Dungeon Designer: Bringing Smiles to the World!

Everything returned to darkness.

Elisa, Joel, Grace, River.

The four stood there, still savoring the epic and mysterious story they had just heard.

First Flame, Ancient Dragon, King's Soul...

Rebellion, betrayal, decline...

Everything was so captivating, and yet so...real.

It's as if this isn't a fiction, but a grand history that truly happened in another world.

It took them almost a minute to come to their senses; they were now in a dangerous underground city.

Elisa raised her staff and cast [Glimmer], illuminating the surroundings.

Unbeknownst to them, the four found themselves in a huge, deep well, standing on a shaky, decaying wooden platform.

Below was a bottomless darkness, and upwards emanated a foul, stench.

Joel carefully walked to the edge of the platform, casually tossed a stone down, and after a long time, he didn't hear it land.

According to the information provided by the association, the interior of the [Taifa Underground City] should be a huge open-air cemetery and a dark forest. How could such a structure exist?

Moreover, while the clip from the previous scene was impressive, it was also somewhat confusing.

"Looks like we've 'gotten lucky' again," Joel said with a wry smile.

There are only two possibilities right now.

Alternatively, the [Taifa Dungeon] also changed its lord, just like the [Dorn Dungeon].

Either the old, corrupt lich suddenly had a breakthrough and drastically altered the structure of the dungeon.

But to be honest, the probability of an immortal lich becoming enlightened and making changes, and even creating a novel immersive storyline, is probably smaller than the probability of a male ratman castrating himself.

"Th-th-this..." Elisa managed to say, "Even if the terrain has changed, it doesn't mean anything! With proper preparation, we can definitely clear this level 2 dungeon!"

Joel didn't dwell on it too much; it was just exploring a new map, and he didn't believe that the [Tefal Dungeon] could become more dangerous than the [Dorn Dungeon].

Before they knew it, they had all forgotten that the [Dorn Dungeon] was actually just a level 1 dungeon...

"Miss River?" Joel turned to the assassin in the group: "A scout mission..."

Before she could finish speaking, Rivers spoke up calmly.

"There is no sign of undead creatures around."

As a high-level shadow assassin, River's perception abilities are far superior to those of the other three members of the team.

"Alright." Joel stretched his shoulders and took the first step, sword in hand.

"Creak..."

The decaying wooden planks, covered in slippery, dark green moss, made an ominous sound, as if they were about to snap at any moment.

"Be careful, I have a feeling this place might collapse." Joel looked down into the dark abyss.

As soon as she finished speaking, Elisa raised her staff and cast the first-level spell [Featherfall], and several white feathers drifted down onto the four of them.

【Feather Fall】Although it is only a level 1 spell, it is almost a must-learn for mages. During the 10 minutes of the buff, it can make them immune to almost all fall damage, so they can't die no matter how they fall.

However, the Feather Fall Technique also has some drawbacks. If the user is attacked multiple times during the fall, the Feather Fall Technique will become ineffective.

"You've been enhanced, go for it!" Elisa waved her staff in encouragement.

With Joel, the swordsman, leading the way, the four began to spiral downwards.

Despite the light provided by the [Dim Light] spell, Elisa, Joel, and Grace were all on edge in such a clearly dangerous environment.

Only the strongest, Rivera, seemed somewhat relaxed, but her usual indifferent expression concealed this fact.

"It's so quiet..." Grace, who was surrounded in the center as a wet nurse and received the strictest protection, whispered.

In other words, there's no such thing as setting a flag in this world, otherwise Grace's mouth would be covered the next second.

"Liches are the most cunning undead creatures, don't let your guard down," Joel warned almost immediately in a deep voice.

Grace shrank back and nodded quickly.

As they moved forward in silence, a very narrow wooden bridge, barely wide enough for one person to pass at a time, soon appeared before them.

"Cover me."

After taking a deep breath, Joel lit the lantern at his waist and took the lead on stepping onto the wooden bridge.

The reason why they didn't send River, a lithe assassin, to scout ahead was actually quite simple.

Joel wasn't stupid; he could tell that Rivers was probably Grace's bodyguard and would never stray far from her.

"I never thought I'd be able to walk on a narrow bridge in an underground city."

As he spoke in a low voice, Joel moved his legs more carefully, while inwardly thanking himself for wearing light armor, otherwise he would have definitely collapsed the bridge.

Fortunately, the journey was safe, and Joel successfully reached the other side of the bridge.

After confirming that there were no enemies around, Joel took the lantern from his waist and waved it vigorously to signal to the other three that they could pass in the dark.

"I'll go." Grace volunteered to walk onto the log bridge, and River didn't stop her, but silently reached for the throwing knife at her waist.

In fact, with River's strength as a high-level shadow assassin, she could easily use [Stealth Step] to quickly bring the group to the other side. However, in order to conceal her strength, she did not choose to do so. Moreover, River could not sense any enemies in the darkness at this time, so she was not too worried.

only……

"Creak..."

As Grace reached the middle of the log bridge, a sudden sound of breaking wood rang out, particularly loud in the quiet darkness.

Joel's expression changed, and he immediately shouted, "Come here quickly!"

Grace obediently sped up, but before she could reach Joel's outstretched hand, the log bridge snapped, and she fell with only a scream.

Behind them, River, who possessed dark vision, saw this scene and rushed out without hesitation, catching Grace in mid-air just as the log bridge completely broke.

With her feet firmly planted on the broken log bridge, Rivers used the momentum to leap high into the air, seemingly about to jump over and escape danger.

But after Rogge's improvements, the malicious intent in the diseased village went far beyond simply destroying a bridge.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

The slightest sound of air friction is extremely difficult to detect in the dark.

A thin, highly poisoned blowgun flew towards River and Grace in her arms, while several emaciated blowgunners, crouching in dark corners, launched their attack.

Rivers' pupils suddenly contracted. Something was very wrong. Neither the life force of a living creature nor the death aura of an undead creature should escape her senses as a high-level shadow assassin.

But now, Rivers only became aware of their presence when these humanoid monsters launched their attack.

Without the slightest hesitation, Rivers didn't bother to hide her strength and immediately planned to use the [Stealth Step] to escape danger.

Even in the dungeon, even with the resurrection buff, she absolutely did not want to see Grace die under her protection.

"roar!!!"

However, before Rivers could use her combat skills, a huge roar came from the dark abyss below.

"Dragon's Roar!?"

The mind-shaking roar interrupted the use of combat skills, and the poisoned arrow that followed forced River to change shape to protect Grace in her arms.

The two lost their last chance to escape and plunged straight into the depths of the sick village.