Red, white, and blue are the best colors to use in the defense of a dungeon….

After a harrowing experience with a soul manipulator after he created his Easter section, Elmer Robbins is back and developing a brand-new area based on another holiday. With enough life force gained from the adventurers perishing throughout his dungeon over the last few months, the dungeon core decides to implement the holiday of Independence Day as his newest addition to his dungeon defenses.

Cooking on a grill, playing with water during hot summer days, and setting off fireworks are some of the best things about the Independence Day holiday he remembers from back on Earth, and he wants to translate those experiences into his dungeon. At the same time, he needs to discover a way to prevent the same thing that happened with the soul manipulator from occurring again, because the last thing he wants is his soul captured and used against his will.

However, the danger to his core won’t come from another soul manipulator. Instead, it will present itself in the form of an old enemy, as well as from an entirely unexpected direction….

Independence Core is a short, 37k-word novella set in a unique universe that contains LitRPG and dungeon core elements such as stats and character progression. Contains no foul language, explicit sexual content, or harems.