I’m jolted awake as a message pops into existence like a alarm clock.

  CONGRATS YOU HAVE EVOLVED FROM

  MANA-STONE —TO— DUNGEON CORE

  All I can think about is how dark my surroundings are, even with the panel in front of me. While consumed by the darkness I learn a few basic things.

  1 if I say status the screen pops up again

  2 I’m not surrounded by the pitch black or a cave but rather rock

  3 my view point can be the crystal surrounded by rock to the rock closest to the crystal

  “Status”

  UNNAMED DUNGEON CORE

  LEVEL 1

  FLOORS 0

  ROOMS 0

  HP10         REGENERATION — 1 PER DAY

  MP100        REGENERATION — 1 PER MIN

  MONSTERS:              NONE

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  TO VEIW MORE ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SUBJECT

  “How do you make floors?” I ask without hesitation

  TO MAKE A FLOOR YOU MUST HAVE AN ENTRANCE AND A ROOM FOR ANY EXTRA FLOORS YOU MUST HAVE A DEDICATED ROUTE DOWN AND A ROOM AT THE BOTTOM

  That’s helpful but I have to figure out how to make a room. “How do you make a room?”

  TO MAKE A ROOM YOU MUST CARVE OUT A SPACE BY FOCUSING MANA ON THE ITEM FILLING THE ZONE AND WISH FOR THE ITEM TO BE ABSORBED BY DOING THIS YOU LOSE 2 MANA PER CUBIC FOOT YOU GAIN KNOWLEDGE ON THE ITEM ABSORBED

  With that Bit of knowledge, I got to work carving out a room with the dimensions being 5 foot by 5 foot by 5 foot which would cost a grand total of 250 mana. Meaning if I did I’d instantly it would take 2 and a half hours of mana regenerating.

  Let’s not get ahead of ourself though I still need to actually try it, well here goes nothing. I start by first actually trying to get a grip on mana control in the first place, and by focusing on the crystal that is me i feel something start leaking out I then try to focus that on the surrounding rock and I feel it start to crumble away after a cube of it is gone I decided to check my mana storage”status”after I hear the the panel reappears

  UNNAMED DUNGEON CORE

  LEVEL 1

  FLOORS 0

  ROOMS 0

  HP10         REGENERATION — 1 PER DAY

  MP95         REGENERATION — 1 PER MIN

  MONSTERS:              NONE

  TO VEIW MORE ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SUBJECT

  Based of the fact that I’m missing 5 mana I can assume that means I cleared out a cubic foot, so it was a success! Well I guess I should start working on the rest of the room now…