10 Dungeons (1/2)

The monkey made its way down to the ground. It approached Karl, looking at him through the shadow dome. ”Hey! What are you?”

Karl turned around, surprised. He looked at the monkey and realized he was naked. He gathered shadows around him and covered himself, hiding his precious part. ”Why are you asking me that? What are you?”

”I asked first and what are these weird black things anyways.”

”Yeah, but where I come from, you have to introduce yourself first. These black things are my power.” Karl looked at the monkey. It stood on two legs like humans and it had a tail. Judging from its long arms and big hands, they probably moved around by swinging on the trees.

The monkey scratched its head. ”That makes sense. My name's Sheridan. I don't mean any harm, I just want to ask you a question.”

”Nice to meet you, Sheridan. My name's Kigai. What question did you want to ask me?”

”Well, what are you? You're not like us. You don't have hair, except for some parts,” Sheridan said, pointing at Karl's hair.

”Me? I'm an Ancient One. What about you?”

”Well, we are monkeys. At least that's what we started out as. I'm still a monkey, but my parents said I'll be able to evolve soon. Then I'll be super strong,” Sheridan said with a smile.

”Really? Well, that's pretty cool.”

”I know right. Look, I was even blessed with the system.” Sheridan opened his palm and a golden ball of light appeared within it. ”See, the system calls it Light Manipulation.”

Karl looked at the ball of light. This kid had the polar opposite of his power.

”It's only level one, but I know it'll get stronger in the future,” Sheridan explained.

Karl sighed. 'Well, it's a good thing that he has to level up his power. I didn't. System, how come Sheridan has Light Manipulation?'

[Every once in a while, when a being is born, it's blessed with a power or a special trait. These blessed beings will more than likely affect the world in a big way.]

'Hmm, it makes sense.' Karl thought.

Another monkey arrived, it seemed like a female one. ”Sheridan, what are you doing? You can't just reveal your powers like that. The elders have big plans for you. Now come on, before we get in trouble.”

Sheridan dispelled the ball of light and turned to look at the other monkey. ”Alright, fine, fine.” He turned to look at Karl and waved goodbye. ”I'm sorry. I'm not supposed to talk to you. Hopefully, we can talk again.”

Karl waved goodbye to the monkeys as they climbed the trees and slowly disappeared in the distance. ”Well, time to head back and add dungeons.”

Karl dried himself off and got dressed. He made his way back to the city, grabbing some food and eating it for lunch. ”I can never get enough of this.”