Exactly as requested, Lust had accompanied Ralph out of the dungeon and had taken the opportunity to erase his memory.
There was only hella and a few ogres still alive in the room. She used her status as mistress to address all the occupants of the first floor. The sound was broadcast psychically so all the monsters on the landing could hear it clearly.
When Hella had taken off her bracelet and unleashed her mana in the room, all the creatures that were in the first level had felt it and therefore, instinctively, knew that the master of the dungeon was in their level. They were aware of the danger that now hung over their heads.
They were also aware of Assu's death even though they did not see it with their own eyes. This was due to the relationship of master and subordinate there was between them and Assu. So it was with the greatest attention that they all listened to the dungeon mistress' statement. Hella then pronounced
- To all those who hear me, may the most powerful monster after Assu join me immediately and without delay.
Thirty seconds later, a very large gray wolf with three eyes, one eye on the forehead, presented himself to Hella as being the strongest after Assu. Hella examined it's abilities through her Skill: Cursed Eye.
- He is far from Assu's level but it is clear that he is powerful.
The wolf approached Hella before bowing while pronouncing
- I, the chief of the gray wolves, I swear to you Mistress, obedience and fidelity until my death and beyond.
- Hmm I like those manners. You seem to me to educate better than the other madman. Hmm you'll do.
Hella accepts his submission and without delay, she makes him the new leader or boss of the first level. For that, she just pronounce it loud and clear
- I, the mistress of the dungeon of Amon and the absolute master of all creatures living in this place, I decreed here and now, that you, the leader of the gray wolves, are now the guardian and boss of this level. You take office on the field and I allow no objection.
As soon as she finishes speaking, the body of the wolf undergoes transformations. His mana illuminated and increased in size and power. His presence no longer had anything to do with the moment of his arrival in front of hella. He had become much more imposing and terrifying.
- I am honored O my mistress.
said the wolf. Hella was pleased with her deed and tasked the wolf with his first mission as Master of the First Tier.
- We have accepted a request from the worshipers of heretical gods so I want you to take care of this mission personally. Take goblins with you. And know that I will accept no defeat. Understood?
- Your wishes are orders.
- GOOD! So you can get started.
The wolf promptly complied, taking other wolf subordinates and goblins with him. At the head of a small army, the new level boss left the dungeon and took the large door which closed behind their silhouette.
As for Hella, she stood for a moment looking at the corpses of Assu and the adventurers in the room. After which, she left in borrowed the corridor by which she had come. On the way, she thought about the words spoken by Assu and had drawn a conclusion of which she was almost certain.
- Assu, he clearly said When did I submit to you. However, he did indeed utter words of submission in front of me, during the induction ceremony. But having said that, I also remember that he hadn't mentioned my name or even my status at the time.
Hella stopped in her tracks, looking thoughtful.
- But instead, he said the name of the dungeon. So if I understand correctly, he submitted to the dungeon but not to me. Is that possible? But I don't see any other explanation for his rebellion if what Amon told me about the dungeon's subordination system is true. Besides, that explains the fact that he could attack me or even... kill me.
This reality was quite unpleasant to conceive for the young woman who continued in her reflections
- Then why didn't Amon tell me anything? But it's true that he had warned me to always be on my guard, but why? One can submit to the dungeon without being submitted to the master. Is Amon aware of this possibility? It annoys me. And the worst is that there is even worse because Assu is not the only one who escapes my authority.
Lost in her thoughts, the young woman did not see the terrible mana which emanated from her person and which expressed what she felt at this moment.
- I remember that another of the ten level masters had pronounced the same sentence as Assu during my induction. He said the name of the dungeon instead of mine. Haha in any case, I would have understood two important things today. One I can't trust any of the monsters in this place. After all, they're just dirty fanciful monsters. And two, I'm gonna have to have a serious interview... with Amon.
Hella thought as she walked through the dark halls of the dungeon when she was interrupted by Lust. She turned and noticed the succubus behind her holding the glass she had left on the floor in front of Assu. This one was on her knees, holding out the glass to hella. So hella asked him the question
- What do you want?
- I have come to submit to you, great mistress.
- No need you are part of this level too.
- Yes, but I would like to pronounce it myself! It's that... you're so strong and powerful as well as beautiful, if I may say so.
- You can feel the ulterior motives from miles away. So go give birth, what do you want?
Lust looked up and smiled before standing up saying
- As one would expect from you. Alright, I'd like to be your personal servant. I adore you and I admire you so I would like to follow you until the end. Your story, your goals, your desires and your challenges, I would like to... know all about it. No, I want... to be part of it. I want to live them with you and become part of your plans, whatever they may be. So please let me serve you O mistress of the HELLA dungeon.
- You...
- By the way, look. I'm going to drink this liquid to prove it to you. It's the one you gave to Assu.
- If you drink this, you will be dissolved from the inside! It's just acid coming from the core of the dungeon.
Information that shocked Lust who had already put the glass to his lips. "Hein" she said, surprised, quickly removing the glass from her mouth. Hella then resumes
- On the other hand, if you prove your usefulness to me, then I'll keep you with me... Humm, do you know how to cook?
- Eh I could learn it by siphoning the memory of the humans.
- In that case... I agree.
- Yes, I understand your mistrust but you know even if I'm not very strong I have... What? what did you say?
- You're dragging! Go get inside!
- What exactly are you doing?
- Hurry!
Answered hella with firmness while lust seemed enormously surprised by pronouncing
- You want me to enter this birdcage?!
- I've always wanted to put something in a cage and then you were in a cage the first time I saw you, so go inside.
- Eeeeeeh...
Hella had conjured up a small birdcage which she forced Lust into by taking on a shrunken form.
- Finally, it was a good idea to go down myself in this stage. Hahaha I even have a pet bird now.
As strange as it may seem, Lust didn't seem bothered by this condition and was even happy to be able to become the servant as the mistress of the dungeon.
So they went to Hella's room where Lust started his new job by preparing a good bath for Hella, exactly as she had asked. Hella was taking her bath while Lust, in adult form, remained behind the curtains near her. During her bath, Hella asked Lust to come rub her back and she complied with pleasure. She also took the opportunity to ask hella a question.
- I thought I understood that you want to kill these adventurers just now, but then why did you spare one?
- By what was necessary!
- Ah good?
- When they thought they had saved me, I heard their conversation and it seems that they weren't there by chance. Someone had sent them here for a specific mission and if this person was ready to spend an artifact as precious as the one that neutralized Assu, it means that the mission entrusted to them must have been very important.
- Oh, I understand, but forgive my impertinence, but why spare one? It was better to kill them all, right?
- No!
Answered hella before adding, imitating some voice
- "Sorry boss, we faced the boss of the first level but all the others stayed there. I barely managed to escape but the mission is a failure". I think it will pass better and so the instigator will try something else and that's where I will fall on him if he ever wanted my life or that of the dungeon because after all, protecting this place was part of my contract.
- Wow! You are too strong! I would never have thought of that.
- Stop talking, wash my hair now!
- Right away !
So Hella took advantage of her bath. After the bath, Lust helped her get ready properly. She took off her dress to put another dress but lighter and flatten on her body with an opening in the left side.
- This one will do. Now it is time. Come with me, Lust.
- All right.
After the preparations, Hella went with lust to her office, a place to move in next to her room to serve as her office. There was only one big table and a big red armchair in this huge well decorated room. In his office were several files as well as a pen and a stamp.
- This is my office. This is where I spend most of my time and so do you now. Because you will be my personal assistant.
- I will do my best O your majesty.
- Hmm
Said hella before going to sit in his office, said Lust
- In the door to your right, there is a large round mirror. Bring it here.
- Right away.
Lust replied bringing the mirror in front of hella. This one was huge and reflected absolutely nothing.
- Eeeh, does this mirror have a use? It's that...a mirror must reflect otherwise, what's the point?
- Space line activation!
Pronounced hella while reaching for the mirror before answering lust
- Shut up and watch.
Immediately, the emptiness of the mirror disappeared showing distant lands where one could admire beautiful green landscapes that stretched as far as the eye could see. But this landscape, as magnificent as it could be, does not interest Hella. Rather, it was what was about to happen in this place that captured his attention. After a parade of sumptuous landscapes, wild beasts, monstrous creatures were now diffused through the mirror.
- But what is it?
- I sent the boss of the first level on a mission and I would like to see what it will give. And thus learn a little more about the outside world. This mirror allows me to see any place where a tiny part of my mana is. And the gray wolf has some of that mana so I decided to monitor his mission.
- I see.
- It begins.
In these beautiful green spaces, on a country road, a small caravan was advancing serenely. The caravan was composed of eight wagons and several soldiers guarding it. They were quietly going their way when the rearmost soldier saw on the left hill several wolves and goblins.
Without delay, he shouted it to the others who all got into a fighting position. The troop of soldiers was led by a captain, a big-bellied man with a long beard and fully covered in armour.
He ordered the rapid advance of the caravan protected by the soldiers, the majority of whom faced the monsters that appeared. A dozen gray wolves accompanied by fifty goblins rushed on the caravan.
A few goblins stayed behind and attacked the caravan from afar with arrows. While the others rushed on the caravan. The soldiers took out their spears to face the attacks. The shock was violent. The soldiers tried to hole the wolves but in vain.
On a running horse, the spears of the soldiers were easy to dodge for the wolves who had already started taking their kills.
On the other hand, it was easier for the soldiers to kill the goblins who were just charging headlong into their enemies. One of the wolves chased the captain of the soldiers, the latter used his spear to try to puncture him but the wolf dodged and jumped on him but one of the soldiers managed to puncture the wolf's head with an arrow. The captain raised his spear to the sky and shouted to his soldiers
- NOW!
His spear was illuminated and attracted all the attention of the monsters who all changed their target immediately to focus only on him. Faced with this situation, one of the soldiers said to himself
- That's it, the captain to use his special skill.
The wolves as well as the goblins, all began to hunt down only the captain who resisted their assault with bravery. With his left hand he blocked the attacks of the wolves with a black shield bearing a crystal in the center. He dodged some attacks by stooping on his running horse and with his right hand he killed goblins and gray wolves within his reach.
Meanwhile, the other soldiers took the opportunity to attack the monsters from behind. So the soldiers quickly took the advantage by quickly slaughtering the monsters that appeared until other goblins and medium-sized gray wolves appeared on the other side of the road before rushing at them.
- Shit, I hadn't thought of that. Everyone go take care of the other side. I take care of those.
- Yes captain!
Answered the soldiers before storming the new monsters that appeared. They all took out a vial of green liquid before the box.
Their bodies shone and they seemed to be even more motivated than ever. The melee began and the blood flowed. While the goblins didn't put up much resistance to the soldiers' spears and swords, they were still hard pressed to kill even a single gray wolf.
The speed of these wolves was such that the soldiers couldn't even follow them properly. They jumped at their throats and snatched theirs with disconcerting ease and savagery.
They tore off their limbs and jumped disappointed to make them fall and thus allow the goblins to finish them off. The soldiers were soon put in trouble by the power and tactics of the wolves as well as their ferocity and cruelty.
- Damn, goblins are fine but wolves, without the captain we won't make it.
During this time the captain also fought a bold battle. His horse had fallen and been torn to pieces by wolves, those same wolves that were jumping on him trying to devour him. He blocked wolf attacks and goblin arrows with his shield and attacked them with his spear at the slightest opportunity.
- the heavenly widow slash slash!
He swung his horizontal spear through the wind and six blades of wind appeared to cut down the wolves that jumped on him. Thus he inflicted damage to his opponents by eliminating some. Seeing the rest of his troop being decimated, he again raised his spear to the sky and activated his skill on a much larger scale this time.
With the brilliance of his spear, all the monsters hunted him down to forget the other soldiers. The man took advantage of the situation to order his troops to split in two.
- Let those still on their horses pursue the caravan and protect it. The others will stay here with me to eliminate these monsters.
One will stay with him while the other troop will follow the caravan. Thanks to this, the caravan escaped the attack and continued on its way without looking back, protected by about twenty soldiers still on their horses.
The caravan continued to flee again and again leaving the battle scene behind to the edge of a large pond above a river.
The pit was gigantic but the bridge was just as big and the river was menacing with rapids. And on this big bridge was a man wearing a big cape with his face half covered. Behind him were about thirty other men dressed in the same way.
They all had their hands together on a book. In addition, right behind these men was the leader of the gray wolves. The new boss of the first level of the dungeon, accompanied by about thirty gray wolves while facing the caravan whose protectors clenched their teeth and trembled with fear.