“Why?! This isn’t fair!” A certaiy-something year old magi was throwing a tantrum. Her reason for it. “How did both of them get it, when I didn’t. Even though I tried so many more times!”

  Yes. During our attempts at the different floors' challenge rooms, both Agatha and Cardo, our knight escort, had gottera skill Card Summoner. Cardo had gotten his on floor five, and Agatha got hers on floor six. But Paulina didn’t, despite goiedly into the challenge rooms, when no one else wanted, until they closed down.

  I even gave her Pitch-Bck Power Stoo recover her mana with, and Lua used healing magi her to heal any injuries Paulina sustained so she could keep going. But despite her successful clears totaling 20, she still didn’t get Card Summoner.

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  “Bria me try the floor seven rooms.” Paulina asked.

  “Yeah, no. I saw how you did on floor six. You aren’t trying those. The floor seven spawns B-rank monsters. And it even spawn an A-rank. I’m not letting you in there.” I told her.

  “... then just give me the skill. You are the Dungeon Founder, so you do it right?”

  “Sorry, but that’s not how this works. I holy have no clue why the dungeon even give that skill as a reward. Acc to all the info I have, it shouldn’t be able to, but it just does. Ask the God- -dess for that.” I responded, realizing to say Goddess instead of just God, as no one else seems to say God. Only Goddess.

  “Speaking of that.” Cardo cut in. “This ‘Card Summoner’ skill. What does it really do? The description is quite vague.”

  “Oh, it’s quite simple. It just allows better use of my cards.” I quickly answered. “Wait a sec. I’ll give you one.” I added and opened my colle.

  Hmm. What should I go for? Level 3, warriors. Let’s check what that gives us.

  There are the M-Warriors, Familiar Knight, but I kind of like him… Hard Armor is a bit too ghost looking, and it isn’t that strong.

  Spoiler[colpse]Oh. That is perfect. And it gives me an excuse to give him two cards. Just put a sleeve on both of them. If someone pays me money, I’ll upgrade them to toploaders, but for now, just sleeves.

  “Here. You have these.” I said, as I handed over two copies of Marauding Captain.

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  [colpse]Marauding Captain is iing. It has an attack redire effect, and it is somewhat famous for the Marauding Captain lock. Mainly because of just how easy that lock was to set up. Just summon Marauding Captain, use its effemon a sed one from your hand and you are done. Your oppo o lotack. As long as you only use Warrior-type monsters. Sure there were others like Sor Fre Dragon, but the Marauding Captain lock was easier to set up because of the extra summon you get from normal summoning Marauding Captain.

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  [colpse]Sure any card effect destru would break the lock, but this was ba the day when a lot of that was either more difficult to use, or banned. You didn’t have cards that just destroy something when they are normal summoned.

  “For instrus, just say the name written at the top to summon it.” I thought him.

  “At the top? … Marauding Captain.” He said carefully.

  I didn’t really think about this, but this will act as a det test. He is holding two copies of the same card in one hand. Will it get summoned or not? Will both get summoned?

  …

  “... nothing happened?”

  “You only hold one card per hand.” I told him. “Move the other to your other hand.”

  “A-alright.” He did as instructed and said the name again. “Marauding Captain.”

  This time, the summoning worked. Someone might say a little too well, as both of the Captains were summoned. I did summon two Dog Marrons with one saying of their name once, but I also worded it a bit differently. 1 In CH.136

  ““Summoner, what may we do for you?”” The ttains asked perfectly in sync.

  “They talk?” Cardo called out.

  “Yeah. Sure .” I firmed.

  “Brian. Didn’t I say you shouldn’t give out talking monsters?” Christina reminded me.

  “e on. He is a special case, so it is fine. And he works under your brother–in–w, so it should be fine.” I defended my reasoning.

  “... just be careful when you give them out.”

  “I always am.” I responded, knowing fully well the cards I was about to give to Agatha were anything but careful. “Agatha, your turn. You have these two.” I said as I handed her twons in toploaders.

  Spoiler[colpse]“Thank you. Oh? This? Isn’t this the dragon that you..?”

  “Yes. It is the same. I thought you being able to summon it would fit with the entire ‘dragon’s blessing’ story.” I expined.

  “Brian. Did you just give her a dragon?” Christina asked in a anding tone.

  “Two, actually. But who cares? She doesn’t live ich, so you don’t have to care.”

  “... you … what do I even say?”

  “Nothing? That’s a good option.” I offered.

  “Then why are you giving away dragons?”

  “Because I ? And she is the mother of my girlfriend, so of course she gets a little extra. I would call her my mother-in-w, but we are still w towards that.”

  “... why is your reasoning so stupid? You just break national security for nothing.”

  “National? Hardly. If those twons could take over this nation, then you have bigger problems than that. Sure a city might get burned, but evehose dragons are around the power level of an A-rank monster. Strong, but not uable. If they could somehow alter national security, then yeah. You’d better do something about it.”

  “... they are that weak? … but I thought that…”

  “I don’t know how strong the dragons in legends are, I just know about how strong mine are. And those two are, well the emerald one is, about A-rank in power. And the sapphire one is a bit weaker.” Truthfully, I don’t know how accurate that assessment is. But I think it should be somewhat close. I’ve never really tried sending a 2500-ish attack monster against an A-rank monster, because I’ve only seen two A-rank monsters. If this dungeon gave birth to more A-rank monsters, maybe I would test it out.

  “Brian, thank you. But why?” Agatha asked.

  “Didn’t I say that already? Because of that entire lie about dragon’s blessings and stuff. And I think you use the blue oo fly bad forth from the vilge after we leave. Won’t that be useful?”

  “Yes, it will be. But will I even be allowed to do that?” Agatha asked, taking a look at Cardo.

  “I will make it legal.” I quoted a movie line. Ahing I’ve been wanting to say in some situation. Does this make me the evil one? … maybe it does. And I ’t even call myself wful evil. I’m way too chaotic for that. I’m more of a chaotieutral or chaotic good, depending on who you ask. Please don’t say I’m chaotic evil. I do good things as well. I save people. I don’t leave them to die. Please don’t say I’m evil.

  During our te lunch, I made sure to install Toll to the dungeon core.

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  [colpse]I left the full implementation aing the prices per floor to Christina, as she knows how quickly adventurers get dungeon points a lot better than I do.

  As we didn’t have anything else to do, we used the safe shortcut route to exit. Also, I asked everyone if they wanted rewards for all of the points I got, but as no one asked for anything, I was able to keep all of them. Well, Christina got some as well, and she made a certain book for herself. I don’t know if it will help, but it might.

  But yeah. Thanks to today, and the hunt Lua and Ria went on a few days ago, I’ve again mao gather some points, so if I need something made, I just make it.

  I dropped everyone off, Christina, Sana and Aneesa first. Then Lua. Agatha. And finally, the five of us returo the Sawyer manor.

  Because our m and some of the afternoon had bee fighting, I was thinking of taking it easy, but at the same time, I knew I had to rip off the bandage, so I headed to the training grounds. This time alone, as Ria ulled to the side by the maids and Alice was taken to dance practistead.

  “... I really am not sure if this is a good idea.” I muttered. (Laura, whies do I summon?)

  (At least St. Joan and Familiar Knight. They have both taught you, so they are the most disappointed, but of course so are some of the others.)

  “... god, this will suck.” I muttered as I got out the two Laura named. “St. Joan. Familiar Knight.”

  Spoiler[colpse]“Master.” Joan said coldly.

  “We won’t let you off easy this time.” Familiar Knight said.

  “... I know. Let’s just train for now. I promise that until I’m at least on a passing level, I’ll leave some time for sword practice every day.” I promised the duo. “At least outside of emergencies.” I added, just to have that cuse in the promise.

  “Brian? Are you alright?” Ria asked when I returned from my practice session.

  “...define fine. I’m tired as anything, but my HP is full, so I’m fine.” I answered.

  We spent the full two hours practig, and as expected, my warriors didn’t let me off easily. Holy, they wanted me to keep going with another pair of monsters, but Laura interrupted by saying that my body couldn’t take awo hours of training. And holy, she might have been right.

  I then took my bath, because I needed one. I did also get some magic practi, but o Queen cut it short, saying that I ’t trate enough and this was all a waste. I doly agree, but at the same time, I’m not at 100%, so I guess just skipping it for today is fine.

  Ria for her part had a short practice session with her Vampire Scarlet Sce, followed by another oh Charubin the Fire Knight. Obviously for blood iron trol and fire magic respectfully.

  Spoiler[colpse]Charubin is actually a surprisingly good teacher for Ria, as he uses fire magi the same way as Ria does. Buffing his strength with fire magic, then hitting with fil.

  In the evening, we ehe day as we usually do. Level ups. I didn’t have any new skills, sadly, so I just leveled up Summoner’s Unity. Ria got a level in Defense Boost. She also reached level 70. Lua evolved at level 70, so I wonder if Ria will as well? Maybe.

  SpoilerName: Brian WoodRace: Human !Level: 78HP: 2670Mana: 351th: 785Defense: 985Magic: 965 Skills: Pack Opener LV.4 (unique)Different Dimension Factory LV.2 (ue LV.10 (unique) Telekinesis LV.4 (extra)Summoner’s Unity LV.5 (extra)Dungeon Founder (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra)Health scious (extra) Mana trol LV.7 Water Spirit’s Blessing (Greater)Language prehension (humanoid)Sve MasterSves: Rhianna

  [colpse]SpoilerName: RhiannaRace: DhampirLevel: 70HP: 1880Mana: 21th: 1085Defense: 825Magic: 1010 Skills:True Blood Magic LV.5 (Racial)Vampiriodification LV.2 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.2 (extra) Fire Magic LV.4Mana trol LV.4Fast Mana Recovery LV.4Internal Magic Teique LV.6Unarmed bat Teique LV.5Flickering Step LV.3Power Boost LV.5Defense Boost LV.4 Blood Sucker (Racial)Sve. Master: Brian Wood[colpse]Well, we shall see that tomorrow. Good night for now.

  Or so I thought, but I heard Ria speaking to me.

  “Brian. Are you asleep yet?” She asked softly.

  “No, not yet. Is something the matter?”

  “... no. Well yes. I… I ask something?”

  “Sure. Go for it.” I gave permission, without sass this time.

  “... Now that you are together with Lua, what will happen to me?” She asked.

  “Nothing? What do you mean?”

  “It’s just … won’t I be in the way or something?”

  “In the way? Why?”

  “... I … I’m your sve, right? So wouldn’t it be normal for you … to ask me to serve you … in bed?” Ria asked, seeming a bit awkward. But sidering the subject, I don’t bme her.

  “Ria, you really should know better. I’m not normal.”

  “..?”

  “Remember when I told you about where I came from?”

  “... yes.”

  “Back there, svery was … different. It was bad. It wasn’t … trolled the same as it is here. If you owned a sve, you could do anything with them. You could kill them, and no one would care. Because that is how it was.” I expined, even thought that really wasn't the eruth.

  “So when I heard about sves, I promised I would treat mine well, if I ever had any. That includes not using them in any sexual ways. Ria, I won’t say I didn’t realize that you wanted me. I figured that part out when you … expined dhampir mating to me. But it wouldn’t work out. It’s just not something I do. Not with someone who is my sve. Because I made a rule that I wouldn’t. I’m sorry. But that is how it is.”

  “... then, what will happen to me?”

  “We still have a tract, don’t we? We should stick to it. Two years. That is what you promised. If after that two years you still want me … I don’t know. I’m not sure I pull off two girls at the same time. … we’ll see, alright. But until the’s keep doing what we have been doing. You are my servant. That means I take care of you, but I also expect you to take care of me. Is that fih you?”

  “... I … I don’t really like it, but I guess.”

  “Is something s with it?”

  “... why ’t I … just have you?”

  “Ria, let me ask you this. Why do you want me? Holy speaking. You don’t know me. We just met. So why do you want me?”

  “... because you cured me. Even after I tried to attack you. Isn’t that enough?” Ria asked.

  “Yes. Yes it is, I suppose. But still, I’m sorry. At least for the wo years, it won’t happen, alright. And really, I wish you’ll find someone else to love.”

  “... I don’t know if I . Only a dragon has better tasting blood than you…”

  “Then you just marry a dragon. I’m sure one will agree to it, if you grow powerful enough to beat them in a fight.”

  “... I … I’ll try.”

  “Good. Good night, Ria.”

  “Good night.”