Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

He had dominated the fire demon in close combat but it didn't mean that the latter was defeated. Far from it, it still had much more life left in it. During their exchange, Simon realised that the Fire demon Ape stats were mostly lopsided towards its Strength and defence attribute thus even if most of his punches and kicks connected, it didn't manage to deal it much damage.

Far from it, it still had much more life in it. During their exchange, Simon realised that the Fire Demon Ape's stats were lopsided or focused towards its strength and defence attributes. Thus even if most of his punches and kicks connected, it didn't manage to deal much damage.

Alice was standing ready near the [Helpers], at some unknown point in time, her hand held an ancient bow that was made from a branch of a unique tree. The moment she heard her master give command, her fingers that were holding the outstretched bowstring let go of it.

PANG...

A dull sound was heard and an arrow made out of an unknown energy was released from the bow. the speed of the arrow was so fast that it ripped apart the air and space around it and was upon the fire demo ape in the blink of an eye.

The aberrant was unable to perceive the extremely fast arrow and was hit squarely on the head which spurted apart like a watermelon.

"Headshot... hehe"Alice smiled proudly though the next second she stared stupidly at the arrow that still retained most of its power and crash into the ceiling above.

<strong>BOOM... </strong>

A huge explosion erupted out rocking the entire floor. Pieces of rocks dropped down like rain all around the forty-fifth floor demonstrating the terrifying power that was imbued in the arrow.

After the rumbling floor and the rain of debris settled down, a huge hole appeared in the ceiling in front of every astonished eyes. Nobody could believe that an arrow as small as that was able to cause such terrifying destruction.

Looking at the hole in the ceiling that was swiftly being restored, Simon realised that if the power of the arrow was a couple of times more powerful, it might have opened a hole in the ceiling that connected with the floor above. As absurd as the notion sounded, the proof was right in front of him.

Simon did not know if it was possible to destroy the floor of the dungeon or not. but the matter today made him think of this possibility. He made a mental note to investigate more about this possibility later and turned his gaze towards Alice who for some reason was also acting surprised.

feeling the gaze of her master, she scratched her head and gave a silly smile. "Ehh... uh... umm.. master— that was—haha... even though I limited my power that arrow was..." Alice dejectedly dropped her head unable to find any excuse.

Seeing her like that, Simon sighed. He could tell that Alice did not do it knowingly, she even tried to control the output of her power but it seemed like she still needed much more practice.

"Master I'm sorry" Alice apologised, her beautiful face coupled with her youthful aura would make anyone sympathise with her.

"It's fine, the damages to the floor can be quickly restored using DP. Make sure you reflect on your powers and try to gain more control over them during the training" Simon waved his hand dispersing the issue.

He approached the fallen body of the Fire demon Ape and observed it carefully. For Some reason, after the mutation, it had become an aberrant that was outside the authority of the dungeon.

He did not know what an aberrant was but from the reaction he got from the monster itself, he could tell that the entity was dangerous to his dungeon. Apart from that, there were also those skills that it had.

"Sigh… there was no other option. Had I not sent Alice here beforehand, who knew what might have happened by now" Although it pained him a little to kill the mutated beast, there was no other choice.

"I'm going to spawn the Fire Demon Ape. Alice, be ready to act at a moment's notice" Simon called out to the downtrodden girl who recovered immediately after his call, her eyes blazing with resoluteness to not commit the same mistake again.

While it was true that Fire Demon Ape was dead, the species of the monster was now registered to his dungeon as a spawnable monster. Thus he could use the [Spawn] function to summon them again.

Since the fire demon Ape belonged to the upper spectrum of [D] rank monsters, it cost a lot of DP to spawn compared to the other monsters. But to Simon, that amount was nothing. Simon opened the [Spawn] function, scrolled over the list of monsters and clicked on Fire Demon Ape, the monster that was hostile to him and was recognised as an aberrant.

Why was Simon doing something like that even when he knew that he cannot control the entity? The reason was simple, he wanted to check whether that particular fire demon ape was a special case or whether their whole race was considered an aberrant.

There was only one way to find that out. As soon as Simon pressed the option, the bones, the muscles tissues of the monster formed and before long the fire demon ape manifested in front of him out of nothing.

Simon who was on high alert, relaxed his guard at this moment. The monster unlike the previous one, was very docile and submissive in front of him.

"Master??" came the confused voice of Alice who was ready to take down the fire demon ape.

Simon raised his hands and motioned her to put her bow down. The spawned fire demon ape was not recognised as a hostile entity anymore. To be absolutely sure he gave some simple commands to the fire demon ape to check whether it was under his authority or not.

As he had thought, the fire demon ape completed all of his commands without any question. Next, Simon summoned a few more of the fire demon ape and just like the first one they were all submissive and under his control which solidified the fact that the race of fire demon ape was not an aberrant but only the one that was killed by them.

He was completely certain of it after checking the skills of these monsters with his [Analysis]. None of the spawned fire demon apes, had these dangerous sounding skills like [Cannibalism] and [Taboo].

"So my guess was right, that one was a special case" Simon muttered narrowing his eyes.

"Lord Simon… they" at this moment, the [Helpers] who he ordered to say behind, approached him.

"It's alright, they are under the authority of the dungeon and are no longer a threat" Simon stated and asked the [helpers] to check it themselves. Although the [Helpers] were much lower in hierarchy, they were nonetheless, above the spawned monsters of the dungeon.

Thus their authority also extends towards most of the monsters of the dungeon. When these [helpers] saw that the fire demon apes were following all of their instructions, they finally relaxed and put down their worries.

"What is lord Simon going to do with them?" Coleus asked.

Simon thought over it a bit, initially he just wanted to test on the demon ape that he had incidentally summoned from the [Ga??????]. He didn't think that the end result would be a fire demon ape that was this strong.

Individually, the level and the strength of the fire demon ape race made them the strongest monsters that can be spawned at this moment in his dungeon. Their powers were enough to hold their own even against the adventurers at this point in time.

Thus it would be a waste not to use them. Simon made his decision, he was going to spawn them on the forty-fifth floor and have them make a colony here. It was always best to have monsters breed on their own and increase their numbers. That way, the strain on his DP consumption will be less.

Seeing that Simon wanted to use this floor to colonise them, Fay who had been pondering something all this while, spoke up at his moment.

"Lord Simon, since you intend to spawn these monsters here anyways, I have a suggestion to make".

"Hoh?" Simon who didn't expect a suggestion to come out of nowhere was a little surprised. Even Coleus and the other [helpers] were surprised, it seemed that even they didn't know what Fay wanted to talk about.

"You are free to speak up, I appreciate every suggestion" Simon smiled trying to relieve the worries of the forest spring spirit that just spoke up.

Although she had spoken up at the spur of the moment, she was now a little afraid. Seeing their lord Simon and hearing his appreciative words, fay mustered her courage and said.

"L-Lord Simon, from what I could see, the fire demon ape is quite powerful, it would be a waste to just spawn all of them here".

Hearing her words Simon locked his brows and asked "Are you saying that I spawn them on the upper floors too? But that way there would be too much casualty and might even drop the favourability of the dungeon amongst the adventurers".

What Simon was most afraid of was his DP getting reduced due to the adventurer refraining from entering his dungeon. Even if he had accumulated quite a sum of DP, it was nothing in the long run.

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Name- Alice

Race- Wood Elf

Rank- [A]

Level- 699+[???]

Class- [Gunslinger]

Skills- Analysis, Ultra Enhanced Detection, Blunt Resistance, Cut Super resistance, Piercing Super Resistance, Poison Immunity, Ultra High-Speed processing, Parallel Thoughts, Ultra Natural Recovery, Ultra Minimal Mana Consumption, Ultra Enhanced Endurance, Ultra Enhanced Magic, Ultra Enhanced Defence, Herculean Agility, Battle Instinct, Essence Mana Conferment, Mana recovery, High-Speed Regeneration, Five Senses Ultra Enhancement, Future Attack Prediction, Telescopic Vision, Gun's Blazing Mastery, Thunder Magic Mastery, Tempest Magic Mastery, Golden Mana LInes, Cooking, Cleaning, Sewing, Housework.

Class Specific Skills- [Ability Overlay], [Ability Conferment], [Hawk Eyes] [Long Distance control], [Blink Steps], [Mark], [Rain of Bullets, [Gunmaster], [Ultra Essence Mana Condensation], [Materialisation], [Ammunition Unlimited], [Combo Star], [Indomitable Pierce], [Neglect Armour], [Permeate], [Unification+++]