Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

Simon thought that Irene was ill at ease after suddenly finding herself in a different and foreign environment. But it seemed to not be the case.

Immediately after arriving, she chose one of the rooms that was farthest from his own inside the white palace, as if it was the most obvious thing to do. Her attitude seemed to display that she owned the place. Whenever they met, she was always having an indifferent face.

Her aura was as cold as ever and it felt like all her emotions were frozen in ice. The only time she did show some emotions was during the meals. Even then the changes were so slight that it was easy to overlook if one did not pay enough attention.

Maybe it was because she had never seen the food that was listed in the shop as all of it came from his previous world, but it seemed that she did like them. 'Were all women fond of food?' Simon wondered. He watched her enjoying the food before silently leaving the dining hall.

Simon chose to not bother her too much as he wanted to give her the time and space she needed to adjust herself. While he was upgrading his dungeon with his new menu, he suddenly thought about the matter of the bugged options. Five days have passed since he summoned Irene and nothing unusual has happened since then.

"It turns out the options are working just fine. The gacha worked as usual and even the summon was successful" Simon pondered. It cannot be ascertained yet that there were no changes after the merger; after all, the dungeon menu and [Main Menu] are from two different worlds. Additionally, he felt apprehensive whenever he stared at that black spiral inside the [???????] option.

Simon did not know what other unusual occurrences will take place if he used the defective summon again, but one thing was clear that the emblem worked just fine.

He was quite thankful that the summoning worked and he got a powerful subordinate or else he wouldn't know what to do anymore. The summon function was after all a crucial key in strengthening his dungeon. But there were still some questions that kept pestering his mind, it was about that [???????] option.

Simon was sure that it wasn't the [Hero's Altar] as there was no such person called the Nine Revolution Immortal Ice Phoenix among the twelve characters that he had designed. He felt more aligned to think that it was the [Summon] option from the dungeon menu since the emblems worked on it.

Then again if Irene was summoned through the [Summon] option, then why wasn't the analysis able to rank her. Nonetheless, he was not entirely sure. After all, he had not seen anything as peculiar as that black hole like spiral.

He didn't know what were the rules that dictated the new options. Were three emblems still the maximum that can be used at once? Would the option work without any emblems or were emblems the only thing that can be used to summon?

There were many such questions like that but Simon thought that the answer couldn't be rushed, as he had lots of time in the future he could use to explore and understand the options thoroughly. Above all, the options were going to remain the same since he didn't have any way to split the menus.

At the same time, he had this undescribable vague feeling that the two options were not simple anymore as they were before.

"Ah, I nearly messed up here" Simon said snapping out of his thoughts. He was looking at a screen that was displaying all the floors of his dungeon.

Currently, he was focusing his attention on designing the floors of his dungeon for his future plans. Simon had decided to entice human adventurers into entering the dungeon now that its rank had increased. Although a [D] rank is still considered a low-rank dungeon, it was still enticing for those new and low-level adventurers looking to improve their skills and earn at the same time.

He had deliberated over this and came to a decision. The rate at which the dungeon was regenerating DP was insufficient to sustain the amount in which he was expending them. If this continues on, even the large pool of DP that he collected after the war against Gelgar, would run out.

Thus he needed to do something. Using the Elixir of Enticement would generate some DP but the process was too slow and the amount too less. No to mention that he had already spawned monsters on most of the floors and if he brought monsters from outside, they would just be fighting about themselves.

If the spawned monster dies, he would be losing either way since it took DP to spawn them and would destroy his purpose. That was why he decided to drop this idea.

Since Elixir of Enticement won't work on stronger monsters, therefore he decided that in the upcoming future, he should make his dungeon so that it is quite enticing for the adventurers to dive into.

Of course, he was aware of the dangers but sooner or later there are bound to be some adventurers who would find his dungeon. The Ghastly Winding Forest was near to the Central Continent after all.

Instead of just going with the flow until adventurers stumble upon his dungeon, he was trying to manipulate the flow in his favour and make it so that his dungeon is prepared when that time comes.

If any greedy adventurers are lusting over his dungeon core, he could just send them packing or even kill them if he must. But to do that he has to continuously increase his level, Simon did not become content after defeating Gelgar. That demon did not represent the strong. The truly strong ones wouldn't even bother to look at the current him.

If he did not want to be trampled by someone then he has to keep on growing and increase his level and that of his subordinates. He felt the urgency to get stronger more than ever. Those with bigger might reigned supreme here and are also in control of their fates.

Fortunately, Simon learned it earlier on and could make plans so that he doesn't end up becoming a pawn in someone's ploy to realise their ambition.