543 Fated Encounters: Nyzzets Labyrinth Conquest 5/?: Nyzzets Ignorance (1/2)
Nyzzet, the Dragon God of Thunder, was currently resting inside of his Divine Realm, atop a large bed made out of dark and thundering clouds.
He glanced as Kireina slowly explored his dungeon with her family, having some fun.
”I don't know why does Kireina-sama wants to explore such a dungeon, it will not bring any benefit to her to explore and kill such low-leveled monsters with her current strength…” thought Nyzzet while yawning… he was a Dragon God and they always liked to take long naps, he hasn't slept long naps in a while, and he was feeling the effects.
Due to the large and powerful bodies of Dragon Gods, which were comparable to Divine Beasts, dragon gods were often fond of taking naps to rest for a few dozens of years to a hundred of years, so they could recover energy.
Although Nyzzet had been sleeping every time he wasn't interacting with the other gods, he was still very sleepy, and wanted to go back to sleep, but was glancing at Kireina if she needed anything from him.
”Yawn… Hm?”
Nyzzet yawned again as he heard from Kireina and her party anecdotes of their first visit to this dungeon. They were talking about the High Ice Fairy Empress Lazuli, which they wished for to appear in the Boss Rotation.
”Lazuli? Very well”
Nyzzet used his control over the dungeon to switch the current boss to Lazuli, who appeared through a magic circle that recreated dungeon boss bodies, one of the many devices that Dungeons possessed.
The dungeon then automatically put her soul into the body, as she was once again revived.
A dungeon boss couldn't be revived without the data of their former bodies inside their souls, this is why it was necessary to always have the soul… also, if the body was created without inserting the soul inside, or putting another soul, the boss monster would lose most of its power and would become a corpse or a crazed beast that doesn't know how to use its powers.
Lazuli's Rank 1 Living Deity Soul held a strong power above mortals, as it was even capable of producing Divine Energy and had a Divine Core and a Divine Realm… however, when she was kidnaped by the mysterious demigod helping her sister Tundra, her Divine Realm was stolen from her through a technique similar that the Demon Gods used with Megusan, and her Divine Core, the area that produces Divine Energy in a Divine Soul, was sealed and greatly weakened.
Her soul was then sealed once again various times, alongside her physical body. And because Lazuli was a mere Rank 1 Living Deity against a Demigod of higher power and Rank, she couldn't resist such Divine Techniques, even her body succumbed to it and became as weak as a mortal.
Her physical body was now, most likely, some kind of weapon, equipment, or potion.
Nyzzet glanced at her simple, white, blue-colored soul, which did not seem to have anything different than any other day, and then glanced at Kireina as she slowly walked towards the Boss Room.
”This should please her- huh?”
However, the moment Kireina stepped inside the Boss Room, a strange power leaked from within her existence, covering Lazuli and making her awaken something from within.
Nyzzet saw as Lazuli slowly broke out of a seal that was sealing her thoughts and personality, alongside slowly eroding the seal that was stopping her from manipulating her own body with it.
”What the?”
Lazuli began to suddenly exude a weak, yet notable Ice Attribute Divine Power, leaving Nyzzet in disbelief.
”What is happening?! Lazuli has Divine Power?! How?! Isn't she… just a monster?!” shouted Nyzzet in bewilderment.
The Dragon God quickly began to recall how he bought Lazuli alongside many other Boss Monsters sold by an anonymous god in the Interdimensional Merchant Shop.
In the society of gods, the selling of many types of goods was commonplace. And with such an easy to use Skill and area of transactions such as the 'Interdimensional Merchant Shop', any god could easily sell whatever they had in thereby leaving a small 'area' inside, with an artificial will of theirs to attend any buyers as if it were an AI.
Between the society of gods, when the creation of dungeons became popular and widespread as an excellent way to gather Divine Energy through their interaction with mortals, the market of Dungeon Bosses was born.
Before this, buying mortal monsters and beasts was a complete waste of Divine Energy Crystals for many gods, as they couldn't bring anything to the gods, their materials were weak and feeble compared to divine beasts, and their meat was not nutritious enough like the meat of Divine Beasts.
It was possible to nurture monsters until they became Divine Beasts, but it would cost so many resources that it was more convenient to just buy young Divine Beasts and raise them themselves inside their Divine Realms.
But when Dungeons appeared, the market of mortal monsters and beast, especially those strong enough to challenge fitting of their dungeons blossomed.
By the decree of the World's Will and every Supreme God, the dungeons were given a few rules and regulations, alongside their maximum capacities per level and rank.
Dungeons were needed to have mortal monsters and beasts, but not Divine Beasts. Divine Beasts were too much of a challenge, they were on a completely different level than the dungeon's target audience, it was foolish to think that it would be a good idea to add them into a Dungeon whose audience were mortals such as humans and demi-humans.
After all, the initial creation of dungeons was as a way to both strengthen mortals, bring them resources to survive and thrive, and also as a way for gods to benefit from it by gathering Divine Energy.
The Market of monster species and dungeon bosses then became a commonplace between gods, and many special, rare breeds of monsters that would never be seen in the outside world began to appear in the market, powerful and strange monsters that could net great treasures to the mortals that slain them but were still mortals that could be easily revived through the dungeon's reincarnation cycle.
Nyzzet was a young god when he was trying to get his dungeon filled with strong monsters that he didn't just found around in the wild… as very too often those monsters would be hard to control and would usually run away from dungeons.
Specifically buying monsters from the market and then making them into dungeon monsters gave them the ability to revive endlessly through the reincarnation cycle of the dungeon, while also giving them the basics instincts of protecting the dungeon, attacking invaders, and never leaving the dungeon.
Nyzzet found a mysterious god that has not been seen before selling monsters. It was a 'special discount pack' of monsters, that had many Ice attributes monsters of rare species brought from a far away realm, it even came with three boss monsters for a few Divine Energy Crystals! It was really a good deal, Nyzzet did not want other gods to buy it first, so he bought it all in a heartbeat, leaving the market with a happy and satisfied look on his face.
The mysterious Demigod that sealed Lazuli made sure to mask her identity as he sold her, by putting many strong monsters alongside her, and a few hundreds wild Ice Fairies to mask her true origins.
Nyzzet saw the good bait and took it without any issue… unaware of the issue he was getting into.