Alter Dimension: Lucky Dungeon Master



"Are you doing a face exercise? Your face keeps changing every second."

Hearing Alex's voice, Paula opened her eyes and looked at Alex.

"Did you just say something?"

Since she was deep in her own thoughts, she didn't really hear what he said.

With a smile on his face, Alex repeated, "I was asking if you are doing some sort of face exercise."

"Face exercise?" Paula said, feeling confused at Alex's words.

Seeing that, Alex chuckled and said, "You were thinking too deeply earlier and your face keeps on changing every second. That's why I asked if you're doing a face exercise."

Immediately, Paula came to a realization and her face suddenly reddened a bit.

Paula felt embarrassed for some reason.

From the way Alex is reacting, Paula can guess that she probably looked funny earlier when she was thinking. 

'Arrgggg! What was I thinking! I'm too embarrassed now!' She thought.

It took a few seconds before Paula recovered.

When she raised her hand back up, she acted like nothing happened and said, "Let's go back to our talk."

Saying that, Paula suddenly grabbed one of Alex's hands and handed him the golden cup.

Alex accepted the cup without saying anything and looked at Paula with questioning eyes.

In response, Paula looked directly in his eyes and said, "You wanted to drink it, right? Then I'll give it to you."

Alex raised an eyebrow and said, "Really? Then is it alright if I take it now?"

"Wait, listen to me first."

Seeing Alex's impatient attitude, Paula let out an exhausted sigh.

She doesn't know why, but Paula already feels tired even though it's only been a few minutes since she started talking with Alex.

Shaking his head, Paula said, "Anyway, I just want to talk about your reward if you ever succeed and live after taking the blood essence."

Hearing that, Alex started paying attention to Paula.

Seeing that she finally got his attention, Paula started talking,

"After some deliberation, I decided to give this to you as a reward for this difficult… suicidal request of mine."

Paula raised her hand just right in front of Alex and showed him a rectangular card.

Alex looked at it curiously and waited for Paula to explain.

Without making Alex wait, Paula said, "This card is a very precious item called [Upgrade Card]."

"From its name, you can probably guess already what it does, right?"

Alex nodded.

Then he asked, "Does it have any restrictions or limits?"

Paula shook her head, "There's no such thing."

"However, since it's a consumable, you can only use it once and after that, it will disappear."

Hearing that, Alex nodded in understanding. 

"Yeah, that makes sense. If it's an item that can be used multiple times, then that will be too fraudulent."

"It's good that you understand that." Paula said.

Then, she suddenly started fiddling with the air and the next second, a quest alert showed in front of Alex.

[Suicide Quest]

[Difficulty: SS]

[Details: You are tasked with consuming the item 'Pureblood Dragon's Essence Blood' which has a 90 percent probability of death when taken. A quest that is just pure suicidal. But in the small chance that your luck works out, you'll get a great benefit in your whole being.]

[Reward: Upgrade Card]

…

Alex only took a short glance at it before saying, "What is this quest for?"

Shrugging, Paula looked at him and said,

"To give you some assurance that I will follow our deal, I will give you a quest so that the system will guarantee that you will get your reward later."

"This is the least that I could do. After all, you're literally risking your life here to do this task I gave."

Alex stared at Paula for a few seconds before turning his eyes away, saying, "Don't worry. I can also confidently tell you that I will survive this and I will also get the worth of this essence blood."

"Even though I don't know why you need it, I will help you because I can see the despair in your eyes that you're hiding inside."

Hearing that, Paula snapped her head eyes back to Alex and looked at him in surprise.

Before she could even say anything, Alex raised his hand and poured all the golden blood directly into his mouth, not leaving even a drop of it into the cup.

After that, Alex put down the cup while licking his lips, making sure that nothing gets wasted.

He smiled and was just about to comment on the taste of the essence blood when suddenly…

Dugdug!

His heart started beating faster. 

Dugdug!

At the same time, it also became more and more powerful. 

Alex immediately shut his mouth and placed one hand over his chest.

A frown appeared on his face and he started sweating hard all over his body.

Alex felt the blood on his body move faster as the cells on his body start absorbing the [Pureblood Dragon's Essence Blood] that he just took in.

Alex started feeling pain rush through every part of his body and all of his muscles started getting tensed.

His eyes were bloodshot and his skin turned red from all the painful sensation he's feeling inside and outside of his body.

'Sh*t! I didn't expect it to be this painful!' Alex cursed in his mind.

Gritting his teeth, Alex used all the remaining mind power he had and turned on [Fortune].

Immediately, Alex felt everything start to ease.

The world just started going his way, no matter what it is.

The blood that seemed to be in a rampage immediately calmed down and started flowing smoothly but at an even faster speed than before.

While his cells are continuously absorbing the essence blood, the muscles in all parts of Alex's body are being strengthened.

But instead of pain like before, Alex is feeling a familiar warmth at this time, similar to when you take a dip in a hot bath.

Anyway, all Alex can feel right now is comfort which is worlds apart from the pain he just experienced.

Feeling all the changes occuring in his body at the same time, a smile can't help but crept up Alex's face as he said,

"This feels great! I can feel that my strength is increasing as time goes by."

"Plus, I'm actually being strengthened at a very fast speed!"

Alex can feel it.

Thanks to the power contained in the essence blood, his power is also rising rapidly.

By now, it has already more than doubled of what it was before he drank the blood.

Savoring this feeling, Alex closed his eyes.

…

Meanwhile, as Alex is taking in all the changes happening to him with ecstasy, Paula is looking at him worriedly while sitting on a chair opposite him.

"Please, please, survive or I will feel the guilt of 'killing' someone innocent if you die!" She whispered  quietly to herself.

Earlier, when Alex first went silent after he drank the [Pureblood Dragon's Essence Blood, Paula already know that's things are happening in his body.

At that time, Paula felt her heart suddenly skip a beat.

Gradually, Alex started showing signs of being in pain such as bloodshot eyes and reddening skin.

Seeing all that, Paula can't help but start getting more worried.

Paula grew anxious but can do nothing but watch while watching Alex.

In the end, Paula held her hands together and started saying, "Please don't die, please don't die, I can't have you die now."

"Father's situation has been worsening in this past few days. He really needs to be cured as soon as possible. So, please, succeed!"

As if to answer her prayers, Alex condition somehow magically started to improve!

When she saw that, Paula was ecstatic.

So, she started to 'pray' more in hopes that Alex will survive.

...

After an unknown amount of time, Alex opened his eyes and a majestic golden light flashed through his pupils!

The whole room was momentarily covered in this golden light, bathing everyone inside in it.

Feeling the light on her skin, Angelica looked surprised, "It feels so... warm."

Paula heard her and also felt the sameness warmth that she's experiencing.

"Indeed, it feels so warm but at the same time, full of majesty..."

The golden light didn't last long and soon disappeared.

At this time, Alex gradually recovered his consciousness that has drifted off during the process of absorbing the [Pureblood Dragon's Essence Blood].

The first that Alex saw after opening his eyes was a notification from the system.

[Ding!]

[You consumed the 'Pureblood Dragon's Essence Blood' and successfully obtained the 'Draconian' Bloodline!]

[Congratulations, you acquired a bloodline!]

...

Seeing the message from the system, Alex was ecstatic.

"Haha, my [Fortune] really never lets me down!" He said.

Then he immediately remembered that [Fortune] is still active so he hurriedly turned it off.

Just as he finished doing that, Angelica and Paula recovered from their daze after experiencing the warmth of the golden light from Alex.