Title: Weird dreams, to the Undead Dungeon!

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[A/N: Before we begin, info dumps. Pain.]
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Luke

‘Where the hell am I now? Can a man get 30 minutes of sleep? And by the look of
things, we’re in a field of… Wait a minute!’ Over to my right, were two figures.
One clad in red and the other in black.

Just as I was about to take a step in, an older man blocked my nonexistent path.
“You can’t intervene in their path, no matter what. This… is for the better.” He
commanded me, pausing at the end of his words. The man had this aura around
him, I just can’t explain it in proper words. This might just be the unreachable chad
state.

“Too many changes to this world could cause it to turn against you, even if you’re
a ‘type’. One of the things you need to keep in mind for the future. It isn’t fun
having to spend 4000-something years stuck on a planet that wants to murder you,
that’s for sure.” That’s fair. It’s like having an overbearing roommate, but this one
kills you. And so, I just sat there, looking at the scene unfolded in front of me.

“Are you happy now father? To see your kingdom in ruin? To all the knights,
friends, civilians, and even that man of yours, dead because of your decisions.”
The knight in red armor taunted, even removing her helmet to emphasize her point.

“You bastard-”

“You’re not wrong there at all. I was always the unwanted child!” This only
seemed to make the red armored woman more crazed, as the small house behind
her fell in front of both of them.
“FINE! You want the crown!? Then pry it off my cold dead hands, but not before I
gut your insides for what you did!” She lady in black armor shouted, raising her
sword up for one last strike.

“Let’s do this FATHER! ONE LAST CLASH!” The other shouted, also raising her
sword. Both warrior’s swords sucked up all the surrounding ambient mana,
charging up their strongest attacks. And with a drop of a pin, they went off.

*CLANG*

They final slash to end it all. The knight in red fell to her knees and in her last
dying breaths, said. “Denied once a- *cough*. Damn it! i- it was supposed to be
me~.”” The lady in black didn’t come out unscathed either, getting a deep gash
along her entire chest. Though she was still alive, it wasn’t for long. No matter
how much mana she had, she couldn’t heal anything of that level fast enough for
her to survive it. And on a pile of dead knights, on top of a hill, that was her resting
place.

To her death, she only had one regret. “If only Luke didn’t die” She later
succumbed to her wounds, alone and feeling guilty of her past actions and
mistakes.

“That was rather sho-” The dream was apparently going on for too long, and Salter
was now trying to wake me up. “Luke~. Hey~, wake up~. I got the holy water you
needed~. It’s time to grind~. I’ll jump your bones if you don't wake up in the next
5 seconds~.” Upon hearing the threat on my life, I opened my eyes as fast as I
could. Nope, I’m not dying on my first day.

“Do you have the holy water?”

“Of course. But it was tough finding a church. The majority of the places here are
shrines, I wasn't able to find it till I went over to the next city” Salter says with a
sigh.

Grabbing the holy water and both of our swords, I doused the two weapons in the
holy water. This would let me hit the ghost, while also giving Salter more damage.
Now that we were ready for the challenge ahead, I raised my hand. “I.D Create:
Undead”. The world around us once again shattered, this time, being replaced with
a graveyard, overlooked by a massive mansion at the end.

…
[Quest Added]
[I’m the queen of the castle.]
Objective- Defeat the ghost queen to finish the dungeon.
Bonus Objective- Defeat secret boss.
Secret Objective- ???
Reward- 60K EXP, 1 Gacha Token, [Undead Monster Hunter] Title.
Bonus Reward- [Familiar Stone]
Secret Reward- ???
Failure- Eternal damnation in hell.
…

Either the game is telling me to fuck a ghost with the secret quest, or it’s telling me
to get a pet. Both are equally good, but one is better. Whichever one that is, it’s all
personal preference.
And looking at the other notifications filling up my screen. Oh no.

[Quirk Assimilated]
[Quirk: Steel-like Bones] (Active)
You can harden your bones to the point that they’re as tough as steel. It runs
on milk.
+1000 HP
+25% Damage to fist-type attacks.
Cost- 30 SP per second.

[Quirk: Fa Jin] (Active)

A simple quirk that allows you to store kinetic energy. The energy can later be
used to strengthen attacks or provide a short burst in speed.
Conversion- 30 HP/ 1 STR, DEX

[Quirk: Danger Sense] (Passive)

Similar to the ‘Spidey Sense’, it can warn the user of incoming danger. The
user will receive a stabbing sensation when warned however.
Cost- 5 HP per warning

[Quirk: Black Whip] (Active)

Allows you to create black tendrils that can be used to grab/ pull things. It
also gets stronger the stronger the emotion the user is feeling at the moment.
Costs- 50 SP per tendril.

[Quirk: Smokescreen] (Active)

Creates a thick cloud of smoke that comes out of the user’s body.
Cost- 50 SP per meter covered by smoke.

[Quirk: Float] (Active)

Allows user to float in mid-air, giving them the ability to seemingly fly if used
correctly.
Cost- 5 SP per foothold.

[Skill Updated]
[Quirk: One For All] (Active)
Cost- 500SP-> 400 SP

Those are a lot of notifications. The other quirks should be from the other users,
though I’m not familiar with three of them. The abilities themselves are pretty
good if combined with the boost that OFA provides. Getting a basic look over our
surroundings, we found multiple graves, a forest to the west of us, and a totally not
villainous giant mansion up north.

Just as we were about to move, a rotten hand sprung up from below. Then multiple
other hands came out of the ground. And as to signify their arrival, a skeleton rose
from the dirt and ‘screeched’. Now the hands were accompanied by their bodies,
all of them crawling out of the soil.

Not leaving any of them to transform into some rat king abomination, I bring the
wrath of the storms upon them. *ehem* I mean lighting, yes, lightning bolts. None
of that chunni stuff a second ago.

*BZZT*

I was quickly overwhelmed by the burnt smell of rotten flesh; it was quite
unbearable to even stick around the zombies and skeletons afterwards.

[Stats Plundered]
STR- 7, END-4, DEX-2

They weren’t that much stronger than the goblins. Then again, they didn’t have any
weapons or armor of note besides some of them wearing suits.

But now that I’m here, where should I go? It's either the forest or the mansion. And
now that I think about it, I'd be better to go through the thick and probably foggy
forest than a mansion filled with tight corners some large sections and possibly
ghosts.

And so, we ventured forth into the unknown, killing any and all zombies that either
me or Salter came across.

…
Taking our first steps into the forest, we were met by the guards. They still seem to
be zombies, only difference here is that they seem to retain some knowledge on
how to wield weapons and have armor. Weapons ranged from daggers, bows,
swords, axes, and spears.

The zombies adopted a wave strategy, going in squads to whittle us down so as to

swarm us with an all-out attack later. First wave came in and they looked to be
peasants, wielding farming equipment and wearing rather worn-out clothes.

Gripping my weapon tightly, I channel some electricity through my sword. Going

for the first enemy, I swung overhead, it worked taking the first one down. But,
two from the back, in a sort of planned attack, stabbed me in my sides with their
pointy rakes.

[120 Damage Received]

That was more painful than I expected, shit. ‘Lightning Bolt’ There, that should
take out both of them. Wait, aren't there more? Looking behind gave me an answer,
as Salter had already killed rest of them.

[You Gained a Level]

[Stats Plundered]
STR- 2, END-1, DEX-1

Neat, but there’s still like 20 more waves of zombies, ghosts, and other bullshit.
Giving a glance towards the new horde, I used both ‘Twister’ and a couple of
psychic crystals to shred or leave them brain dead. This surprisingly worked, as
they stopped struggling as soon as they were caught up in the large spinning death
tornado.

Next wave came in and now they were some basic soldiers with swords and one
spear guy. They were all quickly taken out with a couple bursts of ‘Force’. This
kept going on, with the hordes slowly but surely growing stronger with each wave,
more and more undead joining them, and getting bodied by the holy water
enhanced swords.
Every 5 waves though we were met by a mini-boss, a stronger variant of a standard
enemy. Nothing particularly of note until wave 15, dungeon dropped a buffed-up
version of the tank from left for dead. So much for doing the mini-boss solo.

After that quick recap of monotonous wave clearing, we finally finished wave 19.

[You Gained a Level] X11

[Stats Plundered]
STR- 37, END-23, DEX-41, INT- 7, WIS- 4, LUK- 2

[Skill Gained]
[Psycho Slash] (Active)
Cut the air using your mind. Can be used to give enemies a bad time.
Damage- INT +WIS X 2.3 Slash Damage
Cost- 750 MP per cast

[Skill Upgraded]
[Plunder +1]
Stats Plundered: 1/10 -> 1/5

[Telekinesis Mastery] (Passive) {Apprentice}

+20% Damage to [Esper] class attacks

-10% MP cost to [Esper] class spells

Surprised it got better, game never told it could. But this should be the last mob
until we get the sweet reward at the end of the tunnel.

*clop clop clop*

Horse-rider? Wait one second. If this is what I think it is then.

[Secret Boss Triggered]

[Boss: Dullahan]

‘Shit.’ Just one word was able to describe what was happening. A rider atop the
hill of corpses that were decaying. Riding high and mighty on his horse, he
wielded a giant glowing sword in one hand and an armored head in the other. The
boss just gave this ethereal felling in the air, what might be massive amounts of
mana being poured out by the sword. The horse neighed seeing us standing at the
bottom.
‘Hey Salter, can I do this thing alone? I know you can nuke it with your NP, but I
just want to see if I can fight it. Just trust me one this, okay.’ I pleaded with the
Yandere. The expression on her face turned confused then a bit angry but she
eventually nodded, accepting my decision to get fucked up.

With a sigh, I charge up myself and my weapon with any and all buffs I can give it,
both lightning and crystal shards joining my weapon. And in an attempt to damage
it, tried to strike it down with lightning.

*BOOM*

Nothing, absolutely nothing. Some ‘it was not very effective’ levels of damage
right here. Hey! At least I tried. Now giving the mounted man a stared down, he
decided to rush at me first, sweeping his sword in a relatively low from his point of
view.

[100 Damage Received]

Even if I side stepped from this, a small part of my left arm was still cut. It wasn’t
an issue with the ‘regeneration kicking in, but what is an issue was the incoming
blade coming for my head once again.
Instead of doing something reasonable and smart, I opt to instead challenge the
blade. Swinging my own sword into his, enhancing the attack temporarily with
‘psycho slash’. This worked surprisingly, the two hits staggered the headless-man
long enough for me to plunge directly into his suit of armor.

“ARGHGHHHHH” The Dullahan screamed in agony from its helmet, feeling the
pain of being pierced through the ‘chest’ yet not being able to die from it.
Dislodging the sword from his chest, I look back at him only to see both him and
the horse writhing in pain as small streaks of red pigment slowly danced around
him.

This red thing, lack of a better term, was most likely mana. Or at least mana that
was deeply infused with rage. The amount was uncertain, but it was enough to,
after a couple of seconds, create a mist around himself to attack me from.

The mist covered most of everything, including his horse. Now that I’m stuck in
said mist, my only way out was through him. Which was quite easy, as I had my
downgraded spidey sense with me, I dodged his first strike by ducking. Second
attack wasn’t as lucky though, as it ripped a portion of my mid-section.

[750 Damage Received]

On the verge of death once again. My closest dance with it actually, besides my
death anyway. Grabbing the still stuck glowing sword I yanked it out of my gut,
looking at the hand still attached to it. Putting it on my right hand, while using
storm bringer on my left, casted tornado once again to clear up the mist. With my
vision being cleared up, I could finally see the unarmed boss in front of me.

And just like me, he did the best attack he could.

[100 Damage Received]

He got off his horse and punched me, straight in the face. Just tried to knock me
the fuck out, I guess. This last-ditch effort failed as I slashed both mine and his
sword into the head he was holding. ‘HAHAHAHA! I won! Eat a dick you horse
riding, sword wielding, headless bitch!’ I shouted many profanities in my head out
of victory.

[Secret Boss Defeated]

[Special Rewards will be given out.]

[Cursed Blue Sword of the Monarch]

A magic sword used by an old king. It was stolen when one of his subjects ran
away with his prized daughter. Now in the possession of the princess, the
knight lived happily ever-. The village they were in was raided by bandits. The
princess defiled, and the knight tortured and was forced to watch as they
murdered and continued defiling her corpse. Cursing vengeance upon them,
he watches over the forest surrounding the village, protecting his wife’s final
resting place.
Damage- {(STR+ (DEX/1.5) X 2.4) + INT}
Special Skill- Accursed Rage

[Accursed Rage] (Active Weapon Skill)

User goes into a berserk-like state, where they will protect anything precious
to them. And if the thing you are protecting gets hurt or is destroyed, the user
will go deeper into the state, getting stronger for each second until the enemy
is desecrated.
+1 points in each stat per second that the user is in stage 1 rage.
+5 points in each stat per second that the user is in stage 2 rage.
Cost- 1 - 10% HP per minute.

[Master Bedroom Key]

[Familiar Stone]
If used on nothing, the stone will search through the multiverse for a suitable
familiar. Though, if a target has already been established, the stone will bind
to the creature.

[You Gained a Level] X3

[Stats Plundered]
STR- 36, END-25, DEX-49, INT- 7, WIS- 10, LUK- 1

Was going to expect more, but the sword itself is already enough to body most
mobs. What makes all of this even better is that fact I can dual wield both of them.
Taking a page out of the edge lord black swordsman should turn out well enough
to survive.

And as for the key, it might be a shortcut straight to the boss, or perhaps a secret
room full of valuables. Both work just as fine.

But just as I was going to examine the weapons further, Salter coughed. “Luke!
We still need to finish the dungeon, time is ticking.” She reminded me in a
desperate? tone. “Sorry! Just a bit lost in thought, that’s all” I reassure her.

“If that’s the case, then we better head to the mansion. The faster we complete this,
the faster you can get to your bed.” Is she doing this on purpose? Is my yearning
for sleep being weaponized against me? Yes. Maybe I should invest in literal
cockblockers.

…
An hour of walking and killing zombies, ghouls, and other undead later.

We made it to the mansion. Looks quite nice actually, if it weren’t for the
oversized spiders blocking the way it would. How did this even happen! Who
approved of the giant zombie spiders! *sigh* They’re at least dead now. Lightning
and lots of magic does that to living beings.
Moving on, the inside of the house itself, or the first room I visited, was large. It
could fit around 100 people easily. Guess what it was filled with now? Ghosts! The
people that were here for what I assume to be a party, are now ghosts.

The loud creaking of the door alerted all of them to our presence, and because of
game physics, they all rushed towards both me and Salter. They were all relatively
easy to take down, the only thing stopping me from killing all of them is their sheer
number and the fact that they barely give any stats. So instead of going through the
entire thing, I let Salter handle it.

Quickly notifying her through our connection, she began to charge up mana. Small
red and black spirals crept up her arm, slowly crawling and converging towards her
sword. Coating the blade in this semi-liquid mass, she slammed her sword into the
ground.

*BOOM*

*BRRRRR*

The entire house fell apart. Bits and pieces of debris and loot raining from the sky.
Dust clumped up into a massive ball behind everyone. And finally, a large bathtub
that somehow managed to survive the carnage.

“WAAHH! How dare those peasants ruin my mansion like this! I’ll show them
what your little revolution will do when I’m angry!” The figure in the tub shouted
in anger. Getting out of said tub, it revealed a lady in all white, from her hair, to
her shoes… Why was she taking a bath in full clothing? ‘Observe’

[Queen (Princess) Caroline, Booette (voted by poll)

HP- 100% (0.5% per min)
MP- 100% (30% per min)
LVL- 100
Rank- Boss
Skills: Ghost Physique, Dimension Magic
STR- 20
END- 80
DEX- 190
INT- 200
WIS- 40
CHA- 45
LUK- 22
Thoughts about you: Doesn’t know who you are, but is extremely angry at
anyone.]

‘I wonder if she can make a fake inve-’ Salter raised her sword once again, but this
time going in for a downward slash. “Wait! I have an idea. We might be able to
beat her without killing.” I proposed to Salter, who clicked her tongue, but
accepted nevertheless. But the boss heard my shout and turned back, raising her
hand up, and she prepared to blast us.

This was really bad; she could send us to a planet where it is just filled with open
blenders. Salter grabbed a hold of me and dashed over to a safer place. “I’ll trust
you this time Luke. But if you’re going to die, I’m going to step in unlike last
time.” She warned me, staring a hole into my soul.

“I can agree with that, just please stop staring at me like that.” I fearfully stated,
not wanting to burn from her fury.

And so, I made a plan. A plan so great, it would make people jealous of me. It was
simple, use the familiar stone to get a free waifu. Magic like that would be of great
use, using dreams as a jumping off point to create worlds to explore… and pillage.

I just have to get close enough to use the stone without it searching for other
random familiars. Easier said than done, when the thing you’re trying to capture
can just blip you out of existence and into the fucking shadow realm, send you to
another dimension, evil bullshit.
In a stroke of sheer genius, I remembered the dust ball. It would make a great o̶r̶
̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶g̶r̶e̶a̶t̶ smoke screen to hide whatever I was preparing. Slowly moving
towards the ball of lung death, I launched the attack.

*POOF*

[1 Damage Received] X25

*cough* *cough* holy shit! My lungs! *cough* ‘force’ *cough* Don’t breathe
and everything will be alright. This should buy me enough time to take her within
the stone. But the sudden stabbing sensation fills my senses, reflexively jumping
back to avoid something.

*blip*

A clear circle where I had just been, appeared for but mere moments, erasing
everything in and around the circle, missing me by only a foot. “I know you’re
there~. Come out, come out wherever you are~. I won’t bite~ I’ll just have you pay
for ruining my house~.” The inner workings of a yandere… but for house, I guess.
Can’t really blame her for it either, since it could have been rather important to her.
My guess is that she was bound to the house when she died, and now that the
house was destroyed some sort of switch spell activated, letting her run loose.

No time for that right now though, we have to focus on the ghost queen waifu if we
want to get her without using extreme measures. Activating ‘OFA’ and dodging
her multiple attempts at sending me to the shadow realm, I was able to get around
3 meters before I reached her. But a stray shard of glass got itself stuck in my foot
and my screams of pain revealed my location.

[1500 Damage Received]

The whole half of my body disintegrated. The only reason why I’m still alive is
OFA giving a boost to END. Still, it hurts like a massive bitch. The only thing
keeping me from letting out cries of pain is the fact I could use it to my advantage.
After letting the dust settle, the ‘queen’ approached my body, a very smug look on
her face. “HAHAHAHA! Look at what happened to this one. Tried to oppose me!
What a joke! No one ca-. WHAT!” She noticed that I still had most of my body.
Caroline narrows her eyes almost instantly, realizing what has happened.

Using that small window of opportunity, I took the win, crushing the familiar stone
in my hands. The motes of light once again appeared, this time congregating
towards the struggling ghost lady. The light wrapped around her arms, slowly
moving its way towards both ends of her body.

[Princess Caroline has been captured!]

[Dungeon Boss Defeated]

[Familiar Compendium has been sent to inventory]

[Would you like to change familiar’s name?]

[Yes] [No]

I think the name is good enough. Caroline just sounds nice, doesn’t it? And we just
got a spatial warping familiar who may or may not kill us.

[- 20 Affection with Caroline, for using a weird spell that won’t let her kill
you.]

[-50 Obedience with Caroline, because she hates you]

“Let me go this instant, peasant! Whatever you’ve done to me, I will rip you to
shreds. If I’m being particularly merciful, I might just make you disappear.”
Caroline screeched out, trying her best to attack me, only to be given a shock
courtesy of the brand. ‘Oh, so it’s like a slave brand. Going to have to change that
later once we’re out of here.’ I thought while signaling Salter to come back.
[Quest Accomplished]
[I’m the queen of the castle.]
Objective- Defeat the ghost queen to finish the dungeon.
Bonus Objective- Defeat secret boss.
Secret Objective- Make the ghost queen your familiar.
Reward- 60K EXP, 1 Gacha Token, [Undead Monster Hunter] Title.
Bonus Reward- [Familiar Stone]
Secret Reward- [Greater Heart Crystals] X 6, [Phase Walk]
Failure- Eternal damnation in hell.

[Undead Monster Hunter]

+ 25% Damage towards undead enemies.
+ 5% Damage resistance against undead enemies.

[Greater Heart Crystals]

A large heart-shaped crystal so powerful, it is said to seduce married women
into falling in love with the user.

+ 15 Affection/Reputation to anyone this is given to.

Note: Only works until the target's affection/reputation is at 75.

[Phase Walk] (Active)

The power to go through walls. A no clip that works in real life. One slight
problem though, you can fall through the ground. Better luck next time.
Cost- 1000 SP per second.

[You Gained a Level] X 3

That n-. Oh shit! “Salter, I know you might be mad. But think about it for a minute.
I was able to beat the boss.” Of course, it failed to calm her down, what did you
expect? “You said it wouldn’t be suicidal, and the minute I take my eyes off you,
you end up doing this!” She pointed to everything around us.

“But I was st-”

“I get it already. You were able to beat the ghost queen. But in a battle where
people have powers capable of killing you in a single hit, why do you choose to be
suicidal? I- I- I just don’t want to lose you again. All I ask is for you to be safe.
Can you at least try to abide by that?” Her voice slowly grew sad whilst saying
this, her arms wrapping themselves around my body.

While all of this was happening, the ghost queen was shouting profanity after
profanity at us. It was quickly stopped; I don’t know how though, but it was
stopped. And with everything finished, I raised my hand and shouted like an anime
character. “I.D: Escape”
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