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Chapter 167: Gigantic Centipede

Due to the summoning of the Gigantic Centipede, we decided to create the 35th floor first. This is because the plan for the floor has already been decided.

To sum it up, considering an area that would allow its huge size to move freely and where the adventurers will be at a disadvantage, we decide on a mountainous area.

Its original habitat is the Nakva Mountains, a region of high mountains. If you don’t use the slopes well, the Gigantic Centipede will continue to attack unilaterally. Furthermore, since it is possible to reproduce an environment at a high altitude even within a dungeon, the air becomes thinner than that of on ground level. In which case, it would be possible to impose unfavorable conditions on the adventurers in a long-term battle.

It can be said to be a very advantageous terrain for the Gigantic Centipedes, which have high defense and can dig through ground and bedrock with their hard exoskeleton and strong jaws.

Irs was setting up various things such as the terrain and the arrangement of vegetation skillfully.

「It’s done! I don’t know what kind of place the Nakva Mountains are, but I set the scaffolding and slopes to a high difficulty level, and set the oxygen concentration to 80% of ground level.」

「Great! Next is the monster summoning. Just in case, please observe from the core room, Irs.」

「Understood. Be careful!」

After sending out Irs who was wagging his tail and waving his short hands, I took a deep breath.

I will be summoning an S-rank monster. Even if I am attacked, I’m confident that I can win, but I’m still a little nervous when it comes to monsters on the same level as the Arch Chimera.

「Let’s do it!」

I fired myself up and set the settings for the monster summoning. I used 666,000,000DP this time. It was in a category that uses a lot of points even among the top S ranks. In addition, it’s a normal specimen with a level of 60 and no mutations. A so-called “combat ready” summoning.

「Okay, let’s go with this!」

A few moments later, a black haze appeared from the floor and gradually took shape.

A peculiar red pattern was engraved here and there on the glossy black body. It was so huge that I couldn’t tell at a glance how many meters it was.

And finally, sharp jaws the size of giant trees formed around the mouth section.

I always wonder when I’m summoning monsters, where and how they come to be… Ars and the other cores gave an incomprehensible answer, saying, “The magic essence and souls that circulate around this planet will respond to the monster summoning in exchange for DP.”

「It looks like the summoning is completed safely!」

『Gishaaa!!』

「Oh… I expected it, but you’re quite rebellious.」

As soon as it was summoned, it started attacking me, the dungeon master. Even though it should know that it might get erased on the spot.

However, I expected that something like this would happen, and double buffed in advance to raise my stats. I held down its jaws with my bare hands.

『Kichikichikichikichi…』

「Calm down, will ya? I have prepared your residence, you know?」

When I said that, the Gigantic Centipede relaxed its body and slowly lowered its head.

「Good boy. From today onwards, this is your house. I’m sure you’re still confused, but for the time being, just repel all the intruders who enter this place.」

『Kishah!!』

I don’t know what it’s saying, but I think it understood me.

「Alright, then, I’ll be going back to the core room, so you can use this floor as you like. See you later.」

After saying that, I teleported to the core room and observed the Gigantic Centipede from the monitor.

「Are you alright!? I was honestly quite surprised!」Irs.

「Haha… But it was fine, right?」

「This is no laughing matter!」

「I am fine. Don’t worry. I guess it was just confused because it was right after the summoning.」

「Even so… What is this guy doing?」

On the monitor, the Gigantic Centipede dug a large hole in the ground and was about to crawl inside.

「He’s probably just making a burrow.」

「Hmm… If it’s this big a hole, doesn’t that mean he would be making such big holes all over the mountainous area?」

「This area seems to be even more impregnable than I thought… Come to think of it, we haven’t created the normal areas from the 31st to the 34th floor yet, right?」

「That’s right. We don’t have much DP left due to the summoning of the Gigantic Centipede…」

「Well, just use what we have. We’ll be making it back soon anyway.」

「I am going to have to save points again… I shall do my best.」

「Then let’s make the 31st floor and above into a mountainous area, and gradually increase the number of monsters as the points accumulate.」

「Understood. What about the rank and race of the monsters?」

「Rank C to A should be fine. Also, since Barbaru seems to be interested in floor building and defending the dungeon, decide on the race together with him. It would also be helpful if you could explain to him what we can do in the dungeon while you’re at it.」

「Got it!」

One month later. [Cidre] steadily traversed the mountainous areas, but was blocked by the Gigantic Centipede in the boss area on the 35th floor and was forced to exit the dungeon. Seeing that most of their attacks did very little damage versus his overwhelming defense, I was a little relieved in knowing that it would be quite some time before the 35th floor was captured.

As for Barbaru, he transferred the city-related work to the civil officials. Having made some time to spare, he decided to manage the dungeon together with me. This includes thinking about the several months we wouldn’t be able to return to Plainevelt when we leave to capture the Wislo dungeon.

If it’s Barbaru, I am confident in entrusting the management of the dungeon to some extent, and he’ll certainly contact me before things get out of hand.