"I rename you 'D2043'. Danm that's the seveth group, don't ya all have any info on..." Aki suddenly colapses while doing a sassy retort to having his house unsucessifully invaded yet again. While mostly everyone was panicking, Tsu imedialty carried his avatar back to their room. When asked she said she knew what was happening, but that because of it no one could enter or leave the mansion.
What she firstly saw at that moment, was this:
[Attention all dungeon creations and associates! The dungeon core 01011009 has reached level 10 and will experience a period of inactivity for evolution procedures. Protect the territory and await further commands.]
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Soundlessly awakening in a completely white space around him, Aki jumped from his laid possition and was imediatly on his feet, in a horse stance turned towards the white and expressionless face of the small woman in a white robe standing in front of him. Noticing his naked body, he first formed bladed combat gloves and adjusted his stance before talking.
"Where am i? Is anyone hurt? What do you need me for?" He asked in a monotome and raspy voice. His hair was brown again, but it had the same length as his avatar's. Standing at two meters and looking like a skiny person who actually exercized, Aki looked like a more mature version of what his previous image was.
"You are in a system created room where only your sould and mind may reside, if they are strong enough. None of those around you are hurt at the moment and you are the only one who was transported. I only wish for you to finish your evolution process. There is nothing to be afraid of." Said the system agent in a monotome as well, but with a much more pleasant voice.
"Is there anyone who actually ever believed you when you told then the last part?" He said while raising a brown.
"Yes. 11.87% of the dungeons that pass through me actually feel safer. Due to their seemingly random though process and inability to form a society however, agents are required to use the highest amount of tactics possible to make those evolving to cooperate."
"And mine is telling me that i'm right about my paranoia. Do you have a name?" He said with a sigh.
"I have many names. you may call me however you like."
"Alice. While you seem to be quite high level stuff, whoever made you certainly didn't mind how much you sound like a goth-loli on drugs. No offense. Come, show me what i need to do to evolve and what i can evolve into." Aki said while making a loveseat and reclining on it.
"None taken. Agents do not have a level though." She said and went to the arm side on the seat instead of siting.
"Not what i meant, but if you want to talk about that, than allow me to reformulate. If you were given a task to which you needed to enter the system as a user and didn't have any limits to how much resources were avaible, what level would be the highest leveled enemy you could defeat?" That caused a period of silence. "Not flinching still doesn't make you seem less surprised, keep acting or do something to advance the conversation. As your answer i will take 'Alice could take care of anyone at level ten thousand easily, you know?' at the very least then. There's this very good suport character that has a similar job, don't remenber her name, but she appears in the novel 'The tutorial is too hard' and i think she could be a great role model to you." Aki comented with a slight smirk. Like he was teaching a child.
"The user's input are appreciated. Please, proceed to evolution selection." She said after leting out a small sigh, before leaning over to him and presenting him with a tablet of hard light.
"These are... quite a few." He said, as he forced himself to read through every description. (But not me! Though i still need to show a few.)
[Heavenly dungeon: As the core has refined the concepts of the seven virtues and obtained the prayers of many, be they as misguided as they are, you are now ready to tread a path to godhood and properly become the path towards good.
WARNING: Evolving into this form will alert entities of high order, who may target the dungeon for various reasons!]
[Abyssal dungeon: The core has absorbed, molded and used the enrgies of the abyss, making it more attuned to it. With this evolution you will be able to draw more power out of the great fall and it's inhabitants.
WARNING: Evolving into this form will alert entities uncauculabe level; The system itself won't help with the creation of such monstrosity, so there are high chances of death and unseen danger in case of success.]
[(Insert element he has above 75% of affinity or more here) element dungeon: As someone atuned this ***** you will unlock new bconstructions, highten your affinity with *****, ease the evolution of your monsters towards ***** related paths, and open a portal to ***** realm.
WARNING: Evolving into this form will alert entities of high (Highest and uncauculable as well depending of the element) order, who may target the dungeon for various reasons!]
"I've read three of these and am quite certain I won't be takin a path that focus on a single element, could you take the various copies out of the list please?" Aki asked while giving the hard light, tablet back.
"Certainly. One moment. It's done." She said and in a literal moment gave it back.
"Thank you" He said and kept reading.
[City core: As a builder, crafter and scholar, you have unlocked ways to influence your surroundings much more greatly than other dungeons. This form may evolve automatically after certaing requirements are reached. Ex: Holy syte core, Kingdom core, Empire Core...]
[Research core: Enhances comprehensions, cauculations and research time of any new or old topic currently studied by the dungeon.
WARNING: Evolving into this form will alert entities of special order, who may target the dungeon for various reasons!]
"Excuse me, but could you file a letter for me for the system, destined to these people of special order?" Aki asked with a deadpan after reading this one.
"If it isn't too long." Alice noded.
"It isn't. Just put it like 'To whoever was categorized as too much of a pain in the ass: Hell if i would ever evolve into your tower core just because it has a diferent name and XP boost! Go to a brothel or find a date instead of sitting around and cultivating power you will never get to use for anything but small, selfish reasons, that will make everything else with meaning in your life harder than hell to aquire!'" He said and breathed deeply before going back to the tablet.
Alice was surprised by this, but she actually filled in the letter and imediatly received a reply saying that the mail had been delivered to both adresses in the form of a system message. Suddenly she felt very light and even had a small, almost undetectable smile on her face. The amount of problems those two had caused her and the high chairs...
"Oh, aren't you quite the beauty when you smile? Say, won't you become this idiot's daughter? I'm sure your grandmother would love having such lovely grandchild and fill you with sweets and care, while we could play and fool around the universe."Aki said with a very serious face.
"That would be impossible." She said imediatly, having recovered the poker face.
"A shame." Aki said while nodding while sounding like an old man.
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"To have resisted this far to protect those in that mantion, you sure are a splendid woman and warrior. I will not dissonor you by asking you leave again." Said the masked man in his distorted voice. Just the basic appraisal that came back to Tsu told her that she had no chance against the man in front of her.
"It is truly a shame that i could only come this far on my own." Said the bloddied ogre on one knee. "Ego invocabo te in occiditis" She murmured some latin and her bracelets started to shine. Not with light, but with heat and mana. The assasin could see that something very bad for him was about to happen, so he imediatly attacked. Like Aki would let his wife have a life saving item with a charge up time. "This is so unconfortable, i really should practice ussing it more." She said as her glowing metal forearm held the blade that was about to cut her head in half completely still in the air, together with the man weilding it, but he teleported away before falling to the ground. "It should be around this moment that you start cursing my parent, but i thank you for not talking much, my head is killing me right now. Would you look at that, i've spent so much time with Aki that now i talk when nervous too." She said as she watched with a smile as the metal started to enter her body through the skin, which started to show glowing veins.
"You, what have you done to your body? That amount of mana should not be survivable by anyone in the fifties." Said the assasin, showing the first hint of fear in his voice as he felt the pure energy that barely scaped his oponent's body. Obviously he wasn't about to sit still, he took a long range teleport scroll out of his storage ring and prepared to unseal it, but started to pump death mana through his body and the spirit reinforcing his body.
To all those watching, they most had no idea what had made the man turn from confident to fearful, because they couldn't even feel mana coming from the ogress anymore! Instead, the assasin was the one ussing a ridiculous amount of mana, and the more experienced ones could tell that the man both had a big natural mana pool and was being supplied by his god as well.
"Well, i would like to understand the theory behind it too, but last time i tried to it made me dizy even. I know you have great pride, so the chance is small, but wouldn't you surrender now? My spouse will even cleanse the mark of your god if you enter her service." She slowly said while stretching a bit, as if preparing to run a marathon.
"Remove the... that is impossible and i do not wish to try. There is no more need for words here, let's resume the fight." His surprise was evident at first, but his resolution quickly came back.
"As you wish." Tsu had a weird smile when she took a boxing possition Aki had shown her and *BROOOOOOCRACAAACRACK...*
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She punched once, with 10k of mana condensed into it, and it carved the sound barrier once, before taking the assasin's head completely off and severely damaging the roof of the nearby houses.
[Congratulations, you have killed Barrabas Tire- Mardos' dagger of death Lv174.
For killing an enemy 110 or more levels above you, you have gained extra XP.
For killing an enemy with conflicting titles to your's, you have gained extra XP.
Enemy possesed a divinity. User incapable of absorbing divinity. Extra XP gained as compensation.
Level up!
...
Level up!
You are now level 76]
"Did i wake you up with the rucuss?" Asked the woman still glowing with mana on her veins.
"I've been done for ten minutes now, just wanted you to finally use your modified racial skill." Said Aki while kissing her cheek "You look even more beautiful in a crown." He said while looking at the three metal horns on her scalp, a bigger one appearing in the middle of the normal two, which had made a bit of space for the new adition. "You can fall into my arms now if you want." He said, expecting her to fall any moment now. His social white shirt was baggy and rolled back to the elbow, the black pants with vertical white lines also was a bit baggy, but it seemed kind of cute when wore by the avatar, plus it's shoelessness.
"I'd love to, but i think i stuck my feet on the stone." said the ogress while deactivating the skill.
Rolling his eyes, Aki suddenly grew to an even greater heighth than his wife and completely changed from his 'cute' appearence before scopping the woman into a princess carry.
They both knew there were plenty of people looking at then, that's exactly why Aki, now with much more muscle and dick, booped his wife's nose with his own before gently saying: "You did great, let me spoil you a bit, would you?" He said with a smile through his now brown curled beard and mane of much shorter brown hair before carrying his wife inside and repairing all the damages caused with his dungeon skills.
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Name: Dungeon core 01011009/ Aki / Elizabeth Akita Victoria/
Title: Great perverted. Unique genius. One who reflects about self. Puppeteer. Attuned to ===. Partner of a holy woman. Amazon's first husband. Queen's first husband. City protector. Friend of demons. Cradle of origin. Ritual inventor. House of ===. Great house of ===. Bounty hunter. === Hunter. Merciless. Fate pluderer. Mardos' eternal enemy. Cursed smith. Chosen of darkness.
Species: Primal dungeon core of concepts (x2 Mp and energy, - 10% XP needed, new monster evolutions unlocked, may open a portal to other realms plus one more for each five levels. +elemental bonuses)
Expansion level 4
Magic Lv 4
Divine Lv 2
Total level: 10
Hp: 1,100/1,100 (1,000)
Mp: 143,360/143,360 (102,400)
Energy: 133,120/133,120 (102,400)
Skills:
Detection (Lv27):
Soul perception Lv 7
Mana perception Lv 7
Ki perception Lv 3
Bloodlust detection Lv 7
Fate detection Lv 4
Soul arts (Lv33):
Direct control Lv 3
Hex Lv 6
Astral projection Lv 7
Materialization Lv 7
Bless Lv 3
Appraisal proficiency Lv 2
Words of power Lv 2
Law proficiency Lv 1
Usurpation Lv 2
Abyss Lv 2
Social (Lv35):
Negotiation Lv 6
Persuasion Lv 6
Leadership Lv 5
Inspire Lv 4
Intimidate Lv 7
Parallel thinking Lv 3
Mystical art (Lv54+13):
Mana manipulation Lv 10
Necromancy Lv 5
Ritual magic Lv 6
Demonology Lv 5
Ki manipulation Lv 5
Mind magic Lv 5
Priesthood Lv 3
Golemmancy Lv 3
Sound magic Lv 4
Runeworking Lv 5
Multicasting Lv 3
Law manipulation Lv 1
Healing (Lv34):
Healing magic Lv 4
Diagnosis Lv 6
Soul healing Lv 4
First aid Lv 5
Cirurgy Lv 3
Massage Lv 5
Acupuncture Lv 4
Combat healing Lv 3
Crafting (Lv59):
Blacksmithing Lv 6
Alchemy Lv 4
Enchanting Lv 7
Herbolary Lv 4
Teaching Lv 5
Sewing Lv 3
Mining Lv 5
Pottery Lv 3
Sculpting Lv 4
Drawing Lv 3
Architecture Lv 4
Dismantling Lv 3
Map making Lv 2
Singing Lv 3
Acting Lv 3
Sex (Lv18):
Sexual technique Lv 5
Tentacle sex technique Lv 4
Astral sex technique Lv 4
Oral technique Lv 5
Combat (Lv68+11):
Staff technique Lv 2
Sword technique Lv 1
Spear technique Lv 3
Shield technique Lv 2
Bludgeon technique Lv 4
Axe technique Lv 1
Bow technique Lv 1
Artillery technique Lv 3
Trowing Lv 3
Martial arts Lv 4
Dagger technique Lv 2
Carapace technique Lv 3
Armor technique Lv 2
Teamwork Lv 3
Troop management Lv 4
Beserker Lv 4
Shout Lv 5
Combat-shapeshifting Lv 3
Taunt Lv 9
Assassination technique Lv 4
Scyte technique Lv 3
Accelarated response Lv 2
Academics (Lv78):
Arithmetics Lv 6
Geometry Lv 4
History Lv 2
Physics Lv 5
Herbarium Lv 4
Bestiary Lv 4
Geography Lv 4
Linguistics Lv 5
Metallurgy Lv 4
Paperworking Lv 3
Chemistry Lv 4
Biology Lv 4
Philosophy Lv 5
Sociology Lv 5
Psychology Lv 4
Psychiatry Lv 2
Strategy making Lv 3
Geology Lv 4
Resource management Lv 6
Augmentation (Lv62):
Enhanced Endurance Lv 3
Enhanced Vitality Lv 3
Enhanced Intelligence Lv 5
Enhanced Wisdom Lv 5
Enhanced Will Lv 5
Enhanced Luck Lv 5
Enhanced Charisma Lv 5
Enhanced Perception Lv 4
Enhanced Dexterity Lv 2
Enhanced Health Lv 1
Enhanced Mana Lv 4
Enhanced energy Lv 3
Enhanced soul power Lv 4
Pain resistance Lv 4
Appraisal resistance Lv 5
Fast thinking Lv 4
Evolved Skills:
Soul chilling screech Lv 1
Mana efficiency Lv 3
Maxed skills:
Mana cost reduction Lv 10
Scream Lv 10
Affinities/magic (Lv73):
Elemental: 86% / Lv 6
Dark: 90% / Lv 7
Death: 80% / Lv 6
Light: 80% / Lv 5
Life: 80% / Lv 5
Arcane: 85% / Lv 5
Void: 85% / Lv 5
Sin: 87% / Lv 6
Virtue: 85% / Lv 5
Time: 85% / Lv 5
Space: 85% / Lv 6
Salt: 50% / Lv 1
Ash: 75% / Lv 3
Mist: 70% / Lv 2
Nature: 89% / Lv 6
Title effects:
Bounty Hunter (N): Obtained by hunting a hundred bounties. +5% damage to people with criminal titles. Effect stacks for each rank in each criminal title.
=== hunter (N): Obtained by killing at least 100 members of === species. +1% XP gained from killing ===. Effect cumulative and increases by 1% for every hundred specimens killed.
Merciless (III): Obtained by raising the proficiency of others on the skill 'Fear resistance' by a certain amount. Unlocks the effect 'Fear aura (III)'
Fate pluderer (N): Obtained by taking over a destiny. Unlocks Fate related skills.
Mardos' eternal enemy (V): Obtained by being designated as an unforgivable sinner directly by the God of Assassins. Eternally marked as a beacon of sin for those who believe in him.
Cursed smith (N): Obtained by forging a great cursed item. Curses are 10% more effective when imbued in equipment.
Chosen of darkness (V): Obtained by reaching 90% affinity with the element of darkness. +50% XP obtained for related skills. 10% more effectiveness when using the element.
Cradle of origins (V): Obtained by creating five hundred successful blueprints. Spawning organisms created by the dungeon costs 50% less resources. Research time shortened by 20%.
City protector (III): Obtained by being recognized by either a large enough population or given the title by the previous holder in a ceremony. +15% XP obtained for leadership related skills. Bonus (30%) to all attributes while defending the tribe.