Chapter 158: The Mysterious Dungeon Master

Chapter 158: The Mysterious Dungeon Master

(Sorry?)

『What for?』

(Accepted request without asking.)

『Oh, that? I’ll admit I’m a bit worried about it, but I’m game so long as you are.』

(Nn.)

『Seems like you took a liking to that old man, eh?』

(That old man. Evolved.)

『Seriously?』

(Evolved White Dogkin. White Wolfkin.)

『Didn’t he call himself a White Dogkin though?』

I could swear he introduced himself as “Wijaht Aurel, a White Dogkin.”

(White Dogkin still White Dogkin after evolution. Just White Wolfkin variant.)

『Oh, so that’s how that works? So you’ll still technically be a Black Catkin even after you evolve?』

(Nn. Still some sort of Black Catkin.)

『Man, I’m honestly surprised you noticed though.』

(Can tell because also beastkin.)

『Is that how that works?』

(Nn. That’s how that works.)

Is it cause their instincts, or maybe some sort of racial trait?

(Need to ask about evolution. That’s why accepted request.)

『Ah, I get it. So that’s why.』

「Nn.」

「Ah, so you met Aurel.」

「Acquainted?」

「Well, the city isn’t exactly what you’d call large, so yes, I have. Though, I’m rather surprised to see that he’s given you a request.」

「I can’t figure out Grandpa Aurel’s intentions myself. You got any clues, Guildmaster?」

「Hmm... So Aurel too, huh...?」

「Nn?」

「Nothing, don’t worry about it. I’ll acknowledge his request, but with it, I’ll also give you a few warnings. First and foremost is the fact that you are absolutely forbidden from harming the Dungeon Master. Harming the Dungeon Master is a crime that’s deserving of something much worse than just capital punishment.」

「I know.」

He gave us one helluva harsh warning. It was possible for the Dungeon Master to destroy Ulmutt altogether if we pissed it off. That said though, we weren’t planning to attack it in the first place, so that at least shouldn’t be an issue.

「You should also keep in mind the fact that you may not actually be able to meet the Dungeon Master.」

「Know that too.」

「Good. 」

「Nn.」

「Another thing is that she’s a bit hard to please. Try not to piss her off if you actually get to meet her.」

「She?」

The Dungeon Master’s a chick?

「Whoops, that’s something you should be looking into yourself, not something I’m supposed to be carelessly telling you.」

「Got it.」

We tried looking up a few things about the Eastern Dungeon Master a bit later on, but didn’t come up with anything at all.

Everything about the Dungeon Master seemed to have been classified or something. The only pieces of knowledge we ended up having were the fact that she was female and the fact that she was capable of speech.

I figured that we might be able to find ourselves some hints if we looked up stuff about the Western Dungeon Master instead, but that didn’t really end up producing any results either. Again, all we found out was that the Western Dungeon Master was also female.

A part of the lack of knowledge stemmed from the fact that very few had actually made it all the way through to the dungeon’s depths. Even fewer had actually managed to encounter the Dungeon Masters.

『Well, I guess going in blind is basically the only option we’ve got.』

I mean, we were planning to dive into the Eastern Dungeon’s depths anyways, so whatever, I guess.