Chapter 247 Magic Traps and Miscalculations
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
Tester Life: Day 107, Morning.
14th Stratum: Inner Perimeter, Southwest Sector.
Sanada Yakumo.
”Think we can get into that one?”
I stepped into the southwest sector of the inner perimeter, having just finished off three separate waves of Orcs that had staggered their ambush.
I had Lucy scout the surrounding structures until she found a building with a doorknob that actually turned, and we headed inside.
Right as we did, Saizou dropped down from the roof and followed Lucy as she entered. The guy is a natural caretaker. I couldn’t help but smirk to myself; between him acting as her sparring partner back on the isolated island and teaching her how to crack chests in the outer perimeter, they’d practically become master and apprentice.
Rock was more like a living pillow for Lucy – or maybe a reliable, if slightly lazy, big brother. Lucy was a bratty little sister herself, so I suppose they were a well-matched pair.
Feli… she was basically the group pet. Even the other summons seemed to treat her like one, though being the only quadruped in the pack probably didn’t help her case.
Hanako didn’t really bother interacting with the others; she just did her own thing, much like the Master of the Blonde Doll.
I kept those colorful personalities in mind as I stepped deeper into the building. Being in the inner perimeter, the place was massive compared to the houses outside; even though it was trashed, there were still high-end furnishings on display. A middle-class manor, perhaps?
I followed Lucy and Saizou as they headed for the stairs leading to the second floor. The upstairs had a surprising number of rooms. Lucy and Saizou split up, checking each one systematically.
”Arf! Arf!”
Lucy poked her head out of the fourth door, wagging her tail in a frenzy as she yipped at me.
(What’s she so worked up about?)
I led Sayaka and the rest of the girls into the room to see what the fuss was. The room was wide with high ceilings and thick carpet underfoot, but it looked empty. There wasn’t a treasure chest in sight.
Just as I started wondering where it could be, Lucy slid open a storage closet at the back of the room.
”Whoa! A Silver Chest¹!”
”Wow! That’s a first for us!”
”So… exciting…”
There it was, tucked inside the closet: a Silver Chest, sitting there like a royal prize. Since we’d only found G-Coins up until now, I assumed this one would be the same. But a Silver Chest almost guaranteed Silver G-Coin²s.
”Arf! Arf!”
”You want to open it? I don’t know… the traps might be different here. Shouldn’t we let Saizou handle it?”
Lucy looked like she was dying to disarm it herself, but it was our first Silver. Being in the inner perimeter, there was no telling what kind of nasty surprises were waiting inside.
”Arf!”
She puffed out her chest, looking me dead in the eye as if to say, “Leave it to me.”
Whenever Lucy got this cocky – usually by imitating the Blonde Doll’s Master – it always made me a little uneasy.
”Darling, she says she’s got this. Let her try. She’s handled all the new traps so far, so I’m sure it’ll be fine,” said Karen.
”…I guess it’s good experience,” I replied.
It was true that under Saizou’s tutelage, she’d successfully disarmed every Copper Chest in the outer perimeter. She’d handled poison needles and even spotted the pressure plates for those overhead spears. Plus, she was fast; she didn’t need a knife like Saizou did, since she could just snip the mechanisms with her claws.
”Arf!”
Once I gave the word, Lucy crouched down in front of the chest with a grin.
”Rock, Hanako – get your shields ready, just in case,” I commanded.
”Woof!” said Rock.
”Snort,” grunted Hanako.
Since this was our first Silver, I had the two of them box us in behind their greatshields. I glanced at Lucy; Saizou was standing right at her shoulder, closer than usual. Even he was on high alert.
We all held our breath as Lucy pried the lid open just a crack and peered inside. She tilted her head.
”What is it? Did you find something?” I asked.
Lucy shook her head.
”Nothing? You mean it isn’t trapped?”
”Arf.”
”Hmm…”
(A Silver Chest with no trap? That sounds too good to be true.)
”It seems unlikely that a Silver Chest would be unguarded,” said Sheena.
”But we found Copper ones without traps all the time, right? This is probably just one of those,” Karen countered.
”Maybe we just got lucky and hit a safe one?” asked Sayaka.
I rubbed my chin, weighing the options.
”Maybe. Just to be safe, I’ll have Saizou – “
I was about to have him double-check it when Lucy lost her patience.
”Arf!”
She threw the lid wide.
In that instant, I saw a rolled-up piece of parchment stuck to the underside of the lid. As the lid hit its apex, the paper unfurled with a snap. It was a magic circle.
”It’s a Scroll³! Saizou, get her out of there!” I yelled.
Before the words were even out of my mouth, Saizou snatched Lucy by the scruff of her neck. He blurred, kicking off the wall and clearing Rock and Hanako in a single leap to land back with us. The scroll’s magic detonated an instant later. With a sharp whistle of displaced air, something slammed into the greatshields held by Rock and Hanako with a heavy THWACK.
”Shit! Magic traps?! They’re using spells now?”
That was a Wind Cutter⁴ – and a wide-range one at that. If Lucy had stayed in front of that chest, she would’ve been sliced to ribbons.
”A spell-trap bound to a scroll… I’ve never even heard of such a thing,” whispered Sheena.
”Seriously?” I asked.
”Yes. Usually, magic traps are massive arrays etched into the floor in the deepest layers of a Dungeon. They aren’t supposed to show up this early,” Sheena replied.
”Well, it is a Test Dungeon⁵. They’re probably testing out scroll-traps too,” I muttered.
Scrolls were human tech from the world the demons wiped out. It made sense they’d replicate it for their own games. Still, that was way too close; if I hadn’t parked the Meat Shield⁶s in front of us, we all would’ve been caught off guard.
”Gya! Gya!”
”Whine…”
I turned around to chew her out for opening it without orders, but Saizou had already beaten me to it. He had her sitting in a formal seiza on the floor, lecturing her until she looked like she wanted to disappear. Feli was busy licking Lucy’s cheek to comfort her. Karen, who’d been the one to egg her on, looked like she was trying to blend into the wallpaper.
”Look, as long as nobody’s hurt, I’ll let it slide. But don’t you ever open one without the word again. Got it?” I said.
”Arf…”
”Good. I’m just glad you’re okay,” I added.
”Arf!”
I sighed and rubbed her head; she immediately perked up, hugging my waist and rubbing her face against my breastplate.
”Darling, I’m sooooo sorry~!” Karen chirped, piling into the hug.
”Alright, alright. Enough. Go check the haul,” I said.
”Arf!”
”Yeah! Let’s go, Lucy!” cried Karen.
”I want to see too,” said Leticia.
I gave Lucy and Karen a light pat on the head and sent them off; the two of them ran back to the chest hand-in-hand, with Leticia trailing behind.
”That girl… she was moping a second ago and now she’s back to 100%,” I muttered.
”Fufu. She’s the spitting image of Karen-san, isn’t she?” said Sayaka.
”Tell me about it,” I replied.
A moment later, a collective shriek of joy filled the room.
”Yes! There are three Silver G-Coins in here!”
”Arf! Arf!”
”Whooa! That makes nine! Only one more and we can pull the Silver Gacha⁷!”
Three silvers. As I thought, Silver Chests were the key. We only needed one more to hit a 10-pull. “New plan: building exploration is the top priority. We’re getting that tenth coin today,” I announced.
”Hell yeah!”
”Arf! Arf!”
”What are we gonna get? What are we gonna get? ♪”
I led the girls out of the room, Karen practically skipping at the thought of the Silver Gacha.
* * *
”Dammit! I botched the call!”
I cursed my own stupidity as I saw another ten Orcs rounding the corner behind the four we were already fighting. In the rear, Sheena and Karen were already locked in a desperate struggle against another ten that had managed to flank us.
”Fire Lance⁸!”
”Light Arrow⁹!”
Leticia and Sayaka were red-lining their mana just to keep the rear from collapsing. Up front, it was just me, Lucy, and Hanako holding the line.
We’d finished scouting the buildings and headed back to the main road when we hit a pack of ten. We’d taken out half of them when five more jumped out of a side alley. I tried to play it smart – I had us fall back, drawing them in while Hanako used Provocation¹⁰ to lock them down so Sayaka and Karen could nuke the group.
It was a total failure. The second Hanako roared, every Orc outside my Mana Detection range came crawling out of the woodwork. They were swarming us from every direction on the main road.
I’d underestimated the inner perimeter. The high encounter rate meant the density was insane; using Provocation in a wide-open area with no cover was a death sentence.
”Yakumo! Another group from the back! They’re moving fast!” yelled Sayaka.
”Shit! We’re retreating! Back to the alley! Get to the house we just cleared!” I shouted.
I buried my machete in the skull of an Orc distracted by Hanako and slammed my shield into another one to clear a path. I lobbed a Fireball into the path of the approaching reinforcements to buy us some space, then grabbed Hanako and Lucy to pull them back.
”Fire Lance!”
”Rock-chan, get back!” cried Sayaka.
Sayaka summoned three lances at once, pinning the Orcs pressing Rock so he could retreat. With Saizou raining kunai from the rooftops, we finally managed to funnel everyone into the manor using Rock and Hanako as cover.
”Stone Wall¹¹!”
Karen slammed her hands down, and a slab of rock surged up in the doorway just as the Orcs reached us.
”Fire Style: Hidden Toad¹²!”
Saizou dropped from the rafters and unleashed a gout of flame that turned the alley into an oven. We hauled Rock and Hanako inside and slammed the door shut, barring it.
Assuming they’d try to bash the door in next, I had the two tanks brace their greatshields against the wood. I gripped my machete, while Sheena and Lucy readied their weapons, waiting for the impact.
…But the door stayed quiet.
”They… they aren’t coming in?” I whispered.
”It appears so, Master,” replied Sheena.
”Ugh, that was way too close for comfort~!” Karen groaned.
”Way too many. Impossible,” Leticia added.
”If only I could’ve cast my Fire Lance faster…” muttered Sayaka.
”Me too. I need more rapid-fire practice,” Leticia said.
The tension finally broke, and everyone started venting their frustration.
”Stop. It was my mistake,” I said, looking at them. “I made a bad call. If I’d used Provocation in the alley, they wouldn’t have swarmed us like that. I let us get caught in the open.”
”Snort…”
Hanako hung her head, looking genuinely depressed that she’d lured a death squad to us. (Or, knowing her, she’s probably just upset she didn’t get to let them beat her up for another ten minutes.)
”There is no need to apologize, Master. You made the call to retreat instantly, and that was magnificent,” said Sheena.
”Exactly, Darling!” cried Karen.
”That was unavoidable. I didn’t think there were that many, either,” said Leticia.
”Master, we believe in you. We’ll follow you no matter what,” Sayaka added.
”Yeah, Yakumo! Trust us more! I’m your… your lover, and I’m going to protect your back!” Sanae blurted out, her face turning crimson.
”That’s actually my job as the Primary Concubine. You’re the Seventh, Sanae, so you and Hanako just stick to being Meat Shields,” Sheena countered.
”Seventh?! Where did you get that?! If we’re going by order, I’m at least Third!” shrieked Sanae.
And just like that, the mood was back to normal.
”Hey! I was with him first, so Sanae doesn’t get to skip the line!” Karen yelled.
”I’d rather be a wall than lower than the pervert,” whispered Leticia.
”Who are you calling a pervert?! Besides, Leticia, you aren’t even old enough to get married! I’m definitely higher ranked than you!” Sanae yelled.
”Age doesn’t matter in love. I’ll get pregnant before you anyway,” Leticia replied flatly.
”HA! In your dreams! I’m the one who’s taken the most creampies, so obviously I’m—… ah… wait… I…”
Sanae froze, the realization of what she’d just shouted finally catching up to her. “Fufu. Everyone, let’s go to the second floor. Rock-chan and Hanako-chan can’t rest with all this shouting,” Sayaka said with a smile.
”Yes, Sayaka-sama…” they all chimed in.
Sanae looked like she wanted to melt into the floorboards. Sheena and the others were grinning ear-to-ear as they followed Sayaka up.
”Heh. Come on, Sanae, let’s go,” I said.
I reached out and grabbed a handful of Sanae’s soft, overflowing backside as we hit the stairs, kneading her flesh as I led the blushing mess up to the second floor.
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Summary:
Sprinting away from an overwhelming swarm of Orcs, Yakumo’s party barely secures themselves inside a previously explored manor. The group’s tension dissolves into a heated argument over concubine hierarchy and sexual frequency. Yakumo asserts dominance over a blushing Sanae as they ascend to the second floor
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Trivia:
- Lucy is treated as a master-disciple figure under Saizou.
- Silver chests in the inner perimeter contain rare magic scroll traps.
- The term ‘Meat Wall’ is used semi-affectionately by Sheena to refer to the tanks.
- Sanae accidentally reveals her high frequency of sexual activity during the argument
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Character Insight:
Yakumo displays tactical humility by taking full responsibility for the failed provocation, while Sanae’s outburst reveals a deep insecurity about her rank in the harem.
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Glossary:
Notes:
• Sanada Yakumo – Sanada Yakumo, a scarred veteran with a battle‑torn face, bears the Sanada family name and leads the Nightmare guild as its Guard Captain and Guildmaster. He is a Day‑100 Master/Tester, C‑rank adventurer turned localization editor, runs a succubus‑filled dungeon, heads a harem of students and familiars, manages resources and Gacha pulls, lives in his “My Room,” coaches his party, and uses Mana Capacity, an NVIDIA RTX 3070 Mobile GPU and “Drill‑Dick” powers to hunt races and guide tactics.
• Sanada – Sanada Yakumo, a scarred veteran with a battle‑torn face, bears the Sanada family name and leads the Nightmare guild as its Guard Captain and Guildmaster. He is a Day‑100 Master/Tester, C‑rank adventurer turned localization editor, runs a succubus‑filled dungeon, heads a harem of students and familiars, manages resources and Gacha pulls, lives in his “My Room,” coaches his party, and uses Mana Capacity, an NVIDIA RTX 3070 Mobile GPU and “Drill‑Dick” powers to hunt races and guide tactics.
• Yakumo – Sanada Yakumo, a 25-year-old scarred veteran and ex-child soldier, is the pragmatic Guard Captain and Nightmare Guildmaster who leads exploration into the 14th Stratum; his battle-torn face and hardened demeanor conceal a strategic mind, while his semen possesses potent aphrodisiac and dependency-inducing properties, amplifying his influence over a harem of students and familiars. Recently ranked to C+, he wields the ‘Drill-Cock’ ability to convert mana into stamina and semen, managing dungeon resources, Gacha pulls, and the Tester Program (Day 99) from his modern-styled “My Room.”
• Sana – Black ponytail, hooded/sharp eyes, kyudo practitioner, average height.
• Lucy – Female kobold familiar shaped like an American Eskimo Dog, standing 140 cm as a thief with sturdy limbs, cute face and wagging tail, later evolving to 170 cm Rogue Queen, slender‑muscular, D‑Rank. Now a swift combatant wielding a massive black‑iron knife, ruthlessly decapitating foes, and part of the Gacha Tournament crew.
• Saizou – A newly summoned goblin, intelligent with a small horn on his forehead and jagged teeth, dons ninja‑style attire and wields poison daggers. As a male familiar, he is taciturn yet dependable, serving as the manager of the familiar quarters.
• Rock – A male Kobold from a Magic Sealing Crystal, grey‑furred with round Shiba‑Inu eyes, wears a leather jacket and pilot’s cap. He’s a defensive specialist wielding a Greatshield and Black Iron short‑spear, anchoring the party and breaking enemy charges to open space for Yakumo and allies.
• Feli – A female green wolf, tamed by Leticia and appearing large and dog‑like with green fur, is a wolf‑girl who behaves like a dog, jumping and hopping for attention.
• Hanako – A female Orc tamed monster equipped with two large iron shields and a black iron helm. Large breasts, wrapped in rags with a grass skirt. Revealed to be a extreme masochist.
• Sayaka – Seventeen-year-old Rank-1 Slave with blue boyish hair and an E-cup figure, the academy’s top beauty and Yakumo’s devoted caretaker—brushing his teeth, managing his Magic Pouch, watching gacha with uncanny luck, always calling him “Master.” A refined, elegant senior who scolds sloppy girls and mediates tensions, Sanae’s best friend, now low on stamina from Yakumo’s endless demands yet unwavering in devotion. As a C-Rank mage, she wields powerful Fire Lances through a staff, modestly concealing her high-output magic, relying on Grade-4 Recovery Potions to sustain her massive Mana Capacity.
• Karen – Busty American senior and voice‑acting major known as “Karen of the Flame Gun,” dashes to class with bread in mouth, radiating charm and endless energy. Daughter of a soldier, she MCs Gacha events, hypes pulls with music, cooks, flags narratives, explores dungeons for loot, relaxes at sea with Lucy, and lifts the party with fiery spirit. In battle she uses flaming arrows and a Magic Gun, staying upbeat and supportive after magical displays.
• Sheena – Rabbit-kin woman, 165 cm, fluffy tail, narrow waist, wide hips, F/G-cup, white pubic hair, clad in a black negligee—former slave turned First Concubine and “Second Wife,” fiercely loyal, cool and sharp-tongued, ears twitching when pleased. Agile, thick-skinned, carrot-loving, wields magic and a Fire Arrow scroll; ex-Flash-Step Decapitator of the Nightmare Guild, now a nimble vanguard fighter using a rapier with lethal precision to strike vital points of distracted foes. Sadistic toward Lunaria, assists with chores and sexual training, deeply knowledgeable in magic, and tests his limits with quiet, calculated dominance.
• Leticia – Short‑statured cloaked Holy Maiden, appearing innocent and angelic, wields Light Arrow magic and a new magical rod. Weary yet empathetic, she clutches a low‑roll Gacha token and mutters I’m sorry, but I can’t help with that. A steadfast core‑group member who aids defense and training, she secretly hunts the High Heal Magic Tome and engages in submissive, masochistic bondage play with Yakumo.
• Sanae – Tall, model‑like with sharp features, hooded eyes and a black ponytail, C‑cup 1st‑Rank Slave and vice‑captain of the Archery Club, kyudo‑skilled as Nijyuuki—Sayaka’s best friend, teased for luck yet pulls rare gold Gacha capsules. In Yakumo’s household she’s energetic, teases Sheena, manages mirror‑linked familiar Hanako, and was trained by Yakumo and Sheena to instinctively self‑pleasure, now bearing emotional distress after a junior’s death.
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