My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1487-1489

Chapter 1487

The girls let out cries, and I was just about to blow through the protection and attack King Roth despite my previous words and my current weakness. Even if I had a chance against King Roth before, after wounding my soul to save Lydia, my strength was still diminished. That’s why I had to lower my head earlier. That didn’t mean I wasn’t willing to throw all caution to the wind if I thought my girl was truly in trouble.

However, as he leaped out of his seat he threw Celeste. As if they knew what he was doing, his women moved out of the way as Celeste slammed into my arms. He moved in front of First and then delivered a powerful kick across her face. She spun to the ground.

“You have failed to properly protect me!” He gave a roar, his foot landing on her head.

“I-I’m sorry, my lord.” First begged as he ground her face into the dirt. “I won’t make this mistake again.”

“You foolish woman.” He kicked her again, causing her to fly to the side. “You won’t. Your name will be switched with Second for now.”

Even after being kicked to the side like trash, the lioness’s expression had remained docile. However, after receiving those words, she looked up in absolute fear and shock.

“Please, no! My lord…”

“Know your place!” He barked as a fearful lioness dropped her head.

He walked over to the magician, who could no longer hide the deeply pleased expression on her face. He reached down and lifted her chin. “You will be my First from now on.”

“Yes, my lord.” Her expression was fanatical, almost orgasmic as she gazed up at him with fervent obsession.

“Make sure you are prepared to lead the upcoming battle.”

“Upcoming battle?” Her eyes hinted at a bit of confusion, flickering to me as I held Celeste in my arms.

“You wish to have a dungeon battle, isn’t that right, Deek Deekson.” Lord Roth glanced my way.

He wasn’t just powerful or cruel. Lord Roth was a clever man too. He had figured out why I had come here in the first place. Perhaps, he had known the moment he showed up. I had planned to challenge him to a dungeon battle. It was the only way I’d be able to close the gap between our numbers. The army of an entire country against what I scrambled together wasn’t enough. However, perhaps my dungeon and the many monsters I had scraped together from it would be.

I had checked into King Roth, and while his age wasn’t clear, he wasn’t some eternal being like he acted. He was only around a hundred. It was his battling against the Demon Lord Aberis that had ultimately put him on the throne as the strongest of Dioshin. Of course, he still looked to be in his 30s, but that proved all the things he had done to extend his life.

Dungeons grew at roughly a level per year. This wasn’t an absolute rule any more than claiming all trees grew a certain amount every year. The growth depended on a lot of factors, from the mana available to the type of dungeon. That said, my dungeon’s growth had been insane thanks to consuming other dungeons, access to a mana spring, and now the evolution to god-tier and connection to my soul world. By calculation, I didn’t believe that the dungeon supporting King Roth was too much greater. It was our best chance.

“Yeah…” I declared. “I challenge you to a dungeon battle.”

He grinned. “In other words, I can finally put the rumors to rest. This will be a fight of Harem against Harem. All of mine… against all of yours!”

Chapter 1488

“I have called back my troops.” King Roth declared. “I will give you 24 hours to prepare, and then the battle will begin.”

Although it sounded like King Roth was being magnanimous again, didn’t he just change his general to the magician? She’d need at least that long to transition her power, so he was doing it for himself. If we didn’t desperately need just as much time, then I might have made some comment about how foolish he was.

The lioness formerly known as First slowly worked her way back up to her feet, but her head was kept down. She had bruises on her face, and by the way, she held her body, it looked like her ribs had been damaged. The magician girl was looking at her mockingly, but she had her eyes on me for some reason.

“M-master… I’m so sorry. I thought… after what he did to Mother…” I heard Celeste speak for the first time, her voice still croaky after being choked for so long.

I closed my eyes for a moment. I had been so focused on my anger and determination, that I hadn’t paid attention to the girl’s feelings. In a way, I was using them as tools, just like King Roth had been doing. I had promised myself I would be more concerned with their desires and feelings, and then I went right back to making mistakes. Wanting to change was one thing, but changing was quite another.

All of the girls likely suffered greatly hearing what had happened to Lydia. Celeste, especially, would have been furious about what they had done to her mother. She was so angry that she went behind my back, thinking to use her superior speed to assassinate Roth. Meanwhile, I had been clueless about her feelings. No, I deliberately ignored them because I had to focus.

When I opened my eyes, I couldn’t stop a tear from falling down my cheek. “Celeste, it’s not your fault. I should have understood your feelings.”

“I… didn’t want Master to know how I felt,” Celeste responded shamefully. “Master, I went against you and did something I shouldn’t. Please punish me. I deserve it…”

After seeing Lord Roth punish First, Celeste felt she deserved as much. After looking at the sincerity in her eyes for a moment, I gave a nod.

“I’ll give you your punishment.”

“Master…” Miki looked on tearfully.

The other girls were watching too. They looked sad, but none of them fought back. Deep down, they agreed that Celeste deserved to be punishment. They weren’t just harem, they were slaves, and that made their disobedience even worse. Celeste had worked outside my plans and had only caused me trouble. They didn’t like it, but they understood it didn’t happen.

I raised my hand, and Celeste winced as she closed her eyes. I then brought my hand up to Celeste’s forehead, and I flicked it.

“Owie!” She cried out.

However, as her eyes popped open in surprise, I brought my lips down and kissed her forehead. I already released healing magic, not just restoring her headache, but the damage from King Roth too. When I pulled away, I hugged her, whispering in her ear.

“I would never…”

Celeste’s face turned pink, and she looked away, the girl who never hesitated to cling to me or throw her body at me suddenly became squirmy in my grip like it was embarrassing her. Her body shrunk, and then she flew away, hiding behind Terra’s large golem body.

“Fool…” The mutter came from the lioness’s lips.

She seemed to be looking at me with disappointment, despite what had happened to her. King Roth snapped, and several women kneeled around him, reached into the grass. It was only at this point I realized his chair was on a palanquin, but the handles had been hidden in the grass. The girls lifted, and King Roth was brought up into the air.

“Hmph… what a weak man.” King Roth declared as he looked down at me. “In 24 hours, I will take all of your women, and show them what a real man is like.”

With that, the women began to disperse, leaving us alone in the clearing. The magic that scrambled the mana in the area seemed to dissipate too. I had nothing else to do but portal back home.

Chapter 1489

“So, we have about twenty hours before King Roth initiates the dungeon battle.” I finished explaining everything that happened.

We were back in the war room. During our parley, Xin had slowly been losing land. They had been pushed back much farther than I would have thought. Had King Roth not been enamored by the idea of a harem showdown, they would have been breaking into the city by sundown. Yet, they had seemingly turned back and retreated. This spiked the morale of all of the troops who thought they had successfully repelled his army, but the higher-ups knew better. That’s why I had recalled them all to my mansion and explained the situation.

“You should have had me come!” Bernice pouted. “I would have shot him! Let’s see him dodge these!”

She pulled out a gun, even spinning it in her finger like an old western. I had never shown her how to do that, so I didn’t know where she picked up such a flourish. Celeste sighed.

“I don’t mean to offend, Bernice, but he would have dodged. I’ve seen you fire those. Those bullets are… a bit slow.” Celeste admitted.

Bernice’s face turned complicated. Celeste had just admitted to being able to move faster than bullets. I wasn’t that surprised, although she never created a sonic boom. She wouldn’t though, as she controlled the wind itself. However, the point was made. If King Roth could catch her then he could catch anything we threw at him.

“A dungeon battle… I haven’t fought in any of those.” Nova spoke with interest.

“And you won’t fight in this one,” Xin spoke up. “The only people allowed in a dungeon battle are those that are connected to the dungeon. Other than me, none of you are considered part of Deek’s dungeon.”

“What nonsense is this? We cannot participate?” Nova appeared perplexed.

“It is the same for the Deep Dwarves.” Lapis sighed. “We haven’t been in his dungeon long enough to be marked by it. Only Sapphire would be able to participate.”

“Why doesn’t Master just enslave them? Every slave can participate in the battle.” Miki offered.

Nova and Lapis both shot her awkward looks. Their expressions made it clear they were uneasy with the idea of being made slaves, even by me. Miki’s entire family had become slaves, although I didn’t personally enslave them. Incidentally, a former slave animalkin had unlocked Slaver, and with the help of the dungeon was working to become a Slave Master. As someone sympathetic to slaves, they seemed like the best choice to handle such slavery contracts in Chalm. Officially, slavery in Chalm was outlawed, but it was still convenient to handle criminals and other extraneous circumstances such as the foxkin.

“No,” I responded shortly. “Roth said he saw this as a battle between our harems. I believe everything he sends at us will be his harem, and everything he expects will be ours. My monsters and my girls are the only things I can use in this battle.”

If I broke his rules, then I would break any chance of a fair fight with him. We needed to have a fair fight if I wanted a chance. Thankfully, he was prideful and full of himself. It was still our best chance.

“We don’t know the depths of his harem.” Shao frowned. “Even going by just what we’ve seen, there have to be at least two hundred girls, if not more. If we counted every girl, we barely have a dozen.”

“The fairies are Masters,” Celeste spoke up.

“Huh?” I blinked.

“Does Master not know?” Celeste asked. “Fairies are like drones of a bee. Their behavior is heavily influenced by the fairy queen. Although Mother is a dark fairy, she has been controlling them. Here feelings for Master would be their feelings.”

“That’s true… but when they evolved, they gained free will.” I defended.

Well, free will was a general thought. The fairies were afraid of Astria and revered Celeste. They didn’t act out of line.

Celeste giggled suddenly. “Master, do you think a fairy could go her entire life admiring Master, and then not fall in love when she ‘grew up’. The only reason Master isn’t joined by a dozen fairies every night in bed is that Astria and I won’t allow it. They are master’s harem whether master wants it or not.”

“R-really…” I didn’t know what to say to that.

“Okay, so we have a few more, but that’s still nowhere near their number.” Shao threw a wet blanket on the mood once again. “Can we win?”

“Yes,” I responded with a sigh. “I’ve already come up with a plan. There will only be two outcomes to this fight. In the first outcome, we defeat King Roth, gain a ton of power, and send him running back to Dioshin.”

“And the second?” Shao asked.

“We all die… all of us, and Chalm as well.”