Lady Boss Of The Unpopular Dungeon

Alexa and Una had been transported to an unfamiliar and dimly li room, where they heard a voice call out "Welcome to your first day of combat training, Boss." Soon the two girls located Rune who had been partially hidden by the shadows with only his bright green eyes practically glowing in the dark.

Alexa narrowed her teal-colored eyes at Rune and began to question him more about his plan to train her combat abilities. "Rune, no offense, but how the heck are you going to teach me to fight when you happen to one ninth of my size?"

Rune scoffed at her and soon he replied "Why not put that fancy mirror to work and find out?" Alexa frowned but she did what the sassy rabbit'like creature suggested and she pulled out the mirror from a pocket in her leggings and accessed the scan feature of the Dungeon System.

Alexa then pointed the mirror towards Rune and what the mirror would tell her truly surprised her. The Dungeon System responded with "This creature is a high monster known as a Carbuncle. these creatures are known to be incredibly rare and powerful monsters who are difficult to fight against due to their magical prowess and intelligence. These creatures resemble rabbits except for having long fluffy tails and a pair of crystalline antlers on the male's heads. Tales say that if one receive's a carbuncle's favor, that person will be blessed for seven generations."

After the Dungeon System revealed this information, a moment of silence fell upon the room as Alexa looked in disbelief at Rune who had a look of absolute smugness on his face. "Well Boss, isn't it lucky for you that someone as powerful as me wants to teach you to use your powers?" Rune began boastfully asking towards the shocked dungeon mistress.

Alexa then turned to Una and asked "If Rune is so good with magic, how come whenever I've needed to use my powers, you've been the one teaching me?" Una gave Alexa a sheepish look and began shyly explaining the situation to her "Mistress, when it comes down to combat magic, Rune is the best teacher you can have.

Despite his childishness, he is competent in a fight and has the potential to be a great asset to you. Any practical magic however, should be left up to me though." Alexa frowned a bit at the explanation that Una had given her but she shrugged it off and then a sudden thought came to her.

"Hey Una, what kind of monster are you, the only thing I can be sure of is that you're part reptile?" Una gave Alexa a shy smile and she began to explain to Alexa what kind of monster she was.

"Mistress, I am a variant of the snakeman tribe. it is a a long-lived female monster species that it divided into three groups, the Lamia, the medusa, and the Melusine. the medusa are strong warriors who can paralyze people, the Lamia are a group of scholars and magicians, and the Melusine are nomadic performers famous for being beautiful. I happen to be the granddaughter of a Melusine bard who chose to follow the founder of Astral decent."

Alexa absorbed this information rather quickly and she soon had a cunning smile on her face. "Hey Una, have you ever wanted to become a bard yourself?" Alexa excited asked. Una got a surprised look on her face, but she regained her composure and nodded yes to Alexa's question. Alexa then said, "Then when the time is right, I will use the Dungeon System to make the best damn bard in Astrea."

Una had another look of shock on her face but she soon gave Alexa a bashful smile while shyly saying "W-well, we should get back to training your combat skills."

Rune's attitude-laced voice soon rang out "Glad you guys remembered that fact amidst all the girl talk." After the two girls gave Rune an icy glare that lasted a few seconds, Rune instructed Una to use some magic to light up the dimly lit room that the three of them were currently in.

After the blonde snake girl did that, Alexa could finally make out the details of the room. The room was similarly built like the dungeon master bedroom with dark stone floors and walls except this room was smaller and had a large glowing silvery blue circle with another glowing darker blue circle within it.

Within the two circles, were hundreds and hundreds of different tiny golden runes alternately glowing and moving around. Alexa then took the time to take a closer look at the walls which were lined with metal weapon racks with a variety of different weapons all made from various materials. There were also two to three figures lying near the walls that Alexa assumed were practice dummies used for training by previous dungeon residents.

There were also some storage racks that contained some pieces of armor and what looked like jars of bright green liquid. It was then that Una tapped Alexa on her shoulder to get her attention and she said "Mistress, I will be returning to the bedroom to keep watch on the egg, it should be hatching later today." Una then gave Alexa a little curtsy and with a flash of light, the snake girl had transported herself back into the master bedroom.

Rune began to nudge Alexa slowly towards the giant glowing circles within the middle of the room and the moment that the young dungeon master had entered them, the circles began glow very bright and they changed color from silvery blue to a golden pink color.

Rune began to explain to Alexa what was going on "Boss, this is a magic circle used to help train combat magic, if you make any mistakes, all you have to do exit the circle." It was a few minutes until Alexa had adjusted to being in the circle and soon Rune began Alexa's very first lesson in combat magic.