Volume 1 Chapter 20 (2/2)

The entrance to that man’s Dungeon was narrow.

The most amount of monsters that could enter all at once were around ten.

Some monsters made a formation and entered the Dungeon.

The inside of the Dungeon itself was located in another dimension so someone on this side wouldn’t be able to see nor hear what was happening within. That didn’t apply to Rozelitte, however, as she could communicate with all the monsters her command via telepathy. She really was a monster that specialized in commanding an army.

“It sure is weird, right?”

“Yes, they should have contacted us by now…”

I was as puzzled as her. There hadn’t been any message from the ones that went within.

If it was safe, they would have instructed us to follow; and if there was some sort of danger, they would have asked for reinforcements. No matter what, they should have contacted us by now.

That should have been the case but there was no contact from them at all.

“Rozalitte?”

“I’ve called out to them but, still, no response.”

“No, it can’t be… were they killed?”

Impossible. The first squad was mostly C ranks.

Although they were weakened by [Omnipresence], the adjustments done by [Crusaders] made them more powerful than D ranks.

It was then, therefore, impossible for them to vanish within a few seconds.

“Just to be sure, let’s send in a second group.”

I assented to her proposal.

And so, a second group went in.

Several seconds later, and as what was expected, no message came from them neither even after Rozelitte contacted them through telepathy.

“Now that it has become like this, I’ll go in myself.”

“Are you sure, Stolas-sama?”

“Most definitely.”

This was a spiritual body made by [Wind] so it was impossible to be destroyed and should it be destroyed, it won’t be a problem at all.

This option was the most definite way to investigate the inside of this Dungeon.

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The inside of the Dungeon.

“Huh, what is this? Is he an idiot?”

The interior was a stone room.

It had a width of just 4 meters and a length of 2 kilometers. However, there was nothing else but the long road ahead.

Anyone would be able to conquer this room by just running through it.

I can’t understand the reason behind this skimping to the extreme.

But it was troubling that the ceiling was just 3 meters from the floor; a height wherein flying monsters wouldn’t be able to display their full potential.

I then looked around.

“Hii!?”

What was there were the corpses of my own monsters.

And they weren’t simple corpses neither; they were completely torn to bits.

Just what the hell could have happened here to make them like this?

After a short while, they turned into blue particles and then vanished.

After seeing such, I was convinced that somehow, the monsters that went in here were killed instantly.

But then, just how, exactly?

When I strained my eyes, I saw two Mithril Golems standing in the far end of the room. And for some reason, there were these huge iron pipes installed.

Mithril Golems, when translated into monster terms, were of B rank.

But they were dimwitted and slow to react, and their great physical strength and stamina were their only redeeming features. A so-called good-for-nothing. They were no threat at all.

But then, what the hell happened to my monsters?

“Rozelitte, send in another group.”

I wouldn’t know if I just stood here like this.

I had no choice but to experiment.

The Golems couldn’t see spirits so they couldn’t see me but, perhaps, if an enemy were to come into their view, they were going to do some kind of action.

Rozelitte dispatched the monsters I asked for.

The ten monsters that came in were a mix of Pseudo-elves and Lesser Gryphons.

And then…

A storm blew.

Something terribly quick passed through the side of my face.

And then, an explosion happened in the back. The Pseudo-elves, the Lesser Gryphons, all of them, were just blown away and turned into minced meat.

Afterwards, many sounds of explosions were heard.

What, what was that?

“What the hellllllllllllllll!? What’s thaaaaaat!?”

Not understanding anything, I screamed.

When I turned to face the front, there were smoke coming out of the metal pipes installed besides the Golem on the far end of the room.

It was that that attacked.

An attack so nightmarish, the sound lagged behind.

Furthermore, it was dealt from two kilometers away.

In other words, its range was this whole room. There was nowhere to escape to.

I wanted to call bullshit for the furthest an attack from any of my monsters went was only about two hundred meters and yet, this one flew a full two kilometers? On top of that, it had an absurd amount of power to turn my monsters into minced meat in an instant to the point that its sound was left far behind?

This, this was impossible.

“No, I have to calm down. I’m a future Great Demon Lord.”

It was possible. It was possible since it had already happened.

I will approve of his Dungeon. And upon approving, I will conquer it.

This was probably due to that man’s Unique Skill. It perhaps granted overwhelming range and attack power to even Golems.

Then, my next play was simple.

There was no way such an ultra-high-ranged and ultra-high-powered magic could be used without limits.

Even a Demon Lord’s Unique Skill had limits.

A magic of this magnitude probably couldn’t be used in succession and should have a usage limit overall. Its magic consumption should also be great.

But exactly how much? Thinking pessimistically, the most it could be used should be two more times. I could breakthrough through sheer numbers.

Now, it had put a little wrinkle in my plans but I shall now conquer this Dungeon immediately.

Thus, I had relayed my new plan to Rozelitte.