Chapter Thirty-Three
I staggered into my throne room. I stared at the map.
There was one last red dot fleeing the dungeon. He was almost out. Led had really escaped. It was too much to hope one of the traps would have gotten him on the way out. I groaned, leaning on my mother and little sister.
Then Led was out of my dungeon.
"Asshole," Garnet hissed.
"Yes, he was," Nimhe said. The arachne stood nearby with Sviesos beside her. They, two mermaids, and my hippocampus were the only monster girls who had survived the battle. Our forces had annihilated each other.
But my Level One monster girls had performed amazingly. They went up against stronger monster girls and still held their own. They wanted to please me. They didn't just serve me, they loved me. I was starting to realize that it wasn't always the case with dungeon builders.
They could squander the affection of their monster girls. Just use them as things.
It was terrible. I hated making them fight for me.
"Come on," I said. "We got to put our home to right and..." The words to the spell to heal Halia rose in my mind. I could fix her. I could make her whole again. I wanted to, but...
The monster girls who had died for me deserved to be revived first. I had to think about my defenses. What if adventurers wandered in just now? How embarrassing would that be if a party of heroes blundered in before I could restore any of my slain monster girls?
I wouldn't die to something like that. Not after coming so far.
I continued leaning on my mother. I didn't need to. I had healed us all with Life magic, but I felt weary. Drained. Garnet clung to my other arm. She wasn't joking around. So muted. Today had been filled with fresh horrors for us all.
I just had to focus on loving my monster girls. Halia. My harem. I needed them to keep my humanity against what we just went through. I had killed my second man. Mthunzi and now Ziamili. My hands had done it. Halia had finished off Jindag for me because I had hesitated, unable to execute him.
I had crushed the life out of Ziamili out of fury. Using Shapechange was such a dumb idea. I could have used better magic. Protected myself with Static Aura, but he had hurt my little sister, so I had to make him suffer.
I hated this dark part of myself.
We rode the elevator and passed through the living quarters to the Void Crystal. Souleen was there. She stared at me with such worry in her eyes. She stood upon it, her motherly face twisting with concern for me.
"Are you okay, Lord Leo?" she asked, her voice tight with concern.
"Yeah," I lied. I had to be. We were all hurting. We all understood what we had gone through. In some ways, we were soldiers who had gone through the same war. My mother and little sister had been there with me. They understood what I felt.
"That's good, Master," she said. "You should know that Sarkans the Red cap and Zmiaja the Gorgon have refused to serve you. They are now templates for Level One monsters if you would care to use them."
"Good," I growled. I didn't want the gorgon. Nor the other servant of Ziamili. "Let them be loyal to that dead asshole."
"Such an asshole," Garnet said. She puffed out her cheeks and her wings flapped. "He wouldn't let me monologue. Cut me off. Can you believe that?"
I smiled for the first time, the pain retreating for a moment. "Just a dick."
Garnet nodded.
I grabbed the Void Crystal. I could feel the potential to summon two more companions. Two more women from my world. Images danced through my mind. Nina Naughty, my favorite porn star; Alizee, the head cheerleader at my college; Mrs. Lucina, the MILF next door with that amazing ass; Morana, the bitchy but cute goth girl in my classes; Ms. Trueno, my busty Hispanic professor; my older sister Crystal; Hagane, that nerdy Japanese girl; Terra, that perky barista who I loved to buy coffee from.
I pushed those aside and began reviving my monster girls. All my wildhounds and will o' wisps, my arachnes and werebears. Satyrs, oozes, one mermaid, and my quetzalcoatl. Then I revived Baaghi, Paanee, and Usiku. I put them all in the hot spring room. They deserved a soak. A chance to relax and recover.
And to have a wild orgy.
With Lana Fulmine and Maya, I summoned them into the Vault.
"Oh, thank god," Maya moaned and rushed to me. "I tried. I tried so hard to drown that red cap, but those stupid yuki-onna!"
"I finished her off," Mom said, her voice strangely vicious. I glanced at her. She looked ashamed at her tone and glanced away.
"Good," Maya said.
"And Led?" asked Lana Fulmine. "Did we get him? He went invisible. He was killing us."
"I hurt him with a hammer," said my mother. She lifted her head. "He ran away."
"What a bitch," Lana groaned. My movie starlet shook her head, her golden hair dancing around her silver shoulders. "Ooh, I want to flay him. Go invisible. What a punk move."
"Ziamili's dead though," I said, focusing on the Void Crystal.
I could make more monster girls. I looked over into the Earth category. I could make rock elementals and gorgons as Level 1 monsters, but why? It wasn't like I
had to
use them. I hadn't met, let alone fallen in love, with any rock elementals—I refused to make any gorgons—so why bother? For Level Two monsters, I could make basilisks.
Did I want basilisks?
They had petrifying bites. But they also weren't the gorgon. They weren't the ones who had petrified my Halia. I had to think about that. I looked at the Metal monsters now. Goblins, gnomes, and red caps were the Level 1's. So Earth must have been his original glyph. I skipped those and settled on making five orcs.
The first one's name arose in my mind. Zobens.
She swirled out of the darkness and appeared nearby. Her breasts bounced and heaved. They were green and large, her nipples pierced by iron rings. So was her clit, the ring standing out between her pussy lips. She had an athletic build to her while her face was gorgeous. A woman with confidence. Her yellow eyes found mine and brimmed with love.
"Lord Leo," she husked, her voice smoky and delicious.
My cock stirred. I mean, how could it not with that delectable voice. She advanced on me, the lust in her eyes overpowering. I felt like she could throw me against the wall and just have her way with me if she wanted.
Of course, she wouldn't.
I reached out and grabbed her nipple and twisted her nub. She shuddered as I did that. Pain flashed across her face while delight shone in her yellow eyes. Her rubbery nipple twisted all the way around before I released her ring.
"You like that," I said.
"Yes," she groaned, her voice so thick and throaty. "Pain and pleasure are so close together, aren't they?"
"Ooh, ooh, can I whip you?" asked Garnet, her wings fluttering. Shadows flared and her whip appeared in her hands. "Just spank your cute butt with my whip."
The orc smiled. She glanced behind her at Garnet, the orc's thick, black hair spilling over her shoulders. "Are your arms strong enough to even hurt me, succubus?"
Garnet's cheeks puffed out in annoyance and her demon tail slashed the air behind her. "Ooh, they absolutely are! I'll spank you so hard with them. I'll make your ass glow. Yes, I will! Let me spank her, big bro! Let me just whip that naughty ass of hers! Ooh, I'm so mad right now. Just so hopping mad!"
"Hopping?" I asked.
"It's what Mamako says," Garnet said.
I had no idea who that was. Some Anime character, I guessed.
