What makes a strong dungeon

Mark was taking a shower after a long day at work again, it had now been six years from when his fiancee died in a car accident. While the first three months were hard and he was caught up in the chaos of handling her affairs after her family had gathered her belongings and planned her funeral there was really nothing for him to do. The rest of the first year was spent with the consoling friends and co-workers trying to cheer him up and help him feel better.

After that year he tried to put it all behind him and while he was sad and fell into depression from time to time he eventually got to today.

He stepped out of the shower and dried himself as the steam on his body started to fade. He had a smile on his face as he looked at himself in the mirror. He was not an overly muscular man but at 6' 5" 155 lbs he looked intimidating, he had found working out was a great way to deal with his depression and while he never actually tried to get strong before he knew it he looked powerful. He finished drying himself and wrapped a towel around his waist.

Suddenly there was a flash of light all around him that caused him to close his eyes, the flash only lasted for a moment but when he opened his eye's again he was no longer in his bathroom. He looked around and only saw a large white room that seemed to glow, then he heard a sweet voice from behind him.

"Hooray, it worked, I finally have a Dungeon Master!"

Mark froze for a moment and then slowly turned around to see who was talking, as soon as he saw who it was he jumped in surprise.

"Welcome to the Dungeon, please take care of me from now on." Said a woman standing only 5 feet from Mark as she gave him a deep bow.

What made him jump was not having another person in the room with him but this woman was not fully human, she was 6'2" 200 lbs with porcelain skin and a full figure but she also had 2 horns growing out of her head and a smooth white tail.

Not hearing a response from Mark the women tilted back and peeked at him somewhat confused, she could see that Mark was surprised and didn't seem to know what was going on.

'Uh, what the fuck...', thought Mark as he couldn't believe what was happening.

The woman rubbed her chin as she looked at Mark. "Maybe he doesn't know how to speak or doesn't understand me? I did use the random draw so it is possible I got a dud, but the summoning circle was so big there's no way he should be weak." She started talking to herself while watching Mark attentively scanning him for anything strange.

Mark heard her talking and couldn't stop himself from asking. "What do you mean summoning? I was just in my bathroom, what is happening? Who are you?" He started asking while being visibly anxious.

"Oh, I'm sorry, of course you wouldn't know what is going on just being summoned and all. Allow me to explain." The girl smiled and then sat on the grown.

She cleared her throat and explained. "This is a Dungeon and I am the Dungeon core, when I was created the first thing I was supposed to do was attract the strongest creature around and turn them into my Dungeon Master." She paused and looked to Mark to see if he understood so far.

Mark scratched his hear and sat down across from her listening, he was still confused but was starting to make sense of what was going on.

'This must be one of the brought to another world stories, I always thought they were a myth.' He thought to himself.

Seeing that Mark didn't ask any questions yet the girl continued. "For me, the strongest creature around was a Minotaur Male and so I took on the form of Minotaur Female so I would be able to communicate and attract him. However, while he was in the process of traveling to me he was attacked and killed by a group of adventurers. This left me in a pickle, with no Dungeon Master I can't be a real Dungeon and while I can still earn DP most of the Dungeon Menu was locked for me."

Hearing what she said Mark was drawn to the terms DP and Dungeon Menu when he thought about them a screen opened up to the left of him. It had different tabs. Store, Status, Dungeon, Missions, Monsters, and Inventory.

"Oh, wow, it really worked. You can use the Dungeon Menu so you have to be my Dungeon Master." The girl flashed a bright smile as she squealed in joy.

"When I had lost the Minotaur the only thing I could use in the Dungeon Menu was the Random Draw in the Store section, and I only had a thousand DP to use, but without a Dungeon Master I would never be able to grow so I took a shot and spent all my DP to summon something that could be my Master and that's when you came out." she continued to explain.

Mark scanned the Dungeon Menu until he found the random draw section.

[Random Draw]

< Spend DP to bring out a random creature to help the dungeon, creature summoned may be powerful or weak depending on your luck.

10 DP: F-D Rank

100 DP: D-C Rank

1000 DP: C Rank

10K DP: C-B Rank

100K DP: B-A Rank

1M DP: S Rank >

After looking at the Menu Mark felt better about his role in what was going on, but at the same time knew that there was nothing that he could do about his situation right now.

Mark took a deep breath to calm himself down, to his credit he had always been able to adapt quickly to changing events and staying calm was what he was best at. "OK, I think I get what's going on now. I only have three questions that I need you to answer as best you can."

"Yes please ask me anything that you want Master." The girl was beaming with anticipation.

"First what is the DP that you used to summon me? Second did your appearance change after you summoned me? And third what will happen after you grow stronger?" Mark asked with a very serious face, the answer to these there questions would solve many of the questions he had at the moment.

The girl took a moment and felt her face, it was clear she had not known that her appearance had changed as she checked the other changes to her body she answered. "DP is short for Dungeon Points and they are formed from the emotions, Mana, and souls of creatures that enter the Dungeon as well as the magic power that the dungeon produces naturally. It can be used by the Dungeon Master to change the dungeon however they feel is necessary. For example, expanding rooms and floors, summoning monsters and traps, and even placing treasures in the dungeon."