Gyaahhhhh!!
Lucien immediately stepped back and crouched, his arms held high, using Mumu as his face shield—
Oops. This one is a fragile baby. Can't be used as a shield!
The four spits flew all over and Lucien nimbly dodged while shielding the fragile slime cub, but—
He couldn't dodge all of them.
Splat!
Some of the liquid splashed onto Lucien's arms and legs, instantly burning holes in his clothes and scorching his skin.
"Ugh!"
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!
Lucien was going wild inside but outside, his face remained cold, only a little pale with sweats sliding down his chin.
The pain was truly unlike everything he felt.
If his body was just that of an ordinary person, his bone must have melted instead of just burnt skin.
"Hu...hu...."
Damn it. Is there no way to attack these slimes?
A landlord doesn't seem like an attack-type awakener, but there must be something for self defense, no??
While Lucien was hovering on the brink of death, dancing on his own grave and taunting grim reaper, Mumu, looked around and immediately spotted his parents.
The slime cub excitedly called out,
"Muuuuu~ "
-Mom! Dad!
Mumu's voice aroused the two gigantic slimes at the back.
A pressure completely unlike an F-rank slime slowly spread and Lucien almost failed to dodge the second wave of attack.
"Gah! Mumu!"
Why are you provoking the boss??
Ah, forgot, they're your parents.
Lucien immediately rolled around, his eyes focused on the two big figures at the back.
"Glurg. Son..."
A heavy voice sounded, followed by a gentler, feminine voice.
"Glurg! Son!"
...? Since when did slime talk? Or is it just these two?
Hold on, there's no way F-rank monsters are smart enough to speak!
Lucien shuddered and the alarm bell in his mind rang louder.
No, he had to finish this fast, before those two did something dangerous!!
There's no way Lucien would dilly dally and let the boss monster unleash their ultimate skill.
That only happened in novels with no logic!!
Lucien immediately raised Mumu and shook it up and down.
"Hello? Hello? Your child is mine now!"
"Don't act impulsively. I can end him faster than you move!"
Lucien's face was cold. His passive skill, the Landlord Conqueror aura burst out of his body.
The two big slimes paused.
In their eyes, Lucien suddenly became a bottomless abyss that no one could see through.
The aura slowly pressed down, like a heavy mountain.
The two slimes' faces darkened.
Glurg. My queen, we underestimate the intruder.
Glurg. He's at least D-rank— or on the verge of entering D-rank.
If Lucien heard the slime king and queen's assessment, he would definitely shake his head repeatedly.
'Ah, no, no, no need for such praises. I just awakened less than an hour ago.'
Seeing that the two slimes slightly retracted their aura, Lucien immediately pushed their bottom line while enduring the pain all over his body, his voice hoarse.
"Ask...these four bastards to stop attacking me! Or your child— "
Lucien squeezed Mumu tighter while silently apologizing in his heart.
Ahhh, sorry, Mumu! Hold on and don't die! It's all for your sake too!
The four giant slimes wriggled anxiously, their spits finally pausing, but they were tense all over, ready to drown Lucien in corrosive saliva with just a command.
With that, a tense silence fell over the hall.
All the small slimes, the giant ones and the two biggest ones stared at Lucien, their eyes vicious, as if ready to tear him apart!
Sweat trickled down Lucien's face as he racked his brain.
Quick! Think! This state won't last long!
What kind of landlord's skill can make the slimes completely obey?
The slimes had to be extremely afraid of him, so much so that they finally gave up without a fight!
Just his aura alone isn't enough.
There had to be proof. A visual or something—
As Lucien thought about what kind of skills he might possess, something seemed to wake up from inside his body and the system guide belatedly chimed in.
DING! [Dungeon Landlord's Innate Skills: ]
[Territory Descent (Legendary)]
[Description:
Bring your territory to another territory by visualizing it. What you visualize has to match the reality of your territory.]
[Territory you can manifest: Main Dungeon]
[Your current limit: A three-meter radius illusion with five senses.]
[Estimated skill usage recovery: 24 hours]
Isn't this essentially a domain?
A fake one, but it will do!
Lucien immediately visualized his main dungeon, a.k.a, his house.
But it can't be the interior of his house. That won't scare anyone.
Lucien's mind flashback to when his house first turned into a dungeon—
That strange state, like a dormant wild beast waiting to strike....
The bottomless abyss aura, as if it could devour the whole world...
As Lucien visualized the state, the void three meters around him suddenly twisted and flickered.
!
The slimes subconsciously took a step back.
Shaaa....
The void slowly formed a pitch black hole right behind Lucien, so dark that not even light could pierce through.
Thump. Thump.
The sound of breathing, the sound of blood surging...
The black hole throbbed, like a living being.
The temperature instantly plummeted.
A thin layer of ice slowly formed beneath Lucien's feet and white fog rose, covering Lucien's figure.
Glurg!
The ordinary slimes scrambled to get away from Lucien, their figures trembling so hard their corrosive saliva leaked out.
Glurg! Glurg! I sensed a dungeon!
Glurg! I-is that bipedal invading our dungeon with his dungeon??
The slimes were completely thrown into chaos.
Even the king and queen stood still, their hearts trembled.
A dungeon invasion, an attempt to forcefully bring another dungeon into the existing space.
Glurg!
How could this be??
Only those monstrous beings could do so!
Lucien-monstrous-being snapped his eyes open, dark swirls flashed in his purple pupils.
"Hmmm..."
Lucien's body relaxed as he slowly stepped forward.
His "domain" followed behind, changing everything around— limited to three meters, but the slimes were too scared to realize.
With a completely confident look, as if strolling in the back garden, Lucien held back his trembling legs and spoke in a cold voice.
"Surrender. I'm merging my dungeon with yours."
"If you don't surrender..."
Lucien smirked, his lips trembling but he suppressed it.
"Then, die."