The best way to select the strongest is through competition. The best way to make everyone stronger is through cooperation. The gods know that both are needed in equal measure.

When Marina and her friends went on a camping trip that day, they didn’t expect that they were actually going on a real adventure.

When they reach the camping point they have been using for years, they end up transported into a cavern. Their only supplies are the ones they took with them on the camping trip. 

It’s better than coming from home without anything or from school with just the normal school stuff. They are better prepared than most would be in a situation like this. And they are all RPG nerds who always dreamed of exploring a dungeon.

They will have a system to help, but each increase in power will only be achieved through strenuous effort. In the beginning, the main goal is to simply survive; exploring is only the second one. 

As they meet other people and start learning more about the world they’ve been put in, the real questions begin to pop up. Why are they here? Who did it? What is their goal? Can they even go back home?

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Okay, this is my second novel. I made some big mistakes in my first one very early on, and they messed up a lot of the things I had planned. The biggest mistake was to give the protagonist too much power too early - and it was exactly what I promised in the synopsis that I wouldn’t do.

Other mistakes were about messing up the pacing and also trying to do too many things at once. After the main struggle of the beginning was surpassed, the novel lost a clear goal, and I lost myself.

This second novel came to life through my rummaging through all those errors and how to fix them. I sincerely hope to do a better job this time. And I hope you all like it.

As before, updates will be twice a day.

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What NOT to expect in this novel:
- Explicit sex content
- Depiction of slavery in any “good side” or “positive light.” Slavery is Evil, period.
- Harem
- NTR
- Any form of race superiority or inferiority discourse
- Sexism

What TO expect in this novel:
- Action-packed scenes
- Brain beats brawn, but brawn is still powerful
- Mystery
- Some sparkles of horror, a bit of gore
- There might be eventual relationship developments, but they won’t be the focus
- Sex might be mentioned or implied, but never more than that
- There might be implied mentions of sexual abuse
- People might be gay, lesbian, trans, or even straight (I even have some friends that are straight)
- Before anyone complains about Yuri: I am a lesbian girl myself, so writing Yuri romance is simply the most natural to me. That’s all there is about it

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