If you want to contact Azer god of magic press one.
If you want to contact Luna goddess of the moon and hunting press two
If you want...
I didn't wait more and pressed one
We are sorry but Azer god of magic is right now conducting magical experiments.
You can press one to go back to contact list or wait for the signal and leave a message.
Oh, hell I should know that it won't be this easy. With bureaucracy nothing is. So I've gone back to the list and tried to contact one of the other gods. But it didn't go well. Luna goodness of moon gone hunting, Likrus god of dead was in an opera, Bacchus god of wine went to visit new vineyard, Blistus god of fire was dueling Blatus god of Hell fires over whose flames are better, etc. I didn't try gods that were responsible for any of the races simply because I decided its somewhat risky not knowing politics and diplomatic status of this world. After all I didn't want any god sending his ass lickers after me. In the end I even tried Alkro god of reincarnation but the answer I got was:
You are 52 837 738 in line please wait for your turn.
Really! What is happening on this world for there being such a long line? Well this smells dangerous. But still this so much waiting would bore me to dead, and I think it's too early for another reincarnation especially with such giant queue. So I did try some other Gods and Goddess. Each time I failed until I got to Calypso goddess of dreams and nightmares.
Ding, ding
I don't know who or what you are but you better have really good reason to be on this line right now when I was going to take my beauty nap. Or you will never for the rest of you meager live be able to sleep peacefully. Now start talking before I really get pissed off.
- So yes, the thing I wanted no know is thing that you already asked yourself oh beautiful goddess. I would like to know what am I? - When you contact gods there are tree rules:
1. Don't piss off gods.
2. Don't make gods angry.
3. Don't make gods mad.
Also most of them like some god old ass kissing.
Stop with useless ass kissing. I'm not in the mood for that right now. But what kind of stupid bastard you are? To not even know what you are, when you were able to get on this line, are you so useless that you can't even open your status? Waaait the minute you are one of those reincarnated aren't you. Now I'm little interested, for now let's see your folder.
Ups it looks like I broke all tree rules in one go. But for now it looks like she got interested in my past so I should be mostly ok. So it's one of the worlds with support system hm. That almost guarantees some degree of developed magic. Existence of god of magic is big give away of that if you think about it now. It also means that those living on the planet should know how to use the magic. My original world had god of magic but no one knew how to use it at least officially, publically it was only in stories but who knows the truth hidden behind scenes?
So when goddess is still occupied I should take a look on my status.
Don't even try it. Now that you already stopped me from my nap you better do not try to spoil my fun.
- I wouldn't ever dream to do it.
And you would never again be able to.
Mommy, all seven of you, your son is dogging bullets here. I don't want to be tortured in nightmares or worse. That's why I tried so many gods before her. Gods of dreams can be really terrifying when angered. In one of my previous lives I did heard a story about how one of the gods done something to offend god of dreams and nightmares there. After that he was never again able to sleep. After some decades when they meet again that god died simply from hearth attack by only being greeted by that god of dreams and nightmares. I'm desperate here to stay alive and sane while dancing on the line over minefield on monocycle and balancing egg in spoon hold with my mouth.
You really did piss of that old harpy didn't you? What you didn't know is that she also sucked your luck out of you. That's why you had all those unlucky deaths. But after all this time it looks like your luck finished returned back to normal.
That old witch, I should known it was her doing normally you wouldn't be so unlucky to get killed so many times so young. How many times you can throw a double one on twenty sided dice? If I get a chance I will pay her back.
You there stop dreaming about vengeance and start to listen. Or maybe you want to enter eternal dream?
- Yes ma'am, no ma'am I'm listening - Carefully, remember don't piss her off.
So hear me. First you are a dungeon, from your data I see that you should know what the dungeon is to some limited degree. Really what the hell you were doing when you should be studding? Watching princesses bathing? Don't try to deny it. I have it all in your folder you pervert.
Every poor Alchemist has times when he dreams of marrying into riches. And that princess really had those 90-60-90 sizes, blue eyes and long blond hair. But not all things were so great. Do you know how much I suffered when I discovered that ninety nine percent of female elves are practically flat, no those small things don't count. Almost all busty elves stay in the central parts of their countries, and thought I tried many times I was never able to see one.
Did I allow you to talk you perverted dog, If you like to day dream so much maybe I should send you into dream where you marry an gay giant and have your first night, perverts like would like it, won't they? No? Then shut up and allow me to finish so I can go back to sleep.
Where was I, ah yes dungeons. So yes, you reincarnated as a dungeon. There are also other types of dungeons ones with hive minds, primal and awakened. If you thought that you are only one of your kind then sorry but you are not. At most you are somewhat rare one. Dungeons are simply one of many races that exist, thought one of the high ranked ones, and not even close to being one of the weirdest one.
How you will go around your business is all up to you. Information about what you can do will be in yours status, and you should know how to use it don't you. That would be all for now.
- Uh, yeah. Tank you o great goddess. Then I think I should start with all this dungenering, so if you excuse me I won't be taking any more of your time. - I better scram before she decides that she will play some pranks on me.
Wait for a second. I just looked in to the place where your dungeon is, and I've got small proposition for you that will benefit both of us.
Most likely more her than me, but its situation that you either do what she wants or die in pains so...
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- Of course I will listen to it.
So then from me you will get one low quality plant and one small animal so you can get faster start. In exchange you will own me another favor, what do you say?
- Another favor? Are there more than one?
Of course there are let me count. First you stopped me from taking my nap. That is practically a capital offense, so be happy that you are going out easy. Second you got explanation you wanted. And third will be this deal, won't be it?
- Yes it will be - What the hell it's worse than talking do insurance dealer. Before you even know not only you got hooked but you are already gnawing at a fishing rod.
So we got a deal. You will be able to chose your new additions by using yours status. Now before we finish some trivia about world and place you will end at. Around twelve hundred years ago started a war between some countries that no longer exist. They were each supported by sun pantheon and night pantheon. Later more countries got involved. And even later some of the racial gods whom those involved races were followers got involved. In thousand years lot of countries got destroyed, population slaughtered, races exterminated and even few gods perished later came peace. Not because of diplomacy but because between borders of nations there is a lot of wilderness now, and survivors were too exhausted to continue. But now mere two hundred years later different races are stirring up for round two. Some races didn't even stop fighting for a moment. And you landed in one such hot zone.
To be more specific mountain range you landed in goes from sough up north where it starts branch out to east and west. West is also direction in which your holes entrance is directed. For the races in you surrounding you got two human kingdoms to the south, to the north in western mountain chain you got Dwarves and in eastern one Drows. But those are only races that will at most want to use you and won't kill you immediately. Now for the worse part. Straight west of you there is group of mountains where Duergar live those guys will slurp you dry if they will get the chance. But to the east you got High Elves that will kill you without question, those guys even backstabbed and try to this very day exterminate Drows and Blomers, so if they find you, you are royally screwed, as you are now.
Yawn, that's all for now I will call when I will need something. Goodnight. And don't forget light up your core so you will see something in that dark hole of yours, you lard loving pervert.
Uff, that's why I hate contacting gods. You always finish being entangled in their webs, or maybe it was because that time when I was dwarf it was a spider goddess. Well for now I can only hope that she won't try to make me commit suicide. Its new life, it's too early for reincarnation.
Its looks like folks up on the surface got screwed pretty badly in their wars, and some of those are still going on. I don't know how close I am to any of those nations, thanks Calypso. But knowing life, intelligent or not, there is something ready to eat me close by.
My long time Surviving plan is pretty easy and can close in three points:
1. Get stronger so no one will eat you, can dungeon core even be eaten?
2. Get strong enough so when discovered by others they will want to talk first and not make my core into necklace.
3. Get strong some more, overkill does not exist.
Then as that's out of the way time to start up this dungeon business.
- Let there be light!
- Fuck, not so bright, now to dark get it little brighter, yes perfect.
Now I can look around. Hm, it looks like round room around five meters in diameter with me in the middle. But neither bottom of the cave or top of it is flat, for me they look like craters from an explosion, but they are to smooth for that. So most likely my core absorbed all this stone. And right now my purple spherical fist sized core is inside tree meter high half transparent blue crystal like pillar. It's called azulit and is highly valued as material for jewelry so there may be a lot of people that will come into my dungeon with pickaxes just for it. Entrance to room is around a size where child can crawl through so it's not bad for now. As for now no one should get interested in it.
So the time has come for main attraction, open yourself status.
Core name
none
Dungeon name
none
Titles
none
Dungeon rank
1
Core level
1
Avatar level
0
Core barrier integrity
100%
Mana
50k/100k
Mana generation
3450/24H
Mana absorption
0
Soul power
0
Attributes
*Intelligence
237
*Wisdom
345
Intelligence and wisdom is like I thought they will be, after all those are attributes of the mind so it's not weird for person that reincarnates few times to have them quite high. Names make sense, titles to, gigantic mana also makes sense for a dungeon. So that levees tree things to learn.
Core barrier integrity
Core barrier is a defensive mechanism that creates mana barrier to defend core from any attacks.
Not bad at all no one wants to have dirty hands on my heart, brain, kidney like core. And mana barrier makes sense in case of dungeon, with its big mana reserve it should be able to neutralize quite a lot of attacks. Now for the other one.
Mana absorption
Mana released by living beings existing in dungeon or ceasing to is absorbed by dungeon.
Soul power
Every soul is made from ego and soul power that surrounds it. Thought ego cannot be toughed soul energy is released in the moment of dead or when alive in much smaller amount as its always generated but soul can only hold limited amount of it. That limits increases when being become more powerful. It helps dungeon with interference into its minion's natural growth.
This is something new, and I will need to experiment with it first before I fully understanding it. There is also few different levels to get, it looks that dungeon is like few bodies with single mind. Status finished for now, time for skills.
Race skills *Absorb Beginner *Create - live Beginner - inorganic material Beginner - Liquid Beginner *Growth Beginner *Skill giver Beginner *Appraisal Beginner Acquired skills Blessings Other
Absorb
Absorb mana and mater, in case of mater it can be transformed into mana. Absorbed matter can be released. Skill can be only used when there is no enemy in surrounding. Acquiring matter ability 5%.
Create
Use mana to create object of yours choosing. Object may wary from simple stone to whole house and even new live.
Growth
Quickens growth of young organism into its fully developed form.
Skill giver
Use soul power to give skill to a creature or contracted beings.
All skills are straight forward and what you would expect from a dungeon. So it looks like it's time for work. So here we go. Uff, ehm, ara how the hell do I even move from here?