James thought he would be just another adventurer in the world’s most anticipated dungeon delving VRMMORPG. But when he logs in, he soon finds out that he won’t be diving the dungeon – he will be creating it. Pretty awesome right?
At least that was what he thought when he boldly chose ‘Random’ as his dungeon type…
Then he summoned his first mob. A fearsome, bloodthirsty demonic… Chicken.
Still, Demonic Farm Animals are the least of his worries. The person who is supposed to be teaching him the ropes is a weirdly advanced AI pixie who drinks too much and is overly fond of gambling. Oh and some mysterious figure seems to be watching and judging his every move – so signing that NDA is feeling like less and less of a solid choice.
Either way, James is up for the challenge. Even if it means building a dungeon around kamikaze sheep, enraged cows, unhygienic pigs and yes… Dickens.
At least his next randomly selected mob type can’t be worse… right?
This is the revised, edited and novelized retelling of the popular Royal Road web serial Dungeon Core Online by Glyax.
My Opinion: 417 pages, $4.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited
This is a straightforward dungeon core novel with a demonic farm theme. It's an online serial story compiled and edited and as such its kinda slice of life sometimes. Especially in the beginning where it’s heavily front loaded with game details. So much so that the main character (MC) spends the first 20% (like 80 pages) getting in the game, becoming a dungeon core, and figuring out his dungeon build before the adventurers dungeon dive. There’s also a particular sense of humor in the story, puns, gaming jokes, and weird naming jokes that will either make you laugh or annoy you.
It’s not until about 70% in that any sort of larger plot comes into the story, but it’s something that doesn’t change much in this book as much as sets up conflicts in future stories.
Overall, a good slice of life dungeon core story.
Score: 7.6 out of 10