Chapter 65: Exploring My Own Dungeon (1/2)

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Chaos walked outside of his castle as he reached a giant hole, around 30 meters big that had emerged in his backyard.

”We had not entered it yet as we desired our Lord to do so first…” said Yuki.

”I see…”

Chaos glanced at the abyssal hole as he noticed a series of spiraling stairs that went downwards, and began to walk through them as the rest of his group followed him from behind.

”Interesting, judging by everything… it seems to be a high-level dungeon… Although it seems young, and cannot compare to the Boundless Abyss Dungeon- Ah, not that I am saying it is a bad dungeon! I am sure that my lord will be able to create even stronger ones soon!” said Belphegor.

”Don't worry, I also believe it can't compare, but it still an interesting thing to explore…” said Chaos, as he rubbed his hands over the paved ceilings. The dungeon seemed like an underground tower, it was paved with gray and black bricks, and long spiraling stairs were leading down.

”I can't believe this was just made out of my lord's pure miasma… Such a beautifully crafted design” said Abyss.

”Dungeons are like that, they are magical and living organisms that take such forms to entice people to enter and fall to their deadly traps and monsters. This way, dungeons can get nourishment in the form of their decaying corpses and souls,” said Belphegor.

”I wonder… What about the monsters inside the dungeons?” asked Chaos.

”They're also used for their nourishment! They are primarily created to defeat invaders but as they multiply, they also create a stable resource of energy for the dungeon, which makes most of them self-sustainable. However, with that alone, they won't be able to grow bigger, so they require to devour what enters them,” said Belphegor.

”So even dungeons want to grow stronger,” thought Chaos, as they reached the last stair and they were greeted by large, paved corridors illuminated with torches, that led through several halls.

Chaos quickly activated several cognitive and sense-based Skills, scanning the entire dungeon area through them. With this, he began to quickly discern most of it, although there were still some places he needed to fill up.

Unlike the Boundless Abyss Dungeon, this Dungeon seemed not so big, having up to ten floors that went below, where there was a large room where a large beast seemed to rest, additionally, Chaos noticed some kind of presence below that as well, which he assumed might be the Dungeon Core that his miasma spontaneously gave birth to.

”I wonder if I am the father of this dungeon?” wondered Chaos, as everyone around him suddenly fell silent.

”That's… right…” said Lilith.

”My lord… you're a father already?!” asked Ifrit.

”Perhaps we can adopt the Dungeon Core and make a family, my lord!” said Abyss.

”Well, this is awkward…” said Yuki.