Chapter 65

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Translator: penny

Chapter: 65

Chapter Title: Return

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As expected of the Blessed big sis.

She came alone, and she's giving rewards this generous?

It's almost the same as the payout for repelling those 70 dwarves.

And Dreamland's even stronger now than back then, yet the multiplier's still this good.

Of course, the higher your level climbs...

the stingier the rewards will get.

If she brings allies next time, it'll be a real windfall.

Won't be long before 3M Hamster hits his level-up milestone.

Anyway.

Honestly, she scared me.

She felt different from your average intruder.

How should I put it? All the previous ones risked their lives coming in, so they moved slowly, steeped in that unique dread.

But this Avaloris woman was different.

With infinite lives, she charged ahead clean and decisive, like it was just a game.

When the maze got temporarily nullified, I was genuinely startled.

Most dangerous dungeon rapist I've faced yet.

Just like the gallery folks said, the Blessed feel like they were born to kill Dungeon Masters.

If I were a newbie Dungeon Master with some plain theme, that might've been game over.

"I thought I'd gotten stronger for sure."

This leaves me uneasy.

Beyond spending points, is there a way to fortify the dungeon even more?

Maybe exploit a system loophole?

I can bring intruders in from outside.

And dungeons have 'entry limits.'

I'm a level 105 Dungeon Master.

So max entry limit is 15 people.

If I drag in 15 easy-to-handle goblin types from outside and let them live happily ever after in Dreamland, no one else could get in, right? Yeah, no.

'That won't fly.'

Truth is, I think it's impossible.

No matter how glitchy a newbie I am, some lines can't be crossed.

Oblivion sets up basic safeguards to keep dungeons as dungeons.

For instance, it forbids ideas like using dungeon expansion to block the path to the core room, making impossible.

In this case, I figure after a set time, it'd trigger 'defense success' judgment, ending the wave even if they're alive.

I've got reason to think that.

In the goblin cave, intruders turned into goblins end the wave on 'death' judgment without dying.

If it worked, paranoid Dungeon Masters like 3M Hamster would've abused it already.

No need to test it myself.

The veteran Dungeon Masters who started before me have probably tried everything.

The gallery will clear up my questions later.

The simplest way is still just spec-up.

Anomaly lets you farm EXP and points by installing fixtures in other dungeons or defending waves.

The former's viable depending on the case.

But it's limited by dungeon location, and assumes intruders enter that dungeon.

The closest dungeon to Dreamland right now...

is 3M Hamster's Dino World. Round trip on Squishy would take about a week.

The next nearest ones...

require committing to months of travel.

Dungeons have to shift locations about once a year.

If I'm not in the dungeon then, it might not teleport at all.

If the distance is huge...

I could be forced away for a long stretch.

Unless Squishy gets faster or I snag new transport, I need to think it over.

For now, I'll visit other dungeons whenever I can to plant Anomalies.

More income's always better, and higher levels mean more traps and minions to buy.

Last resort: forced kidnapping.

But personally, I hate that method.

It's no different from killing people and looting for cash—like a bandit.

If it were scary monsters like goblins or trolls, maybe.

But I don't want to torment folks who haven't harmed me or my friends.

This world's full of dungeon rapists.

Plenty of non-rapists exist too.

Gotta live clean.

No other way.

Not every Blessed has traits like 'Trap Nullification.'

They revive on death, but penalties exist.

Repelling a Blessed makes me grow stronger.

Just buy more annoying Anomalies.

Turn Dreamland into a nightmare pit.

And.

She said it loud enough for me to hear on purpose.

The Blessed rated Dreamland a 'dungeon she doesn't want to enter.'

No need to rush. Just keep this up.

For now, celebrate breaking level 100.

Now I can buy minions and traps way better than anything I've hired so far.

"Oh, but I forgot to turn on community linking."

I hopped onto Dungeon Gallery first.

Gotta post the live update before expanding.

"Huh?"

But.

Why's the gallery so dead?

Fewer posts too. Nothing bad happened while I was gone, right?

I started reading from the old posts.

Dungeon Gal users' freakouts are next level.

For real.

Someone worrying about me...

Feels pretty good.

What to say for my return post?

Hmm. Nothing beats this.

Pfft.

Nothing beats gallery scrolling post-wave.

I busily worked my fingers again today.