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Chapter 103
The next day.
I stopped by the Magic Tool Restoration Room with Ailee.
"Oh my, Chunja is still sleeping."
"Bear."
The Slave, Chunja, was sound asleep face down on the workbench.
She didn't wake up even when I poked her with my Cane.
She was so deeply asleep that she wouldn't even notice if someone carried her away.
It seemed like she had worked hard on Magic Tool Restoration until dawn and then passed out.
"Bear Baby, what should we do? Should we keep shaking her until she wakes up?"
"Bear, bear."
Shake, shake.
I shook my head.
She looks like she's accumulated a lot of fatigue, so let's let her sleep a little longer.
Even if she is a Slave, she needs to be guaranteed enough Sleep.
If she lacks Sleep, her work efficiency will drop.
We left the restoration room and moved to the Labor Camp.
At the Labor Camp, Chunsik and Chunsam were standing around blankly on standby.
The reason they were doing that was because there were no monster corpses for Dismantling yet.
"Bear bear bear, bear bear bear bear."
You guys just wait here.
I'll bring some corpses for you to work on soon.
"He says to wait a moment. He'll bring corpses for Dismantling soon."
After Ailee provided Interpretation for my words.
I gathered several Fake Dolls in front of the Dungeon entrance.
And gave them an order.
To go out of the Dungeon and hunt.
Catch a lot of them! Auto-hunting!
The Fake Dolls nodded and headed toward the Dungeon's Portal all at once.
For reference, I also gave them this request.
Not to attack just any monster, and to be careful when selecting prey.
They have to be picky about who they fight.
They definitely need to avoid opponents they feel they can't beat.
I also added that they shouldn't hunt friendly or docile creatures as much as possible.
We might form a friendly relationship with those monsters someday.
There was nothing good about making enemies everywhere through indiscriminate hunting.
Of course.
There are also species that can be hunted without any questions asked.
Iron Rabbit, Venomfang Rat, Slow Stone, and so on.
I told them to catch as many of the monsters I've already hunted as they wanted.
Putting aside the fact that the species themselves are vicious, we've basically already made enemies of them anyway.
Even among the species I just mentioned, there might be a docile Mutant like Jjokkomi...
Well, the Fake Dolls will figure that out on their own.
Whether they are just acting, or if they are a genuinely docile Mutant.
Even if they belong to a species I designated as prey, I ordered them to hesitate for a moment if they encounter an individual that appears truly docile at first glance.
"Bear Baby, but why did that one go out to hunt?"
"Bear?"
"I mean the Transport Captain and Chief Jailer."
"Bear bear, bear bear bear bear."
The Chickenhead Human Fake Doll.
He is the Leader who leads the hunting team.
Because he's the Transport Captain, Chief Jailer, and Hunting Team Leader.
So of course he has to go out with them.
"...Hunting Team Leader? Aren't you giving him too many roles?"
"Bear bear."
As Ailee said.
I did give him quite a few roles.
Even I don't really know the reason.
Strangely, I just liked him from the beginning, so I wanted to entrust him with various roles.
How should I put it.
He's psychologically reassuring.
Since I found out he was a Demon King before becoming a Doll, he's felt even more reliable.
The Chickenhead Human Fake Doll didn't feel burdened at all by taking on multiple roles full of responsibility.
Rather, he seemed to enjoy it.
He secretly seemed to have a thirst for power.
For some reason, it felt like his ego was growing as the days went by.
Not his past life's ego reviving, but a new ego as a Fake Doll.
Anyway.
No matter how competent he is, it must be too much for him to lead all the teams alone.
Therefore, I planned to pick a Deputy Chief Jailer, a Deputy Transport Captain, and a Deputy Hunting Team Leader to assist him later.
I won't be picking from the existing ones.
I plan to summon and appoint new ones from the Monster Encyclopedia.
I need to carefully look through the Encyclopedia from the first page again.
Even if their rank is low, I shouldn't just skip them.
Since there might be cases like the Old Man Fake Doll or the Chickenhead Fake Doll.
The Encyclopedia has monsters registered that the Old Man caught during his lifetime.
Perhaps, there might be more monsters registered that were called a Demon King like the Chickenhead Fake Doll.
***
I finished my other tasks and returned to the restoration room.
Chunja was awake from her sleep.
"■■, ■□■□■ ■■■......."
"She says she's sorry for waking up late."
Bear bear.
I tapped Chunja's back with my Cane.
It meant that it was okay.
Chunja spoke again in a trembling voice.
"■□ ■ ■□■□...."
"And she says she succeeded in restoring this Magic Tool for now."
I picked up the Magic Tool that Chunja had been restoring since yesterday.
It was a Magic Tool with something like a red buzzer embedded in the center of a square metal box.
I had already heard from Ailee about what kind of function it had.
She said it was a Magic Tool that makes a loud noise when it detects a living creature.
In other words, you could view it as something like an Alarm.
Of course, it wasn't made scientifically, but was clearly a Magic Tool made with a skill.
"Can you hand it over for a second?"
"■."
"Let's see... If I press this button here, it activates, right?"
Ailee pressed the button located at the bottom of the Magic Tool.
Then,
Beep, beep-!
A strong red light emitted from the buzzer part, and a loud noise rang out.
The sound rang out from the Magic Tool, and also from several small metal chunks placed on the workbench. Those metal chunks were Magic Tools connected to the Alarm Magic Tool.
"That's incredibly loud...."
Ailee stopped the Magic Tool's operation.
And she looked at me and said.
"Bear Baby, now we just need to register our Mana here. Then the Magic Tool won't detect us when we approach."
"Bear bear."
"Ah, before that......."
Ailee shifted her gaze back to Chunja.
"Chunja. Could you perhaps unregister the previously registered users? I don't know how to handle such complex parts."
"■■ ■■■."
"Ah. You've already initialized it all, thank you."
Chunja was someone who would do ten things if you asked her to do one.
What a truly agreeable Slave.
Afterward.
We called all the other guys together and finished registering their Mana on the Alarm.
As we were doing that, I learned that this Alarm Magic Tool couldn't detect corpses, or even Fake Dolls.
The reason it couldn't detect Fake Dolls seemed to be because they weren't treated as living creatures.
Naturally, I was an exception, as well as the Princess Doll and Tosuni.
I installed the Alarm right in front of the Dungeon Portal.
Now that the registration was complete, there were only three scenarios where this Alarm would ring.
If an unregistered Intruder entered the Dungeon, if a guest arrived, or if the Slaves attempted to escape. Because the Slaves weren't registered.
Since Chunja might have secretly registered herself during the restoration process, I checked just in case, but she hadn't done such a thing.
"Bear bear."
After returning from finishing the Alarm installation.
I stood in place for a moment and stared intently at Chunja.
Hmm.
Alright, I'll show some humanity.
No, wait, bear-manity.
A valuable talent deserves to be treated accordingly.
Chunja, I will specially bestow upon you a soft and fluffy bed!
***
It was when I briefly came up to the 2nd Floor and was organizing the warehouse.
Beep, beep-!
A loud noise rang out from the metal chunk I was carrying on my body.
It seemed the Alarm installed in front of the 1st Floor entrance had detected a living creature.
Has another Intruder already appeared?
Why are there so many coming all of a sudden?
It's an absolute bumper crop, a bumper crop.
There was a possibility that the Fake Dolls who went out hunting had brought back prey alive, but it was still too early for them to return.
Ah. I suppose it could be a guest.
I temporarily stopped organizing the warehouse.
And when I came down to the 1st Floor with quick steps, I ran into the Butler Fake Doll who was rushing over.
"Hello!"
"Bear."
"Hello!"
"Bear?"
"Hello!!"
"Bear bear."
He wasn't greeting me.
By the looks of it, it seemed he was reporting that an Intruder had appeared.
He must have been on his way to report to me under the orders of the Werewolf Fake Doll.
So it wasn't a guest, but an Intruder.
"Bear."
I got it, so follow me.
Taking the Butler Fake Doll with me, I arrived near the Prison.
Right in front of the Prison, the Werewolf Fake Doll was standing blankly.
His gaze was directed beyond the iron bars.
You already caught them and locked them in the Prison.
You captured them alive pretty quickly.
Wait, could you have killed it and then put it in?
I guess I'll find out once I check.
After slowly approaching the front of the Prison.
As I checked beyond the iron bars, a small-bodied monster caught my eye.
It was lying sprawled out on its back with its body completely limp and its eyes closed.
"Bear...."
I can't feel any Mana at all.
However, it wasn't dead.
Because the Helper was displaying its information perfectly fine.
That meant the guy was currently playing dead while hiding its Mana using a Camouflage skill.
"Bear bear, bear bear bear."
How dare you play dead in front of a bear.
I know full well you're not dead.
Get up, punk.
The moment I said that.
The Intruder monster slowly opened its eyes, then suddenly jumped up from its spot.
[Giant Fist Lesser Panda lv.15]
┗Pw.30
┗Rnk.Uncommon
[Domain: Dragon]
┗Rank - Epic
The guy, having gotten up, immediately let out a clumsily fierce roar toward us.
While striking a threatening pose with its oversized hands raised high into the sky.
"Ggyuaaak! I am a terrifying Dragon!!!"
Just what is that thing?