RD | Chapter 28

Ian’s dungeon kept expanding endlessly. People who came after seeing the notice realized that their choice was not wrong.2ff7b958a26130ff

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.dfae9bac8a8d7bec

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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.5d2c5a953e3ff781

Ian didn’t treat them harshly. He asked in a gentle tone:27b6ef506ca5ec7e

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“Name?”ca955c59827f1df4

“Pardon?”35a1e2ee2759535e

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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?”06a0bd7795b76a28

“Me… someone like me? It’s Hobbs, Your Majesty.”0021192ec705bad4

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“It’s not Your Majesty.”d0ab394e20e79cc7

“……?”6373cc4297ce4056

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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.7d706c9ffc638daa

‘Indeed, no one above 4 stars.’876d55a837c011f6

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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.e41f11d9450f501c

As Ian 1c6c1dd8da turned his e6bb903dbc head regretfully, 65b6f0dab3 Louise was 79a4b2ff1c looking at abf49601ef him with 6cc69460b4 satisfaction.c2ef92a3ae6d6815

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‘……?’b46bad2dae37a84c

Ding!
[People consider you a benevolent ruler.]

‘Yeah, yeah.’e44981676c3a420a

Think about it a 46ed025f98 lot.a9b8eee28ebbc93a

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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.463d7c5512e64477

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.0307c203e152db37

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Trap installation 74b1bc04f2 itself was 1cccdaa1ef a skill. The moment a trap 2941d0e62d was triggered, you could e7d3c197a0 know who had stepped 983c0d4a5b on it.3131cc9e7cf8b4b0

The traps had a ‘target setting’ feature, so they didn’t activate unless the target was hostile to the dungeon.8d308625bbd9e1a4

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Crack!e5317e6a23604f17

Upon hearing something 9f4821de24 break in his 506511d36a head, Louise immediately 1cf097f797 reported to Ian.35ac099a52ec20d4

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It’s not a person. An enemy has come.e59fc62a940c8c50

“There’s an intruder. The opponent is… a demon.”e9e47a05d9f10b62

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“……!”b07de3746ba2ceaf

Ding ding ding ding-!76ea35f816c08e40

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An emergency was 756d6bb839 declared in the 600df32e32 dungeon. As the alarm sounded, f4e9fa075c people dropped what they 94e24b2891 were doing and went a6f0c00346 into the caves assigned f650d123b6 to their homes.f600bd75614fd40d

“Ian, Hans is missing!”68951f906060fe1a

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Someone shouted then. Ian gritted his teeth.072d06653cc8780c

“Sema, check it out!”249ce78a43f33b7f

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“Yes, sir! <Water Mirror>!”f9d783b9581e2554

Sema touched the 6befcb0c67 spring with his a5eab975f7 staff. The magic 626924fd15 succeeded at 5e2e0632fe once, fortunately. However, whether that feeb50eff3 was truly fortunate 12c6a3a88c was questionable.cacbfcf9cf33a8ed

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“Aaaaah! Hans!”5f7bed45f55c0523

The farmer who a2d70ad5a7 reported Hans missing 12a6686b55 clutched his head.6880efe5911eae2a

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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:c59f1fc7f978e29d

Human scent.db3eb2a8ea0d5d4f

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Besides Hans, 61831233f3 there were 45f3d490d3 numerous human 2002efcb41 corpses. All those who 484d3fb98a had moved to ef4777c523 the dungeon village 39d50ea30f after seeing the 3e04487bb5 notice had become 7fc63362ea prey.3791ac04491ab0a8

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.88b03a43e0f1bcf9

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‘It’s not a demon archduke.’a0bb810e9358944c

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.1088d803725233af

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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…5686c590623777a5

‘Is it a noble?’01b66db928fbf60e

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A being who has f8a7b9e1e3 pledged loyalty to a 223925f2d7 demon archduke and received ef565a1263 a title based on 78e8d9793b their power and wisdom.aeddda4b76262399

They were the ones who actually governed the archduke’s land.19ef564ded37bb37

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The demon burst into laughter and shouted, “So, it’s true that there’s no demon archduke!”0e2bf1a7a65c2e6f

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.004cdd8cf0177f18

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‘No.’ed98c5530796aa4e

The demon hadn’t crossed the territory of the southern demon archduke.bcfc5e522c57568a

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They had invaded Ian’s territory.6a842c90f736e038

Ian also understood b72f0bd41d why those demons 0514aa2091 had done such a2c8c13a5d a risky thing. They thought no 01c2da9ee7 one could stop dc82008ed3 them if there 0d0e68e0ae was no demon 0a7be3f29e archduke.90a76365526065a8

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Surprisingly, that was true.8acb73009c921795

With Ian’s current power, he couldn’t block a noble-level demon.b9e04a19bf9b3cc7

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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?d843c9c9e653cdde

That was fundamentally 3e58edca60 how demons thought. Selfish and ac5ce16a17 full of 716fdd6dcc desire.4c1c35944f2dbd74

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Ian’s dungeon couldn’t stop that demon noble…06e1d36ba4837cd9

Ian roughly brushed his bangs back. Then, holding his forehead, he spoke, “We can’t deal with them inside the dungeon.”5cb4270b74d93e0c

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“B-but how… They’ll soon detect our scent and locate us!”1e333d214e471809

“I’ll go out and lure them away. In that gap, escape, Lord Ian.” Louise stepped forward. 3b7072ebc29c2c28

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Ian pushed him 2f14746f11 back and thought.dc2b9d52539bdf9b

So, that idea was… a good method if it worked, but if it didn’t, it would be disastrous.a4caefbc49ac81e3

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‘No, think of another way.’1743287f5ed9f1f6

Ian tried to think 7c27c6817d normally. However, the 1a08b16330 enemy was da95bd4d39 right in f01a2a3c0c front of 0e291565c8 him, and e55044b0bc his brain 8ebbe95326 was always 0281bfdd4a thinking,‘Try something you’ve never done before. Are you even a gamer?’0d40b6e97ca02661

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He broke into a 28396ce28d cold sweat.c12f747a4c0ace9c

‘Will this really work?’7291e7998984dbcc

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The laughter of the 567723c29a demon duke seemed to 49886b9f1d echo right in front b92aec1c33 of him. Ian had 829f6d2f53 to make c92c4f053c a decision ee4ee962d0 before the 0e9b113b01 dungeon was ce253a26ea discovered.2971f1ce7cc073cf

So, right now…3653915b27f94106

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There was d98609a2d0 no other 16c48e541c way.d053fc7df3b9f94c

Ian sighed and f64015cc25 put on the a01f78d17c demon mask.1ea4d4de8fd10e49

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“Ian?!”f1e25cc78fe758a1

“Come here, everyone. We have something to do.”3651227881de8381

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“……!”f4946e8c68de537d

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.dc2e568aaf6008d4

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“You learn this. …Everyone understands? If we fail, I die. Don’t feel pressured. Let’s do this well.”c20fe2a6c546978c

“How can we not feel pressured?!” Sema’s question spoke for everyone’s feelings.84d727f1e14e21bf

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Ian ignored it and 1330f1853e ran down into the 04fab238fe dungeon.5729b3aee41423b1

‘There’s something to prepare.’b63c5740997bb324

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The byproducts of the demon archduke, abandoned in the dragon’s territory.24d833b1c47cdd25

The reason why that 4e97b7eb87 unknown subordinate, clearly not 474ab0b28a of the southern archduke, 717479aa18 invaded the territory was a9b810c864 clear.ed6e766e366ccef5

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Because there was f7baca3864 no southern archduke.9db7178d1ebf3a3f

‘All we need to do is show that the archduke exists.’c0542e41602e67c9

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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.3ec8f5a6460857f2

His HP 056d44fac1 was draining 9ac55df3a5 rapidly, though.d540d0abb1636051

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‘Should I use <Purification> one more time?’b02d1fc3fed020c0

Ian thought 324ae145dd about it 2f1ef6a64d but denied 2bb8217591 himself.7ef06c356af7582b

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If he 4d107c926e woke the 7e7de53208 dragon, it 71683734a8 would be dab20f265c a big d123f16877 problem.3c37967944292d19

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.6ec110142509baa1

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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.e4ba3fd5a90ae1f2

Passing by that huge body…740eb450faa0d739

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Ian succeeded in obtaining c92916ec43 the necessary item from 4020d4f85b the corpse of the 37f1155621 southern demon archduke.be383166fd10a391

‘Done.’8d266948d5e801a9

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Ian, checking his c537e01704 nearly depleted HP, e13b11bc8f madly dashed back c860a8a84b up the cave.1b1625ab18c81e24

The western 32e6bfe54a demon noble, 0485af701a enjoying the 9f9869fb96 human hunt, a1f2257a40 suddenly looked 77914da687 up. An immense demonic energy 07cf03227a was rapidly approaching.7b50338080c8d577

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All the b7b7fb082b demons stopped a59f06cef1 and turned 2b2e1c7c0f to look 11c725b081 in that d6e2d87c33 direction.b349960240bcf01f

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.f5c1411119966248

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The archduke could pity 5fa31c3b1e the weak one day 05163d7428 and then kill them cb51ea0fbb for being dirty the d69e81d9f9 next. One day he 56923269e9 would weep over e1843a5aad flowers, and the bfc9b53e24 next, summon a c1564a3dd4 storm to uproot dcf94af261 a mountain.6ad6515c9c10cffe

The whims ae08d79c04 of the 7cdff68fa4 southern archduke 78280f3ee7 were almost dbb6bd1b46 like a 532f5a01c5 disaster, impossible 1beb165cba to predict.2dd3f0bea43f5108

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Who could 4dc83460a2 know what 80020d4fac he was 4af2820ff2 thinking?8bd29a4da4f51832

It’s wise to avoid disasters.d66c63f813481662

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A pale a5a2116bb1 face with 33293c2711 scales peeking 659b224746 through, red 10c49a32fa horns, and 8002b79ff2 a black d22532455e cloak. Black hair swept back, 9d77b24eb7 black eyes gazing at ecb8b683b4 them with melancholy.96c83de006218e20

The sudden 207c5956cb surge of b8a02339ad powerful demonic 2a848ba8cf energy.5337120dcaee5c80

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‘Ah.’71e05f8abdc0e0b1

The western 01e560f55b noble felt 10e7911e30 a chill.d14fcadf3f1e304f

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The southern f817432287 demon archduke dbd82b2173 was floating fea0a2f958 in the 2c74dec291 air, looking cc879fd5c2 down at 6ed5e925e5 him.50815b48521126fb