My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem - My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1253-1255

Chapter 1253

I was shocked for a moment. I knew her family must be around, but I never thought they’d be leading the charge. Compared to Miki’s pale hair and complexion, the pair of them had a much darker complexion, and hair that was closer to a golden brown than her pale white. That’s why, despite this girl’s similarities to Miki, I hadn’t realized it. Now that I truly looked at her, she looked a bit like Miki would have looked in a few years had she not lived her first years of life in constant pain and weakness. She was plumper, with a larger chest and darker skin. She was staring at me with a glare.

I dropped the man, my brief moment of shock turning to disdain. He collapsed to the ground, and the woman kneeled helping him as he gasped for breath. Her parents were standing before me. I would have rather them be dead than to see such a family. I had been hurt when I found my mom had moved on, but this was on a completely different level.

“It seems I’ve been mistaken.” My voice was cold.

“Now that you understand…” The woman that would be Miki’s mother was focused on her husband, so she didn’t grasp the tone of my voice.

The mayor did, and he nervously took several more steps back. He looked more like a rabbitkin himself, ready to flee at a moment’s notice.

“Miki had always spoken well of her people. Her biggest regret had always been that she couldn’t be a healthy daughter for her mother and father. She had wanted more than anything to become strong and show you both that she had made something of herself. She had wanted to show you that your kindness to her wasn’t in vain.”

My words had caused the woman who was helping her husband up to freeze. Her back was to me, so I couldn’t see the expression on her face. That was probably for the best.

“Then, just leave.” Her voice came out tired.

“You misunderstand.” I sighed. “I had been under the impression you were decent and misguided people, based on Miki’s words. I appear to be mistaken. I had thought that destroying that lab, and ending the life of that head scientist, would be enough to make things even, but it seems like the rot is far deeper than the surface.”

As I spoke, a miasmic-like aura started to resonate off of me. It spread out across the street, carpeting the foxkin in an instant. It was filled with my emotions of anger, frustration, and righteousness. I may not be the most powerful person in the five countries, or even within Aberis, but compared to a bunch of commoners in a no-named village, they might as well be ants compared to me.

“Lord Deek, what are you saying?” This voice came from behind, it was the wolfpack leader.

Even he was shaken by my words. He had lifted his hand, but in the end, he was too afraid to touch my shoulder.

“This village will pay with its life.” I lifted my blade. “If you don’t wish to be my enemy, then you’ll stand aside. For the rest of you, you all must give sacrifice!”

Chapter 1254

A power exploded out from me. The foxkin wanted to run, but the pressure was too great. Many of them were already ill, so when they felt it, they couldn’t help but collapse to their knees. Miki’s parents were at the center of that. They curled up to each other like defenseless lambs ready to be slaughtered. At least, they wouldn’t make this difficult for me.

As for the Wolfkin Pack, they had drawn their swords, but ultimately they hesitated when they realized my true power. This was all just for show though. The real attack was accessing the dungeon store, which caused all my blessings to glow across my body, giving me a dark and powerful appearance. I accessed meteor, which I planned to use to wipe this town from existence. It was unlikely any of these people had health insurance, and even if they did, I didn’t care at the moment.

“Master…” A voice spoke up as I selected Meteor. “Deek.”

Alysia used my name, causing me to hesitate for just a second.

“You’re not going to try to stop me, are you?” I asked.

“You have every right to kill them,” Alysia spoke quietly. “It’s just… Lady Death…”

“What about her?”

“She didn’t.”

I froze for a second. “Wh-what?”

“Miki is not herself. She has been changed by what happened to her. She’s been killing village after village indiscriminately. She didn’t hesitate to murder everyone in that lab. Yet, when it came to this village, they are the only thing she left alive. All she did was make them like here. I just want you to ask yourself, is this what Miki wants?”

My hand shook slightly. No matter how awful these people were, they were her family. She cared about them in a way I didn’t understand. Perhaps it was, in the same way, I didn’t care no matter what evil things Miki, Elaya, or Astria had done. I loved them anyway. If I did this, Miki would never complain. She’d never defy me. However, there would be a piece of her that would die with it.

The glowing light faded, and I lowered my sword back down. Miki had saved this town once again, and they would never understand it.

“I won’t kill you all today,” I spoke out loud amongst the infinite quietness. “Miki was far too good for all of you. In the end, she will be the one who decides your fates.”

“Wh-what does that mean?” It was the mayor who seemed to recover enough to speak.

“If you think of running, I have already marked you all. I can find you anywhere in the world. Once I have recovered Miki, she will be the one who decides your fates. If she wishes you dead, then I will kill you without a second thought.”

“M-Miki is lost…” Her mother said, still gasping for breath. “That thing isn’t my daughter.”

“Then pray the daughter I bring back is one who can forgive you. I never will. Her fate decides your fate. If for any reason I can’t save her, then you won’t live long past that.”

“Deek…” the wolfkin leader looked over at me awkwardly.

In the end there, they had wanted to stop me. Being disgusted by foxkin was one thing, but massacring a village was quite another. Their sense of honor wouldn’t allow such a thing. I vaguely wondered when I had stopped caring about such things. I could pick a specific moment, but at some point, I had realized I wasn’t the same kind-hearted boy I had once been.

“I’ll be leaving,” I announced, glancing at the wolfkin pack. “Sorry, but I’ll be taking things into my own hands from this point on. Thank your lord for his assistance. I will remember it.”

I lowered my knees, and then jumped, using several bonuses of enhanced strength I had set up while reconfiguring my dungeon skills. I exploded into the air, creating a small crater where I had been. I was about fifty feet into the air and above the treeline when I created a step and then shoved off it, this time at an angle heading in the direction of the rabbitkin city and Miki. The air cracked as I exploded off into the distance at a ridiculous rate. I had done something like this once while fighting Astria, but this time I was using it purely for speed.

I was just hoping, using my powerful legs to leap great distances. To the people down below who wouldn’t understand that, I looked like I rose into the air and then flew away.

The wolfkin pack who had been traveling with me for nearly a week were sweating. They were merely rank A adventurers as a group but had been acting mostly arrogantly. The kind and friendly cook that had traveled with them quietly had suddenly turned into a powerful demon king. At least, that was the appearance.

“D-did you know he could do that?” One of the wolfkin muttered in disbelief.

The leader could only shake his head with wide eyes. Although, he knew he’d never forget meeting this man, and when sharing stories with his grandchildren about his time as an adventurer, his best one might be about that time he had traveled alongside the legendary hero, Lord Deek Deekson.

Chapter 1255

“Did I… go too far?” I asked as I flew through the air, occasionally landing to take a break.

“No, Master was very cool!” Alysia declared.

Well, at least my sword thought I was cool. I was still fuming after dealing with Miki’s parents. I hadn’t said another word to them as I left. I was afraid of any more words were exchanged, I might do something I’d regret later. If I was being technical, they were the first parents I had ever met for any of my lovers, I mean… where I didn’t also have their mom as my slave and potential lover. That probably said something about me, but I didn’t want to think about it.

We moved at a rather alarming rate, but it was a method that took a toll on my body. For an explosive battle, it wasn’t a problem, but for a long-term transportation method, it used a lot of energy. When I was in the air, I tried to cast out my mana sense as far as it would go. Then, when I landed, I’d use the new map to portal to the edge, and then do it again. It ate through a lot of dungeon points, but not my mana.

Well, the way I had come to understand dungeon points, it technically still was my mana. Dungeon points came from the mana stored within blessings. So, when I used a dungeon point, I was essentially using up that mana until it had time to restore. For some skills, it was a continuous use, the mana regenerating at the same rate the skill was used. In other cases, the dungeon points had to be consumed, executing the skill in a single-use.

Since these dungeon points were allocated to specific skills and specific purposes, they could be used more efficiently than normal mana. It was like having a house connected to electricity, but also having a generator specifically connected to a high-powered device. When that device needs energy, the generator can provide it without taking from your normal reserve… but in the case that you need a little extra energy, the generator could do that as well. At least, that was how I understood it.

Reset naturally through this dedicated mana reserve off, allowing me to use it for numerous different purposes. However, just like when I used a Portal, once that mana was depleted, I wouldn’t be able to reallocate it until the mana was restored. I had never tested it out, but if I ever completely depleted my surplus mana pool from dungeon points, it would probably render me unable to use Portal or any of my other abilities.

This had some crazy implications, like that my additional jobs were supported by mana. I wasn’t sure about that. It was only my running theory. I had time to think as I was gliding through the ground. I didn’t want to think about all of the pain and loneliness Miki must be feeling at that moment. I didn’t want to think about how I had let her down. Thus, I let my mind dwell on these unimportant things.

That only lasted a short time though. I was covered in sweat and exhausted from the constant use of my abilities, but only two hours later I came upon a clearing in front of a large city. Situated there was an army, and standing before them was a girl I recognized too well. It was too late. The army was already charging at Miki.