DKU - Chapter 31: Weaving Shadow Nest! Crypt Lord!

Roan was about to sit down and meditate when he heard loud scutters from the labyrinth’s northern area, suggesting a massive horde.

There, viscous spider webs interweaved in a narrow space to form a mid-air bridge with many branching paths. Tens of thousands of crypt spiders skittered on this bridge.

The spiders came in different sizes, ranging from two-meter-long monstrosities to palm-sized spiderlings. They were so densely clustered that a mere glance could erode one’s sanity.

Even the bravest, most experienced adventurer from Sword and Broken Blade tavern would turn tail and flee at this sight… provided it was not too late to escape yet.

This part of the labyrinth had already devolved into a monster nest.

This was beyond the scope of what adventurers could deal with, and the matter ought to be escalated to the fief lord. Besides, adventurers only saw labyrinths as a means to make a living. There was no reason for them to put their lives on the line for the fief lord’s woes.

Crypt spiders, despite being labyrinth monsters, were capable of developing human-level intelligence. It was also possible for them to overcome their reclusive racial trait and form an orderly tribe.

This phenomenon was more likely to happen when labyrinth monsters shared a living space with natural-born monsters. The latter would propagate ‘forward-looking ideas’ in the labyrinth, thus accelerating the labyrinth monsters’ evolution from primitive into civilized beings.

A qualified demon king would prevent such things from happening.

Only obedient monsters were good monsters.

Monsters who had formed their own group were not only unreliable, but they also become vermin in the labyrinth.

Under the right circumstances, other monsters had the potential to develop into a civilization too.

Monsters who had forged a new order among themselves were less likely to respond to the demon king’s summons. They might also attempt to break away to establish their independent ‘nest’ in the labyrinth to hunt other monsters.

One could say that the Northpeak Sha

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The Demon King is Too Unfathomable! Chapter 31: Weaving Shadow Nest! Crypt Lord!

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