[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dungeon-of-lust-managing-otherworldly-beauties":3,"chapter-dungeon-of-lust-managing-otherworldly-beauties-dungeon-of-lust-managing-otherworldly-beauties-chapter-306":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Dungeon of Lust: Managing Otherworldly Beauties",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":12,"novelImage":21},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1445556,1897,"Chapter 306: Happiness is a Warm Gun","dungeon-of-lust-managing-otherworldly-beauties-chapter-306",306,"\u003Cp>The carnage was swallowed by the stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No remnants of their havoc were left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only proof the Ancient Wartorts ever existed was the green blood splattered over Edith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cleanly, they’d walked in, assassinated the Dungeon Master, and were now racing out of the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five piled together, then Mias simultaneously linked with Diable and reconnected with his other parts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as he did that he also saw the glaring fault of [Severance].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I-in a minute?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the single minute Mias had been disconnected from his selves communication line, everything had gone to shit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d expected resistance and retaliation, but nothing this grandiose and organized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red, tired eyes stared listlessly from Machia’s puffy face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confined...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those damned bastards had confined her. Said she was too \"mentally unstable\" to be allowed to freely roam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A load of bullshit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was more mentally stable than she’d ever been, yes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d never had such a clear goal in life to work toward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lust. The Dungeon of Lust had been found in the vicinity of where her brother disappeared. Not only that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d made her Item to track her past creations, and had watched as [Stay Safe] and [Draw Back] both left from the relative location of the Vice Dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d even told Rivania, only for it to be glossed over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being told:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will eliminate Lust in due time, but the war takes priority.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seriously?! Her revenge was supposed to wait?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hanging by a precarious thread that hinged on winning the war in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machia didn’t even dare imagine it, but there was the possibility Celestia would lose and she’d never even get her chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why wouldn’t they let her go and get her revenge?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why do this to her?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machia dug her nails into her pillow as she smashed it into her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was done with all this permission shit. The only way it would get done was to do it herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, a knock sounded at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machia’s angered eyes flicked to the wooden door, which locked from the outside. But her anger mellowed upon hearing the visitor speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s me, Luke. Can I come in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panicked, Machia sat up and brushed out her bushy brown hair, then said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes... you may.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon her words, she heard the shifting of keys and the clink of the lock being undone. Then, the door swung open and revealed the handsome young knight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knight who stepped in and shut the door behind him, locking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke, the newly appointed Apostle, Miach’s replacement, cast his eyes around the room, then said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place is a mess...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machia followed Luke’s gaze to the gadgets and papers strewn across the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... yeah it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke knelt and picked up an Item, one that looked like a sealed letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s this peculiar thing? It’s... odious and vile.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That?\" Machia forcefully laughed. \"It’s my gift to Lust.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, you’ve perfected it, have you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm. And will you be my courier to help deliver the message?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke flashed his white teeth as he sauntered over and set the sealed envelope on Machia’s desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s what I promised, no?\" Luke gritted his teeth. \"What better message exists for one who could do such a thing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machia sighed as she shuffled on her bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke was not yet ready to be sent to war as an Apostle — he hadn’t finished his training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in his time spent in the inner sanctum, Luke had learned she was Miach’s sister and felt it right he get to know her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was through that initial meeting that he learned of Lust — of its new location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vice that was way too close to that massacred village to be considered a coincidence. The Vice who was also most definitely responsible for killing Miach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Luke’s goal to avenge the innocents slaughtered en masse and Machia’s revenge for her brother, the two fledglings teamed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke shook his head at Machia’s sigh, then pointed to the only window in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t you think you’ve cast enough doom and gloom looking out on the training grounds all day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe if you visited more often...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke knelt and began plucking papers off the ground one by one, organizing them and setting them neatly on her desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know I try, but training has been especially harsh as of late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know, I know...\" Machia’s eyes lazily followed Luke’s movements. \"How much longer until you are deployed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven’t been given a timeframe yet... but I’d guess around six months.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Six months? That’s an awfully long time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, it is, because I’m being difficult.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machia tilted her head as her toes played with the wooden floorboards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, well...\" Luke scratched the back of his head, then added, \"I keep saying I’ll only comply if you come with me. And since I’m an Apostle, they’re strong-armed into listening — else its heresy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machia froze, her jaw falling open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Admittedly, even if her mental state was ’perfectly stable,’ even she could get a little bashful upon hearing such a thing from Luke of all people. Him and his handsome face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh... huh... wha...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... you said only you can activate the letter, right? So I have to deliver you to Lust, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, uh... yeah...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Technically, anyone could activate it, but Machia didn’t exactly want someone to unwittingly sacrifice themselves for her petty revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I almost thought he wanted me for me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I also just like hanging around you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Ah...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machia scooted back on her bed, pulling in her knees and burying her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew Luke knew what he was doing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as much as Machia was moved...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was too scarred and scared of love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could anyone ever occupy the spot in her mind her brother once did?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke warmly chuckled, then moved on to arranging the gadgets neatly around the room by form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And, trust me, some light would do you good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Was that last part necessary?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machia smiled, a true smile, for a brief moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Luke.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re welcome... not that I’ve done anything deserving of thanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1035,"2026-06-06T01:43:37.938Z",1,"novelbin.me","a2712e6ddc5939b1781028cf8260e48404cb4edab36b0d3072970168fb8e9915","dungeon-of-lust-managing-otherworldly-beauties-chapter-1","dungeon-of-lust-managing-otherworldly-beauties-chapter-305","https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdungeon-of-lust-managing-otherworldly-beauties-cover.jpg"]