Reject Humanity, Return to Monke

After witnessing a rather comical scene of Reia bowing before Keia, apologies profusely leaving her mouth, we were now at an impasse on what to do with our team compositions.

Namely, we now have seven, and three more are missing to create two teams.

"Reia, Keia, Pilips, have you seen Tanjin, Arekhus, and Typhial?" Oshurkova asked. Her right hand was on her hips as she strutted towards Reia, putting a bit more oomph on her swaying hips.

Reia, noticing the notedly seductive allure Oshurkova was releasing, quickly stood up from her submissive pose and stood ramrod still, her pose not unlike a stiff twig.

"Y-y-yes, Lady Oshurkova-ta." With a huge blush dusting her cheeks, which got an annoyed 'tsk' from her sister, Reia blurted out the answer with difficulty. "I-I-I saw them n-nearby as a-a-a group-ta."

The vampire's hand caressing the soft cheek of the blushing maid, she pinched it, a moan of ecstasy coming from the lips of the scantily-clad maid, which she quickly noticed and covered her mouth with her blush increasing so much, you could mistake her skin color for the color red.

'Yep, a masochist indeed.' I mused in my head, and no doubt, Catalina was snickering to herself as she watched the scantily-clad maid's embarrassment play out.

"Then, could you be a dear and fetch them for me?" Oshurkova leaned in closer, her lips just a few centimeters away from her ears as she groped the maid's breast forcefully, eliciting another moan from the masochistic maid. "I'll be sure to reward you plenty once the event is all over."

"Y-Y-YES, LADY OSHURKOVA-TA!" Within a heartbeat, Reia was gone from her spot, traversing through the dense jungle of Dungeon Masters like it was her backyard and into the direction where she probably last saw the group of Typhial, Arekhus, and Tanjin.

"… Please teach me your ways, oh Lady Oshurkova-la." From beside the spot of the now missing Reia, Keia looked at the vampire with awe in her eyes, a vicious smile on her lips as she thought of countless possibilities to tease her twin sister.

'Again… Where are the normal twins?' I scratched my chin as I had the urge to rapidly bang my head on a nearby table. 'The twins I know of are taking the meme Sweet Home Alabama too far…'

I sighed and waited as Oshurkova taught in too much detail, the ways of the sadist. At least, that's what I'm calling it. From behind, I noticed Shrum shaking his head and facepalming, his mutters going unheard of from the background chatter.

"Hey, Jion." Catalina walked up right next to me as she held my arm in hers. The nickname she gave me raised some questions in my mind, but overall, nothing too serious. "Want to try some BDSM play next time? I'll be the sub and you the dom."

And with that, my mind crashed as it tried to reboot from the words this horny cat was giving my brain to process.

'… What the fuck is happening in my life now…?'

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After a few minutes of waiting, Reia finally arrived with Tanjin, Arekhus, and Typhial along. The harpy wasn't happy with how Reia was smug after detailing herself getting molested by Oshurkova.

Yep, the yandere is strong in this harpy.

Anyway, now that we were all gathered together, I counted our numbers and found out that we were exactly ten members, enough to form two teams.

After much discussion, we decided to have Typhial on our team, while the rest formed theirs. As a result, our lineups looked pretty much like this.

Team 1: Jionni, Oshurkova, Catalina, Shrum, Typhial

Team 2: Reia, Keia, Tanjin, Arekhus, Pilips

All in all, the two teams were completely balanced, with both of our teams having contingencies in case of facing another team that has a specialization.

Now that our teams were formed, we passed the time by either chatting or discussing some tactics when the event started, but seeing that the event was vague, and I wasn't sure that my intuition was completely spot on with the mechanics of the event, we didn't discuss that much tactics.

However, what we did discuss was a bet. Basically, whichever team lasts the longest wins. Oshurkova was adamant that we would not be able to win this event because, as usual, there was a team that was going to be stronger, way stronger than our forces combined.

They are the most likely to win the event and get out of it unscathed. If there was no chance of winning against a team, then we agreed to cut our losses and disqualify ourselves. How to do that was still on the fence, but I'm thinking that since this event is going to be similar to a motherfucking MOBA game, I'm also positive that there will be a surrender option.

As they always say: Jungle diff, ffat15…

Once the hour passed, a huge gong sound echoed across the halls, silencing the chatting and murmurs from every Dungeon Master present in the room.

"Time is up, and it is time to begin the event." Uius clapped his hands, and a glowing circle appeared under the feet of all the teams. "Before that, however, allow me to shed on you some rules. The goal is simple: destroy the Dungeon Core of your opponent, which is situated at the heart of their base. Whoever destroys it first, wins."

The map that was bugging my mind from before enlarged and showed us the positions of the Dungeon Cores. So far, so good.

"However, to damage it, you will first have to destroy their defensive key structured methodically." More spots lighted up in the map, showing what I assumed to be the 'towers' of the game. "For simplicity's sake, we'll call them Bartizan. As you can see, there are three lanes. Each lane has 3 Bartizans each in place on both sides. You must destroy the outermost Bartizan before proceeding to the next one. Do note that lanes are separate from each other, so you can, in practice, destroy all the towers in one lane to reach the heart of the enemy's base."

'Yep, this really is a goddamn MOBA game…'

"Inside your opponents' base, you can find two more Bartizans defending the Dungeon Core. Destroy them, and you can then damage the Dungeon Core." Four more lights lit up on the screen, showing the Bartizans defending the Dungeon Core. "However, before you can damage them, you must first destroy a structure called Keeps. Each lane has a Keep on either side. Destroy them, and you can damage the Bartizans defending the Dungeon Core."

"These aren't the only key fundamentals, however." Uius words brought the murmuring of the Dungeon Masters to stop. "Beyond those simple rules, lies another key component. These are called Resources. To put it simply, every few minutes or so, a wave of monsters that will be constant in each match will spawn from your Dungeon Core and traverse into their designated lanes. From there, they will keep on continuing until they come into hostiles, which are the monsters from your opponent's side, as well as your opponent Dungeon Masters."

"To also make it somewhat fair to weaker Dungeon Masters due to their species limits, Chythos has decided to make sure that only these spawned monsters can damage the Bartizans, Keeps, and Dungeon Core." And that's where everything changed for me.

'Dungeon Masters can't damage the Bartizans, Keeps, and Dungeon Core, but the spawned monsters can… How the fuck can the match finish if the monsters can't even push because a Dungeon Master is too strong to fight against?'

"To counteract the possibility of an eternal match, these Resources are your key to victory." Uius said, and my mind grinded over the possibilities that Uius' words gave me.

'So, resources are the way to victory, but how…? Wait, we can't buy items… So, maybe…'

"And if that wasn't a hint enough, it means that these Resources can be used to upgrade the spawned monsters." There it is, the unique method of this reality MOBA.

'So, we can't damage Bartizans, and we have to rely on the spawned monsters to damage them. Resources are also the only way to upgrade them, but what kind of upgrades? I'm sure that the spawned monsters will mostly be mindless drones that will continue to push, much like the AI in the different MOBA games, so upgrade or not, if they're fighting against a dragon, I can see no use for upgrading them…'

"To get these Resources, there are multiple ways. First, you have to kill the spawned monsters of your opponents. The second is to knock an enemy Dungeon Master unconscious, to which they will be automatically transported out of the match and be healed. A timer will then count down, signaling the time it will take for the knocked-out Dungeon Master to return to the match at 100% capacity. The third, and final option, is to kill the neutral monsters situated in the areas besides the lanes."

'… Okay, just like a normal MOBA. Resources equals more items, but in this case, Resources equals stronger spawned monsters.'

"However, please do be careful. Death is still possible in the match if the damage dealt to the Dungeon Master is too much before he is transported and healed. In that case, the match will continue, but the team with the dead Dungeon Master will be down a member." My breath hitched for a moment, but I was able to compose myself, my mind giving me reminders that death in this event isn't anything new. Just depressing. "Also, another thing. Destroying a Keep in one lane will automatically upgrade your spawned monsters in that lane only."

The glowing circle beneath our feet shined brighter and brighter, until my vision was nothing but pure white.

"Good luck, have fun, and don't die." As a last parting gift, Uius gave us the motto of God Chythos.

'Well, at least it ain't any different from a MOBA game… Still, how the fuck can we win if the Dungeon Masters are too strong for the monsters…?'