"Making my way down town flying fast to make it do do do do do and I want you do do do do do and I need you do do do do do oh yeah!🎶".
[I think you sanged it wrong]
"Shhh let me have this, you have no idea how bored I am with having to fly what seem like hours!".
[It only been 50 minutes quite your whining and besides don't you see the environment changing?]
"You have a point, I looked around and instead of seeing the forest I saw nothing but yellowish endstone rocky mountains then I see it".
Is that it"I said while circling around what seemed like a big ass hole that was torn into the ground between two mountains".
[Yup we're here, I welcome you to the one and only devils asshole!]
What a load of shit that's what I'll say, you made it up now tell me what it really is?
[A dungeon quite self explanatory right?!]
Yeah I understand so what I just fly down?
[Yeah go for it whats the worse that can happen]
"Well that's totally not suspicious, I got a bad feeling about this but if I want a easier time dealing with the forest lords than risks are necessary....and besides I'm not a pussy and mama ain't raise no bitch".
Well boys I hope ya are ready because we're going in!"I said while storing the basket in my inventory to avoid any issues as I flew down the hole, the circular walls at first were smooth and yellowish but as I delved deeper I started to see more signs of construction as the stone showed chiseling and reinforcement?".
What's all this stuff for?
[Expansion purposes you see dungeons are unique things, on the outside they are finite and confined but on the inside they can expand almost infinitely due to them being pseudo pocket dimensions but it's a slow process and dungeons require overpopulation and a monster horde in order to breach the surface and expand outward other than that they're your typical dungeons that follow themes and rules]
"Ok so it just like those novels I read about dungeons and shit this should be a cake walk I just need to watch out for traps, clear the floor and beat the bosses then I can go and evolve while getting you your sandwich".
[I enjoy your optimism but you forgot one thing!]
"Oh what's that?".
[Rules my dear scaly ren you forgot about rules, they come in many forms but one thing for certain is that they are absolute and can be the equivalent of a modifier that can and will fuck you over!]
"As sys said that I feel myself bumping into something below me, looking down I see a light blue barrier blocking any further progress, a message suddenly pops up in front of me with text on it".
{Dungeon rules: No wings or other means of flight allowed by accepting these terms you acknowledge the risk and rewards involved, do you wish to proceed y/n}
How come I didn't see this on the surface?
[Expansion issues like I said before what else do you want, now you can continue or if your a wuss]
"Hell no! I never surrender I NEVER GIVE UP! I pressed yes and rawdawg my way through the barrier feeling like I was moving through quick sand and almost instantly regretted it as my wings disappeared and the other side of the barrier was pitch black but I quickly hardened my resolve as I fell with axol and the centipede clinging to me.
It took 35 minutes of continuous falling when I started to see the ground and yeah it was bad, absolutely nothing to cushion my fall but the hard cold ground I looked around trying to find a way to avoid getting severely injured since I don't know how much damage this fall would do to me when I remembered a skill I greatly neglected because I forgot about.
Void rift! But one issue I don't think I can use it like this especially given my free fall, I felt axol tap me on my head getting my attention" yes axol I hope you have a idea!?"he pointed towards the wall then my claws and I immediately got what he was trying to tell me, I flailed me arms and legs until I was at the walls and after making sure the centipede was in a better spot so it wouldn't get smushed I dug my claws in making a horrible grinding noise as they left deep gouges in the stone, it slowed us down a fair bit but we would still hit the ground high up if nothing was done since the wall doesn't go all the way down.
So with this deadline I got to focusing on void rift rethinking the way I activated it before and with 4 fails later I manage to open a rift below us with the ground showing through it, without thinking I jumped through right as it started to grow unstable sliding across the ground belly first just in time as the portal exploded behind us".
{Void rift lv 2}
Oh now you wanna level up!"I looked around seeing a single tunnel with torches lining the walls stretch before us, I looked up towards the hole we fell down and nope I'm not getting back up there even with void rift and my claws, before we continued on I have us a look over to make sure nothing was wrong and indeed everything was okay I didn't even lose any durability".
Down the creepy ass tunnel everybody and make sure to look out for any traps we don't want bishkabob in team"from what ren can guess the dungeon was nothing like the book versions at least for this moment, the walk was pleasantly uneventful as they went down the tunnel, it was when they reached the end things changed.
We entered through a exit that had a lifted gate built into the doorway frame and it was then things changed".
AHH MY EYES NOT AGAIN!"I covered my eyes as a bright light flash banged me again with a vengeance, blinking away the spots in my vision I looked to see axol and the endocylopedal both recovering from the flashing and then looked to see we just walked into a coliseum that seated rows upon rows of enderlings with what seems like a balcony in the middle at the far back with curtains obscuring whatever lay behind it, looking back our way out was sealed as the gate came down blocking any chance of escape".
Let's do this it's now or never whatever happens we'll face it together"I took out one of the axes and the only sword we had and tossed it over to axol who caught them both and dual welded them, how he knows how to use them I don't know nor do I care what did matter was him making the most out of them.
The endocylopedal that I totally didn't force into service against their will shivered as they hid under me in abstract fear but I didn't care about that, what I wanted was to see it's potential come out by any means necessary rather it be with fighting or near death experiences.
Was it a bit unethical.....yes but if all goes well then I get a extra hand and perhaps a look into how this ranking system works in battle".
{Welcome to the arena how was the fall, many challenges await you with rewards ahead I do hope your ready for this is where some stories end!}
Bring it on motherfuckers I ain't afraid!
Good I like that kind of attitude it makes the surprise all the more impactful"a voice came from behind the curtains on the balcony as a figure wearing black robes walked out, he pulled the hood down to reveal a enderman? He was as tall as me and sported white cracks around his eyes and other parts of his body like his body was corrupted, I tried using appraisal but the most I was allowed to see was his name and race".
{Eldric enderborn the marked one}
"Well shit just got a lot real like so real you can cut with it, the real question however is what the hell is a enderborn and what the fuck does the marked one mean and why the hell is the arena changing?!".
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