The Dungeon Gallery's Terrifying Newbie - Chapter 43

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◈ The Dungeon Gallery's Terrifying Newbie ◈

Chapter 43: Dungeon Construction (2)

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I bought the Memory-Eating Cat and Ink-Controlling Rat.

Now I had some way of dealing with what they called a “repeat Wave,” where intruders escaped with information and came back to raid Dreamland again.

If they tried farming easy money with weaklings, I could just beat them down.

If strong opponents showed up, I could deal with them using Anomalies.

It felt like I finally had a solid strategy.

Still.

A Helper died this time.

According to the head mod, the Helper had been abandoned by a Blessed One.

I still didn’t know what complications that might cause.

I needed to prepare for it.

There was a formula for expanding a dungeon.

1. Choose a trap.

2. Choose a Minion to pair with that trap.

It was a little different from the formulas other Veterans used.

Most of them centered on Minions and used traps as support.

But with an Anomaly theme, traps were like stages themselves. They had no choice but to be the main focus.

To celebrate reaching Level 80, I looked through the four-star traps.

The higher my level got, the fewer Pieces there were.

“Oh.”

One name caught my attention.

【Strange Goblin Cave Generator (★4)】

【Price: 150000P】

【Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, One-Time Use】

【…….】

The School, the maze, the white corridors that served as the base, and so on.

Most of the traps I had seen until now had a modern feel to them.

This one was unusually fantasy-like.

It suited this world, you could say.

I thought it over for a while.

At times like this, the gallery always had the answer.

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Title: The Constable I saved last time confessed and asked me out, what do I do?? Should I say yes?? Can a Dungeon Master and a human fuck and have babies??

Author: newbie

Guys, I’m trying to expand Area 3, but I can’t decide on a trap. Could you take a look?

I’m thinking either Goblin Cave or a Commercial District... Goblin Cave is probably more horrifying, but the Commercial District would be an unfamiliar setting for intruders, so I’m having a hard time deciding...

Hmm... Honestly, I’m more drawn to Goblin Cave.

From the description, it feels really different from the Goblins I’ve seen. Would it be okay??

Which one do you guys think would be tougher to deal with??

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no_minions_4_me: That title is seriously making me want to flick you on the forehead...

skullbones: I really want to kill you LOLLLLLLLLLLLLL

golemking: I came running after reading the title, but it was bait, fuck.

squintychar: I was honestly really looking forward to it. What a shame...

magichero: Hmm... Since a-a-a-antqueen is living proof, you should ask an expert about the question in the title...

└antqueen: newbie should lay eggs, not get pregnant...

└antqueen: I can guide you through it properly, hehe.

dip: This is pissing me off, but if you fuck later, will you give us a live broadcast?

squintychar: newbie, will you give us a live broadcast if you fuck later too?

└dip: Jinx.

└newbie: I’m not some porn actor, so why would I do that ;;

humanluvr: I almost lost my reason to live.

└humanluvr:DidIdosomethingwronglatelywhenevernewbiedoesntreplytomycommentsIgetworriedandfeellikeImgoingcrazywhatshouldIdo

└humanluvr:DidnewbiegettiredofmeifIeverdidanythingthatupsetyounewbiecouldyoutellmeImsorryIwaswrong

└newbie: No, it was just title bait...

└humanluvr: I tried baiting for attention too.

└newbie: This is bait too... right?

└humanluvr: Hehe.

newbie: So what do you guys think I should buy??

└humanluvr: Commercial District! Definitely Commercial District! I want the Commercial District! Seriously, Commercial District!

└no_minions_4_me: Because it looks good for going on a date with newbie?

└humanluvr: Yep, that’s right >_<

└no_minions_4_me: Unbelievable...

no_minions_4_me: I’m voting for Goblin Cave. It sounds fucking scary just from the description??

└no_minions_4_me: I don’t know how it would affect Blessed Ones, but things like that usually gnaw away at people’s minds.

└no_minions_4_me: It makes their judgment cloudy inside the area, I guess. Most of newbie’s dungeon is like that, of course, but Goblin Cave feels like it’s in a league of its own in that regard.

└orange★: I think familiar places make it easier to feel fear, though?

└orange★: I agree with Nabu.

└antqueen: This one does feel a little more horrifying to me too.

└golemking: I think Goblin Cave is better too??

└skullbones: It’s not like the Commercial District is bad, but........

The Commercial District got two votes.

Everyone else recommended Goblin Cave.

humanluvr: But the title really was bait, right...? There wasn’t some meeting you didn’t post on the gallery or anything... I’m just asking because I’m curious...

└newbie: Nothing like that happened T_T

└humanluvr: ...........................

I should keep the bait reasonable from now on.

One person got caught in the blast, and her menhera meter shot through the roof.

newbie: Love, you’re the only one for me...

└humanluvr: Gasp! Newbie! Is that really true!?

└newbie: Actually, it’s a lie.

└humanluvr: I’ll die.

└newbie: You said you weren’t a menhera.

That was how construction began.

I got help with the expansion from Nabu, the Dungeon Gallery’s construction foreman.

no_minions_4_me: Making it square like the School is the cheapest, yeah.

└no_minions_4_me: If you just want to make the space bigger, that’s the way to do it.

└no_minions_4_me: You’ve mastered how to use the expansion tools now, right??

└newbie: It’s thanks to you. Thanks for teaching me.

People get better at anything if they keep doing it.

I wasn’t actually breaking rocks with a pickaxe and digging dirt with a shovel.

The System handled most of it, so it was practically effortless.

I built Area 3 behind Area 2.

I planned to keep making them in a straight line from now on.

The Elevators could take people anywhere anyway.

“Good.”

When I raised my head, a massive cavern came into view.

It was Area 3.

It felt much larger than Area 2.

If you took a long straight corridor, greatly expanded it, and stretched it sideways, it would probably look exactly like this.

The space was ready.

All that was left was to install the traps and Elevators where they belonged, so it wasn’t difficult.

But.

One important thing remained.

I needed to decide on a Minion that suited Goblin Cave.

Hmm. I looked through the Minion list.

Which one would be good?

“Oh, this is pretty nice.”

While carefully reading through the Minion descriptions, one caught my eye.

【Merchant (★4)】

【Price: 50000P】

【Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, Activation, Cannot Be Developed】

【…….】

She was the cheapest among the four-star Minions.

Still, she had great synergy with Goblin Cave.

Merchants existed in this world too.

The vibe fit perfectly.

This was the one.

I immediately bought her and placed her in Area 3.

“Why is she so pretty?”

If I had to describe the Merchant in one phrase, she was a local S-rank pink-haired bimbo.

If she said, “Hey, big guy, buy this for meee,” she had the kind of looks that could make you buy something you had no intention of buying.

Like the other Minions, she was fast asleep.

She didn’t look so great sprawled out in the corridor.

But your seniors sleep on the bare ground too, so put up with it.

Dungeon expansion, Minions, trap purchases, and more.

Six hundred and fifty thousand Points vanished in an instant, but I didn’t regret it.

It was the kind of fun shopping that naturally put me at ease.

Looking at Dreamland, stronger than ever, filled me with satisfaction.

“I never thought it would get this big.”

Trolls, Hobgoblins, Dark Mages, Branded Elves, lords, Helper parties, and more.

Dreamland had steadily grown by feeding on the blood and flesh of its intruders.

My Dungeon Master level was 80.

Population - 10/50

Malrang, the Doppelganger, the School friends, the cat, the rat, and the Merchant.

I already had ten Minions.

Device count: - 7/50

The Elevators, the maze, the School, and Goblin Cave.

I had seven traps before I knew it.

Blessed Ones were still an unknown threat.

But I had finished every preparation I could make.

If you want to come in, come in.

I’ll make you shit blood whenever you do.

There was still some time before the Position Shift.

I was a little nervous that Sinclair, furious over losing a party member, might enter the dungeon.

Luckily, nothing like that happened.

Max’s party had been the last intruders while Dreamland was in the Forest of Life.

No one came in for a while.

Browsing the gallery, taking walks, and playing with Malrang.

Time melted away like ice during those peaceful days.

At last, the cycle arrived.

【The Position Shift is beginning.】

The Position Shift cycle.

Dreamland would soon be transferred.

Where would it end up this time?

Well, anywhere was fine.

Come at me, world.

This newbie Dungeon Master was on the move!

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Blessed One Gallery

sinclair: Does anyone know about a place called Dreamland?

└arboralis: What’s that?

└sinclair: Do you know Baron Jericho?

└arboralis: No?

└sinclair: To explain briefly, he’s a West Kingdom noble. The lord died, and someone who had been a retainer inherited the territory and became the new baron.

└sinclair: Anyway, that baron suddenly sent me a letter asking whether my Dungeon Raid was going well.

└sinclair: LOL, because of that fucking Max, I fucked up the Dungeon Raid, so I was taking a break because my head was a wreck. I was wondering what the fuck that was about.

└sinclair: Turns out the baron had given Max information about a new dungeon called Dreamland...

└sinclair: You know how I got pissed off and kicked Max out of the party last time.

└sinclair: When a Helper dies, you get some of the Points you invested refunded, right? The Points came in a month or two ago, so I figured that fucker had finally died and didn’t think much of it.

└sinclair: Turns out Max died in a new dungeon called Dreamland. Apparently, the original lord died there before Max did too.

└arboralis: A new dungeon...???

└arboralis: Nothing’s been added to the quests, though?

└arboralis: I can’t see a Dreamland Raid anywhere among the Dungeon Raid quests. Is it just me?

└sinclair: No, I can’t see it either.

└sinclair: Hmm... I think it’s worth investigating at least.

└sinclair: It could be a hidden quest.

└arboralis: I don’t think raiding a new dungeon would give that much of a reward.

└arboralis: Raid it and post a review.

└sinclair: LOL, I’d like to, but the Position Shift is in a week, and I still haven’t recovered from losing two Helpers.

└sinclair: I’m just going to rest in the South Kingdom until I find some decent humans...

└arboralis: You should try using Dwarves like I do.