Lazy Dungeon Master
Lazy Dungeon Master - Chapter 355: Subordinate and Support

Subordinate and Support

鈥?[However, don鈥檛 blame me if the information spreads among all Dungeon Cores.]

鈥?鈥溾€?Eh, as long as he doesn鈥檛 actively spread it, I don鈥檛 mind.鈥?/p>

鈥?Which is how I came to receive two Boss Spawners. I figured it鈥檇 be fine for me to say it.

鈥?[Alright, could you tell No. 564 the reason he lost?]

鈥?鈥淪ure鈥?to put it simply, [A dungeon strong against adventurers is not necessarily strong in Dungeon Battles]. The number of enemies you鈥檒l be up against is just too different.鈥?/p>

鈥?[鈥?You are certainly right. No. 564 likely would have won if it were just Aidi and a few others.]

鈥?鈥淓xactly. You鈥檇 obviously deal with a small group very differently than you would an army, right? That was the biggest mistake.鈥?/p>

鈥?[Father] nodded along. Core No. 564 listened on in silence.

鈥?Maybe I should say a bit more? I did get two Spawners, after all.

鈥?鈥淭his might just be something peculiar to the Demon King Faction, but you just didn鈥檛 prepare enough forces. There is power in numbers. Even if they鈥檙e individually weak, as you鈥檝e seen, once they move together systematically, they can become a threat. That said, there is a certain knack to have them move properly鈥?Is that enough?鈥?/p>

鈥?[Perfect. Thanks, Kehma-kun. So, No. 564, understand now?]

鈥?鈥淵鈥斺€?yes, Father. It is quite鈥?understood鈥? 鈥?/p>

鈥?Prostrating himself, Core No. 564 gave his answer. Something was off about the way he responded, but eh, whatever.

鈥?He said he understood and [Father] said it was enough, so deal complete! Anything else has nothing to do with me.

鈥?鈥淚 was surprised too, Rokuko. I never would have thought that squirrels could be so useful.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淔ufun, this is one of Kehma鈥檚 tactics鈥攈uman wave tactics. They weren鈥檛 humans though.鈥?/p>

鈥?Rokuko stood next to Aidi as she bragged鈥?I鈥檓 the one that came up with it鈥?eh, oh well. She鈥檚 my partner, after all.

鈥?[Now then, let鈥檚 see if No. 6 and Haku would like to say something鈥?Let鈥檚 start with Haku. Anything to say?]

鈥?[Oh. Allow me, then.]

鈥?With that, Haku-san stood in front of the monitor. Core No. 6 clicked his tongue even though he was in [Father]鈥檚 presence, was he annoyed at not going first? They really must be on bad terms.

鈥?[Hmm, right鈥?Kehma-san, good work. I will deliver that strong mind bracelet later. It is one Otou-sama specially made, so it鈥檚 even stronger than the one Wataru wears.]

鈥?鈥淥h, thanks.鈥?/p>

鈥?[As promised, I will allow you to hug Rokuko.]

鈥?Oh yeah, that was a thing.

鈥?鈥淥nee-sama! Can鈥檛 we kiss?鈥?/p>

鈥?[No. I wouldn鈥檛 mind it one time if you kissed me a hundred times, though?]

鈥?What a self-serving person.

鈥?鈥淚鈥檇 like to duelkiss Rokuko, too.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淗uh? No way. If you kiss me when we aren鈥檛 sisters I鈥檒l have a kid!鈥?/p>

鈥?Umm. What? And wait, are duals equivalent to dating for the Demon King Faction? Besides, isn鈥檛 she a magic sword-type core?

鈥?[And for you, No. 629, now named Orange. You may contribute your services to me as Kehma-san鈥檚 subordinate from here on.]

鈥?鈥淗ahaha~! Nkyuu! I look forward to working with kyuu, Kehma!鈥?/p>

鈥?And now I have a subordinate. I didn鈥檛 do anything though?

鈥?[Alright, now for No. 6.]

鈥?[Hrm. First, Aidi, splendid job. As expected of my grandchild.]

鈥?鈥淭hank you, Jiji-sama.鈥?/p>

鈥?[No. 564.]

鈥?Core No. 564, still prostrating himself on the floor, trembled on the other side of the monitor.

鈥?[鈥?You have disappointed me. Even if there were three cores, you were brought so low by three of the 600 series鈥?You will keep your life, but you are hereby expelled from my faction.]

鈥?[P-Please, wait! What should My Glorious Self do from now on!?]

鈥?[Like I know? You are no longer under my protection. Do what you will鈥攁h, however, I forbid you from calling yourself part of the Demon King Faction or a user of the Demon King Style. If you violate this ban, you will immediately be crushed. Do not forget this.]

鈥?Saying this, Core No. 6 was done.

鈥?Core No. 564 was speechless. He鈥檇 probably have a hard time from here on, but, well, good luck?

鈥?鈥?With that, [Father], who was smiling for some reason, spoke.

鈥?[Oookay, so No. 564. I鈥檒l give you two choices.]

鈥?[F-Father! P-Please, anything.]

鈥?[First, you can live on as you are as a Dungeon Core. Eh, basically it鈥檚 the do nothing choice. Second, you can choose to be Orange鈥檚 Support Core. What do you think?]

鈥?Orange鈥檚 face started to scream that he didn鈥檛 want him. I mean yeah, even if he said he鈥檇 support him right now, he might start teasing him from here on.

鈥?[鈥?What do you mean, Father?]

鈥?[What? I just said it, do you want to support Orange as the reward? Orange is a rabbit-type core, so he鈥檚 lacking in offensive power. I figured you鈥檇 complement him well in that. If it鈥檚 an issue of being too close I can just Dualize you two, how about it?]

鈥?He has a point to what he was saying, but Orange just kept shaking his head back and forth as if to say no, no, no, no, no.

鈥?But what鈥檚 that Dualize thing? Linking? A connection? Dual Cores?

鈥?[Father. What is Dualize鈥?]

鈥?[Oh yeah, you don鈥檛 know about it, huh? It鈥檚 when a single dungeon is managed by two cores that are connected together, but Orange would be the main one, you鈥檇 be like his support.]

鈥?[鈥?My Glorious Self would have to be under that rabbit?]

鈥?As No. 564 stared into the monitor, Orange dashed to hide behind Aidi.

鈥?鈥淥hoh, No. 564. You lost against Orange in the Dungeon Battle, a rabbit and a kicked dog, how fitting.鈥?/p>

鈥?[Guh鈥?!]

鈥?鈥淣oooo! I don鈥檛 want to pair up with a guy like hiiiiim!鈥?/p>

鈥?[It鈥檚 alright, Orange. Supporting cores can鈥檛 act against their main cores, they can鈥檛 even harm them.]

鈥?Isn鈥檛 that basically slavery?

鈥?鈥淪ave me, Kehmaaaa!鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥溾€?What if he only came when called? I mean, what if you treated him like an ace up your sleeve to save you in a pinch?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淣kyuu! So like a mercenary? 鈥?That might be fine.鈥?/p>

鈥?[Ugugu鈥?U-Understood. It is disgraceful, but My Glorious Self, as the loser, am in the wrong. Father, please鈥︹€攎ake me Orange鈥檚 support.]

鈥?[Good choice! Now I just have to get him a Master and we鈥檙e good.]

鈥?With that, Core No. 564鈥檚 fate was decided. Since it could be said that he鈥檇 effectively entered Haku-san鈥檚 faction, Haku-san鈥檚 expression was a bit complex after having said that she didn鈥檛 want the trash of a core. Come to think of it, Orange is my subordinate, and Core No. 564 is Orange鈥檚, so wouldn鈥檛 that make him鈥?seriously鈥?

鈥?[Okay, good job, everyone!]

鈥?It felt like [Father] was the most pleased of us all. The heck.