo, and he looked like he wanted to urgently say something, so David issued the fairy to speak his mind.

"Uh… If the Dungeon Core is destroyed, you will die with me" The Fairy said shyly, revealing a shocking truth.

"Yo... You're kidding, right?" David said in a disbelief tone before he fell to his bottom, sitting down in despair, trying to deny that statement in his mind.

His leg began to tremble, his life just got more complicated. He asked for more details, so the fairy said that every time the he dies, he gets revived by the higher ups, but since the higher ups have no jurisdiction over him anymore, he felt that the revival will not happen again.

Jojo also said to David that he had made a Dungeon Master Contract, which meant that both their lives are bonded together. 

David had decided to seriously think about his plan for this dungeon, but he couldn't do anything due to the lack of Dungeon Coins. He then decided that since he had three-months of time before the dungeon re-opens, that he had time to train himself. Because if the worse thing does happen, and the Dungeoneerers reach Jojo…

He would have to be the last line of defence.