My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1502-1504

Chapter 1502

“They have encountered the fairy level.” Elaya responded worriedly.

The girls, particularly First, had seemingly been worked into a frenzy.  They had pushed forward with nearly reckless abandon, almost like King Roth behind them was a reflection of their doom. I had placed all of the evolved Fairy’s on this level, and they swarmed the group as soon as the battle began, launching decimating spells.

The fairies began to overtake the harem. More and more fell. The lioness queen had gathered the other lionesses and created a circle, protecting themselves. Those outside the circle were falling quickly, but the rest seemed to hold the line. It was at this point that First seemed to lose all reason. She let out a scream, grabbing a nearby woman who was trying to protect herself, and then cutting her throat. Her hand seemed to reach into the woman and then pull out her soul, and a moment later that soul burned into flame.

“She’s using a soul as a magic reagent.” Miki gasped.

Mana existed in many forms, and those forms that had a physical form were called reagents. Spirit fire, miasma, gaia, and fairy dust were all examples of reagents we had found in the past. It turned out that the soul could also be burned directly to enhance magic too. Well, I had known that for some time, but I had never put two and two together until that moment that she had deliberately killed someone to steal and burn their soul.

That person would never be resurrected. It was truly a permanent death. Even Gaia only chopped up the lore into thousands of pieces. The lore still was allowed to exist. This was pure destruction. An eruption of magic shot out, creating a wave of fire that rose into the air.

“Get out of there!” I gave the order, although it was anyone’s guess if they heard.

The fairies scattered, many of them being severely damaged in the subsequent flames of sacrifice. When the flames finally disappeared, the body of the woman turned to dust. Even the lioness queen was staring at the magician with uneasy eyes, let alone the rest of the girls present.

She looked around them, her eyes unhinged and completely out of breath. “Let’s go!”

The remaining women moved forward.

“The remaining fairies, come back here.” I sighed. “We’ll make our last stand here.”

Elaya relayed the message, and the harem was allowed to continue unhindered. When the remaining evolved fairies appeared, most of them looked extremely tattered and beaten. Counting out our numbers versus the enemy, we still were outnumbered two to one. I pulled back all of the forces and made it easy for them to move forward. King Roth was coming, and I didn’t want them to meet up. If I could defeat the rest of his harem before King Roth arrived, maybe there would still be a chance. That was what I was my only hope.

Thus, even though King Roth was moving down level by level, completely wiping them out one after another with his slow and inevitable march, the harem made it down to the lowest level, walking into the boss level.

“There you are…” The crazed first grinned. “Are you ready for death?”

Chapter 1503

A large, beautiful field stretched out before us. Just like that field in the wilderness, it would soon become a battlefield of destruction. To my left was the pond where the dungeon core was hidden in the miasmic water. Selena also stood in a small rock that broke the surface somewhere in the center of the water. She was to attack anyone who attempted to enter it. That was her job.

They had arrived with only ten minutes left until the six hours were up. There were around eighty of them still standing. All of the higher number animalkin were among them. In a way, we had only succeeded in stripping out the weakest and the most vulnerable. Those that remained were his strongest and most valued.

“Attack!” The magician threw her hand forward, and even though the women were exhausted, they continued to follow her commands.

“Forward!” I also ordered.

Terra charged out with the remaining fairies while Shao slipped into the shadows. Xin went out with her blade, while Elaya began to cast strategic spells. I used my spells to keep heal and empower them. I strengthened them, refreshed them, and healed them. This kind of support was something these girls didn’t have.

“Terra, watch out!” Shao cried as she attempted to backstab one girl, only for Terra to back into her.

Shao was caught and then struck. I quickly healed her. A moment later, a bullet grazed Miki.

“Watch where you’re shooting!” Miki cursed at Bernice.

“You would have been stabbed in the back!” Bernice whined.

“Foolish girls. Pay attention!” Elaya snapped.

“You shut up!” Terra threw a rock at her, causing her to dodge.

The pressure was high, and the girls were fighting close together. In the battle above, each girl had their freedom to fight where they wanted to but stuck within this boss room, they were fighting side by side, yet months of being apart had caused them to become extremely independent.

“Girls, stop fighting!”

“Elaya, that spell just singed my eyebrows! You did that on purpose.” Bernice whined.

“Move over, golem. Your big body is in my way.” Xin snapped.

“Who are you calling big?”

“I’m going to take out the trash!”

“Faeyna, your puns are becoming irritating. Why don’t you stay back? You’re not a real fighter anyway.” Sapphire snapped.

As the girls weren’t working together, even though the opponents were weaker and tired, they weren’t able to do anything but remain at a standstill. Part of this reason seemed to be because of noncompliance on the animalkin part. After the fiasco on the succubus level and her deliberately killing one of the girls to win the battle quickly, those under the lioness queen had seemingly stopped trying. She and the other numbered harem were holding back, allowing the magician to embarrass herself more. Unfortunately, this opportunity was lost on my girls.

“Hmph… so this is your harem?” The lioness queen’s eyes met mine as she gave a mocking laugh.

“Girls!” I was just about the yell a second time, but then I heard a Slave Communication.”

“Master!”

It was Celeste. She had made it back to our dungeon.

Chapter 1504

“Celeste, get here as quickly as possible!” I ordered.

“I am!”

The fight was a stalemate, and King Roth was getting closer and closer. However, none of that would matter once Celeste made it back.

“Keep fighting!” I ordered the girls, even though they were all still bickering with each other.

They had spread out now, each one trying to fight separately from the others. This also made things more difficult for me. I couldn’t use any group spells on them, because they were no longer within range of each other. I had to run back and forth, healing or helping the girls as I could.

“Master, this is going badly,” Alysia warned.

“I get that.” I cursed.

The orb would change the course of things. Celeste finally flew through from behind the boss room door. As she flew overhead of the battle, she let out a cry.

“Master.”

I held out my hand excitedly as her size grew to normal. Unfortunately, her words were heard by the furious magician. She lifted her hands, and a moment later a dozen lightning bolts shot out, striking Celeste in the back.

“Celeste!” Terra cried out.

“No!” Miki yelled.

Celeste collapsed, her speed carrying her over the battle as she slammed into the ground harshly, rolling several times as she hit the ground. I cursed as I raced over to her. It wasn’t until I reach her that I realized how bad of a shape she was in. This wasn’t caused just by the lightning bolt right now. Rather, the only reason she had been struck was that she was already extremely damaged.

Her body was covered in filth. Fairies didn’t get dirty, so for one to show that much dirty, it was proof of how much mana they had lost. She was covered in wounds. Her beautiful transparent wings were covered in rips and holes. Her breath was raspy and weak, and I could see blood coming from her abdomen. I immediately began healing her as she coughed up blood. She hadn’t intended to go to her large size, but it took mana to remain small, and she no longer possessed any.

“Celeste… wh-what happened?”

Tears fell down her cheeks. “I’m sorry, Master. I failed you.”

I shook my head. “No… you didn’t fail me. You…”

“I couldn’t find it. I couldn’t find the core.”

She reached into her bosom, and then pulled out a small form. As I reached out to take it, her body went limp. She wasn’t dead, but she had used up all of her energy. She had fallen unconscious. I looked down at the form to see Astria. After making sure Celeste was healed and safe, I took Astria and gently put her on the ground nearby. I healed and refreshed her body carefully. Her body grew to a full size as if she was coming back to life. She was also nearly as beaten and as tattered as Celeste. After a few desperate moments, she coughed, her eyes fluttered open. She immediately turned to see the unconscious Celeste nearby.

“F-foolish girl… shouldn’t have saved me… it was… trap.” She looked away.

“She’ll be fine with some rest. So will you…” I said, grabbing her body as I applied some more healing.

Her wings were nonexistent, and blood seemed to leak from her ears, her eyes, and her mouth. She looked like she was dying.

“You should… have left me.” Astria turned away with shame. “I’m… broken now.”

My hands tightened on her and I spoke through gritted teeth. “I never would.”

“I can’t help you, I was a waste… of resources. Just… go tend the others.” Astria said.

“I won’t.” A tear fell from my eyes, and then another.

I realized I was crying, and my tears were falling right onto her chest, but I couldn’t stop.

She looked down at the tears raining on her. “M-master?”

“I thought I lost you.” I shook. “Don’t do something stupid like that again. Don’t leave me again.”

“Wh-what are you saying?” She made a strange face. “I’m not even a fairy…”

“You’re mine! Do you hear me?” I shook her, feeling a rush of extreme emotion. “You’re mine, and I will never let you go. I will never let any of you go. So, you can never scare me again.”

It was probably the worst moment for it, but after so much loss, after fighting nonstop and being pushed back again and again. After reaching this point where we were desperate and defeated, I had finally been pushed over the edge. Finally seeing Astria, finally reclaiming this small victory, however short-lived, and caused all of these emotions to well up inside me.

“Master… h-how do you feel, about me?” Astria’s voice was extremely odd, but there was some strange intensity about it.

I grabbed her face, our eyes locking. “I love you.”

I leaned down and kissed her, even as the tears continued to fall.

{Harem Master has increased to level 66.}

{Harem Master has increased to level 67.}

{Harem Master has increased to level 68.}

A bright light exploded out, and I couldn’t help but pull back as Astria’s body became swathed in light. The sudden sun-like light exploding out was enough that everyone fighting froze and turned to look at what was happening.

Astria’s body rose into the air, swathed completely in mana. Wing sprouted from her back. They grew out in intricate patterns, growing larger and larger until they filled the sky. Each wing was nearly twelve feet across, dwarfing the woman herself.

{Astria has begun to evolve! Astria has evolved into a Fairy Empress!}