My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1214-1216

Chapter 1214

“T-take me?” Alysia cried out, clearly distressed over this sudden turn of events.

I tightened my hand on her hilt and straightened my back, trying to give a feeling of strength and security for Alysia.

“That sword had been created using a powerful soul and several other rare materials. I’m quite interested in such a rare item.”

“The sword is bonded to me. We can’t be separated.” I declared, deciding rather than risk offending him, I’d use reason.

He put his hand on his chin, although I still couldn’t get a clear look at his face. “Soul bindings are hardly perfect. Your souls are indeed intertwined, but pulling them apart wouldn’t be too difficult. Of course, I could also just cut them apart.”

I took a step back and Alysia shook. “Hey! Wouldn’t that be painful?”

For someone like me who had experienced a soul refinement, I probably could handle that kind of pain, but since I didn’t want to let go of Alysia in the first place, I wasn’t going to let up on any excuse I could find.

“Are you saying you won’t give me this?” He asked, his voice taking on a slightly dangerous tone.

I was deep inside his dungeon. This was his terrain. We were quite literally halfway through the dungeon, a day’s journey in either direction.  On top of that, I hadn’t seen a single safe room, so there was no easy path back. I didn’t know if they were hidden or if he had done something special to avoid using them. Either way, if he turned on me now, things would be rather difficult. I could create a portal out, but that involved time. I was confident I could escape, but as for Pait and the rest, I couldn’t guarantee their safety at all.

Still, there were some lines I absolutely wouldn’t cross. Giving up someone close to me was one such line. There was a time where I would give up on them if they wanted me to, such as when Faeyna no longer wanted to be my slave. I was no longer that same kind of guy. Nowadays, I was much less tolerant. I would fight to keep everyone and give nothing up.

“Are you trying to bully me? Do you need to speak to the dungeon council about this?” I asked.

Once again, I tried to use another method to get him to stand back. After hearing Matty talk about the council with reverence, he seemed to suggest that they protected smaller dungeons from being bullied by bigger dungeons. What did he call it? The dungeon master pact? A stronger dungeon couldn’t attack a weaker dungeon. I had a feeling that this rule didn’t apply if I was the one entering, but I still had to try.

The man seemed taken aback, and then he let out a laugh. “You’re part of the council?”

“I am…” I responded, getting a feeling like something was off.

“Then, I should take even more from you!” He lunged at me.

Chapter 1215

“Return!” My body disappeared, and I reappeared in my dungeon.

Yes, it was the boss room of the dungeon, not my mansion. Being the dungeon master had somehow caused the target of my Return to change once again. For whatever reason, I hadn’t unlocked the Dungeon Master job yet. Although, I had the slightly superior Dungeon Builder job. I suspected that return, or an ability like it, was a part of Dungeon Master. This way, a dungeon master could return to their dungeon should the boss’s room be breached.

I cursed at my bad luck as I looked around the room. After everything, the guy had still attacked me. How was I to guess that some dungeons held violent opinions toward the council? It was an entire culture built around dungeons, and I had only just touched the surface. Had all of this pressure been on Elaya’s shoulders before? She was the previous dungeon master. I had created the dungeon, but I had avoided all of this trouble before because I wasn’t technically the dungeon’s master.

“Hmm? Is the evolution complete?”

“It is, Master, and a bit ahead of schedule.”

I turned to see Elaya and Xin standing in the boss room, casually playing some kind of board game.

“Master, have you visited another dungeon? I can smell it on you.” Elaya asked.

“Yes, I was in Gram’s Passage. The guy tried to take Alysia and kill me.” I frowned. “I had to leave the others behind. I don’t know if they are alright.”

If he killed them, there was still a chance. I could resurrect people from within the dungeon. Most priests didn’t resurrect people once they died in a dungeon. First off, the dungeon immediately started to eat away at the soul, so where a soul on the surface could last a month, a soul in a dungeon could only last days. It was dangerous for them too, as they weren’t fighters. It was also considerably more difficult as miasma interfered with the resurrection. You’d have to get close to where they died.

That didn’t affect me as much, thanks to my blessing-induced miasma immunity as well as my god soul and ability to make Portals. Thus, if I could return within a day or so, I could resurrect everyone that died. However, that meant that I did return, which was uncertain at the moment.

“He tried to take my Alysia!” Xin stood up, nearly knocking over the board as fury painted her face.

“My, my… it seems like this dungeon has pushed his luck.”

“What do you mean?” I asked. “This guy is regrettably stronger than me.”

“Maybe the master is… but what is a master without his dungeon? Just because a king is less physically imposing than another king, what does that matter in a war between kingdoms?”

“You recently tamed that western dungeon, didn’t you?”

“You know about that?”

“Yes, there is a faint connection between that dungeon with our own. Once you gained his loyalty, you gained access to his lore and power. I noticed your victory. It’s part of the reason the dungeon evolution was finished so quickly.”

“Well, what about it?”

Elaya licked her lips. “I think it’s time we started a dungeon battle.”

Chapter 1216

“A… dungeon battle?” I asked, in confusion.

“You’ve already initiated several. You challenged the Illusory Sword Dungeon, the Twilight Dungeon, and this other one to the west.” Elaya explained. “However, when you did those challenges, you single-handedly sat as a challenger, depending on taming and karmic infections to slowly conquer a dungeon. This is not the way most dungeon battles occur. Rather, our dungeon will create a connection directly with theirs, and then our forces attack. Of course, their forces can also attack.”

“Forces… do we have that many forces?” I frowned.

“The dungeon completely tore itself apart and rebuilt. In short, there is a great deal of excess miasma. Creating a small army of mobs isn’t too difficult.”

“They’re supposed to be pretty old, their dungeon…”

“Of course, I was the queen once. I’m not ignorant of Gram’s Dungeon. I’m aware of their size and age. Since your dungeon’s evolution, it is much stronger. The existence of the miasma and mana fountains has also put our dungeon on a completely different level. Plus, you have a second dungeon to call upon.”

“A second… dungeon…”

“The dungeon you tamed! Since they are an ally, we can use them to go to war.” She grinned as if this was all decided.

I wasn’t so sure about this. I just wanted to get to Dioshin. No, I wanted to find Miki. I didn’t even care about Dioshin. By all accounts, I should just abandon Pait’s plan and do another. However, Pait was still left in that dungeon. I couldn’t just leave those men to Gram’s whims. He might let them go, but he might kill them in retaliation also. I had to make some move, and if I was going to mobilize, why not go big?

“Master, not all wars need to be complete destruction. A simply show of force and a blitzkrieg attack, and he’ll be looking to discuss terms of surrender.” Xin explained. “Don’t think of it so much as a war. It’s more like a military action.”

“It would be advantageous for us to do this attack. The dungeon has just finished evolving. If you move now, utilizing the excess mana and fighting, you’ll only strengthen and solidify this dungeon’s path.”

“So, you were looking to do such a war anyway…”

“I was planning to get you to attack the remaining dungeons in the wilderness,” Elaya shrugged. “But this would be just as useful.”

I thought about it for a few moments and then nodded. “Alright, we go to war.”

“Yes!”

“As Master commands!”

“Astria, Celeste, Faeyna come to the dungeon’s boss room.” I gave an order over the Slave Communication before turning to the eager former heroes. “Alright, how do we do this?”

The preparation only took an hour. Faeyna wasn’t going to attack, but I brought her there as backup and to get some experience and comfort. She had her own abilities and lore to pull on, so who knew if she’d be useful. My generals were Xin, Astria, and Elaya. Celeste was my scout. Her job was the most dangerous, but due to her wind-like nature, she was the hardest to hold down.

“Be excited, daughter, a man is going to war for you!” Xin smirked.

“Is that something to be excited about?” Alysia cried out.

Astria had brought along all the fairies who had evolved. Xin had a regiment of men who were created by the dungeon. As for Elaya, she seemed to prefer an army of monsters of various types, also created by the dungeon. We had managed to create a substantial force but drained a lot of the reserves. Waging war on other dungeons was costly.

“Do I have to be here?” Matty cried out tearfully. “You’re going up against Gram! That guy doesn’t care about the council at all!”

“That means attacking them isn’t against the council either, right?”

“Geh… even so…”

“Now, now… Master… you should listen to Husband.” The big-chested witch woman who seemed to be his servant tried to soothe her Master in a motherly way.

“Husband?” Elaya cried out.

“Master is already getting married?”  Celeste asked.

“What? I’m no… I have a wife! It’s Eliana… actually, that marriage sort of fell through into slavery…”

“Oh, my…” The big-chested witch only laughed at the commotion she made but didn’t bother to explain her wording either.

It took some time to calm the girls, but as they settled, I pointed out my finger, lining up the army before us. Elaya lifted her hand, and a portal began to form in the air. It was only different from the normal portals in that it was square and filled up the entire doorway, blocking everything beyond.

“Begin the attack,” I ordered.

{You have accepted the control of a dungeon. You have unlocked the job, Dungeon Master.}

{You are a rival dungeon master. You have declared war on this dungeon. Defeat the dungeon master to claim the dungeon as your own.}