My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem

Chapter 1184

The next morning, I put on my clothing and sat down. Faeyna was already up and dressed, holding a cup of tea which she poured for me.

“Master…” She nodded formally.

I could feel a warmness and closeness with those words, despite that nothing on the surface had seemingly changed between us. Faeyna would continue to be my made in the future, and that was all there was to it.

“Do you want to ask me something?” I asked.

“Ah… y-yes…”

I smiled up at her as she was surprised by my question. Now that I was her Slave Master again, I could feel her feelings and at least could tell when she had something on her mind. As for when she became my slave, I used it on her sometime during the night when I was dirtying her up.

Name: Faeyna

Class: Management

Job: Head Maid (LVL 72)

Unlocked Jobs: Cook (LVL 19), Maid (LVL 50), Manager (LVL 15), Governess (LVL 18), Basic Magician (LVL 20)

Race: Elf

“I would like to go with Master and level more.”

Faeyna hadn’t changed much from when I had last seen her. Her Head Maid job had gained many levels after the ordeal around her death, but otherwise, her progress was rather normal. Her progress would be considered crazy when comparing the amount of time that had passed and the amount she has put into leveling. I only took her out to Widow’s Dungeon for a brief time to level her, so her progress was mostly due to her relationship as my slave.

Compared to the power leveling that Lydia, Miki, and the rest of the girls participated in, she couldn’t compare. However, she had the lore of a hero mixed with her soul. That hadn’t been lost when she died, merely rearranged. On top of that, it seemed like her brother had sacrificed his soul, allowing it to mix with the dungeon’s strength. When she absorbed it, it became her strength as well. He merged his soul with his sister. Total siscon move.

One might think that since she was the maid hero, her jobs would be amazing. However, you only gained what you put effort into, and on top of her brother holding back her hero legacy in hopes she wouldn’t meet a grisly fate, she had personally avoided becoming a hero, dedicating herself to the path of a maid. That said, it wasn’t like it didn’t matter. She had a lot of jobs and reached Head Maid even though she wasn’t much older than me. I had originally thought she was ancient with hundreds of years under her belt as an elf, but it turned out she was rather young.

Thus, she had been able to level extremely quickly despite everything working against her. Now that she understood her path, it looked like she wanted to become strong like all of the other girls. I didn’t blame her. Putting out my hand, I gently patted her head. She lowered it and closed her eyes, accepting my pats without reserve.

“I will help you gain strength. In time, you will be no weaker in combat than Lydia or the rest.”

Faeyna’s eyes opened. “Huh? That’s not what I want.”

I blinked. “It isn’t?”

“Master is still a better cook than me! How can I continue when your food is better? Not to mention all of these ingredients from another world! Based on Aberis’s subpar culinary culture, how can I even compete!” As she said this, she became impassioned and tearful.

Oh, it was that. It seems like Faeyna’s path had always been as straight as an arrow. I just didn’t see it. Unfortunately, it was too late to become the Cooking Hero, if one existed.

Chapter 1185

The crisis in the city was resolved. The dungeon was back in order and was currently in a state of evolution. Meanwhile, the city was reopening. Without Siti, we couldn’t reestablish travel with the Capital. I wanted to give it a few days though. We were still a bit vulnerable. People were recovering and the city was repairing.

I wanted to go out and start searching for my girls, but I needed to stabilize things here first. I had responsibilities now, and I could just abandon everything and run out on my own. I kind of was just sitting there casually eating breakfast at the moment. I was using Xin, Elaya, and Astria, giving them orders to relay. Well, Elaya and Astria were somewhat unreliable so I didn’t depend on them for more than occasionally asking questions, but Xin was extremely compliant. She worked hard and accepted every command without issue.

“Master, are we going to talk about last night?” I heard such a question.

“Hmm? What’s that?” I asked.

“You did that with another girl in front of me!”

I let out a cough. “Ah! Alysia… that… can’t you close off your senses?”

“Whether I can or not isn’t the question! My soul is combined with Master, when you do such things, I can feel it.”

“F-feel it?” My eyes widened. “You didn’t say anything!”

I hadn’t been thinking about it at all last night. Faeyna had simply thrown herself at me, and I had decided to do what was necessary and get closer to her. Alysia had kept completely silent, but she was still my sword and resting in the blessing on my hand. Thus, she would have had a front-row seat to everything we had done the previous night. It had been a threesome all along and I didn’t even realize it!

“H-how could I say anything when Master was doing this and that… and once I thought it was over, Master turned so rough!”

“Sorry… I scared you…” I immediately apologized.

“It’s not that! Why didn’t you act so rough with me?” She responded with a pout.

“That’s why you’re angry?”

“I may be a princess, but I’m tough and strong…”

“I didn’t say you weren’t.”

“Just because she’s a hero or whatever doesn’t mean that I can’t take everything you throw at me!”

“It’s not that…”

She seemed to have formed some incorrect theories about us. She thought I had been gentle to her because she was a Princess and rougher with Faeyna. After all, she was the Maid Hero. It wasn’t that at all. I acted rough with Faeyna exactly because of a blend of aggressiveness and timidness. She teased me with every movement but was too inexperienced to know anything. It had incited the beast in me so I had gotten rough with her. Meanwhile, Alysia was far more reserved, and also her strength made me see her more as an equal than prey to be eaten up. How could I explain the truth?

I ended up promising her to be rougher next time while tearing up on the inside. Thankfully, she dropped it and I was able to finish my breakfast in peace.

“There is a problem.” Xin sent me such a message.

I was just about to contact Celeste and figure out what the holdup was when Xin sent me a message. Slave Communication went both ways, but I had to open up the communication on my side. While the Slave Communication was open, it drained mana based on the distance between us. While in a formation with the girls, I would usually activate it for everyone so they could communicate at a moment’s notice. The amount of negligible for the current me, so I didn’t need to be sparring with it. Thus, I had left it open all morning as Xin did the requests I asked.

“What is it?” I asked.

“The outside of town. There is an army approaching.”

An army? Whatever was going on, this was probably bad.

Chapter 1186

I quickly left the mansion and rushed out of town. As I approached, I began to get a better view of the situation. There appeared to be a large army, and across from them was a smaller contingent hastily formed together from our forces. It was clear that they had the advantage.

I noticed Xin standing there next to Ruby and the Guild Master. I ran out to my side as quickly as possible. When the Guild Master saw me, he raised his hand with a look of relief on his face.

“Lord Deek, thank goodness you’re here.” The Guild Master declared. “As you can see, a problem has arisen.”

“I see… an army.” I turned in the direction of the opposing group and paled slightly.

There were at least 3,000 soldiers at the ready. Meanwhile, our garrison only had about 1,000 in response. It looked like most of our soldiers and adventurers had been hastily dragged out here. They had managed to come upon us without us noticing. This was exactly the vulnerability I was worried about. Was Alerith taking advantage? I knew I should have taken care of Lord Reign. Even though I had defeated his master, he could still cause trouble.

“They are Osterians,” Xin announced.

“Osterians?” I blinked, using my Eagle Eye and confirming that they were indeed Osterian soldiers.

“What do we do?” The Guild Master asked.

I took a breath and then stepped out. “Might as well go greet them.”

Once the others saw me moving, they followed behind me. None of us were easy, so if the enemy posed a threat, it would cost them. A man walked out to meet me, and when I saw his face, I hissed. It was Draven Nova, the Osterian general!

“Alysia!” I immediately called out my weapon.

I wasn’t going to take any chances around this guy. I held the sword up to him. If we fought now, I would be able to defeat him, but if he sent the army at us, we might all be defeated. There was a saying that one Osterian was worth several humans on the battlefield. Since they outnumbered us 3 to one, we might as well be facing 10,000 troops. This was seriously bad. How could I have foreseen the Osterians sending an army our way?

“Deek. I’m here because you bested me in battle.” He declared.

“Are you looking for round 2?” I declared, trying to appear intimidating and unafraid.

He looked down. “The Osterians believe in following strength. You’ve tamed and wielded a powerful blade, conquered and enslaved our Queen, defeated our lord and bested me. Once we found out that you were not returning to the Ost Republic and these were your lands, the elders of Osteria got together and made a decision.”

“A decision, you say?” I was still hesitant and confused. “How did you get here so quick?”

“We received assistance…” He gestured to a woman who stepped out.

“Siti?” I blinked.

“My lord.” Siti nodded to me with a straight face.

Did she betray us? No, this didn’t feel like an attack at all. What was going on?

I looked at Draven hesitantly. “What decision?”

Draven fell to his knees. “The Osterians will serve you as their king. You are now our lord.”

“Wh-what?”

As he kneeled, all of the soldiers behind him kneeled too. They suddenly started chanting.

“King Deekson, King Deekson, King Deekson!” It grew louder and louder until it was deafening.

“Y-you’re all moving here?”

“Our home is with our king,” Draven responded, his head still lowered. “All Osterians will move here, and accept you as their lord.”

“A-all of them?”

Xin approached from behind me. “I meant to warn you of such a possibility, but they moved faster than I would have predicted. This is the way of Osterians. You are their king until they recognize someone stronger. They will follow you.”

“This…”

“They’re coming if you want them to or not,” Xin responded helplessly. “We are a united people.”

I licked my lips as I looked over the army shouting my name. “A-and how many Osterians are there?”

“The exact number isn’t known… we live longer than humans, have multiple children per birth, and are tougher, but we breed much slower. A lot of us were lost in the wars under Demon Lord Aberis. If I had to guess our exact number… 20,000.”

I thought about it for only a brief moment and then nodded in affirmation. “I’m going to need a bigger city.”