My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1427-1429

Chapter 1427

“Master, are you sure this is okay?” Miki asked worriedly.

“I need to check on the dungeon and find out what happened,” I answered. “Besides, I can escape quicker and easier on my own.”

“It could be a trap.”

“It won’t be.” These words came from Elaya, and when everyone glanced her way, she continued. “I don’t know all that much about Dioshin. However, I do know that King Roth is a lion. Although it isn’t a good idea to make assumptions based on their kinship, lionkin do have a fair sense of pride. Setting traps is something he considers beneath him.”

“Either way, if he did have a trap, that is all the more reason I don’t want to bring everyone. It will just be Alysia and me. Don’t worry. I have Slave Communication. You can also come through my soul world if needed. In other words, it’s better if everyone didn’t come with me.”

The girls finally acquiesced, and I opened up a portal. I opened it directly into the boss room of Matty’s dungeon. I reckoned that it was probably the safest place I could go. No one else could open portals into dungeons as I could, and I didn’t believe this King Roth knew all too much about me. I also wanted to touch base with Matty as quickly as possible. So, it seemed like I should cut out any middle man and go right there.

I stepped through the portal and closed it behind me. Immediately, I could tell that something was wrong. The place looked like it had seen combat recently. There was a lot of damage to the walls and floor. A column had been destroyed, and there was rubble strewn across the room as there had recently been a fight to the death. The miasma was also extremely weak. I took a step, and that’s when my foot crunched. I looked down to find fragmented pieces of glass.

I frowned, crouching down and lifting a piece of broken glass. When I realized what I was holding onto, I couldn’t help but let out a gasp. It was dungeon lore. It was a piece of Matty’s Dungeon Lore. Looking up at the ceiling, I could see a chunk ripped out. Someone had seemingly torn it directly out of the wall and destroyed it. It was reminiscent of when I had come to this place, except I had given the lore back to him.

I reached down and grabbed more of the pieces, but they felt strangely lifeless, like the story they once belonged to no longer meant anything. Perhaps, I could put the pieces back together. To do that, I’d need to absorb the lore though. I reckoned it’d be the only way I could figure out what happened here. Just as I was about to change my jobs so that I could absorb, I heard the sound of someone moving.

I threw the pieces into my soul world and then followed the noise behind a pillar. That’s where I saw Matty. He was sitting with his knees up, his face buried in his lap. He was rocking back and forth and seemed completely despondent.

“Matty… what happened here?” I asked.

“They killed her… they killed them all… they took everything…” I realized he was mumbling quietly to himself as he rocked.

I kneeled and grabbed him, growing more anxious by the second. “Matty! What happened?”

He finally looked up, his eyes hollow, his face wet with tears. “They took everything! They took mom!”

“Mom?” I frowned for a second until I realized what he was talking about.

He had considered the maid mob in this dungeon as a mom. I didn’t know much about Matty’s dungeon except that he had lost his family, and in some way, he had made the dungeon his new home, and the people in it his family. When it came to dungeons, he was unaggressive as could be. He did simply quiz challenges, and in general, his traps were nonlethal unless you were unlucky or stupid.

“Who did this?” I asked.

“They did… they…”

“Show me.”

Chapter 1428

A dungeon was a magnet for lore. It didn’t just suck in lore that happened to be floating by, but it also took the lore that was being actively created inside it at any given time. In that way, it was like an imager, capable of recording anything that was happening and then being able to replay it. Mathew didn’t immediately replay the scene for me, but after some coercing, he finally lifted his hand, and a scene began to appear in the room.

I watched as the door to the boss room burst open. Matty was sitting there on his throne like a miniature king, and his maid was also there, standing protectively in front of him. The man who stepped out had a large beard and a lion’s mane of hair. He appeared only about middle-aged and seemed to be shockingly fit. I had been told that King Roth was nearing death, but this man appeared to be at the peak of his vitality.

“This better be the final floor.” He growled in a low voice. “Your puzzles aren’t amusing.”

“Wh-what do you want?” Matty demanded, trying to look confident despite the fact he was shaking. “I’ll have you know that I am part of the dungeon master council. If they know that a high-level dungeon is bullying a weaker dungeon, they won’t be pleased!

“King Roth is a dungeon master!” I cried out in surprise.

“Hmph… why would I ever care about some measly council of dungeons.” He snorted. “Besides, it’s not your connection to the council that interests me.”

“Wh-what does that mean?”

“I can feel you have a faint connection with an entity to the east. Would that, by chance, be a certain Lord of Chalm?”

“H-how could that be? I’m a dungeon? What relationship would I have with some kind of lord?” Mathew tried to lie.

“It’s well known all countries have made agreements and negotiations with dungeons. The dungeons are allowed to remain on our territory, and we may call upon them for strength when the time is needed.” He responded, sounding almost bored. “I am no exception to this rule.”

“We-well, I don’t care about any of that!” Matty shot back. “I just want to live here in peace.”

“Peace?” He raised an eyebrow. “Heh… for something to live, something else must die. That is the nature of our existence. Your dungeon feeds on this world like a disease, seeping away at life. For what? You had a pitiable story and a pitiable existence. You pretend you want to change your story, to turn a sad story into a happy one, but that’s just a lie you tell yourselves.”

“What are you talking about?” Matty frowned.

“Unless someone else intervenes and forces you into a corner, you’re happy to continue to be a burden on this world for all time. Dungeons don’t want an ending. You had an ending. You just weren’t satisfied with the result. So, you act like children, trying to keep the lore going at all cost, consuming the world for your selfish desires. What you seek is immortality, and to achieve it you’ll sacrifice little by little. The lore gets distorted. A character here, a plot point there… eventually, nothing makes sense, and the story you claimed to have cared for so much is meaningless, all because you couldn’t accept your end.”

Matty truly did look confused, shaking his head. “I don’t understand. Just who are you?”

King Roth smiled. “I am the end.”

Chapter 1429

“Mom!” Matty called out as King Roth pulled a sword and attacked.

He moved nearly as fast as King Diorite, and seeing him fight like that gave me an uneasy feeling that reminded me of my unfortunate time in the deep. This wasn’t the same situation though. I had the backup of all of my girls and my dungeon. Even if I fought King Diorite under my current conditions, who would win and who would lose wouldn’t be so obvious.

The maid tried to fight King Roth, but his movements were like a blur. The real Matty, the one still hiding in his corner, shut his eyes and covered his ears as if he was trying to deny what was about to happen. The maid split into three, and the three maids attacked from all sides.

King Roth only focused on the one in front of him. It looked like she was about to score a hit on him, but suddenly two forms appeared as if from nowhere and met her two other forms. They were thrown away with ease, and King Roth managed to get his hand around the throat of the one he aimed for. She appeared to be the real one.

I checked out the two new people who had appeared. They were beautiful, buxom women with wild tan hair not unlike King Roth. They had cattails and cat ears, and it took me a moment to realize that if King Ross was a lion, then these were lionesses. These were special catkin variants. They reminded me a bit of Lydia. They seemed to have that same wild air about them, and they moved in a rather sensual way, their tails swaying back and forth with each step.

“No! Please! I surrender!” Matty begged.

“Hmph… this single woman is all you bring to the table? She can break into three. I suppose that is respectable, but at the end of it, she’s still only one person. Fine another dozen women, and maybe I’ll give you a bit more respect, kid.” King Roth spoke dismissively while holding the struggling maid in the air.

“I don’t want another dozen women!” Matty cried out. “I just want mom!”

“Too bad.” His hand twisted, and there was a resounding crack.

At that moment, the image went out. Matty was shaking, seeming to be fully affected by post-traumatic stress.

“Matty, there is more to show me.” I didn’t put it as a question.

He jerked, looking like he wanted to melt into the wall. I sighed, and then carefully leaned over and patted his head.

“Mathew, please. I know it hurts, but I need to see everything if I’m going to help.”

He still didn’t respond, but after a few moments, the image was restored. The maid was on the ground, her body slowly being enveloped by the orb, that was now in King Roth’s hand.

“Please… stop… please, don’t… mother…” Matty was on the floor, crying, one hand stretched out in the most pitiful state possible.

“You believe you can recreate her from this lore?” King Roth asked.

“Please…” It seemed to be all Matty could say.

“Hmph… how boring…” He turned and dropped the lore.

As it fell to the ground, a form wooshed into the room. Dark tendrils shot out and caught the orb. A moment later, a figure appeared in the center of the room between Roth and Matty. It was a woman I was very familiar with.

“Astria.” I was shocked to hear the name come from King Roth’s lips. “It’s been a long time.”

Astria looked downright furious. “Yes, it has… Harem Hero!”