Aren’t hunters entering the dungeon to weaken it regularly or destroy it outright?

How the hell being attacked makes a dungeon evolve faster??

The system sent a new pop-up.

[The landlord may access the memory stored in your merged dungeon’s dungeon core to see the truth.]

He can do that? Okay, let’s see!

Lucien immediately sat cross-legged in the water and closed his eyes.

His 360° vision zoomed in on a green dungeon core floating at the void of his attic—

The spider dungeon.

That’s the one recently attacked by him and many other hunters before him.

The moment Lucien’s eyes stared deeply into the green crystal, his vision suddenly blurred, twisting 360°.

"Huh— "

Shaa....

The scene in front of him immediately changed.

It was an aerial sight of the spider dungeon but this time, he clearly saw several hunters entering the dungeon and the dungeon gate closed.

No, he could even feel the hunters’ footsteps and voices, as if...

He’s the dungeon itself.

The hunters immediately started to hunt the spiders, slashing them with their swords and weapons.

The moment a hunter used a skill...

Woonggg.

A visible colored energy flew out of the hunter’s body, just a speck compared to the energy blasting the spiders, but it was there.

And the moment that energy entered the dungeon core—

Lucien felt a strange energy entering his body.

It was subtle, but he could feel...he’s getting slightly, slightly stronger.

When the number of spiders dwindled to a certain extent, the closed gate slowly opened.

The hunters? They felt that it was enough "farming" and they left.

New hunters came in— with brand new skills and energy.

The spider queen absorbed the dungeon core’s energy and continuously laid eggs, breeding new...spiders.

Lucien felt a chill down his spine, his body shuddered.

The dungeon...is actively hunting.

The gate...was its mouth.

So...if those illegal "farm" dungeons are not destroyed properly and hunters continued to enter—

Sooner or later, the dungeon would level up?!

Fck. No wonder the registered "farm" dungeon had the dungeon cores relocated somewhere.

Those people must have had a way to drain the dungeon core’s energy regularly, making sure the dungeon didn’t evolve wildly, or just crush the dungeon core outright, ending the nightmare. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Wait. What about the slime dungeon that already had a gate break?

Lucien’s vision quickly shifted away to the slime dungeon.

The slime dungeon was also attacked many times but no one bothered to crush the dungeon core, avoiding the hassle and the risk of a huge backlash.

The slime dungeon’s energy kept increasing, the colorful energy from the dungeon core grew strange stones in the dungeon and the slimes ate them.

The slimes continued to breed, their numbers becoming numerous in a short period of time...

And Lucien felt his energy drained quickly.

Hungry.

So hungry.

Lucien felt his mind going foggy.

In his blurry vision, no more hunters attacked, the gate was abandoned.

Then...the gate actually closed on its own.

Shinggg.

The gate opened again.

The view outside of the gate was different, yet...super familiar.

It was his house.

Something fragrant wafted from his house and Lucien could feel himself losing control.

He saw the slimes, agitated, rushed out of the dungeon, all heading— towards his house.

Something is wrong.

Why aren’t the slimes eating people? They even ignored him back then and gnawed on his house??

Was there something unique about his house even before he awakened?

Lucien’s vision blurred again and he finally snapped out of the dungeon core’s memory.

"Haa!"

The feeling of hunger, agitation and other emotions disappeared, but Lucien’s expression didn’t ease.

Ever since he acquired the slime dungeon, that dungeon hadn’t been attacked even once—

How did it survive??

Lucien’s eyes caught sight of the virtual panel floating in front of him.

[Main dungeon’s energy reserve: 4%]

Ah...did his house feed those captured dungeons?

But doesn’t that mean the more dungeons he captured, the faster his house would lose energy??

Not to mention all the energy needed for the facilities—

Gah. No wonder it was already at 4% just two days after he awakened!

That slime dungeon must have absorbed a lot!

Lucien felt a sense of crisis, his desire to start the raid soared to the max.

There’s no way he would let his beloved house starve!

The system, sensing Lucien’s eagerness, immediately sent a new virtual panel.

DING! [Warning!]

[When casting the skill, if the preparation is sufficient, the skill casting will be interrupted!]

[Skill casting time limit: 1 hour]

[All the preparation modes will be unlocked the moment the landlord casts the skill.]

Right, how did he forget that skills could be interrupted, especially one like his Territory Descent!

"What if someone attacks me when I’m casting the Open House skill.."

[Landlord, please protect yourself!]

Fck!!

There’s no other choice then!

Lucien immediately swam out of the healing pool and stroked Mumu’s head.

"Mumu, sleep well. Your good uncle will be back soon."

Lucien rushed to the terrace, the wind in his house immediately dried his clothes.

Food was cooked and the bowl even floated, the spoon automatically fed Lucien.

Seeing such a diligent house, Lucien’s heart ached for all the energy spent.

Ahhh! He definitely had to start the raid quickly!

Lucien finished his beast meat meal in a couple of bites and arrived at his yard.

The moment he saw Lurenzo, who was still sleeping, he immediately kicked the man’s waist lightly.

Heh. There’s no time to laze around!

"Hey, wake up! Guard the house for me! Don’t let anyone disturb me!"

"Huh! What? What? More worms??"

Lurenzo woke up with a start, he immediately snatched the gun around his waist, pointing it at his surroundings.

His face haggard but his eyes sharp, alert to any danger.

Tsk. This guy is full of mystery.

Lucien’s soul clicked his tongue but outside, he ordered Lurenzo without batting an eyelid,

"I’m doing something important. You guard the house. If you fail— "

Lucien didn’t say anything, but Lurenzo felt a chill down his spine.

Damn. Fck!!

"Wait, wait, my lord, you still owe me an explanation! Was that place last night— the death zone??"

"How did the whole house teleport there?? Is that your ability??"

Why is this daddy forced to come too??

Lurenzo didn’t say the later half, but Lucien keenly guessed it.

So, he...

"Hmm. There’s no time for explanation."

Lucien brushed off the questions and returned to the healing pool, his back leisure, as if entering the Death zone at night was nothing.

"Just focus on guarding the house."

"Alright, my lord..."

Lurenzo spat behind Lucien and kicked the yard.

Damn it!! One day, this daddy will definitely kill that fcker!

If only the slave contract isn’t there...

In the bedroom, Lucien sat cross-legged on his bed, making sure that nothing could disturb him before he closed his eyes.

To start a raid— ah, no, open his house, he had to open the ’door’ first, right?

Lucien slowly imagined a white gate— an appropriate color for his current rank.

A faint silhouette of a white gate slowly formed somewhere in the void, but unlike the usual pure white gate, this one had strange purple marks blending in.

A mysterious energy lingered before slowly disguising itself as white.

As the closed gate was formed, the system guide chimed.

DING! [Entering dungeon raid mode ••• ]

Various panels popped up in Lucien’s mind.

[Dungeon form: Linear (Unlocked)]

Open world (Locked)]

[Due to the main dungeon being unstable, currently, only the linear mode is available!]

Three glowing balls, one bigger and two smaller, slowly appeared in Lucien’s mind.

Inside the big ball, he could see his own house with Mumu floating on the pool and Lurenzo diligently patrolling around, an invisible force feeding him food.

Inside the two smaller balls, the slimes and spiders were moving around, eating anything that could be eaten.

So these balls are the dungeons...

DING! [Linear Mode: Please arrange the dungeon in one straight line!]

[The hunters will first enter the dungeon at the forefront line, all the way to the back.]

[Reminder: All dungeon cores are stored in the main dungeon.]

Naturally, the main house had to be at the very back!

Lucien placed the biggest ball at the third slot but when he looked at the two smaller balls...

Lucien hesitated.

The forefront dungeon decided the whole raid flow and his main dungeon’s survival.

So...which one should be at the forefront?

The slime dungeon? Or the spider?