The System's Glitch and the Legion's Call
"Let's start with the conclusion: the system is bugged."
Gremory was looking at me with a face of utter disbelief and contempt. I was currently in my dungeon bedroom, licking the underside of Luna's body while listening to Gremory's explanation. If Luna's breasts tasted like chocolate milk, the area between her legs tasted like melted dark chocolate.
"Hup, uup?!"
Luna shuddered violently, releasing a spurt of fluid. It was a clear liquid, but when I touched it with my tongue, it tasted like sweet cocoa chocolate.
"Disgusting."
"Look who's talking, you slut. You're still out there using your clones to screw anyone with a pulse."
"...I don't do that anymore!" Gremory shrieked.
I lowered my head slightly to catch my breath. Luna was currently in a 69 position, diligently licking my member from above. At the foot of the bed, Ryun was licking my testicles and the base of my shaft; neither elf cared in the slightest that Gremory was standing right there.
"So, what you're saying is, the dungeon system is throwing an error?"
"An error?"
"A glitch."
"I suppose so. Though it's impossible for the Demon King's system to have a glitch..."
It's clearly glitched. Seeing how it messed up Ryun's virginity check, the whole thing was full of holes and errors, but if I provoked Gremory while she was in her "praise the Demon King" mode, I'd be in big trouble. I licked Luna's pink-stained vulva beneath her brown skin and asked again.
"Listen. Luna's corruption condition is internal ejaculation, right? Ryun's is the loss of her virginity."
"Yeah, yeah."
"But I stuck Luna's chest inside the dungeon and ejaculated outside the dungeon."
I had tried to pull out to ejaculate externally, but I failed. What had been on Luna's vulva was definitely the result of me ejaculating and then pulling out. In other words, I had ejaculated inside the white-skinned Luna.
"At that moment, Luna-ssi had her head and chest inside the dungeon?"
"Up to her chest."
"Dark Elf corruption by the system...? It doesn't apply outside the dungeon...?"
Gremory pointed to the purple-glowing summoning facility.
"...I really don't want to believe this, but maybe the system only applies inside the dungeon? It only turns Luna-ssi into a Dark Elf when she's inside."
"The world sure is convenient. A refined lady elf outside, and a lusty Dark Elf inside? Luna, do you like it?"
"Haum, tsup, I don't know, shut up."
Luna, like a Dark Elf in full heat, bit down on my member and shook her head up and down. She was being so greedy that Ryun was pouting with her lips pushed out in frustration.
"Master, can't we just send this sister back to the forest?"
"She's stronger than me, so I can't force her out."
"Hing..."
"Hehe, you seem to have gotten quite strong, but compared to me, you've got a long way to go. Keep practicing. Look, with my strength, I can crush this thing—"
Luna monopolized my member and showed off her strength. Unfortunately, she used that strength to squeeze my member, and my vision went white as I lost consciousness.
"......?"
* * *
I really had lost consciousness. I suddenly came to my senses in a world dyed white.
"...Haa."
Estu was sitting across from me at the table. It had been a long time since we last met, and this time, instead of her secretary outfit, she was wearing a school uniform with a black base and yellow accents. My heart sank.
A school uniform, of all things.
Estu appeared before me wearing her Absolute Defense. She looked like she had a lot to say, so I bowed my waist at a 90-degree angle.
"I am sorry!!"
Let's start with a strong apology. Screwing her would have to wait until I defeated Solomon; right now, I had to sincerely apologize for causing another system issue.
"...How did you, no, never mind. Since you've made the Forest Guardian of the Elves like that, it will be a great help later. I'll take it into account. Phew."
Estu shook her head as if she had a headache. It seemed like she was going to have a hard time with the aftermath, but I couldn't figure out why.
"Um..."
"It is a system error. It shouldn't have happened, but because her body was half-inside the dungeon, it triggered a corruption judgment. Her uterus was outside the dungeon, so it didn't corrupt, though."
"I don't quite understand, could you explain? Gremory doesn't seem to know either."
"...Corruption into a Dark Elf comes in two main types. One is kin-slaying, the other is mating with a monster."
That much I already knew well. Did Estu think I wouldn't know? I had already evolved Ryun to 3 stars, so I knew most of it.
"The former applies equally to everyone. If an elf kills an elf, they are immediately corrupted. This is an imprint and a curse the Goddess planted in the elves' genes. It cannot be undone."
"Genes?"
"...I changed it to an expression you'd understand to help you grasp it. It's not wrong, is it?"
She handles space-time magic, and now she's mastered modern medicine? Estu is amazing.
"And the latter is corruption by the Demon King's magic. Instead of the difficult condition of kin-slaying, it's about defiling the Goddess's imprint by receiving a monster's seed. Inside the dungeon, the system is built so that the monster's semen triggers the curse of kin-slaying."
"Where is the Goddess's imprint...?"
"The cervix."
"Oh, damn it."
A curse slipped out of my mouth. I was disgusted by such a complex and dirty setting. Estu nodded and continued her explanation.
"The moment the semen containing demonic energy covers the Goddess's imprint, the demonic energy filling the dungeon contaminates the elf's entire mana. That is the full story of Dark Elf transformation through sexual intercourse. There were dungeon owners who caught elves occasionally, but most didn't want pure elves; they wanted to catch corrupted Dark Elves. Tsk, people with no taste."
"Why is it so complicated?"
"That's why we simplified it into evolution or corruption conditions! If I had applied what I just explained directly, would those idiots have understood it properly?"
"That's true. So..."
I tried to verify my understanding with Estu.
"Since ejaculating inside means the semen will pass through the cervix, the imprint will be affected anyway?"
"That's about it."
"...It's not much different from the taboos set by the Elf Elders."
If the elves knew about the Dark Elf transformation Estu described, the taboo would have changed to, "If you end up screwing a monster, don't let them ejaculate inside, and make sure to wear a condom." At least, that's what I would say.
"But it's strange. Luna is pregnant with my child right now, isn't she?"
"What?"
Estu was surprised and clapped her hands.
"Wait a minute. You didn't just ejaculate inside, you got the Forest Guardian pregnant?! Really?! I have to see it for myself, log!"
Estu rushed toward me and pressed her hand against my head. I felt slightly uncomfortable with her rummaging through my memories, but I had to endure it. The person in front of me was the Demon King or someone equivalent.
"Wow..."
Estu looked down at me and gave a thumbs up.
"Your sperm motility is incredible. For your pre-ejaculate to push the remaining sperm into the cervix and succeed in seeding... and to dodge the imprint so skillfully. You are truly lucky."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
"How could such a thing happen... Haa, if other dungeon owners had just caught elves like you did... If they collected them separately and sprayed them into their wombs little by little, they could make 100,000 orcs in a snap. My goodness."
"......."
I wanted to ask if she thought that made any sense, but I remained silent. Even the system couldn't make a proper judgment about Luna.
"So what happens to Luna?"
"Hmm..."
Estu tilted her head, thinking deeply for a moment.
"If she stays inside the dungeon, which is under the influence of the Demon King's system, she'll definitely become a Dark Elf?"
"No, that's not what I wanted to ask."
I had already roughly expected that much. I quickly calculated the possibilities for Luna and asked.
"If I ejaculate inside her when she's just an elf outside the dungeon, the Goddess's imprint won't be erased, and she won't turn into a Dark Elf, right?"
"That's obvious. Except for kin-slaying, the Goddess granted elves quite a lot of freedom. The act of mating with a monster itself doesn't corrupt them into Dark Elves. Unless they are corrupted mentally, that is."
"Then why did the elves make sexual contact with monsters a taboo?"
"Well, that's because the Divine Tree in the Elf Forest is... Ahem, excuse me."
Estu cleared her throat and cut herself off. It seemed there was a secret history I didn't know about, and Estu was quite uncomfortable revealing it to me. What kind of secret could be hidden there? Regardless of what complex settings were involved, I summarized it simply.
"So, it means even if I occupy the Elf Village and eat them all up, they won't all turn into Dark Elves."
"That's true, but is your mind only capable of thinking in that direction?"
"If the princess of the kingdom I'm currently in was a super beauty, I would have already overthrown the kingdom by now. And I'd be spending a fun night with the princess in the King's bedroom, right?"
"Your desires are certainly firm. Good. The reason I appeared like this is not for that, but because of the 'Corps Commanders'."
"What's that?"
I was flustered by the appearance of a word I was hearing for the first time. A commander of a corps? Was this suddenly Romance of the Three Kingdoms?
"About a year from now, the Demon King's army will enter into an all-out war with the Human Alliance. For that time, we plan to organize the 72 dungeons into 7 corps. I am currently visiting every single dungeon owner to talk about it."
It seemed Estu's main purpose was the latter. Our dungeon hadn't even been around for two weeks, let alone a year, but Estu seemed determined to end the grueling war of attrition with the Human Alliance and start a full-scale war.
"So I was going to visit them one by one, and it just happened to be your turn."
"Oh. The timing is perfect. I'm practically dying right now."
"Don't worry. It's not that bad."
"Fine. So what are the conditions for the corps? Is it a forced organization?"
"No. Obviously, it's a scramble. However, it will proceed in a different way than what has been done before."
"...?"
I couldn't understand Estu's words. I had only learned about the scramble recently, and if she changed it again, how was a newbie like me supposed to adapt? This was an outrage by the management to keep newbies in check.
"But it's actually a favorable environment for you. No dungeon owner has ever thought of making another dungeon owner an ally. They all tried to steal others' names and dungeons to take their place. Hehe."
"...I have a hunch."
I realized it. If my instincts were right, this was definitely...
"Are you patching this just to push me forward openly?"
"...Hehe," Estu shrugged and didn't answer. It seemed Estu liked me quite a bit, as she was secretly supporting me by changing the existing operating methods. If I hadn't raided Andras's dungeon, I would probably be growing smoothly on my own right now.
"Why are you really helping me?"
"Isn't that obvious?"
Estu gave a thumbs up with both hands and smiled brightly.
"Because all your actions ultimately help the Demon King's army! Please keep working hard today as well. Oh, right."
Estu reached out toward me.
"Do you have one last question? I'll answer just one quickly."
"Want to Las with me?"
"Pfft."
Estu flicked my forehead with her finger.
"Go polish your technique more. Otherwise, you'll be finished in 5 seconds with me."
My consciousness went white.
* * *
"Haaack!"
I woke up with a start, the pain burning through my entire body. And I slammed my face directly into Luna's crotch.
"Hyaak!"
Luna was startled and released a spurt of fluid. Her two hands were still holding my member up and down, and a hollow sigh escaped my lips. Was the reality that felt like a dream just now really Estu, or was it an illusion?
"...Haa."
It didn't matter which. Whatever the truth was, I would just use the phenomenon, and I would use the hints Estu left behind to increase my strength.
"Gremory."
"Why?"
"I need to set up a Las Village in your dungeon."
"...Why?"
"Nothing special, I just need a large Orc army."
What would happen if I filled Gremory's dungeon garden entirely with Orcs? Just thinking about it was thrilling.