《Dungeon: The Demon Dragon Core》Vol. 1 pt. 4] Chapter 4: Traps, Monsters, and Oh shit
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Alright, it’s time for me to plan this dungeon... but how do I gain dungeon points. I didn’t even know where the hell my dungeon is, nor did I know what if people even live near my dungeon, so how was I, a simple núcleo de la mazmorra, supposed to acquire more?
Fortunately, a curious visitor decided to come down near the entrance of my dungeon.
A fire snake.
“My beautiful dahlia, is that snake on fire?” I turned to the beautiful girl next to me.
Eve happily answered her master...
From far away as possible.
“Flame snakes, also known as fire snakes, were a type of magical snake with three sub-species that are tied to the element of fire and related to the great serpent Apep. These sub-species are referred to as minor, lesser, and greater species.” She answered me in a textbook manner.
She is so shy.
Since this place is part of me, I can see everywhere and anything in my dungeon. Adorned in a mix of red and orange scales, with black ones running down their back in an intricate repeating pattern resembling a really fancy crocodile leather bag.
It seems these Serpientes de Fuego also brought friends with them.
Think snakes with dark green scales, yellow eyes, and pit viper heads.
Nope, it was much worse. It’s a giant Bothrops insularis, commonly known as the golden lancehead-like beast, with six horns growing out of its head and what appears to be hair reaching down to its mid-jaw-line. The thing has very long fangs and a very largemouth. Like all snakes, it flicks its tongue. It’s a very long tongue with hundreds of spike-like protrusions and a giant spike at the tip. It has an incredibly long and thick body covered in scales.
My mamá in heaven make you never see these things because I cannot bear your screaming.
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The serpientes are about 4 feet in length while the other, a Komodo Fire Darke, is nearly 6ft long.
"ay Dios mío" I exlamined "
“Don’t worry, master.” Lilith, the techno genius that I adore, calmed my nerves. “Just place some traps, and they will die... For these are only minor species and are quite feeble-minded.”
Before I could answer all that, I got a new window that popped up.
The window then returned to its previous appearance but with a new option.
Dungeon Options [Select Primary Species]
“Hey, girls, come over and see this window!”
Select Primary Species Your Primary Species will be the first monster you summon and will have a future discount when summoning more of them. These creatures are based off. What your soul is and the type of dungeon core you are. Race Potential Monthly Mana Cost Robotic Demon Golem Medium 1 Fire Wurm Medium 1 Cybernetic Ghoul Low .5 Komodo Dragon High 2 Robotic Imp High 5 Undead Exo-Skeleton Low .5 Lizardfolk High 3
Now, you might think that an intelligent person would pick the Robotic Imp. The most expensive in terms of daily cost, but it also had the highest potential out of all of them. Sounds worth it, right?
Or, you might think that I should have gone for the Undead races. While it did have the lowest potential, it also had the lowest mana cost, which meant I could summon more of those than the others and get a discount so that they were even cheaper. Oh, the discount logic also applies to the golem or wurm.
Or, you might think I should have gone for the Lizardfolk. Lizardfolks are covered in scales and vary in colour from dark green through to shades of brown and grey. Taller than humans and powerfully built, and have opposable thumbs. Plus, they are pretty cute when they evolve, and they would make them great for labour, right?
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I suppose you might be wrong if you thought I would get any of those.
I got them all!
Primary Species Selected You have chosen Everything as your dungeon’s Primary Species. What a fun choice! I knew you made a fun choice. Extra Reward: +50 to Mana Genertaion & +25 Mana Pool
“I picked them all! I don’t have to follow the damn rules! I FOLLAR HACERLOS. HAHHHAHAAAAAAAA!!!"
I summoned the four of each to my dungeon.
The Robotic Demons Golems. They are an ultra-large metal golem, towering at over 30m in height. (Maldita sea tan grande) Its arms and legs are chunky, and its round eye sockets and chest glow with red lines that permeate from its chest, like a heart.
The Komodos looks just like a komodo dragon on earth, though it is much bigger (larger than an elephant) and has eight legs and green skin, with two rows of sharp, red spikes that go down its rigid, scaly back, much like its claws.
Four little, reddish gremlin-like monsters with spade-like tails wearing an aviator’s outfit come with an ascot. Black pupils, spiked ears with sharp teeth jut out of their mouths and have this grande robotic nose.
The ghouls are four robotic-like emaciated, roughly humanoid creatures with an almost-hairless mottled; decaying hide stretched tight over its metal bones.
The undead Exo-skeleton are moving skeletal metal structures. Each is equipped with a round shield and scimitar. Though these four look very different from each other.
Next to Eve and Lilith are four feminine reptilian humanoids. They have Spiked Shields and Heavy Clubs with a long stick that looks like a javelin.
“Where are my wurms?” I asked, confused. Then I hear rumbling, and the ground is shaking like a drink on the rocks.
“What the hell!” The three of us exclaimed in shock as four large limbless terrestrial reptiles. These wurms have an endoskeleton, reptilian scales or plates, and a saurian head similar to a dragon.
So in layman terms. I have a dragon worm... four dragon’s worms.
“Is that normal?” I whipped to Lilith, who was gaping like a fish.
“NO! This is not bloody normal!” The demoness answered no roared back at me. “What are you!?”
Slain Enemy: Fire Snake 10 Mana +5 Dungeon Points
“Already?” The three of us asked again in unison as we saw our dungeon mobs fight their lives on the line.
Mamá would so not like this place.
Dungeon Information
Dungeon Name: [None]
Achievements: 1
Name: Kuzco Adam
Sex: Male
Core Rank: Basic
Power Level: 77
Core Type: Demon/Dragon (Human Soul)
Traits: 0
Mana Pool: 50 / 75
Total Constructions: 0
Mana Generation: 60 / Per Hour
Upkeep: 47
Total Creatures: 28 Total Plants: 0
Dungeon Points: 63
Total Dungeon Points: 105
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