The Problem of Cores

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Somewhere, thousands of meters underground, a spherical, crystalline substance the size of a bowling ball began to emit slight droning noises, and peculiar flashes of light.

This carried on for almost an hour until the noises stopped completely and the sphere was blindingly bright.

After a while, the light began to dim, and the sphere started humming once again.

From there, the process repeated itself, and droning sounds and minor vibrations were transmitted into the surrounding rock; causing no damage to the rock which was already under infinite amounts of pressure.

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If the process was sped up, it might possibly have sounded similar to the rhythmic sounds of breathing, maybe even loud snoring, but nothing could have possibly been around to notice.

{// System Startup --- //}

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{// Error --- User not conscious//}

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{// Finding solution... --- Solution found.... --- Activating solution method //}

*rumble*

The earth around the sphere began to shake, and seemingly in response - the strange process the sphere was displaying increased in speed dramatically until it completely stopped altogether. The lights inside the sphere - instead of a piercing glare, now had more of a soft warm glow that was pleasing to the eyes.

A small circle of the warm light concentrated on the rock walls surrounding it, going more than a full rotation, in each direction rather erratically, like an eyeball.

{// System Restart --- //}

!?

The concentrated circle of light stopped in place, as if surprised by what had just happened.

Minor vibrations came off of the sphere; peculiar ones, in specific patterns, almost like it was talking to itself...

And it was.

This "sphere", was once a young man named Hans, who reincarnated into this world just a few days ago.

This peculiar young man had contracted a disease in his childhood, which miraculously tempered his soul for traversing worlds upon his death, although the drawbacks were the impending loss of body functionality back in his original world. This caused him no small amount of pain and emotional tension.

But he didn't know that....and probably never would. For all he knew, the "disease" should have just killed him. Plain and simple.

And at this moment he was wondering...just what the hell was going on.

{// System Startup ---//}

'?'

{// User conscious detected ---//}

The sphere, Hans, began to emit more sound.

{// Scanning user conscious --- Scan complete ---

Found: [Given name]: Hansu (Hans) Stein, [Current Entity]: Dungeon Core.

[Age]: (core) - 1.2 million years, (conscious) - 19 years.

[Dungeon Pixie or Dungeon Fairy (Dungeon Core *optional*)]: None.

[Dungeon Rank (Given)]: none

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Designate Dungeon --- Newborn //}

Hans' concentrated light "eye" began to twitch, then he mumbled something via vibration.

{// Initializing Dungeon Grace Period ---

Error ---* Out of bounds *---

Finding solution --- Solution found --- Activating solution method ---

[Solution]: Teleportation In-bounds factored into the termination of gracing period.

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[Gracing Period]: 1 month.

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[Aditional Dungeon Designation Benefits]:

[Status Overview] unlocked, [Mana/ Mana Storage] unlocked,

<Skill> Summon Dungeon Pixie (or) Summon Dungeon Fairy granted (Available: 1),

<Skill> Room Creation granted (*options*), <Skill> Room Demolition Granted,

<Skill> Monster Spawn + Monster Creation + Monster Evolution granted (*options*),

<Skill> Trap Spawn + Trap Creation granted (*options*),

<Skill> Item Generation granted (*options*), <Skill> Find Mana Vain + Create Mana Vein Connection granted

<Skill> Mana Absorb granted (passive) --- //}

Hans stood there....or rather....existed there, light circle "eye" still twitching, wondering what he should do or if anything else would pop up in his head.

And more importantly.....where in the hell was he?!