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In a world where the supernatural collides with the ordinary, dungeons—dangerous rifts to other realms—begin appearing across the city, threatening humanity. The Hunter Association, tasked with sealing these rifts, relies on Guides who are psychically linked to Hunters with extraordinary powers.

A former soldier, becomes a newly awakened Guide at 27, struggling to adapt to his role. Paired with an S-ranked Hunter, a reckless veteran esper, he faces the daunting challenge of navigating deadly dungeons filled with nightmarish creatures. Their partnership is strained—A disciplined and methodical solider, and an esper who's impulsive and dismissive of rules.

As dungeons appear more frequently, each mission tests their limits and teamwork. While the Guide adjusts to his new life and role, the esper wrestles with his haunted past and growing responsibilities. Together, they uncover a disturbing pattern behind the dungeon outbreaks, suggesting a larger, sinister plot at play.

Amid the chaos, the guide grapples with losing his former life and his growing attachment to his esper, while the looming danger threatens to push them—and their fragile trust—apart. Every decision they make could determine the city's fate, or possibly the entire world.

NOTE: This is a slow-burn light-romance BL. It means there are no mature or sexual themes, and it focuses on action, plot, character growth, and relationships between characters and their adversaries. 

Cover Art: V.R. Wilde (IG: its.forevermonday)

Dogmatic Dungeon Dominion

Penn struggled under the water. The acidic properties started to affect him from the prolonged exposure. He couldn't breathe, and he was still being held down by the vines of the adverna he could not see. He tried to pull it off, but his strength was diminished from the lack of oxygen.

Though the Guide could feel the mana flowing around him, there was nothing he could do to resist it. The way it continued to feel like it was calling to him when he just wanted to close the door and walk away was more than frustrating. He's changed enough as it was, he didn't need to keep changing. Would he even be human anymore if he accepted all the changes the system seemed to want him to?

Maybe this mana clump was Penn's only chance to survive. He wasn't really a fan of an early and pointless death. He wasn't going to let his pride better him, so he reached out to what was only a theory for his possible lifeline.

Ch. 68: Swamped in Secrets, Part 3