Chapter 65 – A Test of Skills and the Dungeon’s Dark Side (Part 1)
Day 5 of free activities.
Today, we are visiting the dungeon.
The reason why we’re here is to measure the strength of the newly joined monster girls.
Each floor of the dungeon has enemies at a different level range, so it’s a good place to measure their abilities and raise their levels.
For now, I have decided to put together a party consisting of the three monster girls: Tiramisu the Tyrannosaurus, Maple the Sea Serpent, and Chocolate the Harpy Queen; and let them fight the boss of the 30th floor, the flame dragon.
“Water Javelin!”
“Wind Slash!”
“GYOAAAAAAAAA!”
Maple’s and Chocolate’s hit the flame dragon, causing it to fall to the ground with a loud cry.
“I’m going too Tira-chan, Kick ”
“GYOEEEEEEEEEE!”
Tiramisu made a big leap and dropped her heel on the flame dragon.
Even though she’s so conscious about her weight, she doesn’t seem to hesitate to use it as a weapon.
On that topic, can you even call a heel drop, a kick?
Either way, it finished off the flame dragon, instantly dropping it’s HP to 0.
“Great Victory ”
Tiramisu made a cute peace sign while sitting on top of the defeated flame dragon.
Unfortunately her surroundings cut the cuteness in half…
After getting killed, the dungeon boss should disappear, right?
“Oops!”
-Thud!
The flame dragon’s corpse turned into ash, causing Tiramisu to plummet to the ground, making a loud noise as she crashed.
Tiramisu is currently wearing a pink Gothic Lolita outfit with lots of frills.
It has been remodelled a little bit, to make her look more like a magical girl.
She likes to fight in close combat, but she wore a skirt, so you could see her strawberry-pattern panties during the battle.
It was especially bad when she did the heel drop, her skirt was almost completely rolled up.
She was actually wearing shorts underneath before, but just before the battle, she took them off.
When I asked her why, she said “It’s an eye service for my honey ”.
I’m not sure what to say to that…
“I Failed I Failed ”
“Didn’t you hear master say that boss monsters disappear after they are defeated?”
“That’s right.
You were being too careless.”
“Sorry I completely forgot ”
The three monster girls showed no signs of fatigue, even after their battle against the flame dragon.
“It seems like it wasn’t a strong enough opponent for you.”
“Not at all, if I were to fight it on my own, I don’t think I would have been able to win so easily.”
Chocolate reacted to my comment.
Even though she was a harpy queen, she completely overwhelmed the flame dragon in aerial combat.
Her level 8 skill wasn’t just for show, as she kept toying with the flame dragon with her quick movements, launching wind magic spells at it, whenever it tried to ignore her.
“That’s right.
In my case, I’m good at water magic, so it was a good match, making it a lot easier.”
Being a fire-type monster, the flame dragon was naturally weak to water, making Maple’s super effective.
She capitalized on that by using advanced water magic spells, while keeping her distance with and skills.
Of course, she wouldn’t have been able to do that, without getting her long chants interrupted, if it weren’t for Chocolate keeping the dragon occupied all the time, letting them create this winning combo.
“Tira-chan can’t fly and can’t use magic, so I think I would have had a hard time if it flew in the sky ”
For some reason, Tiramisu couldn’t use magic at all.
It’s not that her skills were disabled, it’s just that there was no magic she could actually use.
I tried giving her level 10 magic skills, but she still couldn’t use them.
Thankfully, it turned out she could still use the unique magic spells created by Sakura, causing her to cheer up a bit.
I know that goblins are bad at magic, since the magic that I can use, and the magic that they can use are different, even at the same skill level.
By this logic, tyrannosaurs are extremely bad at using magic.
Instead, they are super good at close-range combat, and Tiramisu is definitely the one who deals the most damage in the party at the moment.
“Thinking like that, aren’t you’re a perfect match for this party?”
“That’s right.
This way you cover for all your weaknesses.”
Maria, who is accompanying me as usual, also agreed.
Dora said she didn’t want to come because she didn’t like the flame dragon, so she’s currently taking a nap at our Kastal mansion.
“The flame dragon got defeated so easily, I didn’t even get a go…”
“It’s frustrating, Karen-chan.”
“It’s sad, Sora-chan.”
“We’ll have to work even harder for master’s sake.”
Cynthia and co said with their shoulders dropped.
I thought that watching the battle of the three monster girls might be beneficial to them, so I invited the dungeon explorer group of Cynthia, Sora, Karen and Kate to visit.
The four of them had only just recently managed to defeat a flame dragon of their own, so they must have had some complicated feelings, watching the three monster girls, who had only just become my subordinates, defeat one so easily.
“That said, this mistress and Maple are monsters that have lived a long time.
We can’t afford to lose to lower-levelled monsters, now can we?”
“That’s right.
Maple and I are actually pretty strong, if you discount master’s group, that is…”
Certainly, Chocolate and Maple are both elder monsters with very high levels.
They have a lot of combat experience, so it wouldn’t be strange for them to be stronger than Cynthia’s group, who have only just recently started fighting monsters.
“Then, what about Tira-chan?”
As Cynthia said, Tiramisu, who was just born recently and had a level of 1 originally, but has a fighting power comparable to that of high-level Maple and Chocolate, is indeed unusual.
Everyone’s eyes focused on Tiramisu.
As expected, it made her feel a bit shy.
“Well, in my case, I’ve been following honey from the time I was born… ”
“Plus, when you think about it, she’s just innately really strong.”
“That’s right, I would probably also be much stronger, if I were raised by master.”
The three monster girls were just saying whatever they wanted.
“I guess it’s only natural if it’s because of master.”
“It’s natural, Karen-chan.”
“It’s reasonable, Sora-chan.”
“That’s right.
If you’ve been with the Master for a long time, it’s not strange that you’ve been influenced by him to some extent.”
“Jin-sama is just that great.”
Apparently, it’s unanimously my fault.
“Maybe I’ll try raising another egg next time and see how it goes…”
“If so, would you like to raise one of mine? …then again, if it’s master, I can only see more harpy queens being born.”
It was Chocolate who responded to my words, as she can lay both fertilised and unfertilized eggs on her own.
In the first place, wouldn’t only regular harpies hatch from the eggs?
A: Strictly speaking, there is an almost zero chance that a harpy queen will be born.
Oh, that’s the pattern of another harpy queen being born.
But the harpy queen eggs are delicious, …then again.
“If that happened, I might be able to eat harpy queen eggs for all three meals.”
“…Ah, this mistress doesn’t want master to eat eggs of other harpy queens, even if they were my daughters.”
Chocolate said, pouting.
I think she got a little jealous.
“Well, if we get any other eggs, I’ll try to raise them.
“I understand.
I’ll tell my people to collect some.”
“…I’m not asking you to go that far.”
I stopped the overzealous Maria.
I didn’t know what kinds of eggs they would gather if I gave such instructions to the followers scattered all over the region.
To be honest, there was even a chance they might try to steal some from monster nests.
Oh, they’d already done that? Ha-ha-ha.
That being the case, I asked Tiramisu and the others about their future plans.
“So, what do you guys think? Want to go a little further?”
It’s the final level of the volcano area, so from now on it’s the graveyard area.
In terms of ability, the three monster girls should be able to handle it.
Cynthia’s group is currently capturing the 32nd floor, so it seems like they might soon get overtaken.
“No, let’s hold off on that.
It’s Cynthia’s group’s job to conquer the dungeon, right? I wouldn’t want to come late and steal all the glory.”
“I think so too.
We’ve already proved our strength by defeating the flame dragon.
Plus, intruding on someone else’s area is a big no no for monsters.”
It seems that territory is something really important to all monsters, and should not be intruded on casually.
They’ve only agreed to fight the flame dragon in the first place, because Cynthia’s group had already surpassed it.
“Huh…”
Tiramisu, who was new to being a monster, didn’t seem to share the same sentiment.
In the first place, are tyrannosaurs territorial? The only impressions I have of them is them just going wherever they want.
Then again, it is based on The Jurassic Park…
“We can’t afford to fall behind!”
“That’s right.
Let’s do our best and conquer the dungeon as quickly as possible.”
“Let’s do it! Karen-chan!”
“Let’s go! Sora-chan!”
In any case, the presence of the monster girls who easily defeated the flame dragon seems to have ignited the motivation of the explorer group.
“Master, can I take them to resume our exploration?”
“Sure, go ahead”
“Then, please excuse us.”
“””Please excuse us.”””
With that said, the four went back to the level they were currently trying to capture, with “portal”.
“Well, since we’re already here, I guess I’ll go run another errant.”
“Where are we going next, Jin-sama?”
“To the dungeon’s hidden area.”
It is said that the dungeon that stretches underneath Estia Kingdom, earning it the moniker of a Dungeon Kingdom, goes all the way down to the fiftieth floor.
This information however is something that Azuma, the former dungeon master, deliberately spread, and it could be said to be only half true.
It certainly is the case that if an explorer descends the floors in the normal way, he or she cannot go further than the 50th floor, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any floors further down.
In actuality, floors 51 through 60 have already been secured, and the dungeon master can control them as they please.
Incidentally, the dungeon keepers’ living area and Azuma’s grave are both located on the 51th floor, which is also the place I visited after defeating the dungeon’s final boss on the 50th floor, though normally, when you defeat it, you only get an item as reward.
“Hello Carro, how’s the dungeon management going?”
I asked Carro, the dungeon’s chief keeper, who was doing some paperwork in her office on the 51st floor.
It’s not a place you can enter with a large group, so I had the three monster girls stay on the 50th floor.
As such, it was only her, me and Maria here.
“Jin-sama, you’re here? Pyon.
Yes, the dungeon management is going well.
The number of dungeon keepers is also steadily increasing.
“Well, you could argue whether that’s a good thing or not…”
Dungeon keepers are the ones responsible for the defence and maintenance of the dungeon floors.
Since the current dungeon master is a man, only women can become keepers.
You also need their consent, so the current keepers are all women who accepted the job in exchange for being saved from death in the dungeon, making it a rather violent way to increase their numbers.
As such, I was worried it might cause resentment among them, but it seems like there were other circumstances involved, as when I asked Carro about it, she just told me “They don’t regret their choice.
Pyon”.
Somehow, I was still feeling guilty about it, so I double checked with Alta, but she also said:
A: It won’t be a problem.
Well, if you say so.
“So, what can I do for you today, Jin-sama? Pyon.”
“No, I just thought I’d come and check on things once in a while.
It’s not good to leave things unattended, right?”
Actually, this is the first time I’ve come to the dungeon since I’ve visited Azuma’s grave.
Shouldn’t I contribute more as the dungeon master?
“Jin-sama doesn’t really have to do anything.
If your wish is to maintain the current status quo, you can just leave it as is.
If possible, I’d like you to attend the monthly briefings, but it’s not a necessity, Pyon.”
“All right.
Please let me know when there’s a briefing.
I don’t know what I can do, but ……”
So far, I’ve been leaving it all for Alta to manage, but I wouldn’t want to just push all of my responsibilities onto her…
A: Please don’t worry about it.
I’m always glad to be of help.
Isn’t she wonderful…
…to be honest, I’m not really good at managing things.
I like to travel freely, so having an excellent manager like Alta has been a great help.
A: I’m honoured by your praise.
Eventually, I’ll get a physical body and help you directly…
Alta-san? Somehow, I feel like a flag has just been raised.
Are you okay?
A: I’m fine.
Please leave it to me.
…
“Um, Carro-senpai, is this man perhaps…?”
While I was spacing out, a girl came into the office.
“Yes.
This is Jin-sama, the dungeon master, Pyon.”
“I see.
My name is Coral, I’m the keeper in charge of the 10th floor area.
Pleased to meet you.”
“Oh, nice to meet you.”
The girl who introduced herself as Coral bowed deeply.
Chapter 65 – A Test of Skills and the Dungeon’s Dark Side (Part 1)
Day 5 of free activities.
Today, we are visiting the dungeon.
The reason why we’re here is to measure the strength of the newly joined monster girls.
Each floor of the dungeon has enemies at a different level range, so it’s a good place to measure their abilities and raise their levels.
For now, I have decided to put together a party consisting of the three monster girls: Tiramisu the Tyrannosaurus, Maple the Sea Serpent, and Chocolate the Harpy Queen; and let them fight the boss of the 30th floor, the flame dragon.
“Water Javelin!”
“Wind Slash!”
“GYOAAAAAAAAA!”
Maple’s and Chocolate’s hit the flame dragon, causing it to fall to the ground with a loud cry.
“I’m going too Tira-chan, Kick ”
“GYOEEEEEEEEEE!”
Tiramisu made a big leap and dropped her heel on the flame dragon.
Even though she’s so conscious about her weight, she doesn’t seem to hesitate to use it as a weapon.
On that topic, can you even call a heel drop, a kick?
Either way, it finished off the flame dragon, instantly dropping it’s HP to 0.
“Great Victory ”
Tiramisu made a cute peace sign while sitting on top of the defeated flame dragon.
Unfortunately her surroundings cut the cuteness in half…
After getting killed, the dungeon boss should disappear, right?
“Oops!”
-Thud!
The flame dragon’s corpse turned into ash, causing Tiramisu to plummet to the ground, making a loud noise as she crashed.
Tiramisu is currently wearing a pink Gothic Lolita outfit with lots of frills.
It has been remodelled a little bit, to make her look more like a magical girl.
She likes to fight in close combat, but she wore a skirt, so you could see her strawberry-pattern panties during the battle.
It was especially bad when she did the heel drop, her skirt was almost completely rolled up.
She was actually wearing shorts underneath before, but just before the battle, she took them off.
When I asked her why, she said “It’s an eye service for my honey ”.
I’m not sure what to say to that…
“I Failed I Failed ”
“Didn’t you hear master say that boss monsters disappear after they are defeated?”
“That’s right.
You were being too careless.”
“Sorry I completely forgot ”
The three monster girls showed no signs of fatigue, even after their battle against the flame dragon.
“It seems like it wasn’t a strong enough opponent for you.”
“Not at all, if I were to fight it on my own, I don’t think I would have been able to win so easily.”
Chocolate reacted to my comment.
Even though she was a harpy queen, she completely overwhelmed the flame dragon in aerial combat.
Her level 8 skill wasn’t just for show, as she kept toying with the flame dragon with her quick movements, launching wind magic spells at it, whenever it tried to ignore her.
“That’s right.
In my case, I’m good at water magic, so it was a good match, making it a lot easier.”
Being a fire-type monster, the flame dragon was naturally weak to water, making Maple’s super effective.
She capitalized on that by using advanced water magic spells, while keeping her distance with and skills.
Of course, she wouldn’t have been able to do that, without getting her long chants interrupted, if it weren’t for Chocolate keeping the dragon occupied all the time, letting them create this winning combo.
“Tira-chan can’t fly and can’t use magic, so I think I would have had a hard time if it flew in the sky ”
For some reason, Tiramisu couldn’t use magic at all.
It’s not that her skills were disabled, it’s just that there was no magic she could actually use.
I tried giving her level 10 magic skills, but she still couldn’t use them.
Thankfully, it turned out she could still use the unique magic spells created by Sakura, causing her to cheer up a bit.
I know that goblins are bad at magic, since the magic that I can use, and the magic that they can use are different, even at the same skill level.
By this logic, tyrannosaurs are extremely bad at using magic.
Instead, they are super good at close-range combat, and Tiramisu is definitely the one who deals the most damage in the party at the moment.
“Thinking like that, aren’t you’re a perfect match for this party?”
“That’s right.
This way you cover for all your weaknesses.”
Maria, who is accompanying me as usual, also agreed.
Dora said she didn’t want to come because she didn’t like the flame dragon, so she’s currently taking a nap at our Kastal mansion.
“The flame dragon got defeated so easily, I didn’t even get a go…”
“It’s frustrating, Karen-chan.”
“It’s sad, Sora-chan.”
“We’ll have to work even harder for master’s sake.”
Cynthia and co said with their shoulders dropped.
I thought that watching the battle of the three monster girls might be beneficial to them, so I invited the dungeon explorer group of Cynthia, Sora, Karen and Kate to visit.
The four of them had only just recently managed to defeat a flame dragon of their own, so they must have had some complicated feelings, watching the three monster girls, who had only just become my subordinates, defeat one so easily.
“That said, this mistress and Maple are monsters that have lived a long time.
We can’t afford to lose to lower-levelled monsters, now can we?”
“That’s right.
Maple and I are actually pretty strong, if you discount master’s group, that is…”
Certainly, Chocolate and Maple are both elder monsters with very high levels.
They have a lot of combat experience, so it wouldn’t be strange for them to be stronger than Cynthia’s group, who have only just recently started fighting monsters.
“Then, what about Tira-chan?”
As Cynthia said, Tiramisu, who was just born recently and had a level of 1 originally, but has a fighting power comparable to that of high-level Maple and Chocolate, is indeed unusual.
Everyone’s eyes focused on Tiramisu.
As expected, it made her feel a bit shy.
“Well, in my case, I’ve been following honey from the time I was born… ”
“Plus, when you think about it, she’s just innately really strong.”
“That’s right, I would probably also be much stronger, if I were raised by master.”
The three monster girls were just saying whatever they wanted.
“I guess it’s only natural if it’s because of master.”
“It’s natural, Karen-chan.”
“It’s reasonable, Sora-chan.”
“That’s right.
If you’ve been with the Master for a long time, it’s not strange that you’ve been influenced by him to some extent.”
“Jin-sama is just that great.”
Apparently, it’s unanimously my fault.
“Maybe I’ll try raising another egg next time and see how it goes…”
“If so, would you like to raise one of mine? …then again, if it’s master, I can only see more harpy queens being born.”
It was Chocolate who responded to my words, as she can lay both fertilised and unfertilized eggs on her own.
In the first place, wouldn’t only regular harpies hatch from the eggs?
A: Strictly speaking, there is an almost zero chance that a harpy queen will be born.
Oh, that’s the pattern of another harpy queen being born.
But the harpy queen eggs are delicious, …then again.
“If that happened, I might be able to eat harpy queen eggs for all three meals.”
“…Ah, this mistress doesn’t want master to eat eggs of other harpy queens, even if they were my daughters.”
Chocolate said, pouting.
I think she got a little jealous.
“Well, if we get any other eggs, I’ll try to raise them.
“I understand.
I’ll tell my people to collect some.”
“…I’m not asking you to go that far.”
I stopped the overzealous Maria.
I didn’t know what kinds of eggs they would gather if I gave such instructions to the followers scattered all over the region.
To be honest, there was even a chance they might try to steal some from monster nests.
Oh, they’d already done that? Ha-ha-ha.
That being the case, I asked Tiramisu and the others about their future plans.
“So, what do you guys think? Want to go a little further?”
It’s the final level of the volcano area, so from now on it’s the graveyard area.
In terms of ability, the three monster girls should be able to handle it.
Cynthia’s group is currently capturing the 32nd floor, so it seems like they might soon get overtaken.
“No, let’s hold off on that.
It’s Cynthia’s group’s job to conquer the dungeon, right? I wouldn’t want to come late and steal all the glory.”
“I think so too.
We’ve already proved our strength by defeating the flame dragon.
Plus, intruding on someone else’s area is a big no no for monsters.”
It seems that territory is something really important to all monsters, and should not be intruded on casually.
They’ve only agreed to fight the flame dragon in the first place, because Cynthia’s group had already surpassed it.
“Huh…”
Tiramisu, who was new to being a monster, didn’t seem to share the same sentiment.
In the first place, are tyrannosaurs territorial? The only impressions I have of them is them just going wherever they want.
Then again, it is based on The Jurassic Park…
“We can’t afford to fall behind!”
“That’s right.
Let’s do our best and conquer the dungeon as quickly as possible.”
“Let’s do it! Karen-chan!”
“Let’s go! Sora-chan!”
In any case, the presence of the monster girls who easily defeated the flame dragon seems to have ignited the motivation of the explorer group.
“Master, can I take them to resume our exploration?”
“Sure, go ahead”
“Then, please excuse us.”
“””Please excuse us.”””
With that said, the four went back to the level they were currently trying to capture, with “portal”.
“Well, since we’re already here, I guess I’ll go run another errant.”
“Where are we going next, Jin-sama?”
“To the dungeon’s hidden area.”
It is said that the dungeon that stretches underneath Estia Kingdom, earning it the moniker of a Dungeon Kingdom, goes all the way down to the fiftieth floor.
This information however is something that Azuma, the former dungeon master, deliberately spread, and it could be said to be only half true.
It certainly is the case that if an explorer descends the floors in the normal way, he or she cannot go further than the 50th floor, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any floors further down.
In actuality, floors 51 through 60 have already been secured, and the dungeon master can control them as they please.
Incidentally, the dungeon keepers’ living area and Azuma’s grave are both located on the 51th floor, which is also the place I visited after defeating the dungeon’s final boss on the 50th floor, though normally, when you defeat it, you only get an item as reward.
“Hello Carro, how’s the dungeon management going?”
I asked Carro, the dungeon’s chief keeper, who was doing some paperwork in her office on the 51st floor.
It’s not a place you can enter with a large group, so I had the three monster girls stay on the 50th floor.
As such, it was only her, me and Maria here.
“Jin-sama, you’re here? Pyon.
Yes, the dungeon management is going well.
The number of dungeon keepers is also steadily increasing.
“Well, you could argue whether that’s a good thing or not…”
Dungeon keepers are the ones responsible for the defence and maintenance of the dungeon floors.
Since the current dungeon master is a man, only women can become keepers.
You also need their consent, so the current keepers are all women who accepted the job in exchange for being saved from death in the dungeon, making it a rather violent way to increase their numbers.
As such, I was worried it might cause resentment among them, but it seems like there were other circumstances involved, as when I asked Carro about it, she just told me “They don’t regret their choice.
Pyon”.
Somehow, I was still feeling guilty about it, so I double checked with Alta, but she also said:
A: It won’t be a problem.
Well, if you say so.
“So, what can I do for you today, Jin-sama? Pyon.”
“No, I just thought I’d come and check on things once in a while.
It’s not good to leave things unattended, right?”
Actually, this is the first time I’ve come to the dungeon since I’ve visited Azuma’s grave.
Shouldn’t I contribute more as the dungeon master?
“Jin-sama doesn’t really have to do anything.
If your wish is to maintain the current status quo, you can just leave it as is.
If possible, I’d like you to attend the monthly briefings, but it’s not a necessity, Pyon.”
“All right.
Please let me know when there’s a briefing.
I don’t know what I can do, but ……”
So far, I’ve been leaving it all for Alta to manage, but I wouldn’t want to just push all of my responsibilities onto her…
A: Please don’t worry about it.
I’m always glad to be of help.
Isn’t she wonderful…
…to be honest, I’m not really good at managing things.
I like to travel freely, so having an excellent manager like Alta has been a great help.
A: I’m honoured by your praise.
Eventually, I’ll get a physical body and help you directly…
Alta-san? Somehow, I feel like a flag has just been raised.
Are you okay?
A: I’m fine.
Please leave it to me.
…
“Um, Carro-senpai, is this man perhaps…?”
While I was spacing out, a girl came into the office.
“Yes.
This is Jin-sama, the dungeon master, Pyon.”
“I see.
My name is Coral, I’m the keeper in charge of the 10th floor area.
Pleased to meet you.”
“Oh, nice to meet you.”
The girl who introduced herself as Coral bowed deeply.
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