Knowledge Explosion: "Ah, we also discovered that."

Village Elder: "Rather than discovering, it's more like Lord Demon King organized us to check the corpses."

Roasted Lamb Skewers: "Last night, I skinned 100 spiders; it exhausted me. T.T"

Supreme Champion: "But the profit wasn't bad; I earned 10,000 Joss Papers, haha!"

Lingbo Little Demon: "Me too!"

Yiye Zhiqu: "..."

Gou Shi: "I guess someone is already sweating. (Amusing)"

Yiye Zhiqu: "..."

...

The Adventurer Guild in Thunder City was as busy as ever today.

However, unlike usual, it wasn't just adventurers looking for commissions in the lobby who were sweating buckets; even the old men sitting in the office on the second floor, drinking tea and reading newspapers, started sweating profusely.

All of this was caused by a report from the northwest part of Thunder City, in Silver Pine Forest.

There, the entrance to the labyrinth exhibited some unusual activity.

At the conference table.

Roskin, the secretary-general, held the report and made a brief statement on behalf of Lennon, the president of Thunder City's Adventurer Guild.

"...There's organized undead activity at the entrance to Silver Pine Town's labyrinth!"

A man with a beard long enough to drag on the table, looking like a Mage, asked with a serious expression.

"Were there any casualties?"

His name was Angelo, a mage from the northern learning federation, and also a permanent consultant at Thunder City's Adventurer's Guild as well as an expert in labyrinth research, a distinguished guest of the Duke of Campbell.

Not just knowledgeable.

His abilities were not to be underestimated; he had reached the Gold Level twenty years ago.

If it weren't for the soul-level constraints limiting his progress, his abilities might have extended far beyond Gold.

Even so, in a place like Thunder City, a Gold Level strength was considered first-class.

Especially for a mage.

"There hasn't been any... As for inside the labyrinth, that's uncertain; adventurers disappear there every day." In response to Angelo's question, Secretary-General Roskin answered respectfully.

After hearing this, Angelo pondered for a long time and silently got up from the conference table, walking towards the door.

The people sitting at the conference table looked at each other, uncertain of what to decide.

A government official sitting in a corner muttered under his breath.

"If no one has died, what's there to panic about?"

Another official said with a trembling voice.

"But, the undead... it is said that they do not generate in a dead labyrinth."

"Not necessarily," a consulting advisor shook his head, speaking from experience, "Even without the instigation of an Undead Mage, some adventurers who die in labyrinths turn into undead... It's the same deal with those wandering in the forest."

As long as after death they don't receive the blessing of Saint Sis and their bodies aren't devoured by wild beasts, there's a decent chance they'd stand up again.

And this probability wasn't small.

For some adventurers who possessed Extraordinary Power, it was said they could turn into relatively troublesome skeletons.

However, just when everyone had breathed a sigh of relief, another advisor sitting at the corner of the table suddenly hit the nail on the head.

"But without the Demon King's restraint, they'd quickly be eaten by slimes..."

The atmosphere around the conference table instantly became tense, filled with noisy clamor.

"What are you trying to say?"

"The core of the labyrinth... might be reviving."

"How is that possible?! I've never heard—"

"That's because you lack experience; there are plenty of Demon King Territories that revive from death; to Hell, sending another Demon King is just business as usual!"

"Some time ago... I think I heard from the church that they indeed sensed fluctuations from a Transmission Array, but the energy was too weak; they couldn't pinpoint the exact location..."

"Could there be another Demon King?!"

The expressions on people's faces varied.

Some were fearful, some showed no emotion.

And apart from these, there was a barely perceptible trace of schadenfreude.

While a Demon King was terrifying, it didn't necessarily mean bad news. It's like if no one fell ill, hospitals might go out of business.

While the Adventurer Guild wouldn't shut down, there was no doubt that their speech and budget would be cut.

For a city with a labyrinth that had lost its Demon King, they would eventually become obsolete.

Secretary-General Roskin quietly looked towards President Lennon, who had been silent since the beginning of the meeting, and asked softly.

"Should we report to the mayor?"

The guild leader pondered for a long time, then slowly began to speak.

"There's no rush to report. Just because there's undead activity, it doesn't necessarily mean it's related to the Demon King... Moreover, Duke Campbell has been unwell recently, and Mr. Mayor is likely too busy to bother with such small matters."

After all, the militia stationed at the entrance of the maze would report to the local sheriff, and as the message got passed up the chain, it would eventually reach the mayor.

"Let's observe for a while longer."

"Also, elevate the priority level of the tasks in Silver Pine Town by one tier, and let adventurers go in and take a look."

...

Demon King Territory.

Today was the third day since the official launch of "Scourge OL," and it was also the first day Luo Yan determined to gradually remove the air wall at the mine entrance, advancing one step at a time.

However, what he hadn't expected was just as his Demon King Territory was getting on track, he heard bad news from Youyou, who was monitoring the official website—

While he had been concocting Magic Potions, those players had already caused trouble for him with the people of Thunder City.

Excellent.

It seemed he needn't worry about how to make the Great Graveyard's name known anymore. It wouldn't be long before a wave of adventurers would come seeking fame.

The only solace was that the place was quite far from him, taking a whole night just to navigate through the maze.

According to what the players said, there seemed to be a Lizardman's territory in between them and Thunder City?

He hoped those unlucky ones would hold on for him for a while.

As Luo Yan was thinking this, a row of dark green popup windows suddenly appeared in front of him.

[Task: Ensure an average online duration of over 5 hours for beta testers for three consecutive days (Completed)!]

[Reward: 400 beta testing slots!]

The five-hour task requirement was still too conservative. Many players hadn't logged off much yesterday, eager to grind as much experience as possible before the new players entered.

And with the task completed, 400 beta testing slots had already been automatically distributed to the selected players.

Meanwhile.

A new task was triggered and appeared below the completed one.

[Task: For three consecutive days, ensure a net daily gain of over 1000 points in faith value.]

[Reward: 500 beta testing slots!]

This task seemed not too difficult, as each player automatically provided 1 point of faith.

With the addition of the newly joined 400 players, his daily average faith value gain had already reached 500.

Though once the players performed their summons, the daily consumption would soon reach 500 as well.

However, at that moment, Luo Yan suddenly noticed the word "net" in the task description.

Instantly, he was no longer calm.

"Good heavens... it's hard to keep a low profile."

Youyou: "There's no choice, Lord Demon King, it seems... we must invade the surface in full force!"

Luo Yan: "Are you trying to get me killed?"

Diamond Level Fear Demons were already prowling around outside!

And he was just a recently promoted Stainless Steel Level Undead Mage.

Youyou said in a low voice.

"But, but... we can't always just hide, can we?"

Perhaps because it had fused with a Demon's personality, this creature was unexpectedly more belligerent than him.

Yet, it made sense.

If the Demon King didn't do anything evil, even if the people outside knew of his existence, they wouldn't take him seriously.

Over time, he would become a joke as a Demon King, and gaining faith would be difficult.

Luo Yan closed his eyes and fell into deep thought, attempting to find a strategy to break through the situation.

Just then, Youyou's voice suddenly rang out again.

"Lord Demon King! There seems to be trouble at the first level of the maze!"

Luo Yan was startled.

"Has Duke Campbell led the adventurers here?"

Youyou: "No, that hasn't happened... but there is a lizard that speaks human language, and a spider that speaks human language as well, and they are clamoring for a negotiation with you."

Luo Yan was first taken aback, then immediately thought of something and stood up to give orders.

"Don't let the players touch them!"

Youyou: "I've already held them back! Oh, and there's something about role-playing, CG animation... Anyway, hurry over!"

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