Dungeon of Niflheim

"T...thank you Lord creator." Queek forced himself to smile as he thanked his father meekly. Internally he was dissatisfied with his performance, feeling like a failure in Dark's eyes as well as the many siblings around him. He was completely outmatched in every shape and form.

His aggressive tactics were not based on logic but because he didn't want to live in fear, to be consumed by the possibility of danger anymore. Though he somewhat succeeded in overcoming his trauma what did it get him, complete and utter defeat. He didn't even register the extent of his father's words, oblivious to the compliment he gave him.

Whether he'd continue to mire in his own fear or triumph over it completely only he knew. Dark had said his piece, the rest was up to Queek.

"The war is over and we have a victor and a loser thus it is time to unveil the promised rewards but first for those who bet on Void you'll receive double whatever you risked while those who bet on Queek, better luck next time heheheh." Dark smirked evilly before waving his sleeve, sending beams of silverly light into the chests of the fortunate gamblers.

The lucky victors saw their DP reserves jump the moment the light touched them; Dark's abilities truly were incomprehensible.

After paying out several tens of thousands of DP in winnings Dark looked down at Queek with a gentle smile. "Queek since you were defeated in this war your prize is that of a free gacha pull worth 5000DP." Dark summoned what appeared to be a silver ticket and handed it over to Queek who nervously accepted it. The ticket would be used instead of DP the next time Queek went to use the gacha system.

"Now for Void's spoils." Dark brought his right hand to his chin and started stroking it as he thought long and hard. Queek's reward was simple but for Void he promised something personalised meaning he needed to think. With an upper limit of 20,000DP there was quite an array of things he could grant, spell books, magical devices, specialty monsters or perhaps a low level mortal rank oddity.

He gazed at Void in his entirety for a minute or so before making his decision. Since Void loved magic his choice centred around that fact.

"To be honest you'd probably benefit best from a spatial oddity but 20,000DP isn't enough to provide a good one so instead I'll grant you a 4th circle spell called [gravitational rotation] as well as a coded map which once deciphered will point you in the direction of a high level mortal ranked spatial oddity." Since Void liked puzzles and riddles so much he felt that this was quite the heartfelt gift, positive that his son would get a great deal of pleasure out of decoding the map, he even chortled as he quickly placed a seal on the map and handed it over along with a spell book for [gravitational rotation].

The 4th circle spell was one that not only created intense gravitational shifts in a confined space thus allowing one to tear their opponents asunder but would also help Void deepen his knowledge in regards to the gravitational aspect of the spatial element.

The moment Void heard the name [gravitational rotation] his eyes lit up, desperate to research and devour its contents as if it was the most delectable of meals but when Dark mentioned the coded map his mind went blank before his lips turned upward resulting in a smile that spanned his entire face.

Dark didn't even get the chance to fully extend his arm before Void snatched the map from his hand, his eyes filled with an eery fascination.

"I take it you like your reward?" Dark asked confidently but got no response in return, his son's eyes were glued to the map, muttering away as if completely oblivious to world around him.

"...Chronos would you taking care of your brother so we can carry on?"

"Gladly father!" Chronos who was ardently staring at the map in Void's hand loudly replied before dashing over to assist his brother. Thus the two older looking Dungeon cores moved over to a quiet corner to contemplate the puzzle Dark had just created together.

Such a sight brought both a sigh and a smile to Dark's face. "Alright let's move on without the two of them, next up is duels. Do we have any volunteers first of all?"

"I'll do it."

"Me to!"

"Ready to go Lord Father!" In response to his question nearly a dozen cores raised their arms eager to take part in a duel.

"Magnificent! Wukong you can fight Lilia, Brooke you can take on Patan….." With this many volunteers there was no need to force anyone to take part.

Dark quickly and appropriately paired off many of the volunteers according to their strength but was lacking another individual at the B-rank who could go toe to toe with Pyro who was among the very first to volunteer himself. The large brute of a man repeatedly taunted Frost and Indra as he stood in the centre of the room without an opponent.

Unfortunately for him both Frost and Indra held no desire to face him in combat. Though they'd love to knock the arrogant son of a bitch down a peg they also that they lacked the strength to do so, Pyro was strong, very strong.

Just when Dark was about to request either Yami or Aqua to be Pyro's opponent a low rumble shook the seating area as a giant of a man stood up and made his way down.

"I'll fight him father." Unexpectedly the one offering to fight was the person known among them as the B.F.G (big friendly giant) Terra the 5th Dungeon core and master of the earth element.

Though Terra appeared intimidating with his mountains of rippling muscle and giantlike mass he was the gentlest soul you'd ever meet. A man who abhorred unnecessary violence and strove to protect all life. His Dungeon the Heart of Titan rarely killed its intruders, focusing more on passive income granted by its external residents.

Out of all the territories established by the Dungeon cores Terra's was the most developed and most populated. Frost, Indra and the others were simply imitating his actions, he was by far the leader of such movements.

Thus seeing him volunteer to fight, against Pyro no less was quite a shock. Explore more stories with m,v l'e-m|p| y r

"Stupid Terra what are doing get back here!" Sylph who was the closest to Terra loudly admonished him, ordering him to return to his seat. Terra however wantonly ignored his elder sister, his gaze locked onto to Pyro.

"You wish to fight Pyro, Terra?" Dark asked also rather confused. Such an action really wasn't in his nature.

"Yes father."

"Hmph though you're not the one I wanted you're a single digit, so you'll do." Pyro clearly looked down on everyone that wasn't him. His words agitated everyone in the room, but no one was as disturbed as Terra.

Crack! Crack!

His massive hands audibly cracked as they formed into tight fists, he was enraged by his elder brother, his indifference to those he deemed lesser than himself. Terra respected all his siblings, seeing no such thing as hierarchy thus he was wholly incompatible with Pyro.

Many times he'd felt the desire to confront this older brother of his but each time he held himself back or another took to the stand now however it was his turn. His insults towards Queek was the last straw.

"Very well, winners of their duels will be granted 10,000DP while the losers will get 1000, have fun." With those words and wave of his arm all those taking part in the duels were transported to separate spaces where they could wreak havoc on their opponents without having to worry about their surroundings.

The Large screen switched back on showing 6 different fights with Pyro and Terra's holding a significantly larger portion than the rest.

"Um does anyone know how strong Terra is?" Of course betting was once again encouraged and learning from last time Indra chose inquire a bit before wagering his money. Unfortunately no one seemed capable of giving him the answer.

"No idea, I've never even seen him make a fist before." Aqua shook her head, unable to given Indra the answer he was looking for. Frost was the same as was Yami, Gaia and Damascus. Terra only ever talked about his territory and the lives of the people living in it, rarely bringing up his own merits.

Several of them turned to Sylph for answers since she was the closest one to him but even she shook her head. "I know he's reached B-rank but that's about it, I've never seen him fight personally nor do I even know the type of weapon he uses." She shrugged her shoulders and frowned, her heart more confused and torn up than the rest of her siblings.

'What are you thinking about you big dummy.'

"He's strong, very strong, more than a match for Pyro." Suddenly while all Terra's siblings were in the dark about his strength the voice of a young man with earthen skin and a height close to 3 metres spoke out drawing everyone's attention.

"Geb"