He guys, sorry for so few chaps this week. Not the best few weeks recently. Anyway i squeezed out a short chapter but this isn't that last one today maybe. I will be making side chapter showing Helen's fight. Again i will say it. Main chapters will be only Mavis PoV and side chaps will have others and all side chaps will pertain to the story in the near future.

Ah today i am super excited. Today Alma and Chronos told me they would let me participate in a V rank dungeon after personally examining strongest monsters. My strongest is a single pair actually. No longer is it a pack of War tigers. Now with her breeding complete Helen now hunts with her partner Skull who is a new breed of Tiger. To my surprise, Helen overrode the registered creatures and deleted the Tiger apes replacing them with these. She called this race Snowlions.

Its strips are hard to spot in the now dark yellow fur that forms a mane around its head. It can easily survive in the fourth level of the mountain when Helen hunts the snow covered Barroth only with the lion.

Put simply, this pairing was the best and strongest. Not like any of the other races are being left behind.

Dad started to try and make mounts himself. Like the War Tigers, they have been gaining weapons for the Ratmen and can hunt in parties of 3 successfully. What he tried to do was subject the bats into being changed but since the origins of the two are separate he couldn’t do anything about it. Well, that was until he took an aggressive rat and made a new rank up making it as large as a vampire bat and changing its face a bit he made a similar bat face and caused three digits of the front hands to grow longer.

To say the least he turned a rat into a bat with minimal changes and took control of all bat races since he found a link in their makeup. Now he is currently breeding two mount races for himself. One was changing the overall of the vampire bat and making it four meters large and 3 long and capable of making it hold someone's weight. It was called Devil Bat because of the look

As for the land mount he asked me to fuse Helens tiger with a feral rat. I took both designs and did just that. What came out was a rat with longer arms that held itself up at around the same height as the tiger. The fangs were sharper than daggers. Its body was built for running so it wasn’t as strong but that didn’t mean it wasn’t weak in the least. Like any rat, if left in a pack fight it could overrun a drake now. The new race also didn’t gain feral status so it was kept out of the name and it ended up being called Savage Ripper.

The humans or in this case Milliana, took a strange animal to make this. What she took was one of the domestic animals, a chicken. I know, it sounds weak, strange and stupid but what she had Dalton do with that thing could only be called surprising. First off, the chicken was grown to two meters and then taking a lot of mana she made the muscles dense and stretched the neck longer up. The feather color turned a pale yellow and the chicken like legs became highly dense.

When the first four females and two males were spawned one of the humans mounted it, which was easy because they were bred to be submissive to the sentient creatures. What were scary about them were three things. Their desire to run, their speed and there leg strength. They can outrun any and all mounts and their leg strength easily crushed the hard rock skin on the Barroth in fewer than forty kicks. It was named Chocobo.

The beastmen had a discussion between the rabbits and dog/wolves. Because both were beastmen they didn’t know how they should go about it. They ended up going with a wolf mount for both races. Though they didn’t do much because the Black wolf Leader was already capable of being mounts so it a pack was tamed and they began training them to be leader.

As for the elves. Though they had physical strength elves have always been mages and archers. Because of that they captured several Flare Eagle. Using the new queen the eagle’s temperament was quelled and they were made twice there and the fire affinity was changed to nature affinity. It was now 4 meters long with a nine meter wingspan and a dark green feather. They could control the leaf like feathers and had nature magic on level with a young elf. The eagle was giving then race name of Storm Wing.

Now the final race which shocked me the most. The Wyvernians. First off i have to say their breeding speed is impressive. They lay eggs like regular wyverns but in numbers of about four. Now their mounts. During their hot night yesterday, a few baby wyverns ranked up to Hokoro and were out hunting when they spotted the Wyvernians. They landed on the ground near them and after a while they formed a natural link and bonded with them naturally. They took off flying on their backs and started to hunt with them as if it's the most natural thing.

With all these new mounts the strength of the sentient races raised greatly as did hunting speed.

Back in Chronos throne room there was a large gate waiting open with Alma and Damon waiting.

Chronos: ‘Finally the last contestant is here. Come on come on we don’t have all day.’

In the small draconian body, he quickly appeared behind me and started to push me. Next to the throne where the giant sized body was sitting was a black gate that was open and i could hear the loud roars and yells from many kinds of creatures.

When we crossed the gate it closed and what lay before me was a complete world sized stadium.

Opened to us was a huge open area with a balcony allowing us to look down on the “field”. All around was the stadium gallery that made full circle around us and in the ceiling where the sun crystals. Several of the crystals were lowered like a pillar and hung in the middle of the gallery and was perfectly smooth. On several spots you could see a square that was showing the image of several monsters. A Barroth in one, a great wyvern in the next, a pack of silver scaled raptors that were running along the sea cliff while eyeing a sea monster. They soon jump in and the tail flattens out like a fish tail and they start swimming with almost impossible speed circling the massive sea monster whose mouth began to discharge lightning.

My face had a clear show of surprise which made the three before me laugh.

Alma: ‘Guess there will never be a single person who doesn’t show that same face during their first time here.’

Chronos: ‘This is why i love introducing them myself. Welcome to floor 20 and my first safe zone.’

When he said that i snapped out of my shock and looked at him seriously. Before i could say anything though, Damon stepped up.

Damon: ‘A safe zone is a floor where monsters, even the most aggressive, become passive. Floors like this are to give a chance for invaders to rest.’

Chronos: ‘When you get to be our size, you search for entertainment instead of survival. I have long since gotten bored of simple fights and these tournaments.’

Mavis: ‘Why is it that you don’t move on to being a world them. You seem to be the size and rank?’

Chronos: ‘And worry myself with constant strife and not being able to directly interact with the world i worked hard to make. No thanks. When you stop being a Rift dungeon and become a true world, you break the world you made off from the rest of your dungeon and lose a massive amount of mana. To recover that we can only gain it by waiting for those on the single planet to die. Put simply, it isn’t to my advantage.’

So that was why, the monsters that die here become power for him. That includes all the floors and such. I can understand his reasoning, losing all you worked for after so long and be stuck with a fraction of your power isn’t a very appealing offer and even more so after you have stayed so long and gathered even more than the regular dungeon.

Alma: ‘Whelp, floor 20 has tournaments up to S rank right?’

Chronos: ‘Good, you still remember correctly. Yep, of the 1347 floors i have this one goes up to rank S. Below this is floor 100 were the rank goes to N, then 350 where it goes to G. Nothing is above that since the dungeons are too few.’

Damon: ‘Mavis. You are currently only allowed to enter up to V rank. Your dungeon is Ranked S but the actual strength isn’t high for the rank. You lack greater beasts and hunters.’

Mavis: ‘How many of one type of pack monster or creature can i bring for the tournament?’

Chronos: ‘The battles are battle royale, always and pack creatures can come in numbers of up to 20. Considering how your creatures have just finished breeding mounts, the mounts are counted as part of the pack.’

I think over the information i gathered and sort it in my head. In other words this tournament is massively dangerous for the ones who participate but by winning we grow stronger.

Alma: ‘The current V rank tournament prize is all the monsters that are submitted to fight plus a race i made and its origin linage. It comes from boars, i call it the Bullfango, it's a massive alpha race boar with long tusks and strength enough to beat those a group of three of your drakes by itself.’

I swallow hard hearing that. Though it was about the same strength as the Barroth, it was adapted to the snow and its weaker counterparts, Bulldrones, are much weaker but not in the least a pushover.

Mavis: ‘So when is the V rank tournament?’

Chronos: ‘Well this is the W rank so its next. It will still take an hour or so, that gives you time to choose and for them to get ready.’

Mavis: ‘Alright, am i already signed up?’

Damon: ‘Yes, you have been for a few hours now so get ready. Once it's time you will need to go down and summon them from your dungeon to fight.’

I nod and walk back before finding a corner to sit down in and close my eyes and let my mind return to my dungeon. I was already going to let Helen have a go at it because her race has had the mounts longest and are currently the best at it as well as the most armed since they hunt the most.

After a moment my dungeon appears in my view and i move to the mountain range.

After looking around i find Helen and her partner hunting a snow covered Barroth. I wait until the beast falls and call her.

Mavis: ”Helen, get your mount and your catch and return to your village. The tournament that we will be participating in will begin in a few hours.”

Helen: ”What does that have to do with me?”

Mavis: ”Isn’t it obvious? You and 9 other War tigers and their Snowlion’s will be participating. It’s a battle royale against other dungeons creatures and if we win we can get all the killed monsters as a prize plus an entire lineage of monsters from Alma.”

It takes a moment for her to register this before she shouted to the Snowlion and opening a gate to her village she called everyone and told them to get the beast in and start butchering. She also recalled the 9 strongest hunters and all went to the human village and had the dwarfs repair all their gear and speed up the production of the Snowlions armor they had been wanting for a while.

The number of dwarves have increased a few even though it's been so few days. They have also gained smarts capable of giving them some self-thought. It won’t be long before they start to rationalize. Dalson has been slowly improving the design of the brain to match the human brain which is why they are getting so smart so fast.

I return to the tournament and i watch the rest of their fight. There were still several huge beasts remaining and they began to battle it out but in the end, the last fight being the great wyvern vs the sea dragon, the sea beast won because it used lightning attacks to fight and it paralyzed its opponents and killed them all.

With a triumphant roar after several hours of fighting the dungeon lord descends and with magic heals the wounds before recalling the beast.

Chronos then went down and rewarded the dungeon for his beast’s victory. All the monsters that participated in this game, the knowledge was given to him as a prize and Alma passed him the grand prize.

Chronos: ‘Now then! ARE YOU ALL READY FOR THE V RANK TOURNAMENT!!!’

His roar set off a deafening cheer of roar from the audience.

Chronos: ‘Then shall all participants come out. I hope your races are ready because once they are here, they either win or they die.’

To his call, I spread my wings just as 20 others do.

Chronos: ‘Now, as you can all see, we have a newcomer today. Coming from the only continent that has no Rift dungeons and holds the sentient populations of the outer world as well as the maker of the grand prize for this tournament. MAVIS SHIN!’

The big mouth dragon pointed to me and suddenly the roar of the crowd seem to shake the very foundation of the gallery built on the ceiling of the room.

Chronos: ‘As you all should know, today’s grand prize consists of the brand new sentient race named by this youth as the Draconian race. The form you seem me in today is that such race. It is similar to my Dragonoid race but smaller and more primitive. Now who will win, the newcomer or will he lose one of his prized races today to one of his senior Rifts. Boys, find your starting zone and call your beasts!!’

With that all the other dungeon lords flew down. Not ready for the sudden start signal i was left behind. I quickly connected to my dungeon.

Mavis: ”Helen, are you and the others ready?

Helen: ”Yes, we already have our gear and the Snowlions armor was also finished”

Mavis: ”I’m going to say this right now. DON’T underestimate the creatures here. Every single one is unknown to us so don’t try to solo it because i might not be able to revive you.”

Helen: ”Like hell i will ever die! With the reinforced armor and our mounts, we can contend with big fighters.”

Mavis: ”Still, be careful of water monsters. The last battle had a sea monsters so unless you have a death wish don’t try to fight it in its element.”

Helen: ”As if i would be so stupid. Since those monoliths appeared all the races have been getting smarter. Those things are weird so even the duller ones are smart.”

Mavis: ”Says the warmongering muscle head of the guild”

I chuckle at that and hear her screaming through the link. I find a spot in grasslands near a rainforest. Landing i stretch my hand and a large black gate appears in front. They open slowly into Helen’s village and from it 10 War tigers fully armed in Barroth skin armor and weapons from their bones as well. The Snowlions had head gear and armor around their legs as well as claw weapons.

Mavis: ‘Impressive.’

Helen: ‘I know, now get out of here and enjoy the slaughter we will bring here.’

I smile and she plus all the other war tigers grin showing the sharp white fangs in their jaws.

I spread my wings and flew after closing the gate leaving only the ten War Tigers who mounted the 10 Snowlions.

Mavis: ”Good luck”

Was the last thing i passed to all twenty of them before i flew away back to the gallery.

Bat Mount

http://s246.photobucket.com/user/hesoicy/media/bat.jpg.html

Land rat mount

http://abyssalflames.com/AoC/mount.jpg

Tiger Mount

http://mmomounts.com/sites/default/files/Sandmane-SnowLion-mount-archeage.jpg

Dungeon Name:Mavis ShinDungeon rankSDungeon TypeLabyrinthMagic Power4,846,000Divine Magic Power240,478Number of Floors16*Number of Native Species*101+Dungeon skills8

Food source

Moss, Coral, Plants, Algae, Moss eater bugs (fly, beetle, bee)

Bug eater (bat, rat, lizard), Fish, FrogsAnimals

Wild cat, Wild dog, Mongrel, Lizardling, Tiger

Raccoon, Rabbit, Bird, Bear, Wolf, Raptor,

Leeches, CattleMonstersTier 1

Low: 7-color Bat, Man eater bat, Aggressive Rat, Slime, Infant Spider,

Disease Bug (flies, beetles, etc), Poison Hopper (frog), Swamp Frog, Baby Golem

Mid: Black Wolf, Armored Raccoon, Horned Rabbit, Hare, Demon Fox,

Dungeon Raptor, Dungeon Lizard, Piranha, Stupid Goblin, Green Goblin,

Monster Eagle, Vulture, Ox

High: Skeleton, Hind BearTier 2

Low: Imp, Slime (Poison, Acid, Scavenger, Herbal, Water, Rock), Scout Rats,

Mid: Gremlin, Kappa, Feral Rat, Saber Tooth Wild Cat, Devil Hound,

Kobold, Hobgoblin, Skeleton Knight, Skeleton Mage, Vampire Bat,

Spider (Death, Gladius, Acid, Poison, etc), Blade Mantis, Lizardmen,

Rainbow Birds, Gnome,

High: Drake, Wyvern, Saurus, Onikuma, Bicorn Rabbit, Blade Rabbit, Black Wolf Leader, Black Hunt, Wroggi, Wroggia, Swamp Crocodile, Giaprey, Flare Eagle, Night Vulture, Savage RipperTier 3

Low: Gel Slime, Devil Bat

Mid: Feral Marsupial Rat, Ogre, Troll, Goblin Shaman,

Gargoyle (variant), Kobold (Foot soldier, Acolyte (mage), Archer, etc), Red Troll,

Orc, Dwarf (for now)

High: Great Wroggi, Barroth, Horuku, Snowlion, Storm Wing, Chocobo,Tier 4

Death Knight, Minotaur, Royal Ludroth, Lords, Saber Tooth War Tigerman

Feral Ratman,Tier 5

Witch, Human, Beast man (Wolf, Rabbit, Cat, Draconian), Elf, Dark ElfTier 6

Arcane, Demi Human (Wyverian)