Rebirth of a Dungeon Master

Although Milim was pulled into the apartment her momentum came with her. The flying pink blur came to a stop with a sudden crash, she collided with the wall, and the impact caused a dull thud to reverberate throughout the apartment.

 

Milim was fast back on her feet whipping off proverbial dust as she turned to look at her surroundings. 

"You finally answered!" Milim exclaimed upon seeing the two girls.

 

"Sorry, I fell asleep, nya," Nekra apologized.

 

Milim examined Nekra closely. "So, you became a demon lord, huh? I guess it was only a matter of time," she said, hugging both the cat girl and the fox girl.

 

"I've been coming by every 5 years for the past 100 years," Milim mentioned.

 

"I was asleep then," Yuki said.

 

"Milim, not right now. We have people in the dungeon, nya," Nekra reminded her.

 

"Huh?" Milim glanced at the monitor. "Oh, it's just the fire girl. I can go take care of her," Milim offered.

 

"Nyo, she's important for the future, nya," Nekra explained.

 

"You have some really dangerous skills, you know. People would probably kill for your knowledge," Milim remarked, setting down both of the girls.

 

"You need to give me more of that soda; I've missed it for the past 200 years. It's so sweet!" Milim requested eagerly.

 

"Of course, nya. Also, about 10 years from now, someone who won't mind you being a demon lord will show up," Nekra informed her.

 

"Hmm, I can't wait," Milim said, taking the glass Nekra handed her.

 

"Yuki, why do you always add blood to Nekra's food?" Milim asked.

 

"Oh, I'm also part vampire," Nekra admitted, her eyes glowing red as she revealed her fangs.

 

"It's been a while since I've seen a vampire," Milim observed, studying Nekra.

 

"Hmm, do you want pizza as well, Milim?" Yuki offered.

 

Milim nodded excitedly as Nekra pulled up the anime folder.

 

"Are you sure we have to fight this thing, Teacher?" Yuuki asked.

 

"I mean, it was responsible for wiping out an entire army raised against it 200 years ago," Shizue reasoned.

 

Hinata opened the door, and the dragon powered up, humming with electricity.

 

"That's a robot..." Yuki remarked.

 

"You mean those mecha things I keep hearing about?" Shizue asked.

 

"No, it's not even a real dragon; it's... are the golems here also magic robots?" Hinata observed, realizing the dungeon seemed to be man-made.

 

"Someone made all of this," Yuuki concluded aloud, confirming Hinata's suspicions.

 

Suddenly, the dragon began to sing a familiar tune while doing a strange dance, causing Hinata to appear exhausted.

 

"It Rickrolled us," Yuuki stated.

 

"It was a good song? Is it new?" Shizue tried to comprehend but struggled.

 

"Identities confirmed. Humans from planet Earth. Please turn around and leave," the dragon said.

 

"This is unexpected. An engineer from Earth probably made this place before passing away," Yuuki speculated, while Shizue remained skeptical.

 

"What do we do, Teacher?" Yuuki inquired.

 

"What is your goal?" Shizue questioned the dragon.

 

"To defend my master," the dragon replied.

 

"Who is your master?" Hinata asked.

 

"Insufficient permission," the dragon responded.

 

"I guess we just fight it," Shizue concluded.

 

The dragon's mouth ignited as it prepared to release its napalm breath.

 

"It's the same thing that burned my home!" Shizue shouted, suddenly enraged.

 

"Wait! It breathes napalm!" Yuuki exclaimed in shock.

 

"Oh right... I forgot napalm burned her home during WW2," Nekra realized.

 

"She's going to destroy Safi," Yuki predicted.

 

Nekra nodded, asking Safi to go easy on them; she didn't want Shizue to confront Ifrit just yet.

 

They resumed watching the anime.

 

"Earth is an interesting place," Milim commented.

 

"I can't travel yet, but maybe in the future, nya," Nekra said, pondering the idea.

 

"I probably could buy the skill through the dungeon or make a kaleidoscope dagger," Nekra thought.

 

"That felt too easy... for a monster that could take on roughly 200 B-rank adventurers and killed most of them," Yuuki remarked.

 

"Yeah... but it's dead," Hinata confirmed.

 

"Shall we see what's ahead?" Shizue proposed as they opened the door leading to a set of stairs.

 

"No one has been beyond the first floor since the dungeon was first found 300 years ago," Yuuki disclosed.