"Flameburst Wyvern, not bad. It was fully comparable to the Flame Domain Fire Demon. From now on, you two would be the nightmare of Seventh Layer adventurers."
After reviewing the Flameburst Wyvern's information, Lucifer was equally satisfied with it. He spent another fifty points of Primordial Power to create fifty more, then tossed them directly onto the islands within the Lava Sea.
Once the fifty-one Flameburst Wyverns left Lucifer's sight, they all gathered on an island several kilometers wide. Then, to Lucifer's astonishment, they began an enormous wyvern mating session.
To make Flameburst Wyvern reproduction easier, Lucifer had given them all two sets of reproductive organs when creating them. Thus, the scene before his eyes was fifty-one Flameburst Wyverns piled atop one another, forming a massive ball.
Only after all fifty-one Flameburst Wyverns had become pregnant did they split apart in groups of two or three, choose suitable islands to settle on, and lay dark red dragon eggs the size of ostrich eggs.
"..."
Even Lucifer, their creator, did not know what to say at the sight. After thinking it over, he decided to leave them alone. After all, the more Flameburst Wyverns there were, the better.
Now that the Seventh Layer had its main combat monsters, all that remained was to create various suitable cannon fodder monsters.
One portion of Flameburst Rock + three portions of lava + one portion of Slime gel.
[Name: Exploding Slime] [Level: lv2] [Skills: Flameburst Body lv2, Self-Detonation lv2, Fireball lv1, Asexual Reproduction lv1] [Description: A Mutant Slime formed entirely from wild and tyrannical fire elements. Its seemingly harmless body contained a deadly threat. Upon encountering enemies, it would charge in groups and self-destruct. Normally, it survived by absorbing heat and fire elements, reproducing its offspring.]
A fiery red, round Slime the size of a washbasin appeared. As one of the most common monsters in the Dungeon, it was the perfect choice for filling out the lower ranks of the Seventh Layer's monster population.
Besides, Lucifer himself was rather curious about how many mutated varieties Slimes could possess.
After spending twenty points of Primordial Power to create two hundred Exploding Slimes, Lucifer transferred them to different areas of the Seventh Layer and allowed them to reproduce and expand freely.
"Seems like something's still missing."
Looking at the still-empty Seventh Layer, Lucifer felt that something was lacking. Then he suddenly thought of the Purple Poison Giant Mosquitoes on the Fourth Layer. Since there were mosquitoes, how could there be no flies?
He acted immediately, quickly selecting suitable materials.
One portion of Flameburst Rock + half a portion of flesh and blood + one portion of lava.
[Name: Exploding Flamefly] [Level: lv1] [Skills: Self-Detonation lv1, Rapid Reproduction lv1, Group Movement lv1] [Description: A small monster born in the Lavafire Domain. It innately enjoyed acting in groups and used flesh and blood as a breeding ground for the next generation. Whenever it encountered a suitable living being, it would launch a suicidal charge at the cost of its life. From birth to death, it existed only to self-destruct and reproduce.]
"Not bad."
Lucifer looked at the grape-sized, entirely crimson big-headed flies before him. They were practically a swarm of cheap, perfect exploding soldiers. Combined with the instincts Lucifer had given them, they had been born solely to self-destruct.
"Go on. Increase your population properly and become a qualified group of exploding soldiers."
Lucifer checked his remaining Primordial Power. After setting aside fifty points, he used all the rest to create Exploding Flameflies, then threw them all into the lava-cavern environment in the first half of the Seventh Layer.
Only in such a complex cave environment could they unleash their greatest explosive power. In the Lava Sea region, adventurers' magic would wipe them out before they could even get close enough to self-destruct.
"I'll also need to transfer a batch of cannon fodder monsters over to serve as their breeding grounds."
With a thought from Lucifer, he found that the Goblins, Gnomes, and Slimes on the earlier Dungeon layers—especially those layers not yet entered by adventurers—had already begun to proliferate excessively. He directly transferred a batch of them to the Seventh Layer.
Most of the cannon fodder monsters began dying from the terrifying environment the moment they were transferred to the Seventh Layer. Their corpses became breeding grounds for the Exploding Flameflies. Still, a small number survived and began adapting to the Seventh Layer's environment.
"Looks like relying solely on this small group of cannon fodder monsters means it'll take some time before they adapt to the Seventh Layer and reproduce."
Facing the cannon fodder monsters that had lost more than half their number immediately upon entering the Seventh Layer, Lucifer glanced at the Primordial Power remaining on his panel. He decided to specifically create a suitable low-level monster. After all, whether it was the Exploding Flameflies or the Flameburst Wyverns, both needed a large number of breeding grounds to reproduce.
More importantly, Lucifer was quite curious about what strange monsters the Flameburst Wyverns' Greed skill would produce.
He got to work immediately.
One portion of Flameburst Rock + one portion of flesh and blood + one Magic Gem.
[Name: Blazing Kobold] [Level: lv3] [Skills: Fire Magic lv3, Bloodline Mutation lv2, Rapid Growth lv2, Mining lv1, Self-Detonation lv1] [Description: A Mutant Kobold naturally close to flames. Upon reaching adulthood, it automatically awakened some Fire Magic. Its active bloodline made it exceptionally prone to mutation, and it could grow from childhood to adulthood in only one month. It enjoyed Mining and could devour fire-element ore to strengthen itself. When it died, the ore accumulated within its body would explode.]
"Finally, it's done."
Lucifer looked at the monster before him. It stood around 1.3 meters tall, resembled a lizardman, and was covered in dark red scales, with sharp teeth and claws. With the vast number of monsters produced by the Fungus Lord, they would never lack food.
They should soon reproduce in sufficient numbers to spread throughout the Seventh Layer.
After using all his remaining Primordial Power to create enough Blazing Kobolds, Lucifer transferred them separately to the Sixth and Seventh Layers. The environments of both layers suited their survival and reproduction.
The outskirts of the Mushroom Jungle, Fourth Layer.
The catfolk assassin, who had just gone out to wipe out three Goblin camps, stared tensely at the surroundings, all his soft fur standing on end.
"Why was there an earthquake in the Dungeon?"
The adventurer party had explored several Dungeons before, but nothing like this had ever happened. The sudden earthquake had badly frightened this beastfolk adventurer party.
"All right, it should be nothing."
At that moment, the tigerfolk captain walked over and reached out to stroke the catfolk assassin's raised fur. His gaze fell toward the ground beneath their feet. Before entering the Dungeon, he had gathered information in Adventurer Town.
Although he had heard from other adventurers that this Dungeon experienced earthquakes from time to time, he only believed that they had not deceived him now that one was actually happening.
"What a strange Dungeon. It actually had earthquakes. I've never heard of anything like it."
Beside them, the lionfolk man holding a greatsword spoke with a somewhat solemn expression.
"For us adventurers, this sort of situation actually made it more valuable. After all, the more unusual this Dungeon was, the more precious the treasures and inheritances inside would be."
"The captain's right."
The now-calm catfolk assassin smiled and nodded. He took three mushrooms from the pouch at his waist. The mushrooms emitted gentle magic power; in other Dungeons, there were no Mana Mushrooms like these.
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