The Dungeon Lord's Misery

After Ryu was done petting Rei, she ran and quickly hid behind Chisi as she hissed at Ryu,

"What happened, Rei? Are you feeling embarrassed?" Chisi felt confused as she couldn't see why Rei would be afraid of Ryu, but Rei, who looked straight into her eyes, thought,

'There is no helping it… escape!!' as she ran away,

Ryu smirked as he saw the cat run away in fear and asked Chisi,

"So, what request do your seniors have?"

"Give me a second!!" Chisi replied enthusiastically as she floated a bit, moving forward, and opened the holographic chat window in a bigger size than before; she began writing on the board with a holographic pen,

[Dungeon Lord of Illusory: Seniors, he is asking about the request. I opened the chat for him!!

Dungeon Lord of Southern Seas: I don't think a human can help us…

Dungeon Lord of Hell's Flame: But we don't have another way, even though I doubt the human too

Dungeon Lord of Primal Frost: You both should be a bit optimistic; this human seems to be the type that grows strong….

Dungeon Lord of Southern Seas: I agree Nuri should be more optimistic!

Dungeon Lord of Hell's Flame: but you were the one who brought it up!!

Dungeon Lord of Southern Seas: O_O I was just checking… I am optimistic like Augustus...]

Seeing the Dungeon Lord getting side-tracked with ideal chatter, Ryu thought,

'Now I know why my friend's mom used to scold him for discord!! These people….!!'

"Oii, tell them to get…" Ryu was about to complete his sentence when another person typed in the group chat,

[Dungeon Lord of Calm Ilse: Nuri, Atla, do you forget the purpose of the private group? I did not waste my creation coin for this ideal chatter.

Dungeon Lord of Hell's Flame: I am sorry…

Dungeon Lord of Southern Seas: You speak to me in this way? *Anger face symbol* I am your senior, right?

Dungeon Lord of Primal Frost: Atla, be a good girl; you shouldn't intimidate him. He was the one who helped us.

Dungeon Lord of Southern Seas: If Augustus says so…]

'Just get on the point already!!' Ryu wanted to shout as he was getting irritated at their ideal chatter, and Jue spoke,

"Big brother, can you do this magic too?" Ryu, who wasn't paying attention, spoke,

"As long as I have a phone that is"

"What's a phone" Jue tilted his head in confusion as it was a word that he had never heard of before, and Ryu, who realized he messed up, exclaimed at Chisi,

"Tell them to get on the point already, or we are leaving."

Chisi, who noticed Ryu's irritation, frantically distanced herself a bit from Ryu as she pointed at the hologram board,

[Guest1: Tell them to get on the point already, or we are leaving!!

Dungeon Lord of Southern Seas: This worked

Dungeon Lord of Hell's Flame: I apologize for our banter

Dungeon Lord of Primal Frost: Hey there, it is nice finally talking to you. Don't you dare lay a finger on Chisi. Okay, she is my little sister

Guest 1: One, two, three, One, two, three mic testing!! Mic testing!!]

Ryu finally understood that he could send messages by speaking something and tested the feature as if it was a loudspeaker,

[Dungeon Lord of Calm Ilse: Thanks for sparing Chisi and saving her. We can read the symbols; rest assured.

Guest1: I see, so what do you all need my help for?]

Ryu jumped to the point without wasting any time, and Chisi spoke in a low voice,

"You could've said hello or something" Ryu didn't pay any attention to what Chisi spoke as he knew he needed to get done with whatever it was and get back to Illusia Town to announce completion before the Elite paladin and leave before he knew about them,

[Dungeon Lord of Southern Seas: Human, you should be more polite!!

Dungeon Lord of Primal Frost: Don't be irritated, Alta; Humans have less knowledge about our existence and importance. Either way Huma… Ryu, thanks for being willing to listen to our request, man. Huge favour!!

Guest 1: Can you come to the point already?

Dungeon Lord of Southern Seas: This human!!

Dungeon Lord of Hell's Flame: What we are going to tell you is very confidential and related to world balance. We wouldn't have troubled you, but we have no other options…

Dungeon Lord of Calm Ilse: Let's tell him already.

Guest 1: Yes, that'll save us time

Dungeon Lord of Calm Ilse: Have you heard about 6 Cardinal dungeons?

Guest 1: who hasn't?]

Ryu replied as the 6 Cardinal dungeons were the most important and grand dungeons in the world, accounting for much of the economic balance of the world and also the dream of every adventurer,

[Dungeon Lord of Calm Ilse: That will make it easier to explain; all of them and most of the temporary and Permanent dungeons are in threat of Evil God's scheme

Guest 1: Oii Oii, don't just drop the bomb like this. Give some context.

Dungeon Lord of Calm Ilse: Do you remember some strange dungeons core you found? The one filled with dark miasma and demons raiding the dungeons is all connected. We inferred that some demons are involved and the uncanny appearances of Paladin in dungeons before we lost them, make it seem like the Church of Light Goddess is also involved with this. They injected dungeons with Evil God's own Darkness.

Guest 1: I see. Are they just injecting Mana, or is it…

Dungeon Lord of Primal Frost: you are intelligent, Ryu; it is as you inferred they are maddening and placing unintelligent dungeon lords under their control and intoxicating wise dungeon lords into joining their legion.

Guest 1: I see]

Ryu thought,

'This really is an sh@t show of trouble!!' as he understood the gravity of the situation because if that were to happen all over, Evil God would have an army everywhere below people's noses, ready to attack,

[Dungeon Lord of Hell's Flame: We've already lost 1 of 6 cardinal dungeons to them; Dungeon Lord of Terrasod Seb have fallen under their intoxication and got his dungeon booted from the Dungeon chat.

Dungeon Lord of SouternSeas: I am frustrated Renpo and Serpha wouldn't pay attention even though we already lost one of us.

Guest 1: So where do we fit in all this? How am I supposed to help you?

Dungeon Lord of Calm Ilse: Phenex, the Camazot dungeon lord proficient in Mana sight, informed us about your existence and your uniqueness in Dark Mana specifically and how you were sane despite possessing and remaining near one of the corrupted cores.

Guest 1: So that Dungeon Lord was also a part of this group…

Dungeon Lord of Calm Illse: I know you might have your secrets and goals, but the fact that you can suppress and manage Evil God's unique Mana is of grave importance to us. You see, the dungeons of Nuri are already under demon's attack, and we've lost more permanent dungeons than we can count… but with you, there is a chance.

Guest 1: Get to the point already

Dungeon Lord of Calm Ilse: There is no wavering in you, I see; we want you to help us with the six cardinal dungeons and permanent dungeons visiting us and dealing with demons and neutralizing the Evil God's Dark Mana with your own Mana. Dungeon Lord can't enter the room with intruders in them; otherwise, we would've safeguarded ourselves better…. and with an endless supply of soulless troops, they got from dungeon lords that joined them and the Mana of Evil God, there is no chance for us to do it personally.

Dungeon Lord of Southern Seas: Everything is fine and all, but Calm Ilse, you aren't yet a 6-cardinal dungeon; you just helped us build this private chat,]

Ryu thought.

'it really sounds hectic; in game terms, it is like directly jumping to mythic rank from bronze!!' his attention was not on board as the Dungeon Lord talked now; he was thinking of the consequences and his own responsibility and then spoke,

[Guest 1: We can't help you; I mean, if we luckily come across a permanent dungeon with such stuff going on and it is within our capability, we'll do it. But I won't put me and my party at threat for something beyond us.

Dungeon Lord of Primal Frost: Why is it about rewards? You can't find better rewards than six cardinal dungeons; we'll even give you a special prize if you help us.

Dungeon Lord of Hell's Flame: It is really necessary. It is a threat to the world...]

"Big brother, are we not going to help them?" Jue asked with a concerned expression as he knew by Ryu's facial expression that he wasn't lying,

"Please help us… everyone would suffer if you won't," Chisi pleaded as she wanted Ryu to change his view,

Aiena was calm as she didn't want the party to take a dangerous challenge in the first place, and Rafa was fine with whatever Ryu decided,

"Jue we can't help them," Ryu said, making it subsequently appear on the board,

"But big brother… Evil God is strong and bad… if he is successful, it would be dangerous!!" Jue replied he wasn't one to argue with Ryu, but he couldn't help himself this time as he had heard tales of the Evil God's danger and power since childhood from Hina,

"And that's exactly why we can't help them; we don't know if all demons are as dumb as the one we encountered; we nearly died fighting a single drake a few days ago. The troops that Evil God will send to Cardinal Dungeons. The world's most harsh and rewarding dungeons won't be normal. We will need to be way stronger before considering it."

Ryu replied, and Jue was about to say something, but before he could, a low cold voice escaped Ryu's lips,

"And…"

-to be continued