“Huh, visit a town, why should I do that,” he asks.
“Because a certain idiot just spent every single dungeon point they have, now we are in desperate need of them,” says the dungeon core.
“Yeah, but what’s that got to do with visiting a town,” he asks.
“Well, there is some information available that I couldn’t tell you before that I can tell you now, first, there is more than one way to get dungeon points,” says the dungeon core.
“Like?” he asks.
“Well, the most obvious and simplest is through adventures entering your dungeon but if you're just starting out first are through quests, completing quests will sometimes reward you with a certain amount of dungeon points, but you should have noticed that by now,” says the dungeon core.
“Yeah, but I still don’t see what that’s got to do with going to a town, I mean I don’t have a quest to go to town, so there’s no point,” he says back.
“Well that has to do with the other methods, more specifically the conversion method,” says the dungeon core.
“Conversion method?” he says back confusingly.
“Yes, the dungeon has the ability to convert any solid matter into mana or dungeon points as long as they aren’t purchased from the dungeon store, the conversion rate is half the cost in the store,” says the dungeon core, surprising Dylan.
“You mean to say that if I, for example, were to buy a regular iron sword outside the dungeon and were to sell it to the dungeon, I could get back half what it would cost me to buy it from the dungeon store,” he asks back.
“Yes, and it can also be applied to any other item within the store, but understand you can’t get it back afterwards if you decide to change your mind,” says the dungeon core.
“Understandable,” he thinks when.
Quest found first conversion buy an item from a store then convert it into dungeon points time limit: 1 month rewards: 100 dungeon points, lvl +1, increase max mana capacity by 100, 100 copper coins punishment: decrease max mana capacity by 100, Accept/Decline
“Well that makes it easier, now you just have to go to town and buy some random thing,” says the dungeon core.
Quest accepted
“Indeed, but now we have another problem,” he says back.
“What,” the dungeon core asks back.
“I don’t have any money,” he says back, causing a moment of awkward silence.
“WHAT, YOU DON’T HAVE ANY MONEY!” the dungeon core yells.
“Yes, I'm only eight, remember, actually, I have about 2 copper coins, but if I remember a common iron sword is at least 5 copper coins, I'm three short,” he says back to the dungeon core as if it were the most logical thing in the world.
The money in arrerat is split into copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, platinum coins, Orichalcum coins and diamond coins with a conversion rate of 10 copper coins to 1 silver coin, 10 silver to 1 gold, 10 gold to 1 platinum, 100 platinum to 1 orichalcum and 1000 orichalcum to 1 diamond. Orichalcum, however, is the highest used currency as the few diamond coins that exist are commonly used as national treasures instead.
“Well that is indeed a problem, wait, I have an idea, open up your status,” says the dungeon core, surprising Dylan.
Name: Dylan Occupation: Dungeon master () Level: 3 Strength: 40 Dexterity: 50 speed: 60 stamina: 50 mana: 1010 (5200 when in the dungeon) mana regeneration: 15% per hour (instantaneous when in the dungeon)
skills: basic archery lv 3
basic swords skills: lv 2
Innate skills: +20 to four main stats when in dungeon (G class)
Dungeon interface
Dungeon master skills: living liquid metal (G class) lv 1
“Okay, it’s open, what now,” he asks.
“Hm, so that’s your status now, open up the interface,” the dungeon core says.
Dungeon Interface Dungeon Overview Dungeon store: Grade G Dungeon Layout Dungeon Species modifier
“Hm, not here either, open up the store”
Dungeon Store Dungeon Points: 0 Equipment items Skills Species Rooms Traps Lottery (1 use)
“There it is, it was on the store tab, quickly, look at the lottery tab”
Hearing this Dylan is surprised.
“When did that show-up,” he asks back.
“Oh, you’ve only scratched the surface, the dungeon interface has a lot of functions that you can’t even dream of accessing yet, lottery, however, is one of the few unique ones as it will only show up in the store tab when you can use it” says the dungeon core back with a hint of contempt, surprising Dylan.
“Okay, so what does the lottery tab do,” he asks back.
“Well if you click on it, you have the chance to win any item from the store, there is even the slim chance of getting dungeon points and coins, however, there is also the chance of getting nothing so be careful,” says the dungeon core, once again surprising Dylan.
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“Wow, anything, let's do it now,” he says as he clicks the tab, a series of numbers start to swirl rapidly changing so fast that Dylan can’t clearly see them until.
Item No. 704 Humans of Fire
A bright flash descends and a book appears in his hands with the title Humans of Fire, leaving only silence.
“Bad luck huh,” says the dungeon core.
“I guess so, I haven’t even heard of this book before, what am I supposed to do with it,” he asks back.
“Well some information about this book just went into my head, this book is a book from the artisan Empire, it is a fantasised version of the story of how their ancestors came to their kingdoms land and how they gained the unique class living flame,” says the dungeon core.
The avraisan Empire is a kingdom to the north of the idrappateron Dynasty, past the vrix Wood which was the forest just outside Fallholt village, Dylan's hometown, the avraisan Empire has vast land but most of it is volcanic territory, because of there is a large amount of farming land but there is also the massive threat of volcanic eruptions, not to mention one of the 5 SSS class danger zones The Scarlet Wilds, as for the dungeons that exist in that land, it has one of the 7 SS class dungeons Caverns of the Renegade Dragon.
Dylan had naturally known all this about the avraisan Empire as Fallholt village was near the border between avraisan Empire and idrappateron Dynasty so many traders came through to his village on their way to the capital.
“Well let's see, the price for this book is about three copper coins if I'm lucky, maybe I can buy an iron sword,” says Dylan as he starts walking.
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2 days later
Located in the middle of a forest, completely surrounded by trees isolating it from the outside world a small village stands, this small village only had about five to six buildings in it and had two strange archways at each corner, a single road leads in and out, it had a single large building in the middle with the words Workers of the Dragon illuminated above it and spinning like a projection. Two blacksmiths stand to it’s left and right, on the other side of the right one was a small building which had a sign saying Convenience Store and on the other side of the left was a second building nearly as large as the center one with a sign saying The Good Moon, it’s a tavern. Surrounding these buildings is a giant wooden wall.
On top of a wall, a small gathering of people was talking.
“Hey, did you hear about Ocean Paladins being wiped out by Lurking Shadow Catacombs,” says a person.
“Yeah, apparently there were no survivors,” says a second person.
“Well isn’t that bad, but that’s the life of an adventurer, they knew what they were signing up for,” says a third person.
“Yeah but I heard that the kingdoms dispatched the Red Regiment and the Robed Riders divisions of the imperial forth army also known as the The Blood Battalion,” says a fourth person.
The armies in the idrappateron Dynasty are organised into nine forces collectively called as the imperial armies, there numbered from 1 - 9 respectively and each one has its own nickname. The fourth imperial army is called the blood battalion because they have a saying, if you join the blood battalion, you will be lucky to make it to the battlefield alive. This saying originated from the fact that more people die in this battalion by “accidents” in things like regular training then on the battlefield.
“So they dispatched that group, let's hope that everything goes smoothly,” says a fifth person.
The blood battalion is primarily made up of three kinds of people, none of which are good. The first are death row or life imprisoned prisoners who have decided instead of being executed or staying in the prison for the rest of their life to join the army, they will forever remain footsoldiers and can never retire from the army. The second are nobles who have committed similar sins to the first kind but are too powerful to be punished publicly so the kingdom forcefully conscripts them to this army, this kind commonly brings bodyguards as “protection”. The third kind are enemy soldiers captured from battles, they have a seal placed on them that turns them into bloodthirsty killers. the first and third also have slave marks branded onto them to control them.
“Heavens know it won’t, that's why the imperial second armies Hellfire Legion and 3 paladin knights from the imperial first armies Silver Squad are there to watch them,” says a sixth person.
The first and second imperial army are fundamentally different from the fourth imperial army though as the first imperial army is an elite army in charge of protecting the imperial capital and are composed of elites from the other eight armies minus the fourth, eighth and ninth armies and the top members of the academies run by the dynasty, the second army, however, is made out of seasoned veterans and war heroes and anyone who wants to see the battlefield will join this army, it has the most people and is in charge of most invasions into other kingdoms, these two armies are collectively known as the shield and sword of the empire.
“Wow, so they're taking this dungeon seriously,” says the first person.
“Well they better, they were too slow in realising this so fallholt, quickwallow, mythcrest and limewood, a total of four villages were eradicated, that's a massive stain on the dynasties honour,” says the third person.
“Plus I've heard rumours, apparently a lich was seen, and not just any lich but a hellfire lich,” says the second person wearily scaring the other five people.
“you mean, there is possibly the S- class monster Hellfire lich which is supposed to only be found in the legendary SSS danger zone zokkrokkuud the grand necropolis,” says the fifth person.
“Well I mean, there were records that at the bottom floor, just before you completed the dungeon you had to defeat a hellfire lich but no one in the past hundred years has reached that floor let alone the final room which it was rumoured to stand guard over,” says the second person.
“Which shows why the dynasty is so on edge and want to deal with it, it’s set as a boss monster so if inside the dungeon it can respawn an unlimited amount of time as long as the dungeon core isn’t destroyed but once outside the dungeon, if killed, it’s gone” says the fourth person.
These six people were so happily talking that they didn’t notice a strange figure emerge from the forest onto the road.
“Geez, that dungeon core could have told me it would take a full 2 days to reach the closest town, um, excuse me, could you let me in,” says a voice which startles the six men, causing them to turn and look at the other side of the gate.
All guild towns have a gate which stays closed at all times in an attempt to keep monsters that escape the dungeon contained, of course, if the monster is strong enough the gate won’t do anything.
Standing at the other side of the gate was a boy of about eight years old, it was Dylan.
“Huh, boy, what are you doing here, were you the one who asked to be let in,” asks the first person, surprised at what he saw.
“Yes, is there anyone else here who wants to be let in beside me,” he says back.
“Well you’ve got spunk talking like that to us, we’re all D rank adventurers here, and this is a dungeon town, go home, wait, where are you’re parents, you couldn’t have travelled 3 days from fairpoint village to here alone,” says the third person surprising Dylan.
“Did you just say that were 3 days travel from fairpoint village,” he asks back.
“Huh, do you not come from fairpoint village, where do you come from then boy,” asks the sixth person suspiciously.
“Oh shoot, better not let them know I came out of the forest, um lets see, this is a dungeon town so if I make an excuse that I want to join this adventurers guild” he thinks to himself “well um, i wanted to become an adventurer so I ran away from home to join this guild” he says leaving the six people on the wall shocked.
“Don’t kid yourself, kid, go back home, you’re parents must be worried sick,” says the third person.
The argument to gain entry took several more hours before Dylan was finally allowed entrance but unbeknownst to him, as soon as he took a step in.
Inside a small room, a mysterious figure can be seen. they were sitting in a luxurious room that looked like it was in the deep unknown wilderness. The figure was munching on some food before their dungeon control panel sent out an urgent message surprising the figure.
While in another small room, a different strange figure was reading a book, he was in another luxurious room but unlike the first, it was more like a swamp than a forest, wet and damp with a mist covering the floor, the same event happened and he to was surprised by the urgent message.
The message was in bold and was all capitals
A DUNGEON MASTER HAS JUST ENTERED YOU’RE DOMAIN