Chapter 54
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 54
Chapter Title: Income
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Newbie's about to hit level 100 soon lol
Newbie baby!
Your level's gone up a ton!!
Yeah lol
Newbie... you're a second-year Dungeon Master now;; Get your head in the game;;
You're hitting level 90 right now??????????????
Your level and points are just insane lol
Back in my day, I carefully built my defenses one by one, worried traps and minions would get wrecked.
This guy's just chilling in the core room scratching his balls, and the anomalies handle everything ffs.
You guys, that's just jealousy.
I'm feeling the jealousy in real time ffs lololol
Oblivion you fucking bastard, nerf anomalies already.
Oh my lost time────!!
lolololololol...
So jealous...
Everyone's getting crisis vibes now that Newbie's hitting three digits, huh?
His growth speed is just unreal lololol
I probably shouldn't whine about only gaining 10 levels.
This wave felt like the biggest one yet by far.
But the rewards feel a bit stingy.
Well, that Max case last time must've been the exception.
The dwarves were strong, but not as efficient as an ally like him.
Personally, dwarves seem just a tad above Branded Elves.
And way above them are allies, blesseds, that sort of overwhelming tier, I bet.
Level-ups will slow down more and more.
Once you hit a certain level in skills, knowledge, anything, you gotta bleed for it to improve.
Levels are the same.
Wave difficulty scales relatively too.
After dealing with all those intruders, Dreamland's combat power has shot up on the system side.
No more explosive jumps like before, probably.
What a shame.
Bleed? Puke blood? Effort?
Means beat intruders even harder, right? lol
The live feed made the cave look brutal af.
Hmm.
What to say.
I still see the school as Dreamland's ace.
To folks in this world, a school is inherently alien.
Plus, tons of instant-death gimmicks—if you trip one, you're dead.
But.
For the 'first time' scenario, nothing's scarier than the goblin cave.
Strange Goblin Cave Generator (★4)
Price: 150,000P
Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, One-Time
Detects intruders and generates a cave and forest in the designated area. Size scales with zone area.
The goblin cave has its own time flow, distinct from real time—distinguishable by sky color.
Strange goblins spawn in the cave. They detect intruders by unfamiliar scents or behaviors unlike their own.
Upon detection, hordes of goblins swarm inside until all intruders vanish from the cave.
Intruders entering transform into strange goblins from the moment they arrive.
Drinking rotten meat juice or mud water accelerates full transformation.
Fully transformed intruders wander the cave until death judgment.
However, escaping mid-transformation cancels it instantly, reverting them to normal.
*Labor Hours: From sunrise to sunset.
Most goblins work during labor hours. All who finish labor, including intruders, receive coins.
*Free Hours: Time without sun.
Large goblins patrol during free hours, expelling coinless ones with punishment.
Goblins exiting during free hours disintegrate.
No wonder.
You turn into a goblin.
Like some witch's curse.
Face all twisted—eyes, nose, mouth in wrong places. Horrifying just imagining it.
Not knowing if you can revert.
How many intruders could keep exploring with their sanity intact?
And.
Paired with that fantasy buddy aiding the goblinification.
No intel? Pure nightmare dungeon.
Merchant (★4)
Price: 50,000P
Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, Activator, Non-Growable
Operates in designated zone.
Steals all intruder possessions upon detection in range.
Prices stolen items based on dungeon-available materials.
Returns items upon payment.
Returns all if intruder leaves zone.
Staring too long inflicts 'Charm' status.
Under charm (no external interference), intruder buys until unable to pay.
The dwarves and mercs were special cases.
Normal folks go nuts without water for a day.
Merchant yoinks food and water.
Tempts with mud water and rotten meat. Tests pure endurance.
Even I think it's bullshit lol
For real lol
First-timers' sanity would shatter.
Even buying escape scrolls requires organ donation first.
If I were an intruder, it'd suck.
No more for a while now.
Chase opted to wipe goblin cave intel.
Newbie baby!
Now you can gallery with me all day???
lol
Answer.
Anyway, hope no more intruders,
but if none come, no points or leveling—real dilemma.
Answer.
Answer.
Fine... let's gallery all day ㅠㅠ
Nothing else to do anyway...... Huh?
Newbie baby!
Then just upgrade your income gear!
Love dropped a fun word.
Income...?
Does 'income' even exist in this Dungeon Master world?
What's income??
Huh?? No one told you??
Yeah... first time hearing it.
Upgrade income gear and points roll in monthly. No EXP like waves, but racks up points big time!
For real?
I thought everyone just lived off killing intruders;;
Then third-years would've died to elves already lolol
Newbie dungeons have immortal tags by default...
But other themes don't.
Traps get wrecked and minions die every wave...
Wave rewards alone have limits...
This changes everything.
So Dungeon Masters get bank interest or dividends?
Fuck, this is pure honey.
My dungeon gets more wave rewards than others.
Newbie perks or whatever—probably more income too?
Time to show my skills.
Who am I?
No stocks, no coins.
Dutifully saving, never touching principal.
A terrifying newbie surpassing 0% yield 'King Rock.'
Let's go.
Time to teach investing.
Why no income gear for anomalies... ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Until now, called total scam, insane, nerf it.
Anomalies bask in every Dungeon Master's envy—untouchable top performance.
Its one flaw: no money-making besides waves.
Pretty sad.
Oblivion patched anomalies being OP in real time.
For real lololol Oblivion communicates well
Poor Newbie, no income...
Ugh.
Wanna slap these bastards.
Wave rewards alone? I get way more EXP and points.
Expanded fine without income so far.
Still.
Even with god-tier anomaly theme.
Others earn points breathing—sucks I can't.
Newbie baby! Even if you can't earn points, sis will feed and house you ㅠㅠㅠ
I'm a beggar...
I'm rich...
Fuck ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
But Love,
What
Your speech changes only around Newbie—kinda annoying lol
What about it
Sigh.
Can't change what's unchangeable.
Ditch pointless regrets.
Better for mental health.
Anyway.
Post-Chase, no more dwarves in Dreamland.
Thought it'd be gallery time with Love and squishy fun.
But soon, shocking news hit Dungeon Gallery.
Guys I might actually die for real now...
Thanks for everything so far... everyone survive long...
The World is Cold.
Famous for elf suffering, he just dropped a bomb in Dungeon Gallery.