Corporate Core

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Description

Misunderstandings can happen.

The local System Administrator wanted a wicked slave driver (preferably, whoterminatedunderlings himself) to build the grandest dungeon in all the multiverses.

He got a corporate HR manager.

Zoli wanted a cushy CEO job, with perks, skills, and underlings to do his bidding, while he discussedvery importantCEO things in his mansion, far, far away from corporate HQ.

He got a job. There is a deadline, however.

Follow Zoli as he introduces corporate best practices into dungeon building, innovates innovative innovations, and does back-breaking work all day, every day - by ordering unlucky interns to do things.

Important Notes:

1, I'm still not a native speaker. I run the Chapters through Grammarly, so there shouldn't be many problems. If you point out mistakes, I will correct them ASAP!

2, This is a Comedy-Parody-Satire. Really. Seriously.

3, This is a spin off from my other story

4, THIS FICTION CONTAINS CORPORATE GIBBERISH! Really. Seriously.

5, Fair warning: The MC is a lazy moron. I kid you not! Really! Seriously! You have been warned.

6, litRPG-elements are light, but are referenced

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2025
Author: Mr Alex666

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 62
Views: 34,535

Chapters(81 total)

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Community Reviews(2)

HydeDaggerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Style (definitely for detail-oriented readers):
I've always believed dungeoncore should be served with a slice of autism (pardon my French and, of course, no offence intended).
Yes, that means serious attention to detail, which Corporate Core has in spades.
I'll note from Chapter 2: New Hire Orientation Part 1(3), for example, that the forest area is actually based on a real place, being an area in Budapest bounded at one side by the Danube.
To some extent this grounds Zoli's (MC) shenanigans, and it sets the stage for what I expect will be a proper testing of the dungeon's upgrades (read: corporate restructuring).
One more thing - author has already said in the synopsis that this fiction is a comedy-parody-satire, but I can't help but feel that may also be a hidden critique of our corporate overlords and their enablers hidden underneath all of Zoli's rather unhinged thoughts and corporate-coded desires...
Story:
The set-up is simple but engaging: Zoli gets isekai-ed - get this - not by truck-kun, but by a toilet bowl he smashes his head into after suffering a heart attack induced by what I can only imagine some super-saiyan level head by his secretary. Yep, this is the kind of guy we're dealing with (see character portion below). Now Zoli is sent over to take over the management of a dungeon from an environmental activist on behalf of the Honored CEO - Mr. Xdconfdsgnasdg. The Hitchhikers'-esque conceptualization of this fiction is good enough to bring this to 5 stars for me.
But this is about the gist of the story so far. As I mentioned under the style section, most of the fiction goes hard on an idiosyncratic form of worldbuilding which, in my opinion, becomes engaging by about the third chapter. Do bear in mind this is one of the more *hardcore* dungeoncore I've read, so the story proper may take a little more to kick in. Given the author's other long and rather popular work, my sense is that one should stick with this story to what is certain to be a good payoff
T. H. WattsRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
HR Manager Zoli dies young. Travels to the afterlife. And is recruited to run a dungeon. A failed project that he is tasked with revitalising.
From here, Zoli gets down to business (literally). The dungeon he creates is rich and filled with highly fleshed out details that were fun to read. I enjoyed the satirical jabs at corporate culture, as well as the rules of the dungeon itself. An interesting world. Look forward to reading more as it develops.