Chapter 76: 76. This isn't a game
I was right. It was just beginning.
Three days later, the second adventuring party attacked us in the morning. We were just about to start the day's sparring when they broke in.
Four red dots. I watched them from the throne room. When Garnet went to suck my cock, I pushed her away.
The first group had tested us. This might very well be them, regrouped and with the right gear. Gwyllt died first. Then Svyte. The adventuring party made short work of them. My monster girls flooded in, attacking them from different sides.
"Come on," I growled as they drove the adventuring party to one of the traps.
It triggered. The red dots flickered, but they still stayed in the fight. Hela died. Then Kibir. It felt so bloodless from here. But right now, my monster girls were fighting and dying. They were suffering pain for me.
"Drive them back," I growled as the adventuring party crashed into three of the blue dots. Sviesos, Gintaras, and Nos winked out one after the other.
"It's not going as well," said Lana. She paced to the side.
"Puppies," whimpered Garnet as Marwo died. There weren't many of the monster girls left. The adventurers were driving down one of the tunnels. They hit a trap and a red dot winked out.
I swallowed. That was a person who died. A hero thinking they were coming here to stop a great evil. They wouldn't come back. My monster girls would return so long as the Void Crystal survived. I swallowed.
I had killed Mthunzi, but that had been in the middle of a fight. It was my life or his. This... It was so voyeuristic. I clenched my fist as the red dots hit the dead end. The surviving monster girls were between them and the exit.
The groups clashed. Another of the red dots winked out, but so did the last of my monster girls. All my will o' wisps had died. My wildhounds.
The two dots crept out. They moved with caution through the dungeon.
"You naughty bastards!" hissed Garnet. "Go and revive them, big bro. Let's mop up. Those two have to be weak."
I nodded and turned and ran to the vault. I moved at full speed. I burst into the room and found the Void Crystal had a red gleam about it. Souleen looked up. She blinked and then flitted to me, her eyes wide.
"What are you doing here?" she gasped. "Has it gone that bad? Is it a last stand?"
"I'm here to bring the monster girls back to life," I said, reaching for the Crystal.
"But there are foreign and conscious souls in the dungeon. Souls who are aware and you don't have power over!"
"And?" I grabbed the stone and frowned. My brow furrowed. I wanted to sink my will into it, but I was being rebuffed.
"You can only master reality when there are only conscious souls in here tied to this Crystal." Souleen floated before me. "You, your companions, the monster girls. It can affect them, but those intruders' awareness have locked reality."
"What?" I demanded.
"Sorry." She wilted. "I would let you if I could, but they are a taint. Look at the Crystal. It's not happy."
I growled. "Fine."
I whirled around and marched back to the throne room, my hands clenched. I burst into the room. Lana and Garnet were both at the map. I marched up to them, my breastplate feeling heavier than usual. I adjusted a strap.
"Where are they?" I asked.
"They're nearing the lightning trap room," said Lana Fulmine. She looked up, her expression softening. "You couldn't bring them back to life?"
"When this is over," I said. "Whatever brought me here has rules or something. I can't change reality while there are intruders in my domain. I suppose that would be easy mode."
"This isn't a game," Garnet said.
"What if it is?" I asked. "I'm brought here, given materials, and told to build a base. Manage resources. Get champions. Level up. It feels like a game to me. Just who brought us here? Why? What do they want?"
My sister gave me a helpless look.
I sighed. "I know, I know."
"They're at the lightning room," said Lana. She grabbed my hand as we watched the dots. From there, they could find the hallway that led to us. It was hidden by darkness magic with two trap doors leading off, one which led to a fake treasure.