Chapter 24 – The Evil Dragon Creates an Entire Underground Dungeon

Good work, everyone!

It was the morning after Ryuuji defeated a dungeon boss for the first time.

That day, Ryuuji and the others left for an adventurer quest.

Mom desperately held back the urge to follow them… and stayed home.

In the living room, Karma Abyss grinned fearlessly.

“Not tagging along on my son’s adventure… I really have grown.”

Even as she said it, she was gripping the 【Mirror】 in her hand.

It displayed the surveillance footage being sent from the Sky Castle.

She was watching her son perfectly, and if anything dangerous happened to him, she planned to Hyper-Teleport right over.

If the Observer elf had been here, she definitely would have retorted, “Where exactly have you grown…?”

“Ryu-kun and the others are gathering medicinal herbs in the forest. I already cleaned up the trash around the area, so they should finish the quest safely.”

Karma Abyss snapped her fingers.

A table, teapot, and teacup instantly appeared in front of her.

This was the effect of one of Evil Dragon Karma Abyss’s skills: All-Creation.

Using the power to create any object from nothing, Karma Abyss elegantly enjoyed teatime.

In the 【Mirror】, Ryuuji was gathering herbs together with his partner, the beastman Sheila.

“It’s gotten pretty cool lately, huh?”

“Yes it has! Autumn is almost here!”

“Do you like autumn, Sheila?”

“I love it! It’s the season when food tastes the best!”

“Drinking tea while watching my son work… What a luxurious moment. Fufu.”

A short while later, she finished her tea.

“Well, Ryu-kun will finish his job safely, so maybe I’ll check somewhere else now.”

Karma Abyss touched the surface of the mirror and slid her finger sideways.

A different location appeared.

It was inside a dungeon.

But not just any dungeon.

This was a special place.

“The special dungeon where my son defeated his first boss, the special boss room.”

Karma Abyss gazed at the mirror with enraptured eyes.

“This is where my son fought so hard, finally won, and then gave me a present…”

She fiddled with the necklace at her chest.

The moment she looked at the gift from her son, her face melted into a dopey smile.

And then it hit her.

“Oh right!”

Her face lit up like she had the best idea ever.

“This is holy ground! Yes, let’s designate this dungeon as a holy site! Let’s do it!”

Once again Karma Abyss was saying something ridiculous, but there was no one around to retort.

“I’ve been thinking about it for a while~ This place is a memorial, after all. It needs to be properly preserved.”

Karma Abyss stood up.

Then she activated the skill Hyper-Teleportation.

Using the ability that could instantly teleport her anywhere, Karma Abyss flew to the dungeon.

She arrived at the dungeon entrance.

“Alright, let’s get started right away.”

She clasped her hands in front of her chest.

“This dungeon has been designated as 【Mommy’s Holy Site】. Congratulations. However, since it is holy ground, people are not allowed to enter. That said, I can’t just claim the dungeon as my personal property… so!”

Mana gathered in Karma Abyss’s hands.

An enormous amount of mana swirled and condensed.

Enough mana to destroy an entire planet concentrated in her palms.

Karma Abyss had once devoured an evil god who tried to bring the world to ruin.

Because of that, her body contained nearly limitless mana.

“Haaah!”

The mana exploded.

And then…

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!

A light earthquake.

The next instant… a dungeon had been created.

…To explain in a little more detail.

The dungeon entrance she had been standing in front of moments ago.

A short distance away, an identical dungeon entrance had appeared.

“Mm-hmm, perfect.”

Using the surveillance footage from the Sky Castle, Karma Abyss checked the overall layout of the newly created dungeon.

What she saw was a dungeon that looked exactly like the one where Ryuuji had defeated the boss—same appearance, same structure.

Even the monsters that appeared, the treasure chests, and the trap locations were identical.

“Now I just need to move all the humans inside the old dungeon to the new one.”

Karma Abyss activated the skill Forced Teleportation (Supreme).

It was the ability to freely move anything within range.

She instantly transferred every human inside the old dungeon to the new one.

The transfer took less than a second—just a blink.

The humans inside probably never even realized they had been moved.

After all, it happened in an instant, and the scenery around them looked exactly the same.

“Good, good. The old dungeon… that name feels wrong. Son Dungeon… Son Labyrinth… Yes! Son’s Labyrinth!”

Karma Abyss clapped her hands and nodded.

“No one is left inside the Son’s Labyrinth anymore. But if people can still enter here, it defeats the purpose. So—”

Karma Abyss extended her left hand.

Crimson-black lightning crackled into existence.

She touched the entrance of the Son’s Labyrinth with her lightning-covered hand.

Then…

BAAAAAANG!!!

The entrance of the Son’s Labyrinth was obliterated without a trace.

Nothing remained.

“The dungeon entrance is gone. Now no one can enter!”

All that was left was to seal the hole in the ground with earth magic.

And with that, the underground dungeon itself remained, but the holy site where no one could enter was complete.

“Oh, right. While I’m at it.”

Karma Abyss used Hyper-Teleportation.

She teleported inside the Son’s Labyrinth.

She arrived at the boss room.

“【The Place Where My Son Defeated His First Boss】…”

Using All-Creation, she created a sign and planted it in front of the boss room.

“Mm, perfect, perfect.”

Karma Abyss nodded in satisfaction.

“Ahh… Wonderful. This is truly wonderful…”

She murmured with an entranced expression.

“Let’s keep making more holy sites like this. Mm-hmm. Oh no!”

Karma Abyss’s eyes flew wide open.

“I got so caught up in the work that I forgot to check on Ryu-kun—!”

She quickly created another 【Mirror】 and looked at Ryuuji and the others.

“I’m tired~. And hungry.”

“Yes! Sheila is super hungry too!”

It looked like the kids had finished their quest and were on their way home.

“Good, they finished safely. Phew…”

She let out a heartfelt sigh of relief.

“Alright, I need to hurry home and make dinner before they get back!”

Karma Abyss activated Teleportation and left the Son’s Labyrinth.