Chapter 54
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 54
Chapter Title: Dungeon Creation (5)
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Just to be clear, I'm not some kind of dungeon pervert.
Even after turning into a tentacle monster, I had no desire to treat a hunk of rock like a woman and do anything lewd with it—or rub my dick on a rock, for that matter.
So this was different.
It wasn't about getting naughty with the core. I was just pressing on her sensitive spots. To put her in her place.
I used a Basic Tentacle to squeeze the dungeon core.
Squish—squish—squish—
- Eek! S-stop that...! Y-you...! Ngh!
The Dungeon Guardian Spirit Hina trembled violently as I prodded the core's sensitive spots, letting out a cry.
By the way.
- "Do not do that?" And "you"?
- Ngh!
Squish—squish—
- Hnngh, eek...!
How long did she plan to keep up that arrogant tone?
- Do you even grasp your current situation, Hina?
- I-I don't know! As if I'd submit to a monster like you—ngh, eeeek...!?
She clearly hadn't learned her lesson yet, so I pressed down harder.
Squish—squish—squish—!
- Haek! Eek! Haaah...!? Hic... P-please stop...!
The Dungeon Guardian Spirit Hina reacted honestly to the stimulation on her sensitive spots. Yet her tone remained unchanged.
If anything, she glared at me with defiant eyes.
- Y-you too!
- Hm?
- You too! Hnngh...! You must need me, that's why...! You're torturing me like this...!? Hic...! Isn't that right!? I-I... Eek! W-will never submit...!
Her words made me think.
'She thinks I won't submit because I need her...'
Hina's claim was half right, half wrong.
- Not exactly.
- Wh-what...?
She would be nice to have, but I wouldn't be in any real trouble without her. That was Hina right now.
I had plenty of spare dungeon cores.
It was a shame there wasn't another core as high-grade as Hina, but that couldn't be helped. Her attitude—and those cliff-like breasts... Well, anyway, her attitude rubbed me the wrong way.
From the start, the "first dungeon" I'd envisioned was a C-grade dungeon core. It wouldn't matter much if I used a different one instead of Hina.
I'd end up acquiring even higher-grade cores as I grew stronger later anyway.
Squirm—
Swish—
I stopped squeezing the core and summoned a Blunt Tentacle.
- Huh...?
One good smash with this, and the dungeon core—Hina—would shatter to pieces.
I'd pressed her sensitive parts to instill shame and pain, but if it didn't work, there was no helping it.
If she kept mouthing off just a little more, I resolved to simply smash her to bits with the Blunt Tentacle.
- W-wait a sec?
Hina's pupils shook violently.
As if sensing my genuine intent to destroy her from within me, her voice grew urgent.
- W-wait, just wait a moment, sir! St-stop! Stop it! That's the wrong judgment!
I spoke in a low tone.
- Not "sir." Master.
- Wh-what did you say...?
- From now on, serve me as your master, Hina. Use polite speech at all times.
Hina flinched. Her delicate brow furrowed slightly.
- Th-that's...
- If you don't like it, forget it.
Whoosh—
Just smash her and be done with it.
As I brought the Blunt Tentacle down, Hina hurriedly opened her mouth.
- Waaait!! A-alright! B-Boss! I'm sorry! Stop! Please...!
I halted.
Boss.
That seemed to be the best she could manage.
Not master, but this would do for now. Dungeon owners were commonly called "bosses," so it wasn't far off from master anyway.
- Polite speech?
- Ah, uh, th-that's...
- If you want to die that badly, I won't stop you.
I swung the Blunt Tentacle again. There was no hesitation. In that instant, Hina spoke in a quivering, tearful voice.
- A-alright! Y-yes, sir... Boss... Sob... I-I'll use polite speech... Hic...
Hina looked utterly humiliated, but she finally addressed me politely.
I satisfiedly withdrew the Blunt Tentacle.
- Hm, now we might actually have a conversation.
- Sob, sob...
- Shall we get down to business then?
- What business exactly... sir?
- Making me the dungeon's master.
As I gazed at her and spoke, Hina shuddered.
- Th-that's...
- You wouldn't claim you don't know, would you?
Looking at the "separate-type dungeon," I'd reached one speculative conclusion.
If an "integrated dungeon" formed when the Dungeon Guardian Spirit took over the monster that awakened it, driving out its mind and dominating its body, then perhaps a "separate-type dungeon" was the opposite: one where the spirit failed to seize the monster's body and was instead dominated by the monster.
I'd now blocked all of Hina the Dungeon Guardian Spirit's mental attacks.
Yet nothing had happened. If that was the end of it, the very existence of "separate-type dungeons" wouldn't make sense.
No dungeon had formed in this place yet, after all.
As if confirming my guess, Hina spoke.
- B-but! That's a completely insane contract where the Dungeon Guardian Spirit gives everything...!
- So you're choosing death instead?
- Th-that's...
- If you refuse the contract, I'll just kill you and dominate another core. Giving up your life here would be such a pity.
As I raised the Blunt Tentacle once more, Hina groaned in anguish before speaking in a feeble voice.
- A-alright...! I'll do it... Boss... Sob.
Good. If only she'd cooperated from the start.
Hina withdrew from my mind. Her form appeared clearly in the air. There was no risk of a surprise attack now. Her core was in my grasp, after all.
- Then let's proceed with the contract right away.
- Sob, f-for me to submit to a mere monster... a vile beast...
Hina muttered in a small, humiliated voice. Her face mixed resentment and sorrow.
- I can hear your thoughts. Show respect to your master.
At my rebuke, she shouted defiantly.
- C-can't I even say this much! Yo—
- No.
Squish—
I squeezed the core's sensitive spot.
- Hn! Ahh...!?
- Defiance will be punished.
- Ngh...
Hina glared at me fiercely with humiliated eyes, but I met her gaze with one that said, "What are you gonna do about it?"
She worked her lips, then made a pitiful "hing" face and began chanting some magical incantation.
It was a spell I didn't recognize. Wary of any tricks, I sensed no suspicious mana from her.
Once the chant finished, Hina spoke again.
- Th-this is the contract circle... Just infuse it with your mana, Boss... and the contract will be complete...
Hina mumbled awkwardly, her expression thoroughly dejected.
My mana, huh.
- You didn't pull anything shady, did you?
She snapped back irritably.
- If you don't trust me, then don't do the contract!
- What?
- ...sir!
As always, I summoned the Blunt Tentacle. She bit her lower lip with chattering teeth, her face crumpling into tears.
What a versatile problem-solver the Blunt Tentacle was.
- N-no, I didn't mean that. Sorry. There's nothing shady at all... It's just... transferring my dungeon to you... and pledging to serve you forever... That's all...
At her words, I looked at the contract circle.
Setting up a trap circle this quickly didn't seem plausible. And it wouldn't activate just from infusing mana.
- Dungeon Guardian Spirits who fail to seize a monster's mind... can only form this kind of contract...
Indeed.
If takeover failed, their options were death, eternal imprisonment in the core doing nothing, or the contract. Just three choices.
I infused mana into the circle Hina had created. It glowed brightly, and the circle's pattern flowed simultaneously into Hina's core and my body.
You have become the master of the Dungeon Guardian Spirit, 'Hina'.
Skill, 'Dungeon Master' has been acquired.
Oh.
I opened my Status to check the skill.
⚫ Dungeon Master
- A skill granted to those who become the master of a Dungeon Guardian Spirit.
- You can command the dominated Dungeon Guardian Spirit at will. The spirit cannot defy the master's orders. You become the Dungeon Guardian Spirit's Dungeon Master (Boss).
- While reigning as master within the dungeon, all stats increase by 7%.
- The more Dungeon Guardian Spirits you dominate, and the higher their grades, the greater the additional effects.
{ Currently Dominated Dungeon Guardian Spirits: 1 (Hina: B+) }
'Nice.'
This was a great skill. A really great one.
I'd become the dungeon's master, and Hina could no longer defy me. The unforeseen bonus of all stats rising 7% inside the dungeon was icing on the cake.
'Because Hina's B+ grade, probably.'
Dominating more Dungeon Guardian Spirits later would enhance the effects further—a late-blooming skill, for sure.
Satisfied with the details, I turned back to Hina.
- I-is this... good now? Boss.
Hina asked me hesitantly.
- Yes, good work.
- Ngh...
- Now hand over the dungeon.
- Ah...
Hina looked crestfallen at my words but nodded as if she had no choice. The contract was already done. She was merely a spirit under my dominion.
- Y-yes, sir. Boss...
Woooong—!
She opened a portal in the air and guided me inside.
- This way, please... Hing...
Of course, accepting the situation was another matter entirely.
I silently followed the sulking Hina, core in hand.