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[Dungeon] Chapter 55 – Managing Chat Isn’t Easy!
🕑 Added 2025-04-22 11:53:49 +0000 UTCI have no excuses. My painful tooth doesn't allow me to think. My apologies, only one chapter of dungeon is finished.
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The group advanced pretty smoothly.
Cain hinted to Azazel about the hidden room and treasure chest that they could find inside while trying to keep the governor away from noticing his identity as the Dungeon Maker.
So far, Azazel remained unaware thanks to his low suspicion.
"Dungeon coin, huh?" Azazel looked at the coin in his hand and mused. Then, he looked at his other hand, which held a flask with red liquid, "And this is HP potion, you said? This can heal wounds?"
"Yes."
They managed to get them from the monsters and opened a chest hidden under a dead tree, courtesy of Cain's hint. Nothing much, but enough to intrigue Azazel's interest. They picked everything available.
"I wonder..." Muttered the Governor as he examined both items closely. "Anyway, is there something else you can tell us about the dungeon?"
Having arrived near the second floor, Cain shook his head. He hid the grin creeping on his face, instead feigning ignorance and confusion. "Dungeons are mysterious, but they always follow rules. Once you learn the rules, beating them becomes easy."
Then, he lied further to confuse the Fallen Angel Governor and make the journey easier for them.
"Also, dungeons usually increase difficulty per floor. It gets harder, stronger, trickier. As for the hidden room..." He remembered having watched enough Isekai anime.
Most of them had the usual plot, with the characters discovering secret doors or chambers within dungeons that contained powerful artifacts or special rewards.
Thus, he bluffed. "...there's usually a trial in it. So always be careful."
"Interesting." Azazel grinned widely.
After walking for a while, they found the cave leading to the second floor.
Just like the Sunagakure team back then, two doors that led to the second floor and exit awaited them. Cain wanted to try the second floor, but he glanced at Asia before making a decision.
Noticing his gaze, Azazel also looked at the nun. She was silent since Cain forced her to kill the orc.
"...let's leave this dungeon."
"Eh?" Asia was startled when Azazel told them to stop.
"I agree. The difficulty rises every level, I'd rather leave. This girl is exhausted, both physically and mentally." Cain said with a calm tone of voice.
Azazel blinked. "Really? Are you sure about that?"
"She can't even lift her hand anymore. If anything, she's only useless baggage right now. I don't want to die in a dungeon and lose my equipment."
"I see." The fallen angel nodded in agreement. "Let's come again with a proper party next time. Maybe with stronger members. Anyway, you said a dungeon exists in your home place as well?" He asked, prompting Cain to recall his lie.
"Yes. Dungeons are rare, but adventurers visit them often. Many are trapped in an eternal maze, but that depends on their skill and luck. It's a high risk high reward place that can even turn a beggar into a king if they are lucky."
What was important for his dungeon right now?
The answer was promotion!
Cain had to bring more people here.
From various different places.
Especially from the Devil and fallen angels faction. So far, only the Highschool DxD cast had visited his dungeon often because they knew about dungeons from modern knowledge.
From what Cain knew about Azazel, he was a researcher of sorts.
Perfect person to invite more visitors for his dungeon because he was curious. The advantage of the dungeons had also been listed, making the fallen angel governor interested in it.
What was left was to spread the story in the Dungeon Chat Room.
'I can create another account using my avatar's name too, which would be useful. Hehehe, I will just have to think of something.' He mused, forming a devious plan inside his mind.
"Alright. No need to push ourselves. Let's follow your suggestion and leave." Azazel replied, smiling warmly at the white-haired teen. "Still, good job today. Thanks for your cooperation. We'll probably meet again sooner or later."
After saying thus, the three exited the elemental tower, entering the hub once again.
"Well, farewell then." With a friendly smile, Cain left them and went to the throne room. Of course, he pretended to leave from the exit of the Hub.
Once returned to his original form, he sat on the throne and talked to the assistant.
"How much coins do I get since I use my avatar?"
A window popped in front of him, showing the answer.
[The dungeons have collected a total of 22,520 points. Trauma is the emotion that generates the highest profit, followed by curiosity. The lowest income came from joy. You have a total of 23,570 points.]
"Oh?! That was higher than I expected." Cain was pleased by the results.
He had just obtained more than twenty thousand coins thanks to Asia's trauma.
Cain had long since changed his mind about making his dungeon free of trauma. His goal was now to create a fun dungeon, and some serious dungeon that could pump the challengers' heart and adrenaline. He would separate them based on the theme.
That was what he wanted. Something fun yet exciting. For that, creating some emotional scenes was unavoidable. Even so, his dungeon remained light-hearted and mostly focused on fun stuff.
Something he always wanted ever since playing the game.
"Anything going on with the chat room?"
Instead of popping a window, the assistant answered vocally.
[The chat room has become active thanks to Harem King, previously known as Boobs Boobs. The Harem King user and Future Hokage user had been chatting actively. Other users joined but not many participated actively.]
"Hmmm. It's a nice start. Any new members?"
Like Itachi or Kisame. Cain expected them to appear sometime. While it might look bad if they met Harem King (Hyoudou Issei), for obvious reasons, he was interested in having Akatsuki members participate in chat rooms.
Even if Issei started trolling and messing around, the ninja might not react because of their seriousness. After all, they were professional soldiers living in the world of constant wars.
And besides, they didn't seem to have much entertainment there.
"Open the chat room and create a new account for my avatar. For the name, let's see... Make it Steel Ball."
[... Affirmative.]
Cain felt like the assistant didn't quite agree with his chosen name, but he ignored it. The chat window appeared in front of him with a new username written below.
Steel Ball : Heyo, anyone there?
Harem King: Oho? Who are you?
Steel Ball: Hello! I'm new. Heard about this Dungeon Chatroom and decided to join. Nice to meet you.
Future Hokage: Cool, new guy!
Harem King: Welcome then~ Where do you live? My world or ninja world?
Steel Ball: Ninja world? What does that mean?
Harem King: Ah! Sorry, sorry. We're kinda living in a different universe, you see. So we gotta be sure where you live!
Steel Ball: Wow! Different universe! That's awesome!
Future Hokage: It is, believe it! Wait until you see the ladies from the other world. Their underwear are really sexy!
"Oh..."
Cain stopped when he read that.
'Future Hokage is Naruto, right? Was he influenced by Issei's pervertedness? I think no. He has been around Jiraiya for at least 2 years now, and even helped with his porn novel. Which means Naruto is naturally like this.'
But he didn't like it.
His Dungeon Chat Room was for exchanging information.
When he scrolled up, he saw some disturbing messages from both of them, mainly Issei, and other members hadn't shown themselves since an hour ago.
"Mute Future Hokage and Harem King for a day. Reason: inappropriate talking."
[Affirmative.]
Following that, two messages appeared in the chat room.
[Harem King has been muted for 24 hours. Reason: Inappropriate chatting.]
[Future Hokage has been muted for 24 hours. Reason: Inappropriate chatting.]
"Great." Cain nodded in satisfaction and closed the window. "I will make an announcement later. For now..."
He looked around at his room.
Barren and without anything. He could have fun renovating his dungeon, but sleeping in a place like this was...
Boring, at best.
His creativity would plummet after several days without entertainment and break time.
Hence...
"It's time to renovate my room."
All this time, he invested his Coins to renovate his dungeon. Earlier, he had a direct influence of gaining the points by pushing Asia to kill the Orc using his avatar.
Because of that, he decided to spend some for himself. He could earn more later. Right now, he wanted some rest and comfort.
"I want to add a television, fridge, bed, sofa... oh, air conditioner and computer too. Oh! Playstation! And then some books. I should be able to afford some novels, right?"
Entertainment was pretty expensive in his shop, so he had to spend wisely. However, he wanted to splurge sometimes, and now was the right moment.
It's time for himself, not his dungeon's sake!
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