A young boy, awoke to find himself in a bizarre and endless black space. At first he could see nothing, then suddenly a young woman appeared. She was beautiful, she wasn’t tall, but she wasn’t short either. Her hair was black and darker than the surrounding black space. Her eyes a piercing crimson. She had two short horns on her head and a pair of leathery wings on her back, the wings were black with streaks of crimson. Her skin was a creamy tan and entirely unblemished, her breasts were large but not overly so, in fact her proportions were so perfect it was almost unnatural. But the most surprising thing was that she was entirely naked.
“Where am I? Who are you? Why are you naked?” asked the boy.
“I am Dewari, a goddess, and this is the void between worlds. You have been chosen as one of 25 lucky souls to reincarnate as a dungeon and I will be your guide, and patron since your affinity closely matches mine,”
“I died? What do you mean I died?......” said the boy as he predictably panicked when he realized he had died, and completely failed to register the part about reincarnation. Dewari waited until he calmed down enough that her words would register.
“Yes, you did it was quite an amusing death. Your luck must have been terrible that day since the cause of your death was a roller coaster crashing through the ceiling of your 12th story hotel room, while you were enjoying your latest conquest, but don’t fret as I said earlier you have been selected to be reincarnated as a dungeon,” said Dewari.
“A dungeon, A floating rock? I don’t want to be a rock,”
“Well it’s either a dungeon or I will reincarnate you as a succubus,”
“Nope, don’t want to be a girl, so genderless rock it is,”
“Dungeon aren’t genderless, in fact all dungeons are female. They are called the mother of monsters after all. Should I tell him? No, it will be funnier when she finds out on her own and unlocks the avatar I designed for her,” thought Dewari. “In that case we can move on, I need to teach you dungeoneering 101. I will also need to teach you how to use the system since your old world, didn’t use the system,” said Dewari. The boy had dozens of questions but before he could ask even one, Dewari snapped her fingers and the scenery changed. They were now in a rather plain room with rough stone walls, and a blue green crystal floating above an inky black pedestal. The room was small maybe 5 meters across at the most and there was no visible way in or out. Then suddenly a blue screen popped up in the boys face.
Initializing system....
41%...56%...65%.....71%...96%..97%..98%..99%.100%
It took a while but eventually it reached 100 percent. Then another screen appeared with text that scrolled by so quick he couldn’t read it before it was gone. After a while the text vanished and the screen faded away, followed by another one.
Welcome to the world new dungeon.
Generating list based on affinities
Please choose two below as your starter races
1. Imp: The Demon Cousin to the goblin, Weak but cheap to summon and they can breed extremely quickly by catching females of the mortal races. One of the rare male dominated races in the lust circle, has no pheromones, but its stinger on the tall carries a venom that renders those stung docile. One Imp is equal to two goblins of the same level. Cost: 5 DP Monster Rank: F+
2. Lesser Demon Girl: This demon resembles a young girl between 5 and 8 years of age. Only notable demonic features are 2 small horns and red eyes. Low strength but has good magic abilities Cost: 50 DP. Monster Rank: D
1. Lesser Beastkin Demon: Similar to the Demon girl demon, but has high physical ability and low magic ability. Like the demon girl demons they are entirely female. They look like a young girl of 5 to 8 years old, with two small horns, red eyes. With either cat ears and tail or wolf ears and tail. Cost: 50 DP Monster Rank: D
2. Lesser Demonic Harpy: A lust circle demon cousin to the Harpy. These bird women are more intelligent than their non-demon cousins, like the regular harpy they are known to entice men, but they can also lure women to their nests. Their sturdy talons can rip apart most armors and they can cast simple spells. They resemble a young girl between 5 and 8 years of age Cost: 50 DP Monster Rank: D
3. Lesser Arachnid: Half-spider half-girl demon. They are fast and stealthy making them excel at ambushes. They have strong pheromones which can cloud the minds of men and their bite contains a strong paralytic venom. Their webbing is extremely strong and light and is valued by the mortal races for making demon silk. Like most lesser lust demons they resemble a young girl between 5 and 8 years of age. Cost: 50 DP Monster Rank: D
“What’s this?” said the boy.
“The system, the screen you are looking at is for the initial setup of your dungeon, now if I were you I would ignore the Imp, it is quite useless and you can buy it for the listed cost later of 5 DP. I would recommend you pick the Lesser Demon Girl, since magic right of the bat is invaluable and then the Lesser beastkin Demon, since they are good warriors and easier to use then the other two options for a beginner.”
“Alright” said the boy then he asked, “how do I do that?”
“Just think, acceptance of your choices and the system will respond,” said Dewari. The boy focused his thoughts on the two Dewari recommended and the screen faded away and then was replaced by another.
Starter race one: Lesser Demon Girl chosen
Starter race two: Lesser Beastkin Demon Chosen
Please Chose Starting Traits
Generating list based on dungeon type
As a lust circle dungeon traits 1, and 4 are automatically chosen. Please choose two more.
1)Realm of False Death: Death is forbidden to those who fall in the corridors of this dungeon. When they fall all of their equipment and items are claimed by the dungeon and then they are teleported to the entrance with severely weakened stats and all their skills locked, or a shrine near the dungeon with half the normal penalty and no skill locks. 1000 DP
2)Curse of Lost Manhood: Those who fall in your dungeon are cursed to be girls for the rest of their lives, unless they can conquer your dungeon. (I.E Reach the core room). If they fall again the curse is permanent. 5000 DP note: Realm of False Death is required
3)Dungeon Law: Allows the dungeon to write the rules governing one floor 500 DP
4)Dungeon Pheromones: Unique to lust circle dungeons, these magical pheromones make those who breath them horny, effect increases the closer an adventurer is to the core. 1000 DP
5) Curse of Goblin: Those unfortunate enough to fall in your dungeon will be cursed to be a goblin for the rest of their life, unless they can conquer your dungeon. If they fall three more times the curse is permanent. 5000 DP note: Realm of False Death is required
6)Monster Tactics: Your monsters have a superior grasp of tactics. 500 DP
7)Monster Breeder: You can create new monsters more easily at a lower cost. 500 DP
8)Dungeon Gates: your dungeon realms floors are linked by mysterious gates instead of stairs. 500 DP
9)Dungeon Instances: Your dungeon is split into many instances, allowing multiple parties to run the dungeon, without running into each other and gain normal rewards. 1000 DP
10)Dungeon Loyalty: Your monsters and pets are extremely loyal, and will never betray you and will defend you with fanaticism. 1000 DP
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“Wouldn’t that first trait mean that anyone, who failed my dungeon will end up naked on my doorstep?” asked the boy.
“Yep”, said Dewari, then she continued “Does that bother you?”
“I don’t want to see naked guys on my doorstep,” said the boy.
“In that case, I recommend you grab, Curse of Lost Manhood and Dungeon Loyalty. The others are less important and can be grabbed later in the dungeon store.” said Dewari. The boy grabbed the two listed and was happy when no additional screens popped up.
“Alright now that, the initial setup is complete, I will teach you how to use the system.” said Dewari. Dewari spent the next hour covering the system before she was happy with his ability to use it.
“Okay, this next item is very important. Focus on your core and think analyze,”
The boy followed the instructions and a few seconds later a blue screen popped up.
Name: None
Race: True Demonic Dungeon
Level: 1
EXP: 0/1
Health(HP): 150/150
Health Regeneration: 15/ min
Shields: 50/50
Shield Regeneration: 5/ min
Mana Generation: 10/ hour
M ATK: 10
Defense: 10
Resist:10
“The screen you are looking at is your status screen. It shows your stats, as a dungeon your screen is very different than other races. Your current level is 1 and as you can see you have 150 hp if that drops to zero, your core is destroyed. Your core also has shields, a magic barrier that act like a second health pool, but they don’t benefit from the defense or the resist stat. Shields also don’t benefit from magic resistance, which means they always take the full damage of an attack, however, there are skills that reduces the effect of attacks vs shields you can find it in the store, but they are expensive at 10,000 DP for the cheapest one. Defense reduces the effect of physical attacks and resist reduces the effect of magical attacks. Magic resistance is also called elemental resistance and represents how much you resist the influence of a specific element or magic in general, for example if you have a fire resistance of 50 you will take half damage from fire spells before other damage calculations. Your mana generation is the rate in which you gain mana. It is your most important stat as a dungeon and can be increased by expanding your territory, leveling up, or building a mana well on your territory. I will teach you how to do that later,”
“What is this M ATK stat?”
“That is your magical atk, as a dungeon core your last line of defense is a magical attack. I will cover it in more detail later. Now think Menu, and then open the dungeon overview,” said Dewari. The boy then thought menu and a menu appeared in his vision
Dungeon Menu:
Dungeon Overview
Dungeon Store
Dungeon Builder
Skills
Contracts
Boss List (locked)
Pet manager (Locked)
The list was short and simple, he then focused on the first option and a blue screen filled his vision.
Name: None
Rank: G
Race: True Demonic Dungeon
Alignment: Lust Circle
Mana (MP): 2000
DP: 100
Demonic Energy: 50
Floors: 1
Rooms: 1
Monsters: 0
Monster Types: 0
Slaves/Pets: none
Traps: 0
Trap Types: 0
"The dungeon overview gives you general info on your dungeon and what is in it. As you can see it shows you how much mana and DP you have. Mana is your primary resource and is used for most of your action, like expanding your territory or digging a new room, or summing a monster. DP is your currency and is used to purchase things from the dungeon shop, like new plants, monsters or construction features. The final resource you see is Demonic Energy which is unique to demonic dungeons and it is increased by actions that align with your circle occurring within your territory. It is used primarily for demonic abilities, but can also be used to strengthen your monsters. Now go back to the menu and open the Skills list,” said Dewari. The boy then did as instructed and opened the skills list.
Skills:
Core Shields: Magic shields that protect the dungeons core. Provides shielding dependent on the cores available mana, and its level. Costs 25 MP/minute to regenerate and 10 mana a week to maintain
Crystal Ray: Magic ray fired from the core. Ignores resist. Single target. Lasts five seconds and deals M ATK +50 damage each second. 50MP
Claim territory: The dungeon uses mana to claim new territory. Cost 1 mana per cubic meter
Claim Creature: Claim a creature or monster as your own and gain control, cost depends on rank. 10 MP for G, 100 for F, 1000 for E and so on.
Mark Pet: Mark the target as a dungeon pet 50MP, target can’t leave dungeon without the dungeons permission, target must be tamed afterward. Target must be subdued to work. 50 MP
Brand Slave: Makes the target a slave of the dungeon. Target must be subdued to work. 100 MP per level of the target
Demonic Ray: Fires a beam of pure demonic magic at the target, ignores resist. Single target lasts five seconds and deals M ATK +100 damage each second. 50 DE
Analyze: Displays info on the target
Contact Dewari: reach across realms to contact your guide and patron Dewari.
Telepathy: Speak to the minds of others
“These are your skills, most of them cost MP to use. The Demonic Ray is the only one you have that requires demonic energy but it is a very powerful ability. Now use the claim territory ability to claim some territory over there. Keep claiming until you can see outside and spread out some from there should cost you a fair chunk but it will be worth it,” said Dewari while pointing at the wall to the left. The boy followed the instruction and his territory started to expand in the direction Dewari indicated. It took a while but as his territory expanded it felt like he was growing and his vision expanded to cover the new space, which was all solid rock. Eventually his claimed space allowed him to see outside.
“Good expanding your territory, has increased your mana generation, now you need to build your first floor. Also you got lucky and a ley line runs under your territory so you can build a mana well, when you get enough DP to purchase the construct. Now go to the menu and open the dungeon builder,” said Dewari.
Dungeon Builder:
Build basic tunnel: 5MP/meter
Build basic door: 25 MP
Build basic room: 15 MP/meter
Add basic treasure chest: 50 MP + Variable
Alter Appearance: 10 MP
Add Floor: 10 DP + 10 per floor you own
Add Pitfall: 100 MP
Add Rockfall: 120 MP
Reset Trap: 5MP
Change Environment: 10,000 MP
Alter Floor Height: 50 MP per extra meter
Build basic hidden door: 50 MP
Swap floors: 500 DP
The boy spent the next several hours following Dewari’s instructions and designing his first floor, and he even included a hidden room like she suggest, he wanted to add a few hidden corridors, too, but by the time he was finished he was low on mana. But he was happy to see he had leveled up while building. So he told Dewari. While summoning monsters like she instructed.
“That’s good, you should be level 5 by now, thanks to the first floor completion bonus. You gain experience from achievements and defeating adventures,” said Dewari.
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Name: None
Race: True Demonic Dungeon
Level: 5
EXP: 0/1000
Health(HP): 2400/2400
Health Regeneration: 80/ min
Shields: 800/800
Shield Regeneration: 50/min
Mana Generation: 80/ hour
M ATK: 50
Defense: 50
Resist:50
Name: None
Rank: F
Race: True Demonic Dungeon
Alignment: Lust Circle
Mana (MP): 20
DP: 100
Demonic Energy: 50
Floors: 1
Rooms: 10
Monsters: 32
Monster Types: 2
Slaves/Pets: none
Traps: 3
Trap Types: 1