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[Dungeon] Chapter 10 – Bountiful Reward
🕑 Added 2025-03-12 11:15:48 +0000 UTC"Oh, it's getting angry." Rias commented, she raised her hands and an array of magic circles appeared, "But this should do the trick."
Destruction sphere materialized and Rias shot it toward the monster, destroying a few slimes that were on the way, before exploding on the Minotaur. It bellowed in pain and anger as it fell backward onto the floor. Its right hand got destroyed, and the axe it held fell.
Meanwhile, Sona and Koneko teamed up against another bunch of slimes, shooting them with a combination of water spears and fists. As they fought, the slimes tried to wrap their tentacles around Sona's legs, but Koneko smashed it with her fists. They continued like that for several moments, destroying slime after slime.
Kiba slashed the remaining slime, his blade cutting through them like paper.
Every slime in the vicinity was slain before the Minotaur could recover. When it finally took the axe with its remaining hand, its skin turned red from rage.
"Grraaaaaaa!" The Minotaur howled and raised its axe high, aiming to strike down everyone.
Its speed was faster than before and Issei couldn't block it in time.
CLANG!
The axe slammed into the ground and the force sent Issei flying back.
"Damn!" Issei grunted. He quickly recovered and ran forward again.
The axe was too powerful. It was impossible to defend against without getting knocked down by its sheer strength alone. And it seemed that even after losing a hand, it still possessed immense power.
"You!" Koneko jumped forward, aiming a kick to its face, "Stay down!"
"Gruuu!" It growled angrily.
Kiba and Issei followed up from behind. The two men attacked the Minotaur from both sides simultaneously. It tried to swing its axe but missed. The attack left it wide open to attack.
"Let's go, Ise-kun!" Kiba yelled and charged in.
Issei roared as well and punched the monster in its abdomen. Kiba's blade cut through its shoulder while Issei continued to punch it repeatedly. Blood spurted from the wounds and the beast cried out in pain. It fell down and struggled to get up again.
But before it could do that, Koneko punched the monster, sending it back into a wall.
"President!" The perverted Pawn exclaimed, looking back to his king, "Now's the time to finish this!"
"I know." Rias answered and began charging up a big magic sphere.
She aimed at the Minotaur who was already badly injured.
"Akeno!"
"Yes!"
Sona joined in, using her water to add an effect to Rias' sphere, "This will finish you."
"And boom."
The screen in front of Cain shook greatly as the magic sphere exploded. It created a huge shockwave and a loud noise echoed through the dungeon. When the dust settled, the only thing left was a crater where the Minotaur had been.
"Wooo, amazing. Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima's combination is deadly."
The Minotaur's body turned to ashes. Only its weapon remained. Cain clapped his hand at the sight.
"Well, that's a boss monster for you. The party won the second run of my dungeon." He said with a wide smile on his face. "Good job."
While the dungeon was defeated, he was pretty content with the outcome. It took the devils about 2 hours to finish the dungeon. And from his observation, he earned more Coins compared to when they cleared it for the first time.
"This means I can increase the difficulty of the dungeon if I want to earn more coins, huh?"
Of course, he knew there were people who were not as strong as Rias' peerage. Even if they were still in the early-stage story, Rias and Sona were high-ranking Devils, which means they were pretty strong. They were strong enough to be called Super High-Schooler level.
To put it simply, they were on a whole other level than your regular Devil.
Cain knew he had to make a dungeon that was challenging but also fun to play.
He wanted to create a place where people could have fun without worrying about dying. A game-like dungeon.
"But I need to increase my Fame and Authority first." He sighed and leaned back on his chair.
[Challengers have finished the dungeon.]
[Reward distributed!]
[Emotional Rewards:
Joy: +2500 Coins
Thrill: +3500 Coins
Sense of accomplishment: +550 Coins
Curiosity: +800 Coins
Lust: +1200 Coins
Excitement: +1000 Coins
Other Reward: +300 Coins]
"Nice, I got 9,850 coins." Cain nodded his head, looking at the amount of Coins he got.
The rewards were pretty good, and Issei's perverted behavior in the run earned him 1200 coins, which was a pretty good number despite how seldom he showed such emotion. Cain didn't know whether it was because of the girls' clothes being soaked in slime, or the fact that he imagined something else.
"This can be improved."
Maybe creating a dungeon with that theme in mind and gathering many perverted characters would work. There were many in the anime he had seen so far, after all.
"Hmm, maybe a love dungeon?"
Just as he thought about that, another notification rang.
[Challengers recognized your dungeon!]
[Your fame has increased by 1.]
"Hmm? Fame increased?"
The Dungeon Master couldn't help but frown. His Fame increased, which means his Authority might increase in the future.
[Due to the increase of your fame, a new authority is unlocked!]
Authority Level: 2
─ Monster Modification
─ Item Creation
"Oho! Monster Modification and Item Creation !" His eyes brightened at the sight, "Let's see..."
─ Monster Modification: Allows the dungeon master to modify an existing monster and add traits or change their appearance.
─ Item Creation: Allows the dungeon master to create items from the materials inside the dungeon.
"Monster Modification. Huh... Can I make an erotic orc or a lustful goblin? No, that's a stupid question." Cain sighed. "Maybe I can also create an elemental slime? A slime that shoots water, or thunder, or fire. Hmm... I can create a new mob."
The System only had a limited monster selection so far, so the Dungeon Maker had no choice but to make his own.
Cain couldn't help but smile when he saw the second skill.
"I can create items! I can't imagine how useful it would be."
Many ideas flashed through his mind, and he started thinking about how he could use this skill. However, the notification didn't stop at that.
[With the increased authority, you're now able to create a new dungeon in another location.]
"...Another location? So I can create another dungeon!? That means... I can expand?" He muttered, stroking his chin. "How interesting. This opens up a lot of possibilities. But... I will look into it later. First, system. Show me my current status."
Ding
Status:
Name: Cain Volper
Title: Dungeon King (1), The King (1).
Fame: 1
Coins: 9,850
Authority: 2
Ability:
─ King's Privilege
─ Monster Modification
─ Item Creation
Dungeon available:
─ Fun Fun Dungeon! (G)
─ Empty Slot (?)
Dimension: [Highschool DxD]
In the ability section, there were two new authorities he gained earlier. And then, there was another section available. It was a list of dungeons under his control and the dimension he could put the dungeon in.
For now, there were only two. One was his Fun Fun Dungeon, which was somehow ranked G, and another slot. But the other slot didn't tell him much.
His coins increased by 9,850 coins from Rias' run. With this, he could renovate Fun Fun Dungeon! or create a new one.
"Hmm, the monsters will respawn after a while so I don't need to worry about it for now. Maybe I can invest these coins to create a new dungeon? There are many people in the DxD world after all. It will not hurt to have another dungeon in Kuoh or another town."
Thinking about it, creating a new dungeon meant increasing his fame. And it would mean he could increase his authority even further. After thinking for a while, he decided.
"System, create a new dungeon!"
