My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1034-1036

Chapter 1034

Smash! The window on the second floor of a nearby inn exploded out, and the naked Alysia landed on the ground stumbling slightly. I was in her arms. She had reacted suddenly before anyone else could react. Scooping me up, she leaped through the window. Numerous cuts of glass caused blood to run down her skin. I went instinctively to heal her, and then I remembered I couldn’t. Another spasm of pain struck me, but in her arms, I went where she carried me.

It was very late at night, and the festival had already wrapped up. Most were already passed out or drunk, leaving no particular witnesses to this event. She started to run. Each footprint was bloody as she had stepped on glass from the shattered window. This wouldn’t do. They would follow us immediately.

“Find them!” A voice bellowed from the room above.

This wasn’t the same Demon Lord Aberis I had encountered before. He was likely extremely weak. He didn’t chase after us because he didn’t have the power yet. He only had a small fragmented soul which he had used to control the king if there even was a king in there at all. No wonder the conflict between the Ost Republic and Aberis had lasted for twenty years. The Demon Lord had been whispering in the ear of the Osterian royalty since the countries creation. In many ways, this weaker Aberis was more successful than his Alerith counterpart ever was.

“Duck in this alley,” I instructed Alysia.

I was slightly surprised to see that she did what I asked. I quickly had her bring out some clothing from her storage ring. I couldn’t access my Inventory, and I wasn’t carrying any storage rings anymore. Alysia was close enough to my size that I could wear some of her armor. Most of her clothing wasn’t girly anyway. Or rather, wasn’t my figure a bit too slim and feminine? I decided I didn’t want to think about that any longer.

“Deek, m-my mother… she told me I had a brother who d-died in a dungeon. Do you think…?” Alysia asked as we were in the middle of changing, a conflicted expression on her face.

“That she was talking about the Demon Lord?” I finished her question. “I can’t say for certain, but it’s possible. Even after trying to destroy it, she still couldn’t reject it completely. Your mother… it would have been a slow process. She wasn’t always like that.”

“I understand.” Alysia responded, her voice tight.

We continued to hastily dress. After getting dressed and wrapping her feet, she helped me get dressed as well. The clothing was extremely civilian-like. The next thing I did was access my dungeon store. I was relieved when the familiar tattoos brightened.

“I can still use the power of my blessings,” I said in relief.

I used Transformation on the pair of us, changing our appearance to something else.

“This won’t work.” Alysia sighed. “I know this ability is strong, but Broth… that man would have already thought of it. He probably attached a magic marker to us.”

“I see…” So, we weren’t going to be able to hide.

I couldn’t access magic, so removing a magic marker was impossible. There had to be some dungeon skill I could use instead.

“I’m sorry, Deek.” Alysia looked over at me, her expression still filled with shock. “I thought… if I gave my virginity to you, then my tainted body would no longer be able to take the general’s soul. It should have only been a god soul I was designed to absorb, and I thought you would have a normal soul.”

“I don’t blame you.”

She hadn’t known everything. She certainly didn’t know her brother was the Demon Lord. However, she did know that if she slept with someone with a god soul, she would absorb their soul. That was why she was so depressed during her wedding. She didn’t want to murder an innocent man. Between her mother and her brother though, she had felt pressured to do such a thing. Ultimately, she had decided to shed her virginity before her wedding night with the man she wanted to, spoiling their plans to obtain the god soul. In a way, she had used me, but it wasn’t maliciously. In her mind, by stopping the king’s obtainment of the soul, she was only doing the country of Aberis a favor.

“I never realized that they wanted the god soul for such a reason. I had never realized my mother… was only a puppet of the Demon Lord.” She shook her head bitterly. “I’ve spent my life-fighting dungeons and curses. My family disapproved. No, it was because they disapproved that I was so passionate about fighting evil. Yet, the majority of the evil was right there in my own home.”

“They fooled everyone,” I said. “It’s not just you.”

“Even so… I was the closest to them, I should have done something.” She tightened her fist, causing it to shake slightly.

“The question is… Ahhhhh….” I started to keel over and she caught me, keeping me from collapsing to my knees.

“We’re running out of time.”

Chapter 1035

“What are we going to do?” I asked.

We were moving now. I was stumbling along while Alysia kept me from collapsing to the ground. To anyone who saw us, we looked like two common Osteria. The man drunk and his wife dutifully bringing him home. Meanwhile, we were talking to each other while keeping our eyes out for any incoming guards.

“From what I understood, my soul was supposed to hold the other soul in place, wrapping around it. Broth- that man told me that he had a method to extract the soul safely. I never asked him why they needed the soul. They said it would provide our nation the strength and power necessary to throw off our shackles. I believed them. I was such a fool.”

“I think his extraction method was refining the soul and killing you in the process.” I croaked.

“I tend to agree.” Alysia nodded. “If he gets his hands on me, he’ll have his hands on the god soul as well.”

“That can’t happen.”

“Then, I have to die.”

“Wh-what?” I stopped, but Alysia continued to drag me forward.

“I have to die. It’s the only way to release your soul. Once your soul is released, you can be resurrected like normal.”

“Are you sure… if your soul is wrapped around my soul.”

“That’s why my soul can no longer be allowed to exist.”

“What are you saying?”

“Have you heard of darksteel, ah… I think your people call it Malacrum.”

My narrowed eyes popped open. “You can’t.”

“If I die from a Malacrum weapon, my soul would burn away. However, your soul is a god soul, it will be released. You will be saved, and their plan will be upset.” She stated as she continued to pull me along.

“No! There has to be another way. Besides, we don’t even have a Malacrum weapon, so this point is moot.”

“There is one.” She declared. “The ancient sword.”

“The… ancient sword?”

She pointed, and I looked to see where she was dragging me. It was the sword in the stone. It was the one I had tried to pull out earlier. My eyes popped open.

“That’s Malacrum?”

“Anyone who has ever died to that sword has not been able to resurrect. In the ancient days, it used to be the source of countless executions.”

“That…”

I had seen Malacrum weapons. That dagger had been buried in the ground for countless years but hadn’t rusted a single bit. As for this blade, it was old and rusty. It didn’t look like Malacrum at all. However, if it did function like a soul-reaving blade, then it could work. If Alysia died, then I could just be resurrected again. Before I could say something else, she started to drag me toward the sword again.

The courtyard was quiet, and everyone was either drunk or sleeping. I pulled back against her hand.

“W-wait! I can’t access mana, but I can access my dungeon blessings. They function a lot like mana. I can make a Portal to Chalm. We can escape.” I explained.

She turned back to me, frowning. “Escape? Why so you can die shortly after? If it’s between you and me, I should be the one who dies. As long as I possess your soul, I am a vulnerability. We do not have time to think about this.”

“We can go to the church. Maybe, they’ll have an option.”

She still didn’t seem convinced.

“Look, I have a Malacrum dagger in my treasury. If we exhaust other options, then we can do your option. You can free my soul after I’m dead. Until then, we need to look for a different option. Agreed?”

She slowly nodded, and I started to breathe easier. I didn’t know what to do though. Going to the Capital and consulting the Prince was the best option I could think of. He was a surprisingly deep well of information at times.

I lifted my hands and began to summon a Portal.

“Watch out!”

Halfway through its creation, Alysia slammed into me, shoving me aside. A fireball struck where we were standing and exploded, the two of us were thrown to the side, and our escape dissipated like smoke.

Chapter 1036

“You’re so predictable.” Demon Lord Aberis laughed.

I struggled to lift my head, looking at an army of soldiers lining up. They were all Osterians, covered in heavy armor and swords. There were at least two dozen Knights, surrounding every exit to the courtyard. Aberis stood calmly among them, that same insolent grin on his face as if he had everything under control.

“Do not listen to him!” Alysia cried out. “This man is not the king! He’s been possessed!”

“No one will listen to you.” The king shrugged. “This will be less painful for both of you if you stop struggling.”

“So, I can die?” Alysia snarled.

The king chuckled. “You will be serving your nation. Once I gained the power, we will sweep across Aberis. The Ost Republic will rule the south, and one day we will sweep across the Imperial Cloud Meadow and even the demon land will fall!”

“And we’ll be serving under a demon!”

“What’s wrong with that? Did the Osterians not serve under Demon Lord Aberis once before? If it wasn’t for Princess Xin’s betrayal, your people would have only continued to have power under me. Xin… mother… has paid the price. Furthermore, I am Osterian myself now. Why would I not lead our people to glory? We are the strongest race. We are the greatest race. It is time the world comes to realize this.”

His words were tempting to any Osterian. He was right. Back in the days, the Osterians were treated well under the demonic rule. Now, all the demons were gone, and Demon Lord Aberis was now reborn as an Osterian. He had no reason not to help the Osterians. He would help them by driving them into war after war, but he would also share power and wealth as they enslaved all of the other races. This Aberis might have been different, but he was also still the same. He was as clever as always.

“R-really?” Alysia started to hesitantly walk toward him.

He smiled. “Of course. You will be a hero to the Osterian people. Those human kings pushed us from our rightful place of power and forced us to cower down here. We can rise. All it will take is a single sacrifice.

“I see now…” Alysia’s attack came suddenly.

She pulled out a blade from her ring and then closed the distance between her brother and herself. She sliced down with the blade. Throughout all of this, he barely reacted, his smile remaining plastered on his face. A blade met hers, and Alysia was thrown back, hitting the wall of a building behind them. Standing in front of the Demon Lord was her husband, General Nova.

“I’m sorry, wife. I can’t allow you to do that. It’s time I brought you under proper charge. Allowing you to run around on me and disrespect me so, how can I call myself a man and allow this to continue without putting you in your place.”

“N-Nova… he’s… he’s the Demon Lord! You have to…” Alysia’s words slowed as she could see they did not affect the general.

“I told you that Deek managed to brainwash her. He has many strange abilities. He is a trickster.” The king explained.

“Yes, my lord.” General Nova stepped forward and pointed his spear at me. “Deek Deekson. You cheated to win our first match. Then, when you lost the prize, you decided to steal my bride. You are a coward. I hereby sentence you to death by my blade!”