First Outer World Story Series: The Black Mist that Devours - Chapter 4
Translator: MadHatter Editor: MadHatter
“Okay, break’s over. I’ll address the detailed maintenance of the dungeon later, but first, ?Monster Create?!”
After activating the skill, a translucent screen and keyboard emerged before my eyes, the same way they did during ?Dungeon Create?. On the screen was something in the shape of a black mist… or to put it another way, it was myself.
Thus, from an impartial standpoint, my appearance and outline should be described in the following manner:
?King of the Devouring Black Mist
The ?Untitled? Demon King of the Dungeon.
He assumed two forms: a mist version and a human version.
In his misty appearance, he was merely a conglomeration of black mist. When presented in human form, he bore black hair, black eyes, and donned a black attire with skin that reminded one of a summer tan in a sandpit.
No further information regarding this figure can be obtained at this time due to a lack of information.
“…Ah, yes. That’s only reasonable. It hasn’t even hit a day yet, so there’s no way a detailed description can be found here.”
Even though I felt slightly disappointed, I will let it slide.
“So, for the time being, let’s start with the ones I can create.”
With my keyboard, I drew up a screen where I could select the monsters to be summoned.
On the screen, there was a monster. The only way ahead would be to summon this monster first apparently.
“Well, I’ll verify all the information available to me before creating it.”
I opened the description of the monster before reading it.
?Fog
A mischievous spirit-like humanoid demon with a height of roughly 30 cm.
The body is composed of a thin haze of magical power.
Despite its meagre potency, it can proliferate indefinitely provided there is enough magical power in the air.
Summoning cost: 1 MP per unit.
This seemed to be an existence like a blue amorphous creature in a certain national RPG.
In other words, it could be labeled as a demon that matched my characteristics as the monster was a Fog. After all, I myself was composed of mist.
“At any rate… if it expends nothing but MP, I’ll spawn a hundred or so of them.”
With the sensation of magic power slipping out of my body, a magic circle arose around me, from which 100 Fogs were born along with the light.
“Kyahahaha”, “Wahy wahy”, “Booom booom!”
They were very pestiferous.
I instructed them to either stay quiet or leave the area, despite not knowing if they could obey my instructions.
As expected, they all wandered off. In any event, knowing that they can listen to what I told them to do was reassuring for me.
“Now, as for the demon that is produced by this… yes. The number is increasing.”
?Thin Mist Wolf
Approximately 1 meter in length, beast-like wolf-type magical demon.
They are constantly enveloped by a thin mist that rendered them difficult to be perceived under the proper circumstances.
Summoning cost: 5 each for HP, MP, and SP per unit.
?Swamp Flying Fish
About 0.7m long, fish-like flying fish-type magical demon.
This demonic creature lurks in swamps and when this demonic creature spots a target, it either strikes it with its body or lashes out with its sharp, sword-like fins. The speed of their strikes can exceed 100 km/h.
Summoning cost: 3 HP and 3 SP each per unit.
Prerequisite for creation: the existence of a swamp or a similar environment.
?Disarray Dragonfly
About 1 meter in length, insect-like, jagged, and a demonic creature.
Once it discovers a prey concealing in the water, it shoots water bullets at the prey to deprive them of their sense of balance and then devours the prey’s flesh. Upon growth, it evolves into a Devil’s Darning Needle[i].
Summoning cost: 7 each for HP, MP, and SP per unit.
Prerequisite for creation: existence of a watering-place or a similar environment.
What about its creation? It seemed that all the details won’t be known until I actually had a look at it anyway…
Since it was a hassle, I opted to generate 30 of them of each type.
“So, let’s proceed.”
With those words, a magic circle was conjured around me, exactly like before, and from there, demonic entities were cast into existence along with the light. So, how did I feel about each of them?
Thin Mist Wolf: The mist obscures the intricacies of the wolf’s appearance, but it looks like something I’d like to stroke. When it first surfaced, I involuntarily stroked it in a single motion. I mean, they have such soft fur and cute eyes. Not to mention the way it coos and rubs up against me when I approach it! Cuteness is justice, indeed!
Swamp Flying Fish: I tested it out and their flight is incredibly swift. It would have been quite frightening if it had suddenly burst out of the fog at that speed.
Disarray Dragonfly: Gross. I mean, it was shockingly gruesome. I used to believe that insects are bearable solely because of their size, but I’ve now revised my view. Regardless, after seeing it, I stroke the Thin Mist Wolf and let it soothe my soul.
Following that, I released these guys into the dungeon at random, just as I did with the Fogs.
Hmm? The sustenance of these guys? Apparently, as long as it is just a matter of living, all that is required is possessing magical power, just like me. Though it appears that they need to ingest meat for their multiplication and growth. But of course, cannibalism shall be prohibited. It is said that cannibalism will only reduce the number of them, and it will be of no benefit.
“With this, I have summoned all of them, and my HP is still sufficient, so let’s move on with the dungeon.”
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Over the subsequent period of time, I had to keep the mist from escaping by utilizing the entrance as a rest area and erecting an airlock-like structure to facilitate restriction of the number of people. I decided to adopt the name Kurokiri[ii] externally and installed trees and ivy that would grow in the swamp. While elaboration will not be given, I devoted my time to implementing several traps appropriate to some of the enemies, stroking the Thin Mist Wolves, increasing their numbers, holding a festival of stroking the wolves, and upgrading the number of demonic creatures and terrain effects.
And by the time I was aware of it, a year has passed since I was transformed into a Demon King.
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T/N:
[i] The word in Japanese is actually translated as dragonfly also but since this is the evolution of it, I changed it into Devil’s Darning Needle
[ii] Kurokiri means black mist
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Check out other Outer World Story series in order: Outer World Story: The Black Mist that Devours (First series), Outer World Story: Pumpkin Sorcerer (Third series), Outer World Story: Basilisk of Ice Sculpture (Fourth series)