Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 432 (Patreon)

Chapter 432 – Census

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SaintPete

Well, with the malign forces purged, and the faiths settling, I believe that the fracture is almost complete.

Iochaeira

That is good news, indeed. How long do you think it will take for the process to be finished?

Prophet

Our best estimate is December. Probably close to the new year. The three gods should ‘wake up’ then.

Trickster

Just in time for SaintPete’s Christmas? Ironic.

SaintPete

I had no control over that. Besides, the holiday is almost completely commercial, these days.

HammerTime

Well, hopefully your Yuletide presents will be good this year.

ThunderGod

Any word on what Pleasurable Domination has been up to? I’ve heard rumblings about some of the broken dungeons being cleaned up, but haven’t been paying too much attention.

Pleasurable Domination

Yes, two broken dungeons near my presence in Florida have been successfully cleaned up. One was the goblin dungeon in Boca Raton, and the other the zombie dungeon in Orlando. Both have been cleared out, and the areas are… well, not safe, but safe-ish for people to return to.

Queen Hera

Safe-ish?

Pleasurable Domination

Well, what buildings are in the areas haven’t been maintained for years, all while being battered by regular storms and weather. There’s no power in the area, and you’ll have to check everything for broken water mains, and we won’t even talk about the sewer systems. Plus, without city wards being up, or the broken dungeon’s influence, monsters will begin spawning there again. So, even though the dungeons are gone, it will still be some time, possibly years, before the area is actually ‘safe’.

Trickster

How involved were you with those efforts?

Pleasurable Domination

I helped advise the American military with the Boca Raton operation, but let them take the lead, since it was good experience for them. The Orlando job was conducted by slimes that I dumped into the zone, and then cleaned up with my young dragon. She’s been growing nicely, but needed more ‘real-world’ combat experience.

SaintPete

I heard about the Orlando thing, actually. An undead walked into one of the churches in Puerto Rico, and gave confession. Apparently, she had been trapped in Orlando since the Activation.

Pleasurable Domination

Ah, yes. She was turned into a Greater Lich by the System when it turned on, so she did not choose to be undead. However, she helped a group of humans survive inside the broken dungeon for five years, against all odds. Impressive story, I must say. I honored the survivors by giving them a small blessing, which made them immune to three damage types while in broken dungeons. Each of them got a different set of immunities. The blessing won’t help them outside of broken dungeons, but it was the best I could do within my portfolio’s limits, since they weren’t followers of mine.

Venus

That sounds like more then just a simple reward for staying alive, Dom.

Pleasurable Domination

Naturally. While they definitely deserve the reward, I am hoping that they’ll use the blessing in the future to help scout out and close broken dungeons. Before the cleanup in Boca Raton and Orlando, there were thirty-nine broken dungeons on Earth. The Vurlock dungeon off the coast of Miami and the Uranium Slime Lord dungeon at Area 51 in Nevada are likely beyond anyone’s ability to clean up, until they are much higher level, but there are others, which could be managed, with the right groups.

Truth

Thirty-nine? So many, really? Where are the remaining ones located?

Pleasurable Domination

Seven remain in North America.

Miami, FL – Vurlocks (Offshore)

Monongahela National Forest, WV - Fey

Isle Royale National Park, MI – Frost Nymphs

Denver, CO – Mountain Trolls

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories – Yeti

Area 51 – Uranium Slime Lords

Cabo San Lucas – Succubi/Incubi

Queen Hera

Husband, if I hear about you manifesting in Cabo San Lucas, we shall have words.

ThunderGod

I didn’t even say anything!

Queen Hera

So you weren’t planning to explore the broken dungeon?

ThunderGod

Well, I didn’t say that.

Queen Hera

Exactly.

Pleasurable Domination

There are four broken dungeons in South America.

Parque Nacional Natural Río Puré, Columbia – Serpents

Machu Picchu, Peru – Flesh Golems

Grand-Santi, French Guiana – Wraiths

San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina – Vampires

Trickster

Well, now that’s getting interesting. Flesh golems in the old Incan city?

Pleasurable Domination

They look and mostly act like people, but aren’t, not really. They’ve been rebuilding the ‘lost city’, and killing anyone who gets too close.

Destroyer

That could be very useful, or very bad, depending.

Pleasurable Domination

There are seven broken dungeons in Europe.

Isle of Man, United Kingdom – Undead

Tuam, Ireland – Fey

Palermo, Sicily – Human Bandits

Chornobyl, Ukraine – Radiation Elementals

Poenari Castle, Romania – Vampires

Gibraltar, United Kingdom – Wyverns

Belgrade, Serbia – Skeletons

Coyote

Fey in Ireland? Really?

Pleasurable Domination

Yes. And they are Irish folklore fey, which is just as bad as it sounds.

SaintPete

Why does Poenari Castle in Romania sound familiar?

HammerTime

Because a prince by the name of Vlad Dracul lived there.

SaintPete

Wait, and it got overrun by vampires? Really?

Truth

Translation, for those of us who are less European?

SaintPete

Vlad Dracul, also called Vlad the Impaler, is the basis for the character Count Dracula, and thus over 98% of what modern people think of when they think of vampires. And Poenari Castle in what used to be Transyvania was one of his strongholds.

Trickster

Bad luck on the Ukrainians getting radiation elementals. But considering the site’s history, that makes sense.

Hearth Keeper

Just how big are these Wyverns in Gibraltar?

Trickster

You looking to get a pet?

Hearth Keeper

Not for myself, but some of my followers have the Valkyrie class, and are looking for suitable mounts or companions. Valkyries flying into battle on wyvern mounts would definitely make people wake up and listen.

Pleasurable Domination

Africa has five broken dungeons.

Abydos, Egypt – Mummies

Bordj Omar Driss, Algeria – Sand Elementals

Tamale, Ghana – Ghouls

Fagal, Djibouti – Rusttooth Blacktip Sharks (Offshore)

Kisagani, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Stalker Panthers

Prophet

I’ve heard about the one in Djibouti. The Rusttooth sharks are a variant of natural creatures that live in the area, and they feed on metal. It has basically closed the Bab al-Mandab Strait to all sea traffic except for wooden boats. That is a problem, since it has effectively closed the Suez Canal and means goods traveling from Europe to anywhere in the Indian Ocean have to either go overland, or travel around all of Africa.

LivingDead

It is somewhat galling to have one of the centers of my worship of old being overrun by the undead, considering that I am a god of the dead, and the afterlife.

Prophet

At least it is mummies, and not one of the other types of undead. The ghouls in Ghana have been eating any living being they catch, and they don’t always check to see if they’re dead, first.

Pleasurable Domination

Those are feral ghouls. They are driven by hunger, and, with how many of them there are, it is only because they are easier to kill than mummies that the country hasn’t been overrun.

Coyote

Hmm. I can see why you’ve started helping the mortals clean up these broken dungeons. This is starting to get concerning.

Pleasurable Domination

It gets worse. There are fifteen broken dungeons in Asia.

Susanoo

Fifteen! I did not know it was so many!

Pleasurable Domination

The largest continent should have the largest number of broken dungeons, no? They are as follows:

Jerusalem, Palestine – Dire Rats

Hamedan, Iran – Thunderbirds

Astana, Kazakhstan – Goblins

Chelyabinsk, Russia – Fey

Dudinka, Russia – Dire Bears

Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean – Megalodons (Offshore)

Ili, China – Lesser Dragons

Kathmandu, Nepal – Yeti

Da Nang, Vietnam – Ogres

Taipei City, Taiwan – Plague Spirits

Philippine Sea, Pacific Ocean – Lesser Kraken (Offshore)

Mt. Fuji, Japan – Yuki-oh-na

Cheorwon-Gun, South Korea – Werewolves

Tokyo, Japan – Oni Bōsōzoku

Khatyrka, Russia – Dire Crabs (Offshore)

Susanoo

I’ve had drinks with the oni in Tokyo. They are not usually a problem, unless you are driving, or do not show them respect. They think picking on weaklings is boring.

OwlEyes

I am concerned about that broken dungeon in South Korea. The area is wooded, mountainous, and straddles the border with the North. Unleashing werewolves in that area seems like a recipe for bad things to happen.

Trickster

Eh. It will probably be fine. It isn’t like there still isn’t an official end to that war, or anything.

Prophet

The Plague Spirits in Taiwan have been responsible for more deaths on the island than any other source since the Initialization. The population is down to just one hundred thousand, down from 2.43 million, before the System. Granted, about 1.7 million of that difference is people fleeing the area, heading to mainland China, Japan, or elsewhere, but that still leaves over six hundred thousand deaths by the spirits. A big part of the problem is that people often don’t know they are sick until they’ve already left the area, and spread the disease to anyone around.

OwlEyes

That was mostly in the first few months. Plague deaths on the island are down to only one thousand or so a month, but the government (what is left of it) is declaring that a victory, especially as the plagues evolved to be resistant to healing magic. The brutal quarantine measures have put a halt to the spread of disease, at least.

Murphy

When did the Dire Rats start overrunning Jerusalem?

Patriarch

The dungeon broke during the fight between Son Wukong and the dragon after the Divine Trial. No one realized it until later. Fortunately, adventurers have been using the rats as reliable experience, allowing them to advance quickly.

Prophet

They’ve also been farming the rats for meat. While the meat is not particularly tasty, with all the chaos that has been going on in the region, it is a steady source of protein for people who might not have access to better sources. We’ve told our religious leaders in the region that no shame should be cast upon those who eat the meat, since they cannot serve god’s will if they are dead.

SaintPete

Though there have been a LOT of people commenting about the timing. We’ve had to stomp on that a bit.

SaintPete

The Dire Crabs, on the other hand, have been a huge boon for the seafood industry. Once properly-sized (and reinforced!) traps were made, Dire Crab meat became a high-end ingredient all over. Apparently, it is like regular crab, but is more flavorful, and conveys a CON buff on anyone who eats a dish with it.

Iochaeira

What of these Lesser Krakens? Do they make for good hunting?

Pleasurable Domination

Not especially. The meat is nutritious enough, and can be cooked like normal squid can. The problem is that, like the Megalodons from the Mariana Trench dungeon, they typically roam too far underwater for them to be easy hunting for mortals. Even most aquatic races would be in trouble at those depths. Don’t send any of your followers after them unless you’re trying to get rid of them, or they are both an aquatic species, and insanely high level.

Iochaeira

That bad?

Pleasurable Domination

Well, a goddess in avatar form could probably hunt them, but you would not be able to push the things back and cleanse the dungeon.

Pleasurable Domination

Moving on, there are five broken dungeons in Australia.

Mount Isa City, Queensland – Dire Giant Spiders

Alice Springs, Northern Territory – Dire Snakes

Salem Bay, Tasmania – Dire Elephant Seals

Patjar, Western Australia – Dire Emus

Meekatharra, Western Australia – Venomous Spiderkin Dire Emus

Murphy

Please tell me that last one is made up.

Pleasurable Domination

Sadly, no. I really, really wish it was. Somehow, that one got venomous snakes, spiders, and emus, and decided to Frankenstein them together.

Hearth Keeper

I am sending a divine message to my followers to avoid Australia altogether.

OwlEyes

Perhaps we should consider quarantining the continent?

Susanoo

Oof, that is a little much, even for me.

SportGod

That brings us to only thirty-eight broken dungeons. What about the last one?

Pleasurable Domination

The last one is in Antarctica.

McMurdo Station – Xenomorphs

Pleasurable Domination

I’m just telling you now, you do not want to go to that one. You do not want any of your followers to go to that one. You do not want your worst enemies to go to that one. You do not want anyone with a functioning transport anywhere within a hundred kilometers of that one. The dungeon spawned in an underground temple, that was apparently there before the System went offline when the dinosaurs bit it. Don’t ask me who it was built by or why. What matters is that the creatures in that dungeon will infest anyone who goes there with larvae, which then burst out of their chests to get born. And they start as Tier 3 creatures. The only reason that broken dungeon’s monsters haven’t overrun everything is because the creatures freeze if they are outside the dungeon for too long, and there aren’t enough people nearby for them to really boost their numbers. So, just DON’T!

Trickster

Normally, I find myself chafing against people telling me what to do, but in this case, I think I will accept that.

Murphy

Right, I’m cursing all expeditions to that part of Antarctica.