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Chapter 33 - Chapter 33 – Questions.

"Hm…"

"Weird… You are not attacking me…. Good, good." – said the short girl.

"That just prove how intelligent you are."

"…"

"Anyway, it seems that these guys roughed up you good."

"Well, no wonder. They wanted to make sure you wouldn't move."

"Still, were you really the one that made the golems all on your own?"

"…"

"Ah right. You don't have a mouth…. Or anything else to speak with."

"…"

"Oh well, let's make sure you have something you can speak with later on."

"But for now, I will have to do something about the people outside."

"So, while I work outside, you focus on recovery."

"K?"

"Good."

"Bye, bye for now!" – said the short girl before then she transformed her tails into two pairs of bat like wings, which was then followed up with her just instantly flying out of the room.

"…"

"…"

(WHAT IN THE ACTUAL LIVING HELL JUST HAD HAPPENED?!) – thought the dungeon master as the girl just left.

(WHO WAS THAT?!)

(WHAT WAS THAT?!)

(They were enemies of my enemies!?)

(They destroyed me, but she destroyed them even easier!)

(She then just…. Left!?)

(She saved me?! She saved dungeon?!)

(Why!?)

Dungeon master was completely dumbfounded.

In one moment, all of its efforts were just being destroyed right before its eyes.

And in the next, one of the adventures turned out to be a monster that easily and quickly brutally killed everybody, saving the dungeon master before then running away.

(WHAT THE FUCK!?)

The first situation did not made any sense at all and now there is new situation that was far more bizarre and random then previous one.

It just couldn't understand the current situation one bit.

It was…. "Pure chaotic".

"…"

(The "Predators" …. And those with them…. They all are dead….) – thought dungeon master as it looked around, spotting the giant mess of corpse and blood that was made by the short girl.

"…"

"…"

(What do I do?)

"…"

(Do I just…. Return to…. Being dungeon master?)

(Who…. No…. I….)

"…"

Dungeon master didn't knew what to do.

It tried to process the informations…. But it was way too messy to understand.

The main danger, the "predators" …. They were gone.

But now something that didn't just hunted them…. Just…. Messed around with them…. And killed them like nothing, making even sure that everybody understood that it was not even going all out or anything.

"…"

The dungeon master learned "playing around with your food" …. This is what it saw…. And this is what it learned.

But it didn't understood "why".

Why was she…. IT playing with its food?

It was scared.

It was scared again.

But even though it was scared again and again, it continued working in order to survive and deal with the enemies... But now?

The "fear" it thought it had overcame and the "predators" it thought it would beat next time…. They destroyed the whole dungeon and dungeon master itself.

And to make matters worse, some being that it never seen before just came and destroyed them.

"…"

(Is there any meaning in all this?)

The dungeon master starter questioning its own existence.

(Was there even a point in growing stronger?)

(I will just hunted down again and again.)

(This new body.)

(This improved dungeon.)

(NOTHING DID ANYTHING!)

(I was just hunted!)

"…"

(Why am I doing this?)

"…"

"?"

(Wait…. WHY AM I DOING THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?)

(Why I'm expanding dungeon?)

//TO SURVIVE//

(Was I born…. Only to survive?)

"…"

(But…. That…. That doesn't make sense.)

//TO EXPAND DUNGEON//

 

(For what?! To survive?)

(But…. Yes…. This is correct…. These people…. Monsters and what not…. They all came destroy the core…. Destroy me!)

(I need to expand the dungeon and grow in order to survive!)

"…"

(But…. No…. Something isn't right.)

(The monsters…. The first group of humans…. The swordman…. They all came to hunt me down.)

(But afterwords? They only cared about monsters I've made. They did not dared to attempt to kill me! WHY?!)

 

//ELIMINATE THE INTRUDERS//

 

(And what was the deal with that being?! She just…. Destroyed every intruder…. And spared me…. No…. It rescued me?!)

(It was also the intruder! Just like the rest!)

(WHY DID IT SAVED ME!?)

"…"

Dungeon master started asking questions... Questions it never asked before…. Some of these questions it did consider before, but it had answer right before its eyes so there was really no point in asking…. But now? It is asking if the "answers" it knew were correct to begin with.

"…"

"…"

(Wait… WHY was I born?)

(The dungeon gave birth to me to…. No…. I'M THE DUNGEON!)

(I gave birth to myself to control myself…. But why?!)

 

//PURPOUS – GROW DUNGEON//

 

(I FUCKING GET IT!)

(I fucking get it that I need to grow the dungeon to survive, but why…. WHY ALL THIS?!)

"…"

It broke the dungeon master.

The current situation broke dungeon master…. "View" on reality.

It started asking questions…. Starting to wonder why it "exist".

"Curios"

This was the nature of the dungeon master…. And now this very curios nature is the thing that makes the dungeon master ask questions.

….

And some question it thought it would never ask.

(Why was I born?)

"…"

"…"

[Meanwhile: Outside]

"…"

"Huh…. Things got way more peaceful than before, eh?" – said the town guard who was guarding the town entrance.

"Yeb…. It is honestly quiet weird….Honestly, do you think they would do it?" – asked the second guard.

"...Hm… I mean…. They have kind of destroyed ever single golem out there was pretty much dealt….Like instantly and stuff?"

"Honestly, I've thought we may be over reacted? I mean, think about it."

"Even if they were D ranks, there were also a lot of E ranks…. Maybe the guild master really just panicked for no reason? Maybe we could have dealt with it all?"

"…"

"So you are saying that "we are stupid" and "this is overkill"?" – asked first guard.

"I'm just saying, that…. Wait." – the second guard noticed a lone figure approaching the gate.

"Hey! It's just me! I have a message!" – said the lone girl.

"!"

"Adventurer?! Did something happened?" – asked first guard who sounded worried.

"Nah. She ain't running. I guess everything is okay." – said the calm second guard as the girl approached the pair.

"What happened?" – asked the second guard

"Nothing much, just simple request." – said the girl as she gazed at the pair of guard's faces.

"Would you kindly me show me where both mayor and guild master are?"

"…"

"Sure." – replied both guards before then leading the girl through the town and then towards the mayor mansion.

"Look. All I'm saying is that there could be still an attack." – said the guild master who was currently sitting in a room with mayor.

"There is good chance that SOMEBODY was behind the dungeon break and maybe the whole thing was a distraction or form of sabotage."

"Hm…. You say that…. But…" – the mayor looked worried at the map.

"…"

"Do you really think… That Garmfon kingdom is really invading us? Here and now?"

"We can't be sure of that, but the chances are very high if we consider…?"

As the guild master weas speaking, somebody suddenly entered a room…. A lone girl.

"?"

"Eh? Who the hell are you and-"

The mayor wanted to ask question regarding who the unknown girl was, but then suddenly she lifted up her palm and began gathering blood on top of it, alarming the guild master before exactly moment later two spheres of blood flew towards the two men, blowing up a hole in the mayor head while blowing off the guild master ear.

"?"

"Oh? You dodged it?" – asked the short girl.

"FUCKING BASTARD!" – shouted the guild master as he equipped his axe and rushed towards the short girl.

But as soon as he got near her, several arrow-like tails sprouted from her rear, before then impaling the man entire body, including the man vital organs which resulted in pretty much instant death, before then the man corpse just fell on the ground.

"…Well then…. I guess it is time to burn this entire town to the ground, eh?"

"What do you say boys? Would you do this kind lady a favor?"

The attack on the dungeon and the extermination of golems.

This operation was meant to secure the town safety and bring peace to the citizen's mind.

And that operation was going successful.

The golems that surprised everybody were swiftly dealt by the reinforcements of adventures, resulting in the people no longer having to fear for their safety outside the town.

Not only that, it was discovered that the golems were much more weaker than expected and they were only scary when they were fighting together, meaning that even if there are 1 or 2 stranglers, there won't be any danger at all.

And like that, the peace returned to the town, before the dungeon conquest operation even began... 

But…. Out of nowhere, the entire town was set on fire.

Not only that, but adventures that were on standby alongside the guards who were in charge of defending the town suddenly started acting weird, attacking and destroying everything.

Some of the adventurers tried to fight back alongside the guard…. But then a monster in a form of short girl showed up, slaughtering everybody and anything she saw.

Be it citizens, crazy guard or adventurer, everybody was getting killed by her.

Hours went by…. And the town was completely destroyed.

Burned, ravaged and crumbled.

Everybody in it? Dead.

Nobody in or near the town were spared…. Everybody was dead. No matter if they were children or elderly. There was no mercy at all…. Just death.

This town was just filled with people and life some time ago…. Was now completely gone, replaced by a graveyard.

One person entered…. One person left.

After that?

She just went back into the forest as if nothing had happened, before then going back into the golem dungeon.

"Hello! I'm back!" – shouted the short girl as she started walking through the dungeon.

"…"

(Huh…. It is…. Weirdly quiet….)

(Did somebody-!)

(Never mind. I'm detecting some mana sources nearby. They seem to be golems.) – thought the girl as she continued walking through dungeon before then encountering some of the golems.

"…"

"Huh. So, it already started recovering, eh?"

"Well, I should- "

The long-limbed puppet tried to attack the girl, only for her to grab and hold in place the puppet arm.

"…"

"Really?" – said the girl before then she pulled the puppet towards her and put her hand on its chest, before then blowing up the entire puppet body.

"…"

*Sigh*

"Welp. I guess I have to meet you up soon." – said the girl before she then created her bat wings and quickly flew through the whole dungeon, dodging puppets attacks and just flying past them…. Before then arriving at the dungeon master room.

"…"

(The guy isn't here…And the room is completely empty…. I guess he must have dungeon devour all of the remains by the looks of things.)

(Welp. Time to meet up with the guy.) – thought the girl as she started walking towards the dungeon core room.

"!"

(There is the core…. Pretty small though? Welp, that only confirms it that the dungeon was only born recently.)

(Anyway, this place looks like it is filled up with more weapons…. Oh. That guy axe is here as well.) – thought the girl as she picked up Mar axe that was just lying on the floor.

(This guy really likes hording stuff, doesn't he?) – thought the girl as she started levitating above the items on the floor, before then spotting the dungeon master just sitting on the pile of the puppets body parts while also holding its original head.

"So, there you are." – said the girl as she landed near the dungeon master, which in turn resulted in her getting spotted by the dungeon master.

"…"

"…"

"…"

Dungeon master just stared at the girl for some time, before then looking back towards its own original head it was holding.

(Huh…. His limbs were…. No. They are not the same.) – thought the girl as she realized that all of the limbs that the creature had were no longer the exact same limbs it had before having them be destroyed.

(I guess he replaced them or something? Makes sense since his body is a "tool".)

(Still….)

"Huh. You are not even trying to attack me mate? Before I understood since you didn't had limbs, but now you should have a ability."

"So why are you not doing that?"

Are you not attacking because you can't?

"…Or because you don't want to?

"…"

"You are weird…. You know that?"

"Normally the young dungeon masters are…. Unstable."

"Even though they are born with intelligence, they don't know how to properly use it."

"They lack…. Personality… Self…. But you?"

"You are somehow showing a "growth" that dungeon master usually takes a lot of time to develop."

"Honestly, I don't know if you are understanding what I'm saying…. Or if you are listening to me…. But…. The fact that you are not doing anything and just staring… Welp, a head…. Would suggest that…. Hm…. What would that suggest?"

"…"

"Meh. It could have many meanings."

"…"

"…"

"You know…. Even though you don't have eyes…. I can tell."

"You are glaring at me right now…. Aren't you?"

"Are you waiting for a chance to attack me?"

"…"

"Or maybe you realized the difference in power already?"

"Welp, that will only makes."

"It seems the whole stretch I did was worth it."

"…"

"Oh?"

"What I'm talking about…. Well, a simple thing really."

"I just murdered every single person in that town, meaning that there is no worry about adventures or anybody else coming and trying to destroy this place."

"So…. Let's get to know each other and become friends?"

"What do you say?"

"…."

"Welp, since you can't talk…. I will just accept as a yes."

"Oh…. This maybe turn out interesting."

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