[2 months later.]

"Anything else?" – asked a soldier.

"Nah, by the looks of things we hunted all of the golems that left the dungeon." – replied second soldier.

"Welp, if that is the case, we can go now, we gathered up all the golems remains." – said the first soldier before moments later the group left the area.

"…"

<<It has been….. Whole 2 months.>>

<<And they have still not done anything to me.>>

<<Even as two months has passed, the dungeon is still operating and so far they have only came to check up on the dungeon from time to time, but nothing else.>>

<<Once they would see monsters, they would just leave.>>

<<Beside that? They left a sign outside the dungeon.>>

["This is a private properly of the kingdom of Garmfon."]

["Entrance is strictly forbitten without pass or documents."]

<<By the looks of things? The kingdom of Garmfon declared me as their own dungeon?>>

<<Honestly, I've was considering if they meant to say that I was "tamed", but no. They meant other thing.>>

<<National dungeon.>>

<<A dungeon that is directly owned by the nation and protected by it.>>

<<This….. Okay. I did not expected anything like to happened.>>

<<By the looks of things I'm not dealing with a village, town or city, but instead an entire nation?!>>

<<This is just….. Well, I don't know what to say.>>

<<They are paying attention to ALL of my movements.>>

<<Whenever the dungeon monster is manifested and leaves the dungeon, it is getting immediately hunted down, before then having all of its remains taken away.>>

<<They are collecting them, but why?>>

<<Honestly, I was thinking about just…. Well, just not having golems leave the dungeon and just have them gather up inside the dungeon…. But this won't work.>>

<<They are checking dungeon from time to time.>>

<<Are they making sure I'm not doing anything that I shouldn't be doing according to them?>>

<<Honestly, I was still thinking that they were planning on "taming" me and that they were just making their preparations, which made me bit nervous about doing any big experiments for the time being….. But no. I guess they were never planning on "taming" me?>>

<<Just to play it safe, I'm releasing any of the manifested monsters outside so they can get hunted down.>>

<<But there is a positive to this situation.>>

<<Constant flow of miasma.>>

<<I'm able to not only keep producing golems, but also feed some of the miasma to the core as well as continue my research.>>

<<Speaking of my research, now that I knew that they were not planning on "taming" me or bothering me in any major way, I was able to resume my research.>>

<<Specifically about the device that could possible deal with my one main weakness.>>

<<Mana.>>

<<The object that I'm trying to create…. The name it was given to it is [Mana Artificial Organ].>>

<<Its appearance and function, it is bit similar to the golem core, but instead its main function is about operating mana.>>

<<I've tried making one out of mana crystals alone, but it didn't worked.>>

<<Nope.>>

<<I needed to try and use mana gems.>>

<<Mana gems, also known as magic gems are special resources that you can dig out from the ground like metals and some other resources.>>

<<When it comes to the mana gems, they function much more differently than mana crystals.>>

<<Mana crystals are like batteries.>>

<<They can store and discharge mana. But if the mana crystals completely loses its mana, it snaps, straight up dying and being turned useless.>>

<<As for the mana gems? Well, they are special.>>

<<They have their own nature that can influence mana or can produce mana on their own.>>

<<So, why did I've tried to use the mana gems for the [Artificial Mana Organ]? Mana crystals ability to produce mana.>>

<<Some mana gems can produce mana on their own, while some others may absorb surrounding mana to empower themselves.>>

<<Simple put, the mana crystals will store mana while the mana gems will produce it.>>

<<Very simple design.>>

<<When it comes to experience regarding mana gems, well I do have some.>>

<<When we were making my golem core back then, Ariava did lend me some mana gems, thinking that they could work with the core…. Well, they didn't in the end, but I have them on me and I'm using them for the research.>>

<<I did used a lot of my stored DP to sacrifice the mana gems and then research them…. It really did took a lot of DP to unlock the weakest mana gems. Not only that, but producing one also cost a bit.>>

<<This is quiet problematic…. But there was really no other way around it.>>

<<Well, there was also problem that I've needed to use even more miasma to have the core research mana gems, which did put me in even more annoying situation related to DP that in turn somewhat delayed my own research.>>

<<But in the end it was worth it.>>

<<It took me a lot of trail and errors, with come errors straight up resulting in explosions…. Honestly, I think I somewhat got used to something I make straight up exploding in my face.>>

<<Well…. Somewhat. Some explosions are much stronger than others. One time I've made the heart too strong and when it blew up, I've lost one of my hands instantly.>>

<<Still, I was able to complete it.>>

<<The Artificial Mana Organ was completed.>>

<<It took me more than month to research how to make this thing and I've also needed to make special adjustment to my own body so I can use this thing safely.>>

<<Once it was installed, I was able to somewhat handle more mana while also being able produce way more mana.>>

<<I could feel the difference from get go…. But then again, that difference wasn't that big in the first place.>>

<<Reason being that core was just a basic model, a weakest kind.>>

<<Still, this a start.>>

<<Now that I confirmed how to make this thing and what I need to do to my own body in ordered to even use it... But "how" do I make it stronger is the main problem.>>

<<Do I need to do even more modifications to my own body?>>

<<…I guess I will be making myself a whole new body, again.>>

<<As for the other experiments and development? I haven't really touched them, but at this rate the dungeon will be able to expand and before the times comes, I need to create new golem designs.>>

<<And the main problem is the defense.>>

<<My current golems are made out of wood and iron, about half-half.>>

<<But this won't do anymore.>>

<<I need a golems made out of fully iron.>>

<<However, there will be several problems with that.>>

<<Iron is heavier than wood.>>

<<And amount of mana needed to move that thing around would increase.>>

<<That mean I would need to make a proper core to not only move this thing around, but I would also need to remodel a design and make powerful enough to move quickly.>>

<<But this would result obviously in golem cost increasing in more than one way….. And changing up materials won't do it either.>>

<<The golems needs more power and stronger weapons.>>

<<Not only that, I may need completely new golem type.>>

<<I've been thinking about researching the beast type golem.>>

<<I've have few beast type monsters inside my dungeon as experimental subjects. They were manifested with the {beast} nature that my dungeon obtained from beast dungeon.>>

<<Horned rabbit. Murder rabbit. Grey wolf.>>

<<Honestly speaking? Even though I'm not using them, the experiments I was able conduct on them were more than helpful enough.>>

<<One of things I've managed to make was the beast type golem monster model.>>

<<It design is somewhat similar to wolf body shape.>>

<<Making it learn how to run was a problem, but after experimenting on my own body a bit, I was able to figure out something.>>

<<I could probably make something useful out of this, but what exactly?>>

<<A golem that specializes in speed and chase?>>

<<….Honestly, not bad idea.>>

<<Pretty much, invaders often escaped my golems since they were able to outrun them.>>

<<So having something that can ran as fast as them or maybe even outrun them would be crucial.>>

<<….>>

<<But relying on pure power won't do.>>

<<No.>>

<<I need a "trick".>>

<<I need something that would put different kind of pressure on the invaders OR catch them completely off guard.>>

<<This one of the golems designs I need to come up with that would have either of those points.>>

<<There is also question whenever or not I should rush it.>>

<<There is a REASON why they are not 'taming' me.>>

<<As long as I can exploit that reason, they won't dare to lay their hands on me…. But so far the only thing I've gotten was that they are trying to get materials from my golems?>>

<<But this is dumb.>>

<<I mean, from what I've read, they know that the longer dungeon is in it the "dungeon break" status, the faster the dungeon will grow.>>

<<They are aware of this fact…. And yet…. I still don't understand.>>

<<Maybe they are really conducing some experiment on me?>>

<<But again, this would still allow me to gr->>

<<…>>

<<…>>

<<Wait….. Wait….. But if that is…. But it doesn't make even more sense!>>

<<However, if I think about it, maybe this is really their goal?!>>

<<They want my dungeon to grow!?>>

<<But if that is the case, then dungeon will produce stronger monsters and the soldiers outside will be in danger.>>

<<True, they did overwhelmed my golems back then, but what if they would face a brand new army of golems that had been upgraded several times!?>>

<<No! This is just way too stupid and there would be no benefit to doing anything like that!>>

<<…. Is there?>>

<<What could they possible gain from dungeon becoming stronger?>>

<<…. What changed…. After my dungeon became stronger?>>

<<…. What they could possibly want from stronger->>

<<?!>>

<<Dungeon drops!>>

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