Chapter 1: my first stat

I wake up. The floor is so hard and rugged, which makes my back extremely hurt. I try to stand up but I can’t because of the headache.

‘What happened?’ I think, ‘What is this information?’

I’m really confused. Everything I saw before was completely dark, now it is so bright.

It is a big room, about 5 meters in height and 20*30 meters in size. Bigger than my house but as I expected it is very dirty. The insects are everywhere which makes me sick. The moss can even grow in such a terrible condition like this.

“Ewww… Well, I didn’t expect that especially, SPIDERS!!!” I exclaimed in panic.

“I want to get out of this place. I can’t stand this.”

I have imagined a scene where I will have a harem like some of the animes I watched before.

“And now I have to stay in this horrible, terrible situation” I lamented “Why you have to do this to me, God. Whyyyyy?”

I stand up. There is a pedestal, with a circular object on top of it, in the middle of the room.

“So this is the dungeon core,” I said without hesitation.

The dungeon core or I can say the heart of the dungeon. It absorbs magic from the air or from the invaders to cultivate. It means the more invaders, the more powerful my dungeon is and the more risky my life is.

“This is the worst nightmare I would dream of in my whole life. Anyways, according to my information, the dungeon is a kind of living creature.”

And I have been chosen to become a dungeon master or I could say the guardian of this dungeon.

The dungeon core and I are the ones. If the core is destroyed, I die. But if I die, the core remains fine.

“This is ridiculous. How is this even possible???” I angrily shouted. “But at least I can live another life.” I let out a heavy sigh.

So to survive, I have to cultivate my dungeon.

“This situation is like a game I have made before. And now I am a character in that game. Anyways let’s check our stat.”

I shout: “stat”.

A board appears in front of me.

Name: Zack

level 27/30

Title: The weakest Demon in the World (Decrease Charm for 0.01)

Class: Demon

Rarity: Epic (3 stars /5 stars)

Variable Stat:

Health: 2850 Hp

Mana point: 6000 Mp

Strength: 350

Vitality: 250

Magic power: 600

Agility: 345

???

???

Invariable Stat:

Intelligence: 4.324/10

Persistence: 3.204/10

Luck: 2.506/10

Charm: 3.516 (3.526)/10

Skill:

Demonic slash (Exceptional Unique)

Demonic aura (Epic)

Special Skill:

True dead aura (Epic)

??? (???)

Talent: None

Potential: 1545/4000

“What??? Who is Zack” I surprisingly shouted, “No I need to know about these stats first.”

“System, what do all the stat mean?”

Another board pops up in front of me.

Variable stat: Stat can only be gained through the training Strength: Determine how strong a creature is.

(It increases the damage you deal and your maximum health.)

Vitality: Determine how tough a creature is.

(It increases your defense against physical damage, your health regen, and your maximum health.)

Magic Power: Determine how strong in magic a creature is. Also, determine the ability to absorb magic.

(It increases your magic damage, magic defense, and magic absorption.)

Agility: Determine how fast a creature is.

(It increases your chance to doge some critical attack and your speed.)

The invariable stat is the index that from birth everyone has (can’t be gained through training).

Intelligence: Determine the ability to predict, collect, process the information. Persistence: Determine the ability to fight against physical damage or mental trauma. Luck: Determine your luck. Charm: Determine your effect with everyone around you.

“Ok, I got it. These stats determine whether I’m strong or not. But it looks like I’m rather strong. With this stat, I can survive long enough to cultivate this world.” I happily said. I just want to run around and shouting: “Thanks Godness.”.

I clam myself and gently asked the System.

“And what are the ranks?”

Ranks determine the ability to grow of a living creature which can be known as potential. Ranks are divided into 8 qualities: Common – Uncommon – Rare – Unique – Epic – Ancient – Legendary – Eternal. There are also chances to appear ‘Exceptional’ making the quality even better than usual.

“Wait what? Does it mean that I’m really lucky to get ‘Exceptional?' I knew it. God won’t leave me alone.” I thought excitedly and felt grateful to God for helping me.

“He has to that or I will die without a grave dug for me.”

But happiness doesn’t last long at all. “System, you want to kill me, do you?” I shouted.

“Synchronize stat with John 1%... 33%... 50%... 67% … 100%, completed”

“Resetting the stat, completed”

“Showing the new stat…”.

Name: John Mullard (SP: 11 points)

level 1/100

Title:

- The first human dungeon lord (Gain a great deal of intelligence ‘+0.5’)

- The blessing from the God (Gain a small amount of luck ‘+0.13’)

Class: Dungeon Lord

Rarity: Ancient (0 stars/ 10 stars)

Variable Stat:

Health: 60 Hp

Mana point: 0

Strength: 10

Vitality: 5

Magic power: 0

Agility: 23

???

???

Invariable Stat:

Intelligence: 5.279 (5.229)/10

Persistence: 3.040/10

Luck: 2.032 (2.019)/ 10

Charm: 1.002/10

Skill: None

Special Skill:

Eternal Eye of God’s System (Exceptional Legendary) *

Ultimate creativity (Exceptional Legendary) *

Mastery of all language (Exceptional Legendary) *

Talent:

2× Magic Absorption *

2× experience gaining *

Potential: 38/20000

Note: *: God’s blessing

“What is this stat? How can I survive with this?” I said to the System. But it remains silent. “But the God’s blessings seem to be great” I temporarily accepted this reality.

“At least I got some skills. They will help us in the future.”

“Receiving a new message…”

“Hello? Can you hear me?” Another voice comes out which I’ve never forgotten in my entire life.

I angrily shouted: “Yeah I did, why you teleported me to this dirty place? I thought you will teleport me to the palace as I’m a hero.”

“Well, I apologized to give you such a bad condition like this. It’s my mistake after all. That’s why I gave u some blessings to help u starting up from the beginning.” (God)

I nodded nonchalantly.

“*cough* Anyways, listening to me carefully because this is the last time we could meet each other. You have been transferred inside Zack’s body – The Old Dungeon Lord. That’s why the system is resetting your stat and the dungeon”

“In a few more minutes, the dungeon will be collapsed and I will lose connection to you so pay attention to what I am going to say to you now.”

I nodded my head and pay more attention to hear.

“First, you have seen the compensation right?” (God)

“What is the compensation? I have never heard of it.” (Me)

“I will explain shortly. The compensation is giving to you because honestly, you are too weak. That’s why you will get a new skill from the System to help you survive in this place or I could say ‘to balance the world’. So choose wisely.” (God)

“Wait, did you cruse me? Where are you? Come here and I will smash you.” (Me)

“And be polite to the System otherwise she won’t answer your question,” God said with a smile meaningfully.

Hearing that, I shut my mouth up without hesitation and continuing listening.

“Secondly, after reconstructing the dungeon, the dungeon will automatically create a pathway connecting to the outside world. That means your dungeon will now be noticed by every living creatures. So make sure you have prepared to face dangers.” (God)

“What? So I have to face dangers already without any preparations. That’s doesn’t fair, you know.” (Me)

“Ha, I don’t care, this is your business, not mine.” (God)

Right now, I feel my rage starts to rise slowly. It’s going to blow up anytime but a voice calms my rage down.

“System detects a new error, Start to fix…” (System)

“What? That’s fast.” I think.

“It looks like the system is going to reset. Ok, the last thing I want to tell you is that in every dungeon, after a very long time, there will be a maelstrom appearing somewhere else in your dungeon. The monster from there will try to invade your dungeon. I still don’t know where did these come from but I will try investigating this. Be alert.” (God)

“Ok, so do you know when exactly the maelstrom would appear?” I hesitated a bit but finally opened my mouth.

“Hum… I’m not sure when exactly it would appear but normally it appears around 1 – 2 years.” God said to me with care.

“Oh, and by the way, you may want to ask what is the System and me. Well in the normal ways, you can understand that the System is a living individual against me. Its job is controlling this world while my job is to kill the existences which threaten the world. That’s why I can’t help you much. You have to do by yourself.” (God)

“Well. That helps me a lot. Thanks.” I politely said.

“Ha. Make your rage is easier than make you say ‘thanks’.” God

“Wanna die?” I can’t stand against my rage. It is so difficult.

“Completing the error…, now demolishing Zack’s dungeon” (System)

“The System is resetting now. Goodbye and good luck.”

Just right after that, a huge earthquake strikes to me. I can’t help but collapse on the floor.

The earthquake is so huge which makes me feel dizzy. I almost vomit everything I ate last night. My head starts to hurt and becomes bigger. I can’t stand again and lose my consciousness. All I heard was the System’s voice.

“Starting getting consciousness’s living creature in the dungeon, Starting constructing new dungeon.”