Homunculus

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-Homunculus (Rank ?): Homunculi are synthetically created humanoid creatures with short lifespans of 2 to 10 years. They are usually used as test subjects or as a labor force. They can also be used for military purposes, as their rank is decided by the design choices of the creator. Like how a homunculus designed exactly like a human will have a power rank like a human. While a homunculus designed with large limbs, sharp claws, and other weaponized features will have a higher power rank than a human homunculus. And even though homunculi have short lifespans by nature, some homunculus researchers and creators have managed to discover many different ways to further increase their lifespans... However, the creation of homunculi has been forbidden by a lot of countries for ethical, political, and economical reasons.

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(Monika) 'So, what exactly are you planning to do with this'

(Bruce) 'Well, I'm planning to make myself a body to control and use'

(Monika) 'Wait a second, don't you already have the golem body to control? So why do you want the homunculus body when the golem body is already far superior?'

(Bruce) 'I mean, the golem body is nice and all, but it just doesn't feel right. And with the homunculus body, I can go pay the colony a visit... Actually, it's looking a lot more like a town now...'

(Monika) 'How are the colonists doing anyways. Are they doing well?'

(Bruce) 'Hmm? Let me take a look'

Bruce peers over towards where the Water Drake was slain and what he finds is a large group of dwarves aggressively swarming the corpse. Fending off anyone who gets to close to the corpse with such ferocity, it's almost like they think the moment anyone else touches the corpse it will disappear off the face of the earth or something...

(Dwarf) "Don't touch it!!! This corpse is way to valuable for amateurs like you. So why don't you run along and let us professionals take care of things!"

(Adventurer) "Okay, okay, sheesh. We just wanted to take a look. It's not every day you get to see the corpse of a draconic monster you know"

(Dwarf) "You just want to see it! Well that's to bad now isn't it, so get lost! All your doing is stealing the air we need to work at our full capacity!"

(Adventurer) "..."

Just as the adventurer is about to talk back, he sees that the dwarf is no longer looking at him, and is instead glaring at something behind him with such intensity. That if looks could kill, hundreds would be dead by now. And when the adventurer looks behind himself, just to find a small group of elves behind him

(Dwarf) "So, what do you long eared, grass eating, condescending, goblin fu-"

(Elf) "I'm just going to stop you there, and say we're here for a share of the Drake. It's blood makes for a good alchemy ingredient in potions. And it's hide makes for good magic scrolls"

(Dwarf) "Not happening!"

(Adventurer) "Um... me and my friends are just going to leave now..."

(Elf) "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't even notice you?"

(Dwarf) "Why are you still here!!!"

(Adventurer) "..."

As the party of adventurers leave, and the elves and dwarves proceed to continue with their rapidly escalating argument. Bruce decides to leave them to their own devices and continue his conversation with Monika...

(Bruce) 'Define well...'

(Monika) '...'

(Bruce) 'Anyways, I'ma just make the homunculus now'

(Monika) 'Wait, how is that going to work?'

(Bruce) 'Hold on, I'll explain in a bit'

Bruce creates a decent sized room next to the golem testing chamber to use for the creation of his homunculus body. This room also comes fully prepared with several different types of food and drinks to binge after he creates his new body... Oh, and clothes of course...

(Bruce) 'Okay, now to create the homunculus. And unlike others who have to carefully create them in a lab, I can just use my magical dungeon powers to poof one into existence'

(Monika) 'Isn't the homunculus going to be alive still when you create it? And if it was alive, I don't think it would like having its body stolen...'

(Bruce) 'Don't worry, I don't plan on hijacking the body of a living homunculus. What I plan to do is create a soulless body that is brain dead from the start. I'll do this by editing the homunculus with my handy dandy dungeon editor skill so that I can possess it... Oh, I almost forgot to do something!'

Bruce creates a pod inside of the homunculus room. It's purpose is to prevent the creation of fake souls, while at the same time, prevent any fake souls from getting inside of it in the first place

(Bruce) 'I need to create this pod in order to make sure that no fake souls hijack my new body while I link my soul to it. And now that it's ready to go, I can now create the body'

With a snap of his imaginary fingers, DP is drained from his massive reserves and is transformed into a body within the special pod. The body is made to look exactly how he did when he was still alive, 5 foot 7 inches tall with greenish blue hazel eyes and semi long light brown hair [There may be some differences from the mindscape chapter, but this appearance is more accurate]

(Bruce) 'There we go. Now, it's time for step two'

After creating the body Bruce, infuses his mana into the body. And using the mana he infuses, he creates a link from his soul to the homunculus body. This link is made in a special way to where it is undetectable to even the most skilled magic users and appraisers. With the only downside being that he can't leave the dungeon for several reasons. The first reason is that the way he made the soul link so undetectable required that the homunculi body stays within the dungeon. The second reason makes the first inconsequential, because Bruce's soul can't leave the dungeon regardless. And the third is that the homunculus body wouldn't be able to live outside the dungeon for long, as dungeon monsters can't survive outside of the dungeon for more than a few days at the very most

(Bruce) 'Alrighty, lets test things out'

Bruce concentrates on the homunculus body, and after about 5 seconds, the bodies eyes open. And the pod then proceeds to open up, allowing for Bruce to stand up and... Fall flat on his face...

(Bruce) "OooOWw OwoWowOwoWWw, I was planning on saying something funny when I first exited the pod, but owww. First time feeling pain in months, AND IT HURTS, OWW!"

(Monika) 'You need a bandaid' {:3}

(Bruce) "No, I'm good... owwwwwww..."

After rolling around on the floor for about 10 to 20 seconds, Bruce stops and carefully stands up

(Bruce) "Okay there, easy now, one step at a time, aaaaand. I think I've got the hang of things now"

(Monika) 'Yeah, that's cool and all... But could you... Well, you know...'

(Bruce) "?"

(Monika) 'Put some pants on...'

(Bruce) "Oh yeah, I almost forgot, silly me"

Bruce confidently walks over to the set of clothes he prepared beforehand and puts them on. He may seem calm and collected on the outside, but on the inside, he couldn't be more embarrassed...

(Bruce) "There we go, all done"

Bruce is now wearing a black hoodie with a black T-shirt underneath, grey sweatpants, and black socks with black and grey tennis shoes. And after putting on the clothes, he puts his hands in his hoodies pockets just out of habit from his previous life

(Monika) 'Bruce, I don't think those clothes are normal for this world...'

(Bruce) "I know, but I find these clothes more comfortable, and I don't care if anyone finds them suspicious"

(Monika) 'Well... Are you sure about this?'

(Bruce) "I'm sure Monika, I'm not like those isekai MC's who try to disguise themselves so they don't draw attention to themselves. Especially the ones who purposely stay at a lower rank at the adventurers guild even though their true abilities place them somewhere near the top. It gets on my nerves because they think what their doing is for the best, when in reality, they're only inviting trouble to themselves. Seriously, why are they so surprised when the guild receptionist looks at them funny when they want to do a high rank quest, or when the MC gets mad when others take the MC for an easy target for being low rank, or makes fun of their rank when the MC is the one who purposely set himself up for it in the first place. *Sigh*, I just don't like that about a lot of isekai MC's... You know?" [Anyone who reads as much Isekai as I do knows what I'm talking about...]

(Monika) 'Um... Well... Thats nice and all, but let's get back to a more relevant topic, are you going to create any gear for yourself before you go into town? Also, when are you leaving?'

(Bruce) "I'm planning to leave for town in a week, after all, this body is still level 1, and I need to train it a bit. Oh, and I think I'll just create some money to take with me" [The soul link creates a kinda fake soul, so the homunculus body has separate levels, skills, and stats than Bruce's dungeon core body. However, he can still access his dungeon core skills, abilities, and mana pool...]

(Monika) 'Um...'

(Bruce) "What?"

(Monika) 'Well, it's impossible to create currency in this world. All currency is managed by the god of currency, and is impossible to create without the gods blessing. As each coin has a divine enchantment on it used to identify fake coins. And since it's divine, it can't be faked, and can only be created at the shrines and altars of the god of currency when more money is needed'

(Bruce) "..."

(Bruce) "I'll just take a katana with me then..."

Bruce waves his hand in front of him and creates a blacksteel katana with a mana infused wood sheath painted black

(Bruce) "And now..."

Bruce waves his hand and creates a new room connected to the homunculus creation room, and fills it with Lime Slime spawners, and when a slime finally spawns, it feels a shiver go down it's gelatinous body as Bruce looks over at it

(Bruce) "It's training time..."

A wood club appears in Bruce's hand as he starts smashing every Lime Slime in sight...

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A week passes by, and Bruce used all of it training his new homunculus body. He started off killing Lime Slimes, but as he leveled up, he switched to tougher enemies that give better EXP. And in the time he spent not leveling up, he spent training his body and multitasking skills. Bruce can even control his homunculus body, golem body, and original body all at the same time now. And when it came to training his physical skills, he used the mindscape. As he could train his skills there better than in the real world because he could train for days and weeks there while only hours pass by in the real world. He even practiced his rune crafting, enchantment, and magic skills out. Creating runes near the hilt on his katana blade, enchanting his clothes, and learning some basic magic skills as well. Bruce also made sure to enchant his clothes with appraisal tricking magic to make his race appear as human to anyone who'd try to appraise him, as well as auto repair enchantments to make sure his clothes stay together. And finally, he made sure to create some secret weapons and items to use in emergencies. He stores these items using a new dungeon core power he created using DP. This power allows Bruce to store dungeon created or related items in a pocket dimension that he can access at any time

(Bruce) "Hey Monika, I think it's almost time for me to visit the town. Don't you think?"

(Monika) 'Yeah... Sure, I guess...'

(Bruce) "If your worried about me, don't worry. It's not my real body anyways, so it doesn't matter if it gets killed. Not that I would let myself be killed in the first place. I mean, check out my rank in the appraisal"

{Appraisal Results}

Bruce (Rank D)

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(Bruce) "Those appraisal results are just my bodies raw stats. After I create some magic items that buff me a bit, and maybe train for a month or two. I'll probably be rank C. And this isn't mentioning my skill levels in martial arts, swordplay, and other types of fighting"

(Monika) 'I know that, but you should still be careful out there...'

(Bruce) "Well, if your worried about me. Then why don't you come with me to the village and watch my back?"

(Monika) 'I... ah... Wait, what?'

(Bruce) "Well, I secretly decided to make you a body as well. It was really hard to keep you in the dark about it, and I really wanted to surprise you. So I hope you like it. I even trained it so its stats are close to mine. The skill levels might need some work though, as the only thing I really had the body do this whole time is farm experience points and exercise..."

(Monika) '...'

(Bruce) "Monika, you okay there?"

(Monika) 'No, it's nothing *sniff*. It's just, what you did is really nice, you know...'

(Bruce) "Wait, are you crying?"

(Monika) 'No I'm not!' {With a shaky voice}

(Bruce) "Okay, okay. Anyways, why don't you try out your new body. I even left some clothes out for you"

(Monika) 'I...'

Monika pauses for a full ten seconds

(Monika) 'Well, I, uh...'

(Bruce) "What is it-"

Something all of a sudden grabs Bruce's shoulders from behind

(Monika) "BOO!"

(Bruce) "AAAH!"

Bruce jumps a little in surprise, trips, then falls on the floor

(Monika) "Ehehe"

(Bruce) "Ow..."

(Monika) "Just so you know, I took over the body on the moment you revealed its existence to me. And yes, the emotions I conveyed during our conversation where real..."

If looked at closely, you could spot evidence near Monika's eyes that she was indeed crying not that long ago

(Bruce) "*Sigh*, was it really necessary to sneak up on me though?"

(Monika) "Yes... You were distracted, and it was the perfect time to sneak up behind you while jamming your dungeon clairvoyance skill"

(Bruce) "*Sigh*"

Bruce stands up and dusts himself off, still slightly embarrassed as to what just happened...

(Bruce) "Anyways, how do you like the body?"

(Monika) "It's pretty good, and I really appreciate all the work you put into it. Even though it looks really... Familiar..."

Monika does a little twirl. Her new body is about 5 feet 5 inches tall, emerald green eyes, and long brown hair tied into a ponytail with a white ribbon. She's also wearing the same exact clothes that Bruce is wearing, all with the same enchantments as well. And for a weapon, she also has a katana. Except the blade is made of whitesteel instead of blacksteel

(Monika) "Yeah, you definitely made me look like Monika from DDLC..."

(Bruce) "Your not mad are you..."

(Monika) "No, but I will say that your going a little to far with how many references your making to other series..."

(Bruce) "Nah, I don't really think so"

(Monika) "One of your secret emergency weapons is literally an Infinity Gauntlet replica that's been enchanted heavily to be powerful regardless of how practical the design actually is..."

(Bruce) "..."

(Bruce) "You know, I'm starting to see your point..."

(Monika) "You think, and... DID YOU JUST MAKE ANOTHER ONE!"

(Bruce) "Maybe, and it's for you by the way..."

(Monika) "*Sigh*"

(Bruce) "Well, all of that aside. How do you think the colonists will react to us?"

(Monika) "They'll probably think we're otherworlders or summoned heroes..."

(Bruce) "Wait a second, when you say otherworlders and summoned heros. Are you implying that others from earth are also in this world?"

(Monika) "Well, yes? Hero summoning is often used during emergency situation for moderate to large sized countries. And there have been rare occurrences where people have accidently crossed to this world before through strange anomalies. Cases like yours where the soul is reincarnated are even rarer however. With people from Earth being reincarnated into humanoid bodies being super rare, people being reincarnated into monster bodies being even rarer. And something like being reincarnated into a dungeon core being impossible. You did get reincarnated by THE God however, so in that case, statistics and physics don't really matter..."

(Bruce) "Interesting... Well, lets just think up a story for how we got here on the way to the village, and hope that no super overpowered weebs with cheat abilities arrive on my island. I mean, if they did, fine. But if they try anything funny, I'll teach them a lesson regardless of their cheat powers"

(Monika) "You just set a flag..."

(Bruce) "I know... But right now, I just want to mess around, have fun, and meet new people. I mean, what's one cheat powered weeb going to do to my even more cheat like dungeon"

(Monika) "You should really watch what you say..."

(Bruce) "I know... But it's not like...... You know what, I'm just going to stop talking now..."

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Meanwhile, in the continent of Gaia, several empires are all scrambling to summon heroes as soon as possible due to the massive demon invasion sweeping the continent. The Holy Paladarian Empire and some other large countries are fighting off the demonic armies for now, but it's becoming quite clear that something needs to be done soon, as the demons keep gaining more and more territory at an alarming rate. Even countries from other nearby continents are getting worried about how alarmingly fast the demonic forces are gaining territory, and have agreed to send in reinforcements to help out the countries of Gaia. However, the only question that remains is? What type of heroes will be summoned to into the world. And what actions they will take after their arrival. In the end, only the gods will truly know how things might turn out

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(Chad) "Huh, where is this place? This isn't the football game..."

(King) "Welcome summoned hero, our kingdom is currently in-"

(Chad) "Wow dude, you totally look like some ancient medieval king or something. That's like super rad and stuff. Like, I mean, are we in like the Greek city of Rome or something, like, you know, with all the Egyptians, knights, and vikings. That would be so wicked crazy you know. Oh yeah, it would also be like super tubular if you knew anything about Chinese samurai. I super think it's what my next history test is about, and when I head back to the future and stuff, I want to pass my test you know, so I like really hope you understand"

(King) "..."

(Chad) "You okay there my dude. This isn't the time where the darkness plague and stuff is happening right? Because that would be like really gross and stuff. I mean, I really don't want to get the plague germ stuff. I heard the virus germ stuff could get really gnarly during that time, and those bird mask things are really weird?"

(King) "Gods help us..."

(Chad) "So does that mean you guys have like a polythismatic religion or something?"

(King) "I'm going to lay down for a bit..."

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