Chapter 247 – Cad Dad Getting Ready for Dungeon Defense
"That will be 200 million PACTs."
"Can't you go any lower, munya?"
"Sorry. The cane of resurrection is too precious. Normally, we would never sell it to anybody. But in this case, your dungeon is located on the top of Anglerfish's seal and the sanctuary, so we need you to be strong to protect this place. But still, our country needs funds to expand and strengthen our army."
Xiaomao and Undine had been negotiating terms and the outstanding debt that the latter owed, and the price of war wasn't cheap.
The Crystalized Karma of Poseidon was returned to Undine, and Xiaomao reluctantly paid 200 million PACTs to her. In return, Xiaomao got the Cane of Resurrection that John had been using and so ultra-rare set equipnt for Andrew, Peter, and Jas.
After paying off the debt, the two rmaids excused themselves and traveled back to the rmaid Kingdom with the money. Xiaomao went back to the dungeon core room to tamper with his dungeon. He didn't notice that Cernun had been sneaking glances at him.
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"Are you worried, munya?"
owow was the only one who noticed Cernun's thought. The cat patted the lizardman's leg.
Cernun turned to the sealed dumpster, which connected to the sealed room of Anglerfish. He sighed and decided to be honest.
"Anglerfish is the cause of my death. Yes, I'm very concerned."
"Want to kill that MF for you, munya?"
"That can't be a good idea either. Whenever one of the calamity-class fiends dies, its disciple or a relative will inherit the title and the power. I don't know how many offspring of that blasphemous greedy fish has. I don't want to risk it."
"Mhm. That's true. It's that annoying ga law."
owow and Cernun looked at Taotie. This glutton calamitous beast laid on his back and showed everybody his belly, snoring and drooling.
Both the cat and the lizardman chuckled.
"Taotie has no child, right, munya?"
"Yeah. Xiaomao is technically his disciple, so the Law of Gluttony will automatically be passed down to him if THAT really happens."
"But do you know the loophole of this law, munya?"
"THERE IS A LOOPHOLE?!" Cernun widened his eyes, deeply intrigued by the subject, "Is there a way to cheat this world's law?!"
"Yes, munya. But this thod requires Anglerfish's cooperation. It also depends on Xiaomao if his foundation is strong enough to carry both SINS, munya."
"Now that you ntioned it... His foundation is kinda..."
Cernun and owow looked at the treasure room's door. Then, the forr sighed.
"His strength may grow naturally because of this world's law, but he doesn't have enough combat experience."
On the other hand, owow smirked, "Are you so senile that you forgot about Cathulhu's bloodline abilities, munya?"
"!!!"
Mimir eavesdropped on the conversation and couldn't help but ask them.
"Lord owow. What are Cathulhu's bloodline abilities?"
"Hahaha! It relates to the absurd ability of Mao Miaomiao that made him what he is today, munya!"
owow wiggled his tail, and the entire boss room suddenly turned darker to the point that none of them could see any color but grey and black. All immortals widened their eyes in shock as they could barely move. anwhile, the gargoyle statues in the room looked around in panic as they suddenly couldn't move.
"Have you ever heard of Pocket Dantian or a Dantian Universe, munya?"
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In the treasure room, Xiaomao operated the dungeon core and looked at its status. So far, the dungeon stabilized, and the second floor's expansion was completed.
The B1 floor's map expanded so wide that it covered over 10,000 square kiloters. Looking at the extension of the humongous maze, Xiaomao was amazed.
In the map, a thousand fire ants carried dirt and tools back to the boss room on the B1 floor, where Torrent and Fu De were residing. As for the ex-pirate and the vampire, they seed to be getting along well since they were sitting in front of two 120-inch monitors, playing PC's ga "Fall Guy" and laughing at each other's demise in-ga.
Xiaomao couldn't see their appearance or figure since the map only showed a rough icon and small images of the room. He wondered if Fu De and Torrent had recovered from their injuries.
"Those ants and rmaids turn my dungeon into a freaking backroom. Should I add a few Bacteria or Smilers to complent that, munya?"
Thinking of smilers, Xiaomao thought of the Dinsional Spiders that Yuan Shaoqing summoned into the palace. It had a similar characteristic, appearance, and threatening aura.
However, Dinsional Creatures were hostile to living beings. Xiaomao didn't understand how Yuan Shaoqing's underling managed to ta those creatures.
'I guess I have to make do with those mannequins. Speaking of which, Andrew and Peter volunteered to work on them.'
Xiaomao checked the number of his dungeon's residents.
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Slave Dungeon Status
Max Population: 100,000
Total Population: 51,250
Total Floors: 6
Max Mana Capacity: 100,000,000
Current Mana: 100,000,000
Mana Gathering Rate (Per Second): 5,000,000
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Dungeon Levels
First Floor – Cave Level
B1 Floor – Lobby Level
B2 Floor – Bridge Level
B3 Floor – Fire Ant Nest
B4 Floor – Residential Area Level
B5 Floor – rmaid Lake Level
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Undine took care of his dungeon well. It looked nice at a glance, but the number of residents troubled Xiaomao as most of them were turned rmaids and mannequins.
He thought of the obelisk towers in the guild war.
'I wish I had those towers in my dungeon. Placing it behind the bridge sounds nice.'
Xiaomao sighed and shook his head, getting rid of the useless thoughts. He continued operating the dungeon OS and brought out the blank deed that he had.
The blank deed had multiple usages in his previous life. By submitting the deed to one of the kingdoms, the deed's owner could obtain a fief or a castle for free!
However, dungeon masters could also use the deed as a free ticket to expand their dungeon floor size, establish a country, or create a new dungeon floor. Xiaomao hesitated about what he should do with the deed.
Facing a dilemma, Xiaomao closed his eyes and concentrated. He began using the elimination process.
'I need to prepare for potential war and a dungeon raid. Pangu and Odin probably won't leave alone.'
As soon as Xiaomao thought of Pangu and Odin, a global announcent sounded, and he received ssages from the ga system.
DING
Seeing the announcent, Xiaomao had a rough idea of what he should do.
Currently, Gnoll Island's surface was a mountain and a forest. Surrounding the island was shallow coral reefs and the vast sea. The ideal defensive structure would be a hybrid port-fortress, surrounding the island with layers of walls and citadels.
Xiaomao didn't need a deed to proclaim the island as a part of his territory. As he belonged to the rmaid Kingdom, he could ask for a deed of the island and the necessary material to construct a fort on the surface. Unfortunately, the project was impossible to finish in 7 days.
This left Xiaomao with an obvious choice – expanding and strengthening his dungeon. Now, Xiaomao had to pick between a floor's expansion and creating a totally new floor.
Xiaomao glanced at the map of the B1 floor. It was a chaotic maze with traps and patrolling mannequins, which might not be enough to stop the Asgard and the Pangu Church, let alone, the players.
'I need a dummy floor to stall for ti.'
After a long thought, Xiaomao made his decision. He held the deed and pressed the [Build New Floor] button.
DING
The OS prompted him with four options to pay for the expansion. He could pay with PACTs, a blank deed, the dungeon's mana, or sacrifices.
Xiaomao never knew about this feature since no dungeon master disclosed this type of information. He checked the requirent for the expansion, wondering if he could avoid using the blank deed.
Paying with PACT was slightly expensive. It cost one million PACT for a one square kiloter floor. If Xiaomao wanted it bigger, the price increased according to the size and proportion.
Dungeon Mana seed a lot cheaper, considering that Dungeon Mana was free. Similar to PACT, it cost a million mana for one square km.
Looking at the value and the mana regeneration rate of the dungeon, using the Dungeon Mana seed to be a better choice here.
Xiaomao already made his decision to use the dungeon mana for now and keep the blank deed for another occasion. However, he was curious about what the sacrifice requirent was. He read the description.
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Sacrifices
Corpses of residents, invaders, and guests of the dungeon are automatically consud by the dungeon. Whenever soone dies in your dungeon, you will always obtain DP, aka Dungeon Points, which can be exchanged for Dungeon Master's skill books, spellbooks, and many goodies that can improve the dungeon!
The amount of obtainable DP depends on the quality of the sacrifices. For example, if a level-100 invader or guest dies in your dungeon, you will obtain 100 DP as a reward. However, if a level-100 resident dies, you will obtain only 1 DP.
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Noticing that he could gain skill books and spellbooks with DP, Xiaomao was excited.
"Okay! For now, I want a 100 square km floor, munya!"
RUMBLE
After pressing the button, Xiaomao inserted the newly created floor between the B1 and B2 floors, pushing down the existing levels lower. A blank floor appeared under the LEVEL-0 Backroom.
Xiaomao patiently waited for 20 seconds, allowing the dungeon to regenerate its mana. Because of the sacred water, the mana recovery was abnormally quick.
After 20 seconds, the mana pool was full. Xiaomao turned his attention to the expansion option of the new B2 floor.
The price was steep. After expanding a floor to 100 square km, that sa floor required ten tis the amount to expand. The B2 floor could only be increased by 10 square km at a ti.
Xiaomao didn't care. He expanded the B1 floor and waited 20 seconds. Then, he repeated the process until it reached the size of 1,000 square kiloters. Then, the incrent kicked in.
Now, it cost 100 million mana for one square kiloter.
Xiaomao stopped there and shifted his attention to the other levels.
"This is how you use your dungeon mana cheat, munya!"
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