My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1133-1135

Chapter 1133

We left the Adventuring Guild. Several barricades had been created and there appeared to be people on the roofs. Unlike the Guild Master and Ruby, most of the other residents weren’t smart enough or powerful enough to reach the roofs. Therefore, it was a rather simple process of roping one of them, pulling them, up, and then restraining them. That was when they didn’t have magic to just incapacitate them one way or another.

I knew I still had a long way to go before everyone was freed. Of course, if things went a certain way, I might not need to do anything else. The situation might end up resolving itself. Once Elaya saw me, she might just surrender the dungeon immediately. Of course, that all depended on me encountering her outside of the dungeon, and based on what I had seen so far I had a feeling she hadn’t left the dungeon in months.

Had she not come out by the time I had finished conquering the town, then I had every intention of using the mansion and trying the backdoor to reach her. The last thing I wanted to do was start a protracted battle where I had to fight my way down the dungeon. It would likely take days, even if the enemies weren’t much of a challenge. Of course, there was also the possibility that the second I walked into the dungeon, she’d recognize me. I didn’t think that would be the case though. If it honestly was, then she should have recognized me the second I walked into the city, or when I started altering the miasma being fed back into the dungeon.

Of course, there was an alternative that I wasn’t considering. There was the possibility that she did already recognize me, and chose not to come until now. Maybe, master didn’t stand for Dungeon Master, but she was still recognizing me as her master. That didn’t make a whole lot of sense either. I really wouldn’t know what was happening until I reached the outside of town and spoke to her or whoever was representing her.

I realized as I followed Ruby that a group of guards ended up forming around us. I wasn’t at a level where I could determine people’s levels at a glance, but I had a feeling that these were probably some of the top-level guards in the city. I glanced at them curiously until Ruby seemed to notice.

“This was decided by the residents of Chalm. Chalm originally was growing so rapidly that there were more strangers than friends. Most people had never even seen you but had only heard of you. Even during the battle against Alerith, you seemed like a lofty presence surrounded by beautiful slaves. Now, every single person has been personally pulled from the dark fog by your hand. They’ve watched you working hard to save them from the infection. They know you now, and you’ve made an impression on them.”

“R-really…”

“The citizens won’t stand to see you harmed once again. They don’t want to see something happen again like it did in the Ost Republic. They wish you to have an honor guard at all times. You could say that if before you had earned their respect, it seems like your actions recently have been earning their adoration.” Ruby responded with a slight smile.

I didn’t know how to respond to that, but I didn’t have to because we were already outside of town and approaching the dungeon mouth. I could see a person standing there in a robe, but it was impossible to make out who it was exactly. I walked up to them as confidently as I could.

“I’m Deek Deekson,” I responded. “This dungeon, and everything in it belongs to me. Surrender.”

Chapter 1134

That was all I had to say. I hadn’t prepared a speech. I hadn’t prepared anything for this far. I had been expecting her to recognize me immediately and react. Instead, she merely watched me, hidden within her hood. Well, it wasn’t the reception I had been expecting. Was she surprised, confused, or angry?

I opened my mouth to say more, but she slowly lifted her hands to her hood, and then pulled it back, finally revealing her face.

“Xin.” I breathed.

“This is… my mother?” Alysia asked.

It was the final dungeon boss, Xin. In this form, she resembled a human. She should have been on the final level. I found myself rather surprised by her presence here on the surface.

“Yeah, this is the other half of your mother I was telling you about,” I informed Alysia.

“You dare to attack my Mistress’s dungeon?” Xin demanded, glaring at me.

I frowned. Xin should have been able to recognize me. However, this woman was staring at me like I was a stranger.

“You know who I am, right?” I asked helplessly.

“You are a rival Dungeon Master who wishes to swallow our dungeon. I regret to inform you that you will fail. We’re not so easy as to be bullied by other dungeons.”

“Xin… Twilight Dungeon, Deek?” I held up my hands.

“I will destroy you, and then bring my mistress your head.” She threw back her robes revealing a sword at her belt. “Your head will look good on the maid hero’s mantle.”

She reached down, grabbing the sword. She had an arrogant look on her face that was familiar to me. It was the way she had looked at me when I first got to the Twilight Dungeon. It was the look of a woman who felt superior to me. It was a look filled with condescension.

“The maid hero… so it is Elaya after all.”

Xin licked her lips. “Don’t you dare speak that name! Mistress has banned that name!”

“Why?” Deek furrowed his brow, hoping she would give him some hints so he understood more about what was going on.

“Mistress banned that name. She couldn’t protect him, she couldn’t bring him back. She failed him. That’s why… that’s why she killed herself!”

My smile dropped and I ended up baring my teeth. “What?”

Of all the possibilities, I hadn’t considered such a thing. Elaya would commit suicide after learning of my death? If that was the case, then it probably happened in my dungeon. She probably wanted to be consumed by the dungeon I created. If she died in my dungeon, she’d be turned back into miasma, and my miasma would mix with hers. In her broken state, she must have thought this was somehow poetic and romantic.

However, what would have happened instead is that her miasma would have contaminated the dungeon, turning it into a more chaotic curse bred from her own incomplete story. Just like when Xin died in the Twilight Dungeon, a curse was created inside a curse. Elaya was born again and usurped Xin and Astria becoming the dungeon boss. It was all starting to make sense now. This was a curse created by Elaya’s broken heart, and a lore cut short by her foolish mistake.

“Elaya…” I said sadly.

“I told you, that name is forbidden by the maid hero… now die!”

Xin pulled her sword and began her attack.

Chapter 1135

“Wait…wait…wait!” I shouted out, holding up my hands.

Xin stopped about halfway. I was a little surprised that she did so.

“Aren’t we going to fight her?” Alysia asked, her voice trembling slightly.

“We were able to defeat the other Xin… but remember, that was her submissive half. This is her fighting half, and it’s been fortified by Elaya’s dungeon, so there is no saying how powerful she’ll be.”

Compared to my guards, I got a strong sense of danger from her. They were all holding up their weapons, looking like they were ready to fight defiantly, including Ruby, but I had no doubt they wouldn’t be much help in a fight against her. As for whether I would win or not, I wasn’t confident of that either. This is why I stopped the fight before it could start. This was especially because I thought I had a way to avoid such a fight.

“You are a magic swordsman, correct?” I asked.

Xin narrowed her eyes. “Is that why you stopped our fight?”

“You believe in a fair fight, right? You don’t like stabbing people in the back. Direct confrontations, that’s the Osterian way.”

“If you agree, then pull your sword!”

“I will! However, why don’t we decide this fight in a single attack, ronin style.”

“Ro… nin?”

“Ahem… I mean, I’ll give my best attack, and you give you best, and whoever is standing in the end wins.”

“You honestly think that you can knock me down in a single strike?” Her haughty arrogant side started to resurface.

Xin’s problem had always been that she was too confident in herself. She believed she was better than her opponents, and as a result, she would sometimes look down on them. I was counting on this.

“Deek… I may be quite strong, but I’m not confident I can defeat her in a single blow. I’m not even confident I can protect you.” Alysia warned.

“Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing.” I smiled.

Xin cocked her head, and then after a moment, she nodded. “Very well. I suppose since you are a dungeon master like my mistress, you deserve to die a warrior’s death. I will give you one attack. At that point, you will die.”

“Maybe…” I shrugged.

She turned and walked back twenty feet, and then turned and faced me.

“Are you sure about this, bro?” Ruby asked.

“Yeah, I can do this.” I nodded, lifting my hands and casting a spell.

“What are you casting? What is that?” Alysia cried out.

“You’ve made a portal?” Xin cried out, “You’re trying to run away?”

“Haha! It’s too late now!” I laughed.

“Trying to trick me. I hate tricks the most. Die!” Xin’s body erupted with a blinding light and she began to rush at me like lightning.

I reached through the portal. “Behold my ultimate attack, Xin toss!”

I grabbed onto the unconscious Xin on the other side. The portal I created led to her bed where she was tied up and under numerous spells. With a heave, I tossed her at her other-self. An Osterian went flying toward her human counterpart. Xin tried to move to dodge herself, but she already had too much momentum. The pair collided and collapsed into a heap.

“What… What is this?” The human girl stood up angrily, her sword having been knocked away. “You would use an innocent woman as a human shield?”

“An innocent woman?” I raised an eyebrow. “Maybe you should take another look.”

“You…” She looked down at the girl, and then back at me.

However, a second later she looked down at the girl again. She may not be remembering me right now, but there was no way she wouldn’t recognize her own body.

“This is…. What is…” Her eyes went wide, and she started to break apart.

“Woah! What’s happening?” I cried out.

“You’re the one who did this!” Alysia cried back, “What did you do to my mother?”

We watched in surprise as the human Xin broke into ash, and then her light and energy flowed into the other Xin. The human Xin’s current body was made of miasma. Her body had been destroyed in the Twilight Dungeon and had only been recreated by dungeons. Her true body was still the Osterian woman. I was reuniting her soul and her body. Xin was changing once again as she was finally restored to her true self.