Chapter 50

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Translator: penny

Chapter: 50

Chapter Title: Dungeon Creation (1)

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- Yuri?

"......"

- Yuri, hey?

"Ah. Y-yes?"

I snapped Yuri out of her daze.

She had come running over like she was thrilled to see me at first, but the moment she laid eyes on me and Eve Serapia, her face went blank.

'Is she jealous or something?'

Yuri was the jealous type compared to the other women. She always wanted to stick right by my side and monopolize my attention.

Thanks to the Yin Gate of Love and Submission trait, which boosted both love and submission, my women felt jealousy but rarely showed it outright.

But Yuri's jealousy was strong enough to break through the trait's influence. Of course, it never got too serious—she just worked extra hard to win more of my love, which made her all the more adorable.

We'd been apart for two days, and now here I was, pressed right up against Eve. That was enough to get this reaction out of her.

To soothe her, I slipped out of Eve's cleavage and dove straight into Yuri's.

"Ah, Lord Tentacle......"

"Ah!"

Eve let out a disappointed sound, while Yuri's face instantly melted into a goofy, beaming grin the second I burrowed in. So predictable.

Yuri's breasts were on the large side too. Plenty big enough to cradle me like this.

They were the smallest among my women, ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠but that was only because Amy and the rest were all so busty.

- Did you stay out of trouble?

"Hehe. Yes, Master. I was fine."

*Twitch twitch*

I stroked Yuri's head, and her ears perked up happily. I gently petted them as I watched her savor the bliss.

About thirty seconds in...

"Tentacle Lord! I missed youuu!"

*Thud thud thud thud*

Amy came bounding over full of energy, followed by Piona—who wasn't playing hard to get this time and openly showed how much she'd missed me—plus Elrine with her radiant smile and Rosa beaming just as brightly. They all gathered in front of me.

They glanced at me nestled in Yuri's cleavage, then—even though it was prayer time—turned their eyes to the saintess standing outside the sanctuary and asked,

"Oh. So Saintess Eve has become one of Lord Tentacle's mates now too?"

Amy had the best people skills out of all my women.

In fact, when Eve had invited us to dinner the other day, Amy was the one who'd gotten closest to her. Eve nodded.

"Yes. My body may be lacking, but I've decided to act alongside Lord Tentacle from now on."

"Whoa, really? Looking forward to adventuring with you!"

Amy grabbed Eve's hand and shook it vigorously.

Eve smiled at Amy's bubbly energy and shook back.

"Me too."

"Yeah, um, Eve!"

"Yes?"

"Now that we're both Lord Tentacle's mates, let's drop the formalities from here on out. You're my big sis, after all. I'll call you Eve sis!"

The two of them ditched the polite speech in an instant.

"Uh......"

Saintesses didn't use casual speech. It was to ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠maintain their dignity. No matter who they were talking to, they stuck to formal address in official conversations.

But she wasn't a saintess anymore.

Well, she was, but now she was my personal lewd saintess.

"Sh-should we?"

"Yeah, sis. Hehe."

It didn't really matter if she dropped it. Under Amy's lead, Eve ended up going casual with all my other women too.

All except one.

"Um, Yuri sis?"

"Yeah......"

"Looking forward to it."

"Mhm."

Yuri was older than Eve, so Eve called her "sis" instead. After watching Eve greet everyone, I sent a telepathic message to the group.

- Time to get going.

"Yes!"

"Got it."

"Yup!"

The women replied one by one.

We slipped out of the saintess's ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠sanctuary quietly, avoiding the eyes of the guards protecting it.

Eve showed no attachment to the sanctuary whatsoever.

And leaving it behind like this wouldn't cause any issues.

A saintess could only "maintain" one sanctuary at a time in her lifetime, but that didn't mean she had to stay there forever.

She could create a new one elsewhere and relocate, turning the old sanctuary into ordinary land while training holy power at the new site. Sanctuaries could be moved.

From my conversations with Eve, she'd planned to live here in Nevis Forest until a new cathedral was built in Hakapia Territory, then shift her sanctuary there.

Now she was coming with me. All I had to do was create a new sanctuary for her in my dungeon.

With a B+ grade core, the dungeon's space compression would be insane. Plenty of room for a sanctuary—and living quarters too.

We headed back into the forest.

Two days had passed since we left the saintess's cathedral.

We exited Nevis Forest and set foot in our destination, Peros Gorge.

The gorge was crawling with monsters. After slaughtering hordes of them and devouring them with my Predation Tentacles, I'd leveled up to 67.

Sex with Eve Serapia had gotten me to 66, and I'd gained one more level since then.

Thanks to that, my stats were now on par with top-tier A-Class adventurers. No—strictly speaking, they were even better.

Adventurers usually specialized in either physical or magic abilities, pumping one at the expense of the other. But mine were balanced across the board.

At this level, I could hold my own against an S-Class...

'No way. I'm still way short.'

The gap between A and S was massive.

S-Class adventurers were monsters in their own right—among over ten million adventurers on the continent, only the top 500 made the cut.

Still, if I fought a bottom-tier S-Class, I might put up a decent fight.

Compared to when I first came down here, this was huge progress.

And it wasn't just stats—I'd picked up a new skill too.

Normally, with the Tentacle Limbs skill, any limbs I created stayed at their initial stats forever—no growth.

They were obedient puppets that followed my orders but couldn't get stronger. They just farmed EXP for me and handled chores.

But this new Special Limbs skill made growth possible for select Tentacle Limbs.

It was a shame they couldn't farm EXP anymore, but the potential outweighed that.

I designated Slimes #9, #10, and #11 as my Special Limb slimes.

Sentimentally, I'd have picked #1—the first one I ever made—along with #2 and #3. But #1 was the only slime I made skimping on nutrients, making it the weakest of the bunch.

Average stats in the low teens. A total weakling.

#2 through #6 were the same. Made when my level was low, even maxed out on nutrients, their stats topped out in the low 20s.

By contrast, #9, #10, and #11 were created at level 66 after turning the saintess into one of my women. Average stats in the high 20s.

In human terms, on par with Jameson—the guy I oneshotted with Thorn Tentacles last time.

I'd grown so strong that he seemed weak, but Jameson was a solid C-Class veteran. #9, #10, and #11 had real potential.

I appointed them as Special Limb slimes, then ordered all Tentacle Limb slimes except #1.

Scour Peros Gorge and find a suitable spot for a dungeon.

The slimes sprang into action the moment they heard the command.

#1 just had to patrol the perimeter and alert me to dangerous monsters.

With all the tedious work delegated to my Tentacle and Special Limb slimes, I spent some sticky, intimate time with my women.

A 7P including the saintess.

My main body was now about the size of a house, big enough to fit all of them inside.

I used Shapeshifting to inflate an inner chamber like a house, sealed from outside view, and we got to it.

These days, I even tucked them in like this for safe sleep.

In the thick of our steamy session, I got a signal from Special Limb Slime #9.

I absorbed #9's memories and experiences, sharing its vision, and concluded the cave it found was perfect for a dungeon.

'The time has come.'

I pulled the dungeon core from Piona's bag.

B+ grade dungeon core, Hina.

Now it was time to awaken her—the dungeon guardian spirit.