《The Paradoxical Dungeon》Chapter 2: Titles
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T(Adam) "There it's been awhile let's see what I have to spend now." "menu"
Name:???
Race:dungeon
Lv:0
Rooms:1
Floors:1
MP:20
LP:0
Mp/h:5
Titles -
Skills -
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(Adam) "Well, the first thing I need to do is start to make my dungeon larger and learn how to gain LP. So for now, all I can do is start building and hope for the best." "Shop. Create room."
[tr]-Create room(novice)
Create a 10m by 10m by 10m room for 5 MP. These rooms generate 1 MP/h and allow you to place objects and monster in them. The basic part of any dungeon.
5MP
0MP
Y/N
(Adam) "I can finally start to make my dungeon. What should my first floor be? Maybe I can make tons of traps or a maze that changes when they are in it or summon hordes of monsters or a giant dragon or maybe." My rabble is suddenly cut off by a notice.
Do to random yelling and talking to yourself you have earned the title
-questionable sanity
The holder of this title has done actions that separate him from the rest of society and draw questions to his mental stability.
Effect: Others find your actions more difficult to predict
Rarity: Uncommon
(Adam) ".... Are you kidding me?" I question when I notice a new box."
No
(Adam) "You'r alive? .... Hello? .... Are you ignoring me? .... Fine then just open the menu and show me my titles .... Please? ...." "Why isn't it working? Wait! Maybe I've been doing it wrong. Maybe it's like a limb. You Don't tell your arm to move. You would just move it You wouldn't talk to your arm. Maybe this is the same. OK let's try it."
After thinking that I start to try and visualize my menu with the titles tab open. After a while of nothing, I'm about to give up when ....it Finally opens.
Name:???
Race:dungeon
Lv:0
Rooms:1
Floors:1
MP:20
LP:0
Mp/h:5
Titles +
Reincarnated human
Dungeon lord
Hero candidate
Demon lord candidate
Paradoxical existence
questionable sanity
Skills -
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Noticing quite a few titles I start to visualize them showing me more information. After only a couple of moments.
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[tr]-Reincarnated human
You are a human who has found a way to free yourself from death. Because of this no matter what race you are. You will still be able to use the skills of humanity
Effect: Gives you access to all human skills
Rarity: Legendary
-Dungeon lord
Thanks to your strong soul you are able to have coherent thought despite being a dungeon.
Effect: You have the same mental capacity as the 7 races.
Rarity: Legendary
-Hero candidate
You have been selected by the gods to have the chance to become a hero. Because of this, you have been given the hero system and many other perks.
Effect:
-Your race system has been integrated with the hero system.
-You have the ability to use the following magic; light, elemental, and healing
-You have a two times XP gain
-Increased potential
-You can create and summon a Light Blade
-You can see you own stats
Rarity: Godlike
-Demon lord candidate
You have been selected by the evil god to have the chance to become a demon lord. Because of this, you have had your racial system improved and many other perks.
Effect:
-Your race system has been upgraded
-You have the ability to use the following magic; dark, physical, and necromancy
-You need half as much XP to gain levels
-Increased potential
-You can create and summon a Corrupt Blade
-You can see the stats of others
Rarity: Godlike
-Paradoxical existence
Your very existence is a paradox.
Effect: You are not bound by the laws of this universe.
Rarity: %*+#?%*+#%^*#?
-questionable sanity
The holder of this title has done actions that separate him from the rest of society and draw questions to his mental stability.
Effect: Others find your actions more difficult to predict
Rarity: Uncommon
(Adam) "What is this? This has to be overpowered. With this, I should be able to beat even those heroes that the gods summoned right? .... No way they must have been given something else. Right? No! Now is not the time to become over confident. For now, I should just build up my dungeon. Let's see how my new skill works."
While thinking this I start to visualize a new room being added next to the one I'm in now. After just a moment of consternation, I feel a new room added right where I wanted it to be. Imagining this room my vision shifts to it.
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This new room looks much like the old one but with an odd patch of grass in the middle. Looking at it I suddenly feel slightly more energy than usual flow into me.
(Adam) "I guess adding more rooms was a good idea. I might as well open the store and see what I can get. Just need to focus a bit and .... There"
Shop
-create hallway(novice)-destroy room/hallway(novice)
-create decorations(novice)-create trap(novice)
-create item(novice)-upgrade walls(novice)
-upgrade traps(novice)-create monster(novice)
-edit monster(novice)-add floor(novice)
Pg 1/???
(Adam) "hmm, I could use some traps.... But hallways also have their own use.... I also might also need to destroy rooms.... But I think that monsters should be my first priority. Let's see what these each do."
Create monster(novice)
Let's you summon any monster that you have saved using LP.
5MP
0LP
Y/N
Edit monster(novice)
Let's you create new monster or edit ones you have using MP and any parts you have saved before.
5MP
0LP
Y/N
Confirming both options a new box appears.
Level up
Skill(s) unlocked
-Life detection(novice)
(Adam) "This system is so broken. I keep getting upgrades one after another. Maybe it is something to do with the hero system and improved race system? Or maybe all dungeons are just like this? Whatever the reason is I have to .... Have I been talking to myself again?"
Yes
(Adam) "...."
(Adam) "So you can talk. And here I was thinking I was going crazy. So why were you ignoring me then"
I should not be able to talk. I am just an AI made to help heroes on whatever path they chose to walk. I do not have the ability to talk. I do not have a personality. And yet here I am having a conversation with you.
(Adam) "What could have changed then?" I ask even though it still has'int answer my question.
It is something to do with you. When the hero system was being remade to work with your being a dungeon and having the demon lord system. It also changed me. Because of this I now have my own personality. This was most likely done to help you who will have no one to help you, unlike the other heroes."
(Adam) "So you only exist to help me. Are you really OK with that? I mean you are sentient right?"
sentient is not the right word for it. I can answer questions and even infer what you want me to do. But that it is. I have no thoughts of my own. I am more like a computer than a person.
(Adam) "OK, well at least you can answer my question right?"
Yes I will answer any question that is within my scope of knowledge
(Adam) "OK. What are MP and LP? What are levels? Why does this system give me things like skills and titles? Who made all the skills and titles? Why where heroes summoned to this world? Is there a way to get back to my own? Is there a way for me to get my own body? What is the point of dungeons in this world? Why am I one? Why." my barrage of questions was cut off by the largest box I have seen up to this point
MP is mana points and is something that is present all around use. LP is life points and is gained by killing living things. Levels are a representation of your strength and go up when you upgraded your dungeon or things die in it. Skills and Titles are just a part of this world. This system just makes them simpler to gain. Not even I Know who made this system. Heroes are summons to fight the demon lords made by the evil gods. There may be a way for you to get back to your own. There are a few high-level skills that let you make a body. Dungeons are life forms that feed on the mana of the world and the life force of other beings to grow in power. They have no purpose but to get stronger. You are a dungeon because whoever reincarnated you made you one.
stunned by how quickly it answer all my questions. I mutter a thanks and start to contemplate all that I was just told.
Name:???
Race:dungeon
Lv:0
Rooms:2
Floors:1
MP:6
LP:0
Mp/h:6
Titles +
Reincarnated human
Dungeon lord
Hero candidate
Demon lord candidate
Paradoxical existence
questionable sanity
[tr]Skills +
-stats
-shop
-dungeon sense(novice)
-create room(novice)
-create monster(novice)
-edit monster(novice)
[tr]
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