My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem - My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1340-1342

Chapter 1340

My eyes slowly fluttered open. I was still in a lot of pain, which was good. It meant that I was alive. I was also still in the dungeon. That was less good. I looked around the room to see that it was in much the state that it had been before I passed out.

“M-master…”

I looked over and winced to see the zombie queen. She was still missing half her body, so just her upper torso had crawled over to me. She was still alive though. I hesitantly put my hand out and patted her head. There were a lot of broken bones. If I had an HP bar, it probably would have been flashing red. I attempted to cast heal, and immediately found I couldn’t do so. I couldn’t access my mana at all.

“You’re probably looking for this.” A melancholy voice sounded out.

I looked to see the dwarf king sitting in his throne room. In his hand was a glowing orb which he held casually. The orb was different from the dungeon orb. Besides being rather large, it also had a certain darkness to it, which swirled around ominously with the white light. I didn’t know how, but I was able to recognize it immediately. It was my soul.

“Wh-what?”

“Your soul is an interesting thing. You’ve built an actual soul world? At your age? One could imagine what potential you’d have.”

“Wha… why have you kept me alive?” I changed what I was going to ask.

“I… changed my mind.” He responded. “Given your situation, I’ve decided to give you a chance. Let’s call it a test.”

“A-a test?”

“I will be sending you someplace. Someplace past the barrier. I will send you into the abyss.”

“What is the abyss?” I asked, sitting up painfully.

“The abyss is a place that no one returns. The abyss is where he resides… and where the grave of my nation remains.”

“Why-why would I go?”

“Many reasons.” He snorted. “The first reason is that I’ll kill you if you don’t. The second is that I have your soul in my possession, which includes the lives of your friends. That’s right… that sword soul and those two esmere are trapped in your soul world until I let them free.”

I stared hard at the soul in his hands, but no amount of willingness seemed to be able to bring it back.

“And what am I supposed to do in the abyss?”

“Escape…” He responded.

I raised an eyebrow. “Escape?”

“Once I realized you had a soul stone, I took the initiative to peruse your inventory. I saw that soul stone of yours. Those two friends… got too close to my barrier and were sucked into the abyss. The fact they were even able to get a message out, that was commendable.”

“You’re going to let me rescue my friends?” Even saying it seemed hard to believe.

“I’m not letting you do anything. I’m ordering you to rescue them.” He frowned. “You will bring them back alive, or you will die. I will give you one week to return. If you fail, then I will use your soul to ignite the barrier, and blow the entire Deep to hell as I had originally planned.”

Chapter 1341

“I mean no offense, but if I go down in this situation, I will die.” I coughed, grabbing at my side.

The zombie queen had lowered her head, clinging to me tightly. She wasn’t dead, and she didn’t appear to be in any physical pain. As far as emotional pain, she had an extremely defeated look. I had been the one to bring her there, where the closest thing she had to a father, both in the fact that she was loosely based on his daughter and also in the sense that he had created the dungeon that ultimately created her, had ended up rejecting her completely.

King Diorite finally lifted his eyes and looked at me directly. He then touched the orb. A stream of light seemed to peel out of it, and he started writing in the air. Golden light formed text in front of him. He wrote with his finger a few lines, and then with a gesture, the letters came flying at me. I couldn’t have blocked or dodged it if I wanted to. The text touched my skin, and then I felt a burning sensation. I had come to get used to the feeling of a blessing attaching itself to my soul. This had a similar feel, although it was many times worse.

I could only shake violently as pain racked my body. Thankfully, it was over in a short amount of time. As soon as if finished, I noticed something different about my body. It was mana! I could access my mana again. I immediately began throwing healing spell after healing spell on myself. There was a surge of pain as bones cracked back into place and my body restored itself. However, I didn’t stop until I was back to normal. When I was done, I was panting. King Diorite had continued to watch me.

“I will be keeping your soul, but I’ve created a connection between your soul and your body. You will be able to use your mana, your skills, and even your dungeon blessings. However, you won’t be able to access your soul world. As for your sword… heh, you can use the weapon, but the soul remains with me.”

“I’m stronger with her by my side.” I panted.

“You’ll have… that thing…” He gave the zombie queen a look. “Besides, she’ll be able to lead the way. The knowledge is in her head.”

With a grunt, I worked my way to my feet. My destination was the zombie queen’s legs. I grabbed them and pulled them over to the girl, who remaining lying with her head down, slouched next to where I had been. I used several monster tamer skills. After taming her and naming Selena, my Monster Tamer was up to level 55. With that, I had Heal Monster, Monster Restore, and Monster Regeneration. That last one was just a passive skill like my own regeneration. My monsters regenerated faster than untamed monsters.

Either way, I was happy to see I could get her body back together, or maybe it was a talent any zombie could do and it had nothing to do with my healing. After I fixed her, the pair of us stood up and I faced the king once again. The zombie queen grabbed the back of my shirt and hid behind me, avoiding the dwarf’s dark stare.

“If you have a barrier up, will I be able to return?”

“When you get close… I will open a place for you.” He responded.

“And when I succeed, you’ll give me back my soul?”

“We’ll see… once you’ve succeeded.” He waved his hand, and a portal opened. “Go, get out of my sight.”

He was able to create portals too. Once I took a step-through, then that meant I’d be in the abyss. However, I didn’t seem to have any choice here. This was the price of overestimating myself. I reached out and took the zombie queen’s hand, and then we stepped through the portal.

Chapter 1342

King Diorite had left me a lot to think about. He was originally going to kill me, and then he suddenly changed his mind. That alone was already extremely suspicious. I couldn’t imagine what had changed all of a sudden where he’d let me go. Also, his sudden test for me was extremely suspicious. He wanted me to go to someplace within the Deep called the Abyss, where he suddenly wanted me to rescue my girls.

This is what I wanted as well, so I wasn’t going to fight him. Once I had Terra and Garnet by my side, maybe I could have a chance against him. It was probably too much to hope for. I didn’t want to bring them into any danger either, although it sounded like they were already in a lot of trouble. Either way, I looked at it, I didn’t have any choice. Until the situation changed, I was just going to have to do my best.

Once stepping through the portal, I was prepared for anything, but I found myself entering a passageway that wasn’t much different than the passageways I had been traveling through prior. There was the distinct feel of a pathway. The tunnels weren’t rough or random but had flat walls and tight corners that suggested this area was mined out deliberately to function as a pathway through the Deep. I looked to my side to see the zombie queen there, holding me tightly.

“If we’re going to survive, I’m going to need to name you,” I said.

Originally, I wasn’t sure how far I’d end up going with this little girl by my side. She seemed too innocent and needing to be protected. I had originally felt this was a ruse. Her innocence hid her dangerous nature. That was true, but there was also a vulnerable side to her. After taming her, I knew that I would have to take responsibility for her. When I had seen her ripped in half, the sight of it had disturbed me greatly.

The girl cocked her head slightly and then gave a nod. She neither looked excited nor unhappy. It was mostly saying that I could do whatever I wanted. Other than those few lines she had said to the dwarf king, she had not spoken since. I thought about things for a few moments. Garnet and Diorite were both names of stones. Even Garnet’s previous name was Rubee. It would probably make sense to name her after a stone as well.

“How about… Pearl?” I asked.

She immediately made a face, sticking out her tongue?

“Oh, how about Amethyst?”

She thought about it for a moment, scrunching up her nose, and then shook it.

“Opal?” She shook her head.

“Really? I thought I had one there.” I sighed, trying to think about it more.

When I had named Selena earlier, it had come almost naturally. Maybe I was doing things wrong. Maybe I needed to come with her name while considering the Naming skill. Maybe the name did not come from my mind but came from an impression of the girl.

“How about… Sapphire?”

As soon as I said it, there was a flash of light that erupted from her. It was blinding in the dark corridor. I felt my mana surging forth, although I suppose it was coming from someplace a distance away. I hoped that connection wouldn’t weaken the deeper we got. If it was anything like a slave bond or my Slave Communication, I’d have a problem.

{You have named your tamed monster, Sapphire the zombie queen.}