episode_0073

I took Laia with me and joined the group.

But something was a little strange.

“…Huh?”

I did not properly understand what Dr. Octopus and the director of the research center said.

“What is it?”

Just in case, I checked the common language translator I had with me. It looked fine on the outside, but there was no response when I pressed it here and there.

“Why does it hurt?”

“Oh, I think this thing is broken.”

In response to Sylvia’s question, I gently shook the translator.

It seems that the translator was broken during the fight with the second tribe.

Is it because of the fight with the tribe leader… or the fight with Laia?

“So what happened to those two?”

“With the help of the doctor, I was able to catch the director who was locked in his office.”

According to Sylvia, the director, accompanied by a number of security androids, seemed to have made a final stand in his office.

“There was no damage on our side, right?”

“Yes, I would say that there was no such situation.”

“Thank goodness.”

“Sister, what is that woman again?”

“Ah….”

Come to think of it, I forgot to introduce Laia.

Thanks to Johnny’s pointing out, I formally introduced Leia to the group. Of course, the person involved is unconscious, but…

“Laiah, deputy leader of the second tribe.”

“…So why did you bring Miss Laia?”

“Why? Well, being captured alive is good in many ways.”

Such as stealing information or making someone a subordinate.

-dump.

Before I knew it, the general was on my shoulder.

The general trembled and shook his head, but it seemed to be far from the signs of anxiety seen before an attack.

However, when I saw the wings on his back open again, I quickly covered the general’s back with my hand.

The sight of it flapping its wings and moving its many legs around like a cockroach… was truly shocking.

“So how did you catch the warden?”

We returned to the first topic again.

“Oh, Ray, can you help me?”

“Yes.”

While Sophia began to explain, I looked to Ray for help.

He laid Laia down and had Rey open her mouth.

Then I cut a cut on my delicate left hand and poured a few drops of my blood onto Leia’s bright red tongue.

Gulp. Ray, watching this, swallowed his saliva without realizing it.

For Ray, who has already become a vampire, this scene must be very unbearable.

“This should be enough.”

“…Are you listening to me?”

“Ahhhh!”

As soon as the simple process of dropping my blood into Laia’s mouth and making her a servant was completed, Sylvia asked me while blowing honey on my head.

“It hurts! It hurts!”

“I didn’t hit him that hard.”

Sylvia continued speaking in a flirtatious manner.

The director, who was in the office of the director of the research institute, appears to have attempted to escape using a secret passageway in the office under the pretense of fighting a thorough war.

However, it appears that Dr. August was once the director’s closest aide.

Therefore, the director was well aware of the existence of the secret passage, and it seems that the director was in a hurry before his plan was revealed.

Without knowing that the doctor and other researchers were already waiting in the secret passage.

Just in case, it seemed like David was there too.

“So what are you two talking about earlier?”

“Well, who was at fault? They are all swearing at each other.”

David answered as he approached me and Sylvia.

“Ah, conversations like that are a real thing.”

This happened often in Dream City games as well. Watching the NPCs’ harsh words made me want to eat popcorn without realizing it.

***

The second tribe and the research institute have also been concluded.

In such a situation, Laia Mackenzen, deputy leader of the second tribe, regained consciousness.

What she did before she even got up…!

It was an attack aimed at little Jinjo Chris.

Her muscles can be seen through the sleeves she tore off and the remaining clothes.

It wasn’t excessive, but it was at a level where he could be called a martial artist, so it didn’t matter even if he didn’t have a weapon.

“Agag!”

Little Jinjo made a strange noise due to the sudden attack.

Laia didn’t care and started hitting more attacks.

“Agag! Baby go go go!!!”

Jinjo didn’t know what to do with Laia’s quick punch. But that attack did not contain any intent to kill.

No, more accurately, I would say that it was not possible to contain life.

“Is that the end?”

“….”

Laia didn’t say anything at Jinjo’s appearance as if nothing had happened.

“Are you a little surprised? It must have been a fist thrown with the intention of killing me.”

It certainly was.

The instructions given to the second tribe were to capture the Jinjo in front of them alive.

But there was no way such an order could be carried out in this situation.

Then, what must she, the deputy leader of the second tribe, do?

By pushing Jinjo, the enemy’s attention will be focused on you, and your allies will have the opportunity and time to escape!

“Ugh!”

However, the determined attack failed to inflict even a single wound on Jinjo, let alone a fatal wound.

“This… what the hell.”

Even if the opponent was Jinjo, this was impossible.

Jinjo in front of Laia chuckled as he looked at her surprise. Meanwhile, the group behind Jinjo looked like they would not tolerate it any longer.

“It’s natural that a subordinate cannot harm his lord.”

“….”

Laia was not swayed by Jinjo’s words.

What a nonsense! His master was not the Jinjo in front of him, but him.

“….”

However, it is also true that his attack aimed at Jinjo does not work properly.

“Then!”

Laia quickly got up and attacked Jinjo.

Jinjo sensed that her eyes were not directed at him but toward the surrounding ground.

“Ray! General!”

The two members of Jinjo’s family, a kid and a strange insect, rushed in as their names were called.

But faster than that, Laia’s fist hit the ground near Jinjo.

The shock had to be felt entirely on Jinjo… but Jinjo responded by flying into the sky in the form of a bat.

“Stand there!”

A cry as if it wasn’t over yet.

Laia prepared to face the two members of Jinjo’s clan that were attacking her.

Phew!

Immediately after, something hit her forehead.

“….”

As she fell down, her eyes turned to a man wearing glasses behind the two members.

“Whoa, it worked out somehow.”

***

After seeing Laia fall, I came down to the ground again and returned to my normal self.

“What is it? What did you do?”

“Anesthetic bomb.”

David’s answer was a bit surprising. The anesthesia takes effect this quickly?

While thinking that, I immediately checked Laia’s appearance.

ah….

“Hey! Who shoots a tranquilizer bullet in the forehead?!”

“Then what should I do! They’re running to kill people, but first you have to shoot somewhere.”

The sight of Laia with a syringe-shaped tranquilizer bullet filled with anesthetic stuck to her forehead felt a little funny, but also very pitiful.

“Chris, I think you should leave it on until all the anesthetic is in.”

“Is that so?”

Johnny and David were of the same opinion as Ray said.

Meanwhile, suddenly we heard a gunshot behind us.

“Huh?!”

My companions and I turned our heads back in shock, and before we knew it, we saw the director’s head pierced by the pistol fired by Dr. Octopus.

‘I guess this means that you are in the process of succeeding the director of the research institute?’

The transducer I was carrying was long broken, and I couldn’t understand what Dr. Octopus and the other researchers were saying.

But from what Sylvia said, it was clear that she was grateful to us.

“Silvia, so what happens now?”

“It looks like the remuneration for this request will be paid somehow.”

“What is the research center?”

I asked, pointing to the general. The general shook his body as if reacting to his name being called.

Looking at it this way, I thought it was a little cute.

“I think the next director of the research center will be Dr. August over there, and he will probably take care of resolving this matter.”

“Do I have to return the general?”

“….”

In response to my question, other people tilted their heads as if they were a bit ambiguous about that part.

After explaining that the giant water general experiment named General had become one of my subjects, Sylvia mentioned the ownership of General.

Dr. Octopus and other researchers said various things about that… but honestly, to me, it was just a muttering with no meaning.

“Chris?”

“Huh?”

“They say it’s up to Chris to choose.”

“Hmm….”

I couldn’t give up on Janggun, who had already become my second dependent.

However, in the Dream City game, there is a quest related to this laboratory that follows.

It depends on the route, but if the forces that support the evolution and transformation of the Giant Water General take over the leadership of the research institute, or if the research institute is rebuilt by them!

In this way, a new race called Water General Beastman is born in Magusfall.

I thought that the general could also benefit from this.

‘It is quite possible that he became stronger physically and intellectually as he became one of my blood lords.’

“Silvia, then ask that doctor one question.”

“What?”

“I would like to ask you to turn the general into a beast on the condition that I pay a portion of the cost of rebuilding this research institute.”

Sylvia heard what I said and immediately conveyed it to Dr. Octopus.

It wasn’t easy to read the octopus beastman’s facial expressions, but the story seemed to be moving along in a good direction.

“Silvia, what are they saying over there?”

“They say that research related to the Giant Water General will be able to resume as soon as the reconstruction of the destroyed laboratory facilities and the Giant Water General compartment is completed.”

“What does that mean?!”

“This means that we can proceed with the project to create a giant water general as Chris wants.”

At the same time, Sylvia left room for conversation, saying that it would be better to discuss more details later.

“General!”

I called the general one last time before leaving him in this laboratory.

Then, as soon as my name was called, the general climbed on top of my head.

“….”

‘Does a subordinate usually climb on top of his lord’s head?’

I grabbed the general above my head with both hands and explained to him what was going to happen.

That you will have to stay away from me for a while, that I will visit you often, but until then, that you will take your fellow countrymen and cooperate with Dr. Octopus’s research, etc.

The general clicked his two front legs together.

“You mean you understand?”

It seemed like that when I saw the general nodding his head back and forth.

***

And so the incident at the Ahant Aquatic Biology Laboratory came to an end.

First of all, regarding the research institute, there was an unfortunate accident in which the director of the research center lost his life to a test subject while carrying out a dangerous experiment.

As a result, several investors stopped investing, but after Dr. August took office as the new director of the research institute, the company was able to escape the crisis thanks to investments from the Tetracaine Association and the Blue Heart Office.

Meanwhile, the second branch of the Lidocaine Association.

Only the tribe leader and a few executives returned safely.

The deputy leader’s whereabouts were missing, many executives were dead, nearly half of the members were captured by anti-Lidocaine forces, and the other half were killed.

It was incomparable to what happened to the twelfth, sixth, and seventh tribes.

It goes without saying that the stock prices of the Lidocaine Association and the companies affiliated with the association fell.

Lund was upset about missing the tribe leader, but I wasn’t at all.

“Eslok, Lillian. Say hello. It’s your friend.”

“Chris?”

When I showed Leia, who had become my third servant, to Eslok and Lillian, they were visibly embarrassed.

“He still won’t admit it, so please persuade me.”

Anyway, since Eslok was the leader of the tribe, I thought he would be able to subdue Laia.

In addition, I was looking forward to seeing the giant water generals and the generals in person.

I thought it would be nice to have a cool beast-like appearance with an appropriate amount of insect-specific skin and limbs.

Now that I think about it, I didn’t know if the general was male or female. Well, regardless of whether he is a handsome man or a beautiful woman, I just hoped that the general’s appearance would not resemble that of a water general.

It’s not bad for other beastmen, but it didn’t apply to the water general beastman.

Of course, not only good things happened.

Vampire hunter Frank’s protest against my joining forces with the anti-lidocaine faction Lund.

And there were protests from Ilseong one after another about making Ray the first member of the family.

Since neither Frank nor Ilsung could be persuaded with money, they believed that only time would solve the problem.

So I chose the strategy of staying in the house located on the second floor of Sylvia’s bar.