Dungeon Maker

< The Demon World’s Labor Market - #4 >

Yong-Ho’s eyes changed to green. It didn’t stand out as much as his father, but one would be able to see the change if they looked deeply into his eyes.

Yong-Ho slowly breathed in. As time passed, he could feel his mana being used up. The amount that was being used was small, but since Yong-Ho’s current mana condition wasn’t that great, he felt sensitive even from the smallest amount.

‘Let’s not rush.’

He still had a good amount of time. Yong-Ho raised his head and looked at the Goblins that were inside the screen.

[Race: Goblinn (M)]

[Specialized Strength: | ☆]

‘Huh?’

This was the first time he’s seen the Goblin, but it had letters of light and a box. Their information was embarrassing to compare to Catalina and Eligor.

Why is that?

Is it because they were inferior when compared to Catalina and Eligor?

They had potential. But he thought of a proper reason.

‘They aren’t my spirits.’

Catalina and Eligor were Yong-Ho’s spirits. On top of that, they were subjugated spirits where their spirit and body belong to Yong-Ho.

The fact that both of them were higher ranked than the Goblin was one of the reasons, but he thought that subjugated spirits had higher potential.

‘At least I have some information to go off of.’

After finding the positive part of this situation, Yong-Ho continued inspecting the Goblins.

[Race : Goblin (M)]

[Specialized Strength | ★ (1)]

[Race : Goblin (M)]

[Specialized Strength | ☆ (0.5)]

[Specialized Stamina | ☆ (0.5)]

There was a difference. It was a difference he could see all at once.

‘Even if the race is the same, the area where they’re able to evolve is different, right?’

It was reasonable. Even if their race was the same, they couldn’t all be exactly the same.

‘Are the number of stars their potential power? Even if they both evolved at the same time, the results wouldn’t be the same.’

A smile automatically appeared on Yong-Ho’s face. The more he understood about how to use the Power of Evolution, the more it felt like he was playing a game.

‘Catalina wasn’t a total clutz after all.’

Despite the fact that they were both Goblins, one of them only had one route to evolve their potential power, while the other had two.

But, Catalina had five routes total and even though three stars was the lowest she had, her potential powers were that much greater.

Just from their current status, it’s safe to say that Eligor was on the same level as Catalina, but he had three routes total and he had two stars total. After considering all of that, Catalina’s power was stronger than Eligor.

‘They wouldn’t go on a rampage once their powers awaken, right?’

When he thought about Catalina’s crying face, he wondered whether it was a possible future, but he couldn’t help the fact that his expectations were increasing.

Yong-Ho came back to his senses after having a pleasant dream. He didn’t have time to waste. Even in this moment, his mana was depleting because of communication and power maintenance.

There was a total of 30 Goblins within the screen. Yong-Ho quickly checked the information of all 30 Goblins. He narrowed it down to ones that had multiple routes or a lot of stars.

[No 04.]

[Race : Goblin (M)]

[Specialized Strength | ★ (1)]

[Specialized Stamina | ★ (1)]

[No 17.]

[Race : Goblin (M)]

[Specialized Strength | ★☆ (1.5)]

[No 22]

[Race : Goblin (M)]

[Specialized Stamina | ★☆ (1.5)]

‘Wow, this is pretty hard.’

He could only pick two out of all of them.

In the end, their diversity and speciality became the standard for picking.

‘There’s not enough information.’

It was difficult to tell whether choosing a Goblin with specialized strength was more efficient or one with specialized stamina. It’s possible that he was overthinking the situation when he was just picking one worker. If what Eligor said was true, he would have to control at least 20 workers.

Still, he couldn’t just pick one without thinking.

If this was a game, this was just the beginning. Every worker was valuable and depending on the worker that’s chosen, it can decide the progress rate in the beginning.

Yong-Ho stretched out his hand after contemplating. He touched one of the Goblins that appeared on the screen. He then took a step back after being surprised.

Yong-Ho’s hand left a mark on the box where development was possible and the Goblin started changing its form. To be exact, a semi-transparent silhouette appeared on top of the Goblin.

Yong-Ho had a hunch. After gulping, he stretched out his hand and tried touching one of the boxes.

The shoulders of the Goblin with specialized strength changed into a bulky inverted triangle. The arms and legs of the Goblin with specialized agility became longer and the body of those with specialized stamina became robust.

It was just a silhouette, but it was enough. It was enough to see how they evolved.

‘I should’ve tried it on Catalina and Eligor too.’

However, the two of them weren’t here and what Yong-Ho needed was two workers. Yong-Ho contemplated between the specialized strength and specialized stamina Goblin, but he made his decision.

“You have chosen No. 17 and No. 22.”

“Thank you, valuable customer. It will take one to two days to deliver them to you.”

After seeing the cheesy sentence that’s usually used by online malls, Yong-Ho couldn’t help but laugh again.

Yong-Ho picked one specialized strength Goblin and one specialized stamina Goblin.

He felt a bit disappointed by the fact that it wasn’t the most efficient, but he felt that gathering samples for his Power of Evolution was the most important.

“Would you like to complete the transaction?”

[Yes / No]

He already used up a good amount of his mana. There was no reason to use his mana on communicating when he was done with his purchase. Yong-Ho pressed ‘Yes’ without hesitation and opened his eyes after a slight twitch. The space was now filled with the dull throne room instead of the white room.

“Did you purchase some workers?”

Eligor asked Yong-Ho while maintaining a good distance. From his expression, he could tell that Eligor was in a hurry. He didn’t notice it at first since it was his first time entering Virtual Space, but he spent over an hour shopping for Goblins.

Yong-Ho nodded his head and answered.

“Yeah. I bought two Goblins. They’ll be here tomorrow, or the day after.”

“Ohhh...there will finally be workers in the dungeon...you’ll be able to strengthen the traps and install other facilities.”

He said it in a way where it wouldn’t be weird if he started crying.

Yong-Ho somewhat understood why Eligor was touched. It’s been almost a year since the previous owner committed suicide. During that time, the House of Maimon kept on collapsing, but now that it was getting back on its feet, he was thrilled about it.

“But, how exactly do they deliver the Goblins?”

Eligor wiped away the tears with the back of his hand and instantly answered Yong-Ho.

“A delivery driver that’s affiliated with the dungeon shop will come. They’re fast and always on time.”

“It seems like both worlds get excited when they see a delivery driver.”

There are times when waiting for the package right before it comes is more fun than when the package is actually delivered.

There was also more good news.

“Master! Master!”

Yong-Ho and Eligor both looked towards the door when they heard Catalina’s excited voice behind the door. And about three seconds later. She slammed opened the door and walked in. She walked in with a wild boar on her shoulders and he wondered where all her strength came from because she had a frail looking body.

“I caught a wild boar! I caught one!”

Her bright expression was filled with happiness and pride. Her expression was so bright that Yong-Ho and Eligor couldn’t react right away.

When the two didn’t react, she felt embarrassed and immediately placed the wild boar on the floor. Then, she tried to act cool about it. But it was too late.

Yong-Ho ended up laughing out loud. He stood up from the throne and complimented Catalina, who was feeling embarrassed.

“You did well Catalina. You did really well. You did well as the guard. You’re definitely the best guard in our dungeon!”

Despite his compliments, Catalina maintained a calm expression and tried to maintain her manners, but her long ears started flapping like a puppy’s tail.

How was he supposed to react in a situation like this?

Eligor laughed quietly and Yong-Ho tried not to laugh. He complimented the clutzy guard again.

And that night, it’s been two days since he ascended to the throne.

Yong-Ho tasted the meat of the demon world for the first time.