Lewd Dungeon, Book 16 Prologue (Patreon)

Prologue – Trade Chat

(Adventurer’s Guild Official Forums, Miami Branch)

SunnyBunz, MightyMouse, ImAPally, DontYouWantMe, AsaAkiraIsBae, BestGirl, LatinHeat, Salty, Backpage, Craig34, l33tpally, Anonymous3, Anonymous4, RedFox, Kimiko, DonnyJuan, Crusader, BadCompany, HurricaneGal, Ambassador, Scholar, Righteous, Id10t, Satyr, DarkEnchanter, RangerMiguel, ScoopGirl, VenusFlyTramp, MagicMike, TsundereHealer, Max, LightningLegacy, SwiftTaylor, Domino, Bacchus, Aegis, Temptation, and Lord_Kickass are in the chat.

ImAPally: Holy shit! Did that really just happen?

Salty: What? What happened?

ImAPally: The Demon of the Dungeon just appeared in the entrance hall, and called out these three women with anime hair!

BadCompany: Wait, he appeared outside the dungeon?

Crusader: It was an illusion of some sort, but it was definitely his voice.

Domino: So, what did he want with the three women?

Bacchus: What did the Demon controlling the literal sex dungeon want with three women? Really?

Domino: Well, you’d think that he had enough already.

Bacchus: You can never have enough!

Aegis: He’s lurking here, why not ask him?

Temptation: Yes, and don’t think I didn’t spy you in the crowd, Crusader. Such a lovely reaction.

Aegis: Enough! What is the deal with those three women? Why did you show yourself, even in a different form, outside the dungeon?

Temptation: *sigh* I guess if you want, I could tell you. Simply put, they were trying to drag an unwilling man into the dungeon.

BadCompany: Why would that matter to you?

Temptation: Despite the whole ‘demon’ thing, I do have ethics, you know! Anyone who willingly steps foot into the dungeon knows what they’re in for, whether they sign the contract or not. They deserve whatever happens to them, because they made the choice to come here, and they chose to press on, instead of turning back.

Salty: But what about the slave collars and things?

Temptation: Well, people who are enslaved or magically bound do not have any right to complain about what their Master forces them to do. If the Master sends them into the dungeon, I won’t interfere. However, I won’t allow people who are unbound and unwilling to be dragged through the street to be thrown into the dungeon.

BadCompany: That seems… oddly altruistic for you.

Temptation: No, merely prudent. It is much more satisfying to torment those who cannot complain about the abuse they receive, because they went in knowing what could happen. Torturing poor souls who got thrown into the dungeon against their will is no fun. 

BadCompany: OK, that seems perfectly in line for you.

Scholar: So, who were those women?

Temptation: They were bounty hunters from another planet. Bluemountain, to be specific. The object of their search has recently taken up residence in my halls, so they came to try and claim her.

Scholar: How did someone from another planet end up in your halls?

Temptation: I’ll let that remain my secret. At any rate, the three bounty hunters decided to ask around for information on my dungeon, and they found out that they needed a man in their party to progress past the Temple. They did not wish to abide by the terms of the Contract, so they set out looking for someone who was both unattached, and had not signed the contract. They found Bill Crankshaft, the guy who makes the beer that they sell in Swamptown.

Temptation: Anyway, I banned Bill from the dungeon for a week, so he couldn’t be thrown in against his will, and offered a deal to the people who were watching the scene.

ImAPally: There was a feeding frenzy, when he announced that he would allow three guys to ignore the old contract temporarily to join up with the alien hotties!

Crusader: Idiots, all of them. Thinking with their little brain and not letting enough blood flow to the big brain.

Scholar: What terms did you give them?

Temptation: I’ll leave that a secret, for now. The Three Wenches, as I’m calling them, rejected them all, and fled into the dungeon. I’m looking forward to seeing how they manage to get to the Black Temple. Once they get there, of course, I’ll have an escort ready for them. I expect that they’ll be wishing that they took at least one of the men up on the offer.

VenusFlyTramp: Damn, I don’t envy them. I heard that, the only time that an all-female group got to the Temple, it was the Crimson Valkyries, and you made them face the Vampire Lord. Is that right?

Temptation: Yes, that’s right. But I won’t be doing that, this time. After all, the Valkyries signed the contract, so I played nice. What the Wenches get to face will be something far less pleasant.

Scholar: So, what happens when they get to the end of the temple?

Temptation: Why, they get to see the new levels that I’ve been working on, of course! 

VenusFlyTramp: New floors? After the Temple? But I thought you were going to make the Temple your final floor, and just keep adding on new floors above it?

Temptation: I considered that, but I decided that it would be more fun to have something new after that. So I’m going with an ‘ancient Atlantean ruin’ vibe for the next few floors.

Scholar: Atlantean? Like the lost city of Atlantis?

Temptation: Well, about that. It turns out that there’s a planet called Atlantis out there. Filled with human-like creatures. Not sure about the specifics, but I would guess that someone got stranded here in the past. Probably got lost, and didn’t have any way of getting home without the System. You research types might try and see about what you can find.

Backpage: Oh, fuck. This might mean that the UFO sightings throughout the years were real!

LatinHeat: You idiot, we already knew that at least some of them were real. It was a dumbass touching alien things at Area 51 that set off the System Apocalypse, remember?

Craig34: Hey! That was the President! Don’t go disrespecting him just because you snowflakes lost!

SunnyBunz: Craig, he literally was a dumbass. We all saw the System logs from what happened. He touched something with a big sign saying ‘Do Not Touch’. That was even dumber than his hair.

Voice_of_Reason(Mod) has entered the chat.

Voice_of_Reason(Mod): As a reminder, political discussions are not permitted on this forum. This is a warning. Continued infractions will result in disciplinary action.

Craig34: Oh fuck that. They don’t get to disrespect the guy just because they’re butthurt about the election!

Craig34 has been banned for 24 hours.

Craig34 has left the chat.

Voice_of_Reason(Mod): I trust I’ve made my point? Good. Have a nice day.

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