Now that he had managed to obtain preliminary cooperation with the two legendary knights, now there was another important matter on hand, which was to start creating the Dungeon.
One of the primary uses of the Dungeon Echoes was to adjust the Dungeon and upgrade it, which in turn would allow him to farm even more Dungeon Echoes. His Dungeon Fairy, has already spent several thousand Dungeon Echoes on the basic ecosystem of the Dungeon.
"Open the Domestic Mode. Yihi, come here... we are going to remodel the Dungeon."
Right now, the unnamed Dungeon that he was in control of had ten layers, each of which varied in size. Archaon wanted to reconstruct them in some way, because now most of them were rather empty and bland.
[Dungeon Name: Unnamed
Dungeon Rating: Normal
Dungeon's Magic Power Status: Average
Dungeon Master: Archaon
Dungeon Fairy: Yihi
Status: Active
Dungeon Echoes: 98,000
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Structures
Layers: 10
Guardians: N/A
Monsters: N/A
Features: Basic Ecosystem
Facilities: N/A
Location: Westeros, Planetos
Territory: Inner Area of Isle of Faces, God's Eye
Special Effects: Beginner's Protection (240 Days)]
This was the basic state of the unnamed Dungeon.
"Hmm..."
After thinking it over for some time, he started the work by first merging the Layers together into the Four Layers and modeled them into the Layers that were in the Eroge game series of Bunny Black.
The First Layer would be the Tower of Storms. Compared to the other Layers, the 1st Layer would be separated into several smaller Floors, more precisely into the 13 Floors that were extremely complicated to pass through, and they were like small labyrinths.
The Second Layer was the Cavern of Bureoza, which was stylized into the huge underground cave system that would be home to some monsters like Goblins, Gnolls, and Kobolds, as they were one of the most basic creatures of the Dungeon.
For the time being, this would be the fundamental base of his Dungeon, until he collected more Dungeon Echoes and managed to create more advanced monsters.
The 3rd Layer, Garden Lair, was like an enormous jungle that was a bit bigger than the Cavern of Bureoza and would be the final defense before one arrived at the 4th Layer, the Overlord's Shrine, which was the final Layer of the Dungeon, as it housed the Dungeon Heart.
Aside from being a jungle, Archaon planned to fill the Garden Lair with monsters and creatures that thrived in such an environment and with many dangerous and poisonous species. Not to mention, the entrance to the Overlord's Shrine was rather hidden because he put a lot of Dungeon Echoes into creating a special mechanism that would open the doors to the Overlor's Shrine.
Contrary to what many would expect, he never planned for anyone to reach the Overlord's Shrine, and thus, he created a mechanism where one would need to collect three tokens, one per Layer, that was randomly spawned across their respective Layers.
Not only that, but the Tokens were placed randomly, and they were magically enchanted to teleport to different locations every twelve hours. They could be dropped on the ground, infused into the walls, or anything.
Even, according to the System, it was almost impossible to collect them because they couldn't be brought out from the Dungeon itself, and with more Layers that he added, the difficulty of opening the entrance to the family Layer, Overlord's Shrine.
When he was finished with it, he literally spent all of his Dungeon Echoes on this, together with creating some basic monsters for the Tower of Storms and Cavern of Bureoza, while leaving the Garden Lair rather empty for the time being.
He seriously doubted that anyone could get past the Cavern of Bureoza in this world. Only the most powerful Sorcerers in this world would be able to do it, or someone unique, or if they sent entire armies into the Dungeon, which, in fact, would be the most welcome.
That would tremendously speed up the gathering rate for the Dungeon Echoes.
He was rather satisfied with how he designed his Dungeon, not only because this was probably the only solid design that he could come up with but also because the Dungeon from The Bunny Black was a marvelous and very beautiful structure.
Aside from being very well designed to repel large amounts of invaders, he also made some tweaks that were not in the original design, like the one he did with the entrance to the Overlord's Shrine.
That was one for security because, in the future, he planned to build an Underground City on the same layers of the Overlord's Shrine for all the creatures, monsters, and demons that would be inhabiting his Dungeon.
It would be the core of his power base and the best-defended part of the Dungeon. In the end, it was the place where the Dungeon Heart was located, and once the Heart was destroyed, the puff...
He was also glad that Dragonslayer Ornstein and Artorias the Abysswalker were defending the Core, because they would be soon recovering to Level 4 with the advancement rate they had.
That way, the Dungeon Core would be protected best.
Within the Dungeon Core's Database of creatures, there was a good number of Demons, but not the savage kinds or the barbaric ones that knew only how to destroy everything in their path, but mostly the intelligent humanoid ones.
They would be the base for his future kingdom, once he created a few and they started procreating. Fortunately enough, the creatures created by the Dungeon could also procreate naturally, so that path wasn't cut.
"Has Master finished the adjustments? Can Yihi use some of the Dungeon Echoes to buy a Bees?"
The little Dungeon Fairy asked as she wanted to create Bee Hive on the 3rd Layer somewhere; there were some suitable locations, and he agreed and let her have some of the remaining Dungeon Echoes.
"Yes, but don't spend it all; we need to wait for half a year until the Beginner's Protection Period is out, and we can start doing business."
The first thing that Archaon planned was to attack the Harrenhal with an army of monsters and kill everyone in it. In the end, most of the humans in that place were just a bunch of raiders and rapists; they would be turned into the Dungeon Echoes.
And using this newly generated infamy, he could attract more and more people to attack his Dungeon and turn them into the Dungeon Echoes. Not to mention, this was also the easiest way to ensure the destruction of the Song of Ice and Fire to completely mess with the situation before the Aegon's conquest.
Perhaps he could steal a Princess?
Or something like that?
From what he remembered in this timeline, the only suitable one was Visenya Targaryen.
Ironically enough...
Wouldn't this also further mess with the Fate of the World, as the entire Targaryen Lineage in the canon was descended from her, so if he took her for himself, then the entire Lineage would either come from Rhaenys or if she were to perish in the Dorne, then from someone else.
Soon enough, plans were already forming in the Archaon's head.
***
Unmamed Dungeon, 4th Layer Overlord's Shrine, Training Room
More than seven months have passed since the moment Archaon was transported to this world, and now around half of the Beginner's Protection Period has passed. Because there was nothing much to do with the free time, Archaon spent it almost exclusively on the training and training.
Because he had here two people whose Masteries over their martial capabilities were already at the pinnacle of the Master Rank, he was eager to learn and spar with both Ornstein the Dragon Slayer and Artorias the Abysswalker.
Not only did it speed up the assimilation of the Template that he chose, but he also learned some new things. Even though the Gehrman's Template allowed him to use any weapon he touched, the ones that fit his hand the most were a curved sword and a scythe.
From the Template he chose, he also inherited the weapon.
The Burial Blade.
The exquisitely crafted silver-dark sword that could transform into a large scythe at will. It was a masterpiece that defined the entire array of weapons crafted at the workshop. It's blade was forged with the siderite that was said to have fallen from the heavens.
Even with the Mind's Eye, Archaon couldn't check the stats of the weapon, as everything was blurry around the Burial Blade, because his Insight was pretty low for the time being, which was rather understandable.
Right now, he was sparring with the Artorias, the Abysswalker, in the training room at the Overlord's Shrine. Due to the very strict and rigorous training, Archaon went from someone who never had a weapon in his hand to a proficient warrior.
Coupled with the 15 days in the imagine Hunter's Dream that was a bonus from choosing the Tempalte, he was rather confident that in this world, aside from a few beings, nobody could really threaten him at all.
Obviously, he was far from slaying the Night King or killing some of the enormous Dragons like Balerion the Black Dread, but from the average mortals, he was rather sure that nobody was his match at all.
[Congratulations! Stat: Strength has been increased by 1.]
[Congratulations! Stat: Strength has been increased by 1.]
[Congratulations! Stat: Strength has been increased by 1.]
[Congratulations! Stat: Vitality has been increased by 1.]
[Congratulations! Stat: Endurance has been increased by 1.]
[Congratulations! Stat: Endurance has been increased by 1.]
[Congratulations! Assimilation of the Template: Gehrman the First Hunter has reached 10%.]
[Congratulations! Host has reached the limit of Level 3!]
[Congratulations! Achievement completed!]
[Congratulations! Host has obtained: Grimoire of the Izalith Pyromancy! (Legend)]
[Congratulations! Host has obtained Pyromancy Flame (R)]
[Congratulations! Host has obtained Magic: Pyromancy (Ex R)]
[Before and After Comparison:
Strength 18 - Vitality 17 - Agility 18 - Endurance 18 - Magic Power 10 - Potential (81/500)
Arcane 4 - Insight 5 - Potential (9/200)
Skill 15 - Bloodtinge 17
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Strength 25 - Vitality 25 - Agility 25 - Endurance 25 - Magic Power 25 - Potential (125/500)
Arcane 10 - Insight 7 - Potential (17/200)
Skill 30 - Bloodtinge 17]
His stats were increasing nicely, and the growth was evident, not only in the aspect of the physical dimensions but also in the aspect of the Skill, which already reached 30, which was on the rank of Journey Man.
Archaon was progressing rather fast, as right now he was in the real phase of the digestion of the Gehrman's Template, but he knew that the higher he would go, the lesser Stats he would gain from the digestion and the work needed to invest would be multiplied by hundred.
He read through the notification from the System, and he noticed at the end that there were rewards for completing the Achievements.
The Achievements were the only way to obtain something from the System, or rather, something from the Patron. Of course, there were several categories of Achievements that, and every one of them was extremely arduous to complete, and some couldn't even be achieved in the current world.
Then, there were achievements that were tied to the world in which he was located, and they were basically for exceptional things.
For example, one Achievement that was within the Table was that he needed to fulfill the 3rd Mission alone without any outside help from the Dungeon, Companions, Familiar, and Dungeon Creatures.
Basically, without the intervention of the 3rd parties, which increased the difficulty of the elimination of the Night King by 100 fold.
Though, fortunately right now, he was rather in luck, because he obtained the Pyromancy Flame and Pyromancies of the Dark Souls, which would be a great weapon against the Undead and the White Walkers in the near future.
He immediately clicked on the icon for the [Pyromnacy (Ex R)].
[Magic Name: Pyromancy
Grade: Ex Rare
Description: This form of simplistic Magic that is cast with the Pyromancy Flame, a Flame Medium that is stored within the Host's Soul and allows the use of the Pyromancy Magic. Created by the Quelana of Izalith the "Mother of Pyromancy," in a dead forsaken world a long time ago, is the culmination of the world's Flame Sorceries that were separated from the Soul Sorcery and Miracle Magics.]
Indeed, as he read the description of the Pyromancy, he knew that this was indeed the Art of Flame Sorceries from the Dark Souls.
He was sure that this Magic would come in handy because, according to what he knew, every single Spell that was mastered by the Gehrman the First Hunter was of Arcane Origin, and it was very hard for him to cast.
He predicted that he would need to reach at least 75% of the assimilation rate of the Template and reach at least the power of Ornstein and Artorias at their peak to start casting the Arcane Magic Spells.
In the end, they were Eldritch in origin, and they were very powerful, but more than powerful, they were even more dangerous. Compared to that, the Pyromancy Magic from the Dark Souls was something that he could start using right away after some training.
His overall power was rather decent, nothing great compared to the much stronger and more powerful worlds out there, but still decent for a newbie who obtain this after year or so of training.
In the aspect of physical power, he wasn't far from the Level 4 - Supernatural Level, where he would eclipse the levels of the Superhumans. Right now, he was even stronger than characters like Captain America after the Super Soldier Serum in the aspect of physique alone.
But that was nothing compared to the worlds where such power was the norm, especially the High Fantasy Worlds, where the entire worlds were bathing in Magic that passively strengthened every living being to that level at a minimum.
But for the world, is it like A Song of Ice and Fire?
He was overpowered, at least.
At least partially overpowered.
"Now, let's check on the book that I got."
He looked at the oddly looking Grimoire that he obtained from completing the Achievement for the first time. The Grimoire looked rather creepy, and truth to be told, and if someone told him that the book was cursed, he would for sure believe them.
Grimoire of the Izalith Pyromancy was ranked as a Legend by System as it contained everything about the Pyromancy that was gathered, created, discovered, researched, or found in the world of Dark Souls.
Obviously, he wouldn't be able to master everything from it right from the start and would need to work up his way.
He just started skimming through the Grimoire, and he didn't understand the majority of it, but fortunately enough, he noticed that the Grimoire explained things from the basics of the basics until the super advanced topics where there were only some runes and circles with minimum words.
He still had a few days until the Beginner's Protection Period ended, so he would have a few days to study the Pyromancy, at least to the degree where he could use the most basic Spells in the combat, like Fireball, Fire Orb, or Great Fireball.
After looking through that, he clicked on another icon that appeared next to his status, which was [Pyromancy Flame (R)], which appeared in the column for Uniqueness, straight next to the [Old Blood (???)].
[Uniqueness: Pyromancy Flame
Grade: Rare
Description: A special medium that has fused with the Host's Soul permanently, adding the affinity for the element of Fire and allowing the Host to use the Pyromancy. The quality and strength of the Pyromancy depend on the quantity and strength of the Pyromancy Flame. The Pyromancy Flame could be upgraded by devouring other types of special Flames with unique properties.]
While he was reading through the description of the Pyromancy Flame a crazy plan has formed in his head.
If the Pyromancy Flame could be upgraded and he had a quest to kill R'hllor, who was most probably just some overpowered Sorcerer who was being worshipped as God, he could perhaps use R'hllor's soul as upgrade material to evolve his Pyromancy Flame to a higher degree.
"Dungeon Master, Yihi has finished planting the lures and treasures across the Tower of Storms, already! Can Yihi go and play with the bees?"
Suddenly, as he was staring at the translucent windows of the System, he was disputed by a flying Dungeon Fairy, who had come to report the state of the job she was assigned. Right now, as they were already nearing the end of the Beginner's Protection Period, there were only a few things that Archaon needed to do.
One of them was the last tweaks on the Dungeon, something that he left to Yihi, as the Dungeon Fairy was rather helpful in this aspect, especially if he gave her some rewards in terms of bees and honey.
Not to mention, she was too cute and innocent, so he couldn't really say no to her.
The last thing that he needed to do was defeat the Tarasque that was guarding the entrance to the Dungeon. That way, he would obtain a High-Class Creature that had very high potential as right now, the Tarasque was only at Level 3 as it was barely an adolescent one.
But compared to the standards of this world, it was still very powerful, and even for the undeveloped Tarasque, they would need many, many hundreds of soldiers to have even the slightest chance to bring it down.
Archaon planned to have the Tarasque as one of the Guardians of the Dungeon, as Ornstein and Artorias were right now acting as the protectors of the Dungeon Core and Dungeon Fariy, the two most important things within the Dungeon.
And as both of them were making good progress in regaining their strength, it wouldn't take long before they would break the barrier between Level 3 and Level 4.
"Well done, Yihi. Also, what is the state of the Dungeon's Monsters? Are the Kobolds breeding properly in the Cavern of Bureoza?"
Right now, aside from some simple animals and plants that were used to create basic ecosystems within the Dungeon's 2nd Layer Cavern of Bureoza and 3rd Layer Garden Lair, Archaon didn't create many monsters.
Only a few, but they would breed over with time.