Chương 229: Reborn as the Dragon — Chapter 229 - Black Dragon Outpost (6)

As the saying went, "To have friends come from afar, is this not a joy?" The Blaze Rabbits agreed wholeheartedly. When friends came from far away, they should be given a proper beating. That way, all the Blaze Rabbits would be happy. Su Nian looked at the Blaze Rabbits, who had clearly understood what he meant, and felt deeply gratified. His underlings were all rather low-level monsters, not the high-and-mighty sort of nonsense like some whatever king, whatever queen, or whatever demon lord.

But they were very perceptive. And obedient. Leaving the hall, he walked down a pitch-black corridor and finally entered the BOSS room, the leader chamber made up of Elite Gnolls and Kobolds. When he pushed open the skull-carved door, what greeted him was a massive cage. That was right. The BOSS room was basically a steel prison. Around the cage, countless densely packed scarlet eyes blinked in the dark, all of them staring at it. Su Nian reached out with his senses and realized those eyes were illusions.

There were no living creatures hiding there to spy on him. Still, being glared at by those eyes did create a bit of psychological pressure. At the center of the cage stood four Kobolds, made even larger by the outpost's buffs. Around the cage sat quite a few Kobolds and Blaze Rabbits. On the highest throne sat a super Gnoll nearly four meters tall. It was even taller than the Gnoll leader, Grey Wolf. Sitting there, it looked like a wall. At a glance, Su Nian understood the basic structure of this BOSS fight.

It was similar to an arena. Monsters would come in waves, getting stronger and more numerous, until all the small fry were dead. Only then would the Elite Gnoll BOSS take the stage. This... this was what kind of... What kind of stupid design was this! This idiotic dungeon was outright insulting intelligence! System: "..." Su Nian couldn't bear to look at it anymore. Still, the arena style could be borrowed. The space was only so big.

If all the monsters were thrown in at once, it would feel too cramped and players wouldn't be able to fight properly. After some adjustments, the monsters still came in waves, but it became this: one wave fought for a while, then the next wave took over, cycling endlessly. Each wave would only engage the players for three minutes. It changed from a break-through mode into a war of attrition. Even the Elite Gnoll BOSS would appear at random, but it too would only fight for three minutes.

"Now this is what a dungeon should look like. What the hell was that garbage design before?" After the planning was finished, it was synchronized to the other mirrors. And Su Nian didn't forget to add one last stab to the System's heart. [Please have the host designate the equipment and items dropped by the Black Dragon Outpost.] This was the final step in setting up the outpost. But when Su Nian heard it, he nearly spat out dragon breath on the spot.

"What?! Are you kidding me? I still have to set up item drops for the players?"

"System, do you remember our original agreement? We were supposed to drive the players out of this world, not make them stronger and stronger." Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Su Nian roared in his heart. This time, he was truly angry. It absolutely was not because he was reluctant to part with that junk equipment. He was a Black Dragon with wealth to burn. Would he be short on equipment? Ridiculous. [Please calm down, host. Setting up dropped equipment can attract players to come challenge this place. After all, there won't be any teleportation arrays here. If there's no reward, they won't come again in the future, and that would make it easy to restrict the host's development.] The System patiently tried to persuade him. Being saddled with a miserly dragon was a tragedy of eight lifetimes. Greedy was one thing, but this dragon was also absurdly cautious. At this rate, how was it supposed to earn system points?

When would it ever live a comfortable life? The System's explanation made Su Nian fall silent for a moment. Right now, the only way he could get system points was by slaughtering newbie villages. But he couldn't keep slaughtering newbie villages forever. That would eventually drag him into the same miserable state as the Storm Worm King. Sure, the current players could barely scratch his defenses, but they would keep growing. Once he became a world BOSS, who knew whether he could ever change back?

By then, endless waves of players would come through teleportation arrays to mess with him. But if he wanted to mess with the players, he could only rely on his wings to fly. No matter how fast he flew, he still couldn't circle the entire world in a short time. Once the players developed, they would kill him sooner or later. More importantly, he had Anna by his side. Anna wasn't as rough-skinned and thick-fleshed as he was.

In that case, the Black Dragon Outpost, which was even more like a dungeon than the Dark Maze, was undoubtedly a very good source of system points. It could attract players to challenge it, while also concealing him so he could develop slowly. What attracted players the most? Of course, better equipment, stronger classes, and higher-grade materials. After thinking it over and over, Su Nian still agreed to the System's suggestion. [Ordinary Blaze Rabbits may drop one type of equipment or material. Please have the host designate it.] Su Nian watched the System display something similar to a DIY panel from a customization system. He stroked his chin and asked curiously, "Can I make these equipment or materials however I want?" [Yes. Once the host obtained the Foundry, this function was automatically unlocked by this system.] [The host only needs to spend system points to designate equipment below the energy-limit level.] [The current dungeon energy level is Master level.] [The host may designate equipment and materials at Master level or below.]"Okay..." Su Nian nodded. After thinking for a moment, a wicked smile spread across his face as he described, "Ordinary material, Spicy Radish. Extremely spicy taste. After eating it, you can cast Fireball once, but it comes out from the back. Don't put that part in the description. Just say it can shoot Fireball."

"Fine-grade material, Vibrating Radish. Bite it once to activate it. The radish will vibrate at high frequency for three minutes."

"Can these two materials be designated?" [Yes. Spicy Radish requires one system point. Vibrating Radish requires three system points.]"Good!" Su Nian happily blew out a smoke ring.

"Spicy Radish will drop from ordinary Blaze Rabbits. Vibrating Radish will drop from elite Blaze Rabbits. Drop rate, 20 percent. Arrange it like that!" [Designation complete.]"Next is equipment. Dog Tooth Necklace, fine-grade material. After using the Dog Tooth Necklace, you can summon a stupid Kobold to fight alongside you, but the item description needs to be changed to elite Kobold!" [Fine-grade accessory, Dog Tooth Necklace, requires three system points.]"Only three? Not bad, not bad. Stupid Kobold, hehehe...

Set the drop rate to 10 percent. It can only drop from Kobolds." Su Nian paced back and forth. These things still weren't enough to lure players in. He needed to come up with some equipment that looked fairly normal.

"Tetanus Greatsword, Tetanus Shield, Tetanus Armor. All of them fine-grade. Put the whole set together and it becomes Master-grade. During use, both enemies and allies have a chance of getting tetanus! But the name can't stay like that. Change it to the Ruined Set. That sounds more deceptive!"

"Oh, and make the parts that touch the body sharper. That'll increase the player's chance of getting tetanus!" [Ruined Set. Each piece requires 5 system points, 15 system points total.]"Drop rate 5 percent, and it can only drop from Elite Gnolls!" Su Nian clenched his dragon claw. He thought to himself that he was truly a well-read and reasonable good dragon. Players came to attack him. And he even provided them with such amazing equipment. Where else could you find a dragon like that? [Designation complete.]"Finally, one ultimate piece of equipment. Mysterious Lucky Ring. Its effect is to increase the chance of obtaining high-grade items. Material: obsidian!" [This item involves rules and would require a huge amount of system points. It is not recommended for the host to designate it.]"Hehehe..." Su Nian curled his dragon tail and grinned.

"Stupid."

"Just make a ring that looks very exquisite. It actually doesn't do anything. Use this name and that's enough."

"Besides, it never says exactly how much it boosts. For mystical stuff like this, who can say for sure?" System: "..." [Mysterious Lucky Ring (Fake) requires one system point. Designated as Master-grade. Please have the host set the drop rate.]"Drop rate, 1 percent. Every monster has a chance to drop it... I refuse to believe the players won't take the bait!" Su Nian was full of confidence. He could already picture the players flocking to the Black Dragon Outpost. These were all system points.

A huge pile of system points. And the key was that the stuff the players got might not even improve them much... This was a move that accomplished three, four, five, or even six things at once!

"Finally, toss in some random drops too. Just stuff from the monsters. Like original-flavor underwear and the like..." [Designation complete.] ➤ Next: Plan No