“A...dungeon battle?” I asked, in confusion.
“You’ve already initiated several. You challenged the Illusory Sword Dungeon, the Twilight Dungeon, and this other one to the west.” Elaya explained. “However, when you did those challenges, you single-handedly sat as a challenger, depending on taming and karmic infections to slowly conquer a dungeon. This is not the way most dungeon battles occur. Rather, our dungeon will create a connection directly with theirs, and then our forces attack. Of course, their forces can also attack.”
“Forces... do we have that many forces?” I frowned.
“The dungeon completely tore itself apart and rebuilt. In short, there is a great deal of excess miasma. Creating a small army of mobs isn’t too difficult.”
“They’re supposed to be pretty old, their dungeon...”
“Of course, I was the queen once. I’m not ignorant of Gram’s Dungeon. I’m aware of their size and age. Since your dungeon’s evolution, it is much stronger. The existence of the miasma and mana fountains has also put our dungeon on a completely different level. Plus, you have a second dungeon to call upon.”
“A second... dungeon...”
“The dungeon you tamed! Since they are an ally, we can use them to go to war.” She grinned as if this was all decided.
I wasn’t so sure about this. I just wanted to get to Dioshin. No, I wanted to find Miki. I didn’t even care about Dioshin. By all accounts, I should just abandon Pait’s plan and do another. However, Pait was still left in that dungeon. I couldn’t just leave those men to Gram’s whims. He might let them go, but he might kill them in retaliation also. I had to make some move, and if I was going to mobilize, why not go big?
“Master, not all wars need to be complete destruction. A simply show of force and a blitzkrieg attack, and he’ll be looking to discuss terms of surrender.” Xin explained. “Don’t think of it so much as a war. It’s more like a military action.”
“It would be advantageous for us to do this attack. The dungeon has just finished evolving. If you move now, utilizing the excess mana and fighting, you’ll only strengthen and solidify this dungeon’s path.”
“That means attacking them isn’t against the council either, right?”
“Geh... even so...”
“Now, now... Master... you should listen to Husband.” The big-chested witch woman who seemed to be his servant tried to soothe her Master in a motherly way.
“Husband?” Elaya cried out.
“Master is already getting married?” Celeste asked.
“What? I’m no... I have a wife! It’s Eliana... actually, that marriage sort of fell through into slavery...”
“Oh, my...” The big-chested witch only laughed at the commotion she made but didn’t bother to explain her wording either.
It took some time to calm the girls, but as they settled, I pointed out my finger, lining up the army before us. Elaya lifted her hand, and a portal began to form in the air. It was only different from the normal portals in that it was square and filled up the entire doorway, blocking everything beyond.
“Begin the attack,” I ordered.
{You have accepted the control of a dungeon. You have unlocked the job, Dungeon Master.}
{You are a rival dungeon master. You have declared war on this dungeon. Defeat the dungeon master to claim the dungeon as your own.}