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The "domain" around Lucien instantly vanished without a trace, leaving only the glowing crystal held tightly in his hands.
Silence fell upon the hall.
Seeing that the "dungeon invasion" vanished, the two slimes silently sighed in relief.
They made the right choice.
The lord immediately stopped the invasion, sparing them all!
Believing in this narration, the two slimes slowly retreated, not daring to get too close to Lucien.
Too bad. If they just stayed a little longer, they would definitely notice something wrong with Lucien.
Lucien's pupils quaked as he felt a strong, stabbing pain coming from the crystal, stabbing the nerves all over his body.
Ahhhh!!
It felt as if something was tearing the space around him, but whenever the force tried to tear his hands to pieces, they were blocked by his Landlord Conqueror aura.
Sh*t. Sh*t. Sh*t. No one told me not to grab the dungeon core with bare hands!
Lucien's inner soul was biting a handkerchief and bawling, but outside, under the hundred thousand stares, Lucien examined the dungeon core with fascinated eyes.
Of course, the reality is...
He's fumbling over how to merge the dungeon to his main house because that so-called system guide doesn't do anything!
Merge, merge, visualize something overlapping—
The next moment, the always-late system guide chimed in,
DING! [Dungeon Landlord's Innate Skills: ]
[Land Acquisition (Myth)]
[Description: A good landlord always needs to expand their territory.]
[By using the specific dungeon core, you can merge the said dungeon into your main dungeon]
[Dungeon merger will bring you many surprises]
[Merged dungeons: 0/1]
[Estimated skill usage recovery: 24 hours]
Once the system chimed in, the image in Lucien's mind became clearer and using his skill became smoother.
But...it looked like his house was the one being devoured?
Hell nah.
Compress the slime dungeon!
Lucien was so focused on using his skill that he didn't realize the entire dungeon suddenly trembled.
The void started to distort, web-like cracks appeared everywhere, as if something was hammering it to pieces.
The slime hall remained vast, but the entire dungeon dimension suddenly shrunk.
Crack. Crack. Crack.
The slimes, who were sensitive to the change in their dungeons, immediately huddled together with corrosive tears sliding down their jelly skins.
Glurg! Our house is destroyed, glurg!
Glurg! We are done for!
Many weaker slimes felt the pressure from the distorted space and fainted on the spot.
Even stronger slimes like the four great generals and the two slime royals wriggled anxiously, their hearts full of an unknown fear.
The slimes faintly felt a thread slowly connected to that unknown intruder, their new lord and the connection became stronger and stronger, until…
They felt like they were bound with a chain, their every movement could be sensed by the lord.
A sense of awe and servility appeared in the slimes' hearts, including the slime king and queen.
All the slimes in the dungeon subconsciously kneeled, their bodies splashed to the ground with a thud.
All hail the new lord!
Lucien, who didn't know that he's being worshipped, was squeezing the space when the 3D image of his house, 360° angle, slowly appeared in his mind.
He could see every blade of grass, every speck of dust...and even the fine texture of his entire house, as naturally as breathing air.
The moment Lucien visualised his house, the system guide immediately popped up with a cartoonist 3D image of Lucien's house.
DING! [Please find a coordinate point to merge your newly acquired dungeon into your main dungeon!]
[Reminder: Please select a place suitable and compatible with the new dungeon's traits.]
The slime dungeon's traits? Cold, slimy, gloomy—
Lucien didn't hesitate to place the dungeon dimension into one specific location in his house.
Here—
The bathroom in his bedroom!
The squeezed dungeon space immediately overlapped with Lucien's private bathroom.
Lucien saw the glowing blue crystal disappear into the void and entered his house, slowly settling in the bathroom, precisely—
The bathtub.
Once the crystal resided in the house, Lucien felt a brand new power, different from his purple force, entering his veins.
Shhaaaa....
The pain in Lucien's body was instantly washed away, the small burnt wounds on his skin quickly vanished, replaced by a new skin.
The blue force continued to surge, and Lucien's body suddenly became as light as a feather, his movement was more agile than before.
Once the sensation settled in, Lucien's vision automatically zoomed out over the slime dungeon, looking at it like it was an architecture game.
With just a glance, he could zoom in all the way to the dungeon's hard rock.
Hmm…can he change the dungeon's structure?
Swish.
Lucien slid his finger and the cave's wall slowly moved towards the place he pointed!
The entire dungeon shook again, the maze immediately changed shape.
Oh! Then what about the natives inside the dungeon?
With a single thought, Lucien located a specific slime among so many other slimes.
Poke. Poke.
Lucien patted the image of the slime in his head and that very same slime suddenly felt a strange pressure on its head, instantly fainting on the spot.
Wah…that's crazy.
He felt that f he lifted a finger, he could immediately blow up the dungeon to pieces!
Nothing escaped his eyes. Nothing escaped his thoughts.
It was like a God looking down on their subject and molding the world as they wished.
Just when Lucien was savouring the strange sense of power, the system guide belatedly chimed in, pulling him back to the ground.
DING! [You have successfully merged your first dungeon!]
[Merged dungeons: 1/1]
[Data scanning ••• ]
DING! [You have gained a permanent buff: +10% agility!]
DING! [You have gained a permanent buff: +10% regeneration!]
[The two buffs have settled in your main dungeon territory. All beings living there will receive the same buff (temporary).]
[Temporary buff duration: 1 hour]
Aside from the new energy, Lucien's house also changed in a subtle way.
The temperature cooled down, the wall secreted a damp, slimy slime liquid.
The hole in the wall slowly grew back, albeit at the speed of a nail.
The ever helpful guide immediately sent an explanation.
DING! [Your house has gained a new trait: Regeneration (Slow)]
[Description: The house can self repair with enough energy]
At the same time, Lucien's 3D map house gained an additional page—
[F/E-rank Slime Dungeon]
[You can now manage your merged dungeon]
Several virtual buttons appeared on the panel.
[Summon natives
—unlocked]
[Synthesize natives —locked]
[Synthesize dungeon's byproducts
—locked]
[Evolve dungeon
—locked]
Synthesize natives…make a new breed? Synthesize byproducts— oh, creating new materials!
And the dungeon's rank is actually F/E! It's about to rank up!!
What a jackpot!
Lucien's heart immediately bubbled with excitement.
Finally!! With this, all those pains are worth it!
Although a few features were locked, this is just the beginning.
In the future—
Huh?
Lucien suddenly felt his body growing limp, as if his energy was sucked dry.
The world spun around and his vision darkened.
Huh? Is it because the gate is closing and the dungeon disappeared?
Ah, he must be thrown out of the dungeon..
"Muuuu!"
Mumu's shriek sounded faint in the background and the system's alarm was like a background noise.
System panels popped up everywhere and Lucien only saw a sea of red.
[Warning! Warning! Skill overuse!]
[The awakener's energy has hit a dangerous line!]
[Please recharge your energy!]
Oh…skill overuse.
That leads to many sudden deaths.
Damn.