The battle was over. All the soldiers who had invaded the Dungeon were either dead or captured.
There were about one hundred and fifty people left inside the second floor of the Dungeon.
Their DP output was slightly lower.
If there were more than one hundred and fifty adventurers, their daily DP income could reach around two thousand, but they only had a little over fifteen hundred.
It seemed their average level was much lower than that of the adventurers.
It had been four days since the expansion of the second floor of the Dungeon. Logically, Su Yao should have accumulated over ten thousand DP by now.
But in reality, she had less than five thousand remaining.
The reason was simple: the raw materials she had prepared for Sofia’s “fireworks” were somewhat expensive.
By the way, the explosion hadn’t directly taken down Balder, but the “Mist” that had interfered with Sofia and Su Yao’s magical perception vanished.
The rest became much simpler. Balder was struck in the heart by Sofia’s sword, and miraculously, he survived.
It seemed there was a reason why the explosion hadn’t been able to finish him off.
The weakened Balder was captured. Without any knightly pride left, he naturally didn’t say anything like “Hmph, kill me.”
Since earlier, he had been using a hoarse voice to threaten Su Yao to release him, or else she would face the revenge of “that lord” from the Vichy Kingdom.
Not only Su Yao, but Chlorel and Sofia were also very curious about this “lord” he mentioned.
However, he stubbornly refused to reveal any information, completely different from his earlier spinelessness.
At times like this, they could only rely on the amazing succubus lady.
“Lilith, do you have a way to make this guy talk?”
The succubus lady came to Balder, who was being held down firmly by two minotaurs, and pried open his mouth.
For a moment just now, Su Yao actually thought she seemed reliable…
“Wait, wait, I meant to get him to tell us everything he knows, not literally pry his mouth open. Hey! Are you listening?”
Lilith slid her finger into Balder’s mouth and felt around for a moment before speaking. “Master, this guy seems to be a vampire!”
“What?”
Sofia sounded confused. Although they hadn’t interacted much, she knew his race.
“That’s impossible. There can’t be a vampire among the King’s Royal Guard, and their training takes place outdoors in broad daylight. He must be human.”
Su Yao recalled the battle and said, “Sofia, I think Lilith is probably right.”
From the strange way he had revealed himself and the fact that he survived an explosion and a sword through the heart, he had to be a vampire.
Maybe he was once human, but at some point, he was turned into a vampire by some entity.
Su Yao still knew too little about this world. The information from various entertainment media in her original world wasn’t enough.
She opened the shop and reviewed the humanoid monster information on [Vampires] and [True Ancestors].
Hmm, no useful information.
“Lilith, how did you know?”
“My psychological suggestion and inducement don’t work on him. In this case, unless his mind is strong enough, the only other possibility is that he is being controlled by someone else.”
I see. The succubus lady was actually pretty reliable when her mind wasn’t all flustered.
“There are many ways to control others, but the most common are my own and vampires’ ‘Charm’ abilities. At first, I thought he was a ‘Blood Slave’ controlled by someone, but when I got close, I realized he’s a vampire who was ‘Embraced’ not long ago.”
“Wait, how do you know he was ‘Embraced’ recently?”
“I judged it by the length of his canine teeth. From their length, it’s been just over a year since he became a vampire.”
Wow, learned something new.
So that’s why she put her finger inside Balder’s mouth. Lilith actually knows a lot; Su Yao really was lucky to have summoned her.
That means Balder is being controlled by the vampire who turned him. No wonder he wouldn’t say anything. Should they have Fudini put a Buff on him?
No, no. That would nullify Lilith’s mental magic as well. Better to hope she has some other solution.
“Lilith, whatever method you use, just make sure he talks and answers our questions truthfully. Can you do that?”
The succubus lady tapped her pink fingertip on her lips, tilting her head and making a “I’m troubled” expression as she thought.
But her constantly twitching heart-shaped tail betrayed her real feelings. She only wags it like that when excited or pleased.
“This is a service outside the contract, and imposing ‘psychological suggestion’ beyond someone else’s control is very difficult.”
Got it. She can do it, but she wants more benefits.
Hah, why does Su Yao understand this so well? Because she often does the same herself.
“Tell me, what do you need? Magic power? By the way, anything forbidden by the contract is out of the question.”
“Magic power is definitely necessary, but besides that, I want another reward from you.”
Lilith’s pink eyes brightened considerably. She wagged her tail and ran up to Su Yao.
It felt like she was pushing her luck, but as long as it wasn’t one of those contract-forbidden things, it should be fine.
“Alright, I agree. What do you want?”
“Really? Then… I want your panties!”
Of course.
Su Yao took back what she said. This one never stopped thinking about the indecent stuff.
But she would be disappointed. As the Dungeon Core, there was nothing strange on her underwear, just missing a pair of panties wouldn’t—
Of course not!
“No way!”
Chlorel stepped in between the blonde loli and Lilith, answering first.
Though it was unclear what expression she had now, the pink neck below the back of her head suggested her face was probably as red as a ripe apple.
“How can you covet a lady’s intimate clothing! Even for a succubus, that’s shameless beyond reason…”
“Miss Lilith, such perverted behavior is unacceptable. As Miss Su Yao’s knight, I cannot allow it…”
Alright, although “lady” was debatable, faced with the terrifying aura of Chlorel and her childhood friend, the succubus lady was forced to submit.
“That’s right, Lilith, you’ll have to pick another reward.”
…
The succubus lady changed her desired reward, and Su Yao handed over the white Socks she was wearing on her legs.
Chlorel looked like she wanted to say something, but after the back-and-forth, this outcome was better than Lilith going on strike.
The Brown-haired Maid looked at the succubus with disdain as her breathing quickened over the Socks.
It was unclear what Chlorel was thinking, but her face remained flushed.
“Alright, Lilith, you can do whatever you want with those Socks later. For now, just pry this man’s mouth open.”