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◈ The Dungeon Gallery's Terrifying Newbie ◈
Chapter 78: Obsessive Madman
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In front of Dreamland's entrance.
Count Wolfhauffen and the mages faced each other, their breath white in the cold.
The raid was over.
The fact that they were here meant they had used Escape Scrolls.
"Are we the only survivors...?"
"It seems the entire exploration team died inside."
Only four people stood here.
Dragrade and the knights were absent.
They must have all died in the dungeon.
The losses were immense.
They had prepared so many Escape Scrolls.
Yet not one of them had made it out?
Count Wolfhauffen bit his lip.
They had braced themselves for this.
They hadn't expected the raid to go smoothly.
'I hope they at least got something out of it...'
Count Wolfhauffen looked at the Dungeon Walkthrough.
"......"
He could hardly believe his eyes.
The mages felt the same way.
The reason for their grim expressions was simple.
They had thrown so many knights into the dungeon.
Yet the gains were pitiful.
"This is..."
"We learned less than expected."
The Dungeon Walkthrough had gained an entry saying, "From 6 PM to 8 PM, the corridors become dark. Mages can continue investigating by turning on the lights."
Also, judging by Count Wolfhauffen's clothing, the Faceless Girl was a lie.
The information that they had to remain in the classroom until After School was a vague lie.
The information about the Teacher was true, but since no further entries had been added, it seemed they had failed to discover how to deal with it.
"The most likely reason the exploration team couldn't use their Escape Scrolls is the Faceless Girl."
Silence hung in the air.
"...Huh?"
One mage suddenly shouted.
"Count! Quite a bit of information about Area 3 has been added!"
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【Area 3】
1. This mansion has floors one through eighty. If a rule is broken, a Death Count accumulates on one raider's forehead. Once the Death Count reaches three, the raider experiences the most horrific death in this world. Every floor has the following rooms and rules.
2. Drawing Room: Contains a lever that allows access to the next floor.
3. Master Bedroom: Entering accumulates a Death Count. Do not enter.
4. Storage Room: Entering accumulates a Death Count. Do not enter.
5. Dining Room: Entering accumulates a Death Count. Do not enter.
6. Guest Room: Entering accumulates a Death Count. Do not enter.
7. Prison: The place where a raider dies once the required Death Count is reached.
8. From 2 AM, a monster that attacks raiders appears. There is no way to kill this monster. You must run away.
9. Escape Scrolls cannot be used inside the mansion.
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"So we need to get upstairs as quickly as possible, find an Elevator somehow, and escape or move on to another area..."
"We can manage food and water with the supplies we brought..."
The Count nodded.
It appeared they had uncovered nearly all the secrets of the mansion in Area 3.
Area 4, which had yet to reveal itself.
Whether the information they had learned was true or false, along with the remaining hidden secrets.
If they resolved those matters, they could somehow claim the Magic Stone.
But.
Count Wolfhauffen and the Spatial School mages seemed to have different ideas.
"I'll be returning to the Mage Tower."
"...I'm busy with research as well."
Unlike the Count, they seemed to have lost interest in Dreamland.
The reason was simple.
They only had one life.
"I see."
The Count didn't stop the mages.
Their paths diverged.
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LV. 120
Class - Dungeon Master
Dungeon Theme - Anomaly
Population - 13/60
Device Count - 9/60
Points - 300000
STR - 130
DEX - 130
CON - 130
MP - 130
UN - newbie
UC - dm_6_666666666
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newbie: worldiscold.
newbie: Scream, and 【bow down】─────.
└ worldiscold: Ahhh────
└ worldiscold: Has the greatest newbie in history, one who insults even Oblivion, appeared?
└ worldiscold: It can't be helped. I've decided to 【kill myself】.
└ golemking: worldiscold's daily suicide warning has arrived right on schedule.
└ golemking: newbie's appearance can only be seen as an 【insult】 to Dungeon Masters────
└ dip: Hey, hey, newbie.
└ dip: You've got quite the 「good level」────.
└ antqueen: I seriously want to kill everyone;;
└ antqueen: What kind of fucked-up Temple Run is this??
└ op_ghost: Ah, you don't know.
└ op_ghost: Of course you don't.
└ op_ghost: With that foolish brain of yours, there's no way you could keep up with our sophisticated 「conversation」.
└ whaleyeah: I want to drown every last one of you.
└ whaleyeah: Want me to strangle you guys??
└ skullbones: But why the fuck are the Points like that??
└ skullbones: Are you the only one who's bugged??
└ orange★: It is a bug lol
└ orange★: Makes me want to kill them for a different reason.
└ anonbutcher: Lol...
└ magichero: H-h-honestly, I thought...
└ magichero: Once the level went up, that insane growth speed would slow down at least a little...
└ magichero: Level 120 in year two, what the fuck...
└ psychward_mvp: I'm actually starting to get seriously pissed off now.
└ psychward_mvp: newbie, can I strangle you T_T
└ humanluvr: newbieee!
└ humanluvr: Personally, I prefer being strangled to doing the strangling...
└ humanluvr: (////)
└ newbie: ?
└ kingslayer: My inferiority complex is exploding right now.
└ kingslayer: You ruined my life.
└ kingslayer: Take responsibility later and place an Anomaly in my dungeon.
└ dm_disappointed: LOOOOOOOOOOL
└ dm_disappointed: Seriously, look at those fucking rewards.
└ tvhead: Honestly.
└ tvhead: At this point, didn't newbie suck Oblivion's dick or something??
└ humanluvr: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
└ squintychar: Haa...
└ sealedconq: newbie, we didn't say anything.
└ sealedphilo: You know what to do later, right??
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This Wave, Count Wolfhauffen's seventh Dreamland raid, ended in the intruders' complete defeat.
Everyone had been eliminated except the recorders, the bastards waiting at the entrance and writing down the information they received.
Four died at the School.
Seven died in the mansion.
Unlike Count Wolfhauffen, who had suffered heavy losses, I had gained experience and a massive amount of Points, as anyone could see from the post.
Honestly, that was largely thanks to the Haunted Mansion.
Its performance as a trap was powerful, of course, but it felt like Oblivion had carefully made it into a reliable money-maker for the Anomaly theme, which had no income.
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【Phantom Mansion Generator (★5)】
【Price: 175,000P】
【Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, One-Time, Escape Scroll Nullification】
【When intruders are detected, creates a mansion in the designated area. The mansion's size is proportional to the area.】
【Only Mirror That Should Not Exist Minions may be placed in the designated area.】
【Additional Points are awarded during settlement based on the number of intruders defeated in the Phantom Mansion and their Stats.】
【The mansion contains seven rooms.】
【They are the Drawing Room, Dining Room, Storage Room, Study, Master Bedroom, Guest Room, and Prison. Each exists on every floor.】
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【Drawing Room】
【Odd-numbered floors: This room can be entered using the key from the Storage Room. If an intruder breaks down the door, a Death Count accumulates. A lever connected to the stairs is present.】
【Even-numbered floors: This room can be entered by breaking down the door. A Death Count accumulates when an intruder enters.】
【Master Bedroom】
【Odd-numbered floors: This room can be entered using the key from the Storage Room. If an intruder breaks down the door, a Death Count accumulates. A Death Count also accumulates when an intruder enters.】
【Even-numbered floors: This room can be entered by breaking down the door. A lever connected to the stairs is present.】
【Dining Room】
【Odd-numbered floors: Edible food is present. If an intruder touches the food, a Death Count accumulates.】
【Even-numbered floors: Edible food is present.】
【If intruders eat anywhere other than the Dining Room, a Death Count accumulates.】
【Storage Room】
【Odd-numbered floors: Contains a key, the Longsword, a clock, and trash.】
【Even-numbered floors: A Death Count accumulates when an intruder enters.】
【Study】
【Odd-numbered floors: Contains books related to truth.】
【Even-numbered floors: A Death Count accumulates when an intruder enters.】
【Guest Room】
【Odd-numbered floors: A safe room where intruders can rest.】
【Even-numbered floors: Same as odd-numbered floors.】
【Prison】
【Odd-numbered floors: If an intruder's Death Count exceeds seven, the Invisible Master takes them to the Prison and begins torture. The same applies if an intruder enters the Prison without permission. Once the torture ends or the intruder dies, 7 is deducted from the intruder's Death Count.】
【Even-numbered floors: Same as odd-numbered floors.】
【Corridor】
【Odd-numbered floors: If an intruder is in the corridor between 8 PM and 10 PM, according to the mansion's own time, a Death Count accumulates.】
【Even-numbered floors: If an intruder is in the corridor between 8 AM and 10 AM, according to the mansion's own time, a Death Count accumulates.】
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【The amount added to the Death Count depends on the floor the intruder is currently on.】
【Odd-numbered floors add 1, while even-numbered floors add 2.】
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【Mirror That Should Not Exist (★5)】
【Price: 70,000P】
【Tags: Anomaly, Immortal, Activation, Cannot Be Developed】
【This Minion appears on the floor where intruders are staying until they enter the mirror.】
【When intruders look into the mirror, it creates a Double of the person with the strongest negative emotions in their hearts. If the intruder makes eye contact with the Double, their bodies are swapped.】
【Double】
【A Double possessing an intruder's body is hostile to all intruders by default.】
【The Double can be physically killed. However, doing so also kills the intruder whose body was swapped.】
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【Intruder】
【An intruder possessing a Double's body is trapped inside the mirror, then wanders the mansion in the Double's body from 2 AM. They are Harmless by default.】
【They cannot be physically killed, but they can be subdued or killed with the Longsword from the Storage Room. Choosing the latter adds one Death Count.】
【Even if killed, they wander the corridors again from 2 AM the next day.】
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【How to Return to Normal】
【Once a body swap occurs, the mirror becomes fixed in place immediately.】
【If the intruder possessing the Double's body is not in the mansion, making the Double possessing the intruder's body look into the mirror will return them to normal.】
【If an intruder does not look into the mirror】
【From 2 AM, a Ghost with a Physical Form wanders the mansion. The ghost's Stats are determined based on the strongest intruder. It can be subdued or killed with the Longsword from the Storage Room. Choosing the latter adds one Death Count.】
【Even if killed, it wanders the corridors again from 2 AM the next day.】
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Ta-da.
That was the truth behind the Haunted Mansion that had done such great work during this Wave.
I'd said it before, but the mansion's rules were practically a misdirection.
The real deal was the Mirror That Should Not Exist.
A Minion that screws you over if you encounter it.
And screws you over if you don't.
There was a way to deal with it, of course.
It might sound easy to handle when you read the description.
But coming up with the right response in an extreme situation was, how should I put it?
In my opinion, it was in roughly the same category as getting a perfect score on the college entrance exam.
Also, the fact that it said "subdue" rather than "kill" made it harder than expected.
Then there were the extra Points awarded during settlement.
That was the real jackpot.
Among the ★5 Pieces, the Haunted Mansion was the only one with that effect.
It was a light in the darkness for the Anomaly theme, which had no income.
I planned to keep sucking up Points with the mansion for a while.
Assuming intruders came, that is.
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cowhead: So when's the next live broadcast?
cowhead: Can't you just kidnap some intruders?
cowhead had become a live-broadcast parrot.
This person really liked Dreamland.
└ newbie: Do you think that'd work?
└ cowhead: I guess I'll have to stop eating and drinking for a while...
└ newbie: That'd be a problem. You'd lose your marbling...
└ cowhead: Are you thinking of me as a hamburger patty too...?
└ newbie: Just kidding hehehe...
Intruders.
I thought I'd shown them Dreamland's horror this time.
I'd made it clear just how unfair Anomalies could be when intruders had no information about them.
North Kingdom disaster or not, a person's own life was what mattered most.
It seemed arboralis had planned to dump Dreamland raids on someone else.
But when you thought about it, even Blessed Ones who could revive endlessly didn't want to raid the place.
How much worse would it be for ordinary people with only one life?
The rules had been exposed this time.
For the mansion, the odd and even floor rules had been exposed.
For the School, they had roughly exposed the caretaker who made the place completely dark.
But come on.
The information they got after grinding up ten knights and Dragrade was way too little.
Honestly, I didn't think they'd come back.
The cost-effectiveness was terrible.
It's not like knights were crops you could plant in a field and harvest a year later.
└ psychward_mvp: Honestly, isn't Dreamland's live broadcast over now??
└ psychward_mvp: You taught Count Wolfhauffen such a lesson.
└ psychward_mvp: Ah lol, who's going to come now?
└ no_minions_4_me: newbie's notoriety outside probably went up a lot o_o
└ no_minions_4_me: Honestly, this is good news for people who hate fighting.
└ no_minions_4_me: It means fewer intruders will come.
└ newbie: That'd be nice...
One thing bothered me.
The Count's eyes when he used the Escape Scroll had not looked normal either.
They practically screamed that he would definitely return next time.
I had no idea why my dungeon's intruders were all such obsessive madmen.
At this point, shouldn't they know better than to come back?
Even people who gambled away their entire fortune on Coin were wiser than these guys.
Well, crazy people existed.
So did sensible people. They'd probably talk the Count out of it out there.
The Position Shift Cycle was coming soon anyway.
I shouldn't worry too much about it.
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