Dungeon Designer: Bringing Smiles to the World!

The shadow assassin moved with lightning speed, each swing of his twin daggers leaving several wounds on the gluttonous dragon.

The mage stood with his staff, and with each incantation, azure missiles and scorching fireballs were unleashed, blasting the gluttonous dragon to pieces.

The Sun Knight shone brightly, his unwavering prayers giving him no fear. His Sun Sword, imbued with the power of lightning, was fierce and deadly, each strike severely wounding the Gluttonous Dragon.

The priestess... well, as a priestess with little combat ability, Grace could only cower in the back, applying buffs to the three of them, and incidentally throwing the [Red Lion Fire Pot] at the Gluttonous Dragon.

The surging red lion flames burst open, scorching the gluttonous dragon's skin.

This is a battle to slay dragons!

Apart from Rivers remaining calm, Elisa and Grace were both incredibly excited!

Although the majority of the damage output comes from the Sun Knight, he is also the one who takes the brunt of the damage.

However, as time went on, the Gluttonous Dragon's injuries gradually accumulated and became more and more serious.

Victory seemed within reach.

But don't forget, this was never a battle whose outcome was predetermined.

The adventurers will suffer a narrow defeat, while the gluttonous dragon will achieve a pyrrhic victory.

Their resentment at failure and their desire to kill dragons will drive them back into the Blighttown, once again contributing their negative emotional energy to the dungeon.

The Sun Knight is currently battling a gluttonous dragon.

No, it should be said that Rogge, disguised as the Sun Knight, spoke softly.

"It's about time to wrap this up."

This was naturally meant for the lich Horak.

"You remind me of the stage plays popular in the human kingdom." Horak completely took control of the gluttonous dragon.

"The popularity of stage plays dates back hundreds of years. Nowadays, people use crystal balls to project and watch real footage recorded by adventurers."

Horak did not reply. Under his control, the Gluttonous Dragon stopped fighting with the Sun Knight and turned its attention to the cunning mortal, Shadow Assassin River.

Generally speaking, it's quite shameful for a dungeon lord to take the initiative to fight adventurers, but Horak and Rogue don't care about such things.

Who told you, a high-level Shadow Assassin, to come and harass level 1 and 2 dungeons? It's perfectly reasonable for me to retaliate, right?

Well, that's what they mean by "I may not fry fish, but I can't be without the skill to fry fish."

"roar!!!"

The gluttonous dragon, controlled by Horak, roared again, its claws suddenly increasing in speed, and soon slapped Rivera, who couldn't dodge in time, to the ground.

"Cough... Pfft..."

Despite being hit by this powerful blow, Rivers' injuries were not serious.

Although she wasn't a tank like Shieldbearer, she was still a high-level Shadow Assassin, and much more durable than Joel.

"What's going on? What's wrong with this dragon...?"

Elisa and Grace were amazed by the Gluttonous Dragon's tremendous changes. Each of its attacks seemed to have become more methodical and targeted, no longer blindly focusing on attacking the Sun Knight.

Before they could react, the gluttonous dragon's attacks came one after another.

The massive, twisting body spun rapidly, and its enormous tail swept towards the two fragile creatures.

Upon seeing this, Rivers' pupils constricted sharply. She didn't care whether Elisa lived or died, but Grace could not die before her!

[Speed ​​Up]! [Stealth Step]!

No longer concealing her strength, Rivers instantly appeared beside Grace and carried her on her back.

At this moment, the wind pressure generated by the dragon's tail arrived. Without even glancing at Elisa beside her, Rivers immediately led Grace away from the attack range.

"BOOM!!!"

The thick dragon tail crashed down, instantly slamming Elisa into the swamp.

Although the [Tears of Farewell] effect triggered in time, saving Elisa from death, the toxic swamp mud was equally deadly.

The cold, slippery mud flooded her mouth and nose, and in her agony, the young mage suffocated to death.

"It contributed a lot of negative emotional energy."

Seeing the energy automatically deposited into their bracelets, Horak and Roger both smiled.

Indeed, only by giving these adventurers hope first and then crushing it can one obtain the most intense and pure negative emotions.

"Elisa!"

Grace, who had been led to safety by Rivers, cried out anxiously, only to see the light that symbolized resurrection already drifting away from this hellish place.

Before there was any time for grief or anger, the gluttonous dragon's attacks came one after another.

"roar!!!"

With a furious dragon roar, the abyss's gaping maw trembled, spewing out seemingly endless, millennia-old venom.

The corrosive, toxic rain poured down, and no life was spared.

Despair descended once again.

"Use the [Return Bone Fragment] to leave now!" Rivera commanded Grace in an unquestionable tone, while silently preparing her final killing move: "[Death...]"

"【The Art of Command】"

Horak secretly cast a level 5 spell, successfully interrupting River's ultimate ability's animation. Although it was only for a moment, it was enough.

It was at this time that...

"Praise the sun!!!"

The voice of the Sun Knight rang out again.

Rogge raised his arms high, and an unprecedentedly thick thunder spear materialized in his hands.

Endless poisonous rain fell, and a mighty thunder spear was hurled!

Grace, in River's arms, crushed the [Return Bone Fragment]. Before being teleported away, she only saw the dazzling Sun Knight leap up, his Sun Straight Sword gathering sword energy, slashing towards the Gluttonous Demon Dragon.

The gluttonous dragon opened its ferocious maw, as if to swallow the knight whole.

The dragon and the knight looked like they were about to perish together.

Could a knight as warm as the sun truly lose his humanity? Sadness welled up in Grace's heart.

There was sorrow ahead...

"roar!!!"

"Rumble..."

Two beams of light, one representing teleportation and the other representing resurrection, rose into the air and drifted away from the disease village.

……

All the adventurers have died or left, and the village has returned to silence.

Roger flicked his hand, and the illusory sword energy he had conjured quickly dissipated.

This was the first time he had used negative emotional energy to power himself in battle. While the effect was indeed quite good, the consumption was also enormous.

"Thump!"

Beside him, the gluttonous dragon lay back down, and the lich Horak slowly walked out of a portal.

Horak touched the Gluttonous Dragon, which was covered in wounds, with a pang of heartache, and immediately released negative emotional energy to repair it.

"My masterpiece was almost destroyed."

"It's our masterpiece," Roger said casually, as his Sun Knight attire vanished.

Looking at the negative energy contributed by Alyssa, Joel, River, and Grace, Roger stroked his chin: "Although we lost money this time in terms of pure income and expenditure, it was a necessary initial investment."

News of the existence of a powerful dragon in the Sick Village, or rather, the [Taifa Dungeon], will soon spread, attracting a flood of greedy adventurers.

As long as we proceed steadily and methodically according to plan, they will provide a continuous stream of negative emotional energy.

Horak nodded and took out a skull from his spatial ring, tossing it to Roger.

Dancing Skull

The skull engraved with the 5th-circle spell, Dance of the Skeletons, was crafted by the Plague Apostle Horak.

When crushed, it summons five jet-black tentacles that pierce through five corpses within sight, transforming them into dancing skeletons capable of autonomous movement. The dancing skeletons' dances attract the attention of enemies and slowly reduce their health.

Note: Dancing with power!

"What is this?" Roger asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Consider this little gadget I made as payment for making this trip." Horak didn't explain further, but instead began working on restoring the devastated sick village.

"Alright." Roger put the skull away and prepared to leave Sicks Village and the Taifa Dungeon. He didn't have much time to visit other places; he still needed to go back and improve his own dungeon.

"Oh right, I almost forgot."

Before leaving, Roger called Patch over and replenished the supplies in Patch's shop, and also took the necklace from Grace.

"Wow." Rogue's eyes lit up after casting [Appraisal]: "This is a divine artifact..."