My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem

As I was still striking Miki’s head, a voice cleared its throat to catch my interest. It was Sapphire. She hadn’t been present at the last few meetings. Her time had been used by her uncle as he taught her blacksmithing at the same time they guided the rest of the deep dwarves in settling down. She had been sending Lapis in her stead. The current meeting was something more intimate, where I was telling them about the damage to my soul and Lydia’s condition, so I wanted her to be there.

“What is it?” I asked.

“Since we’re sharing things that may please Master, some of the Deep Dwarves are fighters, and we still feel we owe you a debt, especially after rearranging your dungeon to give us a safe place to live. Your home is now our home too, and we want to fight to protect it. You don’t need a blacksmith while the battle is going on, so a few want to pick up arms. Don’t forget that mining in the Deep has its dangers, so there isn’t a Deep Dwarf who doesn’t have at least some ability to fight.”

“The Deep Dwarves will fight with us?”

I hadn’t considered it before, because the majority of those that had been freed were blacksmiths, miners, and other city folks. There weren’t very many guards or soldiers, and I had not depended on them too much during the dungeon battle against Twilight. However, that was down in the deep, where mana was richer and the proximity of Gaia meant that experience was earned quicker. People leveled faster in the deep. Therefore, a commoner on the surface would probably have about the same combat ability as a low-rank adventurer up here.

“Yes… mother has gathered two hundred men who will march to protect Chalm at that time. She held off announcing it to you until we were certain of their support, but they will fight for Master.

“I see… thank you.”

“However, that’s only part of what I wanted to tell Master.” Sapphire continued.

“What is the rest of it?” I asked.

“It’s… well… it’s better to show you.” Sapphire looked somewhat uncertain, but after a moment, she gestured to the door.

I could hear the thudding of feet. Something large was moving through my mansion. It reached the door and opened it, revealing a wall? No, a form crouched down, barely managing to move through the door as it entered the room. It was a creature of solid rock, with a squat head and almost no neck, but broad and powerful shoulders. It also had red glowing eyes.

“A golem?”

“Using what we had on Terra’s work, we did our best to construct this body.” Sapphire declared.

“Body?”

“Hello, Master…” A familiar voice came from the golem.

I jumped up. “Terra?”

“Yes, Master! It’s me!” Terra cried out, suddenly holding out her hands and rushing toward me.

“Ahhh! Help! I’m being crushed!” I cried out as she wrapped her arms around me and started squeezing.

“M-master!” Terra let go. “I-I can’t help it! She’s turned me into this monster.”

“It’s the best we can do! We don’t have the knowledge to do that fine-work to create your body.” Sapphire defended. “This is just a temporary body until we can make a better one. It’s still made of some of the finest materials. Its combat potential is top-notch! It should be an improvement over your last body.”

“Combat? What is combat when I look like this!” Terra wept. “I can live with anything, even a flat chest, but why this?”

“It’s not that bad…” I tried to reassure her, even as she hulked over me by about two feet.

“Do you still find me pretty?” She sniffled.

“Geh!” That question was a landmine, so I turned to Sapphire. “Why did you choose to resurrect her now?”

“Isn’t that obvious?” Sapphire shot back. “So, Master doesn’t forcibly inject me with more life again!”

I blinked. “Ah… that’s right, it has been a week. I would need to do that again… was it so bad…”

She turned away, touching her fingers together. “It’s not that I don’t want it, but when I have it, I want it to just be me and Master. Is that too much to ask?”

“Sapphire… I’m sorry. When this is all over, I will make it up to you.” I declared.

“Make it… with that! Ahhh! Is it hot in here?” Sapphire stood up. “I’m hot… I think I’ll go back to the forge for a while and cool off.”

“Isn’t the forge heated by actual lava?” Miki inquired.

“Bye!” She fled the room.

Just as I was about to relax, a massive golem put its hands on its hips and stood before me. “Master still didn’t answer my question!”

“Y-you’re still beautiful.” I lied.

“M-master!” She threw herself at me.

“Ahhh! I’m dying! The monster is crushing me!”

It was great that Terra was back, but things would take some getting used to until her body was restored. However, our prospects for fighting King Roth were only increasing. We just might win this.