Chapter 42
【Wave defense succeeded.】
【Rewards will be calculated according to difficulty.】
【Calculation complete.】
【This wave's difficulty has been rated as Madness.】
【Level increased.】
【Level increased.】
【Level increased.】
【Level increased.】
【Points have been awarded.】
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LV. 80
Class - Dungeon Master
Dungeon Theme – Anomaly
Population – 7/50
Device count: - 5/50
Point - 650000
STR - 83
DEX - 83
CON - 83
MP – 83
UN - Newbie
UC - dm_6_666666666
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Newbie : I can buy 4-star traps and minions now... you're all dead, lol
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TheWorldIsCold : I'm going to kill myself (expected reply: Season 513251 suicide—get lost, this guy says he's going to be killed by an elf)
ㄴCowHead : judging by how fast your level's going up, you'll probably hit the next milestone soon lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴTheWorldIsCold : I'm raking in insane EXP and points this time too...
ㄴTheWorldIsCold : Fuck, seeing that gives me a wall... Newbie, just step on me and climb over it, okay.
NoMinionsForMe : the supporter really does give a lot of rewards... wasn't Julius madness too?? You got even more levels and points than back then??
ㄴNewbie : For real, I was shocked as hell when I saw it...
ㄴNoMinionsForMe : Maybe because it was the one the Blessed One treasured and raised so carefully...
ㄴNoMinionsForMe : He was one of Sinclair's core forces, after all.
ㄴNoMinionsForMe : But I really didn't expect you'd hit level 80 this fast.
ㄴNoMinionsForMe : I'm feeling a pretty serious sense of relative deprivation here in Dungeon Gallery...
ㄴNewbie : Sorry ㅠㅠ
ㄴNoMinionsForMe : No, I'm not really complaining. Honestly, leveling up is a good thing lolㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴFilthySneakyDog : Why are you giving Newbie a hard time?? Got personality problems or something??
ㄴFilthySneakyDog : Our Newbie has to grow up nice and big, hit level 32,153,512, and live with me forever.
ㄴNewbie : hehe
ㄴFilthySneakyDog : Answer.
ㄴNewbie : hehe
ㄴFilthySneakyDog : ㅡ_ㅡ
AntQueen : By now, everyone who came to Newbie's dungeon is already dead, so what exactly are you saying is dead???
ㄴTVHead : Restia and the slave are still alive, though. Seems like foreshadowing.
ㄴAntQueen : Ahaha
MagicHero : New-New-New-Newbie, could you show us the newly unlocked pieces... I'm really curious...
ㄴOrange★ : Even if you buy traps, you'll still have points left, and even if you buy minions, you'll still have points left.
ㄴOrange★ : What are you going to spend all those points on?
ㄴNewbie : That's what I'm wondering too, yeah.
CowHead : Newbie.
ㄴNewbie : Yes, bro.
ㄴCowHead : When's the next live stream?
ㄴNewbie : I can upload when an intruder comes in, bro, hehe...
ㄴCowHead : On the next live stream, I have a request... could you maybe show the crying man's statue in action?
ㄴNewbie : If I get the chance, I'll try it once.
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Damn, just looking at it makes my teeth ache.
The intruders' blood and flesh became the dungeon's nourishment.
Dream Land became even more fearsome because of it.
"I'm so excited."
This wave was a success.
There wasn't any particular info leak.
EXP and points came pouring in like crazy.
Still, we'll have to see.
Since the Elevator strategy guide vanished with Max.
For now, it was a total steal.
It was all thanks to the school and the strange-phenomenon minions.
Let's thank Area 2, which worked the hardest this time.
"Malangie worked hard too!"
"Eek."
Of course, right now the school and the minions were both asleep.
So I couldn't convey this feeling.
Anyway, that aside.
Was there any need to reinforce Area 2 any further?
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【Faceless Teacher (★3.5)】
【Price : ???】
【Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, Commencement, Untrainable, Unevolvable, Teacher】
【This minion was evolved by the school.】
【▼ Class Time】
【This minion recognizes intruders as students and conducts class. If the intruder's attitude is insincere or they can't answer the minion's questions properly, it issues a warning and breaks one of their limbs. If four warnings pile up, it breaks their neck.】
【However, if the student asks questions in return or brings up another topic, it answers sincerely.】
【▼ Break Time & Lunch Time】
【It does not harm intruders.】
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【Faceless Disciplinary Chief (★3.5)】
【Price : ???】
【Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, Commencement, Untrainable, Unevolvable, Student】
【This minion was evolved by the school.】
【This minion cannot enter classrooms.】
【It steals the belongings of intruders who enter the school. After that, it stores the intruder's belongings in the 'teacher's office'. If the intruder refuses the demand, it breaks their neck. If the intruder does not respond to the demand, it breaks one of their limbs.】
【▼ School Time】
【It does not harm intruders.】
【▼ Break Time & Lunch Time】
【If it finds an intruder wearing the stolen belongings, it pursues them. If the intruder's stats are above the average (5) at that point, it resets them to the average. If it catches the intruder, it breaks their neck.】
【▼ After School】
【It does not harm intruders.】
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【Faceless Disciplinary Committee Member (★3.5)】
【Price : ???】
【Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, Commencement, Untrainable, Unevolvable, Student】
【This minion was evolved by the school.】
【This minion cannot enter classrooms.】
【▼ School Time】
【It does not harm intruders.】
【▼ Break Time & Lunch Time】
【If it finds an intruder wearing the stolen belongings, it pursues them. If the intruder's stats are above the average (5) at that point, it resets them to the average. If it catches the intruder, it breaks their neck.】
【▼ After School】
【It does not harm intruders.】
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【Faceless Janitor (★3.5)】
【Price : ???】
【Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, Commencement, Untrainable, Unevolvable, Student】
【This minion was evolved by the school.】
【▼ After School】
【This minion operates from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. While this minion is active, the school's lights are temporarily cut. If this minion is nearby and the intruder moves, it fractures one of the intruder's limbs. Also, if the intruder generates light, it takes out the target's eyes regardless of distance.】
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【Ordinary Girl (★3.5)】
【Price : ???】
【Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, Commencement, Untrainable, Unevolvable, Student】
【This minion was evolved by the school.】
【Until the intruder accompanies this minion, all paths to the exit are blocked.】
【Meeting the girl increases the chance of encountering other minions.】
【If the girl is accompanying the intruder, she disappears when class time begins, but reappears during break time or after school.】
【▼ School Time】
【She roams the hallways between the 1st and 80th floors.】
【▼ Break Time & Lunch Time】
【She roams the hallways between the 1st and 80th floors.】
【▼ After School】
【She hides in the last classroom on the 80th floor.】
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Damn, just looking at it makes this lineup feel reassuring.
In the maze's case, you have to wear down the intruders for at least half a month, so the wave ends up being quite long. But the school is like that 'finishes it in 5 minutes' guy from some comic, constantly putting intruders through the wringer nonstop.
In many ways, this area could be called Dream Land's finishing move.
Honestly, I wonder if it even needs any more reinforcement.
In the first place, the minions the school can evolve are limited.
It's basically just the game master and the crying statue, and honestly they're basically the same thing.
And the number of minions that can be deployed in the school was limited to six.
The only real drawback is that the teacher's office location is random, right?
If the teacher's office had been on the 80th floor, I wouldn't have even gotten a look at the escape scroll.
Of course, Jack burned it spectacularly, so it didn't really mean much.
But even calling that a drawback feels a little awkward.
After all, the escape scroll also counts as a defense success in its own way.
So even if I were to reinforce Area 2 from here on out.
At most, I'd add one minion or expand the space, which feels kind of middling.
In many ways, Dream Land is a dungeon that has to watch out for 'multiple-wave runs.'
Information is life.
If that information gets leaked, minions and traps become drastically weakened.
There's nothing that can be done.
That's an anomaly for you.
So the thing that needs reinforcing isn't Area 2.
It's the structure of this dungeon itself.
There is a way.
Right now, at this very moment, after reaching level 80.
Dream Land is about to evolve into an even harder, more baffling dungeon.
【Memory-Eating Cat (★4)】
【Price : 150000P】
【Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, Curtain Call, Untrainable】
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【Ink-Manipulating Mouse (★4)】
【Price : 150000P】
【Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, Curtain Call, Untrainable】
【…….】
If I just buy these minions, I'd even have a shot against the Blessed One now.
At least, that's what I think.
Still.
Just in case, let's ask the gallery once.
Newbie : Guys, what do you think of these minions??
ㄴGolemKing : top-tier, buy them right away
ㄴDIP : No way lol, they have stuff like that??
ㄴGolemKing : The further you go, the dungeon difficulty becomes hell lol. Isn't this going to turn into a Blessed-One-avoidance dungeon like that FilthySneakyDog bastard's dungeon??
ㄴTheWorldIsCold : Newbie, sir
ㄴNewbie : Yes, bro.
ㄴTheWorldIsCold : If it ever turns out later that there's a chance I can give you minions and traps, could you maybe put one in my dungeon too? I beg you, really. I would even do a naked dogeza in full sincerity...
ㄴNewbie : I don't need the naked dogeza... if I get the chance later, I'll do that for you, yeah.
ㄴTheWorldIsCold : Thank you...
The reaction wasn't bad either.
Good.
First, I bought the Memory-Eating Cat.
When I pressed the button, a prompt appeared asking me to choose a placement area, just like with the other minions.
I selected the core room.
"Oh."
Since it was a cat, I thought it would be cute.
It was just a grotesque-looking cat statue.
Should I call it the uncanny valley?
It looked like a 50-50 mix of a human face and a cat's face.
It was so frightening you'd wet yourself in your sleep.
I also bought the Ink-Manipulating Mouse.
This one, sorry to say, was also an unpleasant-looking statue just like the cat.
Well, it's suitably anomaly-like, so that's good.
Both of them were about my size or bigger.
I carefully placed them beside the sleeping doppelganger.
After wiping them down squeaky clean with a towel recovered from the intruders, Malangie wobbled over.
"Eek..."
Yeah, yeah.
Don't worry.
"Our dungeon mascot is Malangie. I approve."
Today as well, I kept petting Malangie furiously while thinking.
The remaining points were 350,000.
It was about time to build the next area.
What kind of vibe should Area 3 have?
How should I make it so terrifying that it'll get upvotes, hmm?
I picked up a steel helmet from among the intruders' belongings, one that looked very similar to a construction-site safety helmet.
Put it on your head and tighten the chin strap, and you're done. Easy, right?
"Construction Mode ON."
Well, from here on out, I can think about it slowly.