Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 351 - 260 The Resentment of Other Dungeons Towards Sain

Chapter 351: Chapter 260 The Resentment of Other Dungeons Towards Sain

Black Knight.

A classic and highly popular enemy character from the Dark Souls series.

Formerly Silver Knights, they were part of the powerful legion under the Sunlight King, Gwyn, participating in grand historical wars such as the Dragon Hunt.

Later, the Silver Knights split into two factions: one stationed in Yanor Londo, and the other followed Gwyn on his crusade against the Chaos Breeding Ground and the Chaos Demons. Their weapons and armor were blackened in battles with those flame-based demons, thus becoming Black Knights.

Another theory is that their black armor was scorched after following Gwyn in the Fire Transmission.

No matter the origin of this cool black skin, it’s certain that the Black Knights participated in the Fire Transmission, and now they wander the world as the remaining ashes.

Gong Qiying is very curious whether they, having turned to ash, would reignite, and even if they could, their Black Knight Shields and equipment possess high fire resistance.

The Black Knight Sword also deals extra damage to demon-type enemies, with power fluctuating between C and C++, making it neither too strong nor too weak—just the perfect choice for this crusade.

Speaking of which, can the "Burning Demons" of this world trigger the Black Knight Sword’s special attack against demons?

After all, demons from the two worlds are not the same species.

"Who cares, anyway? With Red Teeth Dungeon as a backup, I’m just here to help out," he thought.

With such a mindset, Gong Qiying went about his business, maintaining his daily life.

Until three days later, at midnight, he received a timely request for assistance from the Eagle Capital Dungeon.

How many dungeons had been expected to join in? My social anxiety is acting up.

He chose to accept, and a familiar "blur" appeared before his eyes, his consciousness transforming into a Spiritual Body traversing space. When his vision finally cleared, he found himself hovering above a ruined, abandoned city.

"Is this the time I should slick back my hair with gel?"

He muttered an inside joke only comprehensible to himself in this world, pulling out a telescope from somewhere, and looked down to the scene below.

This was the internal structure of the Eagle Capital Dungeon—a circular ancient city.

If Gong Qiying were to describe it, it looked like an oversized Roman Colosseum, filled with various buildings inside.

He observed closely, subconsciously comparing it with his own dungeon, and indeed found differences between theirs and his own.

How should I put it, it seems there’s a difference in realism or perhaps a sense of livelihood?

The scene of Eagle Capital Dungeon exudes a historical weight at first glance. Many buildings are distinctive, making their functions immediately recognizable, and their layout aligns with people’s subconscious thoughts.

It’s a very subjective impression, but looking at it, Gong Qiying can imagine this city in its noisy heyday and how it decayed over time.

Aside from Sain, the buildings in other dungeons seem to possess this historical weight, as if directly excerpted from real history.

Considering that these Dungeon Lords might be from different eras, perhaps these dungeon buildings are indeed real historical fragments.

"No wonder adventurers think the images I show are actual history; it turns out other dungeons set the stage first."

Gong Qiying had to thank his predecessors for paving the way.

Compared to these dungeons, the scenes in Sain Dungeon are... should I call them imaginative?

At first glance, they are indeed grand and magnificent. After all, not everyone has the chance to see a pit as large as Fran Fort or such an imaginative food area. Reyalucaria is also extremely luxurious.

However, upon closer inspection, they lack a sense of livelihood. Take the seemingly most decent Magic Academy for instance; who would want to live in a place where professors are constantly running marathons, Doll Soldiers fall from the ceiling, and you get knocked back by a Warrior Pot just by opening a door?

Most of Sain’s buildings are designed with the aim of "trapping people," looking like themed segments of Sain Ancient City.

Should Sain learn from other dungeons to add a sense of realism?

Gong Qiying pondered for a moment and said, "Who cares, this is my unique feature."

At that moment, he sensed a spatial fluctuation behind him. Turning around, he saw a new Dungeon Lord Spiritual Body appear.

"Uh," Gong Qiying was stunned, "an erect... unicorn?"

A rainbow-colored steed walking on two legs, with the same rainbow-colored horn on its head—this was the Dungeon Lord of Unihorn Dungeon, "Rainbow Horn."

"Oh, you must be Gedwin. I’m Rainbow Horn of Unihorn Dungeon. We’ve been in touch a lot lately," the unicorn said enthusiastically.

"Nice to meet you," Gong Qiying shook the other’s hoof, hesitating a bit before asking, "Is Rainbow Horn your real name or...?"

Rainbow Horn blinked and said, "In interactions, we use the name of the Dungeon Lord."

Meaning the name of this body, since who knows how many generations of souls have inhabited it.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Rainbow Horn, staring at Gong Qiying’s Animated Corpse face, said enviously, "I’m really jealous that you can have a human appearance. I, well..."

Gong Qiying felt he should pat the other’s shoulder in consolation, but Rainbow Horn was too tall; even standing on tiptoes, he couldn’t reach.

"By the way, did you know everyone often talks about you now?" Rainbow Horn suddenly asked.

"Talking about me?"

"Yeah, reviving a nearly closed dungeon in such a short time, and now it’s flourishing, even snatching visitor traffic from others. Quite a few dungeons have seen reduced revenue because of you, some even getting halved..."

Listening to Rainbow Horn, Gong Qiying didn’t know what expression to show for a moment, eventually sporting a face very much like the sweaty yellow bean emoji.

Seeing this, Rainbow Horn chuckled, nudging Gong Qiying’s shoulder with its hoof and said:

"I suggest you keep a low profile when meeting the others. The other Dungeon Lords invited this time seem to have some opinions about you."

"Because I stole their traffic?"

"What else?"

Gong Qiying was silent for a moment, why did it sound like his reputation had become quite bad in the circle of Dungeon Lords without him noticing?

I really just iterated on the traditional dungeon strategies!

If you can’t attract traffic, that’s not my problem!

He wanted to say it sarcastically, but his reason told him it wasn’t a good idea and he’d likely get beaten up.

"One more thing," Rainbow Horn suddenly became formal for some reason, "Which era are you from..."

Before he finished speaking, waves of spatial disturbances came, and new figures appeared one by one.

When he finally saw clearly what these new arrivals were, Gong Qiying couldn’t help but lament that the Nuwa of this world was way too free in molding people.

There was a creature covered in long hairy moss that looked like Slime, one resembling a walking hawthorn stick, and even a coconut split in half with an actual axe stuck on it!

Compared to these three bizarre creatures, Gong Qiying as an animated corpse seemed very normal.

For some reason, he felt a rather unfriendly vibe coming from these three "people".

"Who is Gedwin?" Slime asked in a muffled voice.

Rainbow Horn quickly moved away from Gong Qiying and pointed at him with his hoof.

You traitor with thick eyebrows and big eyes!?

"Hello." Gong Qiying waved his hand as usual, and the next second, he was surrounded by the three peculiar creatures.

"Are you Gedwin?"

"The Dungeon Lord of Sain Dungeon who my adventurers talk about every day?"

"The Gedwin who took away my favorite adventurer?"

"The master of the dungeon producing Hound Step? My dungeon was blown up by an adventurer with that thing!"

How could someone use Sain weapons to attack other dungeons with a dimensional reduction strike!?

Hound Step is good in Sain, wouldn’t it be even more powerful elsewhere?

Gong Qiying righteously said, "That was the adventurer’s personal action, I’m not responsible."

Seeing he still wanted to argue, the other Dungeon Lords became more aggressive.

They held their momentum, determined to pick a fight.

The three looked at each other, took a deep breath, and said in unison:

"You better change your dungeon back!"

"Teach us some design experience, good brother."

"I beg you, can you limit the weapon strength a bit?"

As soon as they finished speaking, the three looked at each other in shock, with Slime jumping angrily, "What’s going on, we agreed to pressure him!"

The hawthorn stick rolled his eyes at him, "Your threats are useless? It’s better to learn some advanced experience from him."

The coconut shook his body, "I have no temper left, half of the adventurers in my dungeon carry Sain weapons and have beat me into submission."

Slime continued yelling, "You two actually betrayed me!"

Seeing the trio about to quarrel amongst themselves, Gong Qiying stepped back half a step.

Though he had anticipated it, he didn’t expect these Dungeon Lords to be so... lively and bright.

It felt like they had been cooped up in the dungeon for too long, each having some mental issues, looking somewhat odd.

He thought he was going to have a classic face-slapping showdown, but the trio ended up losing their dignity first.

As Gong Qiying pondered how to engage in their conversation, the true protagonist of this battle appeared.

When strong spatial waves were detected, the trio stopped arguing.

"Roar—"

Before seeing them, a dragon’s roar shook everyone’s soul, and Gong Qiying suddenly saw a vision.

On burning land, a legion of demons covered in flames wreaked havoc, turning the whole world into a purgatory.

This was the sealed item of Eagle Capital Dungeon—the Burning Demon!

It indeed looked quite spectacular and powerful.

When the vision disappeared, a large shadow blanketed Gong Qiying, and the scorching breath came towards him.

He raised his head and looked at the colossal creature before him.

It had tight, solid scales, strong limbs, a long neck, and wings that covered the sky.

This was the Dungeon Lord of Red Teeth Dungeon, a red dragon named "Red Teeth"!

Red Teeth lowered its head, its serpent-like pupils staring at Gong Qiying, a solemn and low voice echoed from its belly.

"Which era are you from?"

He asked the question that Rainbow Horn wanted to ask earlier.

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