"The Harvest Church worships the Harvest God."
"The Harvest God oversees everything related to the domains of abundance and plants."
"Therefore, priests of the Harvest Church can heal wounds, manipulate plants, and alter the environment."
"However, abundance comes with a price; making barren land fertile will only leave it more barren the following year."
"However, the Harvest Church sells a special potion that can compensate for the price of fertility."
"Combined with a priest's ability of abundance, it can cause the land's yield to explode."
Fete spoke, unable to help but sigh in his heart.
The Harvest Church was the wealthiest church among the human nations.
And human nations were currently the most prominent race on the continent.
The Lanxi Kingdom and Geri Kingdom were neighbors; though they were one entity a thousand years ago, they were now hostile toward each other.
The Lanxi Kingdom was in the northwest of the continent, connecting to the North Sea.
The Geri Kingdom lay to the east and also possessed several ports on the North Sea.
Further east was the power of the orcs.
The orcs were composed of seven nations, collectively known as the Orc Federation.
To the south were various races and countless small nations, a mess of chaos that no one looked upon with favor.
South of the Lanxi and Geri Kingdoms was the Iolan Empire.
A thousand years ago, it was merely a vassal state of Mahr, but now Mahr had split into the two nations of Lanxi and Geri.
Iolan took the opportunity to wage external wars, expanding its territory and unifying countless small nations to become a powerful empire.
Neither the Lanxi Kingdom nor the Geri Kingdom was a match for the current Iolan.
Iolan eyed the north hungrily while continuing to expand into the nations of other races to the south.
They continuously took other races as slaves, sending them to dungeons to explore for resources.
Countless small nations in the south trembled under Iolan's tyranny.
And further south was the territory of the elf race.
There were vast forests here, fertile and powerful, and they also possessed a super-large dungeon.
Named the Root of the World Tree.
The long-lived elf race possessed this dungeon alone, and their strength was such that no one dared to provoke them.
But on this continent, everything was fair.
Powerful as the elves were, their reproductive capacity was poor, leading to a small population.
The elves would take in a large number of dependents to compensate for their lack of numbers and consolidate their status.
But two hundred years ago, the giants, one of the dependent races controlled by the elves, developed their own ambitions. They no longer wanted to be dependents; they wanted to replace the elf race.
Thus, they rebelled and established the Giant Court, leading a portion of half-elves and the goblin race to independence.
Although their ambition ultimately failed, the self-proclaimed Giant King fled further south with his remaining subordinates.
But this dealt a heavy blow to the elf race.
A large number of magical artifacts and mana equipment were carried off by the dependents, and the race's population suffered heavy losses.
Even now, the elf race had not recovered from this blow.
And the ambitious human empire, Iolan, had been expanding toward the south.
The ambition of the Iolan Emperor was known to everyone among the small nations in the southern part of the continent.
He wanted to take advantage of this unprecedented, singular period of weakness for the elf race to seize their super-large dungeon.
To trample underfoot this unreachable flower that humans had never been able to touch throughout history.
He wanted to become the greatest emperor in human history.
The proud and powerful elves were also forced to face this ambitious empire head-on.
Meanwhile, in the north.
The nations of Lanxi and Geri were still gloating over the fact that the barbarian nation of Iolan was distracted by the south.
They were the descendants of the Mahr Empire; what was a small nation like Iolan?
A thousand years ago, it was still bowing its head and submitting to their ancestor, Mahr, offering tribute every year.
Now, it was just the mentality of a parvenu.
How could it compare to the noble bloodline they inherited from the Mahr Empire?
Once they finished off that heretical nation across the river and restored the glory of the Mahr Empire, little Iolan would naturally go back to bowing its head and submitting.
Lanxi and Geri continued to view each other with hostility and engage in internal strife.
After asking about a few more things, Zeno stood up.
"Lady Zeno, if there is anything else you need, please do not hesitate to find me."
Zeno did not answer and left directly.
This time, she did not forget her other mission.
To blend in among the humans.
She found an inn at the fourth-floor station and selected a room for her stay.
...
Meanwhile, on the eleventh floor.
Placed before Dalun Li was the book regarding forging techniques contributed by Fete.
He quickly browsed the contents of the book until he had thoroughly read the entire thing, then he settled on the pedestal to quietly digest it.
"I can start creating the monsters for the Lava Stratum ahead of schedule."
Dalun Li floated up again, took out a corpse of a dark wanderer, and brought over some stones and ores.
The corpses of the dark wanderers would be enough for him to use for a very long time.
After all, creating flesh and blood was not Dalun Li's forte.
With the various materials prepared, Dalun Li began the creation.
As the floors grew larger, the monsters could no longer be as monotonous as before.
Every ten floors was a major threshold; for the eleventh floor, Dalun Li wanted to create a brand-new monster system.
The most important trait for the monsters of this floor was heat and high-temperature resistance.
Besides that, this type of monster needed sufficient endurance and strength.
They also needed to have dark vision and a small stature to facilitate moving through caves.
Combining these characteristics, the first monster:
"Create!"
[Name] Well of Eternal Imprisonment's dwarf miner
[Level] lv11
[Skills] Digging lv5, Sharp Claws lv4, Steel Claws lv4, Endurance lv3, Great Strength lv3, Night Vision lv2, Flame Resistance lv2, Iron Bones and Steel Tendons lv2, Haste lv1
[Description] A monster servant created by the unknown existence Dalun Li. Its sharp claws can cut through hard rock and steel. It can excavate mineral veins deep beneath the surface.
That's right, a monster miner.
Utilizing this kind of monster, the vast number of mineral veins existing in the Lava Stratum could be excavated.
At the same time, this monster's attack power was also decent.
The second type of monster.
Absolute lava resistance, strong concealment abilities, immense strength, and control abilities.
Plus long-range attacks and lava attacks.
Complete!
[Name] Well of Eternal Imprisonment's lava frog
[Level] lv11
[Skills] Lava Resistance lv5, Great Strength lv4, Lava Ball lv3, Stealth lv3, Long Tongue lv3, Splash lv3, Entangling Tongue lv2
[Description] A lava frog created by the unknown existence Dalun Li. It can move beneath the lava, hide under the surface, fire lava balls, and use its long tongue to drag intruders into the lava.
"Ribbit!"
Not bad, sinister enough.
Next!
The third type of monster.
[Name] Well of Eternal Imprisonment's lava gargoyle
[Level] lv11
[Skills] Stealth lv4, Swordsmanship lv3, Great Strength lv3, Flame Resistance lv3, Fireball lv2...
[Description] ...Able to hide beneath lava for short periods or camouflage itself as a stone to launch attacks. It can use fire attacks and moves in groups.
The fourth type of monster.
[Name] Well of Eternal Imprisonment's poison smoke monster
[Level] lv11
[Skills] Poison Mist Breath lv3, Stealth lv3, Paralyzing Poison lv3, Chronic Poison lv3...
[Description] ...Hides within rock crevices, exhaling toxic smoke to paralyze intruders. It is weak itself and moves slowly.
The fifth type of monster.
[Name] Well of Eternal Imprisonment's heroic gargoyle
[Level] lv11
[Skills] Swordsmanship lv5, Lava Sword lv5, Great Strength lv4, Rock Strengthening lv4, Hard Shell lv4, Flame Resistance lv3, Haste lv3, Sword Qi lv2, Dynamic Vision lv2, Fireball lv1
[Description] A monster servant created by the unknown existence Dalun Li. It resembles a hero statue clad in armor. It is the leader of the gargoyles, possessing great power and considerable intelligence. It is relatively rare.
The main monsters were created.
Next, he would create auxiliary-type monsters.
He wanted to create several production-type monsters that could forge the materials mined on this floor into magical items.
Then, they would be sold throughout the dungeon by the monster merchants.
This was the first time he was creating this type of monster.
Rate on N.U.
