Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!
Chapter 86 Underground City

Chapter 86: Chapter 86 Underground City

The underground city, also known as the Underground Maze, is a unique landscape in this world.

Due to being found underground and having a structure as complex as a town or maze, and layered like a building, it is thus named.

Who built these underground cities, and for what reasons or principles they were built, remains a huge mystery.

In the underground cities, there often reside powerful monsters, defeating which can yield abundant rewards, including Gold Coins, materials, Equipment, and even Skill Scrolls—all readily available.

Generally speaking, the deeper one goes in the underground city, the stronger the monsters become, and the more plentiful the loot they drop.

It is said,

that if one reaches the last level and defeats the Guardian of the dungeon, they could obtain wealth that would last a lifetime.

On the carriage, Bai Jin was enthusiastically sharing stories of the underground city with Iyas.

Yang Yu understood all these basics clearly; he did not ask Bai Jin to skip anything, and as he drove the carriage towards town, he quietly listened to their conversation.

"If the Guardian is defeated and the rewards taken, what becomes of the underground city?" Iyas asked.

"With the passage of time, it could very likely become a ghost town. Once the monsters are cleared out and no longer any treasures to be found, people would stop visiting the underground city, leading to its abandonment. However, some scholars might attempt to study those abandoned cities," Bai Jin replied.

"Doesn’t that mean the underground cities in this world will eventually disappear one day?"

"In theory, yes, but in fact, many underground cities appear suddenly. Historically, there have been instances where an underground city suddenly appeared in the center of a major metropolis; during the construction of the city, there was no indication of an underground city below, and then...

Moreover, abandoned underground cities might revive. An emptied underground city, cleared of all monsters and treasures, can overnight see a new emergence of monsters and treasures... Such occurrences are numerous throughout history.

So whether they will disappear completely, no one can say for certain."

Bai Jin’s ambiguous explanation confused Iyas.

Yang Yu, on the other hand, easily accepted the setting.

To most RPG players, underground cities are an ordinary concept, and refreshing them periodically is quite normal.

Additionally, underground cities solve many otherwise intractable problems, like the issue of power collapse often seen in games in their late stages.

If there’s a space that can accommodate peak power levels without affecting the main world, it can effectively maintain power balance and prevent extreme power collapses.

Yang Yu had played a RPG themed around imperial warfare, which, lacking an underground city, resulted in enemy nation soldiers by the late game having the power of several early-game generals... The power collapse was too complete...

Yang Yu couldn’t figure out how two nations with such disparate strengths managed to standoff for many years...

If he were the emperor of the enemy nation, just sending a few high-level foot soldiers, each equivalent to an army, would have ended the world before the main characters could even step out of the door.

It turned out like that, and there really wasn’t much that could be done.

After all, the main characters needed to grow; if they faced generals all the way, the enemy nation would have run out of people long ago, and if it were just low-level foot soldiers all the way, it wouldn’t have been interesting—thus the need to forcibly promote foot soldier levels, causing numerical inflation and a total collapse of combat power.

Many novels also have similar issues, initially mentioning the "rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns," only for such items to become as common as cow hair once the main character reaches that level, and they simply love to give them away, no wonder they become that "rare".

Thus, drama fans prefer to discuss who’s stronger or weaker from a storyline perspective, rather than game stats. It’s not that they really want to, but many stats truly can’t be referenced.

This game is still fine, at least now, Yang Yu hasn’t seen any absurdly powerful beings at his level, and if there are, it’s not something he should encounter at his level.

Settling down the carriage in a town called Qinghua, Yang Yu surveyed the streets where few adventurers could be seen.

Many adventurers, upon hearing the news of a newly discovered underground city, immediately organized teams, readied their Equipment, and set off to conquer it.

Moreover...

Lati Dela Forest is just an ordinary forest without strong monsters lurking; even if there are any, ordinary C-level or D-level adventurers can easily handle them.

Past that forest lies the adventurers town.

To the east of adventurers town lies a vast forest sandwiched between two countries, home to all kinds of rare monsters that frequently harass the borders of these nations, thus often presenting tasks that even A-level adventurers find tempting.

Ada and Aluo were adventurers who used this adventurers town as their base and were active in both forests.

Their Levels were 32 and 33 respectively, counting as only mid to low-end power for exploring the underground city.

From this, it is evident that conquering that underground city is not a simple task.

Of course, Yang Yu was not in a rush to conquer it. They were just there to graze by and not venture too deeply.

Wandering around the Demon King’s room to level up was Yang Yu’s favorite activity when he first encountered a game that could be conquered in one life.

That wasn’t being cowardly, it was knowing the trick to winning 100 percent.

As for treasures and such, once he reached a higher Level and gained strength, wouldn’t they fall into his hands easily?

Why bother about such small, immediate gains?

His only worry now was that others might move too quickly, ending it before Yang Yu could enjoy the process.

Thus, to avoid having the easy Experience Value snatched by others, Yang Yu immediately whisked Bai Jin and Iyas off without stopping towards the underground city.

The path to the underground city was smoother than anticipated, with trees not very tall and lacking huge trees that completely blocked the sky like in the Goblin Forest, allowing glimpses of the clear blue sky and even a young girl flying freely with birds against the backdrop of blue sky and white clouds.

"Hm?"

Not only Yang Yu saw someone flying in the sky, Bai Jin and Iyas also saw it.

"Someone is flying in the sky?!"

Other than the legendary elves, Iyas had never heard of anyone capable of flying, and she didn’t know how to describe her feelings at that moment.

"It must be a type of Magic called ’Dancing in the Air’. It’s difficult for ordinary people to learn..."

As their gazes followed the girl dancing in the sky, Bai Jin explained, her eyes filled with envy.

"Is human Magic really capable of achieving this now? Are you sure it’s not a giant dragon transformed into human form?"

"I think a giant dragon wouldn’t appear so cheaply," Yang Yu wasn’t surprised for long, raising his finger towards the girl dancing in the sky with a blue hat, "Iyas, can you Attack her from here?"