Useless Bones

Reversing a Dungeon

I see a giant wooden foot just before crashing down atop the campfire. I scrambled out of the way just in time to see my fire be sniffed out and left in complete darkness again.

I sit there in complete darkness, dazed by what has just happened. Out of nowhere, sparks of light ignite in front of me, and flames burst out from my campfire.

Flames engulf the Giant's leg; The fire is climbing to the main body. I hear a mix of a roar and trees creaking as the flames now cover most of the giant.

The flames quickly cover the whole of the wooden colossus, illuminating the whole area I am in. I hear another roar and branches snapping as the colossus tips over on one side and starts falling to the ground.

It hits the ground with an earth-shattering crash and a deafening wooden snap. The shockwave pushes me back into the giant lizard behind me.

I awoke to a sharp ringing in my ears and a pain in my head again. I use the giant lizard behind me to stand up, and I shake the ringing out of my ears. And watch what's left of the burning Colossus before me.

Another notification window pops up in front of me. This time, it says

"Congratulations, you have defeated the dungeon of Mother Earth, and you have done it solo so that you will be rewarded greatly. Rewards will be awarded when exiting the dungeon."

After that window closes, another says I have gained another 150 levels. I am still unsure what levels do as I do not feel any stronger, but I guess I will have to find out, and hopefully, they're enough levels to get me out of here.

I grab a piece of the burning colossus and use it as a torch as I walk toward a tunnel I saw earlier. When I reach it, I see it's about the same size as the corridor where we entered.

Going through, I met with a gentle slope upward. After walking for a while, I met with another opening in front of me. As I peek around, I catch a glimpse of what looks like a giant bird.

Not equipped with anything, I check my stats to see if I have gained any new skills or ability to use magic. When I open the window, I see what looks like me. But I am barely recognizable with so many scrapes and bruises. And my level has increased to 324. Along with my individual stats increasing:

Strength - 228

Agility - 403

Magic - 500

I don't have a clue what they mean or do. And when I tap on them, nothing happens. On the skills section of my status, I see new skills that were not there the last time I checked it.

Pure magic: defeating the boss of Mother Earth has granted one not of this world the abilities of the natives to shape and control a force referred to as magic.

Death Defying: you have come close to dying multiple times but have come out on top. That has earned you this skill that nullifies all instant kill attacks.

Along with those, I see that my mind and body skill has leveled up to level two, and now it says that I can control everything in my body better than before, and I can now boost certain parts of my body.

If the dungeon name is anything to go by, I would assume that I might have to fight some creatures of Earth here, but that wouldn't explain the zombies on the first floor.

Maybe it was that damn archbishop that set up those zombies in the first place, all just to kill me. If I get out of here, I am going to kill him.

I grab a rock from the ground, hold it back, ready to throw, and wait until I can see the flying creature again. I let the rock fly, and before it even hit the bird, it made a loud boom, pierced right through, and hit the far wall with a crash.

I throw what's left of my burning torch towards the creature's body and see what looks like a giant crow. That's about 15 feet long.

With nowhere else to go, I cautiously walk into the room and see another tunnel on the far side. From the middle, I can see the rounded walls around me, but when I look up, I can't see anything but a black void of light.

I walked past the corpse of the giant crow, now leaking blood from the hole I made with the rock. Just as I'm about to pick up my torch, I hear loud crowing from above me.

I look up just in time to see another giant crow diving beak first at me. I tried to dive out of the way, but it's too fast, and I only move an inch before its beak pierces through my chest.