Chapter 17
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 17
Chapter Title: Adventurers Visiting the Sex Dungeon
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"A bear?"
Even on all fours, it was a massive bear as tall as a person.
This was no ordinary bear.
[Lord of Dibel Forest - Grade C]
Was this forest its territory?
It seemed like the ruler of this forest before the dungeon appeared—more precisely, before I possessed this body.
A rival with a far greater presence must have drawn it here to me.
"Looks pretty strong."
As the lord of the forest, it had to be much tougher than your average adventurer.
"Wanna fight over territory?"
"Grrr!"
The lord of the forest growled in response to my question.
Daring to bare its teeth at me.
"You bare your teeth at me right now?"
"Grrr!"
This was seriously pissing me off.
The old me probably wouldn't have thought much of it.
But had I fused with the Demon King's body or something?
I felt the need to properly discipline this insolent bear cub baring its fangs at me.
It was probably desperate to protect its territory.
But so was I.
To properly grow the dungeon and solidify my forces, I needed to clean up these miscellaneous mobs around us.
"One of us has to die to settle this."
Time to dispose of a corpse today.
I wasn't kind enough to show mercy to something snapping its jaws at me.
And besides...
'Can't miss a chance to gain experience without raising my infamy.'
Killing outside the dungeon...
Especially other monsters, not humans, didn't affect infamy much.
Reward with no risk.
What could be better?
"Your mistake was catching my eye."
"Groooar!"
I smashed my fist into the charging bear's face.
Thwack!
"Kyaaang!"
Bears make dog-like yelps when they get hit, huh.
Even after taking it to the face, it stretched out its massive paws to swing at me.
Trying to rip me apart with those human-head-sized front paws.
Bears might tear humans apart, but I'm no human—I'm the Demon King.
I grabbed its front paw and flipped it over.
The bear's body floated into the air for a moment.
Thud!
Its massive bulk slammed into the ground.
"Kyaaang!"
Our bear let out another pathetic groan.
But I had no intention of sparing the one that bared its teeth at me.
"Be a good boy and turn into experience points."
I kicked the still-resisting bear one last time.
Crack!
Its neck snapped.
The dead body rolled slowly down the slope.
Bear-gone, bear-gone, bear-gone, bear-gone.
The bear was completely gone.
[Dungeon experience points have increased.]
It became experience for our dungeon.
[Defeated Lord of Dibel Forest - Grade C.]
[The Demon King now controls part of Dibel Forest. You can restructure the forest around the dungeon.]
[Congratulations. You have expanded your territory by eliminating a local ruler.]
[Eliminate more rulers to make Dibel Forest completely yours.]
Hm?
What's this now?
"Killed the forest lord and gained control?"
The map popped up automatically, with part of the forest around the dungeon flashing blue.
That meant I could customize up to the marked area now.
Hoo.
I checked the message in front of me.
It said my territory had expanded after removing a local ruler.
This was a new system not in the original Ero Dungeon Master.
'A new system added when I possessed the body.'
Like how fucking women powers up the Demon King, this seemed like a tool to grow the Demon King and dungeon.
Lord of Dibel Forest, Grade C.
So there were probably B and A grades too, and killing them all would make the forest mine.
There was a lot I didn't know about this game.
I thought I was a dungeon sim veteran who knew it all.
'My cultivation was lacking.'
And I had the nerve to give it a low rating.
Arrogant. Way too arrogant.
Me getting dragged into this world was probably for that reason.
"I'm still low-level, but there are mountains of ways to get stronger."
I couldn't remodel the forest right away.
Resources were still tight just expanding and remodeling the dungeon.
This place could wait.
I'd solidify my foundations first, then develop it.
Status quo until then.
Things were about to get busy in all sorts of ways.
Especially to welcome incoming guests.
After checking the fallen bear corpse, I returned to the dungeon.
"Welcome back, my lord?"
"Yulia."
"Yes, Demon King."
"There'll be a bear corpse in the forest. Have the goblins fetch it."
"A bear..."
"It called itself the lord of this forest. Wasn't that strong, so don't be too shocked."
"...Understood."
Yulia bowed her head.
The small village bordering the entrance to Dibel Forest.
Lorangleble Village.
A typical rural settlement that hunted in the western Dibel Forest and harvested crops from the eastern fields.
Monsters didn't appear often in Dibel Forest, so it wasn't a village adventurers frequented.
Usually two to four times a year.
Party-level adventurers came quarterly to patrol the village or subjugate any potential monsters.
The most recent visitors were nearly a month ago.
Adventurers who came to take out an orc pack that had appeared in Dibel Forest.
They wiped out the orcs, left the village saying they'd check the forest further, and then went radio silent.
'They probably headed back to the guild on their own.'
The village chief hadn't thought much of it, figuring they had no business in such a backwater.
He figured no adventurers for months now.
"Lodging... you say?"
"Yes. We heard a dungeon popped up nearby. Looking for a room for about two days."
The chief looked troubled at the adventurer pair—a man and woman—who had come to the village.
"Sorry, but we're a rural village with no inn."
"A private home is fine. Just need a roof over our heads."
"Well..."
He stammered awkwardly.
"Short on coin?"
"No, it's not that."
The chief sighed as he replied.
"All our existing homes are full right now."
"Pardon?"
"Adventurers have been pouring in the last few days. Word of a dungeon nearby."
Both man and woman looked dismayed at that.
"For real?"
"Yes."
He hadn't imagined so many adventurers that every house in the village was booked.
It was just an unremarkable village near the forest.
Even if adventurers were dungeon-crazy, this many?
'What kind of dungeon is it?'
The clueless chief on dungeons couldn't help but be astonished.
"Tch. Word's already spread, huh."
The female adventurer clicked her tongue, looking disappointed.
Whatever else, she seemed to have an agenda.
"Guess we camp outside the village."
The female adventurer headed out of the village.
She looked filled with the desire to conquer the dungeon in Dibel Forest no matter what.
With no rooms available, her insistence on camping here anyway—what else could it mean?
The dungeon had something special.
Whatever was drawing all these people...
This was an opportunity.
For Lorangleble Village, once just a rural speck, to grow bigger.
To make more money.
For him to go from village chief to local lord.
Having steeled himself, the chief spoke to the hesitating pair.
There was one house he hadn't rented to adventurers yet.
"If it's alright, stay at my place."
"You sure?"
"Yes, as long as you pay properly."
It was the chief's own home.
Truth be told, he hadn't planned to house outsiders there.
But with this many visitors...
'That's a different story.'
As the adventurers sighed in relief, a brilliant idea struck the chief.
'Might be temporary, but play it right and it'll boost village growth.'
The chief was sharp in business.
-Ahh, hng! There, yes!
-You bitch like a dog. After all the effort I put into fucking you... You like it here? Like it, you slut?!
-Hnnng!!! Y-Yes, so good!!!
I quietly watched the scene in the crystal orb.
Both C-rank adventurers.
The guy had feelings for her and dragged her here to make a move.
The naive girl followed him right into the aphrodisiac trap.
They inhaled tons of aphrodisiac gas and fucked each other senseless.
Their intense, vivid lust-filled motions twisted and tangled in the orb.
"Shall I dispose of them?"
Yulia asked as I watched the footage.
"No need."
Mere C-rank adventurers. Killing them wouldn't give much experience.
They weren't here to conquer the dungeon—just to hook up.
No point killing them.
Letting trash like this go was actually beneficial.
I needed adventurers to prove Ariana's rumors were real.
"No need to kill these. Send them back alive."
"They're experience points too."
"If everyone who comes dies, it'll raise suspicions. Let the small fry go, kill and absorb the high-level ones."
Best way to maximize trap uptime.
Yulia nodded at my words.
"As expected of the Demon King. Such farsighted wisdom, exploiting human desires—far beyond this girl's imagination."
"Exactly. Our Demon King is the one to bring true happiness to this continent."
Amy, sitting beside my throne, licking my toes as she praised me.
Ecstasy washed over her face with every lick.
"At least B-rank. Strike the moment they arrive."
"Understood."
"Amy, watch closely. See how I take them down."
"Ahh, Demon King... For you, this girl would do anything."
Amy's fingers, still sucking my toes, drifted to her crotch.
Squelch, squelch.
The sound of her fingering her pussy echoed through the throne room.