Sain's Legitimate Self-Defense

"Just as I thought. When outsiders weren't around, people stopped caring about saving face."

Gong Qiying looked at the battle invitations flooding his screen, the smile on his face having remained there for a very, very long time.

"No, I should say that the moment their own interests were involved, they immediately tore off the mask."

The first to send battle-to-the-death invitations were the three dungeons he had only recently encountered: Blazing Flame, Holy Light, and White Blood.

Soon afterward, a whole bunch of other dungeons joined in. Gong Qiying had heard of names such as Nature Dungeon, Moonlight Dungeon, and Hardrock Dungeon, but he had barely had any contact with them.

Why were these people going crazy along with everyone else?

Thinking it over carefully, those dungeons had probably followed suit because Holy Light Dungeon and the others had spread the news that Sain was coming here to establish a branch city.

The news then erupted with the force of soda dropped into a mountain of Mentos.

Gong Qiying opened the World-Dyeing Map and observed the dungeons around Fanatic Dungeon, comparing them one by one with the dungeons that had sent him "invitations." Then, an expression of realization appeared on his face.

No wonder everyone had reacted so intensely.

They were all Fanatic Dungeon's neighbors.

"Then it's no surprise."

Scamelon, the Nation of Many Faiths, was a country renowned for gathering countless religions and beliefs together.

Because of its unique national circumstances, the dungeons here all had more or less some religious elements—or had been artificially given religious elements. For example, during his investigation, he had heard that White Blood Dungeon clearly had nothing to do with religion, yet it was still revered by a sect that worshipped the Blood God.

But those same unusual circumstances also meant that