Chapter 410
A new dungeon has appeared!
Moreover, there’s a chance that a jobss advancement slot would drop as a reward!
When this news spread amongst the yerbase, almost everyone as expected, became excited.
This was especially true for those who had already reached level 40 but still hadn’t yet obtained a promotion slot.
If fact, ever since the emergence of Silver-rankers in Elven Kingdom, a yer’s level has essentially be the primary measure for identifying top-rank elite yers, rather than the old criteria like donning legendary golden equipment.
Henceforth, once a yer got promoted to Silver-rank, he or she will be at the top of the yerbase and without it, even wearing a full set of golden legendary gear of Iron-rank would still feel insufficient without it.
As a result, most of therge and some mid-sized guilds with level 40 members began mobilizing immediately in preparation of raiding this new dungeon.
And these groups have be the pioneering explorers of the Labyrinth of the Demon Lord.
Each of them stocked up on resurrection tokens and brought the best gear and health potions before eagerly entering thebyrinth through the designated teleportation array.The race to be the first group to conquer thisbyrinth became so intense that in less than half a day, the number of yers entering the new dungeon exceeded four digits.
Nevertheless, due to the recent server-wide Underground War questline and several continuous days of grinding to earn promotion slots, out of the 60,000 yers, just over a thousand had reached the level cap of 40.
In other words, nearly all max-level Iron-rank yers had joined the dungeon raid.
This clearly showed the allure of Silver-rank promotion slots.
Additionally, yers who have already been promoted to silver-rank have also decided to participate in the raid.
On one hand, this was mainly because the demons inside thebyrinth gave out a lot of experience, and ording to yers who had already ventured inside, killing a single Iron-rank demon could yield up to two or three thousand experience points.
Even more so, if you managed to defeat a Silver-rank demon, as it would likely give you even more experience.
Thus, for newly promoted Silver-rank yers, the demons in thisbyrinth are highly appealing targets.
After advancing to Silver-rank, the experience required to level up further had increased rather exponentially.
For instance, going from level 41 to 42 alone required over a million EXP points.
And if it is structured in the same way as the EXP requirements for Iron-rank, then the experience points needed for future levels will likely continue to increase exponentially with each level.
In most cases, reaching the level cap (lvl 50) for low Silver-rank would likely require an astronomical amount of EXP.
Although it was possible to find monsters that gave more experience in the deeper parts of the Northern Elven Forest or the lower levels of the Underground, why go so far when there was a dungeon with a teleportation array right nearby?
On the other hand, although Silver-rank yers no longer needed these promotion slots themselves, it did not mean that their guilds did not.
By now, the number of Silver-rank members a guild had also became a major indicator of the guild’s strength.
If the promotion slot that drops upon defeating the dungeon boss could be traded, it would be worth a substantial fortune!
Naturally, the appearance of this newbyrinth dungeon sparked a frenzy among the yers once more.
However, this excitement was limited to only max-level Iron-rank yers and Silver-rank yers.
Regr Iron-rank yers could only look on enviously as the top yers teamed up to enter the dungeon, while they continued grinding quests and farming monsters, hoping to reach level 40 and qualify for entry into this newbyrinth.
With the influx of yers scurrying about in every corner of the new dungeon, the intricate details of the Demon Lord Labyrinth gradually became much clearer.
As expected, it was an enormous andplex map.
Even yers with a strong sense of direction had easily got lost once they ventured deep inside.
The eerie, sinister background music, the grotesque and wicked demon reliefs, the faint torchlight flickering in the shadows, and the maze’s winding paths, along with the asional monster roars, unexpected traps, and ambushes by demons, and of course, the glowing, rainbow-hued treasure chests tucked away in the maze’s corners after defeating demons or dismantling traps…
Without a doubt, thisbyrinth seemed to fulfill and embody every fantasy yers had about dungeons in typical MMORPGs!
Naturally, they had no idea that this was all designed by Evé, who had drawn inspiration from countless dungeons in various games from Earth and incorporated their best aspects and fused them all together.
She even went so far as to distort the space within thebyrinth.
In her divine kingdom, Evé could practically do anything she wished for, so creating such abyrinth was no challenge for her at all.
The only downside was that physically materializing it into Seigües consumed a significant amount of her divine power.
However, it was all worth it.
In the end, it was a necessary initial investment that could potentially reap her great returns in the future!
Moreover, it wasrgely due to the Seventh Demon Lord, Azazel, who eagerly provided the monster NPCs and even took on the role of being the dungeon boss himself…
As yers ventured more into thebyrinth, the types of monsters and various rewards gradually became more clearer for everyone.
Based on their findings, there were only demons inside thebyrinth.
Yet, the variety of such demons differed greatly with most of them being low-rank demons with Iron-rank strength.
But despite their strength not being particrly high, they fought with reckless abandon, were highly cunning, and had a penchant for setting up traps.
Amongst these low-ranked demons, the low and intermediate Iron-rank demons didn’t pose much of a threat to yers.
However, they often acted in groups, and if a party was too small orcked a Silver-rank yer to support them, it was rtively easy for such small teams to be wiped out.
As for the peak Iron-rank demons, they were significantly more formidable.
Even level 40 yers needed to approach them with caution.
Of course, the rewards for defeating such a foe are also quite substantial.
For ordinary creatures that were corrupted by the Abyss and eventually mutated into demons, the scales they grew became excellent materials for forging weapons.
As long as the corruption was purified, these materials could then be used for crafting high-quality items—or simply used as-is.
And even if yers chose not to purify these materials, by simply offering them to the Goddess can still grant them considerable amount of contribution points.
Additionally, the areas where demons frequently appeared were coincidentally also the ces where lucky treasure chests could be found.
However, the contents of these treasure chests were really unpredictable.
Sometimes, they might yield epic purple-ss equipment, or it could be, gold coins or rare magical materials.
But of course, if a yer was unlucky, chances are, they might only get a lowly white-grade item…
The low-rank demons were perfect for farming EXP, and the lucky treasure chests were highly sought after by the yers.
However… if yers encountered a Silver-rank greater demon, their only options were to either flee or call upon the Goddess to teleport them out of the dungeon.
Within thisbyrinth, these silver-rank demons were considered mid-bosses, and unless a party had at least three silver-rank yers, they stood no chance against fighting such foes.
To make matters worse, these greater demons had a penchant forunching sneak attacks, making them extremely hard to defend against.
Not only that, but these silver-rank demons were also highly cunning. They would immediately escape if they sensed they were losing.
As a result, every raid team that has entered thebyrinth so far has suffered losses to these silver-rank demons, and none has managed to defeat one yet.
Fortunately, it’s quite rare to encounter these silver-rank demons within thebyrinth and yers typically wouldn’te across them often unless they were especially unlucky.
As yers delved even deeper into thebyrinth, numerous guides and videos about the it began flooding the official forums and other numerous video-sharing tforms.
This was one of the best features of Elven Kingdom.
yers could directly ess the inte in-game, and even run certain softwares without ever needing to log out of the game.
Thus, while exploring a new dungeon, yers could multitask and share their new discoveries amongst each other in real time.
Unfortunately, on the first day after the new dungeon’s discovery, despite more than a thousand yers and hundreds of raid teams exploring thebyrinth, none had yet managed to locate the legendary Demon Lord’s Pce.
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<strong>【 EXPLORING THE NEW DUNGEON</strong> 】 <hr>
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