He was panting, his hands were holding his stomach, which was bleeding non-stop. Baron Gustav laid helplessly on the ground after Isaac stabbed him.
His eyes glared at the man with hatred.
"Fuck… you must be happy… to have beaten me." Baron Gustav tried to smile amidst his near death state.
Isaac chuckled. "Why do you feel so important? You challenged me, then you lost. You died on your own."
Baron Gustav was annoyed. He was about to curse Isaac, but his words were stuck in his throat. He realized he had lost badly. He even lost in his own dungeon.
"Alright, you win, Lord Isaac. You can take everything I have. Duke Barbatos is only testing you."
Then, Isaac laughed loudly. Tears welled up in his eyes because it was so funny. Meanwhile, Baron Gustav just looked at the man, looking curious.
"What is so funny?" asked Baron Gustav.
The laughter stopped. Isaac grabbed the demon by the collar and glared at him with a look full of rage. Baron Gustav could only hold his breath.
"After what you did, you thought I would let you live?"
Baron Gustav seemed to swallow his saliva with difficulty. "Come on, Lord Isaac. Do not take it seriously. This was an order from Duke Barbatos. He wanted to test your power."
Of course, what Baron Gustav said was a lie, and Isaac knew it. A lion never heard a lamb cry. The Dukes always thought of themselves as higher beings than the other nobles.
Win or lose, Duke Barbatos didn't care about the outcome. He wanted to punish his men who did wrong.
"You think after what you said when you challenged me? I still remember you wanted to crush and trample me."
Baron Gustav's face grew even more pale. He panicked. "I had to do it. Duke Barbatos forced me to fight against you, but you refused. You know the consequences if you fail to carry out your duties, don't you?"
"Precisely."
Baron Gustave was taken aback. He understood the meaning of Isaac's words. He remembered having failed on the dungeon break and thwarting his plans to conquer Inner Mongolia.
"I'll tell you. From the start, Duke Barbatos just wanted to throw you out."
The demon's lips trembled at what Isaac had said. Despair began to creep up on his body.
His survival instincts forced him to beg for forgiveness.
"Lord Isaac, forgive me for all the things I have done. I swear on behalf of my family, I will never do it again. I will serve you from now onwards. A good king, will always consider forgiveness of his enemies."
"So, you mean, you will serve me if I let you live, right?"
Baron Gustav grimaced. "Right."
Isaac nodded. Seeing that response, Baron Gustav smiled inwardly. He would do anything as long as he could survive. As long as he was still breathing and could think, things could change at any moment.
Licking his enemy's shoes wasn't a big deal. He wouldn't mind at all. The game was far from over.
"You will still serve me, even if you are under Duke Barbatos?" Isaac asked.
"Right. I will serve you. Why am I serving a master that will throw me out later?"
Isaac nodded. For a moment, he was silent. Baron Gustav put on a hopeful look while holding back the bleeding in his stomach.
In his eyes, Isaac was like a demon who was hungry for power, a type of demon that would accept anything as long as he was served. Baron Gustav was sure Isaac would accept him.
"All right," Isaac replied.
A smile bloomed on Baron Gustav's face. He made it.
However, he didn't know that Isaac hated creatures like him the most.
"Thank you, Lord Isaac. From now onwards I—keugh"
Splat!
The greatsword was stuck in the demon's stomach. Blood surged and flooded the ground. Questions filled his face.
"Lor… ord… Isaac, why?"
"Why? That's what I should have said." Isaac grabbed Baron Gustav's neck. "Why would I forgive you? You think I will accept you as a servant who once betrayed his master? Don't be stupid, Baron Gustav."
"Y… you…."
"Besides, if you were in my position, would you spare my life?"
Baron Gustav could not answer. He was too weak from losing too much blood.
Isaac kept stering at him.
Not long after, the man's hands fell to the ground, and the breath was no longer blowing from his nose.
Baron Gustav was dead.
Ding!
[Dungeon Master has been killed!]
[You gain the dungeon ownership.]
[New title earned]
[You got the title 'The Conqueror']
[Strength stat increased by 5]
[Your rank has been increased. Rank 70.]
[823,631 zenny transferred to your accounts.]
[The dungeon ownership has passed to the new player, Isaac Constantine.]
Isaac let out a long sigh.
There were two conditions for getting victory in a raid or dungeon defense. First, by destroying the Crystal Core, it would automatically eliminate the demon from the game, but the dungeon would be destroyed. The second way, the Dungeon Master admitted his defeat. The defeated demon still owned the dungeon and was involved in the game. However, he would lose 70% of his assets and get his rank dropped.
The last way, the Dungeon Master was killed during PvP. He was automatically eliminated in the game and all his assets went to the winner, including the dungeon ownership.
Thus, Isaac chose to get rid of Baron Gustav. He wanted to have the demon's dungeon located in Beijing, a place that had a dense population and the headquarters of the Nine Sky.
Besides, by having two dungeons, he had two lives in this game. If one dungeon was destroyed, he still had another.
'This way, my chances of staying in the game will be longer.'
After Baron Gustav's death, all the monsters suddenly stopped fighting. They then fled in disarray. However, the monster warriors brought by Isaac certainly didn't stand still. They chased and finished off the remaining ones.
Isaac then ordered his monsters not to hunt them again.
"Stop killing them, or I will kill you all."
With just one sentence, the monsters stopped, then they chose to eat the dead enemies. All beast-type monsters had the habit of eating meat from the enemies' corpses after the battle had ended. Byakko was not an exception even though she was in a human body right now.
Only Fedorov didn't seem to touch the corpses of the monsters who died in battle.
He approached Isaac. "Commander, any more orders?"
Isaac saw the look of disgust on the man's face. Fedorov couldn't bear to watch the monster partying over the dead monsters.
"You stay here. I have business I need to do."
"Can I accompany you? Just in case a monster attacks."
Isaac chuckled. "Stay cool. They won't attack."
"All right, Commander."
Then, Isaac left Fedorov with the monsters who were partying excitedly. He went to the highest room of the dungeon to meet the Dungeon Manager.
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The Crystal Core Room looked no different from his dungeon. The room looked dim with minimal light, and there was only a octahedrad crystal that lit up like a light bulb. The only difference here was the Dungeon Manager. It was not a little girl, but a dark-skinned servant.
The servant looked down at Isaac. He knew who the new owner of this place was.
"So, what's your name?" Isaac asked.
"My name is Kirnish. I was the previous servant of Baron Gustav, as well as the manager of this dungeon."
Isaac nodded. "You want to serve me?"
"This is part of the rules of the game."
Each dungeon only and must have one Dungeon Manager. They were irreplaceable because their existence was tied to the Crystal Core. In other words, the Dungeon Manager was the dungeon itself.
Since Isaac was the new owner of Baron Gustav's former dungeon, he needed to synchronize with Kirnish to make it official.
"From now onwards, you will serve me. Whatever hatred you harbored from me or you got from your former master, you must forget it."
"Yes, my lord. The death of my former master was a serious matter, but as a Dungeon Manager, it is my duty to serve the new Dungeon Master. I will start a new chapter with Lord Isaac Constantine."
Isaac smiled. Kirnish's words didn't sound far-fetched or fawning. He was completely sincere and honest, something Isaac had rarely seen these days.
"Okay, raise your head. Don't keep your head down. Let's start the synchronization."
"Yes, my lord."
Kirnish's body glowed, and so did with Isaac. Then, a notification sounded in Isaac's head.
Ding!
[Synchronization complete!]
[Display new status.]
<Status Character>
[Isaac Constantine - Lv 115]
[Rank : 70th - Baron ]
[Title : Chief of Beast, First Challenger, Master of the Wind, Heart Touch, The Conqueror]
[ Skill : 2/4]
[ Strength : 70 (75) ]
[ Magic : 180 ]
[ Constitution : 96 ]
[ Dexterity : 103 ]
[ Perception : 100 ]
[ Unallocated stat points : 30 ]
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<Dungeon 001>
[Dungeon Floors : 4]
[Monster Boss : 2/4]
[Population : 336,875/400,000]
[Fund : 1,07,785 zenny]
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<Dungeon 002>
[Dungeon Floors : 4]
[Monster Boss : 0/4]
[Population : 187,875/400,000]
[Fund : 623,631 zenny]
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After seeing his new status, Isaac smiled in satisfaction.
'Two dungeons and five titles in the second year. This is really crazy.'
The results he got from his previous life were far different. All those insane achievements, only a few demons could accomplish them. Even as the game neared its end, the number of demons having such achievements could be counted on fingers.
Even so, Isaac was not in a hurry. He realized this would cause a backlash.
The title 'The Conqueror' could only be achieved by the first demon who had killed another participant. In other words, the noble demons would be more and more wary of him, especially the Dukes.
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