"Hey hey hey, Gedwin, are you sure this won’t be a problem?"

Time flows back a few days ago, inside the Sain Dungeon, in the City Lord’s room.

The Glory Dungeon Lord Gladiator came rushing over, holding a thick stack of papers filled with text, his face... oh, he’s wearing a mask, so it’s hard to see his expression.

But from his voice, you can tell that Gong Qiying might have given him either a magical or strange idea.

"What’s wrong, Mording, didn’t I make it clear enough?" Gong Qiying sat up from the altar.

Mording, that’s the name the Gladiator gave him, supposedly his name before he became a City Lord.

This was the first time a City Lord had told Gong Qiying his real name; he never expected it to be someone like the Gladiator, who doesn’t seem to trust others easily.

"Because what you wrote, I honestly don’t quite get it."

The Gladiator Mording slapped the stack of papers in front of Gong Qiying and said:

"First, explain to me, what does it mean to ’let adventurers participate in a three-on-three, five-on-five, or any number as long as both sides have the same number combat tournament within two or three fixed areas as historical heroes’?"

Gong Qiying looked at him for a long time, then asked: "Is there a problem?"

"A big problem, you want me to provide at least thirty heroes for adventurers to choose from? Up to now, I’ve only introduced twelve, will people outside be able to accept such a sudden influx?"

Mording’s small head seemed to be filled with big questions.

"What you’re asking is actually the least worth worrying about, Mording," Gong Qiying moved his fingers and said: "You just focus on implementing new characters, even if you release hundreds at once, the people outside can handle it, in fact, they’d be eager for you to release even more."

"Really?" Mording scratched his helmet, "And what does implementing mean?"

"Really, you completely underestimate how idle adventurers are."

Inside the Sain Dungeon, adventurers were already so idle that they were judging the personality of each Gollum based on the shape of its horns and setting up matchmaking for them, even holding contests to determine which pair of Gollums were the most compatible, an operation that generally idle people wouldn’t come up with.

"Moreover, let me tell you, you’re simply too lazy!" Gong Qiying showed a ’hate iron for not becoming steel’ expression and said:

"You have a vast resource pool composed of over a hundred heroes, yet you’ve only released twelve people until now? If it were me, I’d have released at least half by now, and you don’t even schedule updates or mutations, how can you cultivate adventurers’ anticipation? If you can manage to release a new hero every half year or even every year, the impact of the warrior reform would significantly reduce."

Gong Qiying started his mini lecture.

Mording rarely revealed an awkward expression and said: "I... I’m actually worried, what if after releasing all the hero stories, there’s no means left to attract adventurers, so I’m hesitant to release too many."

So, he’s the type unwilling to overconsume resources.

"Allowing adventurers to temporarily experience being a hero is intended to attract people in coordination with your dungeon, I understand that, however," continued Mording: "Is there any special purpose to limiting them to fighting on fixed maps?"

"Not really, it’s just that it seems fun."

Gong Qiying said: "More people mean more possibilities and more fun, isn’t that indeed more interesting than the one versus one arena you initially wanted to set up?"

Mording nodded silently, it really is.

Before Gong Qiying suggested collaboration, he was also thinking of ways to draw back visitors, and his idea was to open a new area called [Glory Arena] beside the Glory Battlefield, where adventurers could spar and compete for higher rankings like traditional ring fights.

Whether now or when he first thought of it, he felt the idea was a bit too traditional, almost rigidly so, even he himself found it unamusing.

So when he saw Gong Qiying’s proposal, he truly felt inspired.

This new area called [Thirty Heroes] was a concept Gong Qiying came up with after thoroughly reading the stories of the Glory Dungeon.

In that protracted war, some heroes were brainwashed by the Evil God and defected to the opposing human side, it took two years for people to completely clear out the defectors.

The story background of [Thirty Heroes] is this defector war, adventurers from the two opposing factions transform into heroes of the past, fighting on fixed maps with multiple routes, leading their soldiers to destroy the Mage Towers standing on each route and eventually destroy the opponent’s base to claim victory.

Which side is the Evil God camp and which is the human camp? The losing side is the Evil God camp!

Various elements are mixed into the battle, for instance, the heroes adventurers start as are quite weak, but by continuously defeating enemies, heroes grow stronger and unlock more Combat Skill abilities; or random Monsters appearing on the map that upon defeat might drop items usable only in the match, and the hero Gold Coins earned from defeating enemies can be used to purchase powerful equipment, also limited to match use...

The feeling of déjà vu was quite strong.

Sure enough, this was something Gong Qiying derived from games like "League of O", "O Blade", "Storm Hero O", "Three Hundred O", and others.

When Mording first saw this thick pile of settings, his first words were:

"You came up with such a mature setting just overnight?"

In response, Gong Qiying merely shrugged, because he was standing on the shoulders of the Light Giant.

This made his image in Mording’s eyes become even more mysterious and indescribable.

Come to think of it, Gong Qiying always manages to come up with ideas nobody else imagined, accomplishing miracle-like feats, with bits of words coming from his mouth that nobody understands.

This is quite mysterious.

Even though there were still many doubts in his heart, Mording adopted the plan without hesitation, seeing a bright possibility from it.

But there was one major problem he couldn’t not ask about.

"Such a mature plan... Are you really giving it to me? Aren’t you going to use it yourself?"

Mording asked sincerely. He could see that these settings were enough to support a dungeon, becoming its foundation.

Gong Qiying’s answer was simple and unexpected:

"It doesn’t fit my style."

"Besides, I don’t have the energy to mess with this extra stuff."

Gong Qiying never thought of establishing such a competitive mechanism in his dungeon. He proposed this plan after being attracted by the large number of hero legends and suitable background stories of the Glory Dungeon. Simply put, from the beginning, it was tailored for Mording, with a touch of his personal interests.

He also imagined what the scene would be like if the Sain Dungeon implemented such a new area...

Soulslike Hero Brawl?

That would be too strange, not only lacking a reasonable background explanation but also possibly degrading the heroic image he painstakingly built in the adventurers’ minds.

After all, if Gong Qiying were to handle it personally, he would certainly consider the balance between various hero roles, wouldn’t he?

In that case, there might be an abstract scene where Gwyn and Iwami Genichiro fight back and forth.

Just thinking about it causes hair loss.

Handing it over to the Glory Dungeon removes those worries, as the heroes naturally come from the common folk, unlike the characters of Sain Dungeon shrouded in mystery.

Such a mode was not particularly significant in Gong Qiying’s heart. If even this was quibbled over, there would be no way to look further ahead.

What suits oneself is best.

Gong Qiying didn’t mind it much, but Mording took it seriously, feeling he had received such a great favor for no reason, not knowing how to express his feelings, he revealed his real name.

"Alright, just go ahead with it, no problems guaranteed."

Gong Qiying patted Mording’s shoulder, then continued watching the adventurers’ blunders in the dungeon from the crystal ball.

Mording was somewhat moved. He stayed beside for a while, repeatedly going over these settings, and finally asked:

"What should I do when I introduce new heroes in the future? Just hand them to all the adventurers?" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Or..." Gong Qiying rubbed his chin in thought for a moment, then said:

"Draw cards?"

The moment this word came out of his mouth, he immediately felt the merit crazily plummeting, as if the gods and buddhas were casting their gaze upon him.

"What do you mean?" Mording looked eager to know.

"Nothing, nothing, just pretend I didn’t say anything about it. You can do as you like in this regard, no need to ask me."

Gong Qiying quickly waved his hands. Good heavens, he almost brought the card drawing, an embodiment of worldly evil, into this world.

If he really invented card drawing in this world, he’d go to hell after death alongside the inventor of shake-to-win ads.

Thus, under Gong Qiying’s short course guidance, the new promising Mording graduated, set to bring an entirely new experience to people under the guidance of the respectable mentor Gedwin.

Not long after, the "Thirty Heroes" was implemented, followed by the exploration of the first batch of adventurers, then the second, third batch...

By now, its reputation has spread far and wide.

Returning to the present, Sai Ke and Jockra have successfully entered the Glory Dungeon, heading straight for the area where the Thirty Heroes are located.

"Wow, the hero I drew is my favorite, ’Evil Black Blade’!" Sai Ke’s eyes widened.

"Mine is... ’Overlord Heavenly King’?" Jockra knew nothing about this hero.

Their forms shifted, gradually transforming into the appearance of the heroes. Sai Ke immediately immersed his consciousness into perception, exclaiming with joy:

"Benar’s teachings are still effective here!"

Today, many others shared this kind of joy.

Combat skill seems to be welcoming good times once again!