Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?

"So, esteemed Mr. Gedwin, as the record holder for the fastest solo elimination of a Sealed Item, do you have any advice for the City Lords?"

"A Dungeon must have Monsters."

"Truly, a wise saying!"

"The daily income of the Dungeon must always exceed the expenses."

"Perfect!"

"The standard color for the small sickle is dark purple, applying any other color of grease on it would be a desecration."

"...What?"

Watching the role-playing between reporter and interviewee, Youlesa and Gong Qiying, the corners of the Glory Dungeon Lord Gladiator's mouth twitched beneath his masked helmet as he turned to Red Teeth and asked:

"Was Youlesa always this lively?"

He distinctly remembered Youlesa as having a quieter personality, an elegant and cool big sister type.

"She was always a kid who admired strength," Red Teeth said, though he had shrunk in size, he still appeared overly large in Gong Qiying's City Lord room, any random movement might bang his head, so he curled up like a cat.

"..." The Gladiator fell silent upon hearing this, recalling how Youlesa always maintained an appropriate distance when interacting with him, then looking at her playing the fool with Gong Qiying...

Alright, Red Teeth, you're basically saying I'm unqualified to unlock Youlesa's "second personality," huh.

He shrugged, not feeling particularly upset about it.

If he were still as competitive with Gong Qiying as during the Meteor Shower event, he wouldn't be here helping out. After all, with the Sealed Items, if there isn't a high-prestige City Lord leading, most people won't bother to help, and might not even be able to help.

So the Gladiator is actually quite enthusiastic, just not openly expressing it.

"But, I didn't expect his efficiency to be so high."

The Gladiator sighed and shook his head.

"Truly impressive, Gedwin."

Red Teeth raised his head slightly, looking at Gong Qiying with eyes full of admiration and appreciation, seeing that he had almost finished messing around with Youlesa, he finally spoke:

"Tell us, Gedwin, how did you handle the Sealed Item?"

Although Youlesa had mentioned how Gong Qiying handled the Hidden Blood Parasites in recent days, Red Teeth thought that directly asking the person involved might reveal more details, and there was something he particularly wanted to know, that is—

"Did you use a new Dragon to deal with the parasites?"

He asked with an uncontainable excitement in his voice, rarely seen with glowing eyes.

Gong Qiying smiled, "Sorry, I didn't."

Red Teeth's bright eyes suddenly dimmed, looking quite disappointed.

Can Dragons' faces really show such rich expressions?

Gong Qiying watched Red Teeth's reaction with interest, finding it amusing to tease the old fellow, but he still explained his method.

After listening, the Gladiator said enviously and jealously, "So you just happened to have a Monster capable of dealing with the Sealed Item. Gedwin, you're really quite lucky."

Gong Qiying smiled and shrugged his shoulders, for some reason this gesture seemed very irritating, yet Youlesa unexpectedly defended him.

"What luck, this is the result of rich accumulated knowledge about Monsters, it's the fruit of hard work."

I did indeed work quite hard. It almost took me a month to攻略Bloodborne, and all achievements took a long time.

These thoughts Gong Qiying could only keep to himself. Even saying them out loud wouldn't be understood, which would make the situation awkward.

The Sealed Item looked to be fully eradicated in a few days. This time the Hidden Blood Parasites all fled the Dungeon without leaving any in the Seal, so their fate was to be eradicated, not resealed.

Speaking of which, why weren't these Hidden Blood Parasites and the previous Burning Demon, although not unkillable types, completely eradicated when the Dungeon was first established? Instead, a decision was made to seal them, which seemed like they'd eventually break out?

This question wasn't only on Gong Qiying's mind; Red Teeth and others had long been pondering it, but without results.

Surely it wasn't because people back then wanted to leave some excitement for future generations, like making them experience the same disasters again? Such reasons would be truly perverse.

The three City Lords who came to support exchanged glances, initially planning to offer assistance to Gong Qiying, only to find he handled everything himself, making them feel suddenly redundant, and the scene became somewhat awkward.

"So, to celebrate the success, shall we have a celebratory feast?" Red Teeth proposed, his love for feasting no less than the yokai of Fantasy Town.

"You're treating?" Gong Qiying joked, though he did think it was time to relax a bit.

"No, he is," Red Teeth's flame-tipped tail swayed, pointing towards the Gladiator.

"Me?" The Gladiator pointed to himself, sounding a bit startled.

"Didn't you say you wanted to ask Gedwin for help?"

"Hiss—" The Gladiator, as if a secret he held dear was exposed in public, waved his hands in a bit of a fluster, "I wanted to mention that when I spoke to him privately!"