Teaghan decided to start expanding her domain. Remembering what Zaella said, she started trying to push past her small room. Slowly but surely, she started being able to sense more, until she could not push anymore. Teaghan covered about 25 metres away from her from all directions. She tried, and tired, and tried, but she couldn’t get any farther. Giving up on that for now, she started thinking about what her first floor was going to be like. But first she had to figure out everything else that Zaella said.

After listening to the info dump that Zaella gave her, and learning how to access more information, Teaghan thought ‘status’ and a couple of blue boxes appeared before her.

Welcome to the world Sakivis

After swiping this box her status finally appeared.

Status

Species: Dungeon Core

Name: ???

Age: 0 Days

Mana: 3/50

Biomes: 0

Floors: 0

Dungeon Points: 0

Titles: n/a

Abilities: Absorb matter, Alter environment

« Okay … now look at biomes » stated Teaghan after reading her status.

Choose your starting biome

Please be aware that you will be restricted by this choice until you create your sixth floor.

Biome Types

Basic Forest

Basic forest environment with a limited magical effect (dungeon core creations can circumvent this). Comes with a limited set of basic forest fauna and flora included. Monster species not included with biome.

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Basic River

Basic river environment with a limited magical effect (dungeon core creations can circumvent this). Comes with a limited set of basic river fauna and flora included. Monster species not included with biome.

Basic Cave

Basic cave environment with a limited magical effect (dungeon core creations can circumvent this). Comes with a limited set of basic cave fauna and flora included. Monster species not included with biome.

Basic Grassland

Basic grassland environment with a limited magical effect (dungeon core creations can circumvent this). Comes with a limited set of basic grassland fauna and flora included. Monster species not included with biome.

Teaghan, after reading through each of the biome types, compared each one with her situation.

‘No, not grassland or river. Maybe the cave or forest?’ Though Teaghan was trying to decide which one to choose.

‘Most of the dungeon core novels I read back on earth made a cave system. But I don’t think that I want to do that. Or at least I don’t want to be stuck with the basic cave biome for the first couple of levels. I think I’ll go with the forest biome.’

‘Now, it’s time to set up my first floor’ thought Teaghan.

She imagined her floor to have three small rooms and one big room, with hallways branching out of the rooms. Now, it was time to figure out how to actually create it.

Teaghan pulled up her status screen again and checked to see if her mana refilled yet.

As it was, she started trying a couple of different ways to create these rooms. First she tried digging with mental hands, it did not work. Next, she tried calling up the blue boxes to try to make the rooms. As the saying goes, the third time’s the charm. This time Teaghan tried picturing exactly what she wanted, where she wanted, and tried carving out the rooms. Slowly, but surely, she carved out three smallish rooms about

5 metres wide and 7 metres tall.

Carving out the last room was the hardest. Teaghan had to stop multiple times because she ran out of mana. After all the rooms were finished, she started on the hallways. She connected the first room with the second and third with hallways that zigzagged around her domain. Teaghan decided to wait until she finished setting up her dungeon before she opened a path to the outside world.

Since she had the basic setup of her first floor ready, she decided to go ahead and select the forest biome.

You have chosen the Basic Forest Biome

The following flora and fauna is now available:

Eaholia Pine

A species of tree that does not commonly use mana, but if exposed to a highly dense mana source, the tree may begin to adapt traits of the type of mana. Costs 8 mana to create.

White Holly

An uncommon species of vine that grows in trees. It produces a soft luminescence. Costs 6 mana to create

Common Grass

A species of grass that is common in most environments. Costs 1 mana to create.

Cotton-Tail Rabbit

A species of rabbit that is very common in the forest environment. This species is not naturally enhanced by mana. Costs 5 mana to create.

Red Fox

A species of fox that is common in the forest environment. This species is not naturally enhanced by mana, but can be very cunning. Costs 8 mana to create.

Sharp-Shinned Hawk

An uncommon species of hawk that lives in dense forest areas. This species has a very sharp beak and claws. This bird has a small affinity with shadow mana and uses it to hunt. Costs 10 mana

« Okay, I’ll add those after I see the monster choices available. » murmured Teaghan softly.