My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem - My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1412-1414
Chapter 1412
“You should have fled when you had the chance.” King Diorite said as he looked over the room and his eyes landed on me.
His voice didn’t sound like the voice of King Diorite though. Instead, it had a multi-tone sound of several people speaking on top of each other, the loudest of them seemed to be the voice I was familiar with, that of the Twilight princess.
“King Diorite,” I said. “I did what you asked me to do. I protected your people, and Sapphire had even been taken on as an apprentice by your brother-in-law Gabbro. He was quite impressed with her.”
“All of that is meaningless,” Twilight spoke. “In time, they will be a part of me, and so will their stories.”
“I’m not talking to you!” I snapped. “I’m talking to King Diorite. I’m talking to the part of him that is still in there.”
Twilight made a face. “You still don’t seem to understand. King Diorite has united with me. His memories are my memories. I am King Diorite. Everything about him is me, his past, his future, his mind, his emotions… they are one with me. When I speak, it is King Diorite speaking.”
“I don’t believe that,” I responded. “You create a world of stagnancy and death. When you force everything to be the same, nothing new can ever be created. With your path, there is no lore, not future.”
“That is chaos! I bring order.” It growled.
“You bring nothingness… and end to progression. There may be no pain, and no joy, but there is also no love and no happiness.” I declared. “That is why I believe there has to be some part deep inside you, some part of you that is still King Diorite. I believe that every being you have ever swallowed still exists. Even if they have stopped fighting, they still have their thoughts and their wills. You’re just pretending they don’t exist!”
“That is an interesting theory.” Twilight chuckled. “However, it is a theory bread with ignorance. King Diorite wants what I want. We all want the same. They have seen the truth, and they have chosen to join my utopia. In time, you will also see the truth.”
“Diorite, I will protect your kingdom and keep your daughter and wife safe. I promise.”
“Enough! We are done with talking. You are standing between me and the surface. If you will not work with me, then I will remove you! The outcome of this battle is inevitable.” King Diorite exploded forward, attempting an attack on me.
As before, its speed was incredible. The difference this time was that I had the Apeman who also had an enormous speed. He met Twilight, intercepting it and sealing off its movements. Before the victor of their outcome could be settled, the cyclops swung down a club forcing Twilight to abandon its attack and jump back. However, no sooner had it jumped back than the Blood Spirit let out a screeching sound that came out in waves.
Twilight grabbed its ears as it was struck with the soul attack. It blurred, appearing back where it had started without gaining any ground.
“You’re mistaken, Twilight.” I glared at it. “About a lot of things.”
“How is that?” It sneered back.
“There is a tear on your face,” I remarked, causing Twilight to jerk.
After telling King Diorite about the outcome of his family, a single tear had fallen down his cheek. Twilight wiped it away furiously and then attacked.
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Whether that tear fell from that face because of my words or because of the Blood Spirit attack, I didn’t know. All of Twilight’s actions after that point though showed no sympathy, not that I had ever considered King Diorite a sympathetic person.
I avoided fighting directly, staying back as a support for my Monsters. I was a supporter, and supporting those more powerful than me was what I was best at. Whether it was slaves or monsters, I could amplify their strength and then turn it against my enemies. With my healing ability, I could repair their damage, speed them up, and boost their abilities. I proceeded to do all of this.
This was ultimately why I went to such efforts to tame these monsters. I suspected that part of the reason I was even able to tame them in the first place was that deep down, they could sense that Twilight was coming, and understood that the only way they would have a chance was if they worked together and had their strength amplified. I had to admit to myself that under normal circumstances, I don’t think I could have easily tamed such powerful boss monsters. They were all more powerful than I was, yet they had each succumbed to me eventually and allowed me to be their master. It was their survival instinct.
The only one who didn’t fight was Terra. Compared to the much larger monsters, Terra was too small of a target. Her strength was defense, but what boss monster didn’t have a ton of defense? Plus, with their sizes, she’d need to be leaping around desperately to protect them. Monsters weren’t people, and even after taming them they wouldn’t understand party dynamics or remain in formation.
Thus, I decided it was better to keep her out of it, or perhaps more importantly to keep the pair of us in reserve. At a vital point in the battle, the pair of us could rush in and deliver the final strike on Twilight’s avatar, thus ending this dungeon battle for good.
While trying to manage this battle, I was also having to manage the battle between the wraiths and my skeletons. There were more wraiths, and the battle was a continuous effort of falling back. However, I had built the dungeon so that there was a lot of room to fall back on. Still, we needed to defeat Twilight quickly, and then we could focus on pushing back the flood of enemies and end the battle.
“It is time to end this!” Twilight suddenly shouted. “I’m done playing with you any longer.”
A rumbling sound came through the entire room, and then dozens of those black shadow-like vines that had overtaken the dwarf city came barging through the door. They flowed through the room, forcing the bosses to have to engage them. The Blood Spirit who used a soul attack seemed to be the best and forcing them back, but as soon as one tentacle disintegrated, another dozen appeared.
More and more poured into the room like a flood. The cyclops fell back and was overtaken in a flood of tentacles.
{Your Raging Cyclops had died!}
“So quickly?” I cried out.
“Did you honestly think this battle would go in your direction? I am the world! And you… you are far too small!”
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“Terra! Now!”
Terra leaped up, creating several rock divots as she leaped to the top of the ceiling of the boss room. When she reached the top, Twilight finally noticed her.
“You… apostle of Gaia. Your death will be the most rewarding.”
“Yeah, well try with this!”
A stone platform moved over, and immediately a flood of liquid fell from the ceiling like a waterfall. This was one of the things I had planned. As the Apeman was starting to be overwhelmed with tentacles, a flood of water fell rushed by. As soon as it touched any of the dark tentacles, there was a sizzling sound. The flood of water was of course water of life, enriched mana that seemed to be opposed to Twilight’s resin. As the tentacles retreated, one grabbed Twilight and pulled it up off the ground, pulling it back too.
Unfortunately, the stream quickly fell to a trickle. It had only been a small stream that I had redirected to this spot. The rest was too important to feeding the dungeon and making it stronger. This batch had stored up and was released all at once. The room was filled with bubbling fog as miasma and mana clashed. The Blood Spirit continued to screech and push back the tentacles.
“Master, what do we do?” Terra asked.
I frowned as I thought about it. I had created enough of a barrier with the three bosses to keep the avatar at bay, but they also hadn’t done a lot of damage either. When it came to mana use, I had to heal them several times and use a lot of mana to keep them fighting. Meanwhile, the wraiths were continuing their ascent and were already 1/3rd of the way up. The best we had done is delay Twilight. We hadn’t managed to harm the avatar in the slightest.
“We need to fall back.” I gave the order. Head to Boss room 2. Terra!”
“Yes!”
Terra went to the side and slammed her fist into one of the columns. As it fell, it struck another column, knocking it down. This column hit another, and then another. The entire boss room began to creak and groan as the rocks began to fall from the ceiling. The Spirit began to fly back and the Apeman left the room. I locked eyes with a form in the distance surrounded by darkness.
“You’re only delaying the inevitable, Deek. I’m coming for you. I’m always coming.”
Terra grabbed me and the pair of us fled as the room completely collapsed. This wasn’t just collapsing a room, but breaking off a piece of the dungeon. Everything up to that point, nearly 1/3 of the dungeon, was no longer in my awareness. Our only choice was to retreat to the 2nd boss room and give it a go. We’d be meeting up with the three-headed bear, and if luck was willing, we’d have a chance to take a breath.
That’s what I was hoping, but then an alarm popped in front of my vision, and I couldn’t help but let out a groan.
{A rival dungeon master has entered your dungeon and declared war. Push them back to protect your dungeon.}
This wasn’t because I had cut off a piece of my dungeon. The piece of my dungeon I sacrificed had merely gone to Twilight. This was a second dungeon master declaring war at the same time. I could already feel the fighting going on in another part of the dungeon. The Infernal Hell had suddenly decided to declare war on us.