Sorry for the delay.
To not make the chapter longer, i updated Reji's Status in chapter 02.
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Wanting to come out alive from the Demon King's dungeon instance?
Who are you looking down on!
Although Reji said that, the initial instance dungeon definitely wouldn't be too difficult right from the start.
That would be too discouraging.
If all the adventurers from the Syndicate died in there, who would help spread his fame and boost his reputation? Who would dare enter his dungeon again?
It's like when a casino wants to fleece its customers. They have to let the customers "get lucky" and win a few rounds first, giving them the feeling of "Hey, I'm pretty good at this too." Then, once the customers get carried away and filled with greed, the casino reveals its true fangs.
In order to create a "newbie level" instance dungeon for the Syndicate's tribes and gangs, and to lower the difficulty, Reji didn't plan to deploy demon soldiers inside.
He had to find some monsters with lower strength, higher production, and most importantly, ones that he wouldn't feel heartache over even if they were given away for free to those adventurers to be killed.
After much thought, Reji realized that the most suitable monster candidates were still the undead.
Undead Skeleton !
The undead had already proven their obedience and practicality in the previous chaos at Ilinor's royal palace.
Moreover, another major feature of skeletons was their strict hierarchy.
There were corresponding undead for each level.
For example, the lowest-level "Undead Soldiers" were around level 10-20, which should be just the right comfort zone for the Syndicate's gangs. Not too easy to slaughter, but not impossible to kill either.
And when they leveled up to the next tier, the "Undead Warriors" with an average level of around 20 could serve as elites, requiring five or six people to surround and defeat them.
Now that he had the small fries and elites, as for the boss at the end...
Hmm.
It's decided, it will be the Undead Champion.
Although the Undead Champion was an old friend, in Reji's eyes, its aura had drastically dropped and it was just a weakling.
But don't forget, for outsiders, take the fourth-tier Undead Champion from the Five Flowers Alliance as an example. It single-handedly slaughtered the A-rank Eagle Mercenary Group.
Reji still believed that since the Syndicate was all made up of desperate criminals and outlaws, all from unorthodox backgrounds, unlike the greenhouse-grown Ilinor, their combat power shouldn't be so weak as to be wiped out by an Undead Champion. At least if they couldn't beat it, they should still be able to run away.
With the monster types decided, Reji took action immediately.
Another major advantage of the undead was that their production was very simple. As long as one mastered the corresponding necromancy magic, no complex or tedious materials were needed. As long as there were "corpses," it was enough.
It could be considered as recycling garbage.
Coincidentally, the corpses of the more than 3,000 Bloody Hand Gang members that were wiped out hadn't even gone cold yet. Using them to summon undead creatures should be more than enough.
For this small matter, Reji didn't plan to bother the Sorcerer Demons again.
Reji took a portion of the empty space on the sixth floor of the still-vacant magic tower and made some simple arrangements, transforming it into a maze. For a hardcore RPG player like Reji, this was too easy. In his mind, there were countless sample maps of maze dungeons.
Of course, in order not to discourage the "players," Reji was very soft-hearted.
He didn't set up any traps, random teleportation points, hidden boss rooms, plot-driven deaths, or even erotic H-CG rooms. It was just a pure maze, slightly winding, that's all.
These "exciting contents" had to be saved for later.
After the dungeon construction, there was still one last element missing: rewards.
Reji immediately set off for the third floor of the magic tower, the Sorcerer Demons' Hall. The Sorcerer Demons here had already prepared a large number of second and third-tier items and scrolls according to Reji's requirements.
These were actually byproducts or even discarded items from the Sorcerer Demons' experiments.
However, what was considered trash in the eyes of the Sorcerer Demons could be seen as valuable when placed on the human side.
From the previous "Lanqi Item Shop" in Ilinor, it was clear that even the most inferior recovery potions could be regarded as gold-tier items, and a single third-tier scroll could become the highlight of an auction, attracting numerous nobles and adventurers to compete for it.
Moreover...
Reji picked up a weapon from the Sorcerer Demons' workbench.
It appeared to be the most ordinary low-level iron sword, but as Reji swung it, spell runes flickered on the hilt. Reji instantly felt as if the iron sword had become lighter, and his strength was amplified, unleashing more powerful attacks.
He then turned to pick up another bow and arrow. Without any arrows, Reji simply pulled the bowstring, and spell fluctuations appeared on the bow. Suddenly, an arrow infused with the chilling element of ice was automatically generated.
There were many similar items, such as a shield imbued with the earth element, a blazing war hammer that could deal fire damage, boots of swift movement enhanced by the wind element, and so on.
These were all the result of the Sorcerer Demons' research on the holy sword from that night in Ilinor, which led to the mastery of weapon "enchantment" techniques.
Now, this large batch of newly crafted spell weapons needed performance testing, so Reji also included them as "top prizes" in the treasure chests.
After all, compared to the weapons they were currently using, these enchanted spell weapons were like a leap from the Stone Age to the Gunpowder Age.
Reji believed that they would definitely drive the Syndicate people completely crazy.
Everything was ready.
Now, all that was missing was the first batch of adventurers.
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Reji returned to Ghost Town once again and found Lisa. He asked this native resident for detailed information about the latest power distribution in the Syndicate to help him decide which force would be suitable to choose as the first guinea pigs.
"Lord Reji, the composition of the Syndicate's forces is actually closely related to the three major nations. People who have fled from the same country or region are more likely to form tribes and gangs," Lisa explained.
"Just like the previous Bloody Hand Gang, most of them were prisoners from the Court of Judgment and had close ties with the Court of Judgment."
"Correspondingly, the Shadow Tribe, formed by refugees from the Radiant Church Nation, is also a top-notch group in the Syndicate."
"Finally, there are the 'Death Heralds' established by the black sorcerers who were expelled from the Mage Nation."
Lisa enumerated the three largest power organizations in the Syndicate to Reji. However, in the end, she hesitated for a moment and mentioned another name.
"Originally, the Bloody Hand Gang, Shadow Tribe, and Death Heralds had been dominating the Syndicate for a long time. But just recently, another new force from the outside has joined. They call themselves..."
"The Animal Gang."