A little Bug

I stepped into to the dungeon. The moment I did monsters awaited me. It seemed this kindergarten was a smart one. Which meant it fed on more than just the people that entered this dungeon. It likely existed in this dungeon with other monsters. 

With thousands of weapons and tools in my slipspace, they shot out in a slaughter. No matter what monsters the kindergarten created. They couldn't exceed the kindergarten's level. It's level apparently capped at 65.

I never fought a kindergarten in my past life, but I had heard the stories. How they sorted victims. One of them sorted by age. That kindergarten from memory only let children into to dungeon. Only dying when a child prodigy killed it.

I stepped over the bodies of the monsters. They remained despite being fake, I had to wonder how its abilities truly worked. I spoke, "You believe you can kill me with waves of monsters? The dead do not tire small beast."

The monster wouldn't speak, more couldn't. However it could understand humans if it was smart enough. This one though, it was smarter than even that. It made no sound, so that left me searching somewhat blind. 

However at the end of the day, with the right skills. Ranks, Levels, or even disposition can be conquered. I reached out, I was a spirit so the action used my mana. However my consciousness stretched outward across the dungeon. Like an echo it bounced off walls and spread further.

Once Everything was in my grasp I grabbed it. I grabbed at everything all at once. The moment I felt resistance. I locked on to it and focused all my power on it. The pulled the creature until a small fluffy ball floated in front of me.

The kindergarten was a small whitish mollusk covered in hair. Finally seeing one I now understood how it worked. It screeched at me, "ErrrrrGEHHH! MEEEEERRRRREEEEE!"

I used my apparisal on it and brought up a status menu. 

<Monster Name: Kindergarten>

<Personal Name: N A>

<Species: Man-Eating Mollusc(Monster)>

<Instance: Terra Nova>

<Level: 66 Age:44>

<HP: 10>

<Mana: 8057399>

<Vitality: 6>

<Intelligence: 14>

<Skill Check Failed: Ghostly Appraisal cannot check the skills of monsters>

I never actually looked at a monster's status before. It was rather interesting. It seemed it excluded endurance and the spirit stat. It also didn't have class, but instead an instance. I had no idea what that was nor did the menu provide any detail on it. As it shared the same problem of checking the skills of a monster.

The biggest shocker was its mana pool. Absolutely insane, either its skills were costly as hell or it drained mana over time. In fact it was likely the draining of mana, as even holding it drained my own. Maybe it breathed mana?

After learning complex tactics at taking down humans I had some interest towards monster biology. The few times I fought them I just aimed at the head and never looked at anything else. The Kindergarten though was especially interestingly, it was smaller than I thought it would be. Not to mention, I thought they were a type of plant much like a venus flytrap.

It was to small to have any major organs or ability to contain mana. Which meant it must breath the stuff. I wonder how it though? Hmmm, maybe I should keep it as a pet. That would make the dungeon useless though.

I shrugged it was whatever, they could always just close the thing after getting whatever resources exist in here. I paused, "Does Terra have dimensional locks?"

I shrugged it off, it was other peoples problems. I smiled at my new pet, I would need a mana sealing jar or something. For now though I could contain it. For now though I could hardly just walk out of the dungeon.

My face warped to match my smile, "Besides the main reason why I over reacted was because of its nest."

I didn't grab the Kindergarten from its nest. So I had to walk through the dungeon a bit, activate my astral fade skill and pass through layers of rock. Eventually reaching the nest, I looked over the mound of bones and metal.

I stepped on a skull crushing it. The kindergarten had hushed once we entered its nest. However the moment I crushed the skull it started up again. I rolled my eyes at its constant screams. It seemed it liked to collect the bones of its victims. The armor and weapons also remained much like varying monster horns and claws. It seemed it thought of the loot of awakeners as part of said victims.

I kicked bones and armors around looking them over. I chose some pieces to store away. I blinked however when my eyes landed on a locket. It was entangled in the ribs of a skeleton. Giving a slight shrug I reached down and smashed the ribs to pull the locket out. 

Flicking open the locket I found a picture of a Couple. I couldn't help, but gasp. "Son of a bitch, she's hot."

I looked for an inscription and read it, "To my beloved. I will always love you, despite the distance. ~A"

I pocketed the locket. The woman was hot and if this dead guy was her lover than she was free right? Number two, handing over dead people trinkets always paid well. I paused, and sighed. Scratched that it was really only reason number two. My past life I never had a love life, when I died I spent decades upon decades in my own slipspace trapped. Now, Now I was a girl. Even if I had the sexual desire which I already know I don't currently. It was unlikely that I had the talent to turn someone lesbian. Hell I didn't even have sex as a man, how was I gonna as a woman?

That rubbed my feelings raw. Maybe I could become an eldritch horror? Those were celibate right? I rubbed the back of my neck and look at the screaming kindergarten. I shook my head at the noise, and shouted. "WOULD YOU SHUT UP!"

The creature paused and then started again. I figured that wouldn't've work. I'll just loot the rest of the bodies.