Chapter 1

I was never the most clever person in the world. All I was looking for all my life was what my true purpose would be in this place. One question always popped into my head constantly and that was, why am I here? Every time I ask myself that question it pierces me deep into the wells of my very soul. It was as if not only I verbally screamed but my very being cried out to attempt to answer that question. I looked at any possibly relevant memory I had and nothing came up. Zero friends, No family, I'm just an orphan child who just worked and worked after leaving the orphanage just so I could barely scrape by.

What kind of screwed up fate was it that I worked constantly to no end only to rinse and repeat the same thing each day. Work, eat, sleep, over and over again barely able to pay bills and avoid debt. I have no form of good education, I didn't even get halfway through high school. I'm a 25 year old man who's only education was from second hand conversations and reading books. Sad part is that I don't even have a real name, I'm always referred to as this, that, or just a soulless bastard. People around my job always asked me how I felt because they could never tell but, I think I lost emotions a long time ago.

All I've known in life was just pain and suffering, nothing more, nothing less. It's not like it mattered to me though. Just something passing by time till it's all over. Nobody would mourn for me, nobody would care for me, nobody would remember me. It's like my very existence means nothing to the world. Over time all those thoughts just made me numb to emotions of any kind, people around me, and anything that might bother me. Funny that I can still laugh though, even if it's fake I can force it out just to avoid unwanted trouble. I may be numb to trouble but that doesn't mean I'm stupid.

I can adjust to pretty much anything given time. On a normal day I wake up to my alarm as if getting up for work but, I remember something. It's my one day off for the week. I figured I might as well take a shower and eat something. While I'm in the shower I curse at the ceiling as if someone were there, only to realize I'm just cursing my own life. I turn off the water and let it drain, then dry myself off, and put on some clothes. Once I open the door I don't see the inside of my apartment but a lush and dark cave. I look behind me and realize there isn't a door there anymore, then I look ahead again and see the same cave.

You know what, if this is a dream then it's better than my current life. As I take a deeper look around while walking the cave walls look like they are made with a rigid but fine cobblestone with moss around the cracks. When I looked up there were purple crystals embedded at the ceiling of the cave glowing with a dim but fine blue light. It was very pleasing to the eyes and even made me stop for a second to admire it before moving on. The further I got into the cave the brighter it became, until I reached what seemed like the end of the cave. Once I entered the light dimmed down a bit and a silver crystal about double the size of my hand was floating in the center above a stone platform.

As I inched closer to the crystal a sound started ringing in my head.

[Warning! Entering soulless Dungeon Core Territory!]

What was that? Whatever I won't let even my own damn dreams tell me what to do! I continued on ignoring the pain in the back of my head yelling at me to back off.

[Warning! You will now be restrained by Destiny Driven Chains to keep you from coming any closer!]

Enough with the stupid messages popping in front of my face like that, damn! Just as I yelled that, black chains rose from the ground and held down my whole body to the ground. My body felt heavy, as if something other than the chains were pushing me down. I tried to get up but couldn't move an inch. Damn it all! Am I really going to let fate take its toll on my life again? Especially in a place that should be in my control. No, screw that I will not be tied down by fate anymore, I won't be held down by destiny and have a set way in life that is interchangeable. That type of life is stupid and messed up.

"NO! I WILL NOT TAKE THIS ANYMORE! I WILL SHAPE MY OWN FATE AND REWRITE DESTINY AS I VERY WELL PLEASE AND YOU WILL NOT STOP ME!"

As I yelled that I felt heat pound throughout my entire body and bright light surrounded my body. I started to slowly move, pushing up whatever was pushing me down. I broke the chains one by one and then finally stood up and began running towards the crystal. As I grabbed it blue light enveloped both me and the crystal then everything went dark.

[Title Unlocked: Unbreakable Legend!]

[Due to you not letting go and breaking the chains of destiny, you are no longer held down by fate and can choose your own.]

[Bonuses unlocked: 1 extra starting species]

[Title Unlocked: Soulless Conqueror!]

[Due to the fact that you have taken control of a soulless dungeon core you have integrated your own soul into this one and tied your fate to it.]

[Bonuses unlocked]: [Dungeon Naming], [Dungeon Menu], [Soul Absorption]. [Monster Loyalty]

[Title Unlocked: Veli]

[Due to your soul being a former shade of itself before, it has reached new leaps and bounds. Therefore it has been reborn into something new and much more powerful!]

[Bonuses unlocked]: [Unyielding Soul]. [No Level Limit], [No Monster EXP Limit].

[Title Unlocked: Divine Breaker]

[You have defied all the rules of the divine beings and became one yourself by breaking all the precedents of the past! Self explanatory.]

Bonus Unlocked: [No Stat Cap]