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I won… but at what cost.

Those boys. Their agony induced screams still rang through my ears and I just... I didn't even have the courage to look at what my slimes had done to them, were doing to them. It scared me a little. 'Cause every time I looked at my loyal slimes all I could see were the tortured screams of the boys as the slimes did... whatever it was that they did. 

Though they were happy... and I guess that was all that mattered. Maybe? They were really relaxed, like a man that had just gotten lai- 

Nope. Nope, nope, nope. Don't go thinking those thoughts. Those were bad thoughts. 

On the bright side though, after those boys, there wasn't any other intrusions. No more commotions around here meaning that I could go stretch my legs and renovate for a bit. 

Before that though. A thought occurred and my stats appeared in front of me... and only me, at least I hoped.

/./

[Unnamed dungeon core]

[Race: It's a trap]

[Class: Lewd Dungeon Lord (2/50)]

[Level: 2 (50/1000]

[Skills]

|summon slime (lv2)| |set trap (lv2)| |enslave (lv2)| |summon spider|

/./

Well, ignoring the horror that I really hoped would never come up again - damn slimes - I had leveled up. That was good. It seemed like I really only had to kill two of the boys to level up seeing as they gave 50 xp each. That was good, and when the other one died I would be 50 xp richer.

Oh! And I had finally found the benefit to leveling up. It wasn't just strength. I got a whole new skill, that was nice, and more than that my skills leveled up too! I was really excited about that.

It seemed like my slimes got a bit stronger and I was just a bit more knowledgeable about traps. Then for the new skill. 

I focused for a second and lo and behold I found myself staring at a giant spider. If it was anyone else I had no doubt that they would be screaming in terror. I mean some people avoided entire continents - cough cough Australia - because their wildlife was just a bit too big.

And here I had a spider the height of me with a body to go with it. Meaning that it was probably five or so feet tall.

Ah- But aside from that I wasn't too sure what to do with them, after all my dungeon was only soo big. So I kinda just picked strategic places and put them into dark corners.

I smiled to myself. Yep~ That would do. They better scare the shit out of any intruders. I really hoped so, cause I would be scared too and if someone else wasn't than that meant I was a coward. And I was no coward.

Nodding in satisfaction at a job well done, I called one of the spiders next to me. It curled up with all of those legs against me, and despite any past misgivings I actually found it quite cute.

Eight beady eyes staring at me with reverence, fluffy legs that curled against my body. It was warm too. And just so~ cute. But maybe that was my skill affecting me.

I shrugged. Welp- If it was then it was. Either way I had no problem petting the darned thing. It was - and bears repeating - super duper cute.

But I couldn't just hold onto it, so I gave it some orders which pretty much amounted to. "Hey trap anything you see even your fellow slimes."

Yep. Part of me said that that was an unwise action and the other part of me said screw that I want a natural feel. I want people to think that this is a natural cave and that the two species - the slimes and spiders - are fighting against each other.

And seeing how intelligent the two are. Maybe they'll end up evolving if they fight enough. Or develop some tactics. That would be nice too. 

Welp~ I clapped my hands together. With all of that done I went back to the core. Or as near as I could get to it. Seeing that I had... well collapsed a heaping ton of dirt and stone over it.

I smiled sheepishly and called over a slime. This one was going to start digging out a base for me using its acid. And in but an hour or so I had a little hidey hole to sleep in. It wasn't much, but it was good enough for me.

I raised my hand and tried to summon another spider. But nope, apparently there was some kind of limit according to the little notification that popped up in front of me.

[Spiders 25/25]

"Hah-" I sighed, rolling my eyes. Just another mechanic I wasn't told of and another one to restrict me. Great! Just great.

Knowing that I had to get up from my perch and go and find a spider and then have it follow me. And then I had to go and instruct it to spit here and there. And there and here. Until I had a little hammock to sleep on.

[Intruders detected]

"Mmm... Fuck..." I groaned. I was sleeping so well too. Gah... Whatever. I don't have to do anything right? I nodded to myself and just went back to sleep. Yep, that was the better course of action.

/./

- Slime Pov -

He slept. In poise and grace. A majesty that must be preserved. His beauty was one that deserved the strength and protection of the shining glorious one that was I. The slime that would defend what was his, what was my master's.

I would defend his castle, his dungeon. These intruders would fall to the glorious one. They would see naught but the edge of my acid.

Hopping~ Hopping here and there~ I hopped about and avoided the webs that those spiders had made. Guh- the newbies. How arrogant of them to claim parts of the dungeon.

But at the order of our sun. Our star. The one and only~ Our glorious god. In the event of an invasion, and these were old orders, we were to work together.

I'm sure even those damnable spiders could at least follow that. 

"Seems to be a new dungeon… nothing but standard webs, most likely a spider dungeon. No wonder those kids died…"

His voice was masculine. That didn't matter. What did though was that there was one more. It was so quiet that the only sign that it was even there was that the masculine one seemed to be talking to them.

I was our sun's first. The star's first ray upon this darkened and bleak world. And so I was strong. I was the best~ There was none - except the glorious master - that were stronger than me. So how strong could two measly human's be~

It was a she. That was clear by the light steps, the feminine tone and mannerisms. Our glorious sun would be delighted, he would wouldn't he. The company that I had shared before, he seemed disgusted at the gender. 

And I now knew why. They weren't made in our god's visage. But this girl - no matter how ugly she was in comparison to our sun - resembled our god more. The star of our tentacles.

He would be delighted.

I would be master's favorite. I would bring him this one. But first I needed to do something about the uglier one.

"Looks to be a trap, want me to trigger it?" It was the masculine one that said something first.

"Yes… do it." Then the girl.

"Ok, step back little miss." And again the man.

Oh~ Wasn't that something? Oh just wasn't that just oh so interesting. The man waved and with a bit of mana disarmed the trap. Ah- But this chance couldn't be squandered. It would be their greatest honor of their pathetic lives. To be taken out by this glorious one.

As the trap triggered, and their guard was down, I triggered a nearby one with a glob of acid. It triggered and countless arrows flooded the room. This 'little Miss', as the man had called her, was out of range.

But the man wasn't.

He was turned into a pincushion. With every part of the dude being covered with arrows. There was a tiny scream, I ignored that and watched as the girl dropped to her knees in horror. Barely putting up a modicum of resistance when I spirited her away with a couple tentacles.