[Whirlwind Badge]
[Grade] Lesser magic grade
[Special Ability] Deploys a wind film on the user's body surface that can prevent a certain amount of attacks; can be deployed autonomously.
With his current eyes, Dalun Li could see a layer of cyan energy swirling outside the Whirlwind Badge.
"As expected, it is lesser magic grade."
After confirming the grade of the Whirlwind Badge, Dalun Li was even more satisfied.
It seemed that the power source for magic items was also mana.
And as long as it was mana, his [Insight] could see through it.
"Tongmu, you are the one I value most; do not let me down!"
Dalun Li encouraged the one-eyed grass and even gave it a specific name.
He did not intend to create other one-eyed grass as he did with other monsters.
Tongmu had no combat capability, and continuing to create more would only be a waste of mana and materials.
One one-eyed grass was enough.
Even if its skills were insufficient, he could continue to improve the one-eyed grass's abilities later.
After all, the consumption for making one one-eyed grass was enough for him to make dozens of wood soldiers.
Tongmu's pupil widened, and it swayed frantically with joy.
It looked quite unintelligent.
For the fifth floor, Dalun Li intended to continue using the wood soldier combinations from the fourth floor.
What he needed to create next was the boss of the fifth floor.
The Wellmouth Sentry.
"I'll create an experimental prototype first."
"And then open a hidden boss room in the fourth floor."
The Well of Eternal Imprisonment had already been developed to the fifth floor, yet a real treasure chest had not appeared.
Dalun Li intended to create a real treasure chest and have a hidden boss on the fourth floor guard it.
Of course, it was impossible to put actual treasure in the chest.
Dalun Li had gone through immense hardship to save up his small treasury; he couldn't be so wasteful.
As for what to put in the chest, he was already prepared.
The various dungeons in this world each had their own unique hidden treasures.
For example, in the Lost Magic City, everything inside was magic-related items, equipment, and treasures.
And the Well of Eternal Imprisonment had to have a similar specialty.
Dalun Li intended to put skills inside the treasure chest.
That's right, skills.
By creating skills as items, the opponent could obtain the skills he bestowed upon using them.
Dalun Li quickly used branches to create a treasure chest, then plucked leaves from the large mana-infused trees of the fourth floor.
Next, he separated a portion of liquid from Tongmu and began creating it alongside the leaves.
The liquid quickly permeated the leaves, leaving an eyeball pattern on them.
Below the pattern were two grey ancient incantations.
[Name] Dalun Li's Power Leaf
[Level] lv1
[Skills] Dynamic Vision lv2, Bestow lv1
[Description] A skill leaf created by the unknown existence Dalun Li; upon use, it can bestow the target with Dynamic Vision lv2; it is a single-use item.
Done!
Dalun Li placed the leaf into the wooden treasure chest and then transferred it beneath the large mana tree on the fourth floor.
Dalun Li intended to place the hidden boss of the fourth floor beneath that large mana tree.
The crafting materials were also the branches of the fourth floor's mana tree.
Collecting the branches from the fourth floor, Dalun Li began his creation.
This hidden boss was essentially an experimental version of the fifth-floor boss. Dalun Li already had a design in mind, so the production process was quite smooth.
However, the power consumed by a boss was naturally incomparable to creating other monsters.
Even if this one wasn't strictly a true boss, but merely an elite monster of the fourth floor.
The branches grew and twisted together, with purple vines spreading over them.
Soon, it turned into a treant standing three meters tall.
However, the treant appeared somewhat tall and thin, looking rather frail.
Dalun Li quickly took out large blocks of copper and summoned a wood armor monster.
He performed a secondary creation using the wood armor monster and the copper blocks.
Soon, a layer of wood and copper armor began to cover the treant's body.
The treant's right arm transformed into a massive wooden sword, with the edges being a sharp red copper color.
The wooden material of the left arm twisted and grew, turning into a thick shield.
The treant landed on the ground like a giant, its body overflowing with a sense of power.
[Name] Exiled Sentry of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment
[Level] lv5
[Skills] Swordsmanship lv3, Hardening lv2, Shield Arts lv2, Woody Muscle lv2, Great Strength lv2, Vigorous Vitality lv2, Growth lv2, Copperization lv1, Nutrient Absorption lv1, Dynamic Vision lv1, Insight lv1
[Description] A sentry exiled by the unknown existence Dalun Li, wandering and guarding the Well of Eternal Imprisonment and its master.
In addition, the armor on the Exiled Sentry was actually a monster itself.
[Name] Exiled Sentry's Armor Monster
[Level] lv5
[Skills] Hardening lv3, Shaping lv2, Vigorous Vitality lv2, Growth lv2, Attachment lv2
[Description] An armor monster created by the unknown existence Dalun Li, the armor of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment's sentry.
The Exiled Sentry, the prototype of the Wellmouth Sentry, was complete.
Without a doubt, this was the strongest monster Dalun Li had created to date!
However, it was still far from the limit, though it was sufficient to serve as the hidden boss of the fourth floor.
Dalun Li created it specifically to let adventurers defeat it, allowing him to detect design flaws and then create an even stronger Wellmouth Sentry.
Transferring the Exiled Sentry to the grotto under the large tree, he had it guard the treasure chest.
Next, Dalun Li floated leisurely on his pedestal.
His gaze returned to the first three floors, patiently waiting for the right moment while learning from the adventurers' battles.
The great net of the fourth floor had already been cast. Next, he just had to wait for these adventurers to enter his fourth floor.
...
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
Outside the Well of Eternal Imprisonment.
The camp had expanded once again, and at the core location, temporary houses had already been built.
Lord Grey had already dispatched attendants specifically to this area to plan the construction of houses.
On the rough sketches of the planning maps, the prototype of a small town centered around the dungeon could already be vaguely seen.
"Buying red copper masks, today's price is 27 Lanxi copper coins!"
"Teaming up, teaming up! Still need one vanguard shield-bearer, harvest split fairly!"
"Second floor maps for cheap, limited to twenty copies, first come first served!"
"..."
At a square in the camp, a group of adventurers and merchants gathered, shouting incessantly.
Looking around, there were likely no fewer than fifty adventurers gathered in the square.
Including other adventurers, workers, and commoners scattered throughout various locations in the camp.
The total number of people in the entire camp was likely already in the hundreds.
The number of adventurers exploring the dungeon had also reached the hundreds.
Everything in the camp was the same as yesterday, except that at the outskirts, adventurers continued to arrive at this border grassland from distant hills.
However, the people arriving at the border today were somewhat different.
On the distant hills, horses stepped over the green grass, approaching the dungeon one after another.
The people on the horses wore glamorous clothes and armor.
There were actually dozens of them in succession.
As they drew near, the group of adventurers moved aside one after another, quietly observing with the corners of their eyes, and recognized the family crest worn by the people on the horses.
A circle of overlapping grass patterns surrounding a golden rose.
It was the family crest of the Grey family.
The lord of this border territory, Fenris Grey, was the second son of the current head of the Grey family.
The people on the horses dismounted, clustering behind a handsome young man with black hair.
A knight of the Grey family, an extraordinary existence, Manfred Grey.
And the two people beside him were the Grey family's mage, Rhine, and the Grey family's heavy warrior, Weiss, both also extraordinary.
They had only one purpose for coming here.
To conquer the depths of this dungeon before anyone else.
To recover the Grey family's losses and take possession of this dungeon.
To declare the Grey family's ownership of this land and this dungeon.
With the Goddess of Light as witness, no one shall be able to block the blade of the Golden Rose.
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