Rebirth of a Dungeon Master

Meanwhile, amidst all of Nekra’s ascension. 

 

"Nekra!" Yuki shouts, looking around for her the determined fox never one for giving up hope. 

 

"Is everything alright, Yuki?" Benimaru asks.

 

"No, Nekra has been gone for two days," Yuki says worriedly.

 

Two days ago, in a different part of the world,

 

"It's just a straight path," Rimuru says.

 

"This is a labyrinth; it's super easy!" Alice shouts.

 

Safi suddenly closes her eyes, and the "plushie" does the same.

 

"Use the force, Rimuru," Safi says in a message that is automatically translated through a skill of Rimuru; it almost seems like telepathy.

 

Rimuru begins to look around, not knowing who said it.

 

"Let go, Rimuru, trust me," Safi says with a wide grin.

 

"Stop quoting Star Wars," Rimuru shouts at Safi, since Rimuru was already using her mental map.

 

A little girl's laughter is heard.

 

Then, several children laughing.

 

"Not afraid? Please be more amusing visitors, be very afraid, more fear!" A woman? shouts.

 

"This dungeon is boring, Ramiris!" Safi shouts.

 

Suddenly, the laughter stops.

 

"Wait, you know me?" Ramiris asks suddenly a fairy emerged from the ether, her wings shimmering with iridescent hues of azure and emerald. Her eyes sparkled with ancient wisdom, and her delicate features held a timeless grace. As she floated before them, surrounded by an aura of curiosity.

 

"Yes, I'm from Momma Nekra's dungeon," Safi says.

 

"Nekra... Nekra... The cat girl!" Ramiris shouts.

 

Safi nods.

 

"Auntie Milim says hi," Safi says.

 

Suddenly, the false illusion in the hallway begins to glow, and a door opens ahead of them. Ramiris goes through said door with everyone walks through it while glancing at Safi. Several questions in their heads. Only for the fairy to disappear. 

 

"It's a dead end," Rimuru says.

 

"Wait a moment, please. I'm working on it!" Ramiris shouts.

 

"Small world!" Ramiris shouts.

 

"This is too small. If you want me to go all out, you know!" Safi shouts as she starts to use space magic herself to enlarge the space in the room.

 

"Right! So, if you're actually from Nekra's dungeon, pass my test, let me know what you think!" Ramiris shouts.

 

As a magic tech soldier that the dwarves threw away starts to power up.

 

"Auntie Rimuru, I am fighting this cheap knock off even if I have to fight you," Safi says, the dragon in her arms' eyes glowing red.

 

"Cheap knock off?" several of the students say.

 

"It's not a cheap knock off! I worked hard on it!" Ramiris shouts since it took a lot of work to get the dwarves' broken machine to work.

 

Rimuru also backs off as Safi walks to the front.

 

"You may wanna stand back," Safi says, looking behind her with a wink as she suddenly disappears from her spot, and her dragon "plushie" begins to enlarge; it fully transforms into a mechanical Safi Jiiva towering over the Magitech knight.

 

"This is what I meant by cheap knockoff!" Safi says as her magical engines draw magic from the atmosphere, draining the pocket world.

 

"What the HELL!" Ramiris shouts, terrified, while all the students behind Rimuru also seem scared.

 

Safi starts to fly up and shoots a blue beam down at the robot, completely erasing it from existence.

 

"Show yourself, or you can get the option to remodel your labyrinth," Safi says; she shrinks back down, and her human avatar picks her up again.

 

"Wait... you're the dragon that inspired the Magitech soldier program!" Remiris shouts.

 

"Of course... Why do you think I called those things cheap knock offs?" Safi says with a shrug while all of the students behind Rimuru begin to match Safi to a story that Shizu told them.

 

Suddenly, the fairy pops out from wherever she was hidden.

 

Safi pushes Rimuru in front of her and goes to stand with the slightly scared students.

 

Gabe jumped back a little when Safi stops near him.

 

"I am one of the 10 great demon lords, Ramiris of the labyrinth," Ramiris says.

 

"Yeah, this is less of a proper labyrinth than Nekra's place..." Rimuru says, looking around.

 

"Eh!" Ramiris shouts.

 

"Yeah, I mean, sure, there was a maze full of illusion traps, but you can't just have an empty room full of illusions!" Rimuru shouts.

 

"It's not my fault you weren't affected by thought manipulation. It's been so long since I've met someone like you," Ramiris says.

 

"Can you tell your friends to be quiet please," Safi says quietly yet extremely politely to seem less scary. Because a loli dragon is scary... definitely ask Gabe Gibson; he peed his pants a little.

 

"You're actually a demon lord?" Rimuru asks, dumbfounded, but Safi says Nekra met her. The only place Nekra has ever been is her dungeon, Dwargon, Tempest, and the demon lord meeting.

 

"Of course," Ramiris says, puffing her chest.

 

"She's not, she's a spirit queen. She just has the title of demon lord," Safi says.

 

"Hey! I'm a demon lord!" Ramiris shouts.

 

"And Treyni is a rock," Safi deadpans.

 

"That's a name I haven't heard in a long while," Ramiris says to herself.

 

"I knew it. None of you brats were a demon lord," Rimuru says.