Outside the Gray City Adventurer Association, a carriage approached.
Stepping down from the carriage was a woman with red hair, dressed in agile attire, with two longswords at her waist.
"Lady Serafina!"
As she approached the Adventurer Association, the guards on both sides hurriedly bowed respectfully.
For no other reason than that Serafina was a second-rank swordsman.
At the same time, she was also the captain of a second-rank adventurer team.
No matter the place, extraordinary beings who surpassed humanity would always be respected by others.
The number of extraordinary beings was scarce; they were the top combat force of humanity.
Currently, she had accepted a mission from the Gray City headquarters in the south and was being transferred to Gray City.
The mage in her team had already reached the peak of a first-rank mage.
To break through and become a second-rank mage, an opportunity was needed.
A new dungeon—Serafina felt this was that chance.
Thus, she accepted the mission and headed to this northern border.
Moreover, Serafina had other thoughts as well.
Becoming a third-rank swordsman required a vast amount of resources.
If they could obtain a dungeon, relying on the support of the massive magic power and resources deep within it...
She and her teammates might be able to break through and become third-rank extraordinary beings, or even fourth-rank extraordinary beings.
Third and fourth-rank extraordinary beings were already high-level combat forces of humanity.
No matter where they were, they would receive respect and belong to the true upper class.
Continuing further up, those existences could no longer be called human.
Long lifespans, powerful strength.
Serafina stopped the thoughts in her mind and entered the northern headquarters of the Adventurer Association under the respectful gazes of the crowd.
The perspective continuously rose.
Gray City became tiny, and the entire northern region came into view.
At this moment, at the northernmost tip of this northern region, a dungeon seemed to be quietly attracting the attention of the entire north, bit by bit.
Becoming the focus of the entire northern region.
This was an inevitable and unstoppable development, and all these changes would continue to accumulate.
Eventually, they would turn into a destructive tsunami, crashing toward the Well of Eternal Imprisonment.
Whether the Well of Eternal Imprisonment could survive this crisis, no one knew.
But Dalun Li had been preparing for this destructive storm, building these layers upon layers of dams.
...
Five days later.
On the fifth floor of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment, Manfred's group was wading through the forest wetland.
Within the rivers of the wetland, dangerous monsters were hidden, capable of dragging people into deep water and tearing them to pieces.
At the same time, wood soldiers were also hidden in the forest, always brewing danger.
The characteristics of the first five floors of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment had almost never changed.
Whether it was the labyrinth, the forest, or this stratum's forest wetland.
Every floor of this Well of Eternal Imprisonment greatly delayed their exploration progress.
The complex terrain forced them to constantly record the topography and search for paths to advance.
Manfred's group had reached the fifth floor of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment.
And on the fourth floor of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment, many adventurers had already successfully arrived.
After establishing a base, they explored while hunting the wood soldiers of this floor.
Houses had already been built at the bases on the third, second, and first floors.
A large amount of supplies was continuously transported from the outside to these three floors' bases, providing replenishment for the exploring adventurers.
At the same time, they were establishing a supply chain to provide logistical support to the explorers in the deepest levels.
Most of those who moved into the bases were merchants and craftsmen.
The merchants' goal was to purchase monster materials from adventurers at the first opportunity.
The craftsmen, in turn, earned coins from the merchants.
The number of craftsmen on the third floor was the largest.
The trees on this floor were being continuously felled, used directly for building houses and mine shafts.
The changes in the Well of Eternal Imprisonment were happening with each passing day.
The number of people in the Well of Eternal Imprisonment also grew larger, with no lack of high-level adventurers among them, and more and more people died at the hands of monsters every day.
These people all became nourishment for the dungeon.
The wealth on their bodies also became part of the treasure pile deep within the dungeon.
These were the changes within the dungeon.
Meanwhile, on the plains outside the dungeon, the current base had arguably doubled compared to five days ago.
The foundations for various buildings had already been laid, and construction had begun.
Simple wooden houses, on the other hand, had already been completed.
The roads being built radiated outward from the dungeon as the center.
Surrounding residents came and went, walking on the roads, already gathered in this area.
Under the lord's immigration order, the sparse population of the entire North Sea Territory was gathering here.
Simple taverns and hostels had appeared around the plaza.
Looking down from above, one could already see the prototype of a small town.
The most conspicuous was probably the large foundation being built on a hill to the east of the dungeon.
This place had higher terrain, allowing one to overlook the entire town, and stones were being continuously piled up here.
It seemed a castle was to be built.
Perhaps Lord Grey had already made plans to move here in the future and use this as the center of the North Sea Territory.
As for the stones used to build these structures and the castle...
This place was situated on a plain; trying to quarry stone would be quite laborious and would require transporting it from afar.
Therefore, they adapted to local conditions.
The stone materials used for these buildings were all quarried from the first floor of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment and transported out.
All of this was seen by an existence located at the deepest part of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment.
Dalun Li floated above his pedestal.
Before him, a spherical eye monster was continuously projecting the scenes outside the dungeon in front of Dalun Li.
Tongmu possessed the skill [Clairvoyance]; with this ability, it could see the scenes around the outside of the dungeon clearly.
Dalun Li could naturally do it too, but he also had to monitor the changes inside the dungeon at all times.
Moreover, as a vision-specialized monster, Tongmu was more adept at these tasks.
"These guys are actually fleecing me."
"Forget it, just some stones; if they want to dig, let them dig."
The development outside could provide nourishment by attracting even more adventurers for him.
He would then be able to develop even faster.
After all, it was just some stones.
In these five days, under the nourishment of countless adventurers, Dalun Li had successfully opened the eighth floor.
Perhaps the seventh floor had exhausted all the good luck, as the eighth floor was just an ordinary desert.
At the same time, Dalun Li's treasure pile had also grown!
More and more high-quality adventurers gathered, and these high-quality adventurers had much bulkier coin pouches.
The current treasure pile already had a thin layer of gold, accented with a few gemstones.
Beneath the gold was a large amount of copper and a portion of silver.
For magic items, Dalun Li still only had the Whirlwind Badge.
The Earth Vein Power absorbed by this treasure pile now was quite considerable.
[93.142 Earth Vein Power/day]
Dalun Li no longer deliberately hunted adventurers.
He did not like slaughter; slaughter was merely a means of self-preservation.
Nowadays, these adventurers all died normally at the hands of monsters.
Occasionally, some unlucky soul would be targeted by a water lurker, mimic, or mandragora.
Including that group of people exploring the deepest levels, Dalun Li did not intend to deliberately hunt them either.
Of course, he wouldn't deliberately let them off either.
The Well of Eternal Imprisonment had been managed to the point where it could now operate normally.
Continuing to deliberately hunt adventurers might lead to some unforeseen disaster.
Dalun Li still had more important things to do; a new batch of monsters was about to be created.
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