My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1575-1577

Chapter 1575

“What do you mean the dwarves don’t want to sit by the osterians? It makes them feel short? They are osterians? Everyone feels short!”

Using my map, I had quickly located the mansion that Eliana and her party were taken to. It would be their so-called embassy for the remainder of the peace talks, although it looked more like a vacation resort. Upon walking in, I found an extremely exasperated and busy Eliana, who was discussing with a group of delegates.

It sounded like a pain in the butt, and I didn’t want to get involved in it. Since I had taken care of all of the red marks in the city, I had freed up my schedule. I quickly found myself with nothing to do, which was actually why I had left Chalm in the first place. It seemed like I could never just find busy work to keep myself occupied. As I was trying to avoid getting pulled into Eliana’s unfortunate situation, I walked around the corner and right into Titan Fall.

“Oh, hey Deek! Can Alysia come out and play? Geh!” One of the girls spoke up, only to be elbowed in the gut by another. “What was that for?”

“Alysia isn’t a child!”

“Yeah, but we have to get permission to hang out, don’t we?”

“Hang out? What’s going on with Calypso?” I asked.

“We were relieved of our duties shortly after getting here. They said the ‘tribunal’ will take care of it.” One of the women sounded angry.

“The tribunal?”

“It’s the government on this island. Just a group of three rich people who use their wealth to control the dungeon and everything that happens on it.”

“Really…”

Not only did this strange dungeon have a thriving community, but they even had a leading government? It did worry me that they took Calypso, but I was still able to track her and she appeared to be on the island, so maybe I was thinking too much?

“So…” The girls all looked at me expectantly.

“Oh! Um… Alysia can always go if she wants.” I scratched my head awkwardly. “Um, do you want to go?”

That last question was aimed at Alysia, who hadn’t mentioned anything, and it was possible she wasn’t paying attention. There was a flash, and a moment later Alysia appeared right next to me.

“I guess I can whip you, girls, into shape.” Alysia declared.

“Eh?”

“Whip us into shape? What does that mean?”

“It’s been a long time since we’ve trained together.” Alysia frowned. “I thought you wanted to do some training.”

“Training!” One of the girls sputtered. “W-we were talking about going out drinking or something.”

“Nonsense! You have to train diligently every day. Since I’ve been gone, I bet you guys haven’t done a single training session.”

“Geh!”

“You are here to protect the princess of Aberis and forge a new government for the Ost Republic moving forward. You represent the pride of the Titan Fall here, so you can’t afford to play around. Don’t worry, I’ll whip you all back into shape!”

“Oh, that’s right, I forgot Alysia was a complete taskmistress who has no fun.”

“That’s right! I missed her so much I forgot how much she made us work!”

“Let’s get going! It’s been months and I only have a week, so we’ll have to work extra hard.” Alysia declared.

“Isn’t that just death?”

“I regret everything! Save us Deek!”

I scratched my chin, looking away from the begging girls. “Do your best.”

Perhaps having nothing to do wasn’t so bad after all.

Chapter 1576

“Since we’re going, Deek should come as well!” One of the girls made a last-ditch effort, just as I was about to getaway.

“Huh? Why?” Alysia asked.

“B-because… Deek… he… um… needs to show us how it’s done! After all, didn’t he best you? Besides, can’t you give us better pointers by remaining on the side and watching from an objective point of view.”

“Yes, we definitely need Deek!” One of the other girls jumped in.

“It wouldn’t be a bad thing…” Alysia responded, tapping her lip and looking in my direction.

It seemed like if they were going down, they were taking me with them. Although I had attempted the path of least resistance, I still somehow ended up joining the Titan Fall girls. We ended up going to the town’s Adventuring Guild.

It was odd that an Adventuring Guild was located inside a dungeon, but it made a lot of sense too. It seemed to be the primary place for people to go to make plans to head through the champion’s trials. Anyone who registered with the guild could pay a fee so if they didn’t come back in so many days, they would be resurrected. It was extremely safe and allowed people to test their might without risking their lives. Even fighting in Dirage’s Great Dungeon was a risky business where someone could die.

Even in the most controlled circumstances, there could be a monster surge, or a boss might somehow end up on the wrong level. Although dungeons did tend to have certain rules, those rules only seemed to exist to be broken at the most inopportune times.

The reason that I was interested in the Adventuring guild was that I was hoping Carmine I had registered with it. I would have gone in that direction anyway, so I was fine following the girls. We had docked in the early morning, and it was only about mid-day now, so there was still a lot of time.

This particular adventuring guild was much larger than the one from Chalm. I probably shouldn’t use Chalm as a measure for other places, but it did get me thinking that perhaps we should build a new hall for them as a way to attract more adventurers to my town. Not only did I have my dungeon, which would benefit from the patronage of adventurers, but there was also the entire wilderness. I’m sure there would be a need for many requests shortly.

As for this one, the main room was two stories, with an upper floor filled with tables. It seemed to be a place for entertainment and relaxation as much as taking on missions from the mission board. Alcohol was served there, which wasn’t unusual for an adventuring guild. The really interesting thing though was the training rooms, various rooms people could rent out to train. The lists appeared to include strength training, endurance, and an arena.

It was the arena that the Titan Fall was looking to rent. The girls seemed to enter the place with some familiarity, and without asking I was pretty sure that this wasn’t the first time Alysia had dragged them to this island for training. However, I still couldn’t help but ask.

“Did you ever try to complete the Champion’s Gauntlet?” I asked Alysia.

“Eighteen times!” One of the girls cried out as she rented a training room.

“Faith!” Alysia cried out, an embarrassed look on her face.

It was as I thought. Alysia was just as big of a battle junkie as her mother Xin.

Chapter 1577

We entered a small arena. It actually seemed rather familiar to me.

“Is this-” I frowned, looking around the room.

“Yes, I believe that the arena inside the Sword Illusory Realm was based on these rooms,” Alysia explained.

The place looked exactly like the rooms where Alysia and I had to battle clones of her which we had to kill over and over again while experiencing the pain of said death. It was a brutal place, but it was also the place where Alysia and I started to grow close. It had only been a few months, but it felt like we had been together forever. I couldn’t even imagine fighting without her, and in the moments that I couldn’t use her, like when I was sent into Twilight’s territory, it felt like I had a hand tied behind my back.

Then again, repetition shouldn’t be that surprising. Dungeons were based on real stories, and those stories used real locations. If the actual location still existed, why wouldn’t a dungeon replicate it? It was far easier to borrow a concept that already existed rather than create something new, and when it came to dungeons, all they did was borrow old lore. Their entire existence was to eat away the lore of the world, coopting it in an attempt to complete their unfinished story.

Of course, that meant that this guild, or at least this arena, was extremely old, and had been around during the same time as that sword hero had been traveling with his corrupted sword. Perhaps he had come to this very island to battle in the Champion’s Gauntlet. I do recall something in that lore about him trying to get stronger, and what better place would someone go to challenge themselves than such a place. I wished I had known about the place before, although it wasn’t particularly accessible from the Aberis. You had to sail through Ost Republic waters to reach it, and until very recently, the two countries were not peaceful.

As I was marveling over dungeons for the umpteenth time, I looked through the racks of wooden weapons on the side. None of them were great swords like Alysia, so I settled on the largest sword I could find, which was a massive osterian broadsword. It still felt very light in my grip. That got me thinking that maybe training like this wasn’t such a bad idea. I had been separated from Alysia once before. I couldn’t always depend on the extra boost of strength that she gave me. I should train to fight without her in hand. There might even be an instance where it’d be preferable she remained in her osterian form to battle an enemy, rather than remain as a sword.

As I picked out my weapon, the girls were also picking out their weapons. They didn’t all use the sword. One girl appeared to use a spear like Lydia now used, and another appeared to be more of a bare-knuckle brawler. The third girl seemed to use a chain with a spiked ball on it. At least, she was whipping it around. Wait a second, none of them were picking out wood weapons!

“Alright… all of you against Deek.” Alysia declared. “Ready?”

“Ready!”

“I’ll take him out.”

“Let’s do it!”

“Huh?” I blinked.

“Attack!” Alysia dropped her hand.