Lord Of Puppets

Chapter 278: Chapter 278 – Development - Part 4.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait." – said Porai while holding her face.

"What the fuck do you mean your name is now Thauma Byrawa?"

"I mean it! What the fuck is going on!?"

"Is this like.... Official?"

"Like, your current name. The first name: Thauma. And surname: Byrawa?"

{"Yes."}

"..."

"Can I have the fucking full story?" – asked Porai while having somewhat complex expression.

[Flashback – After the contract was signed.]

"Hey Thauma." – said Ariava.

"How do you feel about getting a new name?"

{"?"}

{"Is something wrong with my name?"}

"Oh, not that."

"It isn’t about changing your original name."

"But more about, having you receive my surname."

"I mean, you are my child, so I think you should have my surname."

"..."

{"Sure."}

[End of flashback.]

"..."

"Is that it?" – asked Porai.

{"Yes."}

"..."

*SIGH*

"THAT ISN’T A FUCKING EXPLENATION AT ALL!" – shouted Porai on top of her lungs, completely catching Thauma off guard.

"I MEAN! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU HAD DONE?!"

"???" – Thauma just started, not knowing what to write.

"..."

"Oh.... Oh, my fucking lord.... You don’t know... Do you?"

"What is that fucking bitch thinking?"

"Is the fucking crazy?" – said Porai to herself while looking down at the table.

"..."

"..."

"!"

"NO WAIT! THAT BITCH DOES KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON!" – shouted Porai suddenly after a long pause.

"SHE GAVE YOU HER SURNAME AFTER THE FUCKING CONTRACT WAS SIGNED!"

{"I’m confused. What is going on?"}

"..."

"Okay. So, listen here."

"You fucking surname."

"It belongs to one of the most dangerous beings on this world."

"Don’t you fucking think that having this surname will be.... I don’t know...."

"A MASSIVE FUCKING PROBLEM?!"

"Seriously!? What is that woman thinking?!"

"I mean, I get that you are her child and everything, since she adopted you."

"But fucking giving you, her surname!?"

"Just what is...."

"..."

*Sigh*

"We want you to fucking stay out of trouble and have you somewhat hidden in terms of your and hers relationship.... But she pulls something like THAT!?"

"Does she wants us... Or more specifically, YOU in massive ass trouble?!"

(I’m seriously confused now!) – thought pissed off and lost in thoughts Porai.

(What the fuck is this woman playing at?!)

"..."

"Is she using her name to defend you?"

"But again, how would that work?"

"I mean, would people straight up believe you, if you were to say that you are her child?"

"Still, there are ways to check if you are speaking truth, but if that truth were to be confirmed, again, FUCKING TROUBLE!"

"I DON’T FUCKING THIS WOMAN!"

"..."

"Yeb.... Fuck it."

"I’m not thinking about it."

"You are not thinking about it."

"NOBODY IS THINKING ABOUT IT!"

"WE ARE GETTING THE FUCKING ASNWER FROM HER! THE MOMENT SHE FUCKING COMES BACK HERE!"

"AND YOU!"

"DON’T YOU FUCKING TELL ANYBODY ABOUT THIS!"

"ABOUT YOUR NEW SURNAME!"

{"I won’t. Ariava said that I shouldn’t. But she also said that it is fine with you."}

"Wh- No! Never mind! Ju.... Just.... Never mind!"

"..."

"Look."

"How about we take it easy today?"

"I think.... I think I really need something to drink."

<<...I... I was bit confused.>>

<<What happened?>>

<<I mean....>>

<<...>>

<<Did I fucked up without knowing anything?>>

<<For the rest of the day, Porai just locked herself in the room, drinking wine and eating some of dried squids.>>

"..."

"By the way, can your dungeon even produce these stuff? I mean, the dry squids?" – asked Porai as she suddenly left her room and went to Thauma’s workshop where the golem was experimenting on the funny looking guns, while the woman herself was holding and showing off a bag of dried squids to the golem.

"Or more exactly, what the hell can you even produce with production?"

"You can make stuff like rare metals, which should be hard to obtain."

"And you also shown me you could produce stuff like bread and what not."

"So.... Can you produce squids?"

"I’ve checked the food storage room, but couldn’t find any."

<{Info: Ariava, Porai and Thauma made a storage room inside of the dungeon that is used to store food. The storage room uses ice magic to keep stuff fresh and nice.}>

"I like this stuff."

"And I don’t know when I could get any more."

{"Well, I can produce them."}

{"But you may not like them."}

"?"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

{"Well, it may be easier to show you."}

[Few moments later: Kitchen]

"..."

"Hey." – said Porai as she stared at the two plates.

"The fuck is this?"

"This is the same meat, right!? Then why the hell taste is so different?!"

"So.... Why the hell meat from the dungeon.... Well... Way more bland?" – said Porai, after taking more bites from the two dishes, a two exact same dishes made with the same meat.... But meats from different origin, but from the same animal.

The first plate, it was a dish made from the real animal, a real living breathing animal.

However, the second plate, which had the exact same dish and used the same kind of meat... It didn’t really used the meat from the "living" being, and instead it was a meat produced by the dungeon.

"They are the same meat! I saw it! And confirmed it with my own eyes!" – said Porai.

"But.... Why does the meat from the dungeon.... Well... Sucks like this?"

(Exactly same way cooked! I fucking watched him do cooking both of these dishes in the exact same step by step!) – thought Porai.

(And yet.... The taste difference is beyond obvious?) – thought Porai as she took a bite from one dish after another.... And again, could feel the massive inferior taste in the dungeon made meat, even though it was technically the same meat.

{"The dungeon products do not possess their own identity."}

{"When it comes to the metals and what not, there is no problem with identity, since they are solid objects."}

{"Simple put, there are no problems."}

{"However, when it comes to the stuff that came out from the living being, be it meat, fruits or vegetables, they lose their identity."}

{"And this causes their values to drop."}

{"They are far less nutritious and they are also lose anything special that makes them ’them’."}

{"This meat didn’t ’lived’ or anything."}

{"It didn’t grown or even changed taste depending on what the being ate."}

"..."

"No history." – said Porai.

{"Exactly."}

{"This also includes some of the ’natural’ type materials. It depends on material to material, but normally all of them are heavily affected by this."}

{"They lack their own history AND also lack of original ’self’, which causes the meat for example to taste like this, even though both of these meats were from the same being. I’ve tested it before on the test subjects I had before."}

"Honestly.... It looked exactly the same.... And I couldn’t tell difference... But the moment I just put that thing in my mouth, I could tell pretty much instantly.... It was honestly good idea to show me."

"Damn.... I’m.... Going to be fucking honest with you."

"This sucks... Like big time." – said Porai as she grabbed a bread produced by the dungeon and tore a bit of it, before then eating it.

"Heck! Even bread taste beyond bland! Even bad somewhat!"

"Is there really no way to deal with this?"

{"There is."}

{"Monsters."}

{"The monsters that are manifested from the dungeon, can obtain ’history’, making the quality of their materials, be it fangs, claws or meat, to be made proper."}

{"By the way, I cannot create something like a corpse, so don’t bother asking about it. I’ve tried few times, but it never worked."}

{"Because it lacked both history and identity."}

"Oh.... Oh! Then why don’t you-"

{"I still don’t have means of controlling these beast monsters and they will definitely still get pissed off if I were to massacre them like this."}

"..."

"Ah.... Right."

(Sometimes it looks like the power of the dungeon cores are omnipotent.... But then you see one after another the flaws. Even this one, with the food.... It is extremely massive problem.) – thought Porai.

(This meat for example.... There is no way you can sell it.)

(It is "food", but as.... Well, it sucks too much.)

(....Still.... Hm... The lack of control is really a problem.)

(I mean, he has a way of dealing with this, but at the same time, he would create monsters he couldn’t control.)

*Sigh*

(Well...There is at least some pork, so maybe I can settle for it......)

(...)

(Still.... I wonder what exactly are the limits of the dungeon now?)

(I mean... Hm...)

(...)

(Yeah... Once we have time, I think it would be a nice idea to see the limit of the dungeon’s creative powers.)

<<Well... The plan is set.>>

<<First objective, military force.>>

<<For the location of the storage that will be used to keep the emergency golems hidden, we decided to make a new outpost, a special "emergency" outpost, military one.>>

<<It will be located somewhat away from the planned city building zone and from the Maw city.>>

<<This location, will look like the regular military emergency zone, where the extra golem soldiers will be kept in case of emergency.>>

<<But in reality, it will be a cover up, for a much bigger underground storage room where the real army, the massive army, will be kept.>>

<<But again, military golems alone won’t do. I need construction golems, and I mean a LOT of them.>>

<<I do have some construction golems that I’ve had created, but it came time for me to create different golems for different jobs.>>

<<But, there was also another problem.>>

"We need materials."

"You have wood from cutting down this whole forest and we could do something about it... I could also use my earth magic to manipulate the ground somewhat.... But I think it would be for the safety measures if I were to be kept out of sight...."

"My detection is powerful, yes. But how do I know that Korwan trust me? He could had hired somebody whose stealth skills are even problematic for me."

"Better safe than sorry, meaning that you will have to do everything yourself."

<<Porai said that we have nowhere near enough materials to start construction the military emergency outpost and the underground.>>

<<Even if I focus on producing only the construction type golems, it won’t be enough.>>

<<...>>

<<The "free" period is about the end soon, and I will need to start producing golems for the empire.>>

<<So, I guess I will also use this opportunity to try talking with the emperor, and asking him about making a trade.>>