...20 minutes later.

"So have you calmed down."

"Yes. ... So let me get this straight. First this isn't Earth."(John)

"I don't know about this other world you were talking about when you were freaking out but this world is Orthorix."

(Not sure how much I should believe a talking lizard here but she(?) is all I got to go off of right now.)

"Ok so this really isn't Earth and instead Orthorix then why am I here when I should be dead right now?"

"Well first off you did die but your soul somehow ended up in this world and the reason your currently alive is because you became a dungeon core soul along with me."

"Wait hold up, what do you mean by dungeon core soul. That sounds like something right out of a fantasy novel!" (Now that i think about it, this whole situation feels like a fantasy)

"This other world your talking about doesn't have dungeons?! How have the races on your world even survived till now!"

"Wait you mean dungeons are important here? How?"

"How? Dungeons help make life possible here not only are they the easiest places to gain combat experience in relative safety but also without the skill stones how would commoners light a fire or summon water in the desert areas or on hot summer days. Skill stones are the only reason why they can live such easy lives."

" Ok ok slow down is life really that unstable here that people can't live without these skill stones and what even is a skill stone and for that matter a dungeon? Also combat experience?"

"This Earth of yours sounds like it must have been pretty inhospitable if you don't even know what a dungeon is. Huuu... To explain it shortly a dungeon is an unusual land or cave that monsters at set levels of power live and things like skill stones and other useful items can be found in such places. This is all thanks to the core which is able to manage an area as its territory. But in order for this to work a core must have a functioning soul. This is either absorbed from a living being that died close to it or summoned when a long enough amount of time has passed. Not all souls will be taken though and this is why a core sometimes summons a soul on its own like with us."

"Wait so that means I'm some kind of dungeon master now." (Wait from what she said only one soul is needed to make a core work right then why did she say us.)

"Why 'us'?"

"Well that's the thing the core that we became a part of needs two souls for some reason and the truth is I was summoned a long time ago"

"How long?"

"I stopped counting at 5 years. After that I used one of the few functions I could with a half asleep core and went into hibernation. I have no idea what year it is."

"So my arrival is what woke you up?"

"Yes with you here the core has already started to fully operate and with that we'll be spending a long time together John or should I call you partner." The lizard gave a small smile and looked off into the distance as if thinking about something with a look of concern in its eyes.

(What have I gotten thrown into?)