Erethon was cursing the world for this situation he was in. Not only was he stuck at the bottom of a dungeon, but he was also the prisoner of the fucking Pale Rider. The system itself warned everyone about her, and now he had the luck to have attacked her home. He was going through his mind thinking of a way how he could get out of this, but he knew that he would literally have to run from death and fight an army defending the way out. But he felt his fear disappear in an instant.

The Rider's scythe and horse vanished, and with a sweet tone, the Rider spoke: "Now Mr. Elf you looked the leader of that little gang. You're going to stay here and answer all my questions ok?"

Erethon was at a loss for words when he heard the Rider she lost almost all terror she showed him. Her eyes were still intimidating, but they were more beautiful than scary. She looked like an adorable child, to be honest. Even her strange appearance only added to her charm. He was still slack-jawed when the Rider spoke again "Earth to Elf you there."

"We're not on Earth any more dumb ass; we're on Atia."

"Yeah, that's right say, Atia to Elf."

"When I told you guys to shut the fuck up I meant it."

"Fine."

Erethon trembled again when he realized he was not only a prisoner of the Rider, but the Rider herself was insane.

Erethon thought to himself "One wrong move, and I'm dead."

Annoyed at the lack of response she was getting Alice spoke: "Hey, Elf are you deaf."

"Oh no Lord Rider, I meant no disrespect I was just... um... trying to grasp the situation," Erethon responded frantically.

"Good Elfy now who are you, what are your stats and what do you think of my dungeon?"

A little taken aback Erethon began to speak "My name is Erethon Leaf-Walker, I'm 516 years old, and as you guessed I'm a Wood Elf. As for my stats I rather..."

Alice cut in and with as sweet a voice as she could "Oh, I'm sorry if I let you think you have a choice."

Name: Erethon Leaf-Walker Race: Wood Elf Level: 574 Exp: 68% Titles: The Dungeon Explorer, Dungeon Conqueror, Monster Slayer, Dungeon Slayer Class: Dungeon Conqueror (A) Racial Skill: Not Shown Health: 34,783 Mana: 42,978 Health Regen: 1.2 per sec Mana Regen: 4 per sec Strength: 1968 Vitality: 1976 Agility: 2079 Reaction: 1887 Intelligence: 1886 Wisdom: 2198

Elemental Mastery:

Earth-36% Fire-86%

Wind-59% Water-45%

Nature-92%

Resistance/ Endurance:

Physical- 450

Magical- 747

Stamina- 15,876

Stamina Regen- 81 per sec

Alice froze, ignoring that fact his stats popped up out of nowhere. When she saw his stats in her head, she lost it, and in her mind screamed at her voices "Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck, OH FUCK!!!"

"What the shit Alice I thought we were overpowered as shit when we saw them fight the Oak Guard. How the hell is he that strong and Dungeon Killer what the hell does that mean!"

"*Crying* We're gonna die, right. But I don't wanna Alice help me; I want us to live."

"Be quiet now, main Alice we need to be careful he's under the impression we are infinitely stronger than him. So we need to keep it that way, play it cool and don't fuck this up."

"Ok guys, we got this...I hope."

Done with her voices, she began to address Erethon again "Ok then what's the deal with your stats they seem off?"

Erethon curious about what she meant "Are you unfamiliar with the system?"

She angrily replied, "What do you mean?"

Erethon went pale and tried to recover "Forgive me, Lord Rider! It's just that it's not unheard of for gods to bring their children from other worlds to Atia and we've learned that system doesn't exist in every world."

"That is the case but how do you know I'm a Child of God. And come to think of it, you reacted a bit too strongly to me being the Pale Rider. If anything, I thought you would be more confused than terrified."

"The system sent a mass message to every person on Atia upon your arrival and whose child you are. It caused mass panic, so we were already aware of your existence before we saw your message."

At first, Alice was confused, but she understood quickly and thought "Lyssa you fucking bitch."

"That makes things easier then. And yes my world didn't have the system, so hurry up and explain your stats."

"Yes, Lord Rider! If what I think is correct you are wondering why my level is so low for my age. The answer is simple; I dedicated myself to studying dungeons. And many of the dungeons that are still new to me are for the lower levels, so my level is low because of the little experience I get from those monsters."

Alice thought "What the shit, so he should be stronger" and spoke, "Ok then that's part of it, but there is something you didn't answer: Why can't I see the rest of your stats?"

"Well Lord Rider it's just that information about stats is beyond private in this world and you only share it with someone you would give your life for."

Alice smirked "So you don't want me to know all the cards you have up your sleeve. Whatever, it won't make a difference anyway, so I'll let it go for now. So how was my dungeon?"

"May I ask you something first?"

"Fine but choose, your words carefully."

"If you're a child of Mania how do you have a dungeon?"

Alice smiled evilly "A reward for destroying my home planet."

Erethon froze and whispered "Your planet?"

"Well, not the planet itself. Just all the intelligent life. Now I answered yours you answer mine."

"The court mages found your dungeons mana signature about a week ago, so am I correct in assuming that you have only been on this planet for a week?"

"Yes"

"Then I'll say this your dungeon is extremely abnormal. For one, a dungeon will take hundreds of years to complete two floors less than half the size of your first floor. Also, your plants and monsters are all mutated which makes no sense. How you managed to accomplish this in a week is beyond me."

"I actually did it in a few hours, and that's not what I'm asking. Judging from your Class and Titles you've seen been to plenty of dungeons, so how does mine stack up?"

"For a new dungeon it's incredible, but for an old one it's incomplete."

"I know that damn it, I'm asking you for the flaws!"

"Forgive Lord Rider, I was trying not to offend, but I would say that if were not for the monster cores, your dungeon would be almost worthless. The monsters corpses have some useful properties, and some plants are rare in this region, but it would be easier to get them from merchants. There is also no loot to speak of which is a major problem for you. From my experience, the most profitable dungeons have monsters that are imbued with some type of magic and give magic items as loot. But what's most lacking is that you have no bosses to speak of."

"Ok... That was more detailed than expected. Well, at least I have something to do while we wait for Miss Knight to get back. Now Erethon, you're clearly well learned and traveled so I'll cut you a deal. You tell me about dungeons, the world, and anything else I want to know and I'll treat you like a guest more than a prisoner. But if you try to leave, I'll kill you in the slowest and most painful way possible."

Erethon thought to himself for a minute "Well great; she might not completely hate me. I just need to play it cool and make it out of this alive."

"Does your silence mean no?"

"No Lord Rider thank you for your generosity."

Alice smiled "Good Ery; you'll have a house next to mine. We'll start in the morning. Also, you can stop calling me Lord Rider. My real name is Alice I don't have the last name yet."

"Lord Alice I..."

"Alice is fine."

"Alice if I may make a suggestion, it may be a good idea to put in a day and night cycle in the dungeon."

"Why?"

"Well, E ranks will probably take more than a day to pass through the first floor, alone let alone the second."

"Oh look at you Ery, already making yourself useful."

"Ery?"

"Your name is too long, so we shortened it."

"*Crying* I knew it main Alice, he doesn't like it. Why did you say it out loud I was only going to call him that when he wasn't around."

Erethon screamed out "No no it is a great nickname! Please don't cry, Lor... Alice"

"*Sniff* You do?"

"Yes of course!"

"Main Alice he likes it! Isn't that great? I thought he would hate us for giving him a bad nickname."

"Good for you Alice."

"Ery you're nice, want to be my friend?"

"Hold it you fucking moron he attacked our home not even 20 minutes ago."

"Quiet you two; I'm the one in charge here so shut your mouths and were not his friends. Ery, ignore those two your house is over there, it has a bedroom and a kitchen. Take whatever food you want from the plants growing over there."

Erethon was confused but nodded and thought "Get a hold of yourself. She isn't some kid you need to worry about. Damn it all I just need to make it through this; I can't let the Rider fool me."

Alice went to the second floor of her house and sat on her makeshift bed a pile of soft mutated leaves and looked at her notifications

Alert- Due to kills being made within your own dungeon experience earned has been diminished. Alert- experience requirement met- Level now 86

Alert- Class Skill earned- Error Skill Incompatible

Admin "Atum" Override

Skill Alteration Made

Skills Learned- Soul Grasp, Soul Manipulation, Soul Essence

Magic Skill Learned- Necromancy

Error Necromancy incompatible with dungeon race

Admin "Lyssa" Override

Necromancy Alteration Made

Magic Skill Learned- Spirits of the Dead

Alert- Mana Cap reached due to Core "Alice" not responding Skill- Auto Management has activated and leveled up Dungeon. New Dungeon Level 5. Auto Management has also absorbed all items and dead adventurers in the dungeon. Items are available for purchase.

Admin "Lyssa" Override- Hey mini midget I made some of the skills in your Skill Store cheaper you're welcome. Also, hurry up and go to the Church of Life. Mania won't shut up about wanting to see you.

Dungeon Core Has Learned Magic's- Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Ice

Alert Magic not usable by Core. Can be bestowed on Monster through the use of Magic Imbuement.

Dungeon Core Has Learned Skills- Minor Wind Resistance, Minor Water Resistance, Minor Earth Resistance, Fire Resistance, Minor Pain Resistance, Stealth lv23, Bravery Lv34, Field Command Lv22, Bow Mastery Lv46, Sword Mastery Lv73, Spear Mastery Lv64

Alert Skill not usable by Core. Can be bestowed on Monster through the use of Skill Imbuement.

Alert- Monsters Available for Boss promotion.

Alice was surprised to see the notifications she got but was happy with each one, ignoring Lyssa's message. "Looks like they are still looking out for us at least."

"Who cares about that we almost hit level 90 already show us your stats already I wanna see."

"Yeah hurry the fuck up."

"Don't be mean to main Alice. Can we see our stats please?"

"You heard them show us what we got."

"You guys are annoying you know that."

"We are you, so you are the annoying one."

"Shut up smart ass."

Name: Alice Race: Homunculus / Roaming Dungeon Level: 86 Exp: 13% Titles: Homunculus, The Tortured, The Freed, The Destroyer of Worlds, Child of Mania, The Pale Rider, The Slaughterer, World Traveler Class: Pale Rider (Unique G) Racial Skill: Body Enhancements, Deaths Eyes, Dungeon System Health: 3,252(+1,577) Mana: 4,034(+2,056) Health Regen: 34 per min(+24) Mana Regen: 10 per sec(+1) Strength: 263(+118) Vitality: 197(+117) Agility: 231(+141) Reaction: 201(+126) Intelligence: 297(+157) Wisdom: 247(+112) Blessings: Blessing of Mania

Elemental Mastery:

Earth-66% Fire-76%

Wind-59% Water-52%

Light-9% Dark-12%

Metal-7%, Death-5%(+4%)

Resistance/ Endurance:

Physical- 146(+61)

Magical- 215(+115)

Stamina- 2355(+1155)

Stamina Regen- 18 per sec (+3)

Journeys

Complete-

Journey of the Tortured, Journey of the Killer, Journey of the Freed, Journey on the Mad, Journey of the Dead Soul

Ongoing-

Journey of the One Loved by Gods 60%, Journey of the Insane 88%(+1%), Journey of the Shattered 43%, Journey of the Scythe Wielder 2%(+1%), Journey of the Chain User 4%(+3%), Journey of the Cruel 36%(+4%), Journey of the Merciful 3%, Journey of the Pale Rider 3%(+2%), Journey of a True Mage 56%

Skills-

Active Skills- True Suffering lv4(+3), The Presence of Inevitability lv5(+4), Message of the Rider , Summon Mount: Unnamed, Summon Weapon: Scythe of The End, Chains of Samsara lv2(+1), Soul Grasplv1, Soul Manipulation lv1, Soul Essence lv1

Magic Skills- Expert Fire Magic, Advanced Earth, Wind, and Water Magic, Beginner Light, Dark and Metal Magic, Beginner Death Magic, Mana Manipulation lv54, Spirits of the Dead lv1

Passive Skills- Pain Immunity, Soul Immunity , Mental Immunity

Alice smirked "Not bad."

"But not nearly good enough Erethon can still kill us with his pinky."

"But we have Oak Guards surrounding his and our own house so we should be fine for now."

"Don't get too confident he got the Dungeon Slayer title for a reason."

"Don't worry me and Ery are already friends; he won't hurt us."

"I can't believe this fuckin' moron... No screw it, we need to sleep. Main, do what he said and add a day and night cycle, sleeping in the dark will be nice."

"You're not gonna blow up, weird."

"Shut up and do it bitch."

"Oh, already back to normal to bad. I'll add the cycle now, good night."

Erethon was pleasantly surprised by his new home. Its design was simple, but that's what gave its charm. He was surprised to see the wood was a single living mutated tree. It reminded him of his hometown, every building carved out of living trees using nature magic. Even the pile of leaves he had to sleep on was comfortable and him being in a dungeon meant there were no bugs to bother him. "If this weren't the bottom of a dungeon owned by the daughter of death, I wouldn't mind living here for a few decades."

He laid down on his bed of leaves and closed his eyes thinking of the day "Well, I managed to get one the Alice's to like me. That's a start but what the hell is with the name Ery. I'm 516 years old I could be her great great great grandfather, and I'm stuck with such a childish nickname. *Sigh* It's better than being dead I guess. What..."

Erethon looked around to see the lights go dark with only a few dim beams lighting the night like stars. He smiled and thought "Looks like she took my advice. Come to think of it; she said she was treating me this well for my advice... Doesn't that mean I'm going to help to build a Dungeon!"

Erethon shot upright and thought and thought at a rapid pace "This could be a dream come true! I've been studying them centuries and I know all there is to know. This could be my chance to see the process unfold before my eyes and even help shape it. But I would also be helping slaughter thousands of people..."

"To hell with morals, I've probably killed thousands in the wars against the Draco Kingdom. Besides, everyone who walks in a dungeon needs to be prepared to die, only a fool would think otherwise." And with that Erethon decided to throw himself behind the building dungeon during his time there. His obsession blinded his reason for the monsters known as dungeons. Erethon closed his eyes and began to sleep looking forward to the next day.

Hours later, Erethon was woken up by the most horrifying scream he ever heard. He had fought in countless battles and was ready for any number of attacks, but he was not ready for what he saw outside his door. The treemen that were standing guard outside his house ran towards Alice's home; he could even see some of the forest spirits leave their bodies to race towards the house. "Just what the hell is going on?"

All the monsters ignored him the treemen stood there helplessly looking at each other, and the spirits were swirling around frantically bumping into one another. Erethon could tell that they were worried and then heard the same pain filled scream again, but this time he could hear a word "No." And with that scream, the forest spirits became more frantic than before, and he could tell the voice belonged to Alice.

He looked on as a forest spirit created a body of wood and raced into the house. A minute later he watched it come crashing through the wall of the second floor with ebony chains ripping it apart. A treeman looked through the hole, but it too was quickly torn to shreds. He looked on as more and more spirits went to the home only to be killed, then the screams grew worse. They were blood-curdling some filled with fear, other with hatred but all held enormous pain.

The thought of Alice in such pain made Erethon's Skin crawl "Even if she is the Pale Rider she just a child. I must be insane" Erethon ran past spirits and into the house, and there he saw the chains swirling around, destroying the spirits around him. As he ran past the first floor and made it to the stairs, the chains tried to impale him, but his agility was just high enough to let him dodge them with only minor scratches.

He looked into Alice's room and saw her writhing in pain and fear screaming "NO DON'T TAKE ME BACK, DON'T HURT ME, I'LL KILL ALL OFF YOU, NO KILL ME PLEASE!!!"

Chains shot at him faster than he could respond but a treeman's arm shot out blocking the chains. The Treeman's eyes were begging him to help her. Erethon ran towards Alice as chains rushed past him, some ripping apart the treeman who saved him. When he got to her, he did the only thing he could think of when he saw a child was having a nightmare. So he did he could think of: He held her close and said, "Quiet now Alice, everything is fine. No one can hurt you." The Chains rushing around him froze and faded into nothingness.

The spirits calmed down and abandoned their bodies. They started to swirl and dance happily around him and Alice. Erethon looked at Alice and saw her hands bleeding from digging her fingernails into them and the tears still rolling down her face. "Just what happened to you, Alice."

Erethon had an idea he gotten the skill Dungeon Appraisal from his class "Please work" he said.

Dungeon Name- Unnamed Core Name- Alice Species- Roaming Dungeon Titles- The First of a Species, The Roaming Dungeon

Erethon sighed. He knew it was a long shot as the skill was only meant to appraise dungeon monsters and bosses. He closed the window but was surprised to see another pop-up.

Name: Alice Race: Homunculus / Roaming Dungeon Titles: Homunculus, The Tortured, The Freed, The Destroyer of Worlds, Child of Mania, The Pale Rider, The Slaughterer, World Traveler

Journeys

Complete-

Journey of the Tortured, Journey of the Killer, Journey of the Freed, Journey on the Mad, Journey of the Dead Soul

Ongoing-

Journey of the One Loved by Gods 60%, Journey of the Insane 88%, Journey of the Shattered 43%, Journey of the Scythe Wielder 2%, Journey of the Chain User 4%, Journey of the Cruel 36%, Journey of the Merciful 3%, Journey of the Pale Rider 3%, Journey of a True Mage 56%

"What the fuck." Erethon couldn't believe his eyes. Ignoring the Destroyer of Worlds title what did she go through to finish the Journey of the Tortured and Mad. Hell, even the Journey of the Insane was at 88%. Just what happened to this kid.

"Fuck was it because of her race? Wait what is a Homunculus anyway?" Erethon was left with more questions than answers, but he knew one thing. Alice had been through enough as is and was probably more afraid of him than he was of her.

He looked down and smiled at Alice's innocent sleeping face "Don't worry I'll keep the nightmares away."

Spoiler: Alice Stats Dungeon Name- Unnamed Core Name- Alice Species- Roaming Dungeon Titles- The First of a Species, The Roaming Dungeon Level-5 Floors- 2 Max Floors- 4 Rooms- 116 Monsters Count- 7,635 (Revivable-7,970) (Unrevivable-853,434) Boss Count- 0 Mana Capacity- 1242/6000 (Reach Maximum Capacity to Level) Mana Regen- 50 per hour

Skills-

Floor Creation, Room Creation, Auto-Rebirth, Absorption, Synthesis, Expansion, Item Assignment, Monster Creation, Boss Creation, Evolution, Environment Creation, Dimensional Entrance Creation, Dungeon Awareness, Safe Zone Creation, Auto Management, Monster Integration, Dungeon Store , Monster Core Creation

Skill Store- Skill Name (Mana Price)

Item Alteration (8,000), Mental Communication (15,000), Dungeon Mine (40,000), Magic Imbuement (3,000) (300), Skill Imbuement (3,000)(300), Item Shop (6,000), Shrine Creation (8,000), Mana Stone Creation(50,000)

Monsters Types- Monster Name(Mana Cost)

Plant- Light Moss(5), Heat Trees(50), Rain Moss (8), Spore Mother's (120)

Animal Mutations- Ambush Snake(50), Behemoth Scorpion(150), Trap Spiders(100), Heat Spiders(75), Sand Cats(40), Pine Wolfs (50), Stone Bears(120), Fire Jackets(5), Fire Jacket Queens(40)

Monsters- Sand Goblins(200), Tree Goblins (220), Leaf Guard (300), Forest Guard (600), Oak Guard (800)

Dungeon Magic's- Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Ice

Dungeon Skills- Minor Wind Resistance, Minor Water Resistance, Minor Earth Resistance, Fire Resistance, Minor Pain Resistance, Stealth lv23, Bravery Lv34, Field Command Lv22, Bow Mastery Lv46, Sword Mastery Lv73, Spear Mastery Lv64