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Chapter 31 - Emergency Rations

Harpy (★).

Except for having wings instead of arms, she was a completely naked flying-type monster, with bird feet below the knees.

Aside from being able to fly, evolution was impossible, and she seemed useless in many ways.

"Slurp, suck, phew."

Still, there were plenty of ways to use her like this. I summoned the harpy right on the monster summoning circle and ordered her to service me, and the harpy bobbed her head left and right while serving me.

"I'm good at this, right? Lick, I'll definitely be useful, slurp."

"Hmm...."

A flying-type monster that could grow up to level 15. That's it. That was the utility of the harpy summoned before me right now.

'Should I kill her?'

I heard roasted harpy was pretty tasty. I felt a bit conflicted since she looked human on the outside, but there were actually several guys in Forneus's dungeon who roasted and ate harpies.

'Emergency rations.'

Let's use her when there's nothing to eat. Until then, I'd keep the harpy alive.

"Lick, slurp, mmm, mmph."

The harpy diligently caressed my dick with her feathered hands to induce ejaculation, but my dick just stood stiff without being able to cum.

'I've already cum several times.'

I'd already ejaculated multiple times, and more importantly, I needed to save the rest to feed Lune dinner. Knowing this, Lune was resting on the bed while sneakily glaring at the harpy.

If this was my last ejaculation of the day, I'd give it to Lune without hesitation. Unaware of this, the harpy shook her head back and forth desperately, urging me to cum.

'I can get more harpies anyway.'

I had three main ways to increase my monsters.

One was Normal Summon using Monster Summoning Tickets.

Another was Magic Stone Summon through magic stones.

And lastly, farming using the harpy's body as a breeding vessel.

'Gacha's impossible, so I need to use the method of increasing harpies.'

[Magic Stone Summon: Use magic stones to summon subordinates.]

[Harpy 64 / 30 (Lowest)]

Daily Summon Limit 10 / 10

"Tch."

One harpy cost as much as six slimes—this was absurd.

'Then what about farming?'

[Orc x Harpy: Union of male orc and harpy.]

[Expected Result - Harpy]

Harpy (☆~☆☆. 100%)

"Tch."

What the hell was the orc gene doing? How could breeding with a harpy only produce harpies? Couldn't there be winged orcs? The growth limit for subordinates born through farming only reached 2-star at most.

I was annoyed by the harpy's unreasonable situation in many ways, and the harpy caught my expression while caressing my dick.

"Um...?"

"Stop. You have other work to do now."

I pulled the harpy's head away and headed to the bedroom. Lune, who'd been waiting in the bedroom, spread both arms with a grin.

"Master, did you stop because you wanted to give it to me?"

"No."

"Hyiiing...."

Lune was disappointed, but I walked over with an erection and pulled out two pieces of lumber.

"Lime!!"

I called out Lime, whom I'd ordered to guard the ceiling. Lime immediately fell from the ceiling and scurried over to me.

"Only eat out the inside. Got it?"

Lime tilted her head. She seemed to have trouble understanding my words, so I drew a picture on the floor to give an example.

Gurrgle.

Lime nodded and reached her hand to the top of the log. The inside of the log flowed into Lime's body, and Lime precisely hollowed out the log to the position I indicated.

"Perfect, Lime."

Gurrrgle.

Following my instructions, Lime made a hole in one more log. Thanks to the logs being so large, they were hollowed out like long beer mugs.

"Now, time to suck some honey?"

Gurrgle.

I tried to give Lime a reward, but Lime pointed at the ceiling again, wanting to go back.

"No. You have work to do."

Lime stubbornly refused, but when I assigned her the big slimes I'd evolved through the second free dungeon run as subordinates, her attitude changed immediately.

"Yeah. Feels good being a boss, right? Then here's what you need to do now."

I ordered Lime to widen the passage leading to the cliff more. The straight passage in the dungeon was good for us, but it was also advantageous for invaders.

We couldn't block the path either way, so we had to make it maze-like. I instructed Lime's squad to pioneer areas that hadn't been dug out yet.

"But you can eat all the lowest grade magic stones that come out in between."

Lime went wild with joy, expressing happiness with her whole body. Watching her urge the big slimes and slimes gathered in the cavity to move, following my orders, she looked like she'd really whip them like slaves if given a whip.

'Is she really gonna use a whip when she becomes humanoid?'

A queen using her bodily fluids stretched like whips to command slime slaves. Just imagining it was horrifying.

"U-um...."

The harpy who followed me fidgeted and watched my mood.

"Don't I really have anything to do?"

"You do."

I handed the harpy a wooden cup. The harpy fluttered her wings to float slightly in the air, then gripped the wooden cup with her talons.

"Go get water."

"...."

Until we made a slope-style staircase using slimes, I was really lucky to have summoned someone who could move around directly.

If she refused or neglected her duties—

'Would the elf eat chicken?'

The harpy would become our true prey.

***

I still had my third dungeon entry left.

And the subordinates who entered the dungeon with me this time were Hases and nine ghouls.

3 high ghouls, 6 regular ghouls.

The ghouls' evolution potential was utterly dismal, but ghouls were important labor for securing lumber, the core material for facility expansion.

'If I leave them at level 1, they could die to a passing hunter.'

Even if it was annoying, the priority was to max level the 1-stars so they'd have the ability to protect themselves, and the only battlefield to raise levels was the sub-dungeon.

Kieek!

"...Whew, that's creepy."

The sight of 8 ghouls biting and tearing at a single slime in the middle was worse than most zombie movies.

"Do ghouls find slimes tasty too?"

Kruuek.

The ghouls chewed the slime's bodily fluids filling their mouths with chomping sounds, and following my orders, they'd spit on the floor whenever they found something while eating.

"Hases."

Kruuk.

Hases took the lead, running it hand through the mucus the ghouls spit out to extract magic stones. If Lime was the collection agent in the first clear, now Hases was the collection agent.

'Sacrifice yourself for your siblings.'

[Pases: Lv. 3 / 35]

[Tases: Lv. 2 / 35]

One thing I learned while summoning higher-tier entities through Magic Stone Summon was that even directly summoning higher-tier entities resulted in them being summoned at level 1.

'Starting 2-stars at level 15 only applies when using Monster Summoning Tickets.'

So even pulling higher-tier entities through Magic Stone Summon, I still had to honestly level them up.

'Then ★ ones are way too inefficient?'

Isn't there a facility to grind up the same monsters for enhancement?

[Altar of Sacrifice: Sacrifice monsters to strengthen subordinates and monsters.]

[Facility Construction Condition: Dungeon Rank D.]

"No way."

How was I supposed to raise the dungeon rank when I didn't even know how? I was frustrated, but the system gave no answer.

'I'll figure it out as I grow.'

No need to be impatient.

Going up one rank in just 2 days was probably fast anyway. So right now, clearing the sub-dungeon immediately was important.

Gurrrgle.

A big slime appeared from around the corner. Following my orders, the ghouls tried to raise their arms and charge, but Hases smacked the ghouls' heads to stop them.

"You'll get wrecked, you morons."

The big slime's level was Lv.15.

Compared to that, the highest ghoul was only 6, so there was no way they could win.

"Hases."

Kruuk.

Hases put down the magic stones have been holding and charged at the big slime.

The big slime, being 2-star, noticed Hases and turned its body to threaten, but Hases kicked off the wall, dodged the big slime's attack, and took position behind it.

"...Is that really a ghoul?"

Crack.

Hases stabbed the big slime's head with one hand, then stuck other hand inside and tore it left and right.

Rrriiip!

Hases opened mouth wide and shoved head into the big slime's body. Even though wasn't eating, Hases, who opened mouth wide and took a bite, stuck hand in it mouth and pulled out a stone-like object.

[Low Grade Magic Stone]

Clap clap clap.

When I applauded, the other ghouls clapped too.

"Ghouls, you saw that? Treat your leader well."

After that, our movements were simple.

Regular slimes were handled by the ghouls.

And big slimes were intercepted by Hases.

The dungeon was filled with the sound of tearing slimes, and the ghouls' levels were steadily rising.

We dealt with exactly 50 slimes, and this time lots of big slimes appeared, so quite a few low grade magic stones dropped.

'I'll average it later.'

Let's just kill the slime dragon, get out, and think about it. It was about time to feed Lune dinner.

Gurrrgle?

And before my eyes, instead of a slime dragon, some jelly-like mannequin was welcoming me.

[Slimahole: ★★★ Lv. 50 / 50]

"Ah shit."

Should've brought Lune. I threw my staff at the head of the slimahole, who'd discovered me and was spraying bodily fluids.

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