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Volume 8 Chapter 212

The Audience and the Immortal Demon King’s Army

While Meldie’s group was surrounded by monsters of the eleventh floor, the atmosphere in the Dungeon Master Room was like this:
「That is an insane number of Magic Gnomes……」
For Yoko, who could shoot high-powered beams, it would be a simple task to eliminate the Magic Gnomes despite their high magic resistance.
But her sympathy for Meldie was understable as it is not a common occurrence to be suddenly surrounded in a dungeon by over a hundred B-rank monsters.
「What’s more troubling is that they are appearing alongside Crenus」
「I-I think for me the eleventh floor…… is too much」
「Yes, you might be right. If you want to challenge this dungeon, Rifa, let’s have Haruto-sama adjust the difficulty a bit」
Tina and Rifa were talking amongst themselves.
「H-hey, Haruto! Is Seira going to be okay!? I didn’t know you’d be sending her to such a place with so many B-rank monsters!!」
「Elmia, don’t worry. If it gets dangerous, I’ll step in right away. Besides—-」
「「Meldie is there, so she’ll be okay」」
「That’s right」
Haruto’s intuition also told him that Meldie could clear this floor.
She might struggle a bit, but clearing it will make her stronger.
What Meldie lacked now more than anything was the ability to shorten the time taken to fire powerful magic and physical attacks.
She needed to be able to deliver a decisive blow while also powering up in the face of enemies of equal or higher calibre. If she couldn’t, there is no way she could win.
If she couldn’t shorten the powerup time, Haruto’s hope was that she would find a way to buy time in order to annihilate enemies with a single blow after gathering enough power.
As things stand now, Meldie’s attack speed and power were lacking in her strikes.
「Haruto, is it just me, or are those monsters being controlled?」
「I think so too. They seem to be targeting Meldie more. Normally, they would aim for the weaker opponents first」
「You are both right, Hakua, Sylphy. I’m the one controlling them」
「「「Eh?」」」
「My aim is to have Meldie either shorten her powerup time for attacks or find a way to defeat enemies with a single strike. If I push her a bit, I’m sure she’ll grow」
Haruto had prepared this floor specifically to help Meldie grow.
—-It was at this point that Meldie’s voice echoed from the monitor.
『Eat this, nya!』
With that attack, Meldie took down all the monsters that were surrounding her.
「As I told you, see? Meldie did it」
Haruto began to pat Sylphy, who was sitting on his knee, with pride.
He could not help but celebrate Meldie’s progress.
「Y-yeah, Meldie is pretty amazing」
Agreeing with Haruto’s opinion, Sylphy happily accepted the head pat.
「Haruto, I also know how amazing Meldie is. Pat me too!」
「Hmm. Hakua, if you can clear the floor I choose when it’s your turn to challenge the dungeon, I’ll give you lots of pats」
「Eh, not……now?」
「Okay, okay, just a little」
When Hakua seemed sad from not getting a pat, Haruto gave her a light one on her head.
「T-thank you. I’ll do my best when it’s my turn to challenge it! I’ll show you, Haruto, the true strength of a former Dungeon Master!」
「Yeah, do your best」
Haruto planned on testing the strength of the tamed demon by having Hakua fight it.
Unbeknownst to Hakua, she’ll be facing a demon on the level of a Demon King.
「Meldie’s attack was amazing, can’t deny it, but I’m also surprised that Haruto-sama managed to tame all those hundred B-rank monsters……」
「My thoughts exactly, Luna-san. Even though Haruto-san is not a tamer, he can command so many monsters, and he is not even affected when they are defeated. It’s unbelievable」
Luna and Ryuuka were calmly analysing the level of Haruto’s accomplishment.
Normally, when you tame a monster, a bond forms between you and the monster.
It’s because of this bond that the monster listens to the commands of the human.
However, there is a downside to being bonded with a monster.
When the tamed monster dies, the human connected by the bond suffers mental damage.
Haruto, despite this, has tamed over hundred monsters, and even when they’re defeated he does not suffer damage at all.
He is able to command this many monsters through his enormous magical power, it’s how he is able to achieve this feat.
And the reason why he did not suffer mental damage.
—All this was the effect of the Evil God’s curse 〘Fixed Status〙.
It is the same when he formed a master-servant contract with Yoko.
Although Yoko follows Haruto due to the contract, Haruto was able to ignore his instinct to protect her, which should be borne due to the effects of the contract.
In other words, when Haruto tamed the monsters, there was a bond from the monsters to Haruto, but there was no bond from Haruto to the monsters.
Nevertheless, if he walked through the dungeon, all the monsters would be fond of Haruto.
And he was not so cold-hearted that he could make such monsters disposable.
That’s why Haruto set Resurrection on the Dungeon Core so that all the monsters from the eleventh floor onward could be revived even if they were defeated.
So in this Dungeon of Ruins, not only challengers but also monsters could be revived.
By the way, if anyone other than Haruto defeats the monsters here, they can gain experience points and level up.
Haruto had devised a system where he could convert his infinite magical power into levels for his companions.
Furthermore, there are approximately a thousand monsters tamed by Haruto on the floors beyond the eleventh, and all of them could be resurrected.
This meant that, within this dungeon, Haruto possessed an army of immortal monsters numbering in the thousands—-
However, he himself wasn’t fully aware of this fact.
Moreover, the boss of the final floor is a daemon-class demon.
That also possesses immortality.
In terms of difficulty in subjugation, it might be considered on par with a Demon King.
Haruto’s intention was to create a dungeon to train his companions, but in doing so, he had created an Immortal Demon King’s army.