Dungeon Maker-Chapter 7
<Chapter 3 - The Power of Evolution>
On the day they held the ceremony, Yong-Ho felt a change.
The word, awakened, wasn’t enough to describe it.
He was reborn as a demon. Of course a lot of things were different from before.
The first difference was how his body became stronger.
His physique was improving day by day. No matter how hard he worked out at the gym, he never got the six pack he had now and the muscles in his arms and legs increased a lot.
It’s because he obtained mana. It’s safe to say that among the demons, the body of the demon king was a ball of mana. Eligor explained that the stronger the mana gets, the more a body’s performance increases as well.
‘Eligor is out getting water.’
Just like yesterday, Catalina was sleeping while being wrapped up in her cloak. Yong-Ho contemplated momentarily whether he should wake her up, but ended up walking towards the throne. He checked his own stats by activating the Power of Evolution.
[Name: Chun Yong-Ho (M)]
[Race: Half Human, Half Demon - Demon King]
[Main Element: Fire / Darkness]
[Specialized Strength| ★ (1)]
[Specialized Stamina| ★★ (2)]
[Specialized Mana| ★☆ (1.5)]
[Specialized Charm| ★ (1)]
[Specialized Agility| ★ (1)]
[Specialized Skill| ★★ (2)]
[Seven Deadly Sins| ???]
He was satisfied by the fact that there were many routes in which development was possible, but he expected more stars. He was a demon king and thought it was a bit unfair, but there was still a lot of things he didn’t know about the Power of Evolution. Even though he didn’t see the effects very often, there were a lot of opportunities where evolution could take place, so it could get stronger later on.
‘The one that’s getting to me the most is the Seven Deadly Sins.’
Out of the Seven Deadly Sins, Mammon’s power was greed.
Just because he was a descendant of Mammon didn’t mean he could use the power of the Seven Deadly Sins. The reason why Catalina, Eligor and even Sitri was surprised was because Yong-Ho had the power of the Seven Deadly Sins.
‘The previous generation of owners couldn’t even control it.’
But, Yong-Ho had it. It hasn’t been awakened yet, but it was a power he could use someday.
After controlling the smile he had on his face, Yong-Ho coughed once and connected his conscious to the spirit of the dungeon.
There was a lot to do today.
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“So you’re saying that this place is located at the most southern part of the demon world, right?”
“That’s correct. You can call it the outskirt. During Mammon’s era, all of the southern region belonged to the House of Mammon...”
While talking, tears started filling up Eligor’s eyes. This demon cried pretty easily.
Yong-Ho thought Eligor was just an old demon that missed the magnificent past, but Eligor wasn’t even born during Mammon’s era. He turned his attention from Eligor to the window of light.
‘It’s wide.’
It wasn’t just wide, but extremely wide.
He didn’t have any information to base it off and was solely making assumptions, but it seemed like it was wider than the United States.
From there, Yong-Ho’s dungeon, the House of Mammon, was located at the most southern part. Like Eligor mentioned, it was a suburb. If this were a game, it was a border that had plenty of space around it.
After wiping his tears with a handkerchief, Eligor spoke again. ƒ𝑟𝐞𝗲𝘄𝙚𝚋𝑛ｏ𝙫𝒆𝒍.𝒄𝘰𝓂
“Currently, in the demon world, the great powers can be divided into six. You can say that they’re kings of the demon world.”
Within this large world, after the borders were drawn, the lands were divided into seven different colors.
In the past, it belonged to the House of Mammon, but now, it was a wasteland in the south that didn’t have an owner.
The powerful demon kings control the six lands and they command the owners within those lands.
Since the demon world itself was pretty big, the nearest “King’s Land” was pretty far. In Yong-Ho’s perspective, despite him starting out with just two demons, there may come a time where he has to meet them.
It was best to look into the situation.
Yong-Ho wasn’t going to leave the dungeon in its current condition. As he gets stronger, the day when he’ll have to face them will come, even if he doesn’t want to.
That’s why Sitri’s warning was important.
He didn’t need her to explain more. Yong-Ho wasn’t a full-blooded demon. From the perspective of the other demon heads, this kind of irregularity was rare. There is a high possibility that the others might not like Yong-Ho.
‘That’s why Eligor hid me.’
There were two reason why he called the dungeon merchant, Sitri, during the ceremony instead of an owner from a different house.
One was that there were no demons to call and the other reason was to conceal the fact that Yong-Ho ascended to the throne.
The dungeon was such a mess that when one Crimson Ogre entered, they were on the verge of being killed. If a full-blooded owner from a different family decided to attack them now, they would be done for.
He had a lot of things to do the more he thought about it.
Being the owner of a chicken restaurant seemed more promising than being the owner of a dungeon.
But Yong-Ho couldn’t help but smile. His bravery, no, it might be drunken courage, but despite the fact that the situation wasn’t looking so good, he thought of it as a challenge.
Eligor had a satisfied smile after seeing Yong-Ho and continued explaining.
“The first thing that must be done is to recover the dungeon’s function.”
The window of light suddenly disappeared and an aerial view of the dungeon appeared. Most parts of Mammon’s dungeon were either inactive or destroyed.
“This is embarrassing to say, but Mammon was one of the Seven Deadly Sins, but out of the owners that took over the dungeon, none of them were able to revive the dungeon completely. Just finding the hidden facilities within the destroyed areas will help you in targeting the dungeon and getting the results that you want.”
In simple terms, it meant there were dungeons within the house that needed to be targeted.
‘It sounds good, but it also sounds fishy.’
Seeing as how the previous owners weren’t able to completely obtain Mammon of Greed’s power, this wasn’t going to be an easy task. Eligor noticed Yong-Ho’s intentions and spoke.
“First, it’ll be better to develop the upper level, since it’s safer, and go from there. It’ll be better if you repel the neighboring low-level demon and increase your power.”
‘I feel like I’m currently the low-level demon here.’
The law of the jungle applied in the demon world. Clashing with other demons couldn’t be avoided.
“Eligor, out of the strength type and stamina type, which do you like better?”
“Sir?”
Eligor blinked due to the random question. Instead of explaining, Yong-Ho activated the Power of Evolution. He wasn’t planning on testing it out on Eligor, but he wanted to see how he would change if he were to use it.
[Name : Eligor (M)]
[Race : Red Demon]
[Main Elements : Fire / Darkness]
[Main Stats : Red Demon - Strength / Stamina]
[Development Rate : 62/100]
[Specialized Strength | ★★ (2)]
[Specialized Stamina | ★★ (2)]
[Specialized Mana | ★ (1)]
Yong-Ho waved his finger in the air. He lightly touched a box of light that couldn’t be seen by others and above Eligor’s body, a faint silhouette appeared.
“Ohh.”
No matter which route he took, Eligor would transform into a buff demon, which was different from his current form. He couldn’t be sure since it was just a silhouette, but his wrinkled face might change as well.
“Sir?”
Not knowing what was going on, Eligor looked at Yong-Ho worriedly.
“No, it’s nothing.”
Yong-Ho deactivated his power and moved on. Then, they heard a voice on the other side of the door.
It was the voice of Catalina, who seemed to be extremely excited.
“Delivery! The package is here! It’s here!”
Both demons and humans get excited when they get a package. Yong-Ho and Eligor looked towards the door with a bright smile.
&
Currently, the House of Mammon had eight rooms made out of stones.
In order to receive the package, Yong-Ho didn’t have to run to the dungeon’s entrance. As soon as the demon king’s room opened, Catalina entered with a cart that carried two large boxes.
“Sir! It’s here!”
She normally acts calm, but a bright smile was on her face and she couldn’t hide her happiness.
Just like before, her long ears were flapping like wings.
Catalina pulled the cart in front of the throne and after getting up from the throne, Yong-Ho instinctively petted Catalina’s head. It seemed appropriate.
“The box is smaller than what I imagined.”
The cart could only carry one box, so it couldn’t be considered small, but like he had said, it was smaller than what he had imagined. It looked just as big as those wooden boxes that are often found at docks.
“Goblins are small. And they’re probably curled up in that box.”
“They’re curled up in there?”
He thought it was absurd how they delivered a living being in a wooden box like that.
However, Catalina and Eligor didn’t seem bothered by it, so Yong-Ho didn’t say any more.
He used his eyes to command Catalina to move the boxes down.
Using her thin arms, Catalina easily placed the boxes down on the ground.
“I’ll open them now.”
“Okay.”
As soon as Yong-Ho confirmed, Eligor ripped the seal of the Dungeon Shop that was stuck to the box and used a crowbar to open the box. As if the box had some sort of device, the entire box broke apart and revealed what was inside.
Like Catalina and Eligor mentioned, a Goblin was curled up inside. It had green skin, a large head, a long, big nose and the knuckles on its hands and feets were bulging out.
The Goblin just stayed there as if they were frozen and when Yong-Ho looked at them worriedly, Eligor explained.
“Once you inject mana after registering them with the dungeon spirit, they’ll start working. They’re currently frozen due to the dungeon shop’s magic.”
[Will you register the Goblins as dungeon spirits?]
The Spirit of the Dungeon asked Yong-Ho. Yong-Ho nodded his head without any hesitation.
[The two Goblins will be registered as dungeon spirits.]
As soon as the voice of the dungeon finished speaking, a red pentagram appeared on top of the Goblins.
Yong-Ho gulped. It wasn’t because he had high expectations of the Goblins.
He felt the mana’s movement.
He felt it from himself, to the dungeon and from the dungeon to the Goblin.
Moments later, the Goblins’ bodies started shaking. Their large eyes suddenly opened and the stood up from their seat. They looked up at Yong-Ho with a blank stare.
They were probably 120cm tall? They were about the same height as an elementary student.
“They may be small, but they’re talented workers. They’re the best spirits since they don’t eat a lot, but work hard.”
‘It’s not child labor?’
After seeing Eligor’s satisfied face, Yong-Ho turned his attention back to the Goblins.
The Goblins were still out of it. It wasn’t because they’ve awoken, but as stated in the manual, they were usually out of it.
“Sir, please give them your first order. Anything is fine.”
Eligor spoke and Catalina looked back and forth between the Goblins and Yong-Ho. It seemed like she was expecting something, but she wasn’t in the position to say what she was expecting.
Yong-Ho continued looking at the Goblins and then shook his head.
“No, not yet. If I use them like this, it seems like child labor.”
“Sir?”
Eligor asked with a shocked look on his face. But, instead of answering, Yong-Ho took a deep breath.
He activated the Power of Evolution.
<Chapter 3 - The Power of Evolution> End.
