## Chapter 335 – Dungeons and Adventurers (2)
“Let’s wrap this up within our means, shall we?
I need to eat, so let’s get this over with quickly.”
“Yes!! Your Majesty!!”
Vivian issued the arrogant command, and her Henias, as if thrilled by her order, scattered in all directions.
“You should loosen up too.
It would be nice to see your skills.”
“You can consider me the best without even seeing them.”
Vivian removed the sword from her neck and gently sliced downward, cutting the ropes that bound her. Leah, now free, stretched her stiff upper body for a moment.
“Gulp…”
“Ooh…”
As she stretched, her soft, ample breasts, ensnared in the spiderweb, swayed and gently compressed, distracting those around her.
What did it matter if she was an Other or close to human?
Men were naturally drawn to beautiful, poisonous flowers rather than harmless, ugly ones.
Just as the gazes of the men maintaining formation were about to converge there, Leah revealed her fangs in a sly smile. She swiftly moved her spider legs with natural grace, striding forward.
The men who missed the spectacle seemed to show a hint of regret in their eyes.
And above all, the sight of her four pairs of legs moving organically, appearing to move freely and effortlessly, yet displaying considerable speed, elicited admiration from the onlookers.
Leah immediately wedged herself between three ferocious, muscular beasts that resembled deadly hounds.
Wielding her long, sharp claws like a Japanese sword, she instantly sliced one in two and pierced the belly of another with the tip of her sharp leg.
The beast with the pierced belly whimpered and struggled like a wounded puppy before succumbing to death, pinned by her leg.
Meanwhile, she tore away the spiderweb from her chest and used the silk she extracted from her nipples to ensnare one of the beasts like a net.
“Hehe… simple enough?”
Having captured the beast, she then neatly bound her chest with the extracted silk.
The sight of her striking a seductive smile, gently lifting her breasts with her hand, and primping herself truly showcased the demeanor of a deadly huntress in many ways.
One of the Swallow Faction members, inadvertently admiring her actions and applauding, was elbowed in the side by his superior, creating an amusing situation.
Of course, the Henias, having fought these beasts before, were even more adept at dealing with them, clearing the area with speed no less impressive than Leah’s.
“Looks like things are wrapped up? Hey, you slackers!!
Come on out and get ready to work!!”
The Swallow Faction members, who hadn’t lifted a finger, quickly snapped out of their daze after watching the fight and began to unpack the materials they had brought, as agreed beforehand.
When teleporting between gates, one typically returns to the same location.
“Recruits!! Abandon all hope until you’ve built this!!”
“Yes!! I love hammering, brothers!!”
Securing this location would ensure a safe escape, and even if they were pushed back by the beasts and had to flee through the gate, they would have the advantage of returning to ambush them.
Sweat of rewarding labor beaded on their foreheads as they built the temporary fortress as safely as possible.
Of course, the Henias and Leah, with their surplus of strength, and Marie and Eloise, who concealed their identities while providing magical support, also joined the construction, leaving only a minimal guard. Amazingly, a decent fortress was completed in just half a day.
“It’s my first time experiencing construction work…
It might be harder than I thought…”
“Professor, haven’t you ever done construction work?”
“Marie, have you…?”
“Of course…? I used to work as a magical assistant on construction sites…
They paid well if you could use weight-reduction and levitation magic.”
Marie, a young breadwinner with a younger sister to support, had taken on countless part-time jobs in place of her busy parents back home.
‘I once slipped and fell into a puddle…
My whole face was covered in mud…’
Remembering the bonus she received from the foreman, who was impressed by her hard work, and how she bought snacks for Anne, Marie smiled.
Of course, Marie would be shocked to learn that the snacks her sister bought were still uneaten, too precious to consume, and now moldy under Anne’s bed, still in their packaging.
“Hehe… heehee…
I… I see…?”
Eloise, the well-bred young lady of the Fantini viscount family, looked at Marie’s smile, unable to imagine such a thing, and simply nodded with an awkward smile, not understanding herself.
“It was a bit tiring using magic here and there…
But it was rewarding… Now it’s easier…”
“Now…? Come to think of it…
What do you do now, Marie…?”
“Ah… I… I just do some accounting…!!
It’s nothing special…!!”
Marie quickly deflected Eloise’s question and stood up, noticing a man approaching her.
The man, who had come to summon her, seemed to have been sent by Vivian with instructions to see her.
“Did you call for me, Manager…?”
Marie soon arrived at Vivian’s office, a small log cabin that also served as a command center.
“Take off your clothes.”
“Huh…?”
Upon arriving, Marie’s expression, which had been slightly excited at the prospect of what task she would be assigned, froze at Vivian’s first words.
“Let’s get this done quickly, okay?”
“W-What do you mean, ‘get this done quickly’…?
M-Manager…!? This is a dungeon…
A dangerous dungeon…!!
If we do something like that here…”
Marie’s violet eyes, so like her sister’s, trembled, and her face flushed red with extreme embarrassment at the thought of something indecent.
“‘Something like that’? What kind of lewd thoughts are you having?
Stop talking nonsense and just lift up your skirt.”
“Hwaa…!! Hwaaa…!!”
As Marie reluctantly lifted her skirt, Vivian pinned her against the wall, pushing her knee between her legs to immobilize her. Vivian then pushed something she held in her fist into Marie’s crotch.
“Ugh…!! Kyaaa!!
Manager…!! Something’s crawling inside…!!
W-What do I do…!! I need to get it out…!!”
“Just stay still. Trust me.”
Vivian’s firm words and charismatic, sharp gaze stared down at Marie.
Receiving that gaze from a distance close enough to kiss her, Marie reluctantly endured the sensation of something crawling inside her, covering her mouth with her hand.
“Ugh… huff… ugh…!!”
Then, feeling something gently penetrate her cervix as if knocking on her womb, Marie’s eyes widened, and she shuddered.
She took her hand away from her mouth and frantically stroked her lower abdomen, noticing that the movement inside her had stopped.
“W-What… what is it…? There’s something… inside me…!!”
“It won’t come out anyway, so don’t try to force it out.
It’s not dangerous, and it’s actually for your safety.
Just keep it inside you while you’re in the dungeon.
It might move on its own sometimes, but just let it do what it wants.”
“Then… you’re not going to tell me… what this is…?”
“Sometimes it’s better not to know, isn’t it?
But it won’t kill you or hurt you.
In fact, it will save your life someday.
I can guarantee that.
You can go now. Call the woman with the mask when you leave.”
“Heeit…!!”
‘P-Professor…!! I’m sorry…!!’
In the end, considering the possibility of dangerous situations, a Nemea variant modified for uterine implantation was placed inside Marie’s womb, as it was difficult to tattoo her.
Marie’s expression, as she went to call Eloise, her next victim, was filled with guilt for betraying her teacher.
But shouldn’t they live together if they were to live at all?
Marie, unable to die alone, betrayed Eloise, and soon after, Eloise’s surprised cries echoed from inside the log cabin.
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“Hoo… how fascinating…”
“You seem to like it quite a bit?”
“Of course. I feel stronger…
This flesh on my upper body is fragile, but it fills in the parts that silk cannot protect…”
Leah usually wove spiderwebs into clothing to create armor, but even she was captivated by the convenience of the Nemea once she experienced it.
“Ugh… ah… my husband’s touch… ugh… hee…!!
To be able to feel it even when we’re apart…!! Ahaang…♡”
Vivian, who already knew that she was talking about something else, turned away with a helpless smile.
‘Why are all the perverts around me horny all the time…?’
Of course, she herself became as wanton as any female in front of Enic, but she was here to work.
“Are you listening to everything…?”
“A-Ah… it’s nothing…!!
It suits you…!! I’ll be going now…!!”
Vivian, startled by Leah’s words, who seemed to have the ability to accurately read other people’s emotions, including Enic’s, waved her hand and left.
“Forward base completed!!
We’ve completed it according to the design!!”
Floraz, the first forward base built outside of Enic’s lair.
And now, Vivian, inspecting this dungeon base, created as a forward base for production activities following Floraz, wore a satisfied smile.
Of course, medical facilities were a top priority, as there was always a risk of serious injury in the dungeon.
“Did you come, Vivian? I’ve set up the basic facilities.
Let me know in advance if there’s anything missing.”
“Good. Do whatever you want.
You’re the only doctor here anyway.
He trusts your abilities quite a bit.
I heard you’ve been doing a lot of practice because of this dungeon situation…”
“It’s still not enough, but…
I’ll do my best.
And…”
“Hmm…?”
Vivian, sensing something strange in Yui’s hesitant voice, sent her a questioning look.
“I think Carla will be lonely…
Of course, I can’t be away for too long…
But I should probably go back every three days…”
“She’ll probably just be holed up in her workshop anyway…”
Yui’s love for Carla, her love for her classmate, was as famous as patriotism.
Yui, who took care of Carla, who spent all night in her workshop, like a mother, was a famous soulmate, regardless of whether they were in the Alchemy or Medical departments.
Vivian nodded readily, accepting Yui’s conditions, and turned away.
Leaving the medical room, she saw the wooden fences in the distance and the Henias guarding the perimeter on top of them.
And next to them, in a wide open space, they were dismantling the beasts they had captured this time, selecting usable materials.
These materials would soon become highly efficient goods, free from taxes and transportation costs, becoming a new source of funds for the Swallow Cartel and Vivian.
While others had to deduct various expenses, leaving them with little net profit after selling, they would continue to hunt beasts with high net profits, earning a fortune in the long run.
“It’s a good start… isn’t it?”
‘It is. You’re doing great, Vivian.’
Vivian, looking around with the spider perched on her shoulder, smiled at the spider’s action of gently writing letters on her cheek.
“It’s still not enough…
I’ll give you the world someday…
Until then, I’ll work hard…”
‘I already feel that way.
Thank you so much. I always believe in you.’
Vivian, blushing slightly at the unexpected praise and gratitude, crossed her legs and turned around.
“Ugh… I… I need to go to the bathroom…”
As the spider, intending to give her space, tried to jump down to the floor at her words, Vivian carefully caught it in mid-air, her face flushing even more, and whispered quietly to it.
“T-Together…
It’s because of you…
Take responsibility…”
And so, inside the newly built bathroom of Vivian’s dungeon base, a new bathroom that hadn’t even been used yet.
As if someone were leaning against it, from beyond the shaking door of a tightly closed stall.
“Ugh… ugh… there… if it gets sucked in… huff…♡”
A suppressed, thrilling, and sweet breath, both rough and delicate, leaked out little by little as a soft, small sound.
