Dungeon Designer: Bringing Smiles to the World!

"Cough cough cough..."

Joel's cough sounded particularly jarring in the quiet catacombs.

After wandering through several dead ends in the complex, labyrinthine catacombs, Joel finally couldn't hold on any longer and swayed as he sat down against the wall.

"I feel...cough...I feel like something...something's not right..."

After a violent cough, Joel coughed up several mouthfuls of dark red blood.

This unexpected situation startled Elisa and Grace.

Grace pulled aside Joel's collar and discovered that many dark red, corrosive veins had somehow spread across half of his chest.

"This shouldn't be happening. My healing prayers should have removed the poisoning effects." Grace was clearly unfamiliar with this situation and was momentarily at a loss.

It wasn't until Elisa reminded her that she hurriedly performed healing and purification prayers again in an attempt to remove the toxins.

"cough……"

The result, naturally, was that it had no effect whatsoever.

"Yes, I'm sorry..." Grace's eyes welled up with tears of self-reproach. She had just promised not to let her teammates get poisoned, but now she could only watch helplessly.

The fangs of the rotten wild dog contain no ordinary toxins, but a terrifying crimson decay from another world, which only the pure golden needles of the divine being Michaela can suppress.

How could mere low-level healing and purification prayers possibly be effective?

"Cough cough cough... It seems this is the best I can do." Joel coughed weakly a few times before making his request.

"Kill me, I'm not feeling well right now. Let's just resurrect and leave the dungeon."

Grace instinctively refused: "No! How can that be?!"

"I can't even lift my arm now, I'm just a burden," Joel explained with a forced smile. "Anyway, you already have that summoned knight, so I, the swordsman, am useless."

Grace wanted to say something more, but Elisa had already raised her staff.

Looking at the magic missile that had already materialized, Joel closed his eyes and said, "When you clear this dungeon, don't forget my share. Oh, and remember to bring my equipment out with you."

The missile was launched and struck Joel on the head, where he had already removed his helmet.

"Bang!"

The headless corpse vanished in a flash of light, leaving behind only the armor, riddled with bite marks from rotting wild dogs, and a longsword.

Grace was still standing there, while Elisa had already deftly stuffed the two pieces of equipment into a coffin on the wall and marked it.

After clearing a dungeon, adventurers can choose to leave through the portal in the boss room or return directly to the dungeon entrance.

Most adventurers who don't have storage space items will choose the latter.

This way, you can find a place to store all the treasures along the way, and then go back to retrieve them after defeating the BOSS, leaving through the entrance at the same time.

"Let's go." Alyssa tiptoed and patted Grace, the junior adventurer, on the head. "It's common for adventurers to die in dungeons. Usually, if they get poisoned or lose a hand or foot, their teammates will give them a quick death. All we can do now is clear this damn dungeon."

Grace nodded, followed Elisa's steps, and silently took the latter's hand.

……

"Crimson Corruption is still effective." Seeing that the adventurer team had suffered losses, Roger felt that having the Corruption Hounds guard the connection between the first and second floors was indeed the right choice.

"The existence of the Soul Summoning Bell will soon spread, so we need to find some time to expand the dungeon."

As he spoke, Roger opened the notification bar.

Dorne Dungeon

Rating: 1

Negative energy reserves: 550

Daily energy expenditure: 12

Number of adventurers entering today: 20

Number of adventurers entering this month: 20

Adventurer completion rate: 0%

Dungeon Treasures: Special Item - Summoning Bell (Lost Knight), Learning Spell Scroll - Meteor Shower, Buff Amulet - Spell Orb, Wearable Equipment - Fighting Sword, Mineral Resource - Brightstone Mine (Small)...

Comment: Your dungeons have given many adventurers a hard time! Keep it up!

The negative energy reserve has reached 550, and Rogge plans to expand the dungeon when the energy exceeds 1000.

He already had a plan.

That is to expand the first level of the prison into the infamous dungeon in Dark Souls 3—Irithyll's Underground Prison.

The second level of the underground catacombs will be transformed into the famous labyrinth of the Elden Ring – the Aresa Necropolis.

The former features a branding jailer that can reduce maximum health, plus a terrifyingly large-headed doll, truly embodying the underworld.

The latter's teleportation chest and almost identical double graveyard design can send chills down players' spines, making them feel like they're trapped in a maze. Even Rogue suffered a lot from it back then.

If these two pictures appeared in this world, they would definitely be a big surprise for all adventurers!

Thinking of this, Roger couldn't help but show a "kind" smile.

I closed the notification bar and turned to look at the monitor.

……

Despite the Knight of Lost Home's relentless advance, the tomb designed by Rogue is not something that can be conquered by brute force alone; the incredible number of forks and dead ends is enough to make one's scalp tingle.

After exploring for more than half an hour, Elisa and Grace finally found a new treasure behind a hidden wall – a magic orb amulet that could slightly enhance the power of spells.

However, the treasure could not relieve the intense frustration caused by circling for so long.

Elisa and Grace had no idea how long the Lost Knight summoned by the Soul Bell could exist. They just wanted to clear the dungeon as soon as possible, otherwise, the two fragile characters would have a hard time without their front line.

After what seemed like the umpteenth time they'd stumbled upon a fork in the road, the two soon reached its end and discovered a lone treasure chest lying on the ground.

Elisa stepped forward and opened the lid of the box.

You have triggered a teleportation trap...

A burst of white mist erupted from the box, completely enveloping Elisa.

"This is bad..."

With this thought flashing through her mind, Elisa immediately stepped back, trying to leave the area of ​​the white mist.

But in the blink of an eye, the scene before her eyes changed dramatically.

When Alyssa finally got a clear look at her surroundings, she was surprised to find that she had returned to the cell block on the next floor!

Not far away, on the ground, was the treasure chest that had previously had a corner of the sheepskin scroll slightly protruding!

Elisa's eyes lit up. She had thought the teleportation earlier was a trap, but now it seemed to be a shortcut.

"It seems that the lord of this dungeon still has some conscience..." Elisa muttered.

If the treasure chest contains a scroll of learning spells, then she'll have hit the jackpot!

You can master the new spell immediately after using it on the spot, without having to worry about whether you can take it out of the dungeon after clearing the game.

Among all the treasures in the dungeon, this kind of learning scroll is the most precious.

Thinking of this, Elisa couldn't wait to open the treasure chest.

However, what came into her view was not the spell scroll she had imagined, but two rows of ferocious fangs!

And a pair of long, huge arms!

"Waaah..."

The mimic grabbed Elisa with both hands and forced her into the treasure chest upside down, no matter how much she struggled.

Immediately, the two rows of fangs began to tear and bite uncontrollably.

A short while later, Elisa died in the mouth of the mimic.

The corpse turned into light and disappeared, and the soul-summoning bell that had been hanging at the waist fell to the ground.

In the second-level tomb area, Grace, who wasn't teleported away, was still confused about the situation.

The Lost Knight beside him had abruptly vanished due to the death of the summoner.

Grace was the only one left in the entire underground city.

A priest with little combat ability could not possibly explore a dungeon alone.

Before long, Grace died at the hands of several high-speed skeletal car wheels.

The three-person team, who had just been confident they could clear the dungeon, crumbled in an instant.