Jake got quite varied reactions from the different people in the room upon joking with Minaga. Casper smirked slightly, Carmen gave the Unique Lifefrom a friendly wave, Caleb looked a bit worried, Maria was still not entirely over the guy just popping into the room, and Jacob looked more confused than anything. Eron and the Sword Saint both looked relaxed, with Eron bowing his head slightly, making Jake more sure than ever that the guy knew something they didn’t about Minaga.

”A good joke begets repetition,” Minaga answered, still standing on the ceiling. ”Plus, it works every time, so why not keep doing it? Just because you are never surprised doesn’t mean others can’t enjoy the experience.”

Throwing the startled people in the room a glance, Jake smirked. ”They sure look to be enjoying your presence.”

”Who doesn’t feel happiness at my presence? Look at me, I am always in my own presence, and that has turned me into a very joyful and positive person,” the Unique Lifeform joked as he stopped sticking to the ceiling and did a flip before landing on the floor.

”For the record, Casper and Jake are both correct when it comes to their assessments of me. I monitor how people do my labyrinth to see places I can improve, but also to get a feeling for the general power level of the generation. It’s good research and valuable data,” Minaga explained. ”As for engaging with you while doing it… well, that is purely for entertainment purposes, of course! To add a unique flair of me to the experience, making my part of Nevermore truly stand out.”

”Does it not hurt the competitive integrity of Nevermore that you so openly interfere and engage with the individuals doing the dungeon? Especially as you take a subjective disposition toward each party, either becoming a helpful or detrimental force?” Jacob asked, looking to have gathered some courage with all of them present. He still did look pretty damn nervous just asking that question.

”Eh, nothing is ever perfect,” Minaga waved him off. ”With how varied the multiverse is, creating a truly balanced playing field is utterly impossible, and adding myself and my mostly meaningless commentary is such a small factor it isn’t worth mentioning. I have said it before, but if my talking and commenting are enough to throw you off your game and make you fail, then you have bigger problems. In other words, stop being so damn punctilious with how you think a dungeon is supposed to be run. The multiverse isn’t fair, and neither is Nevermore. What it does give is mostly equal opportunities, and so do I.”

”How is it mostly equal when some Paths are downright handicapped while others are assisted?” Jacob argued.

”How is it mostly equal when someone with a Bloodline or a Transcendent can walk in and ignore ninety percent of the challenges?” Minaga pointed out as he threw Jake a glance.

”How is it fair when some are not only immune but can use the fire energy of the Demon Lord to empower themselves?” he continued as he pointed at Maria.

”When others are borderline invincible, no enemy capable of breaking through their sheer level of durability or seemingly infinite health pool?” Minaga said, referring to both Carmen and Eron.

”Or… when someone is able to continuously resurrect a party member of theirs, allowing that party member to repeatedly burn their very life away to release suicide attacks over and over again?” Minaga finished, looking straight at Jacob.

”My point is that you can cry about equality or fairness from now till the end of the multiverse, and you will sound like an idiot all the way,” Minaga smirked. ”So embrace the unfairness and overcome it. That is how you become strong. I should know, seeing as I am a Unique Lifeform. I was born only being awesome and managed to overcome that fate to become amazingly awesome.”

”I, for one, commend assisting dungeon engineers,” Casper raised his hand.

”See, I have the crowd on my side,” Minaga smiled confidently at Jacob.

The Augur seemed to consider the Unique Lifeform’s words as he just sighed and nodded. ”Very well… it is ultimately your creation.”

”Exactly. But if you do have any grievances, you can file a written complaint after you have completed Nevermore, and I will be sure to read it. I am not saying I will do anything, but I do read every written complaint we get.”

”How many written complaints do you even get a year?” Jake questioned.

”Well, we don’t really count them by the year… but at least one every million years or so,” Minaga nodded. ”People just can’t be arsed to go through proper procedures to submit them, you know?”

”Pray tell, what are these totally reasonable procedures,” Jake smirked.

”Well, first of all, you need a written letter, right?”

”Right,” Jake nodded.

”And you need to go to Nevermore,” Minaga continued.

”Reasonable.”

you just have to do the final stop of handing

sure you two meet

that come by within the very reasonable waiting time of a single second to a few eras, based on how much we like the god that showed up,” Minaga

again you are actually

I never did,” Minaga

pretty sure you just implied it very heavily,” Jake

anything, and I deny all such accusations. It’s

one who

on the same team here,” Minaga muttered, looking

a god, and if you keep making such unfounded accusations, we will file an official complaint with the Order of the Malefic Viper

stood up and bowed. ”I apologize on account of my client – myself – and wish to

settlement,” Minaga smiled wide as he clearly had fun. Still smiling, he looked around the room. ”Anyway, are there more questions?

began as the Unique Lifeform

discuss the wonderful harem

began. ”That one was quite interesting,

wasn’t a demon or the Prime Consort, and that was it. I am not saying that wasn’t

”I guess

exchange a single word with any living being outside of

then, glad you liked it,” Caleb

the hell did we not do that? That would have been way better than trying to make friends with all those fuckers…” Carmen muttered in annoyance as she began to explain how they

she tried to flirt with you,” Minaga said

tried to

to

as an attack,” Carmen smirked. “But, hey, things ended

first. They had made the Second Mistress into the new Prime Consort and gained access to all the Secret Scrolls through that. Maria’s team turned out to have a demon on it, and through some proper

intent to throw him into a ritual. The difference was that while Jake had resisted the poison, this demon hadn’t, and the guy had been damn close to dying. Luckily they managed to save him in time and kill the Prime Summoner. All of the Mistresses and even the Guard Captain had witnessed the Prime Summoner try to sacrifice him, and the group managed to spin a tale where they had taken down the corrupt Prime Consort who wanted to replace the Demon Lord. From there, they were welcomed into the Demon Lord’s castle as

allies and enemies on the thirty-fourth, initiated a vote, and started an internal conflict that ended up creating enough chaos for

The Unique Lifeform jumped into the conversation to confirm all the stupid stuff that had happened and even praised the Sword Saint for properly understanding the assignment when the floor was called a harem. They also all had a good laugh when

turned to the last person in

your party take

lightly as he looked at Minaga. The Unique Lifeform seemed powerless as he sighed before speaking. ”Well… the rules of the floor said you could not kill the innocents there… but… I guess the concept of death

single entity

that big of a difference between what you did and just

not try to convince me that the original dull flames

a bummer. Anyway, my objective here is done, and I guess I should leave you all alone again. See you all soon, and I hope you

Seeing as the Unique Lifeform had left, the others also soon began taking their leave, with Jacob leaving first. The Sword Saint followed soon after, with the others trickling out one by one

Jake and Eron were left, and he knew that was no coincidence. Jake felt the gaze of Minaga still on them, but he threw a brief look toward the ceiling as he frowned, making the god back off. He seemed to understand Jake was about to say something he did not want

gazes of all those curious are

Jake asked as he nodded to confirm. ”You were less than interested in the actual meeting, and I

my home planet, and I am glad to see it doing well,” Eron spoke as he leaned a bit forward and looked at the floor for a bit. ”But you are correct. My primary reason for attending was not to learn of Earth or

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