《Core Evolution》Another Day, Another Kill
Advertisement
Cyrus wakes up to a new day, feeling fresher than ever. His mp is fully restored, so he's no longer mentally exhausted.
{Good Morning Cyrus, what will be the first task today?}
Cyrus slept on the thought about giving the monsters names, and he still doesn't know if he should waste his time for something like that. Like Pics said, they're just programmed monsters. Or they're supposed to be. It would be different if there was a need for it, but he barely talks to the monsters.
'Let's go to the first floor, but first I want to see how much closer my core is to level 2. '
'Open Experience'
**********
•Yesterday's kills•
Exp Gained: 1200xp
Micell- 200
Micell- 200
micell- 200
micell- 200
micell- 200
micell- 200
Dungeon Level 1
450/2000 (+ 900)
Core Level 1
150/1000 (+ 300)
************
Cyrus smirks 'Oh, they've killed quite a lot when I was asleep. Let's head to the first floor'
{Teleporting now}
Once they've arrived, all 5 monsters instantly appeared in front of him and bowed. Cyrus finally got a good look at them, and examined their features. They're all wearing a black fighting suit that almost matches their skin tone and their eyes have yet to open. They've been closed all this time.
'It's a wonder how they see, but I guess they just have really good senses.'
As described before, they were 8 feet, very lean and their skin was black as ink. However, they all had characteristics that was different from the rest.
Starting with the one horned monster, her hair color is silver while her hairstyle is a bob cut with one side longer than the other. On her left hip was an empty sheathe. 'So she uses a sword...that's interesting'
To the right of her is the monster with 1 horn facing up and the other facing down, his hair color is black while his hairstyle is a tapered undercut. He hasn't shown any of his skills.
In the middle is the monster with a horned crown, her hair color is a dark purple while her hairstyle is a big afro. Cyrus has yet to see her reveal any kind of skill either. From what he's seen, she is the leader of the group.
Advertisement
Next, is the no horned monster, his hair color is dark brown while his haircut is a low cut fade. 'It seems he doesn't talk much, or at all.' Cyrus already saw his energy spike skill.
Lastly, is the monster with 2 horns facing up, his hair color is dark red while his hairstyle is curly. He has 4 piercings; 2 studs on the left and 1 stud with a cross earring on the right. 'I think I can take a guess on what his skill is'
"Good morning my king, what has brought you here?" The horned crown monster smiles
In his soul form, Cyrus scratches the back of his head and smiles slightly 'I don't know if I can get used to being called that'
{I'm still not used to them talking}
"I just came to check on the first floor's progress."
"Then tell us whenever you need something" All 5 disappeared and went back onto their pillars.
'Now, we can-....' Before Cyrus could finish his sentence, out of no where, a message popped up in the dungeon.
[-We have a visitor-]
'Perfect timing! we'll just wait here for now'
{I will make us invisible}
'I wonder what race it is this time' he grins
The entrance barrier to the first floor opens, and the first to walk out was a Micell.
Cyrus frowns 'Again!? Did my dungeon drop in the middle of a Micell city?'
He was about to tell Pics to teleport them back until he saw the 2 others that came after the Micell.
...
"Here it is! The cursed dungeon!" The gray Micell yelled
"You must destroy this dungeon! Whoever goes in... never comes out! It's taken a lot of my friends and fam-..." A huge white Ratman with an Italian mobster accent and different colored eyes squeezed the Micell's face
"Ay, I didn't ask for all that! The only thing I care about is the payment. Keep it nice and toasty when I finish. C'mon Quill!"
A white Ratman with black spots strides inside. "Aye aye boss"
Advertisement
"I better get some good stuff out of this because if those Micells give me some milk and cheese as a reward they're gonna die."
The Ratmans head up the arena and encounter a one horned female monster. She's standing in the center of the square with both hands to her side.
The different colored eyed Ratman raises an eyebrow, "Who are you?"
She doesn't answer and stays silent.
"Hey! My boss is talking to you!"
The one horned monster continues to not answer them.
"Calm down, Quill...maybe she's scared" He walks up to her, getting a closer look of her features.
'I don't know what race she is, but she's extremely attractive... I'll gladly take her as my wife' he grins
He chuckles "Have you been stuck in this dungeon? Don't worry, once I destroy it, I'll take you out and you'll be free with me. How does that sound?"
Slowly but surely, as he was talking to her, she forms her psychic energy sword and strikes immediately when he finished speaking. The Ratman luckily managed to parry with his heavy handed sword from behind his back.
"Oho, Fiesty"
She ignores his comments and leaps back as he does the same. He then throws a overhand cut while she quickly parries. He aims for the other side and she blocks it again.
It goes back and forth until they both jumped back again. "You're strong! You're even more fitting to be my wife."
She rushes back in aiming for low cut towards his stomach and he aims low to parry. However, once they got close to each other, she instead jumped on his sword and went behind him to stab his back.
"Ow! I underestimated you! Quill assist!" He leaps back
"Aye Boss!" Quill rushes onto the arena and readies his long sword.
"What'cha gonna do now when there's two of us?"
She sighs and forms another sword for other her hand.
They immediately surround her and rush in, but she blocks both of their strikes slapping their blades aside. She jumps in front of quill and quickly slides over cutting at his right arm. Since he was to slow, he found himself looking at his arm and sword on the ground.
"AaaaAa! You'll pay for that!" He recklessly charges towards, so she easily trips him and stabs him in the head.
A hostile aura has been released. "You b*tch! No one kills my men!"
He pounces towards her with his heavy handed sword and attempts to smash her to the ground, but she disappeared before that could happen.
Still in mid air, almost coming in contact with the ground, the one horned monster appeared behind the Ratman and smacked him to the floor with her foot.
The Ratman's spine and ribcage broke due to the crash, so he can't get up "Ugh.... how did you get behind me?"
She laughs, "What are you talking about?"
"There's no way... you could've gotten behind me when my eyes were locked on you this whole time."
"Oh, that can't be possible..." She lays her hand on her face, "...because you've been fighting my double since the beginning. I've been standing and watching the fight over there in the corner"
"W-WHAT!?" He turns his head to the corner she was pointing..
She summons her body double next her. "Don't we look alike?" she smiles
"If you k-kill me my clan will come here and destroy you and this sh*tty dungeon!"
"We welcome them" She grins and slashes at his neck, chopping his head off.
...
'That was amazing!' Cyrus was on the edge of his seat the entire battle. It has him even more excited to acquire a fake body so he can fight himself.
'I haven't even seen them all fight yet! They need names!! What should they be?'
[How would I know? I think giving them names is a bit weird]
'I know! Their names are....!'
Advertisement
- In Serial84 Chapters
Meet The Freak
Meet the freak, an accident of genetics. Wallace possesses true-to-life mutations that leave him with a body that is as formidable as it is hard to maintain. He finds himself dropped off in a dumping ground for the refuse of the multiverse. If he wants the luxuries of a safer, more comfortable life, he'll need to build them for himself. With the aid of a rebellious noblewoman and a limited grasp of the world's magic, he sets out to find his place in the society that has sprung up on this world.
8 182 - In Serial11 Chapters
Modern Cultivator - The Sperm Who Cultivates
Out of billions of my brethren, only I stand. I have tasted the sweet nectar of victory and was also pained by its loss. I have cultivated to the apex but I have lost the people to share it with. Time can only go forward and so must I. I AM THE IMMORTAL SPERM. All life has a beginning. Mato is a sentient sperm that has an innate gift for fighting. He is forced to live in a place where infectious agents try to destroy him. Realizing he is stuck in a fleshy prison, he cultivates. Waiting for the appropriate time for his escape. Watch as he journeys forth into the great unknown and strives to achieve the apex of cultivation.
8 88 - In Serial10 Chapters
A Dungeon Tested
Its a hard life balancing all the things a successful dungeon should be doing. Will our newest addition to the dungeon race even survive let alone make it to the top where dungeons such as the megafauna roam? Or will our main character suffer in the dust till some inauspicious and ignoble death at the end of some F-rankers sword? Note this is me having some fun while I wait for new releases of dungeon stories. Feel free to comment on that basis. I will be keeping the first few chapters slow so as to give me plenty to build upon later. I have tentatively given this the gore tag for now. With that in mind "Let the games begin".
8 202 - In Serial28 Chapters
What's Wrong with Only Having a Shield? My Summoner Hates Me
Follow the adventure of an ex-university student, Rin, as he gets reincarnated as a "Spirit" with a shield being his only weapon in another world. Although he is overjoyed at the chance to live out a childhood fantasy, there's one major problem... His "Summoner", Isabel, sees no reason to keep a "Spirit" who's only good for defense in her party! Rin has to find a way to survive in battles and dungeons as an unwanted and heavily under-leveled character!
8 143 - In Serial21 Chapters
Crimson Gloom
Crimson Gloom. The time when the moon turns crimson, illuminating the landscape with its crimson glow. The time when the ‘doors’ to the Crimson Abyss open. One shall gaze into the abyss and gain its secrets and powers. Concurrently, the abyss also gazes into oneself, gaining one’s sanity and humanity. Dimensional rifts appeared spontaneously on Earth, bringing otherworldly demons along with the Crimson Gloom. Bloody battles were fought, noble sacrifices were made. Humans eventually sealed the rifts and successfully defended their homeworld. Alas, the seals were not perfect. The Crimson Abyss continued to exist, slowly influencing Earth and its inhabitants. Half a century of relatively uneventful years passed… humanity slowly descended into corruption, and the majority of them knew nothing of the effects of the Crimson Abyss. Is there only the dreadful gloom left to the world? Can one find brightness in the increasingly gloomy world? The youth who had gazed into the Crimson Abyss had no answer, nor did he care. He only wanted the Crimson Gloom to end, to forever seal the Crimson Abyss. A mistake and a twist of fate led the youth into a seemingly totally different direction. Will he forget his lifelong goal? Will he instead step back onto his initial path that he fervently pursued? Disclaimer: I do not own the image on the cover. Image edited on canva.com. This piece of work, after all, is only a first draft and by no means an end product by an amateur (beginner) writer. Mistakes are bound to happen. With that said, I will strive to improve as I write. Feel free to point out errors and inconsistencies as you read. I thank you for your time. Finally, I pledge to not rewrite this novel until the first draft is completed.
8 141 - In Serial39 Chapters
Winter Solstice Mini Awards 2022 (Closed!)
Hello Everyone! As we all know, the holiday season is coming, and many traditions are being celebrated! However, some similarity is the celebration of Winter Solstice! This is why I welcome you to the Winter Solstice Mini Awards 2022! Which will be the last awards on the Philosopher Awards page for 2022! This award will be small, and writers with stories that have less than 5k reads will be allowed to sign up! I want more people's work to be noticed!Vampire/Werewolf slots are still open.
8 80

