Ch 02: Forest Of Darkness
"Okay, let me check my status to see what kind of talent I got. This will determine how I will go about play," Ron muttered as he clicked on the Dungeon Master option.
[Dungeon Name]: Not selected
[Master Name]: Ron Black
[Race/Class]: Dungeon Master
[Talent]: ##$##?
[Rank]: Level 1 (0/100)
[Stats]:
Health: 1000 (10 for every Defense stat)
Mana: 1000 (10 for every Intelligence stat)
Strength: 100 (average human 10)
Stamina: 100 (average human 10)
Defense: 100 (average human 10)
Agility: 100 (average human 10)
Intelligence: 100 (average human 10)
[Extra Points]: 50
[Skill Points]: 10 (average profession gets 1-3)
[Skills]: None
Curious about the variety of selection, Ron decide to clicked on the individual stats to get more information about them.
[Strength]: Represents physical attack power and raw physical strength. Also determined how much damage you can to the enemy when attacking.
[Stamina]: Indicates how much physical activity can be sustained and how long one can fight before becoming exhausted. The higher this stats the more time a individual can battle.
[Defense]: Determines how much damage the body can withstand from both physical and magical attacks. Damage below the Defense stat won't significantly reduce health. Not only it helps with withstand, It also provide with passive health regeneration.
[Agility]: Governs both reaction and physical movement speed. The higher the Agility, the faster the body can move and react.
[Intelligence]: Defines the upper limit of mana and contributes to magical damage, as well as the casting and usage time of skills.
[Race -Dungeon Master]: Dungeon Masters have balanced stats but no racial skills. Each level up grants 50 Extra Points (EP) and 10 Skill Points (SP). EP can be used to enhance base stats, while SP is more valuable, used for increasing skill proficiencies and level. Unlike stats, SP cannot be gained from equipment and is only available through level ups or rare resources.
After reviewing his stats, Ron finally clicked on the talent tab, curious about the strange symbols. A golden light flashed, and a voice echoed in his mind.
[Ding!! Congratulations, Dungeon Master! Your unique talent is being created. Please wait patiently...]
After a brief moment, the system chimed again.
[Ding!! Congratulations, Dungeon Master, for activating there unique talent: Unlimited Growth!]
[Unlimited Growth (Chaos Grade)]: This talent is one of a kind. Chaos Grade is the highest grade of talent in existence.
With this any rewards are multiplied by 1000 times.
Items and materials can be duplicated up to 1000 times.
Experience gain is multiplied by 1000 time also.
Provide upgrade to any kind of loots, increase loot tier by one level.
There is no upper limit to growth. (Note: Purchased items cannot be upgraded, only drops can be enhanced.)
When Ron finished reading his talent description, his eyes widened, and his mind raced to grasp what this meant.
"Oh... damn! Is this for real?" he exclaimed, a grin spreading across his face. "This is a total cheat ability! With this talent, I'll reach the top in no time!"
With his new found energy, Ron felt more confident than ever. The path to becoming powerful just became 1000 times easier.
After checking his stats and talent, Ron turned his attention to the crystal ball in the center of the room. Walking over, he inspected it closely, and another message appeared.
[This is the Dungeon Core. Once placed, it will establish your dungeon. Please note: once placed, the core cannot be moved for the time being. So, use it wisely.]
[Dungeon Core]: The heart of the dungeon and the source of the Dungeon Master's life. If the core is destroyed, the Dungeon Master will die as well. The core is destroyed if the Dungeon Master is killeda also.
"So, this is the Dungeon Core..." Ron mused, staring at the crystal. "I have to protect it at all costs. This is my new life now. And I can't afford to die just yet. There's too much to explore and achieve in this new world."
After contemplating for a while, Ron decided to start by figuring out his location and naming his dungeon. He asked the system if it had any map functions to help him understand the area around him.
The system responded by opening a map, displaying the surrounding area. His dungeon was located inside a mountain, surrounded by a dense forest.
[This region is known as the Forest of Darkness. Where powerful creatures roam the forest.]
"Oh, what a cheerful name," Ron muttered sarcastically. "Definitely not ominous at all."
The system continued providing details. The Forest of Darkness was filled with ancient trees that towered kilometers high. It was home to many powerful monsters, and dungeons frequently spawned in the area.
This made it one of the high levelled zone, attracting adventurers from all over the world. The more dangerous the monsters, the more experience they offered when defeated. Also if they are not careful and also powerful they will be the ones that get killed. Thus, the average level of inhabitants in this area was quite high.
[This forest is connected to the entire continent. The planet you're on is called Evergreen, a world with one supercontinent and scattered islands. Most of the regions are interconnected by this vast forest.]
"Wow, this forest stretches across the entire continent?" Ron was astonished. "No wonder it's so dangerous."
The system explained further that Evergreen was home to many races, including humans, elves, dwarves, giants, demons, and more. Each race had carved out its own territories, forming empires and kingdoms.
The size of the planet was about 100 times that of Earth, with oceans covering about 60% of its surface.
There are many kingdoms being born and get destroyed, very few could carved there names in history. Among the many kingdoms and Empires there stood seven great Empires.
They had stood tall for over 10,000 years. There foundation can't be shaken. There have been many high level people among those Empires. The name of those Empires are:
The Holy Elven Empire: The sanctuary of the Elves and High Elves, who rarely involve themselves in worldly affairs. Don't get involved in any wars, if not provoked. They are the ones that stops the wars if any gets out of hand. They lived closer to forest of Eternal Silence, One of the four Great Forest's.
The Acron Empire: Founded by the first human hero who had defeated a demon king, it remains the most powerful Empires amongst the humans, producing heroes in every generation.
The Great Light Empire: Which was controlled by the Light Church. They worship the God of Light. Rumors has it that God of Light was born from there.
The Great Demon Empire: A chaotic realm of war and conflicts. It was ruled by 72 Demon Kings that come from Hell Dimension. They are constantly warring among themselves and with other races. The demons hail from a sub-dimension known as the Hell Dimension. Even if killed in Evergreen, they can respawn or be reborn in the demon realm after a hundred years. They are an unkillable menace, loathed by everyone.
This was the reason for the Race alliance to tolerate them. Even if all the demon in Evergreen was killed, demon realm will sends demons every hundred years.
So, after the racial war involving the other races against the demons, the race alliance, led by the elves, reached a conclusion to give the demons a designated area. This brought an end to 3,000 years of war, with both sides agreeing to these terms.
However, demons still emerge every hundred years. The races that most frequently battle the demons are humans and the furries, as the furries are a battle-hungry race that enjoys combat the most.
The elves are the strongest race in the world right now, they typically living in their jungle environments with nature. They only get involved because of the reckless provoketion from demons of the demon realm.
The Holy Mountain Empire: It is the dwarven territory. The dwarves prefer to live in the mountains. They are renowned as the greatest craftsmen in the world. Most races avoid provoking them unless absolutely necessary. They have a little bad tamper most of the time and love boose.