CORE OF THE MATTER

A Darkly Comedic Dungeon Core LitRPG of Magical Bureaucracy and Cosmic Breakdown

She died. Got promoted. And now she's the bug fix for a broken magical universe.

When Sarah wakes up as a hybrid dungeon core in a dangerous new world, she doesn’t just inherit essence rituals and unionized monsters—she inherits a collapsing magical Compact and memories from multiple past lives.

Welcome to the afterlife. It’s bureaucracy, dungeon management, and world-saving all rolled into one.

Now, as a prismatic core syncing with ancient nexuses, Sarah is evolving faster than anyone expected. The kingdom wants control. The Lich Lord wants ascension. And her dungeon monsters just want vacation days and hazard pay.

In a world driven by magical systems and essence progression, Sarah must navigate reluctant allies, cosmic conspiracies, and her micromanaging fairy ex-boss to stop a complete metaphysical collapse.

Good thing she's got sarcasm, sentient crystals, and system messages on her side.

Core of the Matter is the third book in Core Chaos—an isekai dungeon core series blending GameLit humor, female-led progression fantasy, magical politics, and dungeon evolution.