Dungeon Designer: Bringing Smiles to the World!

The sudden decrease in monsters in the tomb area naturally caught River's attention.

Before becoming Grace's follower, River was also a Gold-rank adventurer with a deep understanding of dungeons, so she naturally knew what this phenomenon meant.

"Heh, has the new city lord found out?"

Even so, she remained undaunted.

"Woof...Woof!"

A corrupt wild dog, carrying a summoning bell, barked defiantly ahead.

"The chase game is over."

Rivers swiftly threw a throwing knife, which whistled through the air and pierced the body of the rotting wild dog, almost piercing it through.

"Awooooo..."

After letting out a mournful howl, the decaying wild dog, not yet dead, mustered its last breath and ran into a huge tomb chamber.

Through the faint shadow power attached to the throwing knife, Rivera could sense that the rotting wild dog was dead.

"It's time to end this exploration." With that, Rivers used [Stealth Step] again, and after a few quick flashes, she entered the tomb chamber.

"Boom!"

The moment you step into the tomb, the heavy stone door immediately slams shut.

Along with this, terrifying screams emanated from royal ghosts and limb-splitting nobles.

"So it really was a trap..." Rivers scanned the four hideous monsters in the tomb. She could sense a threat from the royal ghost and the limb-splitting nobleman, and even the slightest threat was enough to make her wary.

After taking a deep breath, Rivers slowly drew out another dagger and activated [Shadow Blade] again, the power of shadow binding the two daggers.

[Hunter's Mark] Marks the target.

With a sharp and piercing gaze, the noble lady Grace's attendant temporarily went offline.

Standing here now is the once-renowned Gold-rank adventurer—[Withered Dark Blade]!

"Aaaaaaah!"

The two royal ghosts, emitting mournful howls, simultaneously straightened their upper bodies and then opened their blood-red mouths.

The next second, a large amount of thick green venom emitting a strong stench sprayed towards River.

【The Lost Step】!

Rivers dodged the two long-range poison sprays with a few quick movements.

【accelerate】!

Apply buff-type combat skills to yourself.

After applying the buff, Rivers did not choose to rush in and fight head-on like the Berserker, but immediately slipped into the shadows.

The Shadow Assassin can move freely using her shadow, and as long as Rivers is willing, she can always launch a fatal attack from behind her enemies.

"There are two types of monsters. The one that just spat poison is a ranged attacker. It shouldn't have much health, so we need to take it out first."

The other type, wielding a sword and shield with various arms protruding from its body, is probably a melee fighter and poses less of a threat to me.

In the shadows, River quickly analyzed the situation and decided to take care of the two royal ghosts first.

She circled behind one of the royal ghosts and suddenly appeared, just as River was about to use her combat skill [Fear Slash] to kill the royal ghost.

"ah!!!!!"

The locked royal ghost let out a high-pitched roar, its twisted body flipping backward a full 180 degrees, its pale face staring intently at River, who was standing right in front of it.

Startled, Rivers hadn't expected the monster to lock onto her so quickly, but she still immediately unleashed the [Fear Slash].

The two daggers crossed, flashing with cold light, and the royal ghost was cleaved in two.

Having landed a successful blow, just as Rivers was about to disappear into the shadows, the howl of another royal ghost was already close at hand.

"ah!!!!!"

"Flash!?" The Royal Ghost's ability to move quickly was clearly beyond River's expectations.

An arm strong enough to tear through armor was already close, and River, unable to escape into the shadows, could only raise her twin daggers to block the royal ghost's attack.

However, the six arms on either side of the Royal Ghost's body pounded out at a frenzied pace, launching wave after wave of attacks that left no room for respite.

This is what they call two fists being no match for four hands, not to mention that the Royal Ghost attacks with six hands.

"whispering sound."

As she parried with her twin daggers, Rivers caught a glimpse of the remaining two limbed nobles charging forward, howling and brandishing their swords and shields.

There is no doubt that I miscalculated.

She mistakenly identified the Royal Ghost as a weak, ranged attack monster.

In reality, the Royal Ghost not only has the ability to teleport, but can even briefly suppress this high-level shadow assassin in melee combat.

However, this situation was far from dangerous for River.

Combat Skill: Cloud of Daggers!

Two dagger-shaped clouds, imbued with the power of shadow, flew toward the two nobles who had been surrounding them.

The cloud, powerful enough to instantly kill the Chaos Devourer, forced the limb-splitting noble to raise his beast-patterned golden shield to block.

Combat Skill: [Stealth Step]!

By flashing away to create distance between herself and the Royal Ghost, Rivera seized the opportunity to disappear into the shadows once more, then instantly reappeared behind the Royal Ghost.

This time, she did not give the royal ghost another chance to turn over.

[Fearful Slash]!

With a flash of light, the royal ghost was reduced to pieces.

"call……"

The continuous use of combat techniques had taken a toll on River's body, so much so that she didn't immediately retreat into the shadows again, but instead stood there, panting heavily.

At this point, the duration of both dagger clouds had ended.

Thanks to the beast-patterned golden shield inherited from the royal city of Rodel, the two limb-splitting nobles suffered no damage and remained at full health.

Two deformed arms of aristocratic men gripped a ceremonial straight sword, while twelve twisted limbs, composed of arms or legs, swung wildly, granting them incredible speed.

Looking at the strikingly handsome face on the twisted body of the aristocrat with limbs attached, Rivera curled her lip and said, "Disgusting monster."

As soon as she finished speaking, she disappeared into the shadows once more.

Without the Royal Ghosts who could spray poison from a distance, the limbed nobles, who only had melee combat abilities, had almost no means of fighting back when facing the elusive Shadow Assassins.

Whenever River emerges from the shadows, the limb-splitting nobleman loses one or two limbs.

Before long, both of the limb-splitting nobles were reduced to bloated human pigs.

Looking at the still struggling nobleman with his limbs extended, a hint of lingering satisfaction flashed in River's eyes.

Since becoming Miss Grace's attendant, she hadn't experienced such an exhilarating battle in a long time.

"Thank you for the meal," Rivera whispered, ending the lives of the two noblemen who had undergone limb extension.

"Rumble..."

The previously closed tomb door was reopened.

After resting for a moment, Rivers found the dead, decaying wild dog in the corner of the room and took the summoning bell from its neck.

"Ring ring..."

Rivers shook the bell, and in the next second, almost all the shadow power in her body was instantly drained.

The grey-white knight who had lost his homeland also appeared.

"Interesting, it's actually in a soul state. No wonder it can use combat techniques just like Miss said."

Although not a necromancer specializing in the study of souls, as a high-ranking shadow assassin, River could still see through the true nature of the Lost Knight.

"Moreover, the bell doesn't only consume magic power; it can even consume my shadow power. But why was my shadow power completely drained? Miss said that the low-level mage named Elisa only had a little over half of her magic power drained."

In fact, it's not just the magic power within a mage, but also the shadow power within a shadow assassin.

With the exception of a very few professions that rely purely on brute force, such as berserkers.

The Summoning Bell can draw upon and utilize the Holy Light power within paladins and priests, as well as the natural power within druids.

"It seems it can't be directly controlled or commanded; it's an autonomous action type?" River quickly summarized the various characteristics of the Summoning Bell: "A good tool."

With the summoning bell hanging at her waist, River walked out of the tomb, with the Lost Knight protecting her in front of her.

After passing through the last passage, we successfully arrived at the final boss room.

"This guy drained all of my shadow power, but I've recovered half of it, which should be enough."

Although she wasn't at her peak after the earlier exertion, Rivers confidently pushed open the BOSS room door, knowing she had an extra tank by her side.

She refused to believe that the lord of this underground city could have any trump card that would kill her!

She, Rivers, is determined to achieve her first solo clear!

With this thought in mind, Rivers stepped inside.

What came into view were three tall figures soaring into the air.