Volume 5 Chapter 4 (1/2)

We had pleasantly completed our air travel.

Stolas's dungeon was an orthodox dungeon, the kind where adventurers come and go. It would not do for us to arrive anywhere near her dungeon atop a Darkness Dragon so we chose a place a little bit away and landed there. Afterwards, I used a power of mine as a Demon Lord and put the Darkness Dragon into my [Storage].

It was just in case but other monsters, the ones made from imitation medals to be specific, were in my storage too. I was prepared for the worst case scenario.

Using her [Transform], Kuina had hidden her fox ears and tail.

Wight, on the other hand, wore a rather loose robe to hide the fact that he was a dragonewt.

Like so, we walked toward Stolas's dungeon for a little while.

”As expected from Stolas, she has good taste.”

The outside appeared to be a [Tower], a very large, snow-white, beautiful tower. It wasn't gaudy at all. Rather, it was elegant.

”Oto-san's city is more splendid.”

”I agree. It is an impressive dungeon but it fails in comparison with Avalon.”

”Kuina, Wight, no, a city and a conventional dungeon shouldn't be compared. They're just too different.”

It seemed my monsters felt more competitive with Stolas than even I did.

Oh well, as long as they're motivated.

”Now, I wonder how do we're going to meet up with Stolas.”

As I thought of ways on how we were going to let Stolas know that we had arrived, the voice of a woman called out to us.

She appeared to be a human who wore a robe that seemed to be for magicians but I knew otherwise.

I knew that she was a monster and that she had disguised herself to appear like a human so that she wouldn't draw any unwanted attention while outside of the dungeon.

”We have been expecting you, [Creation] Demon Lord Procell-sama. I shall be your guide until we reach the Transfer array so please follow me this way.”

I was so grateful that Stolas arranged this for us.

”Thank you. You're a great help. I take it you can also use [Transfer]?”

”Yes but because my rank isn't that high, I can only carry a maximum of three targets per Transfer.”

She smiled as she replied so.

I too wanted to make a monster that could use [Transfer].

If the chance presented itself later on, I wanted to ask Stolas to tell me which medals she used for this monster and if possible, trade those or even the imitations medals of those to me as well.

Using the same medals wouldn't guarantee that the monster born out of it would have [Transfer] but if my [Creation] medal was thrown in the mix—and provided that there was at least one other original medal—the chances of getting such a monster would increase tremendously.

At the moment, Avalon was completely dependent for our Transfer needs on the crow monster that I got from the [Time] Demon Lord.

Aside from not knowing when it would betray us, having only one such monster was very inconvenient. Especially so since Transfer was an immensely useful ability. So much so, in fact, that if possible, I would like to make an S rank monster that had [Transfer].

”Is there something wrong with my face?”

”Oh sorry, how rude of me to stare at a woman's face. It's just that I was curious about you.”

”Fufu, you flatter me. Well then, this way please. I have prepared a Transfer array in a hidden room within the dungeon.”

After our conversation ended with that, I walked a few steps behind her until we reached the hidden room she spoke of. When we were there, the monster who disguised herself as a human took off her robe.

Her hair which was green darkened while her ear grew longer.

She somehow felt like Aura and the other elves. Is she some kind of elf subspecies?

And then, she led me by the hand and did the Transfer.

When I opened my eyes, I was in a white-themed room. Much like the dungeon's outside appearance, it was elegant looking and not gaudy at all.

I had no doubt that this was…

”Welcome Procell. It's been a while.”

Yeah, this was Stolas's room.

She was in a dress as she smiled and greeted me so.

To her back was an angel-type female monster waiting on her. I recognized who this monster was: she was a Rathgrith, a monster that had a cheat skill that could improve the performance of everyone in the same force she was in. Other than that, she was also able to communicate via telepathy to her teammates. It goes without saying that I wanted someone like her.

”Yeah, it has been a while. Thank you for your warm welcome despite our sudden visit.”

”Think nothing of it. We, well, we're friends after all.”

Stolas said so and then slightly turned her head away in an effort to hide her reddened face, seeming to suggest she felt a little shy to say out loud that we were friends. At that, I unconsciously smiled wryly.

”Your dungeon's amazing. I was only able to see the early levels but from the outside up to the hidden room we used, your dungeon's so elegant and teeming with humans.”

”Just what I'd expect from you, Procell, you have a good eye. It's amazing, right? [Dragon] Demon Lord Astaroth-sama had taught me a lot of things as I built this, you know. My dungeon's adventurer return rate's very high and yet it's still very cost-effective DP-wise. I was in the red at first but in time, I was actually earning. Recently, I'm earning about a thousand DP per day. I have managed to make some Maelstroms as well and as I continue to increase them, the more DP I'll earn!”

”That really is amazing.”