The ground begins shaking, small rumblings start becoming bigger, I see a minotaur, like the one I just killed but just a few sizes bigger.

More Minotaur began entering this room, they all look like C-ranks specialized in strength. If anyone of them is specialized in speed then it will get troublesome.

"IT'S USELESS, SURRENDER NOW OR PREPARE TO DIE!!!" ( Rampart )

The Minotaurs surround me but I expected as much.

Thanks to the info I received from the deceased, I got much closer to the core room than I initially expect. The C-ranks guard all paths to this room, but this bastard let his anger take over and failed to understand I was already closing in.

Well with that arrogant persona, I'm sure he is still confident as I will need to deal with these C-ranks before being able to proceed into his core room, the doors here are known as Gate of Power. Different from the gate of wisdom I used, these only open when all monsters in the room are dead but they can still be destroyed with enough force.

Well, time to end this.

"I'm wondering what would you do if 'I' set off a core explosion this close to your core?" ( Alicia )

"YOU!?...." ( Rampart )

Let see what your response is. It will depend whether I need use that spell or not.

"..." ( Rampart )

Gone silent huh. I have confirmed that the next room contains the core with the echolocation spell I sneaked into one of Pride's spoken lines. Bluffing your way out would be impossible unless you truly have the DP necessary and resolve to pull off those suicide tactics. If you do then I will need to resort to that spell.

The chances of this guy having enough DP to use collapse is around 30% according to my calculations, but more than that he seems to be mentally unstable, enough for me to think he might go ballistic and activate explosion, forcing me to use it. So chances of me using that spell are certain. But if I were to choose when to activate it then it would be in the core room for maximum effect.

"KILL HER!!!" ( Rampart )

So it was a bluff.

The fight with the C-ranks begin and I let Pride take over again. I'm currently incapable of utilizing these abilities to their full potential, Pride on the hand can utilize them perfectly and also has incredible control and efficiency over spells. Like last time I'm watching this fight with an odd sensation over my body.

This sensation is in fact Pride when in full control of the body. I try to memorize the movements my body experiences to hopefully one day be capable of this.

Pride dances around the battlefield guiding the monsters to hit each other by mistake whilst making painful blows towards their weak spot and with this 'Acceleration' enhanced speed, I'm virtually untouchable and I can go even faster if I have enough mana but pseudo C-rank speed is currently the limit due to mana restraints.

As this goes on the monsters start exhausting themselves whilst my stamina stays at good levels due to 'Mana Endurance', the reason for that is this

[1000DP converted to Mana for Sub-core]

As long as I have DP, I have mana that this body can use, and with Pride handling it, I don't have to worry about a thing. Soon enough these minotaurs collapse onto the ground vulnerable.

"[Crimson Roses of Poison---Burn]" ( Alicia )

Repeating this spell and throwing the result of this spell, an acid-like blob of blood into their mouths with psychokinesis is enough to liquify the minotaurs insides, killing them in the process.

[Gained 27360 DP]

[Gained 26350 DP]

[Gained 26910 DP]

[Gained 22090 DP]

[Gained 23330 DP]

"[Blood of the fallen---Surrender to my will]" ( Alicia )

This should be enough blood to ensure the success of my plans. Time to meet the bastard face to face.

He has been silent for a little while now.

Just as the gate makes creaking sounds and opens, a horde of monsters enter the room causing the door to shuts.

"Gotten rather desperate haven't you?" ( Alicia )

"SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUUUT UUUUP!!!" ( Rampart )

Now he is stalling for time. This may get troublesome so let's finish this quickly Pride.

[10000DP converted to Mana for Sub-core]

"[Blades of blood---Become the roses of slaughter]" ( Alicia )

A portion of the blood I collected explains until it becomes as big as this body. The blood then slowly disperses into the air as a sea of rose petals. As these petals gather around me floating in the air.

But seeing these monsters now, I have yet to see any intelligence in their eyes not even the slightest bit of thought, without light nor vitality in their eyes like they are dead inside. Just puppets to be controlled, thinking about this I began to pity these monsters.

"I apologize that you mindless creatures have been ordered to die, so as such I will release you all with a quick death and terminate your ruthless master." ( Alicia )

With that Pride uses psychokinesis to send these petals flying like small daggers through the monster's brain and like I wanted, a quick death for these pitiful monsters. As more show up I gain even more DP.

[Gained 1506 DP]

[Gained 1451 DP]

[Gained 1069 DP]

[Gained 1020 DP]

[Gained 4579 DP]

Each monster gives me a different amount when killed. Es give me around 1000DP while Ds give me around 5000DP. I have yet to encounter any F nor G ranks in this dungeon, maybe because to that bastard, they can't even be used as cannon fodder.

Seriously though this guy really doesn't have anything other than monsters normally seen in dungeons like goblin's, orc's, troll's, ogre's, giant's, minotaur and etc. It doesn't take long before I have turned this room into a slaughterhouse filled with nothing but dead monsters.

"[Blood of the fallen---Surrender to my will]" ( Alicia )

My only words to this bastard are, 'you are digging yourself deeper into your own grave'. My DP amount has increased whilst the blood I have on standby is enough for me to be completely confident about victory. Problem is that I seem to have hit the limit on how much corpses I can store.

The gate of power now opens and this time without shutting again, I began to see inside.

Probably the most grotesque thing I have ever seen to date.

Women strapped to walls some seeming in the final month of pregnancy while others are in earlier stages of pregnancy, baby monsters, corpses of women even acting as food for some of these baby monsters. I even catch sight of something black bursting out of a pregnant woman, tearing her flesh apart just to get out.

I don't just see human women, I see female elves, female hybrid humanoids, many kinds of people. Something is also odd no screaming nor yelling of any variety is coming from these women, no expression no emotions, like their brain has completely shut off from all activity. Just how repulsive can just this spirit get!?

"Looks like I just made it on time." ( Rampart )

That voice again, I hear it from from the Incubus sitting on top of the Crystal floating in the center of the room. A sub-core monster?

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I just need to judge this as a C-rank incubus then, and like me should be able to weaponize DP to some extent. But that doesn't matter, I can no longer describe my anger towards this spirit. THIS DISGUSTING WORM NEEDS TO DIE!!!