Katherine Pov

When she woke up the next morning she called for a group meeting and told them about her encounter with the dungeon core last night. She explained that there were in fact new people in the dungeon and they occupied both the first and second floors.

From her point of view it was probably best to just move on to the fourth floor. She believed what the dungeon told her about the second floor group not being dangerous to them, but she would rather not add new companions to the group.

The last five years had been trying enough. She was more than happy when Lyra and Rose activated their systems. At this point she was stealthy enough to catch weak prey for them to kill and level up quickly. Some might call it cheating but at this point she didn't care.

The higher their level the higher their vitality was. It would give them a better chance to live if there were hit by a monster in the dungeon. Garm was there too. He could heal them pretty quickly. More often than not she stood next to Garm to protect him from harm while the rest of the group would swap in and out of rotation until the monster was dead. It was quite efficient.

It didn't take long before the group came to a consensus about going to the fourth floor. They would make sure Rose and Lyra were at least level fifteen before they moved on. Currently Rose was level nine and Lyra was level eight. If she could catch a couple of deers or foxes she was sure they would level up to level fifteen.

Rose and Lyra hadn't awakened any special skills when their system activated but that didn't mean they wouldn't in the future. They had spent most of their time in the cabin and hadn't spent much time training with the daggers.

They had some mana to use the wands but it just didn't feel right to them. She shrugged them off. She didn't really mind. Not everyone was cut out to fight in dungeons. Someone had to stay home and take care of the farm and house. As long as they didn't die under her watch.

She didn't care what they did. She would keep power leveling them until they left. At least that way they would be safe and if they day came where they were attacked at least they would be able to defend themselves.

It only took a few hours for both girls to reach level fifteen. Thankfully it was quick work. They decided to break up in to two groups, one would be lead by Leto and the other her. Leto Harmin, Rose and Garm split up to pick as much fruit as his storage ring could hold.

Silas, Heros, Lyra, Hara and herself would find as many mushrooms as they could along with any fruit they came across. They spent hours scouring the mangrove forest for any thing edible they could bring with them. They did the exact same thing before they left the second floor.

It had been much easier though. The trees made it quite difficult but they managed. They feasted on everything they picked but couldn't stuff away in to their storage rings. They went to bed early prepared to wake up early to move on to the next floor.

Lilith Pov

Well i'm glad they didn't run out the door screaming at the very least. They seemed to relax a little after reading my note. The other girl even snatched it out of her hand so she could read it for herself. It didn't take very long before the first girl pounced on the table of goodies and started splitting it up with the rest of the group.

Looking at their happy faces I feel very pleased. I found all of that stuff buried in the mountain. It's free to me. It hardly even costs any mana to make them. I should probably upgrade Kat's ring to the next level too. I should probably give the rest of the group storage rings as well. They have come a long way in the dungeon and they will have to start gathering stuff to cross three labyrinths, not that they know that.

I watch as they all use their soul empowering gems but none of them have any adverse reaction so I move my attention to the first floor again. I have to make sure the rings aren't wasted because they don't know how to bind it.

It seems i'm in luck though. It seems one of the men recognized the stone and knew the procedure to bind it and no one ended up dead over greed. That's a win-win situation for me. I hope these guys end up going far in my dungeon. They seem decent enough.

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I decide to check on Kat and the group before I get back to work. When I focus on the third floor i'm a little surprised to find that they have split in to two groups and are ransacking my floor of anything edible. I have never seen anything like it before.

I'm going to go ahead and make a guess that they weren't excited to find out they had neighbors. It's really not that big of a deal. I find it absloutely comical when they literally stuff their storage rings so much that stuff falls out after they put it in. I really do need to upgrade their storage rings and make sure the rest of the kids have one of their own.

I take a moment and make nine yellow spacial rings so I can leave them on the table when they go to bed. It shouldn't be much longer. Thankfully it really wasn't long before they went to sleep. I left the rings on the table and decided to get back to work.

I bring my attention back to the tenth floor and I let my gaze roam across the vast expanse. It is quite beautiful. I just love seeing my castle. It's weird thinking about the fact that my focus is out here but my core is in that castle.

Ah. It's still so weird not having any limbs but I can see every single thing that exists in my dungeon. I wonder if I can split my attention so I can focus on multiple floors at the same time. I'm pretty sure i've read about dungeons being able to do that.

I should probably start small though. I wonder if I can split my attention between the first and second floor at the same time. They are my smallest floors. I take a moment to clear my mind. I do my best to only think about those two floors.

I picture all the animals I have on those floors and the enviorments i've made. My mind seems so full. It feels like it's about to burst but I persist. I really need this to work for me. It would be very helpful if I could do two things at once. One of those things being able to keep an eye on the different groups that are currently in my dungeon.

I feel like something is about to snap but it feels like i'm right there on the edge so I push just a little just a little bit harder. It feels like a shock wave reverberates through out my core. I'm stunned for a couple of seconds before I realize I succeeded. It's quite disorienting seeing two different floors at once.

Ok. Yeah this is weird. I suddenly regret this decision. I almost feel like i'm crossed eye but not? I try to close my eyes but then I remember I don't actually have eyes. Well this is awkward. I wonder if I can close off contact with one of the floors and go back to just one perspective.

This is kind of making me queasy. Is that even possible? It has to be. It's happening right now. Oh my system. I must be the first dungeon core to feel naseous. I put all my focus and intent on just the second floor and I feel like my perspective is narrowing down again. Phew! Thank the system that worked.

I would rather not try that again for a while. That was just awful. I feel like I need a break from life right now. That was so intense. I have learned my lesson. Don't mess with shit you don't understand.

Alice Pov

I was pretty damn sure I hadn't fallen asleep last night during the night watch so it was pretty awkward for everyone else to wake up to a bunch of unknown items laying on the table. We were all very confused as we tried to come up with an explanation.

It wasn't long before a piece of paper came to be out of no where and floated down to the table. I picked it up half reading it to myself, half reading it out loud so everyone else could hear it as well.

After hearing that half of the pile was a gift from the dungeon and the other half was a reward she couldn't help but doubt it a little bit but it didn't take long for her to push her doubts to the back of her mind. It was quite normal to be rewarded for clearing a dungeon floor. As for the gift from the dungeon, who was she to question the good will of the dungeon? It's a spacial ring.

She could have gone the rest of her life without even knowing they existed but now she actually had one. It sounded a bit morbid but if she died in this dungeon she wouldn't mind it too much. At least she would die as a rich woman.

They took turns using the corner of the axe to cut their thumb. They made sure to be extra careful. Thankfully the axe was very sharp and all it took was a small graze against the blade to draw blood. It wasn't even that painful.

She did decide to wait for the twins to turn twelve before letting them bond with their ring. Thankfully it was possible to store a spacial ring within a spacial ring. Using the gem crystal thingys were even easier. All they had to do was press it up to their foreheads. It was quick and painless but they felt exactly the same afterwards. I wonder what purpose they have. I shrugged it off and went out to collect berries.

I did my best to stay away from the beehive. I always wondered how they could possibly be allowed in the safe zone. I gathered all the berries that could fit in the bowl and went inside to boil some water.

She had grown up drinking hot water whenever they didn't have any tea leaves or coffee beans. She didn't like drinking cold water. Violet just went along with what ever I did. She didn't have any opinions on anything but food. When it came down to it Violet came from a hunting family and she liked eating meat regularly.

Violet had a higher level than her anyway so she was the one who went out hunting most days. Thankfully she had been taught to be stealthy since before her system activated and she had a high level stealth skill. Honestly if she hadn't been betrayed she was the last person you would see as a slave.

She was very smart and skilled and her eyes were twin amethyst pools you could get lost in, she was just ugly as sin.