Dungeon Maker

Law of the Jungle.

Survival of the Fittest.

However, there wasn't just one absolute power in the demon world.

There were six demon kings that ruled across the lands.

Typically, one owner ruled one dungeon.

However, that wasn't a rule. It was just the general case.

There were demon kings that ruled several dungeons. Each of the owners of those dungeons were under their command.

And for the six demon kings, who were regarded as the pinnacle power of the demon world, ruled over dozens of dungeons.

The southeast side of the demon world.

The King of Gluttony, who ruled over one of the seven territories.

Commanded 43 owners and owned 60 dungeons.

"Beautiful."

The King of Gluttony spoke. He had a deep and rough voice.

The king was of a massive size.

He had a height that reached three meters tall, with shoulders that looked like castle walls, and two long thick arms that dragged across the floor. His arms were so huge that they looked more like pillars that supported his massive frame.

His jaw was so well developed that it now resembled a trapezoid. Whereas his teeth that were shown whenever he spoke looked more like they belonged to a shark.

The King of Gluttony slightly squinted his eyes. He raised his head, that was adorned with six horns and observed the spirit in front of him. The large, white fabric that covered his purple skin fluttered slightly in the breeze.

In front of the king, a large monster politely bowed its head. The monster was so large that the room, which had a ceiling about twenty meters high, felt quite cramped

The monster was a Bone Dragon.

It was considered to be one of the highest-ranked undead spirits.

The dragon's body reached dozens of meters in length. And when it would spread out its wings and take flight, it was as if its body covered the entire sky.

"I'm glad you like it."

A brown-skinned Incubus stood in front of the king wearing a black suit and a warm smile upon his face. He was responsible for the transaction between the Dungeon Market and the King of Gluttony.

The King of Gluttony spoke up again.

"Its body seems strong. What kind of dragon was it again? Is it blue? Or red?"

"It's red. One of the many bloodlines of the King of Violence."

"Oh, so it's his descendant."

"It's the fourth generation. I don't know about anything else, but when it comes to its body and physical strength, in particular, it's safe to assume that it's definitely the descendant of the King of Violence."

The King of Violence, one of the six demon kings that ruled the demon world.

He possessed one of the great Seven Miracles, the symbol of a king, and was known to be the strongest out of all of the dragons that existed within the demon world.

"It seems like he's not that interested in his descendants."

"If that was the case, then he would have to take care of over dozens, maybe hundreds, of descendants. Furthermore, he's currently resting so it can't be helped."

The same was true for the King of Gluttony, who too wasn't that interested in his descendants. There was even a separate military force of just his direct descendants.

The real reason why the King of Gluttony felt annoyed was simple. He hated the King of Violence. His existence made him feel uncomfortable.

Demon Kings possessed not only one of the Seven Miracles but also represented the Seven Deadly Sins

Only those that possessed both should be fit to reign over the demon world.

Thus, shouldn't it be a requirement to possess one of the Seven Deadly Sins in order to fight for dominance over the demon world?

The King of Violence.

He wasn't part of the Seven Deadly Sins. He just had one of the Seven Miracles that the other kings had.

The King of Gluttony frowned slightly to express their displeasure and gazed upon the dragon again. After thinking about the descendant of the King of Violence becoming his spirit, it made him feel a bit better.

"What happened to the purchase of the Death Knight and the Elder Lich that we talked about before?"

"Since you wanted the transaction to be done discreetly, it will take more time. Furthermore, since there aren't that many high-ranked spirits, there are many who are quite sensitive to the information about their number."

The six kings were currently standing against each other and information regarding transactions of high-ranked spirits were of utmost importance to them.

The King of Gluttony stroked the giant gauntlet on his left hand, which provided the power of one of the miracles. He didn't like the delay, but he needed time regardless to continue with his current plan.

'The south is empty.'

It was the area that the great King of Greed, Mammon, once ruled over. Right now, it was just a bare empty land.

But he had no intention of taking it. There were still dozens of dungeons there and even though they were weak, each of the dungeons still had owners.

He couldn't go there personally since he was a king. If he did, then the other kings would definitely rise up and confront him.

But what if he had someone else dominate the empty southern land in his place? And what if that person then devoted themselves to himself, the King of Gluttony?

Lots of different scenarios could potentially occur during the enactment of that plan.

He needed to come up with different solutions to handle each one of those potential scenarios. All to surprise the other kings with his newfound power. The Bone Dragon in front of him was just the beginning of his plan.

"I'll wait."

The king spoke softly and the Incubus politely offered his thanks in return.

The dragon bowed its head.

***

"That way!"

"Aah!"

"Aah!"

Jon and Ron both roared in response after Yong-Ho shouted. Beside them were the two other goblins, Yon and Jun, who now specialized in agility and intellect. Instead of wielding bamboo spears, each of them now wielded a separate weapon and shield.

Instead of fighting individually, each of the four Goblins were now together in formation.

Ron held up his shield in the front since he was in charge of defense and specialized in stamina, whereas Jon wielded an axe to attack from the side since he specialized in strength. Yon, meanwhile, specialized in agility so he used a long lance to attack any openings from the enemies and lastly, Jun directed the other Goblins since she specialized in intelligence

Together they formed a team that made use of each of their specialized skills.

Yong-Ho named the goblins, Goblin Rangers, and gave them the group name, The Four Goblin Guardians. Yong-Ho was now quite satisfied by their fighting ability against the Crazy Ants and turned his attention elsewhere.

Skull was now all equipped with a shield and armor and was mercilessly crushing the Crazy Ants before him. Yong-Ho recently evolved him from a Skeleton Soldier to a Skeleton Warrior as a reward for his fighting prowess. Before, he seemed to just randomly swing his hammer around, but now, it seemed like he planned every move.

It had now been four days since they reclaimed Kaiwan's armory.

Yong-Ho now had a higher quantity of mana, thanks to his evolution and simply developing the dungeon's facilities wasn't enough for him.

He had evolved the other Goblins, Catalina, and even Skull, who was now considered the dungeon's ace.

Reclaiming the mine with their current strength was currently impossible. That was why Yong-Ho instead focused on gaining experience.

Instead of going directly into the mine, Yong-Ho hovered around it and hunted the nearby Crazy Ants and Slimes.

'This both decreases the number of enemies and allows us to gain experience. Two birds with one stone.'

Training helped him gain experience and develop his skills, it wasn't nearly as effective as actual combat.

'It would be nice if I could obtain another spirit.'

Unfortunately, it was too difficult to obtain a spirit from either a Crazy Ant or a Slime. It was because both of the dungeon monsters, in the first place, didn't have a lot of mana, but more importantly, there was too large of a gap between them and Yong-Ho.

'Even if they were part of the same family, if there was too large of a difference, you wouldn't be able to obtain their spirit. In order to become stronger, you can only take the spirit of an opponent of similar strength or stronger.'

Yong-Ho recalled Catalina's explanation and turned his attention elsewhere. He saw Catalina fighting a group of Crazy Ants and Soldier Ants that recently appeared. Yong-Ho activated the Power of Evolution.

[Name: Catalina (F)

[Race: Half Succubus, Half Dark Elf]

[Class: Spirit (Mid-Rank)]

[Main Elements: Wind / Darkness | Secondary Elements : Lightning / Water / Earth]

[Main Stats: Succubus - Charm / Mana | Dark Elf - Agility / Courage]

[Evolution Rate: 99/100]

[Succubus: Charm - Level 0 | ★★★ (3)] -> [Development route opened]

[Dark Elf: Agility - Level 2 | ★★★☆ (3.5)] -> [Development route opened]

[Hybrid - Level 0 | ★★★☆ (3.5)] -> [Development route will open once it has been evolved]

[Succubus: Mana - Level 0 | ★★★☆ (3.5)] -> [Development route opened]

[Dark Elf: Skill - Level 1 | ★★★ (3)] -> [Development route opened]

[Succubus] / [Shadow Elf]

Just from her information, it seemed that he should evolve her right now.

Out of the five evolutionary routes, four of them were open for promotion.

There were two main different evolutionary routes that Catalina could take.

'The routes related to the Succubus would evolve her into a Succubus while those related to the Dark Elf would evolve her into a Shadow Elf.'

The Power of Evolution wasn't in its most perfect form yet. Every time Yong-Ho became stronger, then his power would become stronger as well and a new category would be revealed.

'The level for the routes related to the Succubus are all zero. However, the development routes are still open… which probably means that if selected she would evolve from being a half Succubus to a full Succubus.'

In that sense, it was a bit vague to say that it was a simple development. Rather, it was more akin to her evolving into an entirely different being.

Which route should he choose?

That was Yong-Ho's first major concern, however, now something else worried him. There was another category that made him more concerned.

'Hybrid.'

The only evolutionary route that wasn't yet open.

What would happen if she evolved into a hybrid? What kind of development route would appear?

Catalina was a mix between a Succubus and a Dark Elf. So instead of developing her into one of those races, wouldn't it be better for her to keep both and use the advantages of each?

'The problem is that I'm not certain about anything.'

He couldn't just hastily evolve her, hoping for the best.

Each evolution caused an increase in difficulty in filling the evolution rate, similar to how characters in games would require more experience points the more they leveled up. The number required still remained at 100, but it required a lot more experience to just fill one point.

It was also hard for him to ignore the fact that depending on the evolutionary route he took the potential development of the accessible evolutionary routes would change as well.

If it was a game character, he could refer to websites to get help or he could even first test it out and then get a new character.

'I should ask her about it.'

Even though Catalina was a spirit that belonged to the dungeon, she had her own character. She wasn't low in intelligence like the Goblin Rangers or had difficulty communicating like Skull, so it was best to go with whatever she wanted.

"Great."

After they defeated the Soldier Ants, then he would have a talk with her. It seemed like his evolution rate was going to reach a hundred as well.

After making up his mind, Yong-Ho waved his finger in the air and created a window of light that contained a map of the dungeon. He examined the dungeon map which allowed him to easily grasp the current status of the dungeon.

Catalina, Skull, and the Goblin Rangers were currently engaged with the Crazy Ants along with Yong-Ho.

Whereas, the Treant and the Kobolds were training together in front of the throne room.

Meanwhile, the Salamander was hunting together with Eligor outside the dungeon.

The number of spirits now amounted to thirteen. The amount of food and mana required couldn't be compared to when he had just first started with three members, including himself.

'As expected. It's better to start off with just a few and then increase their power.'

He couldn't increase the number of spirits.

He had to instead improve their power.

It was better to create a small elite group and then target the gold mine!

'Hm, an elite squad.'

Even though there weren't enough spirits to call them a troop, it didn't really matter. He felt that there was a certain romance and stylishness to the word, squad.

'It would be great if a similar level monster now appeared to help them gain experience.'

They could both increase their evolution rate and acquire a spirit.

Yong-Ho laughed because he even thought that it was quite a selfish request.

However, in that moment.

[An intruder has appeared in the dungeon!]

The Spirit of the Dungeon called out and Yong-Ho rolled his eyes. He exchanged a quick gaze with Catalina, who was just catching her breath after defeating the remaining Soldier Ants.

Yong-Ho and Catalina turned around at the same time. Skull and the Goblin Rangers did the same.

All of them began to run towards the throne room.