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The deeper into the Dungeon they went, the dimr the light beca. Even for the two strongest Familias in the world, the stifling atmosphere of the Deep Levels weighed heavily upon them. However, with Lucian's top-down map function, they didn't need to be so tense. Naturally, these adventurers were all seasoned veterans. They wouldn't stake all their hopes entirely on Lucian's magic. Despite not encountering a single mishap, they still didn't relax their guard in the slightest.
"Can we make a trip to the 'Infinite Goblet'?"
Lucian asked. The two Familias had followed the standard clearing route perfectly. Their pace was incredibly fast, and by the afternoon, they had already reached the safe zone on the 38th floor. Moreover, Udaeus had been subjugated by so unknown party and had yet to respawn. The experience points harvested were much lower than expected, totaling only 469. After arriving at the 38th floor safe zone, so of the group set up camp while the rest conserved their energy. Lucian felt it was still far too early to rest.
"What a coincidence. I was thinking the exact sa thing." The Empress wrapped an arm around Lucian's shoulders, smiling brightly. "We've got pretty good chemistry. Why don't you just beco my husband?"
"I'm not interested in Amazons."
Lucian rejected her casually. The 37th floor alone was the size of Orario, divided into five distinct regions: The Beast Room, the Soldier Room, the Warrior Room, the Knight Room, and the Throne Room. At the very end of the Throne Room was the entrance to the 38th floor, which also served as the spawn point for the massive skeleton, Udaeus.
Beyond that, the 37th floor harbored a very special location situated in the eastern section of the Warrior Room: the Colosseum. Its overall structure resembled an ancient Roman Colosseum. Within that basin, a set number of monsters constantly slaughtered one another year-round. It was like a massive, blood-soaked terrarium, with beasts tearing each other apart day and night in an endless battle royale. The mont a monster died, another would instantly spawn to replenish the numbers.
The sheer lethality of the zone was off the charts. Even adventurers above Level 5 wouldn't dare step foot inside recklessly. After all, human stamina was limited. Furthermore, if even a single outsider was discovered, all the monsters would cease their infighting and instantly swarm the intruder. Due to its trait of 'infinite spawning', the Adventurer's Guild had bestowed upon it the alias, 'Infinite Goblet'.
But while it was perilous for an individual first-tier adventurer, what if it was an entire party composed of first-tier adventurers? Especially when this group included the Empress—a figure standing at the absolute pinnacle of humanity—and Alfia, soone who possessed rule-breaking strength in her pri. Even an 'Infinite Goblet' could be slaughtered until it beca a 'Finite Goblet'.
"Don't let my appearance fool you. I'm actually quite conservative." The Empress lowered her head, flashing a radiant smile as she whispered into Lucian's ear. "I'm still a virgin, you know."
"Not my problem," Lucian responded coldly. "It's still early. Hurry up and form a party. I want to go check out the area."
"Alright, alright. What a sha."
The Empress sighed, feeling sowhat dissatisfied by Lucian's total lack of reaction. Although Lucian liked beautiful girls, he wasn't the type who couldn't control his lower half, much less so naive boy who would blush furiously at a woman's teasing. Lucian divided won who t his mating criteria into two categories. The first were those who were genuinely interested in him and willing to pursue a relationship. The second were those who were purely curious and had no intention of dating, only wanting to tease him for fun.
The Empress fell into the latter category, so Lucian naturally wouldn't give her a warm reception. Let alone acting like a simp, his attitude toward romance was quite zen. Until the Empress changed her tune, Lucian had zero intention of getting close to her, and his conversational tone would remain dismissive.
The party was quickly assembled. Aside from the essential personnel left behind to guard the camp, along with the Champion of the Zeus Familia holding down the fort, everyone else moved out. That included the Level 7 adventurers. Even for them, an environnt like the Infinite Goblet offered a solid training effect. With the assistance of Lucian's magic, coupled with the presence of most mbers from the two strongest Familias, the chances of actually facing life-threatening danger were infinitesimally small, despite the perilous environnt.
Grinding furiously before their subjugation of Leviathan, ideally securing enough Excelia in the process—everyone was burning with unparalleled enthusiasm. In truth, quite a few of them had wanted to hit the Infinite Goblet ages ago, but they had felt too embarrassed to take advantage of Lucian. Now that he had suggested it himself, the mbers of the two Familias were practically ecstatic.
"So this is the Infinite Goblet... The atmosphere isn't bad."
Reaching their destination quickly, Lucian surveyed the environnt and fell into a brief mont of thought. The simple structure of an ancient Roman Colosseum. All it needed was a setting to continuously spawn monsters.
It seems like a pretty good template for my first dungeon instance.
As long as he created an instance blueprint, he could copy this environnt, tweak it a bit, and put it to use. Moreover, he wouldn't just create one floor; he could generate countless layers. The first floor would constantly spawn Level 1 monsters, leaving a Boss Room in the center. After defeating the Boss, one could proceed to the second floor, then the third... looping endlessly.
He could set up a checkpoint system. Whatever floor a challenger reached would remain unlocked, allowing them to start from that specific floor for future trials. Permanently created magic beasts could also drop 'origins'. Compared to an otherworldly realm like the Dungeon, this sort of instance bypassed the exploration phase, serving entirely as a grinding zone.
"You call this atmosphere 'not bad'?"
The Empress seed genuinely surprised. Leaving aside the Amazons—a race composed entirely of won who lived for slaughter and combat, marking them as a bona fide warrior race. But for a mild-mannered man like Lucian to utter such words, the Empress felt it severely broke his character.
"Don't let my appearance fool you. I can actually hold my own."
Lucian stepped forward into the arena. Just as the Empress and the others were about to move up and protect him, they saw a layer of black magic surge around Lucian, coating his body.
"Ransotengai."
"Glory Manifestation: Partial."
The black magic was imbued with a golden luster, radiating a razor-sharp aura. The energy entity summoned by Glory Manifestation was not fixed. This ti, Lucian utilized the offensive Yang tal attribute. The monsters inside the Infinite Goblet possessed an average potential threat defined between Level 3 and Level 4. Because a monster's threat level was lower than an adventurer's, a Level 2 adventurer could handle a Level 3 monster. A Level 2 adventurer with top-tier talent could even slay a standard Level 4 monster.
Thus, by simply casting an enchantnt over himself, combining it with his weapon advantage and the Three Secrets and Five thods, Lucian was more than capable of damaging the monsters. Factoring in his Cloud Soaring technique and the sustained endurance from Ransotengai, Lucian was fully equipped to slaughter his way through this area. With that in mind, Lucian led the charge, dashing straight toward a Spartoi.
"Wood Magic: Curve."
Buffing his physical strength with wood-attribute magic, Lucian swiped his hand blade forward, instantly decapitating a monster with a potential threat level of 4.
"...?"
"Are you kidding !?"
It wasn't just the Empress; the others were left completely dumbfounded as well. Watching all the monsters in the Infinite Goblet turn their heads to lock onto Lucian, the rest of the group finally snapped out of their daze and charged into the Colosseum. Still reeling from having their understanding of reality completely shattered, the group fought inside the Colosseum for several hours, engaging in an utterly exhilarating trial.
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