Chapter 354: 354
The Victor’s Privilege
“Nkyuu . That a Dummy Core?”
“Hm? Yeah…”
Come to think of it, I never told Orange or Aidi that I’m a hero from another world .
Wait, isn’t that Great Demon KingCore No . 6 watching right now? I don’t really want him to find out… No, guessing from the noise back with Haku-san earlier, there’s already a chance she’s properly hiding it .
As for whether or not to tell Orange and Aidi—yeah, let’s not tell them . It’s not like I have to .
I can break it after we head back to level up .
“Yeah . Isn’t this a Dummy Core?”
“Nkyuu . Yeah, Papa’s so generous~!”
“Yeah . Generous… Rokuko, hold on to it . ”
“O-Okay . ”
I handed Rokuko the Dungeon Core . I don’t really have to destroy it right now . Judging by the calm look on the Dungeon Core [Father]’s face when I gave it to her, it looked like he figured I’d do that .
[Alright, how about we wake Core No . 564 up about now?]
Saying that, [Father] snapped his fingers . A communication opened between Core No . 564 and Aidi .
[Huh!? A-eh… huh…? … . Ah!?]
“—! Aaahha♪”
Regaining consciousness, Core No . 564 rushed to his feet . With that, Aidi seemed amused . Very amused .
[Wh-Wh-Wha… . !? Lost? My Glorious Self did? How!? But a 600 series can not win against a 500 series!? How did this brat—!?]
“Good boy . What wonderful howling, you pitiful dog . ”
[Gaaaaaah!]
“Ahhahahaa! Ahahaha! Good, good! How is it? What are you feeling? Vexed? Sad? Pathetic? Hey, how does it feel being allowed to live by a girl many years your junior? Want to kill yourself? Too bad! I’m the victor . You know what that means . ”
[Dammit, dammit, dammiiiiiiiiit!! How, hoooooow!!!?!!?]
“Pathetic! Your misery is so gooood!”
Aidi laughed in ridicule . She looked very happy—no, amused .
“… Ooh, Aidi, you’re having fun . ”
“Rokuko . You lit this flame in me, one way or another . ”
“… I just said to not kill No . 564 to win though? I just figured we didn’t need to kill him to win . As a result of that, No . 564 would live and you’d be happy . A win-win . ”
“On the other hand, it means someone has to live with the fact they’re a loser . ”
[Gaaaah!? You’re dead, DEAD, DEAD!]
Core No . 564 was howling from the other side of the monitor .
“What perfectly small words for that small mind of yours!”
Aidi, meanwhile, was absolutely enjoying herself .
Yeah, she’s heated up . I don’t really care, though . Nothing to do with me, you do you .
[Alright, you two, stop . Could you hear me out?]
[…!? … H-haha…!]
“Yeah, sorry, Father . I got carried away in how fun ridiculing No . 564 is . ”
Core No . 564 finally settled down when he realized that [Father] was here .
By the way, he’d lowered his head so far he was basically prostrating himself . I guess as far as Dungeon Cores are concerned, he just showed something unsightly to the most important existence in the world . No helping that .
[Maan, sorry No . 564, but you lost this one . ]
[…! My deepest apologies! I never expected that Father would be watching, for you to see such a disgraceful…!]
[No . 6, what do you think?]
[Yes, first is the previous issue . Oi, No . 564 . Setting aside Father watching, do not say that you weren’t aware that I’ve been watching, as well . ]
[… …]
Core No . 564 sank into silence . Well yeah, he was greeted at the start, after all . And didn’t he say he would devote the victory to him? There’s no escaping from that reality .
[My humblest apologies…!]
[Hmph . I held no expectations for you from the outset . Anyhow, your opponent was No . 666—Aidi . With that Master Haku recommended, it was a forgone conclusion they would prevail against a 500 series . It would be the same with a 400 series—no, perhaps even a 300 series . Don’t you agree, Kehma?]
“Huh? U-Umm, it’s all thanks to Aidi . Hahaha…”
[Hmm, hmm . Well aren’t you quite understanding for someone of that betrayer’s faction? How about it, want to join us?]
[Now hold on, No . 6 . Surely that attempt to steal from my faction was a jest? Do you want to die?]
[Kukuku, how about I give you Core No . 564 in exchange?]
[I don’t want that trash . Kehma-san, you can’t go, alright? Your talent is mine to work to de—mine, I was just showing it off . ]
Haku-san . Just now, you were about to say to death . You were, right?
[Aaalright . No . 564, do you know why you lost?]
[… A-Apologies! My Glorious Self does not understand… the dungeon should have been perfect . For more than a hundred years, it had even managed to kill those adventurers who were so sure of themselves!]
Yeah, well, they were adventurers . This was a Dungeon Battle though .
[Kehma-kun . Would you like to tell him?]
“… For free?”
“Hey—Kehma!?”
Rokuko started to butt in, but this was something I couldn’t back down on . I grabbed Rokuko’s hand to stop her .
[I gave you that freebie earlier, wouldn’t this much service be fine?]
“Hmmm . But if I told him why he lost this time, wouldn’t that make him antagonistic from here on? It’s his own fault for not realizing himself . Besides, it’d probably spread throughout the entire Demon King Faction if it’s said here . Thinking about the losses I’d suffer in that case, I’d obviously be on the losing end . I don’t mind if you tell him, but I’d demand something great enough to balance that out . ”
[I see . You have a point . ]
Exactly . If I wound up telling him that his loss was due to his dungeon not being suited for Dungeon Battles right here in front of Core No . 6, the leader of the Demon King Faction, it’d wind up spreading throughout basically the entire faction—is my official stance, at least .
If Core No . 6 is as excellent as he’s been touted as, he should’ve long since realized . All I’m doing right now is trying to raise the price to sell it at as much of a profit as possible . I just have to make the sell before Core No . 6 reveals he already knows .
[How about a Boss Monster Spawner then?]
“… There are Boss Monster Spawners? There isn’t one in our Catalog . ”
“You know how you have that respawn named monsters function? It’s like that, but it’ll respawn them for free . There can only be one of the monsters at a time and it has a cooldown time proportional to the boss’ strength, though . I’ll give you a special one that lets you freely set a monster to be respawned with it . ”
…! He offered something amazing! For instance, our dungeon’s dragon golem could be set for that . I won’t have to remake it from scratch each and every time it’s destroyed .
Or maybe I should make a mithril—no, an orichalcum golem so that it can be respawned when it’s defeated . It’ll be like an ever-refilling orichalcum deposit .
“Umm, does that mean I can switch the set monster?”
[Yep . Oh, but you can’t switch it during the cooldown period . Memories won’t persist like with named monsters either . ]
I see . So he’s saying that any training they’d received would be reset . It could use it as an orichalcum mine forever . I’m a bit worried about its cooldown period, though…
… Hmm? Did he just casually tell me something crazy important about named monsters? He said it like it’s something I should’ve already known, was I supposed to be making use of that? I should look into that later .
“By the way, how long would the cooldown time be on a dragon or something be?”
[About a week for an ordinary Dragon, two for something like a Red Dragon . A Goblin King would just be like eight hours . It won’t be that long unless it’s some crazy monster . You could even rush the respawn if you put some DP into it . ]
Yeah, so I want that . A lot .
“I’ll need two, one for a mid boss and one for the end boss . ”
[Kehma-kun . How do you lug around those massive balls of yours?]
He was amazed, but he gave them to me . Booyah, Father is generous~!
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