"now all 3 of you, lets get back to the town so you can log off safely" I said while walking forward. I exited the cave and noticed cracks around my feet. under the thin layer of snow there was a thin layer of ice, and below that. I would be finding out sooner then I thought. Hana noticed first but not soon enough to help as I was already falling into the dark abyss beneath me.
"RICHARD!!" I heard Hana said while running over but not fast enough to catch me. I looked back up to them but I was still unable to get back up so I spun around to look beneath me as I fell. I would just try and find away to survive the drop, you pay a heavy penalty from death. you loose any progress you had made that day and random 5 stat points. a heavy penalty indeed. I noticed the wall of ice next to me was weak, as I fell. I used a Physical Reinforcement punch the wall to break off a bunch of chunks of ice. I landed on one of them and got ready to jump off before I landed. not long after I saw the bottom I got ready and jumped off a meter above the ground with enough force to make cracks before the ice rock I was on reached the ground. I looked back up and knew I was not getting out that way. I turned around and saw a cave.
Dungeon: Ice PitDifficulty: EFloors: 60History: an unknown cave first discovered by Richard7
You are the first to discover a dungeon. as soon as it is completed other players will be able to come here+500 Fame
oh great. I need to complete every single floor... that or die in unspeakable amounts of pain... yea sure. ok. I made my way into the dungeon. the place was freezing to the point that I felt slower walking around then normal. I did not see and monsters for some time as the cave only got colder. I kept walking through the labyrinth trying to find the way out, I saw a horrifying sight. I saw the stairs, they went down...
"What untold monsters of darkness is awaiting me down here?" I asked myself trying to think of anything but the freezing cold temperature I walked on as it got colder and colder. I reached floor 3 without an enemy to fight. but that all changed when I saw the Ice Ghost.
Ice GhostLevel 10
I assumed it would be an easy fight until I went to hit the Ice Ghost and found my hand went straight through it. I should have figured. I don't have an attack that will effect it. I turned around to see it shooting ice spikes at me like machine gun fire. I avoided them all and then used some bs way to hurt him and won... oh wait, this is reality, I avoided most the ice spikes as I strategically ran past him ignoring him. maybe I can power up with something I can hit... maybe?
"Traveller. come here a moment" I heard someone say to me from somewhere. I looked around and all I could see was ice and snow, I looked around me in more detail and noticed a skeletal demi dragon to my left. I looked at him in more detail and was shocked. "What? never seen a dead man talk?" He asked me, body unmoving as it was just bones but he somehow asked me... must be magic.
"I cant say that I have" I said truthfully and heard him laugh a bit.
"Traveller. I can feel that you are not of this world, yet you are also bound to it stronger then the others. I am Borothast the mighty. I have a deal for you since I don't want to be stuck here for an eternity and you look to be pathetically weak to the ghosts" Borothast said to me seriously.
"HEyyy go on" I said as I actualy was having trouble but that was just insulting.
"us dragon kin have a powerful soul inside of us. it grants us power beyond compare. I was weaker with age and a weak body but you have a powerful body with a lot of potential. and we have a forbidden ability all dragons are blessed with when they are born" Borothast said to me with a happy tone.
"And we are just going to use this ability forbidden by dragons?" I asked
"simply put. I have been waiting here for 7000 years, I no longer care about that as I am tired and want to leave. you will be blessed with the soul of a dragon and I will hitch a ride in your subconscious. now open your soul and allow me in" Borothast said and instead of rationally questioning the pros and cons to letting a dragon into me soul. it would be far from the worst decision I have made today. I felt a powerful entity enter me.
Fire Dragon SoulMastery: Beginner Level 1You now possess a dragon soul. with it you can call upon the power of a dragon to attack your opponent. power depends on emotion being used. 50HP/s
"I feel it, the power is amazing. with this I can win, NOTHING CAN STOP ME!!!" I started saying like a madman taking over the world.
'what are you doing?' I heard a voice in my head ask.
"Nothing... I am doing nothing..." I said regretting that I did not think about him still being here.
'whatever. with this you should have enough power to escape the dungeon. however I cant be sure you will survive what those 3 mortals will do to you' I heard him say into my head, it had an echo to it.
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"Ok, for now... how long will you be looking through my eye's?" I asked him talking to my own head like some crazy person would, I am not crazy... I promise...
'roughly 400,000 years' Borothast said crushing all hopes and dreams of privacy. I feel to the ground and punched the ice under me, of course it would be indestructible, that would be to easy. I stood up and used Fire Dragon Soul. I was loosing health but I did not feel much different. 'you need to unleash your inner power first...... get angry' Borothast said to me and I shrugged and unleashed all my anger, from a young age I learned to control and bottle up my emotions. but I reversed the process and created vast amounts of anger from nothing instead of turning anger to nothing. I felt myself be surrounded by a fire, it did not burn me, more like my soul. I walked back over to the Ice Ghost and punched it, this time I finally hit it. with enough damage to do 1000 HP worth of damage... it would take 9 more punches. the Ice Ghost started shooting me again with Ice spikes, I avoided them with ease. until I realised something, some of his Ice can be crystal clear and near impossible to see hidden within the rest of the Ice. cheep trick. I was impaled through my left lung. thanks to HP it did not hinder my fighting ability much.
"Borothast, I have a quick question. why wasn't there any creatures behind this point?" I asked and I could feel him judging me heavily.
'because I was still there, you somehow walked into the dungeon without creating your own dungeon space. and with your fighting ability I would assume you would not have gotten past the level 6 Ice Ghosts on the lower floors' Borothast said mockingly. I used Physical Reinforcement and used all of my Spirit Force at once to throw a punch in the face of the Ice Ghost. it killed it instantly. I levelled up by 1.
"I couldn't do what now?" I asked like I just did something good.
'your level is higher and yet your stats were so much lower. in my day I was level 490 with stats in the 1400-1500 area. and since I died in this dungeon... I don't like your chances' Borothast said with a grin.
"When I die I just respawn" I said with a proud smile.
'that.... you monster' Borothast said with an annoyed tone. I smiled as I walked on... no enemies? 'I cleared most the enemies myself. leaving you stuck with the boss monster. I wish you luck sir' I heard him say in my head seriously.
Luck stat has been addedYour luck has is now able to be increased with this stat. it is the difference between being struck by a meteorite and tripping over a pebble and falling into a secret passage full of goldcan affect a player as well as it can affect a NPC. potential depends on what you count as luck
"tThank you very much fFor your generous gift of luck" I manage to get out. this is... powerful... but why did I get it from someone wishing me luck?
'You better be, I forcefully unlocked your connection with the universe. now existence itself can be altered ever so slightly to put you in an advantageous position when you face the Ice Dr... never mind' Borothast said seriously... when I face an Ice what? please don't be, please don't be, please don't be...
Ice DragonLevel ???
you have to be kidding me. if this is a E rank dungeon what would a S rank be? *Shudder* 'boy, you have a luck stat. meaning there is always a chance, just not a very high one' Borothast said making me look around observing every detail. my best chance is to dash around the dragon and escape that way but something tells me he will be faster. maybe if I sneak around? 'Also something to note, you cant leave until that dragon is dead' Borothast said and he left that out just to screw with me didn't he?
"Borothast? I sense your presence near by, come out or die" the Ice Dragon said loudly and sending a chill up my spine. I hid my presence but to no avail. I could feel his gaze pointing at me with killing intent. how can I bs my way out of this one?
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Author's Notes
the fiction called The Games That Bind Us that this profile also releases will be put on temporary hold while he is in hospital. to those who like that fiction he is unable to write it and that is the reason for the delay in chapters. this fiction on the other hand is now temporally the dominant fiction on the profile as the other writers are still scripting and putting their story together Carl main story writer is working on The Games That Bind Us. Kieren the jack of all trades is working on A Heart Of Glass which is still being planned out and scripted. I Alex am working on obviously Virtual Revolution with everybody's favourite basic normal non otaku guy Dave who is working on a fiction but hasn't told me the name. that is the team of people writing fictions on this profile and some things you can look forward to in the future.
from everyone behind the name TheWalkingOrange I hope you enjoy the new stories that will start being released starting sometime next month maybe 2 for Dave as he is behind.