Frenzied Flame, Frenzy!

My eyes are so itchy, it feels like I'm about to get Frenzied Flame.

The moment he gazed upon the Forbidden Touch Old Man from touching him, Ke Jie's pupils reflected a yellow flame representing madness, as if his mind was being burned.

No matter what kind of creature it is, it will feel fear when it realizes that it is being corrupted by an incomprehensible and terrifying being, and the demon race is no exception.

He immediately screamed and turned to run away.

However, the time he spent Forbidden Touch Old Man him was enough to unleash the pent-up madness in his mind.

In short, the madness bar is full.

"Aaaaaah!"

Ke Jie covered his eyes tightly and howled shrilly. He had never made such a sound in his life. Even when he witnessed the bloody scene of his own kind eating each other in his childhood, he had never felt such fear. This was the despair of a weak species towards an indescribable alien god.

Even with his eyes tightly covered, the yellow flames still leaped wildly through his fingers, as if a wave of fire would erupt at any moment.

He now wishes he could gouge his own eyes out!

The sensation of flames dancing in one's head is enough to drive anyone mad.

"No, no, I want to get out!"

He lowered his hands, his eyes filled with a yellow light, and his last remaining will to survive made him struggle to lift his legs.

But then that hunched, deformed figure appeared out of nowhere in front of him, stabbing at Ke Jie with an equally twisted cane.

"Get out of my way!"

Fear turned to rage, and he roared, slapping away the Forbidden Touch Old Man stick.

He touched the Forbidden Touch Old Man.

After that, when Ke Jie realized what a taboo thing he had done, his anger turned into extreme fear.

"Aaaaaah—"

The screams echoed throughout the entire Val Dungeon, making the demons wandering in the open space stand on end and break out in a cold sweat.

They exchanged a trembling glance, and both could see despair in each other.

Escape? That's something I can't even think about. If I want to live, I absolutely cannot make the move to escape.

At the entrance, there is an unseen figure whose shadow casts a shadow over all the demons' enemies. Anyone who dares to approach the portal will be beheaded by a single blow from a black dagger.

These demons were lucky; before they succumbed to decay and die like their companions, they were chosen as prisoners and imprisoned here.

Both the Scarlet Corruption and the Frenzied Flame only exist in the middle and rear of the dungeon; in comparison, the first half is truly a safe zone.

The surviving demons are now baffled by one thing: why are demons suddenly appearing in the Val Dungeon, which is theoretically a dead city?

When the dungeon city's lord exhausts his Spirit Power, it will temporarily become a dead city and fall into silence. The duration of the silence varies, whether it is one or two months or several decades. In the end, it will always randomly select an unlucky passerby to take over as the city lord.

Doslai Bo and his demonic forces chose the dormant Val Dungeon as their base because they saw it as a safe haven.

To their utter surprise, there was an owner inside; a golem was secretly watching them intently.

Scarlet Corruption bloomed Val Dungeon, its succumbing organisms blossoming everywhere, deadly red particles drifting in the air, and beautiful flowers blooming on the bodies of the demons.

The Forbidden Touch Old Man lingered quietly in the deepest part of the place, and small yellow flames ignited on the ground, but the fire did not spread further.

Behind the old man, a humanoid bat knelt on the ground, tightly covering its eyes. Frenzied Flame flickered in its eye sockets, and its mouth was torn apart by fear and pain. It was as if it had become an immovable sculpture, kneeling there forever.

This is truly a forbidden zone for life.

In the city lord's room, Gong Qiying was admiring his masterpiece through a metal plate, repeatedly marveling at how the more dangerous something is, the more beautiful it is.

Seeing the Scarlet Corruption covering the entire bronze ruins, turning it into a beautiful yet dangerous work of art, he felt he could understand why the Rotten Kindred were so obsessed with making the Valkyrie bloom.

Unfortunately, the next time we'll see such a view will be when we're fighting against other dungeons.

The Scarlet Corruption further solidified Gong Qiying's belief that this thing absolutely must not leave the underground city. If even a little bit leaked out, while the entire world might not be guaranteed to be destroyed, the Bede City and the surrounding area would certainly be doomed.

He didn't want to turn Bede City into Caelid.

"Huff, huff, hahaha—"

The mesmerizing mechanical sounds echoed continuously throughout the underground city, and as its lord, Gide was now ecstatic to the point of madness.

The wheels creaked and groaned as he spun around in the city lord's room, first clockwise and then counterclockwise, repeating this cycle endlessly. It was clear that he was thoroughly enjoying watching the massacre of the demons.

Perhaps he didn't originally have such a strong desire to kill, but the prohibition imposed on him by Kirici had suppressed him too much, and when it finally erupted, the level of excitement was no less than when Hidetaka Miyazaki saw the Corruption Lake on a lonely night.

"Wow, Godwyn, you're really amazing!" Gide unconsciously used honorifics when speaking to Gong Qiying.

In his memory, even Kiric-sensei, who possessed Level 4 authority, did not have anything as contagious and deadly as Scarlet Corruption.

Gide didn't understand what Scarlet Corruption was, and Gong Qiying didn't explain it either, so the former just thought of corruption as a kind of deadly poison.

From his perspective, he saw Gong Qiying deploy several terrestrial sea squirts in the Val Dungeon. These strange creatures simply spewed out red smoke, causing the demons to suffer greatly, dying tragically in decay and fear. Many demons didn't even have time to get out of bed.

The cost of a Scarlet Corruption version of a terrestrial sea squirt is exactly the same as that of Roasted Whole Pig. This is only because the Scarlet Corruption increases its value; otherwise, the normal version would cost less Goblin.

We fought a battle that satisfied everyone at minimal cost!

The demons might not be satisfied, but that doesn't matter; they're not human.

After his initial excitement subsided slightly, Gide wandered over to Gong Qiying's side, a flash of light appearing above his head.

"Lord Godwyn, shall we take this a step further?" Black light flashed above Gide's head. "Let's run out and kill them all!"

I think you should change your name to Xianzhong, or Bobo would be nice too.

Gong Qiying mentally scoffed and shook his head, rejecting Gide's suggestion.

He is currently only acting as the lord of the Val Dungeon. If he really wants the monsters to break out of the dungeon, he still needs the real lord to cause a major change in Gide's emotions or make the dungeon feel threatened in order to trigger its rampage.

However, there are no usable monsters in the Val Dungeon. That's right, not a single one. When Kirici designed Gide, he left him with knowledge about monsters, but it was all a watered-down version, not enough to increase the variety of monsters in the dungeon.

Even if it goes berserk, it's useless. There are no monsters, and people outside can't even detect that a berserk event has occurred here.

If we want to escape and wipe out all the demons outside, we'll have to get Sain to do it.

But Gong Qiying would absolutely not do that at present.

Firstly, Sion had just gone berserk once, and doing it again might violate some kind of taboo. Secondly, it would arouse suspicion from the outside world. Who would want to approach a dungeon that has gone berserk twice in a short period of time?

The final reason is that his relationship with Gide isn't that deep yet, at least not worth going berserk for now.

Gide was a little disappointed that he couldn't go out and let loose, but this small disappointment was quickly replaced by the joy of annihilating the enemy.

He is a golem created by alchemy, unlike naturally born life forms that think too much. He is happy when he should be happy, and when he is unhappy, he thinks about happy things. He should give a "good guy card" and a reward to those who help him.

"Lord Godwyn,"

Gide's round body leaned back slightly, as if he were looking up at Godwyn.

"When everything is over, may I become your subordinate? I want to give you this underground city."

Before Gong Qiying could answer, he continued:

"I should have ended my endless hibernation, but the arrival of these damned demons awakened me. I wanted to eliminate them, but the long years have worn away all my authority, and I can only place my hopes on others."

Sincerity was evident in the mechanical voice.

"To have chosen you from the very beginning must be a blessing from the goddess of fate,"

"I will never go into hibernation again. Even though I am just a golem made by alchemy, life will never choose to hibernate after it has seen the wonders of the world. Fortunately, Kiric-sensei did not set a command to force me into hibernation."

"I want to hand everything over to you. Once you have received my Spirit Power, I will be able to break free of the city lord's control and go find my creator."

The only consequence of being stripped of one's status as city lord is death.

With just a little effort, you can acquire a new dungeon; it's a highly profitable business.

Gong Qiying patted Gide's smooth, round head and said:

"This matter isn't urgent. Let's see what's going on outside first. You've never seen the outside world since you were born, have you?"

"Outside?"

Gide's voice was full of doubt. Did Gong Qiying have a way to communicate with the outside world?

But how could that be?

Gong Qiying simply took out his Crystal Ball, which looked much more comfortable than the metal plate.

The scene outside Val City appeared on the Crystal Ball; they saw the towering City of Flesh, and the allied forces fighting against it.

"How... how did you do that?" Gide stammered.

"I'll explain later, let's watch the show first,"

Gong Qiying looked at the City of Flesh, but this thing full of cultish connotations posed no threat to him.

He believed that adventurers who had been trained by him would not fail here, and besides...

One guy who died countless times at the hands of the Farron Undead Legion didn't come today.

He and his wolf pack are heading to the battlefield.