Chapter 16
【Doppelgänger(★3)】
【Price : 25000P】
【Tags : Anomaly, Immortal, Activation, Untrainable】
It splits its body to duplicate intruders. The duplicated intruder lasts until the wave ends or until the intruder leaves the designated area. It cannot create another intruder until the copied intruder dies. The target condition is that the original must be covered in liquid.
Ta-da.
This was the minion that did the most to carry this Manticore wave.
In one word, it looked like a gigantic mass of goo.
If our squishy one grows up well, wouldn't it get this big too?
Normally it sleeps soundly in the core room, but when a wave starts, it gets to work.
The living maze was also a very fine trap,
but it took a long time to drive intruders off, and it wasn't completely invincible.
Even the Manticore had tried to pry into the maze's secrets this time, so I needed at least one partner.
So I bought the Doppelgänger.
Of course, there were plenty of tempting options, but it pairs well with our maze, where liquid drips from the sprinklers.
The more I looked at it, the more that doppelgänger ghost story came to mind.
Do you know that story?
I'm talking about that terrifying story where you find someone exactly like yourself, and you tremble with anxiety before finally deciding to kill the doppelgänger—but because the doppelgänger is thinking the exact same thing, it ends with a mutual-kill ending.
Yo, you little minx.
Zzz...
I stroked the doppelgänger.
But this bastard isn't going to turn into me later, right?
Unlike traps, minions can't be removed once you've bought them, so it's a little scary.
Hmmm.
It's only human to want to run an experiment later, but I only have one life.
In any case, since I already know how it works, I won't be getting into a kill-or-be-killed match with the doppelgänger.
For now, I'd better hold off.
I should be careful not to make a mistake.
Anyway, I'm planning to expand the dungeon soon.
If the living maze & Doppelgänger combo is Zone 1, then I want to make a new place called Zone 2.
The reason is simple.
씹간사랑개 : Newbie-ya!
씹간사랑개 : Thorough preparation is good! Investing in this and that is good too! But never put all your eggs in one basket! (Very important)
씹간사랑개 : You know what I mean, right??
씹간사랑개 : I'm not saying it's pointless to work hard on building one thing, but yeah, if that falls apart, everything becomes pointless.
The investing maxim about diversification.
Of course, growing a dungeon isn't the same as putting money into the stock market, but it made sense.
After all, my dungeon's strength is that it's eerie and creepy.
Its specialty is dragging things out as long as possible and keeping intruders from getting their heads straight.
If I stuffed every minion and trap into the maze, it seemed like it would do more harm than good rather than create synergy.
Zone 1 still isn't finished.
Using only the Doppelgänger and the maze feels a little shaky, and I do plan to reinforce it later, but
after considering all the pros and cons, the answer I came up with was that creating Zone 2 comes first.
Besides, I just got a whopping 100,000 points this time.
What should I put in so people will say I nailed it and the upvotes will explode?
Dungeon Gallery has something called Best Posts.
Posts that get a certain number of recommendations get moved up to Best Posts.
★Manticore Wave Live Coverage, Episode 1, Dungeon Gallery newbie! Finally face to face with Jokgan!
★Manticore Wave Live Coverage, Episode 2, Jokgan! Crying in the maze Jokgan made!
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★Manticore Wave Live Coverage, Final Episode, Doppelgänger, the Manticore, and the Old Wizard
Maybe it's newbie privilege, I don't know.
My posts get an absurdly good number of recommendations and comments.
So except for question posts, almost everything ends up in Best Posts.
Judging by what the veterans are saying, roughly.
They're saying it's fun because of the curiosity around the Anomaly theme, the newbie desperately fighting to hold off intruders, and the weird, grotesque intruder-prevention system unlike anything seen in any other dungeon.
There are even people thanking me for helping soothe their boring daily lives with my live coverage, so yeah.
If the head mod ever held a contest with a theme later on, I might be able to start from a pretty favorable position as a well-liked regular.
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Title : Head mod, I actually have something to tell you... I've liked you for a long...
Author : Newbie
Good morning, everyone, hi.
Looking for trap recommendations, Newbie here
After taking in everyone's opinions, I'm going to leave Zone 1 as the Doppelgänger and the maze for now
and start building Zone 2 first, haha...
I'd really appreciate it if you left good suggestions...
I'll remember everything, and if we ever meet in real life later, I'll give you a good gift
By the way, I made about 100,000 points this time, and I went up exactly 10 levels, haha
The difficulty was Nightmare... don't call me a show-off...
It's not like I want more just for the sake of getting more...
Or rather, I shouldn't say that, right?
*Comments
Orange★ : ?
ㄴ정신병원수석환자 : If you'd even momentarily expected the head mod, big upvote lol
ㄴ개미여왕 : I think you were imagining the head mod pushing a stroller, sir... yeah...
ㄴ고래고래그래 : You guys keep talking like that and you'll get temp-banned;;
세상은차가워 : I'm going to kill myself
ㄴ킹짱악령 : That's already your fifth suicide of the season; when are you actually going to do it
ㄴ던전마스터는실망했다 : They say even when he dies, he gets killed by an elf... at this point that's basically true love...
ㄴ티비대가리 : At this rate, won't Secha get beaten by the newbie?
마법히어로 : A-a Nightmare...? Then the Manticore would be around fourth-tier...
ㄴ소대가리 : The rewards are sweet lol
ㄴ밤까마귀 : D-d-damn... if I were at your level, newbie, I really would've died this time... amazing... bb
ㄴ익명의도살자 : The more I look at you, the more fascinating you are.
씹간사랑개 : I almost quit the gallery... haha...
ㄴ나만부하없어 : Dude, why did you have a meltdown...
ㄴ3M햄스터 : Honestly, I came in here to see this person's reaction...
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Honestly, there wasn't any reason to stir up trouble this much, but it's just more fun this way.
I've discovered the fun of trolling.
Newbie : So what should I buy, guys?
ㄴ나만부하없어 : Why aren't you asking about minions?
ㄴ해골뼈다귀 : Isn't he deciding the traps first, then asking again after combining everyone's opinions? That'd be cleaner, I guess.
Skull Ham was right.
If you want the best efficiency, there's always a formula.
The most efficient formula is minion + trap, but for Zone 1, the maze is the main feature for now.
If the maze were pork belly, the Doppelgänger would be the soybean paste stew and a bowl of rice.
Zone 2 was also going to have traps as its main feature.
Not every piece fit that role, but there were quite a few that could.
ㄴ익명의도살자 : Hmm, after reading through the descriptions, the most attractive one is this.
ㄴ씹간사랑개 : I think so too, haha...
ㄴ골렘왕 : This one feels like the living maze too—set a zone, and a strange space appears in proportion to its size, yeah
킹슬레이어 : Was Dreamland actually a dungeon that favored the Ajol type? Usually stuff like this gives an advantage to people who are already familiar with it, lol
ㄴ골렘왕 : This filthy world where even clearing a dungeon is judged by your education level ㅠㅠ
ㄴDIP : Anyway, if we go into the newbie's dungeon, I think it'll end right here... ㅠㅠㅠ
ㄴ정신병원수석환자 : LOL honestly, the title alone guarantees it's a banger, agreed
씹간사랑개 : I have a dream now
ㄴ뉴비 : What's that
ㄴ씹간사랑개 : Going on a date with you in this place
ㄴ뉴비 : Monsters come out here...
ㄴ씹간사랑개 : That's what makes it thrilling, y'know
In fact, there were a few other 3-star traps that got good reactions too.
This trap got an especially good reaction.
ㄴ마법히어로 : F-first of all, it matches the minions we saw before really well...
ㄴ골렘왕 : It gives the minions inside the trap a specific gimmick and evolves them. It even has buff-type effects built in—it's insanely broken... seriously...
ㄴ세상은차가워 : Newbie, I'll give you the points I've painstakingly saved, so could you please install one of these in my dungeon?
ㄴ오렌지★ : Like hell it will
ㄴ뉴비 : haha... sorry... if I can do that later, I will...
If it were for Secha-ham, who's being tormented by the elf, I'd want to give him one as a gift, but
there's just no way to do it right now.
Good.
There's one thing I need to point out here.
Most of the Anomaly-themed pieces—meaning minions and traps—are one-and-done purchases.
In other words, you can't buy duplicates.
That goes for the Doppelgänger, the living maze, and the trap I'm trying to buy now.
However, there was always an exception.
【Crying Person Statue】
The veterans call it a neck-snapping yandere.
It's powerful, but since it's a statue, it can't move and is restricted in a lot of ways, which pushed it down the priority list.
It's also cheaper than the other minions.
And it seems like it'd synergize pretty well with traps.
DIP : Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go
골렘왕 : go go go go go go
Let's give it a go.