Chapter 67 – The Dungeon of Strangers

“The Minotaur. It went too far.”

It was interesting to use a technique that seemed to be a different type of power than Aura, but he had to reprimand his colleague Jena and the others for attacking beyond their ability to withstand.

The Minotaur, looking down at his numb hands, put on a troubled expression and stood in front of the group of Jena, who were out of breath.

“There was blood on his head and it passed. I’m sorry.”
“…Nope. It is because I am lacking.”

Looking at Jena and the Minotaur shaking hands while facing each other, he nodded. I thought about what to say, hoping that there would be no resentment left, but Yena seemed to have a much more sound mind than I expected.

“…The skill you used earlier. I want to learn too.”
“Skill? Oh, are you talking about martial arts?”

In order to grow a weaker self, ask for learning from a strong person. It’s easy to say, but it wasn’t easy to overcome the anger, frustration and defeat that everyone would feel right after defeat and ask for learning right away.

“It’s not difficult for her to build up her inner strength and teach her how to use her power… But she doesn’t know her swordsmanship.”
“…Enough. You can put it on your shield and hit it.”

The Minotaur looked at me troubledly. Anyway, the way I see it, the current Jena has only improved her physical abilities with her magical powers. She didn’t have any special powers.

“The two of you discuss and decide.”
“In her contract with her main daughter, there is no mention of accepting her pupils, but…”

The Minotaur, who timidly protested in her small voice, looked at Jena, who eagerly looked at her, and avoided her gaze as if she had lost. A fever rose in her head, and few could withstand her guilt for having made her great offense, and the envying glances that were showered upon her.

“Okay.”

When it was decided that the Minotaur would be in charge of Jena’s training, I would be in charge of Harin as promised before, and Shia would use some of the water spirit’s abilities to teach Jiyoon basic alchemy.

When the role has been determined in its own way. Feeling her gaze and turning her head, I saw Alhemina’s subtle expression. Even though he was summoned directly by me, he seemed dissatisfied with not being able to do anything except for being stroked by me.

“Don’t look so bored. If the dungeon is overflowing with customers, there won’t be a day when your hands won’t get wet.”

It’s comfortable now, but when that time comes, Alhemina will be the busiest among us. She pressed the tip of her nose lightly until the smell of her sweetness came out of her mouth.

“Who is coming to such a crappy dungeon?”

Even though he grumbled like that, he looked like he really wanted that time to come.

Around the time I was thinking about whether or not I should help Bobim Royal, which I’m planning these days. Suddenly, on the second floor of the dungeon, he felt the flow of magical energy twisting.

“Another dimension door.”

It was the second dimensional gate I encountered after the first one I came across by Saint Angelica. Looking at the situation through the dungeon core, Orcs who looked similar to the ones Yuna fought were crossing the dimension and entering this place.

“Jiyoon. Are Orcs strong by your standards?”
“If you have an E-level pool party with a bit of experience, you can hunt two or three without damage. Usually there are more numbers than that, so hunters with D-class or higher solve it.”

The number of orcs coming through the portal was far greater than the number of people who had interrupted Yuna’s date with her last time, let alone two or three. Is it the same feeling as last time was the starting team and now is the main team?

As I was looking at it, all the sturdy Orc warriors came out, and what looked like a folding tent, a cart full of luggage, and even old Orcs came in one after another.

“Contractor. Don’t you think this is not just an invasion, but a migration?”
“Um…”

Jena and the others looked surprised as if seeing something like this for the first time, while Minotaur and Alhemina, on the contrary, gave a calm gaze.

When I gave them a puzzled look, the two of them stepped forward, perhaps feeling the need to explain. The Minotaur looked at them and said, as if he was trying to explain to Jena and the others.

“The continent we originally lived in used to be inhabited by many tribes divided into regions. Human, Orc, Minotaur, Succubus. All intelligent races enjoyed peace.”

It seemed to mean much earlier than before I was born. Although he was a vampire, he was originally a human, so he was still young by the standards of long-lived species.

Even the Minotaur he was talking about hesitated as if trying to revive his memory every time he spoke about whether he had not personally experienced it or had heard of it.

“The balance has changed as humans melted iron and became able to use it, and as magic wielders appeared. Races weaker than humans had their territories taken away, and on the contrary, strong races were indifferent as long as they did not touch their own territories. That is the result.”
“Are you saying you abandoned the world you lived in and fled to another world?”

Harin was shocked and asked if it was a shocking story. If that was true, it meant that the Hunter was another human attacking a different race that had fled to live peacefully away from humans. But as if not to worry, the Minotaur waved his palm.

“At least it was like that at first. Not now, after all these years.”

The Minotaur pointed his finger at one part of the sight we were watching. As everyone looked at the direction they pointed, the cloth covering the contents of the wagon came off.

Various types of weapons, such as swords, spears, and axes smelted to suit the Orcs, and consumable items such as arrows, were loaded into each wagon. Anyone could see that they were preparing for war.

As if to prove that they were no mere burden, the old orcs skillfully set up tents and gave orders to inexperienced orc warriors as they slapped them on the back.

“Now we have the cooperation of the Church to expel all heterogeneous races from the continent and make it entirely for humans.”
“Right. Among the succubus, I heard that the powerful tribes talk about this and that with the paladins. Our tribe was a weak tribe, so we didn’t get attention.”
“That’s why they are invaders who actively invade other worlds with human support on their backs. As humans did in the past, they will take the land and settle down.”

Yena and the others had a blank expression on their faces, unable to say anything. In a word, the reason Hunters have been fighting so far is because humans from other worlds have been working hard to drive out the different races on the continent.

“Did something like that happen? I don’t think the saintess doesn’t know?”

The dimensional door that Saint Angelica activated was an accidental phenomenon caused by her wishes. If I had hoped to get hurt, I thought that her saintly miracle would have been accomplished in a different form.

“The Paladins can do whatever they want. They are fanatical in doctrine and want a world for men only.”
“In short, if you fight directly, they will be thrown away to another world because they are tired too. They are really bad guys.”
“You didn’t come to talk to me about that?”

If you’re going to send a troublesome alien species to the outside world, even a vampire wouldn’t be able to touch it, but have you been ignored? It was because he cared for her church in his own way and made fun of her on the spot.

However, when he thought that he had been ignored, he felt so bad that he wanted to kidnap her saintess when he went back. The Minotaur made a puzzled expression, probably noticing that I was in a bad mood.

“No matter how crazy the paladins are, will they go to their master and suggest that they leave this world?”
“Why me? What is it?”
“…If you don’t know, that’s fine.”

Even though he protested that he was just an ordinary vampire who would reveal a little bit about women, the Minotaur and Alhemina didn’t even eat his seed.

Apart from the Minotaur, Alhemina showed a cheeky attitude from the first time they met, and it was very difficult to understand.

“Is it possible that my rumors are spreading badly on the continent?”

Both the Minotaur and Alhemina averted their gaze. Yes is this? It seemed that he had lived quietly for too long. When I go back, I thought I should turn over the Saints, the stronghold of the church.

“So, the question is what to do with those orcs. Are you going to clean it up?”

Sia leaned her head on my shoulder and spoke in a languid voice. To be honest, it was nice to hear what the migration was like.

All I cared about was whether the pretty female hunters would be killed by orcs while breaking through the dungeon. I couldn’t look at the invasion every time, so I couldn’t intervene each time.

“If you want to live here, you have to say hello to the landlord and live there.”

I took everyone and moved to the place where the orcs flocked. An orc warrior who was wary of the surroundings spotted us approaching and pointed his weapon at us.

I was going to just push through, but at first I decided to talk politely in my own way as a cultured vampire princess.

“I-“
“What’s the matter with terribly ugly bitches!”

…What?