Firstly, sorry. This chapter was meant to be posted yesterday, but my laptop died after I finished around three-fourths and I lost the chapter. I write around 10pm to 12pm and it was very late by that time so I just gave up on it. If I have time sometime after my exams, I'll catch up on the two missing chapters.

Also, I suggest opening the map in a separate tab cause I'll be referencing it a lot during the chapter. Like before the map is here:

https://youtu.be/KJWMoU8EIGA

When the dungeon grows, I'll post the other maps on the same channel.

I'll take down the delay notice when I catch up on chapters, so its a reminder for me.

Thank you for reading.

Mugandrulijubilkafrond POV:

The dungeon I cultivated for the last 5 years...

The DP I saved for the last two...

All gone...

My mana is gone and I'm tied with unbreakable ropes...

I have 5 days...

5 days...

My monsters were ordered to attack...

Even if I win its a draw...

I've suffered far too heavy losses...

My dungeon... its lost...

Wait, switch gears. I can still survive. I can pull a draw.

My offensive corps are all set.

Its a single floor labyrinth.

I can do this.

I'll save the dragon for later, let me summon some goblins as scouts.

5 DP each for 200=1000 DP

They enter the labyrinth and... Go crazy.

Like literally. They start bashing into walls and screaming in pain.

Their MP is rapidly dropping as well.

Then they got attacked by bats.

And MP was fully drained.

What happened in this scene?

Not a single injury on either side but all 200 are now manaless?

(He is looking at a map of the dungeon. He cannot see the mirrors and thus is totally confused about the proceedings.)

Remaining DP: 135,000

(The entrance is the set of lines at the bottom. Toa's personal room is the arrow like sign to the right. It contains a dummy core. The red circle is their main core. The last dummy is in the oceanic labyrinth.)

Could it be some kind of direction loss trap?

I summon a lesser dragon.

Dragons rely on a presence-like sense. Like a sixth sense? They can thus get by without sight and never lose direction.

And the cheapest one is 10,000 DP

The one I had earlier summoned as the trump card of this dungeon is an elder dragon(100,000-150,000 DP)

(In comparison, Vampire lords are 100,000 DP and Black vampire lords are 250,000 DP.)

Thus, with the dragon as a guide, the minotaurs followed close behind, depending solely upon the dragon for directions.

Then, they got attacked by bats and the dragon disappeared.

(Mage at work)

The minotaurs, like the goblins lost all sense and went directionless.

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It could still be seen on the map but it had status: invisible.

I tried letting her guide using audio, but the echoes confused the minotaurs and brought more bats.

(And, the mage escaped. During the first time writing, the mage had died and the invisibility cancelled, and the wand was taken by the dragon. Toa never makes the same mistake twice. Actually, if I wrote the same story, I would get bored halfway and the quality would drop so I edited it a bit to keep it fresh for myself. Thus the chapter that I wrote yesterday can never be read by anyone, ever... BUAHAHAHAHAHA. Although I get the feeling that nobody cares anyway...)

I let the dragon use its breath. Excellent crowd control, However, its mana is rapidly dropping...

It can't be helped, I summon two more and let the elder dragon invade as well.

Three dragons enter the dungeon.

The group was able to progress further. I finally reached the first branch.

(From entrance, Up, Left, Up, Left(2))

There are two directions. The elder dragon senses a host of traps from the left and nothing on the side leading downwards.

Can't be helped, I let the invisible one scout for me.Since, the traps in this branch are fire type, my dragon takes less damage than usual. It still loses over 78% of its health and returns. The result: a dead end.

BULLSHIT!!!

I let her return to the same place where the minotaurs are waiting. By then, she had run out of mana and was fully visible.

It seems that mana drains violently in this labyrinth so I decide not to heal her to save mana.

(Down, Left, Down, Right, Down(2))

There is another branch, but the side leading down is an obvious dead end. It also has traps so I avoid it. Mabye all wrong ways have traps?

No, it could be a distraction or something...

I have to wait and see.

Anyway why the dead end? Nobody would be foolish enough to not see that...

Just as I was thinking that, a minotaur wandered in and got hit by a bicycle. 

So that dead end had bicycle magic huh?

(Due to the mirrors, dead ends are far from obvious... However, he does not know so cannot be helped.)

More bats were encountered multiple times but were shot down by the dragons.

(The dragons are in humanoid form btw. First person narration is hard...)

(Left, down, right, down, right(4))

Another branch... This time the north side has traps and the east has nothing. Also, water based traps... I'm pissed.

If only I could summon creatures that could fly...

I let the minotaurs take the brunt. Another dead end... 34 minos dead.

My theory was right it seems... Why?

(Alright, the chapter is not finished, but its 12:00 so I'll split it or something. The rest tomorrow, I'm sleepy. 

My exams end on 22nd so I can release longer chapters at that time as I'm not restricted to 2 hours a day.

Sorry again. Actually, the attack reached the first side room yesterday, so I actually wrote less today. But, I'm sleepy after all.)

Chapter in parts: GET!!!