How come there are succubi in this dungeon?

Chapter 42 New Business, The Arena

"The North Dungeon has been updated three times in about a month, a speed of updates that is extremely rare even in the Mythical Era."

"Moreover, each update it makes is very 'unique,' enough to attract adventurers from all over the world to come here."

"I'm afraid it won't be long before the North Dungeon grows to a point where 'legendary' powerhouses can enter."

"Several dukes and members of the royal family are still observing. They cannot act rashly. The highest level of the North Dungeon is not high enough to make them start a major war right now."

"We have to make a quick buck while the North Underground City is still under control, or we won't even get a scrap later..."

During the Caesar update, several groups of human nobles not affiliated with Earl Ston flocked to the city.

The lowest rank among them are viscounts, and they are the old-established viscounts, not new nobles who bought their titles with money.

They all reached some kind of agreement with Earl Ston, contributing both money and effort to jointly build and expand the city of North.

The price includes tax revenue sharing and the desire to get involved in related industries in the North Underground City.

Regarding the tax revenue, Earl Ston generously allocated 60%, leaving the visiting nobles to divide this large pie among themselves.

As for the latter matter, the Earl is still considering it. This lucrative opportunity is still growing, and his daughter has also gotten involved with the vengeful hero. Naturally, the Earl is unwilling to give it up now.

Otherwise, his daughter's efforts would have been in vain.

The nobles who came were also wary of the hero's potential, so they initially focused on the 60% tax revenue. After several days and nights of negotiations, they finally reached a preliminary agreement on the revenue sharing.

Afterwards, they made a pact that once the North Dungeon was updated, the noble families would form a team to explore the North Dungeon together.

……

On the morning of the first day after the golden pillar of light disappeared from the North Dungeon, a group of adventurers dressed in luxurious clothes occupied the position closest to the entrance of the dungeon, just so they could enter as soon as the dungeon opened.

Their level was not outstanding among adventurers, and was even somewhat behind, averaging just over level 30. However, no adventurer team dared to cut in line and push them to the back.

Because most of these people were noblemen.

The only one who isn't is also a noble elf, a future member of the hero's team.

"Beautiful Miss Olya, since you are the daughter of Earl Ston and a veteran of the North Dungeon, although your rank is a bit lower than mine, I think you are the only one suitable to lead this joint exploration team. Of course, if you feel that you are not up to the task, I am not incapable..."

At the front of the group, a effeminate-looking brown-haired man made a pretentious suggestion to Olya, who was at the very front.

His level was as high as 35, which was ridiculously high among the noble children.

At the forefront, Oliya seemed oblivious to the hidden meaning in his flamboyant words, nodding and saying, "Of course, Yabo, don't worry. When it comes to understanding the North Dungeon, I'm definitely not inferior to any adventurer."

Olya took over the team leader position as a matter of course, without even glancing at Yabo.

Yabo's smile froze, his expression shifting between light and shadow.

He is the son of Earl Yas, Yabo Yas.

He inherited his mother's excellent genes in appearance, and possessed all the qualities of aristocratic etiquette and the first right of succession to the Count of As. He was quite outstanding among the younger generation of nobles.

However, he had a bad reputation, having perfectly inherited his father, Earl As's, sinister personality, along with foolishness and arrogance, which he took pride in.

Since the spy that Olya had previously discovered was planted by Count As, she naturally wouldn't treat Yabo well.

Before Yabo could continue his antics, the portal to the underground city rumbled loudly. The previously empty portal suddenly materialized, and a huge vortex shimmering with fantastical blue light instantly distorted space, replacing the void within the portal.

"Stay close to me."

Olya and Undine took the lead and plunged into the blue vortex, leaving Yabo and the others to follow quickly.

Although the initial teleportation in the dungeon is random, as long as the interval between entering the teleportation point does not exceed ten seconds, they will appear in one place.

"Is this the interior of the North Dungeon? Grasslands and slimes, it doesn't seem much different from other dungeons."

As soon as I entered, Yabo couldn't wait to express his opinion.

Undine rolled her eyes at him. What difference could he possibly make while still in the initial layer? She hadn't seen such a pure traitor in a long time.

"Boss, Olya and I feel that with him around, it will be difficult for us to complete the task you assigned us..."

Undine secretly contacted Caesar.

They already knew what had been updated in the dungeon while they were still on the surface, and Caesar had them guide the nobles to think about the 'Dungeon Arena'.

As for the new level of artifact spirits, Caesar does not intend to send anyone specifically to guide adventurers to come into contact with them.

The spirits possess intelligence. Once adventurers draw one, they will learn all their functions; just let nature take its course.

I think so too.

Caesar saw that Yabo was the kind of NPC who would cause trouble, and yet dared to belittle his dungeon; he was already courting death.

Unaware that he was being targeted, Yabo continued to criticize the North Dungeon and, in an attempt to flex his muscles, chased after a slime, deviating from the group's overall strategy.

Then, unsurprisingly, he stepped into the teleportation trap and disappeared with a whoosh. His weapon, before it could teleport with him, fell to the ground with a clatter.

"Teleportation traps! Why would a dungeon teleportation trap be placed directly on the ground?"

"Aren't these things usually in trap chests?"

Yabo felt the scene before him suddenly change, and he lost his footing, slamming his face hard against the cold ground, seeing stars.

He braced himself with his hands on the ground, trying to get up, but felt an abnormal heaviness in his body.

"What happened? My magic has disappeared?"

He seemed to have returned to being an ordinary person, and he felt the presence of gravity for the first time in a long time.

Yabo struggled to his feet, looked around, and found himself surrounded by gray-white stones that stretched as far as the eye could see, interspersed with large chunks of black magic stones.

"Anti-magic stone, gravity stone!"

Yabo exclaimed in astonishment, his face filled with disbelief: "How is this possible? So many anti-magic stones and gravity stones! How is this possible? God, if I could dig them all out, wouldn't I be able to buy an entire duchy!"

His eyes were burning with fervor, as if they were spitting fire. Even a small piece of these two things would be priceless. Gold of the same weight would be no different from dirt in comparison to them, which shows how valuable they were.

Here, however, the mountains stretch out in succession, forming a unique terrain.

What a spectacle this is!

Just as Yabo was lost in his fantasies, several hoarse roars rang out from behind him.

He slowly turned around to look.

They are five mutated black-skinned goblins.