Since the battle with the Maple Dragon Kingdom, Styx's experience points had skyrocketed. There were over 100,000 monsters killed in the battle, approximately 37,000 deaths on the human's side and 700 on Styx's.
The experience log was the epitome of chaotic as a result and varied greatly. A huge amount of experience flowed in from the monster deaths, almost 400,000 to be precise. Of the human deaths, they were all Third Step, so the average earnings of Styx should have been around 220exp per kill.
Whilst there were large influxes from those killed by his cannon, offsetting that were those killed by Aura and Spider. Being at the Fifth Step, the amount of experience they earned from killing a Third Step soldier was only 1 percent, meaning Styx only got one or two experience points from each one. The monster deaths experience would have been higher if it weren't for them being only Second Step on average.
Altogether, this was a further 1.8 million. Altogether, Styx earned around 2.3 million experience from the war. At <Lv. 23>, he now had enough experience to increase his level all the way to <Lv. 42> if he so chose to, but he intended to remain steadfast and only raise it once per week to not waste potential.
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Species: Dungeon Core (Dungeon Master: None)
Name: Styx
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Mana: 2,570/3,036
Exp: 2,342,025(+)
Level: 23
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Abilities:
Dungeon Creation <Lv. MAX>
Mana Control <Lv. 34>
• Mana Infusion
• Mana Vein Creation
• Remote Control
• Mana Logic Construct
Dungeon Control <Lv. 31>
Dungeon Facility Construction <Lv. 26>
• Biomass Converter – 100 mana
• Breeder – 50 mana, 20 biomass
• Storage Crate – 10+ mana, 10 physical material
• Blast Furnace – 100 mana, 20 stone
• Storage Tank – 20+ mana, 20 physical material
• Rotary Mana Engine – 40 mana, 10 stone, 1 iron
• Material Refiner – 150 mana, 10 stone, 2 iron, 1 emerald, 1 ruby, 1 amethyst
• Alchemy Table – 200 mana, 5 stone, 10 iron, 1 ruby, 10 quartz
• Mana Constructor – 400 mana, 30 steel, 1 manasteel, 120x gears, 450x screws
• Stable Storage Crate – 100+ mana, 20 physical material
• Stable Storage Tank – 100+ mana, 35 physical material
• Magmaforge (BP) – 250 mana, 40 magmasteel, 5 lava, 0.2 brimstone powder, 5x brimstone flowers
• Soulforge (BP) – 1,125 mana, 80 stone + 5 tortured soul powder (*Soulium upgradable), assorted items
• High Pressure Water Cutter (BP) – 730 mana, 50 stone, 5 steel, 0.2 manasteel
• T1 Conveyor Belt: 1m (BP) – 40 mana, 2 stone, 1 steel, 8x gears, 12x screws• T2 Conveyor Belt: 1m (BP) – 90 mana, 3 stone, 1 manasteel, 24x gears, 48x screws
• T1 Item Picker (BP) – 70 mana, 2 steel, 0.1 manasteel, 30x gears, 50x screws
• Obsidum Mana-Saw (BP) – 550 mana, 3 steel, 1x obsidum blade, 1x engine, 20x gears, 30x screws
• High Speed Turbine Engine (BP) – 680 mana, 0.5x manasteel, 1x steel, 5x gears, 10x screws
Basic Dungeon Construction <Lv. 27>
• Scan – 10 mana/m3
• Blueprint Creation – 342 blueprints
• Blueprint Manufacturing – 342 blueprints
• Mental Projection – 1 mana/min
• Visible Projection – 5 mana/min
• Autobuild – 4 mana/s
Trap Construction <Lv. 23>
• Bait – 5 mana, 5 biomass
• Spike Trap – 20 mana, 10 stone
• Pitfall Trap – 10 mana, none
• Arrow Trap – 20 mana, 10 stone (5 on reload)
• Weak Poison Gas – 50 mana, 1 stone, 1 biomass (expendable)
• Chaotic Space Trap – 200+ mana
• Crushing Wall Trap – 30 mana, 20 stone, 2 iron
Internal Resource Storage <Lv. 17> (293,926/614,400)
• Physical Material – Stone (170,000), Dirt (50,000), Biomass (24,125), Ardonite (5,200), Manasteel (485), Wood (200), Steel (5,145), Obsidum (127), Gold (25), Celendine Clay (575), Copper (7,459), Tin (1500), Firesteel (115), Magmasteel (145), Soulium (12)
• Liquid Material – Water (28,458), Lava (358),
Mining <Lv. 38>
• Basic Material Identification
• Mineral Detection
• Auto-mine
• Overdrive
• Earth Fracture
Avatar Creation <Lv. 27>
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Styx was determined to retaliate against the kingdom, and without the goddess threatening him, he first set his sights on Lagoon Porter City. He was rapidly digging tunnels to connect his dungeon to the city, which would be completed in a weeks' time.
Passages were dug parallel to one another, but this was just to quickly reach the city whilst they were still being joined and turned into a giant single tunnel 100 feet wide that can allow express passage of monsters or people. I would be useful for both war and general logistics.
There was a huge population within the city that would enable him to grow at a rapidly enhanced pace.
Duchess Euklid had already departed along with her daughter, Rebecca, and also Aura to serve as their guard. Styx did not expect the Duke to be welcoming or cooperative at all, so the wolf-eared woman was to ensure they were protected and also remove any obstacles blocking their path and ensure nobody got in their way.
Meanwhile, Dragon was on a mission of repentance with Styx. Despite his words and inability to express the correct emotions at the correct times, he was visiting many nationless villages in the Abyssal Forest alongside Loreley and forcing the residents to relocate to Styx's dungeon.
He had crushed a few as well when they were especially uncooperative, holding them as a deterrent to any other nationless villages who didn't want to move.~~~~~
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"Have you figured it out?" Beatrice asked as she watched Styx finishing the alterations on the T2 Item Picker.
"I have, or at least, I should have."
Styx had a line of gnomes carry in a bunch of different items and feed them onto a trial T2 Conveyer Belt. The items quickly travelled down the advanced track and entered the item picker's range. It immediately sprung to life, picking up the item in its claw grip before spinning on its axis and moving the item to the destination.
Several T2 Item Pickers operated, moving items between themselves and their destinations, being other conveyors, smelters and storage chests. Each had specifically programmed magic arrays to enable this, but this array was much more advanced than it used to be.
"By reinventing the core function, it has enabled me to add in some Hamiltonia Magic System logic which is similar to the demons' magic system but slightly less intention based. The item picker is now capable of identifying the object and how to move it with much more intelligence. If an error occurs, it can correct itself rather than being permanently out of sync."
"It is truly an ingenious design."
"It is better, but not ingenious. I am already working on a T3 design, which involves me converting a predesigned array into an artificial mana network within the machine. I have a mana logic construct which contains a lot of the basic information on this kind of magitech innovation, but it is still some time away."
"Hu-husband…"
Beatrice maintained her expression but was clearly flustered as Styx wrapped one arm around her waist and slipped it up her shirt, directly grasping onto her large breasts. Normally she wouldn't be fazed, but a pair of crimson eyes glared down upon the two from the ceiling of the factory cavern.
These eyes belonged to Spider, the latest addition to the dungeon's Monster Lords. Wherever Styx was, she wasn't far away, usually simply watching from the shadows without moving. When someone got close to Styx, however, jealousy and possessiveness would flow out from her, even when it was the dungeon wives themselves.
"This isn't the… time…"
Despite her words, Beatrice leaned her back against his body and her deep affection flowed endlessly across the connection the two of them shared.
"It is always the time," Styx said, ignoring the jealous stalker-like presence above them. "Especially after completing such a significant milestone."
Styx sat down on a large chair with Beatrice on his lap, the stunningly beautiful phenelf tilting her head and kissing Styx on the cheek before seeking out his mouth with her lips.
Styx tightly grasped onto her breast, the soft melt squishing under his fingers while its firmness pressed back against them. Her pink nipples were already hard and enticed Styx to pinch them.
His other hand snaked around her waist and snuck into her waistband, sliding under her skirt and in her underwear. He vagina was already slick in anticipation as his fingers rubbed out and down her pink slit.
"Haah… Nghh~"
Beatrice moaned lightly as Styx rubbed her clitoris in circles, eventually reaching down and hooking his finger so it pressed into her tight cave entrance. The phenelf closed her eyes and tightened her grip on Styx's arms, also parting her legs more to allow his finger to reach as deep as it would slide inside of her.
She reached between her legs and grabbed Styx's rock hard shaft through his pants, panting and squeezing it while losing herself in euphoria.
No words were shared as Styx casually slid her skirt and underwear down the back of her buttocks whilst taking out his fully erect penis at the same time. Beatrice had completely forgotten about Spider at this moment and completely focused on the unsheathed sword which could give her not just monsters, but children of her own.
Styx watched in amusement and a high degree of horniness as she held his rod upright whilst lowering her waist on top of it.
There was barely any resistance as her vagina was spread wide open, her natural juices coating the shaft as she slid down it inch by inch.
"Mmnnphaaahhh~~"
As her buttocks pressed against Styx's thighs, she arched her back and moaned in ecstasy.
Styx felt her inner cave tightly wrapping around his shaft, her inner folds pulsating while the tight entrance to her cervix squeezed the base of his penis hungrily. His penis also caused her thick thighs apart as they couldn't fully close whilst he was inside of her.
Beatrice leaned forward and supported herself as she rose her hips up before dropping them down again. She only became more vigorous as she was determined to get Styx's seed from him.
"Husband, please fill me up with a child of our own," Beatrice said in a tone full of love whilst small golden flames burst out on her body but did no harm to her clothing or Styx.
Styx tightly held onto her breasts and pulled her down on his lap as his penis penetrated deep into her vagina and poured out his seed into her inner cloister. Beatrice's entire body quivered as she climaxed from the sensation whilst Styx released a deeply satisfied moan himself.
"So, you want a child of our own too. Irie is already pregnant, if you fall pregnant as well, that is one less person to breed monsters for the next nine months at least."
"Eleven months… Husband, I promise I will give birth the twice as many monsters after, just give me this one thing…"
"Don't worry, I had originally promised you kids of your own when you joined, I will at least give you this one now that we have no danger in the foreseeable future."
Just as promised, Styx deliberately didn't select any monsters from the insemination notification and allowed his seed to freely flow in her womb. All the while, his mana threads spread out from his avatar and filled up her mana network, expanding it whilst also inspecting her body.
All the women who lived the previous battle with the human kingdom had increased in at least two levels on average, so they had all been very active in breeding and expanding their own mana networks since. The males didn't have the same chance, but the highly mana rich foods were like minor spiritual treasures and could mimic the benefit, even if only to a one percent degree in comparison.
Beatrice's vagina tightly clung onto the fully submerged penis as she rubbed her hips back and forth in his lap, trying to squeeze out any leftover seed and keep it in her womb.
"Husband, I love you…" Beatrice lovingly spoke to Styx while resting her body back on his, her head resting on his shoulder with her eyes closed.
Just as she opened her eyes and before Styx could answer, she opened her eyes and immediately jumped in fright.
"Eek!!"
At some point, Spider had descended from the ceiling and stood behind the chair, her enormous body leaning over the top of the two and silently staring at the two with complete fixations.
"Babies…" The Monster Lord's cold voice escaped her lips whilst watching the two without blinking.