You promised to wreak havoc on the dungeon, but instead you've got Dragon Slime!

Lagos's voice resounded like a great bell in the hall, announcing the final outcome:

"Ron Capulet, Lord and Designer of the Black Whisper Caves! Verified by the anti-testing mechanism, no cheating has been detected!"

His words seemed to carry the power of a law:

"By the provisions of the sacred covenant, I hereby declare: Sir Ron—"

The Balrog paused, then delivered his solemn pronouncement with crystal clarity:

"Promoted to Baron Ron Capulet immediately!"

A faint but clear sense of power flowed through Ron's body, the recognition of the title as if engraved deep in his soul.

"The Black Language Caverns have reopened and been upgraded to Rank D! You are now permitted to perform a complete reconstruction and upgrade!"

Lagos's gaze swept over the contract light screen that had once been used to project the gambling games:

"At the same time, a compensation equivalent to ten times the total historical investment in the Black Language Caves will be extracted from the deposits paid by Viser and others as start-up funds for reconstruction! This amount will be directly allocated to you by the guild."

ten times……

Ron gave a bitter smile to himself.

The Black Language Grottoes were built from scratch, and even with careful budgeting, it didn't cost more than a hundred gold coins. This so-called tenfold compensation is only a mere thousand gold coins.

Compared to what they have lost, it is nothing but a drop in the ocean.

But at least... something is better than nothing, and the dungeon has finally been upgraded!

The future has a much larger canvas!

Next up was Cedric and Miller's moment of celebration.

The group left the solemn meeting hall and boarded the Cedric family's magnificent carriage, adorned with golden irises, heading straight for the most luxurious restaurant in the underground city, named "Obsidian Furnace."

Gold-plated tableware, flickering magic lamps, priceless abyssal salamander steaks...

The cost of this victory celebration was enough to make an ordinary person faint—

Five hundred thousand gold coins!

Ron held his knife and fork, savoring the incredibly tender steak in his mouth, a complex mix of emotions welling up inside him.

This meal cost him five thousand Black Language Caves.

The wealth gap among dungeon lords is just too huge...

The banquet ended and everyone returned home.

Without delay, Lilith and Ron immediately took the Lord's Crystal Ball, which shimmered with a deep blue light, and headed to the Black Whisper Caves.

Once the upgrade is complete, those "employees" must be settled as soon as possible.

Stepping into the familiar cave entrance, both of them sensed a significant change!

The interior space was violently stretched and expanded by an invisible force!

The cave, which was originally narrow and had few branches, suddenly opened up.

The towering stone dome resembles a dark sky, and the deep forks in the road extend into the unknown shadows. Stalagmites and stone pillars are jagged and intertwined, increasing the complexity of the terrain exponentially!

This is the prototype of a Class D dungeon!

Lilith raised the azure crystal ball in her hand.

The light inside the sphere is stable, and the information flow is clearly displayed:

【Black Language Cave (Grade D)】

Total number of adventurers: 1021

Number of Dead Adventurers: 1021

[Accumulated Experience Reward: 52722 EXP]

[Current D-rank dungeon ranking: 1699 (299th from the bottom)]

Clearance rate: 0%

"Come on, let's settle the account!"

Lilith reminded her.

Ron stepped forward, but did not immediately place his hand on it.

"Miss Lilith!"

He looked at the crystal ball and said:

"I only need enough experience to advance to level 20. The remaining experience... could it be temporarily stored in the crystal ball?"

Lilith blinked, her expression questioning.

Ron's eyes gleamed with anticipation:

"The next D-rank dungeon is designed with a level cap of 20. I think..."

A sly smile curled at the corner of his lips:

"I'll personally take on the role of a BOSS to add some fun and 'realism'."

Lilith immediately understood; this kind of deep "participatory design" was indeed in line with this guy's personality.

"of course can."

She readily agreed.

If it weren't for her high level, she would have liked to play the role of a BOSS for fun.

Chapter 78 Bacchus's Ambition

Ron placed his finger on the azure crystal ball.

1698 experience points were transferred into Ron's body, and Ron's panel level reached level 20.

[Name: Ron]

Race: Vampire

[Level: LV20]

[Experience: 0/639]

[Racial Trait: Extra-long Lifespan]

Skill Slot 1: Summon Bats, Skill Slot 2: Advanced Night Vision, Skill Slot 3: Empty

Besides that, the remaining 8864 experience points are stored in the crystal ball.

The next step is to allocate experience points to these monsters.

According to the experience distribution mechanism, each monster can gain 200 experience points, and 100 monsters will give you 20,000 experience points.

With the experience points distributed properly, all 100 monsters were upgraded to LV7, each with 21 experience points remaining.

Level 7 monsters can only serve as regular enemies in D-rank dungeons.

That means we'll need to hire some more monsters to act as mini-bosses and cause some trouble for the adventurers.

Upgrading a dungeon to Rank D not only increases its area fivefold, but also raises the overall level limit.

The initial design of E-level dungeons had a total level of 100, while the initial design of D-level dungeons increased the total level of monsters they could accommodate to 1000.

Lilith was secretly delighted.

Rehiring monsters of level 10 or higher means that the cost of the "slack off and get a refund" system can be increased.

按照每只LV10级别的怪物雇佣价格为500金，算起来雇佣70只LV10级别的怪物成本就是35000金，如此一来只占据了700级别总和，还能余下300人口总和，可以雇佣15只LV20级别的怪物来担任BOSS。

No, it's 14, since Ron will be the BOSS himself this time.

The price for hiring a single LV20 monster is 2000 gold, so 14 of them would cost 28000 gold.

The total cost is 63000 gold.

According to the "Retire and Get Rebates" system, if certain conditions are met, the reward can be multiplied tenfold. 63000 gold coins multiplied tenfold would amount to 630,000 gold coins.

Besides, it's not necessary to hire level 10 monsters. In any D-level dungeon, any monster below level 20 will do, so the cost may be higher and the system will earn more.

With that thought in mind, Lilith transferred all the remaining experience into her body.

Name: Lilith

[Race: Elemental Creature]

[Level: LV31]

[Experience: 1862/4748]

[Racial Trait: Immunity to Fire Elemental Magic]

[Skill Slot 1: Flame Shield, Skill Slot 2: Fireball, Skill Slot 3: Flame Rain, Skill Slot 4: Flame Earthquake, Skill Slot 5: Empty]

As your level increases, you'll need more and more experience, and leveling up will naturally become slower.

Coming to her senses, Lilith sent all the monsters to collect the equipment and gold coins that the adventurers had missed.

He then pulled Ron aside.

“This time, all the monsters have been replaced, and the D-level dungeon has been completely rebuilt. I’ve roughly calculated that it will cost around 70000 million gold coins. I’ll give you 70000 gold coins.”

Upon hearing this, Ron looked at the monsters who had gone to search for equipment.

"Here's what I'll do. I plan to keep these monsters. Their combined level is 700, which means I only need to hire monsters with a total level of 300. Besides myself, I can also hire 14 level 20 monsters to act as BOSSes. That means the cost will only be around 28000 gold coins."

Lilith looked at the vampire boy in front of her.

"But the design concept of these monsters has been completely leaked. Besides, they are only LV7. Wouldn't it be easy for the adventurers to clear the game if they were left alive?"

As soon as the words left her mouth, Lilith wanted to slap herself.

Isn't it a good thing for me to be able to pass the game easily?

Why am I worrying about this myself?

Even if you give the other party 28000 gold coins, that's still 28 gold coins after multiplying tenfold.