The Matho-Dungeon Settlement Sphere, Part 1

My character status filled my field of view as I entered the Novitiate's No Belt Dungeon.

Name: Edmond Bauer

Ranking Status: Novitiate (No Belt)

Sphere Ranking: 116,936,105th (0%)

Lives: 4

Race: Elothean

Race: Streak 1 - Skip one enemy with full rewards for every five you defeat without getting defeated.

Class: N/A

Class Bonuses: None Unlocked

No one else was here at the start of the most simple, poorest paying dungeon on the sphere. I had no scale for what kind of threat I would be facing.

I had nothing but the robe I was wearing, with no belt I had to keep pulling it to prevent exposing myself. I had my fists and my feet. But everyone said this wasn't that hard yet.

So I went down the hallway.

Two giant frogs (the size of a large dog), blocked my way almost immediately.

I was about to punch when one of them talked.

"I am 2 and my friendly frog over there is 1, what are we put together?"

Math riddles, this was weird, and insanely easy.

"3," I said.

The frogs started bleeding profusely.

"I am 2 and my friendly frog over there is 2, what are we put together?"

"4," I instantly said.

"Bet you can't get this one. I am 7" the mortally wounded frog said, emphasizing the number like it was crazy or strange. "My friendly frog is 1. What are we together?"

"8"

It was a math dungeon, and one for little tiny kids, it seemed like. With the third addition solved, the frogs bled out, and then vanished, leaving behind a tiny copper coin, and a puzzle piece that was about the size of a thumb tack.

I put both in my pocket, and walked further down the dark dingy hallway.

There were two more frogs, once again confident that they had stumped me with 

2 + 5 = 7
1 + 7 = 8

5 + 4 = 9

I answered the frogs three questions and picked up 2 copper coins and 1 more thumbtack sized puzzle piece. The puzzle pieces were like pie sliced up real fine. I probably needed twenty pieces to put the pie back together.

The next group I encountered were two lizards who cackled, "These will stump dumb human, ha ha ha."

9 + 4 = 13

4 + 6 = 10

3 + 9 = 12

8 + 6 = 14

These four problems all had two digit answers. I got 3 copper coins and 2 puzzle pieces.

7 + 7 = 14

8 + 8 = 16

9 + 9 = 18

4 + 4 = 8

I dispatched the next set of lizards, asking about numbers added to themselves, with trivial ease.

The next group I ran into were two different kinds. One was the ghost, the other was a frog. 

"My ghost friend here is 0. I'm a 1. What do you get when you add us together? Spooky huh?"

0 + 1 = 1

2 + 0 = 2

9 + 0 = 9

0 + 0 = 0

I got 5 copper coins and 3 puzzle pieces.

Then were was a group of problems, where one of the monsters was a tiny tree, and the other was a goblin.

"My bark is very tough, so is this problem. I am TEN, my froggy friend is 2. What are we together?"

10 + 2 = 12

0 + 10 = 10

1 + 10 = 11

10 + 9 = 19

7 + 10 = 17

I got 7 copper, and 3 more puzzle pieces. So now I had 22 copper and 12 puzzle pieces.

"PERFECT SCORE - 1 silver awarded. Bonus Final Exam! Please Get Ready!" said the lumbering troll that was coming towards me.

2 + 10 = 12

3 + 0 = 3

5 + 10 = 15

6 + 6 = 12

10 + 10 = 20   (Challenge Problem! Good Answer!)

4 + 9 = 13

10 + 3 = 13

8 + 9 = 17

9 + 7 = 16

7 + 10 = 17

5 + 5 = 10

3 + 8 = 11

0 + 9 = 9

3 + 9 = 12

0 + 3 = 3

0 + 8 = 8

3 + 5 = 8

1 + 8 = 9

0 + 10 = 10

10 + 2 = 12

"Before the Troll toppled to the floor, it shouted, Bonus Final Exam PERFECT SCORE - 10 silver awarded. Congratulations, you are #301 to complete this dungeon with a perfect final exam."

A dungeon master warped in front of me.

"Congratulations. Your final rewards in Novitiate's No Belt Dungeon are: 11 silver, 22 copper in coinage. You receive an additional 28 puzzle pieces to make 2 complete sets of puzzles. Your two complete puzzle sets are combined to make a white belt with a diamond star on it. You are on the Diamond Track!"

The man disappeared after handing over the white belt with a diamond star to me.

Name: Edmond Bauer

Ranking Status: Novitiate (White Belt - Diamond Star Track)

Sphere Ranking: 116,906,105th (0.03%)

Lives: 4

Race: Elothean

Race: Streak 1 - Skip one enemy with full rewards for every five you defeat without getting defeated.

Class: N/A

Class Bonuses: None Unlocked


I ran out the dungeon exit, and came back to the large candle lit Novitiate's Dungeon List room. There was a white light on top of the Novitiate's White Belt Dungeon room.

There were a bunch a sea theme creatures in this one. Merfolk and mer-beasts abounded. It started with two little fish

 

4 - 1 = 3

7 - 5 = 2

5 - 1 = 4

10 - 6 = 4

The little fish were done.

3 - 0 = 3

10 - 2 = 8

7 - 7 = 0

8 - 7 = 1

More little fish smashed. Then some clams came out and spoke for the next part.

4 - 5 = -1

0 - 7 = -7

2 - 7 = -5

5 - 9 = -4

7 - 10 = -3

1 - 4 = -3

2 - 6 = -4

7 - 8 = -1

More clams were finished.

Then some big fish showed up. It was back to addition, now with multiples of 10.

10 + 10 = 20

10 + 20 = 30

20 + 20 = 40

10 + 60 = 70

Even bigger fish

60 + 0 = 60

10 - 90 = -80

40 + 20 = 60

70 - 70 = 0

10 + 70 = 80

100 - 0 = 100

Then some tiny very confident sharks. These were the first to come in packs of three.

"I'm 3, my first buddy is 6 and my second buddy is 8, what are we all together?"

0 + 4 + 9 = 13

5 + 5 + 7 = 17

2 + 3 + 3 = 8

8 + 1 + 2 = 11

3 + 6 + 0 = 9

0 + 9 + 1 = 10

7 + 7 + 9 = 23

I defeated all the little sharks.

Then it was time for a bonus final exam again, but this one at least did a better job at mixing up all of the different concepts it had brought up.

60 + 20 + 90 = 170

60 + 80 + 0 = 140

3 + 5 + 1 = 9

0 - 60 = -60

60 - 100 = -40

0 + 90 = 90

10 + 6 + 8 = 24

90 - 100 = -10

0 + 60 + 50 = 110

90 + 50 = 140

80 - 70 = 10

20 - 60 = -40

6 + 7 + 10 = 23

70 + 70 = 140

6 + 6 + 9 = 21

80 + 90 = 170

5 + 3 + 6 = 14

60 - 40 = 20

9 + 10 + 9 = 28

6 + 4 + 4 = 14

0 + 60 = 60

9 + 9 + 5 = 23

0 + 10 + 6 = 16

8 + 0 + 8 = 16

10 - 20 = -10

20 + 90 + 40 = 150  (Challenge Problem!  Good Answer.)

10 - 40 = -30

6 + 1 + 1 = 8

50 + 100 = 150

60 + 10 + 30 = 100

Once again, I got a perfect score and a perfect bonus final exam score. I had earned 24 silver in the White Belt dungeon, a bit more than twice what I earned in the first dungeon. And I had a Yellow Diamond Star Track belt.

Name: Edmond Bauer

Ranking Status: Novitiate (Yellow Belt - Diamond Star Track)

Sphere Ranking: 116,836,105th (0.09%)

Lives: 4

Race: Elothean

Race: Streak 1 - Skip one enemy with full rewards for every five you defeat without getting defeated.

Class: N/A

Class Bonuses: None Unlocked

I decided to wait, get something to eat and get a breath of fresh air before I continued with the Yellow Belt.

As I walked out of the Novitiate dungeon doorway room, I was met with thunderous applause.

 "You're the first Yellow Belt - Diamond Star in two months! Diamond Star, Diamond Star, woo woo. Dungeoneers 104 Local is here to watch and cheer you on!"

"You're making us look bad!" yelled a plain yellow belt. The woman moved in to punch me.

"299 times 299 equals 89,401!" I yelled out of spite, and frustration. If they thought arithmetic was impressive they were really dumb.

The woman reeled in reaction to my arithmetic and fell backwards, unconscious.

"I'm a Diamond Track, leave me be or I'll recite math!"

The room scattered. Eventually I went out and got some food and air. Before long I was standing before the Novitiate Yellow Belt dungeon