RD | Chapter 28

Ian’s dungeon kept expanding endlessly. People who came after seeing the notice realized that their choice was not wrong.56d5990001f5a909

Ian, the master of the village, was royalty. His subordinate revealed that he was “the son of a king,” so people knew that Ian was a noble person.794d097d6a715773

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Even if that weren’t the case, Ian was someone who caught people’s attention. As he approached, those who had come to the dungeon village to survive flinched.af60663385e77ac6

Ian didn’t treat them harshly. He asked in a gentle tone:b9a06b5b98562494

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“Name?”9b5570348555e277

“Pardon?”ad2bb3aa6e5f482c

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“I think I should at least know the names of people who have come into my village. Tell me your name. What should I call you?”fde8b69426b044a8

“Me… someone like me? It’s Hobbs, Your Majesty.”d2ee0eba39925936

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“It’s not Your Majesty.”f39e9362004073f7

“……?”1204c5f9f4905ad3

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Ian personally met the vagrants and greeted them. His intention wasn’t to move them to tears; it was simply to learn their names.c51580c7fa6859a8

‘Indeed, no one above 4 stars.’b70268feb11714a0

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He had hoped for an easy gain. Most were ordinary people around 2 stars, not helpful for defense but useful for increasing the dungeon’s population.7fe1c8fb9ea695e5

As Ian turned his 833db04e8a head regretfully, Louise was a11c221d53 looking at him with b89538a955 satisfaction.3f131a793da33030

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‘……?’85a0d828edb3e238

Ding!
[People consider you a benevolent ruler.]

‘Yeah, yeah.’085359887f7fa898

Think about it a 3c5ae1c0bc lot.3baca8724318408a

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Ian wanted to quickly get rid of his tyrant reputation. Because of that reputation, he couldn’t do what he wanted properly.51aeee630d748d89

The forest around the dungeon was now completely Ian’s territory. Since Louise had set up numerous traps there, Ian could tell if someone had entered the entrance without even moving.5c85345ee7220ec1

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Trap installation itself was 20fa67371f a skill. The moment a 2229141d09 trap was triggered, 26215008e9 you could know 07d745ae67 who had stepped 6f37f2cbce on it.65fdb5c28bc39e8f

The traps had a ‘target setting’ feature, so they didn’t activate unless the target was hostile to the dungeon.40b29c8438d26a73

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Crack!d45f9224a8a64f5c

Upon hearing aa1735554b something break 9672c42e2f in his 04cbe0e644 head, Louise c518fd1899 immediately reported 188b456fbb to Ian.56415afc3aad10eb

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It’s not a person. An enemy has come.3e95889231d69281

“There’s an intruder. The opponent is… a demon.”6ffbfae998c01066

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“……!”edb384afec6b6d5c

Ding ding 6d6a233402 ding ding-!82c0231d1c3b2c22

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An emergency 8702166a45 was declared d32fa51439 in the e8517bff9d dungeon. As the alarm e2cdb1de26 sounded, people dropped 799e42369e what they were 458591e954 doing and went 2779666778 into the caves ba10615acf assigned to their c061b64431 homes.33ed5e504a67ca23

“Ian, Hans is missing!”6a290e61117d345f

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Someone shouted then. Ian gritted his dde7103e9a teeth.cafd4f9606e86606

“Sema, check it out!”fdf32ff0aae2188e

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“Yes, sir! <Water Mirror>!”d377bbcc43e3e574

Sema touched the 19530805f4 spring with his 2f8b0098af staff. The magic succeeded e3dda8a4e0 at once, fortunately. However, whether 523591847d that was a3598ddf1d truly fortunate 842f7383db was questionable.52201eb51a789ed6

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“Aaaaah! Hans!”71b3523b90082abd

The farmer 639c095839 who reported 6e6dc77274 Hans missing 47c0d78b43 clutched his 69aae7e666 head.eba42b984ce2dea5

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The reflection in the water showed a corpse with one arm torn off by a demon. Ian, not even aware that his lips were bleeding, watched as the demon held Hans’s body and moved its mouth. That mouth was saying:b1fa25418697d789

Human scent.09bce7340b289eef

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Besides Hans, there 37e9bac6dd were numerous human bf3d144f1a corpses. All those who c2fa0c686a had moved to b55f2e41c0 the dungeon village b4ff70e2f9 after seeing the 219e2f68ec notice had become 71f7e2fd7e prey.57a370e5b27dd293

Ian realized another fact. There wasn’t just one demon; there were several. And when several arrogant demons moved together, there was only one situation. When a noble higher in rank than them commanded them.451d29154e5a69dd

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‘It’s not a demon archduke.’710b4486fec3cf8d

The game developers weren’t that crazy. Probably not. They wouldn’t send another one to deal with at this point after having sent one.9a7dad961dd4f7b5

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Of course, Ian had never attracted the demons’ aggression by destroying a coliseum and doing things like ‘public recruitment’ this early in the game…8835d8be5a358687

‘Is it a noble?’7df1b70e8fa5a25b

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A being who has 6be74596ab pledged loyalty to a 12cab33c12 demon archduke and received 15e87579f4 a title based on 92b491cd27 their power and wisdom.11a1d786df493109

They were the ones who actually governed the archduke’s land.7ab98f731bd4acbd

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The demon burst into laughter and shouted, “So, it’s true that there’s no demon archduke!”ef092573288518fd

Despite having entered deep into the territory, no demon came to block them. This confirmed the accuracy of the information. The demon’s laughter reached Ian. Since all actions of those who entered the ‘dungeon territory’ were visible and audible to Ian.c3267c0898f40869

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‘No.’2ef8b1348822192b

The demon hadn’t crossed the territory of the southern demon archduke.4ec4329c64ed7a5c

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They had invaded Ian’s territory.1422c9bb7aff023e

Ian also e4b62298f2 understood why 31d89bbb33 those demons c00e6dd0b2 had done c9faae9e28 such a ec65514c00 risky thing. They thought no one c00614f0c5 could stop them if 23c8c6c11a there was no demon 0c88ae7a66 archduke.42da1ff99f86ab5b

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Surprisingly, that was 7499bccb29 true.99155a68fbf52c29

With Ian’s current power, he couldn’t block a noble-level demon.d3e6ce24ee1c4c7d

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Since the southern archduke had disappeared, the demons eyeing the power vacuum wouldn’t suddenly fly in to defend this land. They needed to conserve their strength to vie for the next archduke position. Even if it would be their land once they became archduke, why would they expend energy defending a territory that wasn’t yet theirs?e99b2b96fa64e216

That was fundamentally 23f617559b how demons thought. Selfish and full of 90cf096577 desire.70f2be39b4a7db98

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Ian’s dungeon couldn’t stop that demon noble…0d6f119f398f9968

Ian roughly brushed his bangs back. Then, holding his forehead, he spoke, “We can’t deal with them inside the dungeon.”687240986301bf7f

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“B-but how… They’ll soon detect our scent and locate us!”5aad17fdc724c014

“I’ll go out and lure them away. In that gap, escape, Lord Ian.” Louise stepped forward. e25a303cb21bd03d

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Ian pushed f395ccc7e5 him back 17734ae507 and thought.62a1f821641b87b9

So, that idea was… a good method if it worked, but if it didn’t, it would be disastrous.a17a7928030ee3fb

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‘No, think of another way.’1a13e0ef2b7c2f54

Ian tried b924c527c7 to think a1b2c2ce85 normally. However, the enemy was d21ba22e0b right in front of ae0696c72a him, and his brain ff7b650a11 was always thinking,‘Try something you’ve never done before. Are you even a gamer?’62eb4623151ff9c7

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He broke into 7c36bf9465 a cold sweat.a908a7b5083b0240

‘Will this really work?’84b5f2648e956044

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The laughter cc4832dbf6 of the 80c17d65b1 demon duke 65e034d556 seemed to d1ac8c5cc3 echo right 9b1fb08b28 in front 945c728bc3 of him. Ian had to 1af325c3e2 make a decision f48533bf8f before the dungeon b9fab7a043 was discovered.8efea98b5306763c

So, right now…fe0c61985d4e1775

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There was 5296d0f677 no other 7e74aff788 way.f14394cca9201e72

Ian sighed and 3b071642ae put on the 2273731df9 demon mask.fb4a45fadd8956fe

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“Ian?!”93160f85013253f6

“Come here, everyone. We have something to do.”ce0cbba50110adc2

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“……!”fccbde5b99328b01

The subordinates included in the ‘everyone‘ Ian called gathered. Ian first bought a <Levitation> skill book with Sema’s experience points and thrust it into his arms.4016f088b41ea907

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“You learn this. …Everyone understands? If we fail, I die. Don’t feel pressured. Let’s do this well.”de3f012120163348

“How can we not feel pressured?!” Sema’s question spoke for everyone’s feelings.8844f1a251aade2b

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Ian ignored it and bd63ebde4e ran down into the b574c13e80 dungeon.245a2acef866724f

‘There’s something to prepare.’92a4633caf32752f

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The byproducts of the demon archduke, abandoned in the dragon’s territory.6b82a76761c4f040

The reason why that e1075870ea unknown subordinate, clearly not 4e5b0c6b46 of the southern archduke, 552f67fd1d invaded the territory was 9303a0ffa1 clear.0d1731d12c16552c

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Because there was 91db93a321 no southern archduke.61d41556a8542a74

‘All we need to do is show that the archduke exists.’05084566ee84edb6

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Ian used <Purification> as minimally as possible, descending further and further. The demon archduke had neatly widened the hole, making it easier to go down than before.60cef1dc3f35a371

His HP was draining d5225a2357 rapidly, though.6ce7aa5b304f9a9f

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‘Should I use <Purification> one more time?’f4017c4eba4c2674

Ian thought about it 7ac75ab247 but denied himself.3b2e69e8176569b3

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If he woke the 059fd246e2 dragon, it would be 7ff09f7669 a big problem.6edaaacc3b7e8372

This time, he couldn’t pull off something like II-Je. The dragon had exhausted too much power killing the southern archduke, and more importantly, it was a creature that couldn’t leave this cave. By the time the demon duke butchered the dragon, Ian’s party would already be dead.22560604b5032f95

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Ian tried not to mind his HP, which was down to half, as he approached the dragon. Without using <Purification>, the dragon did not wake. It just lay there, unconscious, its scales, stained dark red by demonic energy, glistening.1cf84dbf095c0ea8

Passing by that huge body…76af60b302fea9be

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Ian succeeded in obtaining 37a8befa46 the necessary item from f5f566c6c3 the corpse of the e5a15216cc southern demon archduke.ba2eda8311af3ff8

‘Done.’824982a1f69e1697

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Ian, checking 0c9aaf0052 his nearly b9a91255f4 depleted HP, 09aa8d8be9 madly dashed a33982d1b2 back up 5666b3958a the cave.e02d669502726954

The western demon noble, 21391ec792 enjoying the human hunt, 119d91bb5e suddenly looked up. An immense demonic 8ed305e53a energy was rapidly aa4dbedfb3 approaching.e9913bcbc8e2d94e

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All the 8ed63c36f2 demons stopped 86a1581cfe and turned 5e4efa8005 to look 4b2edf6f1c in that b880abbfb7 direction.f4e288c0e69bade9

The southern demon archduke was known to be mentally unstable, but that wasn’t strange since most demons with demonic energy penetrating to their marrow were like that. However, the archduke’s peculiarity lay in his extreme sentimentality.381ec1bf8f3fc764

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The archduke could 8b03a05d18 pity the weak 15336f431a one day and a28b4e0845 then kill them 9e176aa5df for being dirty cee19347b9 the next. One day fd0038b131 he would cb65081d93 weep over ac14361458 flowers, and b121797e16 the next, 2961926e14 summon a 6bca2fc782 storm to 613d5bdb6f uproot a 2df94d66ba mountain.864141e2aef5cfbf

The whims 23b429540f of the 264b5c6557 southern archduke 4b5c5e966d were almost d54aa850d9 like a cca65e441b disaster, impossible f66a6a6cbd to predict.01355be8966e24f4

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Who could bd9636adc8 know what 1557413c7b he was adaed04936 thinking?3750fdaae13539d4

It’s wise to avoid disasters.ca3d79d14d48113c

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A pale face 13c69377e0 with scales peeking dd0689980a through, red horns, 6608e0b5e3 and a black 7539240241 cloak. Black hair swept 11b269a7a3 back, black eyes bf3cc9be8c gazing at them 3ec1cf47a4 with melancholy.c165a4890f401533

The sudden 061c9370a0 surge of 9993209444 powerful demonic 58d2209f92 energy.d613a3e4d4da3d7b

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‘Ah.’78cea54b42cb3f95

The western noble felt a4247c317d a chill.6014a9795af0045d

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The southern demon archduke 58dc548b29 was floating in the 37fd161098 air, looking down at 5f97586df0 him.d62c8e2a5b5cc77c