Author's Note - Sorry that this came out so late... I just got my hands on my computer because I was away for a long time (same with tomorrow...) so yeah... I hope that you all still remember this exists.

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The Dungeon King. A fearsome entity. No adventurer has gotten through all of his levels... None have even passed Level 75. Even the SS-Class hero had to retreat because of the power of Level 75's boss monster. None know what lies past level 75. The dungeon Kings dungeon resides in a peaceful area of Deani. The Dungeon King appeared over a million years ago during the First Great War. None know what kind of power the Dungeon King holds.

- From the Chronicles Of Dungeons.

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I am currently riding towards the County... Wait.... Wasn't there another reason I went to the Elven forest..... Oh... Yeah.... I forgot... I need to go back there... I really need to go back there... I guess I'll have to ask them a favour...

Quinn: "Girls... I need to ask you a favour."

Mirikin, Akuna and Jenica: "..."

Quinn: "Come on... Please talk to me."

The Girls: "..."

Quinn: "Please!!!! Please I really need this favour!"

Mirikin: "F...Fine... W..What is it.... Qui..Quinn?"

Quinn: "I need you girls to look over my county... I forgot to train my nature magic in the Elven Forest. Also girls... Do not be afraid of me. I won't do anything to you girls. I only vented out all my anger on them... They killed Mayu after all."

Jenica: "H..Hmph! I was...Wasn't... Afraid of you! I just... Didn't feel the need to talk to you! Hmph!"

I can clearly see Jenicas fear in her eyes. We also got a real carriage driver from the Capital when we got there. I am sitting in the carriage with the girls. They all are on the opposite side of me and are staying as far as they can.

Quinn: "I promise I won't do anything! I promise I'll take care of you all just... I need to go back to the Elven Forest but i've been away from my County for too long. I am afraid that too many problems might've popped up when I was gone."

They start whispering amongst themselves. I can hear everything though....

Mirikin: "We'll... Look over your county... But do you promise... To take care of us?"

Quinn: "Yes. I promise. I will use all my power to keep you safe from all the enemies."

I say that but I just want to get back to the Elven Forest to train so I can take over this world faster... And get Mayus new body... And train enough to infuse Mayu to the new body.

Mirikin: "Good... We honestly thought that you were just... Tricking us... I trust you but... Fear overtook my mind. Seeing you do all that to two S-classes and they had no chance against you... Well they aren't the strongest things in this world but... They are still powerful... I'm sorry I doubted you Quinn..."

I nod and prepeare to jump out of the carriage but I feel something starting to materialize on my shoulder. I look to what is happening on my shoulder to see Acila appear.

Acila: "Sorry father that this took so long... I honestly thought I would be quicker with materializing but I got too into talking with Mayu so I totally forgot about it!"

Quinn: "Ah It's nothing Acila. I am just glad you finally came out to enjoy traveling with me. Well I should get going shouldn't I? Mirikin, Akuna, Jenica. Please look over my County. I am placing all my trust on you right now. I believe in you girls. Well... I'll get going now."

I jump out while the carriage is moving and put Acila in one of the pockets on my shirt. She pops her head out and I start running at full speed towards the Elven Forest. I tottaly forgot about training myself and getting the Dryad body because of my revenge... I'm sorry Mayu that I forgot!

Mayu: "It is nothing! I am just glad that you actually remembered before I had to remind you!"

I rush towards the Forest and reach it at midday. It was a little past twelve when I left the carriage. I hope the girls actually take care of my County. I don't want to get a bad name for myself right now. Especcially with my current reputation. It'd be hard to get connections to other countries to get more resources then.

When I reach the Forest I decide to meditate in a little bit denser area of the forest. I meditate for three days straight. I need to get my nature magic really strong. When it's the third night of my meditation training I feel something coming my direction with Mana Sense. I don't engage immediatly and wait to see what is coming towards me. It might be a bunny what just ran from a fox or something. When the beings with Mana come to my meditation spot... It's Elves. The elves actually came here. I laugh a little at that. I heard that Elves rarely communicate with anything living except Nature Spirits and things involved with Nature. They immediatly aim their spears and bows at me and I get ready for a fight.

Mayu: "Do not fight them! The Elves are really important to humans because they actually allow us to pick things frm their forest! If their party were to be wiped out by something meditating they would find out the cause and probably blame humans for allowing this to happen!"

Ok ok... I won't fight them. They approach me carefully and speak in some kind of language. I do not understand but then one other elf comes up.

Quinn: "Don't kill me! I'm with the humans! I don't want to fight you elves!"

Elf: "Human, what are you doing on our land!? We thought we strictly told the King and the Royals to not let any human into the Inner Tiers! Damn humans!"

Quinn: "The other humans don't know anything about this. I'm sorry if I intruded."

Elf: "You are coming with us! You must explain to the queen about this!"

Quinn: "Alright. I have nothing against it. Just put down the spears. I do not like getting attacked."

The elf speaks in their language again and they lower their spears. They take me through the forest into a... City... I guess this is the Elves capital or something. They coexist with the nature in this place. They built a whole city ontop of trees and on the ground with wood.

I get taken to a huge temple-looking thing made out of stone. When the doors open they throw me in without locking me up. Weird... Usually somebody puts some kind of rope or cuffs around you when they throw you somewhere. I look up and see... A woman with clothing of a Queen. Ok this must be the Elven Queen or I must be an idiot. She is sitting on a throne.

Queen: "Stand up, Abomination!"

I stand up like the Queen asks me to.

Queen: "I am Queen Kaylessa Havioris! Queen of the Elves! What were you doing trespassing on the Inner Tiers!"

Quinn: "Meditating. Trying to become one with nature."

Kaylessa: "What are you exactly... Abomination..."

Quinn: "Well I was a human... Then I got four horns... And didn't turn insanely evil... I don't really know what I am. A monster of some sort?"

Kaylessa: "Hmm... So you describe yourself as a Monster. But what were you doing tresspassing on the Inner Tiers?"

Quinn: "Inner... Tiers?"

Kaylessa: "You don't know about the Inner Tiers?"

I shake my head to tell them I don't know about the Inner Tiers.

Kaylessa: "Hmm... Well the Inner Tiers are two areas out of four in the Elven Forest. The Elven Forest is split into four areas aka the Four Tiers. We only allow other races to get into the Third and Fourth. You came into the second. That is a violation of our law so we must punish you accordingly. But... You aren't one of the races we made a deal with... But you look like them... I don't know what we will do to you because... I  don't know what you are and what I should classify you as and how I shall punish you."

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Quinn: "Don't punish me at all? I didn't know about the Inner Tiers after all. I didn't know anything about the Elven Forest."

Kaylessa: "I guess i'll let it slide this time, abomination. What is your name anyways?"

Quinn: "My name is Quinn Evergreen. I am a count of the kingdom of Euin. A new Count. I also named myself Evergreen if you were wondering. I can kill the King if I wanted to."

Kaylessa: "Interesting. You claim you have the King at your disposal?"

Quinn: "If I wanted to get rid of him it will be an easy task for me."

Kaylessa: "You are funny, Quinn! I'll let you stay here for a few days if you wish. The First Tier is perfect for trying to become one with Nature."

Quinn: "And I'll take you up on that offer."

Kaylessa: "Can you join me for morning tea later? I want to know more about you."

A guard approaches.

Guard: "My Queen! You cannot trust an abomination like him! He might attack you and kill you!"

Kaylessa: "And what can he do to me?"

Guard: "Well... I don't know... You are very powerful..."

Kaylessa: "See? Nothing to worry about."

The guard steps back.

Kaylessa: "Maids, can you please take our new visitor to a room?"

Two maids come and I follow them. We walk out from a small door in the side of the Temple and over a bridge. On the other side is a normal-sized house. Is my room in there?

Quinn: "Is my room in the house?"

Maid: "No, that house is your room."

Quinn: "Hah... So a full-blown house is called a room around here..."

I walk into my new 'room'. It has anything you would need for living. I look around and the maids leave. I meditate until it's morning on the balcony of my new house. I then go back to the temple where I am shown to a real room inside the temple where the Queen is already waiting.

Kaylessa: "Sit down Quinn."

I take a seat like the Queen suggests.

Quinn: "So what do you need me for Queen?"

Kaylessa: "Call me Kaylessa please. I just want to know you better is all. You are similiar to things i've seen but not at the same time. A completely new race."

Quinn: "I'm just a monster. A mix of things probably."

I chat with Kaylessa for a while. And by a while I mean for the entire day. Time flew by so fast. We also touched some sensitive topics about each other. Apparently Kaylessa has no husband to take over the spot of her father, The King. The King and Queen died of old age and she had to take over the throne alone. I also told her about my real race. A dungeon. She was surprised about that fact but I only told her as a reward for telling me so much about herself. We also started talking about love and marriage in the afternoon. It just came up as a topic but she immediatly blushed when I told her I had no real lover. Well not if you exclude Mayu. She also made a lot of... Hints... During the talk. And by a lot I mean a lot. If I was the most dense and stoic person in the world I would still notice them. Every time our eyes made contact after we talked about love she would turn into a strawberry-red coloured elf. Funny how elves body-colours work. You can clearly tell their current mood by the tone of their skin. When I left she looked a little bit depressed. I went to my 'room' at midnight and meditated for five hours before I noticed something crossing the bridge. The person who entered was the Queen. In her nightgown... Why did I know this was going to happen...

Kaylessa: "I'm sorry if I seem to... Pushy... It's just that... You are the only one I feel like I can trust a lot and you wouldn't let me down... You also have a lot of mana what can protect me... And the fact that you are a Count... And your appearance and personality are great too... I fell for you after a few hours of speaking... And completely fell for you after the topic about love..."

Quinn: "Why did I already see this coming... Well.. Why are you here though?"

Kaylessa: "I don't feel safe in my Temple... I have never felt safe there. When I talked with you while drinking tea I felt safe for the first time in my life. You have such an aura around you..."

Quinn: "And why are you here...?"

Kaylessa: "I want to sleep in the same room as you... Please.... I feel like I am going to die in the Temple if I stay there longer... I never liked being the Queen. All those problems. All those suitors trying to get your hand for their own benefit... You aren't like them are you...?"

Quinn: "Well... Not really... But it seems you won't take a No as an answer will you?"

Kaylessa: "No. I will not. I want to sleep peacefully for once in my life... Even when I slept next to my mother and father I never felt safe."

Quinn: "Well... I'll go to sleep then..."

I go to the bedroom of my house and start to fall asleep on the couch there. Kaylessa soon comes in too.

Kaylessa: "What are you... Why aren't you sleeping on the bed?"

Quinn: "I thought you wanted to sleep on the bed?"

Kaylessa: "Well... I want to sleep next to you..."

Quinn: "Isn't this fine though? For now?"

Kaylessa: "I guess so..."

I fall asleep on the couch while Kaylessa falls asleep on the bed. My routine for a week is simple. Wake up, eat breakfast, meditate for the entire day, go to sleep.

I then decide to go back. I left the girls alone for long enough. In the middle of the day I approach Kaylessa.

Quinn: "Kaylessa. I have to go. I left three girls to run my County until I came back. I'd feel bad leaving them forever."

Kaylessa: "I'll come with you!"

Quinn: "But... Wouldn't that destroy the Hierarchy of the Elves?"

Kaylessa: "My cousin will take over! He is the next in line anyways and I was about to leave silently too!"

Quinn: "You are not lying right?"

Kaylessa: "No I am not!"

Quinn: "Fine. Then come with me."

We leave. I am still hesitant to take Kaylessa with me. I met her a week and a few days ago. Well I took Akuna and Mirikin with me the same way did I not? Mayu... Are you OK with it?

Mayu: "She seems nice. Also... I'll let you take as much wives as  you want but I must always come first ok!"

Fine fine Mayu. You will always come first. I care for you more than the others because I know you a little better...

When we left the forest I also hunted down a Dryad. It wasn't even bothering to hide in the Third Tier. It was easy to just kill it without damaging it's body too much. It is still repairable. I just need to fix it and put Mayus new body in it...  Like that will be easy... It seemed easier to just switch souls between bodies but Mayus soul is within my mind so that is out of question. Meh. I'll do it anyways.

I rush back to the County with Kaylessa on my back. Acila also talked a lot during our stay in the Elven Forest but... She only talked non-sense most of the time. Only jokes... I got tired of Acila's jokes after a while but Kaylessa seemed to like them.

Kaylessa is an elven woman. She has sharp pointy ears like elves do. Sapphire-blue eyes, blond hair down to her waist and a big bust. She is also quite tall. One meter and eightyfive centimeters.

I need to find out what the girls did to my County while I was gone...

This won't be nice to find out... I hope they are all fine...