My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem - My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1283-1285

Chapter 1283

Dark Priest, Mimic, Dungeon Builder, White Mage: it was a truly strange set of jobs, but these were what I chose to begin a particular set of circumstances. I began to absorb the energy of the dungeon into me, and then expel it into my dungeon. In short, I was devouring this evolving dungeon. Since I couldn’t free Miki of the dungeon, I would consume the dungeon until all that was left was Miki!

Miki didn’t let out a scream or show any amount of distress. Instead, she looked up at me with complete trust. Her eyes were red and tears still flowed down her cheeks, but she wouldn’t dare turn her back on me.

I had used the power of a dungeon to fuel spells before, but this was something on a far grander scale. This dungeon had consumed tens of thousands of souls across Aberis and had been reaching a state of evolution. It was literally breaking down and beginning the reforming process, and right when it was at its weakest, I grasped the core in my hand and began to consume it.

The area we were in had been cracking apart, the very fabric of this world being pulled apart piece by piece and converted into miasma. However, the flow had suddenly changed, and the infinite abyss outside this room had become a bright and blinding light. Rather, it was like the darkness was being sucked out, and all that remained was light.

I clenched my teeth as I felt a swelling within my soul. I would be lying if I said this didn’t feel painful. Miki had become a conduit between life to death, channeling souls through her body and expelling miasma. I was doing the exact opposite! I had become a conduit toward life. That was why I had the white mage equipped.

I held tightly onto Miki as a torrent of energy flew through me. Countless souls were sucked out of this dungeon and seemingly brought through me. The pressure and power of it all was incredible, and I felt like I might break at any moment. However, I knew I had to keep going. I had to take all of it. Miki seemed to be able to sense the distress I was in. She reached out and grabbed me, as she did so, her fox tails begin to spread out.

It split into two, three, four… and eventually nine tails. They wrapped around her body like a cocoon and then pushed into me. Miki was easing the burden of energy, widening the conduit and allowing the energy to flow faster. It helped for a bit, but the more energy we pulled, the more it grew. The mana was an explosive amount, enough to turn a small country to ash. We shared in their burden, clinging to each other, connected by streams of rainbow, creating a channeling circle between us.

“We need… more!” I spoke through clenched teeth.

The pressure was growing too fast. I felt like I was going to explode again. Miki slowly nodded her head as if she had come to some conclusion. She closed her eyes, and then squeezed me tightly as she let out a single cry. Her nine tails split once again, and then again. Her tails began to split endlessly. Each tail formed in a rainbow, and the entire dungeon became filled with a prism light that erupted around us. Miki’s body began to disappear, becoming nothing but a glowing light in my hands.

Her power flowed into my soul, writing itself into my lore. I felt an incredible feeling like I was floating through endless time and space. Miki and my body merged, and I could hear her thoughts. Her heart beat with mine. I could sense her feelings. Her love for me burned like a fire that fueled me, and power seemed to explode out once again.

“Master! The energy is too much! The dungeon is going to explode!” Elaya’s voice reached my ears.

“Then… I suppose it’s time to release it.” I responded, pulling something out of my inventory.

It was four regents: spirit fire, fairy dust, miasma, and gaia. By combining alternative forms of mana, you could sometimes create combination skills. They were unique skills that took on the properties of the mana sources you used. For whatever reason, any given person was able to only create one combination skill per regent.

I had already used all four regents earlier to create the skill Death Strike. Even though I was split at the time, it was still an intrinsic creation of my lore. There probably existed a fifth mana source, but I hadn’t discovered one yet. Alternatively, I could use only three or two mana sources, and as long as it was a unique combination, I could create a unique skill. I feared it wouldn’t be enough though.

“Do you want to save everyone?” I whispered.

“Yes…” Miki responded.

I lifted the regents. “Then you know what to do.”

The pair of us glanced at each other. We knew what to cast instinctively, and we knew what the result would be.

“Mass Resurrection!”

The world became nothing but light.

Chapter 1284

For some time, Chalm had fallen into a strange hell. The people were infected with a rage, which managed to keep them from falling under the complete control of the dungeon. This was done by Elaya in a play to buy time and save the place. Suffice it to say, that the city becoming a zombie-infested prison wasn’t great for growth.

Once I returned and freed the people from their bondage though, they had been changed. Every person there had a bit of karmic infection in their hearts. It was a darkness that started to change them in ways not even Elaya could predict. Those who hadn’t been sucked into Chalm’s trap, like the ones in old Chalm forced to live under Astria’s oppression, found the people of Chalm to be strangely more intense.

They seemed stronger. They worked harder. Those that had been riddled with past traumas seemed to no longer be affected by them. They didn’t become afraid easily, and they were leveling at an alarming rate, despite their lifestyles not changing. They might not have understood this, but their strange connection to the dungeon allowed them to level as the dungeon grew. Productivity boomed, and the Osterians who had arrived and recently set up a camp outside of the city even had to admire them.

A man from Chalm was equal to any Osterian. That saying would start to spread. Considering how Osterians saw humans, this was an extreme compliment.

At that moment, the city was still in a state of repair. There was much to do, and the people were hard at work doing it. Those in Chalm were restoring the city, while the Osterians were reclaiming parts of the wilderness, using the wood in the construction of new buildings which would one day become the Osterian district of Chalm.

At some point, everyone in the city who was working stopped and looked in a particular direction. Those that didn’t have a karmic connection to the dungeon looked around in confusion at their peers. As they tried to figure out where they were looking, they came to realize the direction was the lord’s manor. The ground started to shake, and a light seemed to appear.

Soon, everyone was looking in that direction, because a pillar of light exploded out. It was evening time and the sun was setting, but it suddenly felt like noonday as this light silently erupted from the city. It emanated from a place just behind the lord’s manor. There were very few who knew what was there, but those who did know that this was the former fairy spring, which had been seemingly connected directly into a god dungeon, forming a strange ecosystem of mana generation that previously had been unheard of.

The pillar of light rose into the sky, and then slowly bent, eventually turning in a certain direction. That direction was Dioshin. Those in Dioshin who had noticed the light coming began to panic. They thought Aberis had lunched some kind of magical weapon of mass destruction at them. The light came closer and closer and then shot over their heads. Only when it passed did they start to calm down. That was when the lights began to fall.

Little balls of light began to rain down over Dioshin. Animalkin dived or hide, afraid that this was the attack they had been expecting. Not everyone was standing where a light fell, but those that did would stare in wide-eyed wonder. As the ball struck the earth, it started to form into a body. The process only took about thirty seconds, but when it finished, a person was standing there. It was an animalkin person.

Some even recognized those that fell as people who had died to Lady Death. That beam of light coming from Aberis was bringing back everyone! The fear slowly was replaced with joy. Some who had lost family or friends openly wept as they found the orbs descending on them.

A man wearing a cape with a crown on his head gave a throaty growling noise as he looked up at the beam. Some of the lights were falling in this valley, and soldiers who had died not too long ago were instantly brought back to life. He took his sword and then put it back in the sheath. A rock-like statue in the shape of Lady Death slowly broke away into ash, disappearing as if it was never there.

This breaking apart had begun before the man had made it here. He had been too late by only minutes. At least, that’s how he saw it. As Lady Death disappeared, there was another body. It was a large man, nearly as big as the king. He had clothing on, but it had been torn asunder, and he was practically naked and lying on the ground. His body began to degrade as well and slowly vaporized.

“My king! Everyone who perished is being brought back!” A messenger approached, stating the obvious.

The king barely acknowledged him, leaning down as he noticed a couple of potion bottles on the ground. He lifted them and sniffed.

“Waters of life?” His eyes brightened, and then he looked up at the beam.

“Sir?”

“It looks like I have a destiny with this new lord. Karr forfeited his life to stop me, but his successor seems to have followed in his footsteps.”

“My lord, what should we do?” The man still looked confused.

King Roth threw the empty bottles to the ground and then stepped on them. “Let the people know, particularly the rabbitkin, that I personally took care of Lady Death. This was a plot of Aberis. That is why the souls freed are coming from their direction. They had been harvesting the souls of Dioshin for some dastardly and evil purpose. Thankfully, I was able to stop them in time.

The messenger gasped, his eyes widening. “They did such a thing?”

“Would I lie?” He growled.

“O-of course not! But, my lord, the Dioshin people will be furious. They won’t accept this! They’ll demand war! In your current shape…”

King Roth chuckled. “I think I have one last battle in me, for the people. Spread the word. With this, the rabbits will drop their rebellion and join us. Once we’ve ended this conflict and mobilized, we’ll move on the wilderness and show this lord of Chalm what a true king looks like.”

He glanced down at one remaining bottle in his hand that still had liquid in it and smiled. As for King Roth, he would claim the fairy spring’s waters of life, and use it to become immortal!

Chapter 1285

I took in a breath after what felt like forever. I was still standing, and looked down to see Miki still in my arms. Our souls were no longer connected, but there was a bond there in place.

“Ah! The slave bond!”

“I put it back in place since I knew Master would do something foolish like object!” Miki declared.

“You… put it in place? Aren’t you the slave?”

“Spiritual bonds are easy to work with.” She shrugged. “Since we already formed the bond, restoring what was cut was rather easy.”

I grew excited for a moment. “You healed the bond! Wait, can you heal the bonds to all of my girls?”

She shook her head sadly. “Unfortunately, they’d need to be present. If they were here, I could restore the bonds in an instant.”

“I see…” I sighed.

It looked like it wouldn’t be that easy after all.

“I may be able to come up with a way to strengthen the bonds though, make them harder to cut in the future.”

“Really?” I blinked. “That’s awesome. Definitely do that!”

She looked up at me with loving and mischievous eyes. She looked just like Miki of old. If there was any difference, she gave off a feeling of wisdom and maturity now. Her pale hair now had black tips, and even her tail had a black tip. Her eyes and complexion were just a bit darker, giving her a slightly gothic feel. Pale skin, dark eyes, and black-tipped hair… she kind of looked like a goth girl. She was just missing a nose ring or maybe a nipple ring-like Salicia.

Miki suddenly broke into a giggle. “Master…”

“What?”

“I’m just remembering how you were back in the day. You used to dread our slave bond, and even want to remove it. Now, you say you want it stronger. You’re also looking at me with such a naughty look.”

I stiffened slightly. I was being a bit overbearing. Miki shook her head and smiled.

“No, I like this side of Master. It’s very sexy.”

“You’re kind of sexy too…” I responded, reaching around and grabbing her butt.

“Oo!” She made a cute noise as I leaned down to kiss her.

“Master, shouldn’t we figure out where we are first?”

“Hmm?” I looked around carefully for the first time since we had appeared. “Ah… we’re not in Dioshin?”

We were standing in a beautiful meadow. It reminded me of the first level of the Maid’s Lament, but it wasn’t rainy and cloudy, but bright with the sun up overhead.

“Miki! You’re okay!” Celeste suddenly slammed into Miki from behind, giving us both hugs.

“Mmm! Mmmph!” Miki ended up getting sandwiched between us, or in particular, between Celeste’s breasts.

“Oh, good, you guys are here as well? Where is this place?”

“Gah!” Miki finally managed to push Celeste away, but Celeste responded by shrinking to fairy form and then flying onto my shoulder. “You big-titted bimbo!”

“Isn’t that the weak complaint of someone who lacks the stature?” Elaya spoke up, walking through the fields almost as if she was familiar with them.

“You… bullying me! I just returned and I’m being bullied!” Miki cried. “Do you want to die, witch?”

“Oh my… I’ve seen your spiritual ability. I wouldn’t dare wish to fight. I wouldn’t be certain I’m your match anymore. Master, you do surround yourself with some powerful women. Soon, I won’t be a match.”

Her words were too complimentary, so Miki stared at her suspiciously, expecting it to be a hidden slight. I didn’t pay attention to their spat. Instead, I checked my map. I could see this entire space, and it ended at only two miles. That wasn’t to say that I could only see that distance. There was nothing to this world beyond that distance.

That’s when my eyes landed on something strange. It was a pile of items just sitting around. I quickly recognized the items. They were the items in my inventory!

“Elaya… where are we?” I asked again.

“Remember how your dungeon became a god dungeon?” She asked instead of answering.

“Yeah.”

“Remember how it evolved, and we weren’t sure how it evolved?”

“I guess.”

“Well, it turns out that the evolution of your dungeon wasn’t physical, but… hmmm… spiritual.”

I frowned. “What are you saying?”

“Your dungeon now exists on two planes of existence. There is the physical dungeon, but there is also a soul dungeon. As for that soul dungeon, the entrance to it, rather, its location… exists within a powerful god soul.”

My eyes widened. “You don’t mean…”

“That’s right, Master. We’re inside your soul world!”