Over the course of a year, those who survived the onslaught of the higher beings from the crack space which is now called a rift, are now living inside the dungeon where they rebuilt their civilization.
The first explorers concluded that even though the world outside was over-run'd by rift creatures the dungeon tower wasn't invaded by them. Since the time they went in and the time they got out of the said space they have not seen any creatures tried to invade the tower. As for basic materials to be used in housing like trees, stones and ores are being provided to them by the dungeon but not all resources found inside are unlimited.
Human city outpost are setup in the middle of the first floor dungeon in order to maximize probability of survival with the help of the one of many discovered artifacts after defeating the floor boss. Some of these artifact gave humans to live without worry for an attack to happen inside and out of their new city, as it repels anything made by non-human, and the other made humans awaken their potential, thru these process some awaken new abilities that defies logic. Such abilities is to conjure or manipulate an element and some could produce things out of thin air.
Time to time each human outpost would send hunters outside through the ruined world in order to scavenge for old tech, medicinal supplies and some precious materials. Of course discovering what lies on higher floors was also one of the goals set by the new found order that's why they encourage people to venture forth and what ever they brought back will be accredited and will be given remuneration such as food and shelter. If ever an artifact was found, the city advises its citizen to sell it to the R&D in order to secure more better lifestyle.
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- THE PRESENT -
Brother where are we going? My feet is getting tired..
We'll be there soon!, just hang-on for a bit more
Can you just give me a piggy back, I can't take this anymore.
As the little girl slumped down on the paved road helplessly, as if she walked a marathon.
The boy, walking close to her bent down and carried her like she was a princess instead.
A closed to about 7 minutes of a walked they have finally reached their destination. In-front of them was a run down apartment, the boy carrying the girl both walked till they reached the 3rd floor.
The little girl, couldn't believe her eyes when her brother went inside a building where a lot of people going in and out of. She couldn't open her mouth until she was sure what is currently happening, right until they were faced with a door with a number 305.
Brother slowly placed me down on my feet and reach at his right side utility belt and took out a key.
A deep shock could be seen in the little girls eyes and tugged his big brother's shirt while tearing up and said
I'm not dreaming am I bro?
No Misumi, it's definitely real!!! We could finally afford it.
As the boy walked inside the apartment, while stating that the apartment is now theirs, he turned and faced his surprised sister and finally said
Welcome to our new home! Misumi
The little girl run with all her might towards her dearest brother and jumped hugged him while tearing up with joy.
—— Few months ago ———
Approximately Six months ago, me and my little sister was running away from our creature pursuer and I ended up in the verge of death in the process of escaping while blocking its advances from time to time. I've been careful and not hunt inside the perimeter of the big creature's hunting zone and went out with my little sister to help her level-up a little bit.
A little background about her, she's currently 5 years old and in 8 more days she would be 6, Misumi's been a very healthy kid ever since she was a baby and she's never been sick but her body is very weak. As soon as the message sent by the world to everyone, I finally saw Misumi's body stats and I'm left speechless.
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Race: Human Tier 1
Title: Fast Learner
Name: Cai Misumi
Age: 5
Lvl: 0
HP: 100
MP: 45
Exp: 0/50
BP: 0
SP: 0
Strength: 1 (Muscle: 1, Sturdiness: 1)
Agility: 3 (Adaptability: 2, Reflex: 2, Balance: 5)
Vitality: 20 (Health: 35, Endurance: 5)
Intelligent: 15 (Knowledge: 20, Reasoning: 10)
Awareness: 2 (Willpower: 2, Judgement: 1, Perception: 1, Intuition: 4)
Charm: 5(Features: 10, Persona: 6, Courage: 4, Leadership: 1, Persuasiveness: 4)
(Note: Unawaken adult value is 10)
Innate: Abnormal effect resistance, Memory Plus
Passive skill:
- Fatigue Regeneration ( 1★ tier 1 peak)
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By the time I got her level to 8, the dog like creature went passed its territory and saw us in the wild hunting, I noticed its presence a bit late as it lunged towards my body but was able to blocked it and shift some damage with my shield that made me flew a meter back. As soon as I landed on my feet, I didn't care what the creature looked like and what it would do next as I run towards my little sister sitting on the floor while cowering in fear.
I carried her by her tummy and placed her on my shoulder, while holding her in place as I run towards the dilapidated buildings around us and tried to lose it by hiding from its sight.
I remembered from the time it attacked, its figure and suddenly it hits me that the figure like dog looks a-lot like a wolf then after I got cold feet, my whole body shivered while I remembered that its kind has a very sensitive nose which could smell its prey at about 1.75 miles away from its location before the world changed, which now was enhanced through unknown heights after they grew in size.
A few seconds after we heard a growl pretty closed by, I immediate launched my body forward as soon as a death like feeling creeps at my body, just-like the entity that's hunting us was close by and luckily I did because the wolf like creature was right above us, as it tried to bite both of us from above. Right after it missed its prey, it instantly moved its body and tackled me. It made us flew towards a building wall and went passed thru it, the impact the creature made was stronger than before as it made the surrounding dusty from the crumbling debris
A while after we run through a dead end and the opposing monsters is right behind our tail as we are blocked from any direction, escaping from what is hunting us felt like its at an end. I caressed my little sisters hair then hugged her tightly and told her that we'll be seeing mom and dad soon if we don't survive this ordeal. Soon the wolf creature appeared and stared at us from the distance…
I positioned myself at front of my little sister and held up the shield while banging the sword in-front of it. The wolf creature slowly walked toward us then a few seconds after it lunged with all its might intending to take the both of us in one assault. Suddenly a red burning hand appeared out of no-where covered with red and black smoke as it grabbed the head of the wolf like creature and slammed it on the concrete floor. Me and my little sister barely saw what happened to the wolf, all we know that it died in 1 hit since it wasn't moving right after. A big and hulk like figure of a man wearing a green uniform who appeared at the right time was right in-front of us,
saying in a very deep voice "both of you guys are going to be ok now" I didn't know what happened next as I have lost consciousness due to fatigue.
A very bright light welcomed my sight and a crying girl can be heard right beside me as I opened my eyes and saw that I'm probably inside a hospital and my lil sister was right beside me overjoyed with tears seeing that I finally woke up.
Brother, brother (while tearing up) your finally awake!
A blonde haired woman wearing a health care uniform with a stethoscope hanging by her neck went inside the room and checked my vitals, she also asked what my level was, because it needed to be recorded then, and we were told that we are inside the dungeon
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Race: Human Tier 1
Name: Cai Zhen
Age: 18
Lvl: 15
HP: 87.5
MP: 34.5
Exp: 1,425/15,000
BP: 0
SP: 0
Strength: 17.5 (Muscle: 15, Sturdiness: 20)
Agility: 12 (Adaptability: 15, Reflex: 11, Balance: 10)
Vitality: 17.5 (Health: 20, Endurance: 15)
Intelligent: 11.5 (Knowledge: 15, Reasoning: 8)
Awareness: 35 (Willpower: 8, Judgement: 7, Perception: 5, Intuition: 15)
Charm: 9(Features: 7, Persona: 12, Courage: 20, Leadership: 2, Persuasiveness: 4)
(Note: Unawaken adult value is 10)
Innate: Survival Instinct, Photographic Reflexes
Passive: Fatigue Regeneration (tier 1 early), Blind Courage (tier 1 early), Body Strengthening (1★ tier 3 early)
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As soon as I heard that we were inside the dungeon tower, I pushed my body to move and slowly got my body up and sat at the side of bed, my little sister received a cane from the female doctor and gave it to me then after, I pushed the metal cane thru the floor with all my might and finally stood up and was able to lean by the window.
As soon as I saw what the outside looked like, the scenery surprises me so much, it was full of grass, trees and clean air, the city was bustling with people of all ages.
The female doctor told me that my body would return to normal in a couple more days and will soon be released. She also told me to go to the guild association building at the center of the city to register and get a job in order to live a good life inside this dungeon.
What do you meant by guild!?, like the guild in games and novels?
The female doctor explained that the founder of the city was a hardcore gamer and a novelist who also one of the volunteers who first went inside the dungeon. The city layout and jobs are based in a dungeon like novel he read when he was a kid and it fit where we are now that's why everyone accepted it. Just like in games and novel guilds works the same way and the currency used here are coins made from bronze, silver and gold. You will learn everything once you got registered, as for the jobs you could take, it differs from easy to highly dangerous, like gathering herbs outside the city and collecting mana cores from the dungeon creatures right outside and the highly dangerous part was going outside to the ruined world to save people, collecting valuable resources while some others went exploring higher floors and looking for artifacts. For now get better and I'll see you next time before you checked out for your final check-up