Darkness...
Freedom...
Peace...
Rest...
Caught.
Trapped.
Tight.
Pain.
Light....
The soul woke in a dark... room? "No its definitely a cave," the soul realizes after he notices the stalagmites
rising from the floor and many gnarled roots bursting from the rocky ceiling. The cave is pitch black and
appears to open up into a much larger space, but the air inside feels fresh from a light breeze that whispers
its way through the depths of the cavern. The soul decides to stand up and explore, when he realizes that he
can't move or feel his body at all! He can look around but, strangely, it feels like a camera panning in a game
rather than an actual movement. Then, he realizes he can turn his view completely to view his own body!
What he sees confuses him greatly.
"I'm a small clear crystal?" he wonders to himself. He had memories of walking, moving with his limbs and
having a body. This was completely new to him. Then with a ding, a blue screen pops up in front of him.
"I'm a Dungeon? What does that even mean? Uhh... Open Dungeon Guide!"
"Hmm SO many choices... Open Basic Dungeon Information and Background"
"Okay I think I understand this! I can either grow slowly through small ecosystems while staying hidden from
humans, or I can risk my life and reveal myself to quickly grow to the point where it does not matter if I am
attacked by humans or not. Hmm, the first way is clearly safer, however, if I am discovered I will probably be
quickly destroyed for my heart. Also, I would probably run out of ways to grow stronger wouldn't I?" the soul
muses to himself. "The second way isn't much better though," The new dungeon continues," It may be faster,
but it's so dangerous! But, then again, I may have to choose that path in order to be strong enough to defend
myself." " Let me see what these starting races are and then I'll decide... Open Starting Races!"
"So Kobold is the neutral, all around okay race. They'll probably evolve to something like lizard men or
maybe just drakes. I can't imagine anything past dragons for this race to achieve which, to be fair would be
incredible actually. i can't quite bring myself to choose them though. A jack-of-all-trades is never better than
a focused person after all. Hmm, Goblins? They have low strength but will become a horde later on... Then
again, a horde of goblins, and probably orcs and ogres too, can't just sit around inside a dungeon. It would be
a nightmare to feed them all! I'd have to send them out to find food and I'm not sure if that's possible. Also,
even if it is, nearby kingdoms and animals would probably not take very kindly to that. Plants and animals...
Their evolution cap is probably very low. Also they just seem a bit too mundane. If there's nothing else, i guess
I'll choose them. Imps? Humans would probably lead a crusade against me, which would not end well at all. Alright
then i suppose i'll just have to... Wait what's this? Crystal?"
The new dungeon begins to get excited. " Unbound evolution? Highest individual power? This looks like a great
choice! Maybe I'll be able to make golems of any shape, or or or, refine mana and grow quickly! They also sound
incredibly rare too!
Having made up its mid The young Dungeon thinks," I choose the crystal race!"
"Yes," the dungeon says," while it may be difficult at the beginning, unlimited potential out ways all the other races by far."
Alright! Heres the first Chapter for today! I'll work hard to leave a second one in about 5-6 hours at least. Sorry bout that but i like to take my time with writing. Secondly, I finally got how those Blue Boxes work! YAY! Anyways, thanks again to all the people who commented on the past chapters, and I hope all of you readers enjoy this little chapter. feel free to comment on how I can improve or even rate if you wish.
Many thanks,
An Infantile Treant
