บท 12: Dungeon!!! (2)

After what had happened last time, the trio was already outside of the room they were locked up in and had rampaged the first 9 floors of the tower in just 30 minutes. Considering the fact that the floors were large and all had purple twisted corridors that could lead you into the same dead end you had already met 4 times before, that was pretty impressive.

Although that was mostly due to either Luna or Noel killing the fiends in a single strike or just outright kicking them away. Well, most of the fiends were animal-types so it wasn't that hard. As for Tsu'ro, he was made in charge of collecting the 'drops.' Noel gave him a black satchel that served as an Item Box.

"H-Here we are..." The former 'Great' black skull had shrunk itself to the size of a regular human-sized skull and his purple flames were shivering in fear(if they could do that).

He was also another reason why they were able to get to the BOSS floor so quickly because they only had to threate--*cough* *cough* politely ask him where the stairs were located. He was apparently intended to scare the challengers and force them to go through a tutorial or some sh*t like that.

He was also supposed to be that guy in movies where when the MCs were having a hard time, he would just pop up and taunt or poke fun at them. He ended becoming a guide instead though. He at least had something to be happy about for Luna had given him a name. She named him Schädel, mostly because it meant skull in German and she thought it sounded cool.

Anyways, in front of the party was a door that was nearly the exact same as the last one they saw but was instead black in color and had a red 10 painted on it.

"I-I'm a bit scared, Young Miss and Young Master."

Oh, yeah. Halfway through dungeon clearing, Tsu'ro started calling Luna and Noel Young Miss and Young Master. They didn't really care though and were still stuck in the illusion known as 'Owning a Dungeon.'

"Noel-sama, Luna-sama, The boss is a fire-type, so--"

*CCCCRRREEEAAAAKKK*

Once again, Schädel was forbidden from finishing an important sentence. The siblings opened the uselessly tall door and brought the two bystanders in with them.

The chamber was a basic replica of the starting room they had teleported in. Inside was a minotaur with one leg crouched on the ground and one of his beefy arms held a red ax with a wooden handle that had red runes engraved on them.

He then raised his bovine head and stared at the first group of challengers that had appeared before him with his red eyes. He then stood up causing the entire floor to rumble. He stood at a whopping 15 meters and his deep blue fur rippled with energy. His chest was fully exposed and only had a pair of dirty yellow pants to cover his 'manhood.'

He then shouted out with a deep and overbearing voice that instilled fear into normal people's hearts.

「HAHAHAHA! WELCOME CHALLENGERS! MY NAME IS ONAN, AND I SHALL--」

And was sentenced with the same fate as Schädel. Actually, no. Not only did he not even get his first line entirely out, but he was also blasted with a bullet to the brain. He toppled down and fell on his back, his face still having that haughty look before he died.

About three seconds had passed before the sound of fanfare had resounded throughout the room.

*Fanfare SFX*

After that, golden fireworks blasted out making the words 'Congratulations.' When the fireworks had dispersed, a wooden chest appeared on top of the dead minotaur's body. They stuffed the chest into the black satchel and decided that they would open it at another date.

Tsu'ro found the stairs to ascend to the next floor and the party made its way up.

They conquered the floors in a similar manner. When another 1 hour and 30 minutes had passed, they had already conquered another 39 floors and had reached the last floor. By the time they were at the FINAL BOSS room, the scene in there left them a bit stunned.

The BOSS was a... dog? Or at least seemed to be. He had three heads and had spike collars all around his three necks. Instead of having fur, he looked like he was made out of molten rock and lava.

Its eyes were made out of a fire that constantly flickered on. He had sharp fangs dripping with blood and lava seemed to fill the body past his throat. He was about 20 meters tall causing whoever was looked down upon him wanting to pee their pants.

And that kind of creature was currently showing its belly to the party the moment the door was opened. This left Luna, Tsu'ro and Schädel shocked on how weird this scene was. But Noel seemed to be stunned for another reason.

Instead of pulling out his trusty gun as he did for the past 1 hour, he slowly walked to the creature instead. The fiend shivered upon sensing the footsteps that not even one of his heads was allowed to look up.

But a trace of familiarity could be sensed in the footsteps as well. When the dog had finally amassed enough courage to raise one of its heads to look up, he saw a face covered by a mask. He saw eyes that were new to him yet it felt as if he was accustomed to them.

Noel took off his mask and called out hesitantly to the creature.

"Cerberus?"

A silence passed between demon and fiend. It wasn't long until a soft whimper came out of one of Cerberus's mouths. The demon dog slowly stood up and stared at Noel with uncertain eyes. Noel then held out his hand, prompting Cerberus to sniff it.

After a few sniffs, Cerberus started licking Noel in the way a dog would do for its owner. With the exemption of the fact that instead of saliva, embers and ashes were being slobbered all over Noel.

A heartwarming scene of a dog and its owner playing around then took place in this desolate dungeon. Just ignore the fact that lightning streaks and fireballs being occasionally thrown from here to there.

And just like that, the siblings had conquered the dungeon and had gotten, a goblin, a skull and giant dog for a pet in the process.