Chapter 1 Dungeons and Sexual Repression
Chapter 1 Dungeons and Sexual Repression
Dungeons, an unsolved mystery, are older than the legends of demon kings and heroes.
As is well known, dungeons are a set of programs and rules; they are incredibly diverse internally, but they lack independent consciousness.
"So, I'm the exception?"
On the fifth floor of the North Dungeon, a half-demon with gray hair and dim horns tossed aside his adventurer's handbook and fell into deep thought.
His name is Caesar, a time traveler who was created by the Great Luck to become the boss and master of the dungeon.
Incidentally, he only has 250 days left to live.
Caesar carefully sensed the situation in the dungeon and quickly figured out everything about it.
The dungeon operates on life energy, and adventurers must surrender one percent of their life energy each time they enter the dungeon.
If they die in the dungeon, one-tenth of their life force is directly extracted, and they are then resurrected on the surface.
Nors dungeons held absolutely no appeal for adventurers.
Treasure chests are scarce, there are many lurking monsters, and the terrain is intricate and complex.
There is no mineral mining in these terrains.
Most importantly, the rewards for defeating the boss are also not good.
So even though it's an underground city that's only been around for six months, the entrance is already deserted.
For example, right now, there isn't a single adventurer in this huge dungeon.
If Caesar hadn't traveled through time, this dungeon would have disappeared sooner or later.
"Reform is necessary!"
Caesar only thought for two seconds before immediately sealing off the dungeon and investing his already limited life force to explore the sixth level.
With a deafening roar, the entrance to the North Dungeon closed, and a thick golden beam of light shot straight into the sky, visible to adventurers within a thousand miles.
This is a normal phenomenon when the number of dungeon levels changes.
Because of his low vitality, Caesar did not intend to touch the first four floors of the dungeon. He set his sights on the fifth floor and his own BOSS room.
Caesar aims to create a revenue model in his dungeons that adventurers cannot refuse, yet which is characterized by high volume and low profit margins.
He turned his gaze to the species on the fourth floor of the dungeon, the 'Goat Succubus'.
The goat succubus is hermaphroditic, with goat horns, a body covered in purple keratin, long eyelids, and a mouth full of sharp teeth.
Their appearance has nothing to do with "charm"; they rely solely on mental enticement to lure adventurers, then use their sharp claws to disembowel them once they get close.
Caesar's brilliant wisdom quickly led him to the first productive force on the internet in his previous life—SeSe.
"That's right, as long as I create a real succubus, why would I worry about that old pervert not getting what he wants!"
"No, that's not enough... Old perverts are going to die too. If they're sucked dry every time they come in, they might just pull up their pants and deny everything."
"I can increase the quantity and limit the number of succubi they can suck to death."
"Just in case, we'll need bodyguards."
Caesar's mind raced as a screen of information, visible only to him, the lord of the dungeon, unfolded before him.
North Dungeon
Available Health: 25000
[Current Dungeon Races: Slime, Goat Succubus, Goblin, Wraith, Drowned, Wild Dog, Minotaur, Rotting Wild Dog]
[BOSS: Caesar, the Half-Demon]
[Treasure Chest Distribution...]
【terrain……】
[Completion Reward: Exquisite Sword]
[Extracted Race: Goat Succubus]
Without batting an eye, Caesar directly invested 8,000 points of life force into racial modification.
[Change appearance, manifest it, grant intelligence, talents...]
Soon, a brand new race, delicate and easily pushed over – the Succubus – was created, with each Succubus costing an average of one hundred life points.
Putting aside the creation of the succubus for now, Caesar poured his life force into renovating his BOSS room.
The original prize, a fine sword, was removed, and Caesar replaced it with a contract.
The purpose of the contract is to allow a monster in the dungeon to accompany the adventurer out of the surface.
Creatures from the underground city cannot enter the surface through normal means.
The only way for them to get out is during a dungeon riot, when the dungeon's control over them weakens, allowing the monsters to rush to the surface.
This phenomenon is known as a demonic tide among adventurers.
Another one is the "Slave Contract" that occasionally appears in dungeon chests.
Once an adventurer signs a contract with a creature in the dungeon, the creature can break through the dungeon's restrictions and escape.
The contract that Caesar gave was similar to a slave contract.
Its essence is—a lottery.
Adventurers risk their lives in a lottery; the grand prize is the ability to send a specific monster from that dungeon to the surface within a limited area.
[Winning the grand prize won't cost you your life, but failing to win will kill you on the spot]
Note that the "life" mentioned here is the same price that adventurers pay for dying normally in dungeons, which is one-tenth of their life force.
Caesar did not specify the probability of the prize pool.
He will reward adventurers according to the circumstances.
"Hehehehehehehe".
Caesar couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh as he wrote those words.
He assured them that this lottery would bring endless surprises to the adventurers.
Finally, there's the adjustment to the BOSS, namely Caesar himself.
His soul is immortal, and its strength is tied to the dungeon level. As long as the dungeon has vitality, it doesn't matter how many times his physical body dies.
Therefore, Caesar reduced his half-demon body to a useless state, roughly equivalent to an adult in his previous life.
The total cost of upgrading the sixth floor is 10000 life points, with 90% of the expense going towards that contract.
[BOSS Cost: 10 Health Points]
It's available, it's available.
……
[Remaining Health Points: 800]
[Current daily life point consumption: 120 (Dungeons are closed; no life points are consumed under special conditions)]
Caesar created a total of forty succubi, two of which were special individuals at level forty, each worth nearly a thousand life points.
When creating them, he drew inspiration from the appearances of many female protagonists in his previous life's comics.
All the forms he could think of were contained within these forty succubi.
After creating them, Caesar spent another month teaching them business skills and personally trained several succubi.
After confirming that everything was correct, Caesar opened the entrance to the North Dungeon.
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"North Dungeon, the last time I was here was the last time."
"I wonder if there will be more mineral veins in the original levels of the North Dungeon this time..."
The day after Caesar finished the dungeon renovation, hundreds of people, including dozens of adventurer groups, gathered at the entrance of the North Dungeon, a rare occurrence.
The city of North, located next to the North Underground City, is an inclusive city, attracting adventurers of all races, from humans to elves and orcs.
Most adventurer groups consist of a mage, a warrior, a priest, and a tank.
Warriors and tanks basically occupy two male slots, and there's a high probability that there's one male among mages and priests, or even all of them are male.
Overall, there are more men than women, accounting for more than 80% of the population.
"It's almost eight o'clock, guys, the dungeon is about to open!"
Someone shouted, and the already lively crowd immediately erupted into a frenzy, eagerly awaiting the opening of the dungeon.
Lone wolf adventurer Roya was one of them.
Beneath his brown hair was a rugged, composed face, and his enchanted iron armor gleamed in the sunlight.
Roya gripped his iron sword, scoffing at the groups of adventurers.
He had once been a member of an adventurer's group. The group, who seemed to be on good terms, parted ways because of a reward from a dungeon treasure chest, and even ended up drawing their swords against each other when they returned to the surface.
Sheep flock together, tigers always roam alone.
The door opened, and Roya charged in first.
An hour later, Luo Ya successfully broke through the fourth level and became the first to arrive at the entrance to the fifth level.
"The first four levels haven't changed at all, which means there's something terrifying down below."
Roya frowned. The changes in the North Dungeon had lasted for a month, which was not short in the context of changes in the dungeon.
All these changes over such a long period of time have converged on the last two layers.
It's unclear whether it gave rise to a vast map or a terrifying monster.
He silently took out various potions to buff himself, wanting to be in the best possible condition to conquer the last two floors.
If an adventurer dies in a dungeon, the magical items they are carrying will not be able to return to the surface with them.
Soon after, Roya, having adjusted to his optimal state, stepped into the fifth level.
Darkness engulfed Roya's vision; space distorted, and he entered a completely new realm.
The first thing you see is an alleyway, with strange heart-shaped torches burning on both sides of the walls, and lines of writing engraved below the torches.
"The Succubus's House is ahead. Please proceed directly there, adventurer."
"There are no traps along the way, so adventurer, there's no need to be afraid."
"After you see us, adventurer, please show mercy and don't kill us."
"We are all good girls. We just want to live and we will not lay a hand on the adventurer."
……
Luo Ya didn't believe a single word of what was written on the wall.
Although intelligent races are rare in the dungeon, every single one of them is treacherous and cunning; how could they possibly be as innocent as the words written on the wall suggest?
An hour later, having encountered no danger, Luo Ya walked aimlessly to the end of the alley, where he could vaguely see the shadows of a cluster of buildings in the distance.
"No, no, something's definitely wrong. This is a dangerous dungeon, the North Dungeon, which is famous for its underworld."
Roya muttered something and took out his magic telescope; he wanted to find out what was going on!
"What, what is this!?"
Roya opened one eye wide, peering through the telescope at a pair of snow-white peaks that seemed to pulsate.
He suddenly looked up, and his moist eyes, like those of a fawn in the forest, met his gaze.
"Illusion? How could humans appear in the dungeon?"
Looking at the necklace around his neck that protected him from illusions, Roya immediately dismissed his guess.
The number of dungeon levels determines the maximum level of the creatures inside. A dungeon with a total of six levels will not contain creatures or items above level 40.
His illusion-resistant artifacts are fourth-tier; no creature in the North Dungeon can use illusions to bewitch him.
Could someone have arrived here before him...? Roya used the telescope again.
This time, Roya observed very carefully. He confirmed that most of the creatures were very large, and he also confirmed that they were not human.
Because they all have long, thin tails with teasing hearts at the tips.
"A succubus?"
Luo Ya remembered the message on the wall and guessed their identities.
Luo Ya stared intently for more than ten seconds, then felt some warm liquid flowing from his nose and mouth.
A group of beautiful, alluring succubi dressed in colorful clothes were playing and frolicking in the telescope, injuring him without launching any attack.
They are in danger!
Roya felt a chill run down his spine and activated the adventurer's basic combat skill, [Insight], through the magic telescope.
[Bio Level: Level 10]
?
Luo Ya was stunned, and then checked on a loli succubus.
[Bio Level: Level 10]
Then switch to a succubus wearing strange black and white stockings.
[Bio Level: Level 10]
Roya, refusing to believe it, channeled his magic into the magical telescope as if it were free, and surveyed all the succubi present.
Unsurprisingly, all the succubi displayed a level of ten.
This level is only slightly stronger than the slime on the first floor of the dungeon. He's a level 40 warrior who can go in and unleash his full power even without magic.
Putting away his binoculars, Roya confidently took the initiative.
Unbeknownst to him, Caesar, the Lord of the Underworld, had been spying on Roya for most of the day.
The moment any adventurer steps into the North Dungeon, everything about them is laid bare before Caesar's eyes.
Roya, who had reached the level cap for entering the North Dungeon, was immediately noticed by Caesar.
His ability to reach the fifth floor so far ahead of other adventurers was not only due to his own strength, but also largely thanks to Caesar's invisible influence.
The will of the dungeon lord resounded in the minds of all the succubi.
"Watch out, he's coming."
"Just treat him the way I taught you before."
"I've been watching him the whole way; he's definitely a lecherous old man who's all talk and no action."
Caesar gave Roja his final verdict.
"He has an unusually high level of sexual repression."
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