In the dungeon heart room, after my abilities were canceled, all kinds of alarms inside the dungeon core sounded.
"[Warning... Warning... operator's magic power output is below 10%!!
Warning... Warning... ICore functions below operational limits!!!!
Warning... Warning... Safe Mode initiated... ICore power management engaged...
ICore system shutdown commencing...
ICore data cache saving in progress...
5%... 11%... 43%... 82%... ICore data packages successfully saved!!!
Begin a full system shutdown in 5 minutes!!!
Estimated time to fully charge host magic power by magic generators... 7 days...]"(Alice AI)
Well, that was unexpected... f@ck me...
I look around the inside of my dungeon heart, and all the screens are flashing warnings like some spacecraft about to hit an asteroid or something.
"Alice, can I still communicate with Job outside before the system shutdown? Being out for a week will be bad for us, in any way, if I can't give any instructions."(Sirus the spent)
"Darling, it should be ok for the next couple of minutes. Afterward, even the communicators will shutdown."(Alice)
Oh... o-ok. I guess I need to be quick then. It shouldn't be a problem to say what is necessary. Also, my AI Alice has had a hardcore personality profile change if she is calling me "Darling".
"Job, I don't have much time, so please listen closely to what I have to say."(Sirus)
"Yes, your Evilness, your servant hears and obeys."(Job)
Job and the other male Imp are gathered around the three women that have passed out from the previous mating session.
"I have used too much of my power recently, and I'm going to be recovering for the next week. During that time, I will not be able to help you in any way. So, I need you to take care while I'm out and continue with the dungeon renovation when possible. But please prioritize your clan and the dungeon safe first. Take care of the girls too. They will develop fast and sometime in the near future will give birth too. When I recover, I will provide rooms to nurture the young. If other races find their way to the dungeon, unless it is life and death, don't allow them into the dungeon before I'm restored. Have them come back after my week recharge is completed. Thanks for all your hard work, Imp clan. I am very grateful to have you in my dungeon. Take care."(Sirus Out!!)
Job walks over and picks up the dungeon heart gem and returns to the alter. As he removed his hand from the jewel, he could see the light dim inside the inspiring crystal.
"*sigh* A week, huh?"(Job)
Job looked at the remainder of his clan and returned his gaze to the dungeon heart. The last few doze hours have been the most terrifying and awe-inspiring in his life. Every time he interacts with the dungeon spirit, he feels like the hardships were worth it. He didn't wish for the losses his clan suffered, but he does feel they were receiving karmic justice now. How blessed he feels when his Lord is unbelievably powerful yet equally compassionate. It is a pity, so many of his clan died in the exodus, yet now the hope the clan has is just too bright. He feels blinded by all the joy and happiness inside him.
"Jack, let's move the women out of the lord's room and take them to their rooms."(Job)
Jack brushes the hair out of his wife Ani's face and then nodded. They moved the girls to their sleeping quarters to rest. Each of the girl's stomach was bulging some. Job was concerned for Cam but also excited. Job and his wife have tried to have children for several years unsuccessfully. He loves Cam with his whole heart, but he is twice her age. He didn't know it would make much of a difference, but he couldn't help build feel guilty from depriving Cam of the joy of motherhood. It pains him as a man to offer his wife to another to do what he couldn't. Yet, because the one that impregnated his wife is a living god, it makes it easy to take. He covered Cam with a blanket before kissing her forehead.
"Congratulations, my love."(Job)
Next few days, Job and Jack have taken care of the dungeon, like usual, except the stopped digging new tunnels. The two men took turns taking care of the women with great care. They would not leave them alone for long and would assist them if they had to do anything. Even relieving themselves was assist by them to a degree. With the slime that hatched before to help them, it was not as degrading as the girls thought. The slime consumes dead organic matter, and humanoid waste counts as food for the slime
The amazing thing was the girls' bellies were growing daily. By the third day, they looked very much with children. This excited all the Imps as they could hardly what for the children. They were like kids on Christmas Eve anxiously waiting to open their presents.
On day four, Mika when into labor first. With the help of Job, she managed to push out two eggs the size of a fist. One egg was pure white, and the other has a brown color. The eggs don't have shells like a chicken egg, but rather a leathery skin like exterior. Job handed the two eggs to Mika and congratulated her.
"Mika, congratulations on giving birth successfully. I don't know what we have to do now with the eggs, but our Lord Dungeon will be back in a few more days. So, keep them warm for now, and he can direct us at that time."(Job midwife)
Mika, with tears streaming down her cheeks, took her eggs from Job. She clutches them tight to her body as wept for joy.
"Yes, thank you for your help, lord Job"(Mommy Mika)
Job patted her head full of white hair and smiled kindly. He cleaned up the messy area before covering Mika with a blanket.
"Just Job will do. We are the last of our clan, you have been courageous to become a mother under the circumstances. Therefore, you don't need to stand on ceremony and call me 'lord'. If you could do this old Imp a request instead?"(Job)
"Request?? Mr. Job, if it is something I'm capable of doing. I may be the youngest person in the clan, but I am eager to be of help when possible. "(Mika)
"I am thankful you think that. What I wish to request is to please devote yourself to be the dungeon hearts bride. We all worship him as a god and rightfully so. He seems mature for only being several months old, yet I sense he is like a lonely abandoned child. I think you have feelings for him, and I'm sure together you can fill the pain and loneliness in each other that way. He is powerful, smart, and compassionate. Many may use that against him. He will have many lovers and wives in the future. With his abilities, it's almost a given. But, which would you instead happen, be one of his first wives developing and growing together slowly or try to create mutual affection when he is drowning in the love of many women? Don't answer the questions; search your feelings, and decide yourself. Whatever you choose to do, know we will fully support your decision. "(Job the Counselor)
Job pat her head once more before leaving her to rest. Mika, on the other hand, was lost in thought. In a world where the strong rule the weak and the weak submit to the strong. Her having a husband that is not only insanely strong but also caring was a luxury. Her feelings about the Dungeon Lord was already at the level of religious fanaticism. The question if there were love between them would be different. Frankly, she felt that being his legal wife was too much responsibility for her to bear. Perhaps, she was more fitted to be his servant lover than his wife. Jog maybe right, spending more time with him and talking out her thoughts would help her.
So, she decided to let go of her thoughts and rest with her eggs tucked under her blanket to keep warm. With all the right things happening recently, she couldn't help but fall asleep with a smile on her face.
After Job left the room of Mika, he was headed to his wife Cam's bedroom when an alarm sound in the dungeon. It was the first time hearing it and it panics him for a moment, before collecting himself. Of all the time to have an intruder inside the dungeon... hopefully, it's no big deal...