Monster Taming Broadcast

Day 65 of the Labyrinth.

Melody Fox, who was dispatched to Earth, has returned.

“Melody! I missed you so much! Kyu Kyu!”

[Kyu!]*

The first to welcome Melody was Merino Ula.

As soon as Melody returned, Merino dashed over and tightly hugged her.

“Why did you get so plump? Did you eat a lot of delicious food?”

[Kyu A!]*

While Merino was rubbing her cheeks against Melody’s face.

Other monsters, including me, also approached Melody to celebrate her safe return.

According to the assistants,

Melody supposedly spent all day stuffing herself with takeout without even sleeping.

In other words, she had gone on a luxurious food tour.

Still, since she had returned from her dispatch, we threw some courtesy congratulatory words.

“Melody, good job.”

[Kyu Kyu!]*

Messages continually flooded the chat.

Even though only two new people showed up, it felt twice as lively as before.

‘It’s a bit annoying. I should move the chat window a little to the side.’

I slightly lowered the opacity of the chat and moved it to the edge of my view.

If the chat filled up my view, it would limit my actions, so it was a necessary measure.

Of course.

Just a slight roll of my eyes allows me to check the chat right away.

Reacting instantly to chat like usual might be difficult, though.

“Well, since Melody has returned…”

“How about we all gather and eat?”

[Kyu Aaa!]*

“Yay! I’ll prepare the food! Just wait a bit!”

To commemorate Melody Fox’s return,

we all moved to the under-construction desert, gathered all the monsters, and enjoyed a meal together while introducing the monsters to Hwang Mir and Sage.

“Solorb, want to eat a bit? You can eat if I send food to the world you’re in, right?”

[No need.]

“Bastet, get some food from Merino and take it to Solorb.”

[Got it! I’ll deliver it swiftly and accurately!]

[······.]

I also sent food to Solorb through Bastet.

I wanted to treat the residents of the world Solorb holds too, but unfortunately, it would be impossible to pack everything for them as well.

After a bit of time passed.

Not long after Bastet returned, a very tiny voice that seemed to float down from the sky murmur softly.

[Delicious… Thank you, I enjoyed it.]

“Huh?”

[I didn’t say anything.]

“…Okay.”

I clearly heard a thank you but pretended not to.

Solorb seems to be shy.

*

Day 66 of the Labyrinth.

Today, we will finally conduct our first general dispatch.

Originally, I planned to send it yesterday.

But while gathering to enjoy a food festival together, we lost track of time and it got too late, causing us to postpone by a day.

‘So now I have to select the monsters to send on the dispatch…’

Early in the morning.

I gathered all the monsters and fell into thought for a moment.

A general dispatch, unlike designated ones, could be dangerous.

No one knows which world they might go to.

I didn’t think anywhere as dangerous as the Ancient Labyrinth existed.

Still, there could be worlds even more perilous than Elemenzia, teeming with S-Class or stronger creatures.

So I had to carefully choose the monsters to send.

‘First of all, Iris has to go.’

Just Iris.

Then I’d send one SS-Class monster.

S-Class is strong enough, but as mentioned earlier, they might be sent to a dangerous world.

For example, a place like the Celestial Realm.

‘Unless it’s a downright absurd world, an SS-class should be fine in terms of danger.’

Even if I worry,

I didn’t plan to send multiple SS-class monsters.

Because I still lack precise information about the dispatch.

Even using dispatch tickets simultaneously could mean they all go to different worlds.

As I slowly scanned the monsters one by one, I ultimately made my decision.

“Black Magma Slime, you’re going.”

[Suhh!]*

Black Magma Slime.

It is immune to most physical attacks and has a killing ability and basic combat ability that places it among the upper tier of SS-Class monsters.

With a creature like this, I could ease my worries a little.

Its survival rate is also quite high.

Oh, and just to mention.

Black Magma Slime seems to have invested everything into combat ability, so its intelligence is lower compared to other monsters even though it’s SS-Class.

So, I’ll pass the dimension shrine installation ticket proxy usage right to Iris.

Iris tends to have quite high intelligence.

If we can’t see the Other World through Iris, I’ll leave the judgment about setting up the dimension shrine entirely to her.

“Well then, I’ll start using the dispatch tickets. You both ready?”

[Suhh!]*

[Ready.]

“Be careful and come back, you guys.”

[Suhh!]*

[Caution. Confirmation.]

Black Magma Slime.
Iris.

I activated the dispatch tickets for both of them.

*

To cut a long story short.

Black Magma Slime and Iris were dispatched to the same world.

It really couldn’t be a simple coincidence.

The probability of being dispatched to the same dimension among countless dimensions is very low.

In other words.

If you use a general dispatch ticket simultaneously without any time gap, it seems it can prove that multiple monsters can be sent to the same world.

And,

“Thank goodness. Iris’s ability also works in other worlds.”

Iris’s link was not severed.

The Iris in front of me was transmitting the scene seen by Iris dispatched to the Other World.

“Hey, can you guys hear me?”

─[Reception Good.]

─[Suhh!]*

They hadn’t changed in size.

It appeared that the size in the Ancient Labyrinth was their original size.

Well, the Magma Slime is obvious.

I mean, it can change its size freely, so there’s no fixed size for it.

“Okay then. First, can you go up high and show us an overview of that world, Iris?”

─[Confirmation.]

Iris looked up and flew into the air.

The sky wasn’t blue but was filled with violet mists.

Just by looking at that, it didn’t seem like an ordinary world.

─[Ascended successfully.]

The land comes into view.

The plants covering the land were not green, but a bizarre mix of silver and purple, while the asphalt road was covered with a translucent jelly-like substance.

Iris switched the scene.

Strange-shaped buildings rose up in sight.

When I zoomed in closely, the buildings seemed to wriggle like living organisms, constantly changing shape.

─[Analysis complete. Information procured. Buildings infested with organisms.]

Iris described what she had captured in her sight.

Notably, not every Iris possesses this analysis ability.

It’s uniquely hers.

Iris then highlighted the city filled with those bizarre buildings again.

In the center of the city was a giant crystal tower, and flowing across its surface were complex patterns that kept changing.

─[Presumed to be the central nervous system processing information for the entire city.]

─[Detecting danger level according to Gauntlet standards.]

─[Danger Level estimated as C-class.]

─[The organisms infesting the buildings have a danger level estimated as D-class.]

─[A considerable number of organisms inside the buildings have an estimated danger level of E-class.]

─[Some organisms inside the buildings have an estimated danger level of D-class.]

─[Analyzing the world.]

─[Identified as a planet that was invaded and destroyed about 35 years ago.]

─[Analyzing the race that invaded the planet.]

─[······.]

Iris’s voice suddenly cut off.

After a short silence, she continued speaking as if she had finished her analysis.

─[Probability of being our race’s root is 95 percent.]

─[It’s 99 percent likely that some of that race came to the Ancient Labyrinth, met their end, and that the Ancient Labyrinth absorbed their corpses to create our kind.]

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