Lord Of Puppets Chapter 248 – After the duel

Novel: Lord Of Puppets Author: Andrzejsaw Updated: Jun 06, 2026

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Now reading: Chapter 248 – After the duel from Lord Of Puppets, a Fantasy novel by Andrzejsaw.

"..."

(Body functional.) – thought Thauma as it changed back to its work body.

"..."

(Ariava said that I don’t need to worry about her or Porai. I saw her taking so beds and several other stuff from her own personal space.) – thought Thauma as Porai and Ariava made themselves at ho at the dungeon’s core’s room.

(They said that they would go to sleep and what not.... And I should myself just give up and rest up as well.)

"..."

(But I don’t really need to sleep....)

(Heck.... Am I even allowed to rest.) – thought Thauma as it left the golem room and started walking through the corridors of the private dungeon’s section.

(The answer...)

(But I can’t.)

(I’m weak.)

(I did grown stronger.... But by the looks of things, it wouldn’t matter much.)

(Why.... Why did Ariava had us fight even in the first place?)

(That is the current most important question.) – thought Thauma as it arrived at its main workshop.

"Porai here, is one of the strongest people in that whole ass empire. You hear ? One of the strongest beings in that whole empire."

(That is what Ariava said.)

(That ans she is the strongest.... And even worse.)

(Not alone.)

(There are possible other beings like her out there.)

(Is that why Ariava wanted to fight Porai?)

(To tell how "weak" I was compare to them?)

(Heh.... I guess I had a right reason to be scared...)

(But.... Not like this.)

(I don’t know how truly powerful Porai is.... But I can definitely tell that she alone could possibly wipe out the entire dungeon.)

"..."

(And honestly speaking?)

(I think I’m starting to get terrified more of Ariava.)

(She dealt with Porai.... And I saw it.)

(Fear.)

(Porai was scared of Ariava.)

(She "Dealt" with her.)

(And there were also words like "kidnapped".)

(...)

(Ariava defeated Porai and terrified her so much that she was too scared to not obey Ariva’s commands.)

(That is a conclusion I can make after all the observations and based how the conversations were going so far.)

(But... If Porai was able to overwhelm that much while still not going all out... Then how strong Ariava must be to straight up terrify that vampire?!)

(Ariava sowhat told her past... But only a bit about it.)

(There are still countless questions surrounding her that I want to find the answers for....)

(But at the sa ti.... I’m scared of her sowhat... What would happened if she didn’t adopted and instead seen as "enemy"?)

"..."

(Was I... No. I was lucky.)

(There is no demining it.)

(...Ariava... I can trust her.... I maybe now scared of her, but I won’t ever betray her.)

(However... God fucking dammit!)

(I’m still terrified of the outside world.)

(Or more exactly.... Of this stupid situation.)

(Again and again, the sa fucking problems.)

(Ti to conduct research.)

(Ti to develop myself.)

(Ti to produce monsters.)

(Need miasma to produce monsters.)

(Need miasma to grow the dungeon.)

(Need miasma to create materials for my own research.)

(Need miasma to conduct the dungeon research.)

(AGAIN AND AGAIN! THE SA PROBLEMS!)

"..."

(And I always fucking find myself in this stupid sa bullshit.) – thought Thauma as it stared at its prototype weapons it had been making

(...I just... Fuck...) – Thauma tried working once again, but it instantly given up.

(I’m tired.)

(I an, I like working, I like experinting and everything... But I think the whole pressure of the constant terror is murdering ntally...)

"..."

(And there is Ariava.)

(I honestly wasn’t sure if she would really ca back or not.... But... She did.)

(And not only that, she already saved from one danger that could had easily enslaved , without having even a chance to fight back.)

(And to make it even more... I don’t know.... How the hell do I call it?!)

(I was in hell and then she just ca and blew it all up?)

(I an, I was in the completely hopeless situation... But then....)

"..."

(I.... I trust Ariava.)

(From what I’ve gathered, she can truly destroy the whole empire and even hunt down the strongest beings currently living in it.)

(She can give the peace if she so wishes so.... Because she is just THAT powerful.)

(As for what would happened if Ariava didn’t arrived... Well, there is no real point about debating it.)

(I would be just "slave".)

(Nothing more, nothing less.)

(And that is worrying.)

"..."

(But what if sothing stronger cos here while Ariava isn’t here? The chances are there.)

(She may leave again.... And even if she makes the empire no longer be hostile towards , there is still a chance of sobody going after .)

(No.... I can’t never stop growing!)

(I need to be strong!)

(STRONGER!)

(IF I WANT TO LIVE!)

(IF I WANT TO BE FREE!)

(I NEED TO BE STRONGER!)

(THAT IS THE SIMPLEST RULE!)

[Next day.]

"Okay. So, I think I will be going now." – said Ariava.

"!?"

{"But you just ca here!"} – written Thauma on a piece of paper.

(AND I STILL HAVEN’T ASKED MY QUSTION EITHER!) – thought panicking golem.

"Well... Honestly, I do want spend here soti... Maybe months even." – replied Ariava.

"However, you do realize that they are preparing a massive army to raid this place, right?"

"The lord that controls the territory where your dungeon is currently located at."

"Pretty much, they are dead set on exterminating you."

"Not only that, they also wants the Crow Watcher’s support, which Porai was supposed to be part of here, to help out in your extermination."

"So yeah... I kind of need to deal with them."

(Woman. You just arrived at the dungeon, and now you are fucking trying to kick up a storm from the get go?! Fucking slow down for fuck’s sake!) – thought nervous Porai.

"..."

"Are you going to kill them all?" – asked Porai.

"Hm? Ah, nah." – replied Ariava.

"I could, but that would make just way too big of a ss right now."

"Not only that, I quickly need to resolve the whole thing with the ’emperor’ and the representee of the vampires."

"Get the better understanding of the full story and have them accept my peace offer."

"However, right now... Well, let’s just say making myself known right now would be bit problematic."

"I could burn to the ground the whole territory and leave no survivors or witness, but obviously you can probably guess how dumb this plan is."

"Ah, by the way Porai."

"This is my order."

"You are to stay here and don’t leave this place no matter what."

"So Thauma, please make sure that Porai has a living space and enough food to survive."

"If you like, you can let Porai out of the dungeon, if she wants to hunt so fresh blood.... But rember."

"If you betray my trust or do anything stupid... You know what will happened, right?"

"..."

"Yes." – said Porai.

(So, this is pretty much my prison.... I have freedom, but not entire.) – thought Porai as she fully grasped her grim situation.

(Still... The fact alone that she isn’t killing just proves that she wants to use and keep alive no matter what.)

"..."

(But.... Okay. Nope. Not thinking about what would happened to "keeping alive" while also doing "punishnt".) – thought Porai as she rembered what Ariava did to the vampire agent who she murdered over and over again, without truly letting him die.

(Not only that... I think she also wants to protect Thauma.... If the dungeon get destroyed... Yeb. I will be fucking dead.)

(Nah... The whole empire may end up getting destroyed instead.)

"It shouldn’t take long... But at the sa ti, there will be obviously after effects and what not, and those could take soti until everything truly settles down." – said Ariava.

"So yeah. I’m going to deal with annoying stuff."

"As for both of you.... Well, you can do whatever you want."

"You can help out each other in research and what not."

"Get to know each better."

"Heck, if you like, you could even try to learn those Forged Skills."

"So yeah." – said Ariava as she approached Thauma.

"I’m sorry that I’m leaving so quickly."

"But don’t worry."

"I will co back."

"And then we can have a proper and long talk."

"Kay?"

"..."