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Dungeon's Path

Dungeon's Path

by akhier the dragon hearted

ActionAdventureApocalypseDungeon CoreFantasy
Shadow rank ~#234 in Sci-fi↓15

The only places I have posted the story and allow it to exist are on RoyalRoad, Scribblehub, and my Patreon. So the world ended. Whoopsie? We didn’t even see it coming. Quite literally as it came at us faster than the speed of light. Don’t worry though, it got better. Also, I am not joking about the world ending. Most people say that and mean humans are inconvenienced for some reason. Nope, all matter disintegrated at the atomic scale there for a few moments. Apparently the local universe wasn’t actually stable? Don’t ask me to go into too much detail. It would require both of us to have a few more college degrees than sense, and I at least lack them (both the degrees and the sense). Anyway, the energy/matter/wibbly wobbly strings were at a local minimum and not the universal minimum. Basically, what we took for sea level was actually a nice little mountain lake and when the dam busted so did, well, everything. Now here is where things go a bit off track with what normal meant before. You see magic is real, qi is real, gods are real. Not on old Earth mind you but souls pay little attention to time and space so we dreamed of it. In fact, the closer the shift in reality got to Earth, the closer our dreams got to the new reality. This is basically me tip toeing around the fact that it was a ‘System Apocalypse’. Reality became a video game, I became a dungeon, and this is my story. Doyle Huxley just wanted a normal life but as the above might clue you in on that just isn’t in the cards. He gets to experience a “Path Based System Apocalypse” and some early paths he takes, both literally and figuratively, lead to him becoming a dungeon. The aim is to release chapters once a week on Friday. Cursing will be avoided and no naughty adult action will take place in the story.

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#TitleWordsFK GradeDialogueSSPVariation
1So the World Ended - Chapter 10----
2Just Like Community Service - Chapter 20----
3His Soul has WiFi Turned Off - Chapter 30----
4Meeting the Boss - Chapter 40----
5A Giant Ritual Circle - Chapter 50----
6Wait, You're Not Insane? - Chapter 60----
7Dungeon's Tutorial - Chapter 70----
8What Type are You? - Chapter 80----
9Starting Monsters and Their Stats - Chapter 90----
10Calling Mother and then Tech Support - Chapter 100----
11Dungeon Skills - Chapter 110----
12Dungeon Territory - Chapter 120----
13Cubes for Days - Chapter 130----
14Soul Deep Relaxation - Chapter 140----
15Making Rooms - Chapter 150----
16Dungeon Design - Chapter 160----
17Placing Plants - Chapter 170----
18Monster Layout - Chapter 180----
19Opening Up for Business - Chapter 190----
20A Groups First Dungeon Dive - Chapter 200----
21Clothes for the Kobolds - Chapter 210----
22Goat Armor - Chapter 220----
23Jock in Charge - Chapter 230----
24That Girl You Hate - Chapter 240----
25You Can Get A Ne - Chapter 250----
26Spiky Goat Helmets - Chapter 260----
27Tale of Two Towns - Chapter 270----
28Jim Causes A Ruckus - Chapter 280----
29Artistic Expression - Chapter 290----
30Path Divergence - Chapter 300----
31Inspirational Speech Time - Chapter 310----
32Jack Hammer - Chapter 320----
33You're A Healer, Heal Already - Chapter 330----
34All The Herbs - Chapter 340----
35Because Doctor Said So - Chapter 350----
36I Didn't Plan the Number Out - Chapter 360----
37Breakdown After the Dungeon Crawl - Chapter 370----
38Someone Finally Gets Some Berries - Chapter 380----
39Loot Time - Chapter 390----
40Thats a Nifty Spell - Chapter 400----
41Momentary Breakdown - Chapter 410----
42She was Worried - Chapter 420----
43New Worries for Ace - Chapter 430----
44A Stats Worth - Chapter 440----
45Basic Layout for the Second Floor - Chapter 450----
46Goat Farm - Chapter 460----
47What About the Hills - Chapter 470----
48Levels of Knowledge - Chapter 480----
49Second Floor Monster Placement - Chapter 490----
50Second Floor Complete - Chapter 500----
51Eternal Hivemind - Chapter 510----
52Commanding Limits - Chapter 520----
53They Noticed - Chapter 530----
54The Other Founders - Chapter 540----
55Yes, You Can Leave Jan - Chapter 550----
56The Start of Ace's Dive - Chapter 560----
57How to Leave the Dungeon - Chapter 570----
58Derp Goes the Axebeak - Chapter 580----
59Should We Turn Back - Chapter 590----
60Half the Final Encounter - Chapter 600----
61Climbing the Cliff - Chapter 610----
62Nice Goat - Chapter 620----
63Leave the Goat Alone - Chapter 630----
64He Has a Reason - Chapter 640----
65Axebeak Redemption - Chapter 650----
66Why Pre-System Stuff Sucks - Chapter 660----
67Sammy's Back - Chapter 670----
68Sammy's Redemption - Chapter 680----
69Following the Other Wall - Chapter 690----
70Collecting Runes - Chapter 700----
71Time and More Runes - Chapter 710----
72Ten Wolves Enter - Chapter 720----
73The Wolves Breakthrough - Chapter 730----
74All the Wolves and Stats - Chapter 740----
75New Floor, New Monster - Chapter 750----
76More Mushrooms - Chapter 760----
77Variable Sprouts - Chapter 770----
78Cliff Goat Buff - Chapter 780----
79Just a Little Debt - Chapter 790----
80Shadow Bag - Chapter 800----
81Stairs are New, Right? - Chapter 810----
82Take a Sniff - Chapter 820----
83Jimmy! - Chapter 830----
84Lets Keep this to Ourselves - Chapter 840----
85Everyone Thinks of That Nickname - Chapter 850----
86I Didn't Mean For That to Happen - Chapter 860----
87Easy Olive Harvest - Chapter 870----
88Dead End Room - Chapter 880----
89Fire Blender - Chapter 890----
90And Then Spikes - Chapter 900----
91Daisy's Tarot - Chapter 910----
92Luck and Plans - Chapter 920----
93Alchemist Vials - Chapter 930----
94Golden Cow - Chapter 940----
95She's Just Kind Of Lonely - Chapter 950----
96Three Special Potions - Chapter 960----
97About Godly Skills - Chapter 970----
98Goat Licks Cow God - Chapter 980----
99Cattle Pattern Bonanza - Chapter 990----
100And Now Some Potions - Chapter 1000----
101Some Paths - Chapter 1010----
102And Some More Paths - Chapter 1020----
103Final Stat Description - Chapter 1030----
104Setting Up More Loot - Chapter 1040----
105You Can't Decide - Chapter 1050----
106What Jan Bought - Chapter 1060----
107About Recharge Bonuses - Chapter 1070----
108New Elemental Variant - Chapter 1080----
109So Many Wolves - Chapter 1090----
110What About The Spawned Items - Chapter 1100----
111Making A Box - Chapter 1110----
112Fourth Floor Map - Chapter 1120----
113Figuring It Out On His Own - Chapter 1130----
114The Argument For Bones - Chapter 1140----
115Psionic Horn - Chapter 1150----
116Having Jamie Along Is Practically Cheating - Chapter 1160----
117Potion Observation - Chapter 1170----
118Well That Happened - Chapter 1180----
119Jamie Takes It Hard - Chapter 1190----
12011 Coppers - Chapter 1200----
121A Goat Drops Some Loot - Chapter 1210----
122Oh Look, More Loot - Chapter 1220----
123That Hurt More Than Just Pride - Chapter 1230----
124The Start Of Her Troubles - Chapter 1240----
125The Cost Of A Boss - Chapter 1250----
126Just Let The Kobolds Do It - Chapter 1260----
127And He Wasn't Alone - Chapter 1270----
128Between KZZT and Uthlow - Chapter 1280----
129A Path Not His Own - Chapter 1290----
130Language of Intent - Chapter 1300----
131I Shouldn't Be That Rude - Chapter 1310----
132Where'd The Text Go - Chapter 1320----
133Tiring Fight - Chapter 1330----
134Like A Sphere, Not A Disk - Chapter 1340----
135New Idiots In Town - Chapter 1350----
136Tied Up Like A Holiday Ham - Chapter 1360----
137That Was Quick - Chapter 1370----
138Abusing Restock Rules For Information - Chapter 1380----
139Technically No Slave Collars - Chapter 1390----
140It Is Magic All The Way Down - Chapter 1400----
141Combat Shaping Vs Building - Chapter 1410----
142No Really, The Dungeon Is Tough - Chapter 1420----
143Can You Not Show Up For A Couple Days? - Chapter 1430----
144Hexagon Portal - Chapter 1440----
145Soul Plates - Chapter 1450----
146Almost The God Of Butchers - Chapter 1460----
147Why This But Not That - Chapter 1470----
148Orc In A Suit - Chapter 1480----
149It's Lily! - Chapter 1490----
150Guess What The System Took Away - Chapter 1500----
151Not Much There - Chapter 1510----
152Doyle Worries About His Presence - Chapter 1520----
153Two Spears - Chapter 1530----
154Everyone On The Planet - Chapter 1540----
155Upgrade Pack - Chapter 1550----
156Teleportation Reference - Chapter 1560----
157Populating The Sixth Floor - Chapter 1570----
158Existence Existing - Chapter 1580----
159Lots Of Traps - Chapter 1590----
160Doyle Gets Worried - Chapter 1600----
161Three Potential Names - Chapter 1610----
162You Will Be Banished - Chapter 1620----
163The Good Ol' One Two Daggers To The Throat - Chapter 1630----
164Quite A Few "Leave" - Chapter 1640----
165Start Of The Seventh Floor - Chapter 1650----
166Using The Strange Dungeon Stone - Chapter 1660----
167Just Smoosh Them Together - Chapter 1670----
168Creating Elders - Chapter 1680----
169Room Decorations - Chapter 1690----
170What Does It Say? - Chapter 1700----
171They Lose Their Self - Chapter 1710----
172Discussing The Afterlife - Chapter 1720----
173Doyle And Ally Have A Visitor - Chapter 1730----
174About Bloodlines - Chapter 1740----
175Observant Doyle - Chapter 1750----
176Deals Decided - Chapter 1760----
177Expensive Options - Chapter 1770----
178Ace And Jim Team Up - Chapter 1780----
179Overturning The Wall - Chapter 1790----
180Breaking The Gate - Chapter 1800----
181Dashing Back And Forth - Chapter 1810----
182Craftsmanship And Raid Size - Chapter 1820----
183An Open Path Yet Travelled - Chapter 1830----
184Hot Potato Job - Chapter 1840----
185Path To Wisdom - Chapter 1850----
186Turn About Is Fair Play - Chapter 1860----
187Death Worlds - Chapter 1870----
188A New Motivation For The Town - Chapter 1880----
189The Secret Holy Swords Don't Want You To Know - Chapter 1890----
190Another Vine Room Or Three - Chapter 1900----
191Copy Pasting A Floor - Chapter 1910----
192Adding Monsters To The Eighth Floor - Chapter 1920----
193Cutting Monsters From The Eighth Floor - Chapter 1930----
194Aliens! - Chapter 1940----
195Extra Spicy - Chapter 1950----
196Razor Leaf- Chapter 1960----
197What Wall? - Chapter 1970----
198Stand Out Cattle - Chapter 1980----
199To Know Death - Chapter 1990----
200Do You Think You're Some Kind Of Protagonist? - Chapter 2000----
201Ally Feels They're Missing Something - Chapter 2010----
202Boss Talk - Chapter 2020----
203Sleepover At Doyle's - Chapter 2030----
204All The Spores - Chapter 2040----
205A Simple Question - Chapter 2050----
206Ally's New Path - Chapter 2060----
207She Did Not Actually Explain Why - Chapter 2070----
208Axebeak Plus Kobold Equals A Dangerous Fight - Chapter 2080----
209Ally Lets Doyle Figure Stuff Out - Chapter 2090----
210Invisible Corners - Chapter 2100----
211Fragile Kobolds - Chapter 2110----
212Something Breaks - Chapter 2120----
213Bigger Floors And More Plants - Chapter 2130----
214THE Hallway - Chapter 2140----
215Filling A Room With Sugar - Chapter 2150----
216You're Still Connected - Chapter 2160----
217Farmer Doyle - Chapter 2170----
218That Level - Chapter 2180----
219What Does Better Mean? - Chapter 2190----
220Only Took Over 150 Chapters To Remember - Chapter 2200----
221The Meaning Of Going From One To Two - Chapter 2210----
222Over The Roof - Chapter 2220----
223Figuring Out What To Do With The Ants - Chapter 2230----
224Covered In Vines, Waiting For Them To Pass - Chapter 2240----
225What Two Floors Of Skills Add Up To - Chapter 2250----
226Spiraling - Chapter 2260----
227Well That's A Trade - Chapter 2270----
228Jim Has A Task To Do - Chapter 2280----
229Happy New Year! [Not A Chapter]0----
230Of Course It Wasn't An Easy Job - Chapter 2290----
231Sidetracked - Chapter 2300----
232Clever Spot To Hide A Message - Chapter 2310----
233Bringing Back An Old Screen - Chapter 2320----
234A Small Selection Of Basic Skills - Chapter 2330----
235Lost Options - Chapter 2340----
236So They Have Been Getting Loot - Chapter 2350----
237Fungal Skills - Chapter 2360----
238Lots Of Space To Build With - Chapter 2370----
239Intent On A Mushroom Forest - Chapter 2380----
240Buying Packets To Advance - Chapter 2390----
241Ninjas - Chapter 2400----
242New Skill - Chapter 2410----
243Doyle's Thoughts On Tradition - Chapter 2420----
244A Monument Appears - Chapter 2430----
245The Monument - Chapter 2440----
246Some Of You Have Been Asking For This - Chapter 2450----
247Figuring Out Arrays - Chapter 2460----
248Myconids Did Something Unexpected - Chapter 2470----
249Deciding The Boss' Skills - Chapter 2480----
250This Wasn't Meant To Be A Reference - Chapter 2490----
251The New Boss' Status - Chapter 2500----
252Change In Leader - Chapter 2510----
253Melonie's Reason - Chapter 2520----
254Back Into The Dungeon- Chapter 2530----
255Eighth Floor Conquered - Chapter 2540----
256Oh Hey, New People - Chapter 2550----
257Sunflowers - Chapter 2560----
258That Isn't Strong Enough - Chapter 2570----
259A Discovery Of Great Worth - Chapter 2580----
260Why They Can't Remember - Chapter 2590----
261Maybe This Time Is The Time - Chapter 2600----
262Queen's Gibberish - Chapter 2610----
263Despite The Wait, He Was Too Early - Chapter 2620----
264Well That's Comforting - Chapter 2630----
265Void, But Not That Void - Chapter 2640----
266Maybe The Rules Were There For A Reason - Chapter 2650----
267Neither Judge Nor Jury, Just An Executioner - Chapter 2660----
268Aftermath Up Top - Chapter 2670----
269Aftermath 2, Something For You - Chapter 2680----
270Square Brackets Vs Parentheses - Chapter 2690----
271Downfall Of The Council - Chapter 2700----
272Fae Powered Growth - Chapter 2710----
273Well Well Well - Chapter 2720----
274That Costs A Bit - Chapter 2730----
275Skills Vs. Stats - Chapter 2740----
276Some Help For Jim - Chapter 2750----
277Strong Because He Believes So - Chapter 2760----
278Sad Wolves - Chapter 2770----
279That There Is A Monster - Chapter 2780----
280Oh Hey, Equipment - Chapter 2790----
281Time For The Eleventh - Chapter 2800----
282I Forgot - Chapter 2810----
283More Spores - Chapter 2820----
284Smaller Bags - Chapter 2830----
285Who To Ask? - Chapter 2840----
286For Want Of A Rope - Chapter 2850----
287Got Instances? - Chapter 2860----
288More Popular Than Expected - Chapter 2870----
289Jeremy Likes The Unplanned Supplies - Chapter 2880----
290All The Pits - Chapter 2890----
291Intense Mushroom Fighting - Chapter 2900----
292Salt Of The Earth - Chapter 2910----
293Devastation - Chapter 2920----
294The Two Sides - Chapter 2930----
295The Twelfth Floor - Chapter 2940----
296A One-Way Mirror - Chapter 2950----
297Gathering Some Trash - Chapter 2960----
298Ace Answers A Few Questions - Chapter 2970----
299Ally's Take On The Matter - Chapter 2980----
300On Angels - Chapter 2990----
301Not A Chapter: Check out my new story, SoulDive!0----
302Might Have Worked - Chapter 3000----
303Getting Clay - Chapter 3010----
304Strange Golem Nonsense - Chapter 3020----
305It Really Doesn't Like Them - Chapter 3030----
306The System Speaks Up - Chapter 3040----
307Almost There - Chapter 3050----
308Monster Inheritance - Chapter 3060----
309On Regular Immortality - Chapter 3070----
310Vision Quest - Chapter 3080----
311Magic Doesn't Fix Who You Are - Chapter 3090----
312Another Source Of Adjustment Points - Chapter 3100----
313Bird - Chapter 3110----
314Mountain Façade - Chapter 3120----
315Setting Up The Kobolds - Chapter 3130----
316Cutting Back - Chapter 3140----
317Something Besides Monsters Taking Up The Spending Limit - Chapter 3150----
318A Fun Report - Chapter 3160----
319What's In A Name? - Chapter 3170----
320Thinking About A New Skill - Chapter 3180----
321They'll Be Different - Chapter 3190----
322A Skill - Chapter 3200----
323Callen's Theory on Circular Runic Arrays - Chapter 3210----
324Don't You Want The Wheat? - Chapter 3220----
325A Little Strong - Chapter 3230----
326A Look At One Interesting Person - Chapter 3240----
327Ace Decides Something - Chapter 3250----
328And Why He Did So - Chapter 3260----
329Doyle's View On This Ace Thing - Chapter 3270----
330What's That Over There! - Chapter 3280----
331Dealing With The Cult - Chapter 3290----
332Melonie Loud - Chapter 3300----
333Just A Little Ironic - Chapter 3310----
334We Need More Wolfkin - Chapter 3320----
335Finishing Some Art - Chapter 3330----
336An Overview - Chapter 3340----
337Jump Strength - Chapter 3350----
338Ack - Chapter 3360----
339Comparing Kobolds And Myconids - Chapter 3370----
340Finishing The Fourteenth - Chapter 3380----
341Diversification Of Powers - Chapter 3390----
342Using Authority - Chapter 3400----
343Random Fact Cashier Ninjutsu - Chapter 3410----
344Actually Advancing - Chapter 3420----
345Oh Wait, Nevermind - Chapter 3430----
346To Make A Wand - Chapter 3440----
347So Close - Chapter 3450----
348A New Deal - Chapter 3460----
349Low Hanging Clouds - Chapter 3470----
350Goat Cost Comparison - Chapter 3480----
351Finishing Fifteen - Chapter 3490----
352Finding Instincts - Chapter 3500----
353Volcanic Island - Chapter 3510----
354Expensive Beads - Chapter 3520----
355All The Patterns - Chapter 3530----
356Losing Patterns - Chapter 3540----
357Limited Paths - Chapter 3550----
358Fluid Instancing - Chapter 3560----
359They Have Parchment - Chapter 3570----
360Just Slap A Mountain Down - Chapter 3580----
361The Five Islands - Chapter 3590----
362Griffins Sorta - Chapter 3600----
363The Wilds Are Packed Tight - Chapter 3610----
364At Least They're Cute And Fluffy - Chapter 3620----
365Camouflage - Chapter 3630----
366Making It Back - Chapter 3640----
367Kelly Figured Something Out - Chapter 3650----
368World Announcement - Chapter 3660----
369Who To Invite - Chapter 3670----
370Ace Considers Magitech - Chapter 3680----
371I Had To - Chapter 3690----
372You're Not A Space Station - Chapter 3700----
373Invitation Time - Chapter 3710----
374What The Refugees Saw - Chapter 3720----
375How They Became Refugees - Chapter 3730----
376Why The Low Attendance? - Chapter 3740----
377Just A Wink - Chapter 3750----
378MagiTech Wand - Chapter 3760----
379The System Isn't Being Vague - Chapter 3770----
380Grabbing Everything - Chapter 3780----
381Two Extremes - Chapter 3790----
382The Rest Of It - Chapter 3800----
383He Won't - Chapter 3810----
384Swirl Rune - Chapter 3820----
385It's Not Complete - Chapter 3830----
386The Full Status - Chapter 3840----
387Messing With Paths - Chapter 3850----
388Pass Rates And Quest Rewards - Chapter 386—----
389Building Placement - Chapter 387—----
390Material Placement - Chapter 388—----
391Plank To The Face - Chapter 389—----
392Seventeenth - Chapter 390—----
393Just Do The Inverse - Chapter 391—----
394No Reversing That - Chapter 392—----