Make the dragon great again

Chapter 61 The Business Area at the Entrance of the Dungeon (Seeking Tickets and Investment!)

In the winter of 3362 in the mainland calendar, rumors about a giant dragon and a mysterious dungeon began to spread in the eastern part of the mainland.

By the midsummer moon in 3363, a full year had passed since a certain dragon left its lair for the first time, and it had also passed since the first person to find this dungeon deep in the Mullin Forest based on rumored clues. for a whole quarter.

At this time, near the temple square at the entrance of the dungeon, many adventurers from all over the eastern part of the continent camped here.

Among these resident adventurers, some have just arrived here and want to make sufficient preparations before entering the dungeon; It's not for breaking into the dungeon at all...

Some merchants who specialize in providing support services for adventurers such as equipment repairs and food and medicine supply, as well as adventurers who specialize in hiring guards for these merchants, have taken a fancy to the potential commercial value of this place and chose to establish a temporary stronghold near the Temple Square.

Due to the influence of a certain dungeon master who wanted to grind his teeth and claws, the monsters in the vicinity did not dare to approach a certain range around the square, so this vicinity is an extremely rare safe zone in the depths of the forest.

After a quarter of development, dozens of temporary strongholds, large and small, have been established on the edge of the temple square with a radius of 200 meters, which seems to be evolving into a permanent gathering place for adventurers...

Most of these strongholds are concentrated in the east of the square. After all, most of the adventurers who find here will come from the east, so most of the merchants are concentrated on this "must pass".

But there are also many strongholds scattered around the exits of the dozen or so small temples outside the square.

Compared with the camps gathered in the east, which mainly provide accommodation and rest services for adventurers, these scattered trading strongholds are more for adventurers who have just entered the dungeon and come out from the exit...

"Bang!"

Inside a small temple in the northeast, there was the sound of a stone door opening, which indicated that another adventurer had left the dungeon.

The merchants and adventurers stationed near this exit cast their eyes one after another.

"Someone came out again, I don't know if they have broken through the third floor?"

"Maybe some guys who haven't even broken through the second floor..."

"I'm really envious of those guys who broke through the third floor [Skeleton Soldier Domain] and got the power bestowed by the city lord!"

"I used to be an excellent adventurer, until I took an arrow in the knee, otherwise, I would also like to break into this dungeon..." (Note)
Several adventurers walked out of the small temple. Their bodies were covered with battle marks, and some were even wounded, with blood dripping from time to time.

Seeing their miserable state and the frustrated expression on their faces, those who cast their eyes here will know:
These are some people who are unable to break through the third floor [Skeleton Soldier Field], but insist on moving forward stubbornly, until they are seriously injured or even downsizing, finally realize their level, and have to pay a greater price to retreat guy.

If you can't even break through the first floor, you can only exit from the original path of the big temple in the center of the square. Those who can come out of these small temples must at least be adventurers who have passed the first floor, because next to the entrance of the second and third floors, there will be a direct exit to these small shrines on the periphery of the square;
In addition, those who successfully crossed the third floor and met the dungeon master will heal their injuries in the ceremony of being given power, so those who leave the small temple with injuries on their bodies have all passed the first floor But the adventurers who failed to break through the third floor...

"It seems to be, old Sam's team?"

"But why didn't you see old Sam himself?"

"Could it be unlucky to die inside..."

Someone recognized the group of adventurers and found that one of them was missing.

And Damon, Kane, and the "Golden Class" who had just arrived here from the northeast also happened to see this scene.

"Why are there so many people here?"

Damon stared at the large and small strongholds around the square in a daze. He didn't expect that there would be such a large-scale gathering place here.

Hanke and the others are also the first business to run this route, and "the first time" to come near this underground city, so they are also very surprised by the state here.

But at any rate, when they purchased the "safe route map", they had learned about the situation here through other gold-level colleagues in the guild, so they were able to withdraw a few words and maintain the image of "gold level".

"This dungeon seems to radiate some kind of invisible force, driving wild beasts and monsters out of a certain range, so the area near the entrance is a safe area. Many adventurers who failed to break through choose to stay here, and some Hong merchants will do business here."

"It's still like this!"

"You aristocrats, you have land to protect your life and future, but we need to work hard for this, and we will not let go of any opportunity to make money..."

I am afraid that only those real gold-level adventurers who have a certain status in the upper class can not worry about money and life...

Hank, who had been an adventurer for more than ten years, sighed.

Don't look at this emerging gathering place that seems to have a strange prosperity, but most of the people gathered here are poor wretches who are not worthy of envy.

Damon and Kane focused their attention on those adventurers who failed to enter the dungeon, while the three of Hank fantasized about becoming a true gold-ranked future.

'Perhaps, we should try to break into this dungeon?Anyway, although this area looks familiar, it is obviously not the abandoned castle... If you successfully break through the third floor, you will have real gold-level strength! '

At the same time, in the deepest part of the dungeon [Hall of Dominion], Alvarez, the floor master who transformed the first three floors of the dungeon into [Skeleton Soldier Domain], is reporting to Adrian that "the area near the entrance of the dungeon Occupied by more and more inferior creatures" information...

……

Since Adrian returned to the deepest part of the dungeon to sleep lightly half a year ago, from time to time, a tyrannical aura far surpassing the fifth level came from the [Hall of Dominion].

Therefore, Alvarez has already "realized" that this powerful ancient dragon and his eternal master in the future did not use his real strength at all when fighting him!
"Master Adrian has already reached the sixth level of legend... No, maybe Lord Adrian has even surpassed legend, and has reached an even more terrifying state!" '

Alvarez admired himself more and more for his resolute surrender at the beginning, and believed that this was the most correct decision he made in his short life and long ghost life.

This idea became more determined and blazing after Adrian bestowed the source blood, allowing Edmund to break through the limit of the Gaia species...

However, recently, Alvarez seemed a little restless.

On the one hand, as the guardian of the first three levels directly appointed by Adrian, Alvarez thinks this is a symbol of Lord Adrian's trust. Look at that Edmund, isn't he all kicked out to collect information? !
On the other hand, the other guardians of the dungeon, including the three unhatched rock-eating dragon beast eggs, were all given source blood by Lord Adrian, but Alvarez was the only one who didn't!

'Don't tell me I haven't gained Lord Adrian's trust yet! ? '

Moreover, except for the three unhatched dragon eggs, one of these other guardians seems to have more or less grievances with him!
Therefore, in the past six months, Alvarez has been in a state of sometimes being happy and sometimes worrying about gains and losses.

He diligently selected qualified candidates for Adrian, just hoping that Adrian could look at him more...

But Alvarez thinks this is obviously not enough, he desperately needs more performance opportunities!

And now, the opportunity has come.

"...After receiving Lord Adrian's supreme gift, those inferior creatures dare to occupy the area near the temple! The subordinates cannot forgive such disrespectful behavior to Lord Adrian!
"Master Adrian, please allow me to activate the [Death Hell] and cleanse those disrespectful people who occupy the surrounding area! The subordinates will let them become part of the power to protect Lord Adrian, and stand for their arrogance in eternal soul torture. and impertinence to atone!"

Alvarez's voice echoed in the [Hall of Domination].

In the darkened area, Adrian, who was gnawing on the bone dragon's ribs to grind his teeth, looked at the lich who had become his fanatical subordinate with some headaches.

'...Should I tell him that this is actually the result of my intentional connivance? '

……

To be continued.

Note: [Arrow in the knee]

The stalk of "The Elder Scrolls 5", when talking to the guard npc in the game, the sentence that appeared most frequently was "I used to be an adventurer until I got an arrow in my knee";
The original meaning of "took an arrow in the knee" is to kneel on one knee, which means marriage, so the original meaning is actually "I was also an adventurer before I got married", but the straightforward translation caused it to become what it was later. ...

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