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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

T/W: Foul Language

Walking through a gate, surrounded by military squadrons, was unnerving. A feeling of unease at the unnatural setting spread within Penn. He wasn't sure how they could even survive the feeling of going through the gate as unawakened. He felt like shit each time - it never got better.

Shaking off the gate shock, Penn stepped forward and looked at the environment before him. And like many times before in the army, he internally cursed Commander Hoffman who always felt the need to hold back information.

"What the hell is this?" Penn groaned, blinking his eyes from the blinding light bouncing off the icey and snow-filled landscape. He would have thought they entered a tundra had it not been for the view out outer space so close to them, and stars passing in a blur. Or, what would be more accurate to say, the giant rock they were on was moving through space. Was this possible inside a gate?

Ch. 75: Space Ice Delight, Part 1