27 Dungeon Management.
I hang the necklace I received from a stranger to my neck.
Accordingly, it's a gratitude gift from him for saving his life during the beast tide. I had no intention of saving him or something.
However, when he was bowing deeply, and crying while giving me the necklace along with his wife and daughter, it made me feel strange.
'Ahh... So I saved a household and one's 'happiness...'' a strange feeling welled deep within me and I didn't hate it.
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2 days later has passed since I wrote the NTR Ending.
Nothing much has happened during these two days which I feel happy about because ever since I got Prothor's Luck or whatever, my life has been so bad.
The biggest change I had was my intelligence went from 20 + 2 to 20 + 7. Probably from all the reading I did all day.
It's just my speculation but intelligence probably increased your memory speed. I remembered much more things than I do when I was a middle schooler.
The other things that went up were agility and some skills due to my daily training which I surprisingly kept up and the production I've began two days ago.
"Rein~! If I grow up I want to be your bride!" the children by my side who was licking lollipop said to me.
'I didn't expect to be proposed to first by children 13 years lower than my age'
Oh, and there's this girl, the daughter of the adventurers I saved in the past, and gave me this necklace which I hung to my neck.
"Sure. But that's if I don't have a wife by then and you feel like marring my at the time. If I have a wife by then, I'll decline you so don't throw a tantrum, okay?" I patted the girl's head as I cast an unstable safety net.
"Is it bad to have two wives? Daddy said that some strong adventures keep multiple wives for themselves!" the girl said happily, liking the pats.
"Hmm... It's a way how you view these things but to me, I want to give happiness and receive happiness from only one person," although I knew that it was hard for children to understand it, I continued.
"Harem... Multiple wives are so troublesome just thinking about it. The husband may say that he loves everyone equally but realistically thinking, he is a human in the end and has someone who he likes the most."
"As a man, it would be heaven to have multiple girls love you but I think it would be frustrating as hell to not be able to act loving with the person you like the most. And as a girl, it should be frustrating for the man you like to look at someone else," my mouth continued to spew words.
'I think I am teaching bad things to this little girl, I should stop here.'
"So don't choose a man for his achievement or looks. Look at what's inside him and be strong like your daddy and not sell yourself lowly, that's your last promise with the big brother," I extended my pinky which in contrast, the girl did as well.
"Hm! I will be as strong as my daddy!" the girl said nodding. Although it is unsure if she understood everything that I said, I hope her heart captured my message.
After a pinky vow, I left bidding farewell to the little girl.
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Full Name - Rein Carnation
・ Class: None
・ Lv: 19
・ Stats Point: 33
I'm thinking of allocating my stats points at some point.
・STR: 20 + 5 (+2.2)
・ AGI: 29 + 20 (+2.2)
・ INTR: 20 + 7 (+2.5)
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Flipping the pages, the detailed information about Rein's skills was written.
Past the skill section, Rein even wrote something that she didn't write when she first gave the notebook to him.
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Rein's Preferences
- Likes -
・My Favorite Song: Happiness
My apologies but let me explain what this is. Happiness is a song made by a group called 'HoneyWorks' in the previous world before I was transported here.
What's interesting about HoneyWorks is there's always a 'story' inside the song and you can enjoy both the story and the song they make.
I liked the song because it cheered me up in my bad days.
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- Dislike -
・ Riches
No, I'm not talking about you. I know not all riches are bad people, in contrast, I even like someone like you.
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"What is there to question if you wrote so many things," Ceri covered her mouth as she smiled.
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After two days, the dungeon floor was pretty much completed. I gotta say but the dungeon builder was pretty outstanding with their work.
In just short two days, they had made a modern-looking hospital which was fairly big. Why hospital you say?
"Nya? Of course, the lower the adventurers' levels are, the lesser experience they drop nya!" that's what Yana said to me.
"Yes nya, Adventurers' emotions can be exchanged with Dungeon Points, and depending on the intensity of their emotion, it can give you as much as 15x the experience they drop nya," Yana said.
"But it's not recommended nya! Adventurers who challenge the tower dungeon are not easily moved unless offered great rewards or tortured hard! And obviously torturing adventures is not an option nya!"
Although lazy, Yana told me everything I wanted to know.
Yana warned me about not relying on squeezing adventurers' emotions but the time Yana said that emotion can give you 15x the experience, that already concluded my thought.
Back to the present, I looked at the magnificent building that stood. It was the pride of dungeon workers who worked themselves to death... But it was too magnificent.
I shot few arrows to damage the building, widening the eyes of arrows. By the way, at this point, I had [Kitsune] already activated because Yana said it's better to hide my identity. After all, the benefit of being a floor master was enough to get targeted.
So inside the dungeon, I decided to keep my half-fox persona only while inside the dungeon. In this state, my personality also changed slightly so I hadn't cared for the workers' feelings.
"Let's see... [Apply Rule No.1]" I coldly said after looking at the worn-down hospital.
Afterward, blue interface appeared in front of me, only seen by me and Yana.
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Rule No.1
Players (cons): Adventurers are now called players.
Players can 'run' moving faster than their usual speed. However, when running, adventurer aggressively consumes their stamina, forcing them to exhaust after 10 seconds of running.
Players (pros): Players regain their 'stamina' much faster when stopped and slightly slower when 'walking.'
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As mentioned above, [Apply Rules] gives you the power to apply a rule inside your floor, and adventurers are forced to abide by it.
Moreover, [Apply Rules] needn't any Dungeon Points to point. However, to make it, you have to make a rule that is advantageous to adventurers and advantageous for dungeons, disadvantages to adventurers and disadvantages for dungeon.
"[Apply Rules No.2]" I continued.
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Rules 2:
Player (cons): Players' stats will be forced to reduce to 5, making them only as strong as ordinary humans.
Dungeon (cons): The monster will be called Chaser from now on.
Chaser can only wander in their set route (depending on the player's place) and can only kill the player if they're caught.
Not only that, the monsters are forced to move at the speed between the player's 'walking' and 'running' speed. An exception can be made.
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I typed the blue interface as I felt a change in the air.
"[Apply Rule No.3]" my chilly voice spreads around once again.
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Rules 3:
Dungeon (pros): The Chaser can 'hear' the player movement(running, opening the door, etc...) and are allowed to change their 'set route' once they figured where the players are after hearing the sounds.
Player (pros): Player can 'hide' in the 'locker,' 'under the bed,' rendering the monster lose sight of the players 'as long as they didn't commit hide under the monster's vision.''
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In case you didn't know what I was making at this point, let me tell you the answer.
I was making a horror ga-... Horror dungeon where the stages take place in a mental hospital.
"Apply Rule No.4."
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Rules 4:
Dungeon (cons): There can only be one Chaser.
Player (cons): There can only be one Player.
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From what I heard from the multiple adventurers challenging the same floors are taken to different dimensions with the exactly same landscape.
Of course, that is if there was enough employee to deal with the adventurers. If there weren't enough, the adventurers will have to wait until the previous adventurers finished the floor.
'Yup, truly the black company. Not even giving the employee time to rest.' I thought
Nevertheless, in my current personality that wasn't something I cared about.
"Apply Rules No.5"
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Rules 5:
Dungeon & Players (pros): Both Chaser & Player will be given or can choose a 'talent' for themselves.
Talents are something that can bypass the laws to both give advantages and uniqueness to players and chasers.
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I've spoken every rule that I can come up with. A change may or may not be made at a later. I still have many things to do and writing the lores for this was one and the most troublesome thing.
Although I made this place take in place of a mental hospital out of Outlast's inspiration, I actually don't know Outlast's lore because I-... Hmph, my original personality was too scared to play a horror game.
So I have to create the lore from one. But that's a story for another day, for now, I visited inside the hospital.
"There's no blood. [Exchange All Dug Mineral]" as I commanded the system, the unused mineral has been exchanged for 50 DP.
As pitiful as it is, these Dungeon Points are called Exclusive Dungeon Points and can't be used outside nor pay for the deadline dungeon points.
"Buy five units of [Really Fake Blood]."
[Really Fake Blood] costs around 0.1 Dungeon Points and each unit contained 500mL of it. It smelled like real blood, tasted like real blood, and was as thick as real blood.
'Then why it's not real blood?' that question was something I probably wouldn't figure out my entire life.
I found an adequate place to splash the fake blood and set a mood similar to a horror game.
Then, I kicked a few pieces of furniture to make a mess inside infinitely nearing the atmosphere I wanted to bring to the once decent-looking hospital.
'Hmm... It's not a horror game if most of the light isn't gone and some are not flickering.' with this thought, I shattered all glasses in the light bulb.
One may misunderstand me as an intruder but I am in the believe that I am doing this for a good... Ruining the dungeon workers' hard work.
"Master is merciless nya~" said Yana who was floating by my side.
"Oh, that's right, I have to give rewards to the players don't I?" hearing her speak, I muttered to myself this team.
"How about master use the [World Forage] options? The dungeon can search the entire The World for an item that fits the master's description," Yana advised me.
"Oh, are you serious, let's see... [World Forage]," as soon as I spoke, the transparent interface popped out in front of me.
[Please state the item you want the dungeon to duplicate]
"So the search is this entire planet. It'll also probably cost dungeon points every time I ask the dungeon to duplicate things so I want a tool that you can use to reward players repetitively... Oh, the hope is small but let's try it."
I muttered to myself as I came up with an idea.
"DNA Modification Machine."
"Nya? What is that nya?"
The exploration area was this entire planet so I don't think it existed but it would be fun and beneficial if it did exist.
"DNA Modification Machine, a black-technology device that allows humans to modify their DNA to their preferences. For example, gives yourself a rare DNA mutation such as photographic memory or an innate psychic powers."
[Searching...]
[Searching...]
'Yup it doesn't exist.' just as I was about to give up, the interface gave me results that went beyond my expectation.
[Found a similar item]
[High-End DNA Installer Model: 34]
Able to provide unforgettable information through 'cell memory' with a single click.
Enable you to modify your DNA to your preferences.
Available Changes:
Memorization - Comprehension - Thought Speed - Visual Acuity - Nerves - Muscle Fiber - Extra Limbs/Organs - Perception - ...
...
[Calculating...]
[Calculation Completed: 101,699 Dungeon Points are required to duplicate this device]
"What the fuck, this kind of black technology exists somewhere in this world? Why the fuck am I even in an Isekai-themed place then," I was surprised by the absurd fact that this law of life-breaking machine.
Then I searched my memory...
[I want a world that is as absurd as possible.]
[I want the world to be cross-universal with numerous numbers of combat systems.]
[Pirates, Mechanics, Cultivators, Heroes, Wizards, Esper, Warriors, I want all and more to be in that world.]
'Nevermind, I was at fault, and probably, it was a good choice that I was transported to the isekai theme world for now because the sci-fi place should be much more dangerous here.'
I was angry with myself and satisfied with myself. Such was my half-fox personality of mine.
"Too expensive, are there something that fits my description and is affordable?" I complained about the system.
[Found]
[Basic DNA Formation Model: 01]
Enable you to change your basic body structures to your preference such as hair color.
[Calculating... Calculation Completed. 40 Dungeon Points are required to duplicate the machine.]
"This is good. Duplicate it."
[Duplication has been completed. To run the machine, Ultra-Lina Generators are required. As a set discount, the required dungeon points are reduced from 12 to 9.5DP would you duplicate Ultra-Lina Generators?]
"Take my money,"
Thus completed the dungeon floor's most bizarre rewards for the players.
And in the future, many players would torture themselves just for these mentioned rewards.