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Chapter 687 Today was also a big day for Sain.

It is common knowledge that the people of the Warrior Kingdom are usually very serious.

This means that when they realize that this is not their "normal" life...
They'll soon start acting inappropriately.

"Drink, drink, drink!"

"You dare pour over 60 proof liquor into the cocktail shaker? Trying to lower the alcohol content, you bastard!"

"Hey, hey, there's some idiot over there pretending to be Ratahn who's about to jump off a building!"

At this moment, Blackrock City was in complete chaos.

Or rather, cities like Beijing, which can see live projection broadcasts, are currently in a state of chaos.

This is naturally due to the influence of the successful battle festival.

In addition, since the next few days are still a holiday and there is no work tomorrow, people naturally started celebrating on the spot after the live broadcast ended, as if a festival had suddenly been born today.

This chaos is not quite the same as the catastrophic chaos when the dragon attacked. It feels like people have all unleashed their true nature; it's an abstract yet orderly chaos.

You can see things everywhere that are beyond everyday life, yet not too far off; drunken brawls are the lowest of the low.

There are also some abstract performance art pieces that only modern people can understand; it's hard to imagine what those people are thinking when they do these things.

If it were up to someone to choose, it would be difficult to pick a better option from the two chaotic situations mentioned above in a short period of time.

Therefore, faced with the current chaos, those who remain rational have almost only one choice:

Join them.

"This scene... it feels so familiar. It's like I just saw it not long ago."

Standing at the entrance of the portal, Stellar, who had just come out of the Sien dungeon, had a strange expression on her face.

Looking at the chaotic crowds in the city, she felt a little lost and didn't know where to go.

She was supposed to return to the elven outpost in Bede City with her aunt and the others, but the battle at the Battle Festival was so exhausting that she became unusually absent-minded and ended up in the unfamiliar Blackrock City.

He had no money on him, because his money pouches were all chopped up by Rataen during the battle.

Oh no, once I leave the dungeon today, I can't go back in. I'll have to wait until tomorrow.

"No, it seems like I know someone here. Kuripa should be working as a cook here."

Stella thought of Kuripa, who had come to the Kingdom of Anor with her aunt. The elves who came back then had all found a profession where they could shine. Kuripa, in particular, had become a master chef among chefs and a leader in the industry by making the pseudo-century soup.

I heard that the other party came to Blackrock City to develop because of the extremely enthusiastic invitation from the floating island dragons. In addition to the fact that the floating island dragons would be moved to tears every time they ate the food he cooked, it was also because these dragons would work hard to collect all kinds of ingredients for him, even those rare and difficult things.

Judging from this situation, even if he sent the floating island dragons to get the flesh and blood of the prince, they would probably actually do it.

"I'll go find him and borrow a place to stay for the night, and maybe get a free meal. I'll go back tomorrow." With that decision made, Stella headed towards the place where Kuripa lived, as she remembered it.

The other person seems to be staying in the most famous tavern in the area, so it should be easy to find.

Along the way, she got to fully appreciate the local customs and culture.

Those who participated in the battle festival have gradually emerged from the dungeon. Apart from a few people who are still in the round table hall debating what rewards they should ask for, the vast majority of the rest immediately entered a state of celebration and plunged into the crowd.

These people are undoubtedly the main characters today; their appearance immediately elevates the local atmosphere to another level.

If the atmosphere before could barely be considered a celebration, it has now completely turned into frenzy.

Since ancient times, brave people have deserved respect. So when the participants of the festival appeared, people scattered in all corners of the city began to gather here, each carrying a small gift they wanted to give, but it seemed that the most gifts were still wine.

In addition, the Golden Tree has recently attracted a large number of tourists, and the live projection also drew a large number of people from the surrounding area, causing all the drinks in Black Rock City to sell out instantly.

"It looks like this commotion is about to end."

Just as Stella uttered this exclamation, something terrible happened.

"I anticipated this situation and had the troops bring over the liquor from the capital! Drink as much as you like, it's on me!"

Temud, who was being lifted high by the crowd, raised his arms and shouted this, and the people lifted him even higher, with cheers erupting everywhere.

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Before long, Stella, who was squeezed into a group of drunkards and unable to move, was speechless.

She used to think Temud was a decent person.

No, you could tell from the fact that he could chat and joke around with Princess Serena that he wasn't actually that serious.

Stella finally gave up resisting and joined the revelers, eating and drinking for free.

The first time people challenged the Battle Festival, it was broadcast live, and when they came back, the city was still very lively.

However, this celebration is on a much larger scale than before, since even the distant capital is celebrating, and Bantou in the palace must be beaming with joy right now.

From this day forward, the Sien Dungeon will be thoroughly known throughout the Warrior Kingdom, and its influence on the nation will only deepen in the days to come. There will be no reason not to enter the Sien Dungeon.

Even at night, the entire Blackrock City remains brightly lit and as bustling as during the day.

The projection screens, which had been turned off, suddenly turned on again at night. The reason was that they had received an order from King Bantou to play the battle festival footage on a loop for the next few days, playing it over and over again until people got tired of watching it!

The video producers in the Warrior Kingdom were truly impressive; they produced a montage of the Battle Festival in just one afternoon.

When the edited footage of the battle festival was projected back into the sky, those who had already watched the entire live stream were instantly captivated.

The influence of the Sien Dungeon on this country has been fully demonstrated.

It could even be said that the influence of the Sien Dungeon on the Warrior Kingdom was, in some ways, even more profound than on the Kingdom of Anor.

The Sien Dungeon saved the Kingdom of Anor, while the Warrior Kingdom not only saved the country, but also deeply resonated with its spirit through things like Dragon Feast and Battle Ritual, and the accelerated learning of combat skills was enough to reverse its decline.

Now that the largest opposition faction in the country, the underground city of Sen'en, is gone, and King Bontou has visibly switched allegiance to Sen'en, the country's future attitude towards Sen'en will likely be even more drastic than that of the Kingdom of Bianor.
loyalty!

Will we ever find a nation more loyal than the Warriors' Nation?

Just thinking about it is difficult. What could be more likely to make them loyal to the Sien Dungeon than saving the country?

The only option left is to create a country.

"It seems like this condition isn't entirely unacceptable."

The Lord's room in the underground city of Sein.

Gong Qiying was lying on the altar, replaying the footage of today's battle festival.

He said he was reviewing the day, but he actually felt that today was already perfect.

The only downside is that the interaction between the adventurer and General Shattered Star was somewhat lacking at the end, turning into a performance by the Faded Ones throughout the game, which needs further improvement.

"Amplify Rataen's hatred for adventurers, and then reduce the Faded Ones' aggressive tendencies."

As he muttered to himself, he wrote down the changes that would need to be made soon in his notebook.

By this time, the notebook had already recorded a lot of information, much of which was statistical data on the profits and losses of the dungeons.

After every major event like the Battle Festival in the Sien Dungeon, Gong Qiying would personally check the profit and loss. This was not for any other reason than that Rataen was currently the most expensive person to build in the entire dungeon, without exception.

Radagan doesn't count, because he appears outside the dungeon.

Based on this, Miyaki Hideaki added a restriction to the Battle Festival that required a much larger number of challengers.

Otherwise, even if hundreds of people challenged Ratahn, it would be a losing proposition in terms of mental strength; the number of challengers would have to be at least a thousand.

According to the notebook, the first battle festival only barely yielded a small profit. There were several subsequent challenges organized by private individuals. Due to the lack of powerful creatures such as dragons, the Sien Dungeon even suffered a loss after the events.

This battle festival was the most profitable one yet, not only recouping the cost of building Rataen, but also covering an additional third of the cost of building Radagan.

The summoning of Radagan is the most mentally taxing one so far.

However, Gong Qiying believed that this was absolutely a decision that would benefit the Sien Dungeon.

The Sien Dungeon always needs to accomplish something significant in the Warrior Kingdom to truly establish itself and even take root in the country. The opportunity to take root in the Kingdom of Anor was through Elifis, and the opportunity to take root in the Warrior Kingdom was through the Demon Dragon and Yunka.

And facts have proven that his decision was correct.

Because shortly after Sain resolved those two major events, the number of people visiting the dungeon increased significantly.

Moreover, once the growth started, it never dropped; these increases were almost perfectly translated into daily foot traffic.

In the long run, dungeons are definitely profitable.

As long as the current content is done well, even if no new content is released in the future, it will be enough for the Warrior Kingdom to rely on the Sien Dungeon until the day it is destroyed.

"Strange, why do I feel like I've thought of something similar before?"

Gong Qiying shook his head and slammed the notebook shut.

"Never mind, today is another day of making a fortune in the Sien Dungeon."

He sat up from the altar, stretching, not because he wanted to go out and stretch—in fact, he had already controlled his clone to have his fill of fun outside, adding a lot of human touch to himself.

Gong Qiying stood up because a letter had arrived from the altar.

Looking at the red envelope, unsurprisingly, it was a letter from Chi Ya.

"If I'm not wrong."

He picked up the envelope and slowly tore it open.

"This should be information about the sealed artifacts from Scammeron's side."

(End of this chapter)