Other Dungeons' Resentment Toward Zane

The Black Knight.

A classic and highly popular enemy character from the Dark Souls series.

Formerly known as the Silver Knight, they were a powerful Legion under Gwyn, the Sunlight King, and participated in epic historical wars such as the battle against the Elder Dragons.

Later, the Silver Knight split into two factions: one stationed in Anor Londo, and the other followed Gwyn in his campaigns against the Chaos Bed and the Chaos Demons. Their weapons and equipment were blackened in battles against those fire-wielding demons, thus earning them the title of Black Knight.

However, another theory suggests that their black armor was charred after they followed Gwyn in linking the fire.

Regardless of the origin of this cool black skin, what is certain is that the Black Knight participated in the linking of the fire, and now they wander the world as the ashes left behind.

Gong Qiying was very curious whether they, who had already turned to ashes, would be able to burn again. Even if they could, their Black Knight Shield and equipment had high fire resistance.

The Black Knight Sword also has increased damage against demon-type enemies, and its strength fluctuates between C and C++, making it neither too strong nor too weak, making it the perfect choice for this raid.

That said, can the [Burning Demon] in this world trigger the Black Knight Sword's demon-specific attack?

The demons in the two worlds are not the same species.

So he's still hesitating and can't decide whether to use the Black Knight or some other monster.

Speaking of demons, it seems like DOOM, Master Chief, Dante, Geralt are all quite well-known.

"Who cares? Anyway, with Red Fang Dungeon as a backup, I can just sit back and do nothing."

With this mindset, Gong Qiying continued doing what he needed to do and maintained his daily life.

Three days later, at midnight, he received a request for assistance from the Eagle Capital Dungeon.

We mentioned before that several dungeons would be involved, right? This is making us a little nervous.

He chose to accept it, and a familiar "blurriness" appeared before his eyes. His consciousness transformed into a spirit and traveled around. When his vision finally cleared, he found himself standing in the sky, with a dilapidated and abandoned city beneath his feet.

"Should I use Hairspray Hand to smooth my hair in this situation?"

He muttered to himself a joke that only he could understand, then pulled out a telescope from somewhere and looked down at the scene below.

This is the internal structure of Eagle Capital Dungeon, a circular ancient city.

If Gong Qiying were to describe it, it would be like a super-enlarged version of the Roman Colosseum, but one filled with all sorts of buildings.

He looked at it very carefully and couldn't help but compare it with his own dungeon in his mind, and he did find the differences between them.

How should I put it? It's like there's a difference in the sense of realism, or in the feel of everyday life.

The scene of Eagle Capital Dungeon has a sense of historical weight at first glance. Many buildings are unique and their functions can be identified at a glance. Moreover, the layout of the buildings also conforms to people's subconscious ideas.

It's a very subjective feeling, but looking at this place, Gong Qiying could imagine what the city looked like when it was bustling with people and how it gradually declined.

Apart from the buildings in the other dungeons, the architecture of the other dungeons seems to have this sense of historical weight, as if it were taken directly from real history.

Given that the Dungeon Lord may have been people from different eras, these underground city structures might actually be part of real history.

"No wonder the adventurers immediately believed that the images I showed were real history; it turns out there were other dungeons that laid the groundwork beforehand."

Gong Qiying should also thank the bridges and roads built by his predecessors.

Compared to these dungeons, the various scenes in the Zane Dungeon can only be described as... wildly imaginative.

At first glance, it is indeed spectacular and magnificent. After all, not everyone has the opportunity to see such a huge latrine as the Farron Keep and an imaginative Gourmet Area. Raya Lucaria is also extremely luxurious.

But upon closer inspection, it does lack a sense of real life. Take the most respectable-looking magic academy, for example. Who would want to live in a place where professors are constantly running marathons, Puppet Soldier are falling from the ceiling, and you'll get knocked away by Warrior Pot just by opening a door?

The vast majority of buildings in Sain are designed to "scam" people, and they look like different themed versions of the Sain Ancient City.

So, should Sion learn from the realism of other dungeons?

Gong Qiying pondered for a moment and said, "Who cares? This is my specialty."

Just then, he sensed a spatial fluctuation behind him. He turned around and saw a new spirit of the Dungeon Lord appear there.

"Uh," Gong Qiying paused, "A unicorn standing upright?"

A rainbow-colored horse that stands upright and walks on two legs, with a rainbow-colored horn on its head, is the lord of the Unicorn Dungeon, "Rainbow Horn".

"Oh, you must be Godwyn. I'm Rainbow Horn from Unicorn Dungeon. We've been in touch quite a bit lately." The unicorn was very enthusiastic.

"Hello, hello," Gong Qiying shook the other's hoof, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Is Rainbow Horn your real name or..."

Rainbow Horn blinked and said, "In our interactions, we always use the city lord's name."

The idea is to use the name of this body, since no one knows how many generations the soul inside the body has changed.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Rainbow Horn stared at Gong Qiying's Living Dead face and said enviously, "I really envy you for being able to have a human appearance. I... sigh."

Gong Qiying felt that he should pat the other person on the shoulder to express his condolences, but the Rainbow Horn was too high, and he couldn't reach it even when he stood on tiptoe.

"By the way, do you know that people often talk about you these days?" Rainbow Horn suddenly asked.

"Speaking of me?"

"Yes, in a short period of time, you revitalized a dungeon that was on the verge of closing down, and now it's becoming increasingly popular, even starting to steal players' traffic from other dungeons. Many dungeons have seen their income decrease because of you, and some have even been cut in half."

Hearing what Rainbow Horn said, Gong Qiying didn't know what kind of expression to make for a moment, and finally revealed a face that looked extremely similar to a sweaty soybean.

Rainbow Horn chuckled at his expression, nudged him on the shoulder with its hoof, and said:

"I advise you to keep a low profile when you meet with others later. It seems that the Dungeon Lord were also invited this time have a lot of opinions about you."

"Because I stole their foot traffic?"

"What else?"

Gong Qiying fell silent for a moment. It seemed that his reputation had become quite bad in the circle of Dungeon Lord without him even realizing it.

I really just iterated on the traditional dungeon gameplay!

It's not my fault that you can't attract customers!

He wanted to keep up the act, but reason told him he couldn't; he'd risk getting beaten up.

"There's one more thing," Rainbow Horn suddenly became formal for some reason, "Which country are you from?"

Before he could finish speaking, a series of spatial fluctuations occurred, and new figures appeared.

After finally seeing who those beings were, Gong Qiying couldn't help but sigh that Nuwa of this world had too much freedom when creating humans.

There were creatures covered in long, moss-covered hair like Slime, some that looked like Hawthorn Skewer with arms and legs, and a coconut that had been split in half. Why was it split in half? Because there was actually an axe stuck on its head!

Compared to these three bizarre creatures, Gong Qiying, this Living Dead, is all too normal.

For some reason, he sensed an unfriendly aura emanating from these three "people".

"Who is Godwyn?" the Slime asked in a muffled voice.

Rainbow Horn quickly moved away from Gong Qiying, and pointed at him with its hoof.

You, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, betrayed us so quickly!?

"Hello." Gong Qiying waved his hand with a normal expression, and the next second, he was surrounded by three magical creatures.

"You're Godwyn?"

"That city lord of the Zane Dungeon, whom my adventurers talk about every day?"

"That Godwyn who kidnapped my favorite adventurer?"

"The owner of that dungeon that produces Hound Step? A group of adventurers got their hands on that thing and blew my dungeon to smithereens!"

How can someone be using Sion's weapons to carry out devastating attacks in other dungeons?!

Hound Step is already very useful on Sion, so wouldn't it be even more powerful in other situations?

Gong Qiying said righteously, "That was the adventurer's personal behavior, and I am not responsible for it."

Seeing that he was still trying to be stubborn, the other city lords immediately got excited.

They were clearly determined to cause trouble.

The three exchanged a glance, took a deep breath, and said in unison:

"You'd better change your dungeon back right now!"

"Share some design experience with me, dear brother."

"Please, could you please limit the weapon's power?"

The moment the words left his mouth, the three of them stared at each other in Slime. The slime, furious, jumped up and down, shouting, "What's going on? Didn't we agree to put pressure on him?!"

Hawthorn Skewer rolled her eyes at him. "Do you think your threats will work? You'd be better off learning from their advanced experiences."

Coconut swayed and said, "I'm done for. Half of the adventurers who come into my house are armed with weapons from Sien, and they've all been beaten into submission by me."

The Slime then shouted, "You two betrayed me!"

Seeing that the trio was about to start arguing and fighting amongst themselves, Gong Qiying couldn't help but take a half step back.

Although I had a premonition, I didn't expect these city lords to be so lively and cheerful.

It felt like they'd been cooped up in the dungeon for too long, and they'd all developed some kind of mental issues; they all looked rather strange.

He thought he was about to pull off a classic show-off moment, but the trio ruined his own image first.

Just as Gong Qiying was pondering how to participate in the conversation between the three, the true protagonist of this punitive expedition made his appearance.

When they sensed the powerful spatial fluctuations, the trio stopped arguing.

"Roar--"

Before anyone could see him, his voice was heard. A Dragon Roar shook everyone's hearts, and an image suddenly appeared before Gong Qiying's eyes.

On the raging, burning earth, a horde of demons, shrouded in flames, wreaked havoc, turning the entire world into a living hell.

This is the Sealed Object of Eagle Capital Dungeon — the Burning Demon!

It certainly looks spectacular and impressive.

As the image disappeared, a large shadow enveloped Gong Qiying, and a scorching heat rushed towards him.

He raised his head and looked at the enormous creature in front of him.

The opponent had dense, solid scales, powerful limbs, a long neck, and wings that blotted out the sky.

This is the lord of the Red Fang Dungeon, a red dragon named "Red Fang"!

Chi Ya lowered his head, his snake-shaped pupils staring at Gong Qiying, and a solemn, deep voice came from his abdomen.

"What era do you come from?"

He asked the question that Rainbow Horn had been wanting to ask earlier.