Chapter 1: Birth of a New Dungeon Master

[ Greetings, "Dungeon Master". ]

[ You have been created to guard a dungeon. Right now you are inside of your dungeon that you have been assigned to protect to protect. Guard it with your life, for if not, both you and your dungeon will be no more. If your dungeon core dies, you will perish, and if you die then the dungeon will have no one to defend it. ]

I was in shock, I have been alive for no more than a couple of minutes, no name, no desires, just a single purpose, that purpose is what drew me to that orb, the purpose to protect. I had very little information on what was around me, all I knew was that I had to guard that orb with my life. I knew that if anyone were to harm that crystal, I would die, that is the only thing I felt, was the need to survive and the most primal of instincts.

Now there was an unknown voice inside my head, how I knew what it was saying, I have know idea, heck I have no idea on how even I am able to comprehend my own thoughts! But I knew that the voice wasn't hostile, so after the brief shock and a small internal crises, I snapped back into line with my previous emotionless face.

[ Please enter your status panel and check "stats" before continuing. ]

[ Name: None ]

[ Race: Lesser Demon ]

[ Age: 1 ]

[ Status: Normal ]

[ Rank: D ]

[ Lv: 1/125 ]

[ Exp: 0/450 ]

[ Hp: 350/350 ]

[ Mp: 750/750 ]

[ Stam: 300/300 ]

[ Str: 75 ]

[ Mag: 250 ]

[ Def: 50 ]

[ Agi: 120 ]

[ Skills: Common Language LvMAX, Demonic Language LvMAX, Ancient Demonic Language Lv6, Fire Magic Lv1, Dark Magic Lv1, Chaos Magic Lv1, Demon Eye of Petrification Lv1, Demon Eye of Judgment Lv1, Demon Eye of Far-Sight Lv1, Demon Eye of Mind-Control Lv1, Demon Eye of Truth Lv1, Demon Eye of Foresight Lv1, Demon Eye of Fear Lv1, Demon Eye of Rage Lv1, Demon Claw Lv1, Flight Lv1, Identify Lv1, Regeneration Lv1, Demon Form Lv1 ]

[ Spells: Fire Creation Lv1, Shadow Manipulation Lv1, Curse of Madness Lv1, Curse of Blindness Lv1, Curse of Harm Lv1 ]

[ Titles: Dungeon Master, Final Boss, Child of the Dungeon, Guardian of the Dungeon, True Demon, One Favored by the Demon Gods ]

[ Stat Points: 0 ]

[ Skill Points: 0 ]

[ Spell Points: 0 ]

Stats... they seem very important, I have a vague understanding of what each stat does, and I guess that the stat, skill, and spell points are used to increase or upgrade my abilities.

[ Congrats, now that you have completed the first part of the tutorial you may now move on to the next part. ]

[ Now please proceed by touching the dungeon core, the core is a large blood-red orb that is sitting in your dungeon, once you touch it, you will receive the option to access the dungeons status. ]

Gazing upon the majesty of the large throne with the crimson orb, my eyes narrowed to the vicinity of the orb. Looking to my back, where two bat wings lay folded, I opened my wings and gave them a few test flaps. After feeling confident enough, I crouched to the ground with my wings extended to their fullest, I skyrocketed into the air with one strong flap, flying into the ceiling of the cavern. My body dropped from the ceiling, but I managed to open them just in time to catch myself from hitting the ground, looking up, a vary visible body shaped crater was formed into the ceiling and small pieces of rubble fall from the sky. Doing it again, I shoot into the air, but this time using less strength, catching myself before hitting the ceiling. Gliding towards the orb, I stop within arms length in front of the orb, flapping my wings at a steady beat I reach my hand out to touch the orb. My hand slowly getting closer and closer until my hand was completely on the core. The core suddenly shined a bright red color till the point where my vision was becoming crimson, eventually needing me to look away and close my eyes.

[ Would you like to access the dungeons stat panel? ]

[ Yes/No ]

The light began to fade, with the blue panel and the white letters on the floating screen becoming visible. I took my hand off the core and tapped "Yes".

[ Dungeon Stat Panel ]

[ Dungeon Name: None ]

[ Dungeon Owner: ******** ]

[ Dungeon Lv: 1 ]

[ Exp: 0/500 ]

[ Dungeon Core Hp: 10000/10000 ]

[ Dungeon Inventory ]

[ Dungeon Shop ]

[ Dp: 0 ]

I close out of the dungeon panel pondering on the possibilities, I knew that I could create monsters as subordinates to help protect the dungeon, and traps are also made to defend the dungeon. However, I did not know why the "Dungeon Owner" tab was written in incomprehensible characters, I began to ponder. I did not know why but I believed it had to do with my status, and the fact that my "Name Tab" was labeled with "none". Although I did not have many desires, I felt mildly empty inside due to the fact that I do not have a so called "name".

[ Congrats, on completing the starting tutorial, you have received the following rewards: ]

[ 10 Stat Points ]

[ 100 Dp ]

[ To reopen your dungeon status panel, it will be the same process to open your status. However, instead of your personal stats, this panel will be used to access the functions of your dungeon. You will be able to create a multitude of monsters, traps, buildings, decorations, and floors inside this panel. ]

I decided to reopen my dungeons panel and explore the tabs.

[ Dungeon Stat Panel ]

[ Dungeon Name: None ]

[ Dungeon Owner: ******** ]

[ Dungeon Lv: 1 ]

[ Dungeon Exp: 0/500 ]

[ Dungeon Core Hp: 10000/10000 ]

[ Dungeon Inventory ]

[ Dungeon Shop ]

[ Dp: 100 ]

[ Dp Generation: 10 Dp per Day ]

I tapped on the "Dungeon Shop" tab to open a whole new panel to the right, on this panel showed five new tabs.

[ Dungeon Shop: ]

[ Monsters ]

[ Traps ]

[ Weapons ]

[ Items ]

[ Buildings and Decor ]

[ Dungeon Expansion and Floors ]

[ Booster Packs ]

As I went through the different kinds of monsters, I could see things like slimes, frost rabbits, goblins, and wolves. After scrolling through only a mere decimal of the amount of monsters, I move on to the traps, there were things such as pit falls, arrow dispensers, trip wires, explosions, and poisons. Going even further I look at a few of the decorations and buildings, these were less exciting than the monsters, weapons, and traps, this section included farms, castles, mountains, hot springs and many more. Next was the "Dungeon Expansion" tab, this tab included new floors, area expansions, and a multitude of themes for each floor. Now the final tab, the booster packs, in this tab was a variety of different metallic packs each with a different different design and labeling. Some of the packs included a dungeon attack pack, a farming pack, a decor pack, a monster pack, a trap pack, a building pack, a combo pack, and a free daily pack. I was able to determine that the free pack meant it didn't cost anything. Clicking it, I got a notification inside my head.

[ You have opened a daily pack. ]

[ You will now receive the following rewards: ]

[ Common: x25 Copper Coins ]

[ Common: x5 Silver Coins ]

[ Common: x1 Gold Coin ]

[ Common: x2 Basic Treasure Chests ]

[Common: x2 Wooden Arming Sword ]

[ Common: x1 Stone Spear ]

[Common: x1 Slime ]

[ Uncommon: x1 Spell Book: Fire Arrow ]

[ All rewards have been sent to "Dungeon Inventory". ]

Returning to the home screen, I opened the "Dungeon Inventory" tab to look at what I had received. Skimming through my rewards, until I got to the slime.

[ would you like to summon: x1 slime? ]

[ Yes/No ]

I clicked the yes button in a heartbeat.

[ Transaction complete, summoning: slime x1 ]

After closing out the most recent notification, a glittery, blue light began to shine next to me. The light soon started to dye down, revealing a small blue blob no bigger than my head. Staring intensely at the blue blob, as a new feeling began to swell up in my heart, it felt as if it were melting in this unknown emotion. I turned my head to not see the creature. But as soon as I thought I had recovered and turned to look at it again, but now the feeling was even stronger. The way it jiggled, and the way it looked at me with those cute little eye, I just wanted to squeeze it until not even a speck of it remained.

Bending down, I picked up the slime and held it in my arms.

[ Would you like to name your "slime"? ]

[ Yes/No ]

"Name? What is a name?"

With my little knowledge of this world, I had no idea what a name was.

[ To answer the host's question. A name is a sort of identification, given to a being by another. A Dungeon Master gives names to monsters to greatly increase their potential. ]

Pondering the meaning to have a name, I finally began to understand, I glanced back down at the blue ooze in my arms. The slime stared back, although we looked into each others eyes for only a second, it felt like a eternity, the cute black ovals stared into my soul and saw everything about me. The slime finally released me from my inner thoughts, by nudging my check very softly, the feeling of it's cold liquid, made me feel calm.

"I have finally found a name for you, your name from today on will be Mizu."

The slime jiggled with joy as it began to radiate a faint green light.

[ All monsters created in the dungeon will be able to have their stats checked by you. Each monster has a rank, the higher the rank, the stronger it will most likely be. The ranks go from N->G rank, in between N rank and >G rank are 25 other ranks. ]

[ Would you like to access Mizu's stat panel ]

[ Yes/No ]

I clicked "Yes", being interested in Mizu's stats compared to mine.

[ Name: Mizu ]

[ Race: Slime ]

[ Age: 1 ]

[ Status: Normal ]

[ Rank: F- ]

[ Lv: 1/30 ]

[ Exp: 0/10 ]

[ Hp: 11/11 ]

[ Mp: 10/10 ]

[ Stam: 20/20 ]

[ Str: 3 ]

[ Mag: 2 ]

[ Def: 1 ]

[ Agi: 5 ]

[ Skills: Physical Resistance Lv1, Pounce Lv1, Absorb Lv1, Tentacle Smack Lv1, Puppy Eyes Lv1, Hp Recovery Lv1, Regeneration Lv1 ]

[ Spells: None ]

[ Titles: First Subordinate, Unique, Squishy, Named Monster ]

[ Stat Points: 0 ]

[ Skill Points: 0 ]

[ Spell Points: 0 ]