The Dungeon Master's
Chapter 182 - Punishment
...Dungeon Origins...
...13 Floor...
There is nothing special about this floor. Only a cavern large enough with various bulkheads covered most of this place. Of course, teleportation magic circles were located on this floor which facilitated the movement between floors and between dungeons.
‘Bruk!’
Lucien throws Scarlet to the ground and ties her to a pillar. After that, he immediately opened his blindfold.
“Tuanku…. I've brought you that stupid lady.” Lucien said as he bowed his body towards me.
“Good work. I'll give you a gift later. Now...” I said as I stepped closer to Scarlet.
Scarlet who was still confused by her current condition immediately looked in various directions. In all directions there were torches with a reddish-yellow flame. That is the only light that is in this cave that has not been built at all.
‘Tik! Tik!’
Every now and then, drops of water from the ceiling of the cave fell down and hit this rock ground. The droplets produced a light sound that was enough to disturb the ears of everyone who was inside this cave.
By the time Scarlet turned her head towards me….
“So you're the fucking woman who imitated my skill?” I asked with a flat face. I immediately crouched down right in front of him. Seeing the figure of Scarlet bound to a Unique-level Skill, Astral Chain, made myself quite happy.
“In the end, you couldn't even afford to struggle when dealing with one of my subordinates. Even so, why can you be so arrogant?” I asked Scarlet one more time. He seemed to show an expression filled with fear and annoyance.
But behind all that, an emotion full of anger was clearly drawn on his face.
“Eric! Let go of me!” Shouted Scarlet while thrashing. But the chain said something else. Scarlet was not at all willing to loosen even the slightest bit of the chain.
“Don't get too excited. Don't you have a lot of time to slander me? I am too. Now, I have a myriad of times to torment you.” I said, flicking my finger.
‘CTik!!’
Instantly, all the high-ranking Dungeons along with their trusted subordinates entered this cave.
Oliver, Knox, Minis, Tasmith, Liz, Catherine…. Everything present.
They looked down on the figure named Scarlet who dared to interfere with my entire plan.
“Ka-you..?” Scarlet said with her eyes wide open. It was clearly visible that her pupils were shaking to and fro because of her being filled with one emotion. That's fear.
I ignored Scarlet's words and expression as if it didn't matter at all. Then, I immediately asked the entire Origin executive.
“According to you…. What is the most suitable punishment for a stupid woman like her?” I asked in a flat tone.
Lucien was the first to answer my question.
“Better we continuously attack him so that he feels pain for eternity.” Lucien said as he bowed to me.
“No…. I think blowing up parts of his body using my gem is much more beautiful.” Connect Tasmith who doesn't want to miss the party.
“Better I make research materials!!!” Shouted Catherine or Cathy with excitement.
“Cathy…. I doubt that you'll torture him. You probably just want to taste the taste, right?” Asked Oliver with a face that looked disgusted.
“No! I want to research it! I've never enjoyed.. I mean researching humans before!” Cathy replied nervously.
“You…. Just now will say enjoy right?” Knox asked with a face that was both disgusted with Cathy.
“Already all of you. Our master is asking what we should do to this lowly creature.” Said Minis while swinging her pickaxe around her.
After a brief discussion I realized something.
“Hei! Don't think you can do that in front of me!” I yelled at Scarlet who seemed to bite her tongue. His HP bar had shifted to an 18% level without me noticing.
Scarlet who saw myself aware of the action, immediately sped up her actions.
‘Come! Hurry along! I must die immediately and respawn in..’.
Before he could finish the words in his heart….
“Heal.” I said while directing my Oracle Staff to Scarlet.
[You've cured 139,841 Health Points belonging to the target!]
Scarlet's HP Bar instantly came back full.
“Eh?!”
“You think I'll let you die and just run away? Don't dream. Not after you slandered me that badly.” I said while glaring at Scarlet.
“Damn it! Get off me right away! Isn't this just a game?! Why are you so serious about all this?!” Shouted Scarlet as she thrashed back.
“Only a game? Don't make me laugh.” I reply while pointing my Oracle Staff to his face.
“Indeed right?! It's just a game!”
“You know? At the beginning I found out that you were imitating my skill, I intended to let you just like that. But why are you spreading fake news about me slaughtering various villages in Farna Kingdom? Is that so much fun for you?” I asked Scarlet.
“Yes! That was so fun! I really want to see that pretentious player like you smashed into pieces hahahaha!!!”
Scarlet replied to my serious question with a crazy laugh. At that moment, I lost all the rest of my humanity to him.
Now….
I just thought of him as a mindless monster.
“Lucien. Show me your favorite skill.” I said briefly as I stepped back and sat on the ground.
“By pleasure, My Lord. Feel this, you crazy woman. Endless Pain.” Lucien said as he pointed his right hand at Scarlet's face.
In just one second….
“Gyaaaaaah!!! Nooooo!!! Please stop this!!! Arrrghhh!!!”
Scarlet shouted out loudly as if feeling such tremendous pain in her body. But it's unfortunate….
“What do you think? Is it fun?” I asked Scarlet 1 minute later.
“You're really rotten, Eric! You think I'd be scared just by that skill? With Cooldown 10 minutes, her Skill...”.
“Ah yes…. Youre right. Lucien's skill had an annoying 10-minute Cooldown. But…. I guess you didn't check out the entire list of skills I had well.” I said while insinuating Scarlet.
“What do you mean?”
Without retaliating, I simply pointed my magic wand at Lucien.
“Overdrive...”
Instantly, 4 pieces of gray-colored magic circles shaped like serrations appeared surrounding Lucien's body. The longer, the serration rotates faster until it finally disappears by itself.
Along with the disappearance of the gray serration….
“You…. Don't say that you will...” Scarlet said with her eyes wide open.
“Do not worry. I'm not that good to you. Lucien...” I said as I called Lucien to come closer.
“Ya, Milord.”
“Amplify...”.
A red magic circle appeared in Lucien's hand. A magic circle…. That is despair itself.
“Eric…. I-i'm…. I didn't mean to...”.
Now Scarlet is starting to freak out. Having the Observer's ability to see the Skill's description only made him know what would happen next.
“Hah? Don't mean for what?” I asked while eating the beans brought by Cathy.
“I don't mean to…. Youknew…. I apologize for my actions...” Scarlet said as she tried to weld.
“You think I'll feel sorry for you? Too bad but I don't feel it one bit. Ah…. I forgot to tell you something.” My reply to Scarlet.
“A-what is it?” Scarlet asked with a trembling body.
“I once ran a Quest that caused myself to be confined in the game world for 14 days. Notifications to force Log Out by the system began to appear on the 8th day if not mistaken so….
You better prepare yourself because I'll keep you here for at least 8 more days.” Obviously I was continuing to eat those nuts with Cathy and the other Origin executives.
Hearing that, Scarlet's facial expression instantly changed drastically. His face was filled with fear not only because of the pain in this world but….
“K-you…. If I'm really having health problems or even a coma in the real world…. You think you can survive without getting entangled in the law?!” Scarlet shouted as if it was her last energy.
“Stuck in law? Wh why? Didn't you say that this was just a game? I'm just enjoying my role in punishing criminals.”
Scarlet could only gape and open her eyes wide when she heard my explanation.