My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem - My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1424-1426
Chapter 1424
“So, basically, we’re a bit stuck. We don’t have the original schematics for Terra. From what we’ve been told, Terra was able to build herself with the help of her parents. However, they’re dead and Terra is still in hibernation.”
“You can’t make her body?” I asked.
“We can make the body. I can easily create her an indestructible body made of the finest materials this world has ever known. Um… we just can’t make it move. This is technology above our understanding. I’m sorry!” Gabbro lowered his head as an apology.
“Well, that answers one question. The other question… why are all of you in my boss room?” I demanded.
I had left my bedroom this morning only to find the entire deep dwarf colony had seemingly made themselves comfortable in my boss room.
“Ah… that…” Gabbro looked away innocently.
“We appreciate that you’ve offered us a place in Chalm,” Lapis spoke up. “However, we are dwarves, and not just dwarves, but deep dwarves. Most of us have never been on the surface before. We were born underground, and we will die underground.”
“The surface…” Gabbro shook his head. “Nothing above you head… I feel like I’ll float away.”
“And don’t think we don’t have things to talk about later!” Lapis suddenly threw out her finger to where Sapphire had been trying to sneak out of my room after staying the night.
“M-mom!” She cried out. “It’s not what it looks like! I mean… Master needed me!”
“Hmph! Men always need a woman. They’re scum! If women just gave them up for a man’s needs, there would be no propriety in this world!”
“Moom!” Sapphire looked to me and Gabbro for support.
Gabbro pretended he didn’t even see her, and I could only shrug helplessly.
“Don’t Mom me! We’ll have this talk later.” She huffed before looking back at me. “As I was saying, my lord, we’re used to being underground. Is there no way you can create an underground area for us to rebuild?”
Her treatment between me and her daughter was different. She could declare men scum and then call me my lord in the same breath. It was kind of impressive.
“It’s not that I don’t want to help you, it’s just that the person most certified to create an underground area for you is Terra, who is also… um… indisposed at the moment.”
“Gh!” Gabbro made a noise as we both looked in his direction. “I’m really trying here!”
I let out a small sigh. “I’ve been planning a trip to Jespain for a while now. Their ability to create magical artifacts is unparalleled. They make the best inventory rings, airships, and yes, even golems. Once we go there, we’ll find a professional who can help us. Terra had said her parents game from Shie Gescar, but I honestly believed they must have at least learned in Jespain.”
“Ah! Of course! Jespain used to trade with us back in our glory days. I wonder what wonderful inventions they have these days.” Gabbro was eager to change the subject and get attention off of himself.
“Well, I’ll need…”
“Master! It’s an emergency! Meet me at the city gate!”
This message came from Xin. Xin was someone who took everything seriously. If she was calling me, then there was a problem.
Chapter 1425
“We’ll have to discuss this later.”
“About a place…” Lapis didn’t let up.
“Ah… I can probably use the dungeon. If you don’t mind my miasma, you can live on one of the dungeon levels, I guess.” I quickly came up with a solution that would satisfy them, all while bringing up my dungeon master job and moving one of the levels to be a bit out of the way of the normal path.
I decided to base the level off the lore I had gleamed from King Diorite. That lore had blown up when I ignited it to slow Twilight, but I had already tried to absorb it, as did Sapphire. We both had copied some of the lore into ourselves, and I was able to incorporate that into my dungeon. It was at least enough to give them a place that was similar to the deep.
“Not at all.” Lapis smiled. “We are resistant to miasma, especially after being in Twilight’s grasp for so long.”
She was the only dwarf that didn’t stumble over saying Twilight. They had always just called her the shadow of the darkness. I had explained to them who she was, but it took some time getting used to the new naming.
“Very well. Just head this way…”
Knowing I was needed somewhere else, I just quickly set it up and then set them out to head there. They’d need to do all the heavy lifting on their own. Hopefully, it didn’t take them too long to set themselves up. I wanted them to start making weapons and armor. I didn’t know why, but I felt pressure like we were in danger. I knew that Twilight was coming, but that could be years before she surfaced, and we had no clue how she’d appear when she did. No, this was a different sense of danger.
I left my dungeon and then headed quickly to the city gate. I found Xin waiting there, and she was holding up a haggard group of men. I quickly could tell that they were wolfkin, but they looked extremely badly beaten up. It looked like they had been in a fight for their lives. That’s when I realized I recognized them.
“The Wolf Pack?”
This was the adventuring team that I had traveled with when I went out to find Miki. They were in much worst shape now. I immediately activated a group heal, and the pained looks on their faces seemed to relax a bit.
“Lord Deek… thank the gods you are here!” The leader declared.
“Why have you come to Chalm?” I asked, getting an uneasy feeling.
“We were sent here on behalf of Lord Duran.” He explained. “Our mission was to leave the summit under utmost secrecy, but we were discovered and only managed to escape with our lives.”
“Escape… summit, what are you talking about?” I frowned.
“I’m sorry… We fled only just ahead of the army, and with our wounds, we weren’t able to arrive there quicker,” he spoke weakly, shaking his head.
“Settle down, just explain what you mean.”
“The summit, the gathering in Dioshin… King Roth has decided to gather his army. They’re already marching.”
“The Dioshin are going to war?” I blinked. “Where?”
“Here.” He looked up at me. “Dioshin is invading the wilderness and conquering Chalm!”
Chapter 1426
Although the leader of the Wolf Pack said that the entire country of Dioshin was attacking, it took a moment for me to process this information.
“They’re… going to war with Aberis?”
“Not Aberis, just you.” The wolf leader explained. “Since you’re a new lord and the majority of the wilderness is still untamed, he plans to only attack you and those who ally with you. He likely believes that Aberis won’t act to survive their self-interests. They’re too busy dealing with the after-effects of the Ost Republic skirmishes.
I shook my head in disbelief but immediately sent out a message. “Elaya, Celeste, Shao… I need you all to go report to my allies. We’re under attack from Dioshin. Elaya, go to Prince Edward and tell him about the impending attack and ask for aid. Celeste, you must go to Deeksville and see if we can’t get any assistance there. Shao, consult the southwestern lords under us and gather men. Terr-”
I stopped as I realized I ran out of girls to depend on. Terra was gone. So was Lydia, Raissa, Carmine, and Salicia. Sapphire was more suited for blacksmithing and her time was best used under Gabbro, while Siti was merely a Blue Mage. Not only was our country being attacked, but half of the people that I trusted still hadn’t returned to me.
“Xin, mobilize the army.” I turned to Xin and ordered.
“I have already put in the orders, but there hasn’t been nearly enough time. The animalkin have been fighting amongst each other for generations. They possessed many traits far more powerful than a standard human. Although half of our army are volunteer animalkin and former slaves, they still only have a few months of training. Even with the full support of Aberis, this battle will be brutal. We’re going to need to depend on more than just that.”
“The Osterians…” I spoke up.
“They will fight for you for now.” Xin agreed. “But you won’t be able to depend on their prowess completely. At the moment, they have yet to form a deep trust in your leadership. Based on your encounters with King Roth, if he proves to be a more powerful side, they may change their loyalty. The strongest have the right to be the leader. That is what they have always believed.”
So, I could lose the Osterians if things went south. This was bad. I needed to know exactly how far they had made it and how much time I had.
“Do you know how many days behind you they are?” I asked their leader.
He looked away. “I don’t. They can move far faster than you’d expect though.”
“What of the wolfkin? Will they fight with us?”
He looked away. “Sending me as warning already pushed things. I do not know the consequences he’ll face for doing so. He may respect you, but I can’t say if that respect would reach the point where he’d withhold an attack if ordered. As for switching sides, I believe that to be impossible.”
He was reluctant to say that much, but I wasn’t surprised. He was in my territory now, and he was admitting to me that his people were my enemy.
“On my word, you will be allowed to leave here peacefully,” I stated, which caused him to relax just a bit.
A portal opened at that moment, and someone walked out. I was surprised to see Elaya appear so quickly.
“You’ve already spoken to your son?” I asked cautiously.
“I have not.” Elaya declared, but before I could ask more, she continued. “I had meant to tell you about this earlier, but you came home in such a state. I felt that I needed to report this before I left.”
“Report what?”
“The dungeon on the west side of the wilderness, the one subservient to you, they sent out a distress call two days ago begging for help.”
“What? Matty?”
“We sent Astria to resolve the issue, but she hasn’t returned. I had hoped she was just a bit delayed and would arrive last night, but now there is no denying it. There is trouble.”
“What trouble…”
“Based on what you’ve just explained, I’m afraid the Dioshin army has already reached the wilderness.”