Chapter 69

Chapter 69

I Became a Prisoner Trainer in the Dungeon.

Episode 69: A Slime Pool Of Aphrodisiac For Adventurers (1)

Morning.

Baron Gilberte, with a serious face, opened his mouth at a gathering of his vassals, officials, and influential figures with considerable authority.

“At dawn, I went to the dungeon in question.”

Some were startled, some expressed doubts, and some closed their eyes as if to say, ‘Let’s hear what you have to say.’

“As a result of going there, I was able to find out one important truth.”

“Truth, you say…”

“That Jake Gilberte may still be alive.”

“……..”

One might wonder what difference there was from the meeting at midnight, but

“I have decided. I will not give the Demon King’s army one million gold to save Jake Gilberte.”

The moment the lord made his decision, the direction of the entire Gilberte barony was set.

“From this moment on, this dungeon will be called ‘Jake Dungeon.’ The danger level is B, and the barony will thoroughly control it so that only silver-rank or higher adventurers can enter.”

The lord’s words poured down like a rain of arrows.

“The barony itself will do its best to save my half-brother, Jake. At the same time, we will build a fortress in front of the dungeon to prevent them from attacking us. Knight Commander.”

“Yes, Lord.”

“I will appoint Sir Philip as the head of the fortress. The knights and soldiers stationed in the fortress must periodically sweep the inside of the dungeon to check if any monsters are hiding in the dungeon, and report immediately if any anomalies occur in the dungeon.”

“I will follow your orders.”

The knight commander, though somewhat suspicious, followed the baron’s orders.

There were still some unclear parts, but for now, he said he would send troops to save his half-brother.

“I will request support from the Adventurers Guild. I will request that the rating of the dungeon be upgraded, and I, Blake Gilberte, will write a ‘letter of recommendation’ to those who conquer the dungeon.”

“……!!”

The head of the Adventurers Guild opened his eyes wide in surprise.

“A, a letter of recommendation, you say?”

“That’s right. Although I am a baron, I rose to the position of baron through the favor of His Majesty the King. I’m not trying to gild my face, but with my letter of recommendation, it would be possible to enter at least a count’s territory as a knight.”

Even though he was a baron, he was a noble, and a noble’s letter of recommendation was not something easily obtained.

“Of course, since it is a dungeon that has eaten dozens of adventurers so far, conquering it would already raise your reputation. But if you add a letter of recommendation to that, it will definitely be a great help. Guild Master. Please prepare it.”

“Ah, yes. I will definitely inform the adventurers through the guides.”

“Good. The rest….”

The baron took a deep breath.

“Let’s not lose ‘hope’ that Sir Jake Gilberte is still alive. Everyone.”

“……..”

“Although he and I have different mothers, we grew up like brothers with the same father. Although it has been several weeks since the day he entered the dungeon… I want to believe that he is alive.”

The atmosphere sank.

It would be more appropriate to say it became solemn.

“L, Lord.”

The butler carefully opened his mouth.

“If Sir Jake is alive, then ‘that woman’ who was captured with him…”

“I don’t know much about that person.”

The baron shook his head.

“But if that woman were alive, wouldn’t they have demanded one million… no, more than that from the Alvatea count’s family, not us?”

“…Are you saying they can’t demand negotiations because she’s already dead?”

“Well, I don’t know either. But to find that out, I will continue to attack the dungeon.”

The baron slammed his desk and stood up.

“There will be no negotiations.”

The baron’s eyes were filled with heat.

“We will never trade with those demon tribes!”

“Teacher, a human with writing on his body has entered.”

Lilith reported.

“What? Another one came in? After no one came in for three days?”

“Yes. It seems to be a slave. He was sent with writing near the slave seal.”

“What did it say?”

“There are two separate markings. One is to send back the body. The other is to send him back alive.”

“As expected of the baron.”

Three days since the day of the negotiation.

No humans had entered for three days.

But now, one person had just crossed the gray fog that covered the dungeon’s dimension door and entered our dungeon.

“What about cooperation with the ‘defense corps’ guarding the front of the dungeon?”

“I told them to try not to kill as much as possible, but I think if they can’t subdue them properly in the process of dealing with them, they’ll just finish them off.”

“Then is this guy alive?”

“He’s dead.”

“Oh dear.”

The defense corps was responsible for intercepting humans who entered the dungeon.

No matter that we had a secret agreement now, that agreement did not take precedence over the basics of the dungeon.

Anyone who ‘invaded’ the dungeon through the dimension door was killed.

Even if it was not a human but a demon.

‘This time they killed him, but they’re still trying to save him like they did with me.’

If they surrendered without resisting and lay down their weapons, they were fitted with restraints.

Even if they resisted, if they could subdue them easily, the defense corps soldiers directly neutralized them and fitted them with restraints.

If they still died, it meant their resistance was so fierce that they had to be killed.

They probably struggled to survive.

“It will be difficult if adventurers or soldiers come in from now on. The defense corps seems to be trying to kill them all.”

They would be a little dissatisfied.

No matter how much the priority was to capture them alive according to the Vampire Princess’s order, if the purpose of that capture was training, they couldn’t help but think differently.

‘Even the same task changes depending on who orders it.’

At first, it wouldn’t have mattered.

After all, Chief Steward Akamondu himself was directly managing it.

‘At first, they would have just done it because it was an order, even if it was annoying.’

They would have thought that some high-ranking people had plans and dismissed it casually.

‘But that was helping the human trainer?’

However, the moment they realized that their mission was to help the human trainer.

‘They’ll probably try to kill even those they could have saved.’

For some reason, they would find the act of capturing prisoners distasteful.

‘But it’s not like I can go to the orcs or goblins and beg them to go easy on me.’

However, going to the defense corps and rubbing my hands together, saying, ‘Please don’t kill anyone, at least save the virgins,’ was a bit much.

Then, they would obviously retort, ‘Then stop just screwing around in the back and try catching adventurers yourself.’

Therefore.

“Secretary. If we capture the adventurers ourselves, is that an overreach of authority over the defense corps?”

Capture them ourselves.

“……..”

“Secretary?”

“……Yes.”

Lilith pondered for a long time and then nodded heavily.

“Each corps has its own territory, and ‘interception’ is the territory of the defense corps.”

Interception.

To meet and repel.

The act of countering an attacking enemy.

There was a word ‘interception’, but from the perspective of those guarding the dungeon, the word ‘blocking’ was more fitting.

“Then can’t we do any interception at all?”

“The story would be different if the adventurers that the defense corps missed came into the training area, but…”

Lilith shook her head and continued.

“That won’t happen. The training area was a prison area for holding prisoners before the position of trainer was created. If it’s breached, the entire dungeon…”

“If it’s breached?”

“……No way.”

Lilith’s expression distorted.

“The defense corps deliberately missed them…?”

“Not deliberately. It could be because they’re incompetent.”

There was a high possibility of selective incompetence, but.

“Do the succubi in the training corps have any way to deal with the enemy right now?”

“……..”

To be clear, it was difficult.

I knew.

My first death was a riot where Jake, who was rampaging in the prison, ran to the training room with a sword and blew my neck off.

“Unfortunately….”

“If Eris’s restraints are released and she regains her strength, is there anyone who can stop her?”

“We manage her seven times a day to prevent the restraints from being removed.”

“I know. I know you’re watching her closely. But that doesn’t mean Eris will take up a sword for us. Not against humans.”

She might fight against monsters from other legions.

“Still, it’s clear that we lack combat power, right?”

“……Should we ask Dalia and Gentia for help?”

“Them? No. They’ll be even less willing to fight than Eris.”

Prisoners undergoing training or vampires who had finished training were also excluded from combat power.

“Unless a prisoner who can’t do anything without my dick comes along, until then, we’ll have to tear our hair out.”

I pointed to the floor.

“Secretary. Can we install traps in the hallway?”

“Installation is possible, but there’s not enough justification for installing traps. If we say they’re traps to welcome the enemy, it could be seen as not trusting the defense corps…”

“The opposite.”

“Yes?”

“We just have to keep our mouths shut and hide the truth.”

The actual purpose was, of course, to deal with ‘enemies from outside,’ but.

“If they ask, answer like this. Say it’s a trap set up in case a prisoner escapes. For training purposes.”

If the external purpose was training, they wouldn’t be able to say anything carelessly.

“It’s not strange for the floor traps installed in the dungeon to be aphrodisiac hot springs instead of sharp iron bars, right? This is the training corps’ area.”

Having aphrodisiac slime in the floor trap was the most basic facility.