Dark Sovereign

Chapter 3 The Day of Summoning, The Moment of Risking It All

When you think of a demon lord's dungeon, what comes to mind first?

Vast and complex mazes, devious and terrifying traps, and... powerful and fearsome monsters.

That's right, these are the key points. Every demon lord has a large group of monsters serving under them. Even other demon lord candidates do the same. Big brother Klein's Black Knight Corps are among the most elite forces in the demon world, and second sister Lillisia's command over dark elves and succubus legions are bloodless killers in the dark.

As for the youngest sister Vivian's Black Dragon Corps, they are even more terrifying. The devils that roam freely in the demon world would cower and shiver at their deafening roars. Even the relatively mild-mannered youngest sister Nabelius possesses the power to easily flatten any underground force.

This is the traditional route of every demon lord successor — after they begin building their own dungeons, the demon lord successors would lead their armies to sweep through all intelligent races around their dungeons like a whirlwind, either enslaving them or making them guards.

It's somewhat similar to the Age of Exploration, where the old empires started out by crossing the oceans with invincible fleets to explore new lands. Thus, even if they encountered natives who could only shout and scream, a few cannon shots would be enough to send them scattering in fear. Whether to capture slaves or establish colonies would then depend on their mood.

However, Janen was completely starting from scratch, with nothing to his name. It's no wonder, given that strength is revered among demons, and Janen hadn't shown enough power, how could he easily gain the loyalty of his subordinates?

Fortunately, Janen was well aware of this and didn't think about seeking help. Otherwise, he might have ended up being sidelined as a puppet.

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But for Janen, the demon race's brand has other uses...

But let's not digress and get to the main point.

Looking at the summoning crystal before him, Janen sighed lightly. Then he raised his head, glanced at the system display showing oil ball steel aluminum... cough, silverstone crystal, and frowned.

"The day of summoning, the moment of risking it all. To summon a demon or not... no, that's not right, to summon a rare demon or not depends on the moment."

Although it sounded tragic, Janen's lips curled into a sinister smile. The reason was simple; Janen had already thoroughly understood the dungeon system's summoning mechanism.

While he couldn't predict exactly what resources would summon which troops, Janen could easily adjust resources to increase the chances of summoning the rare troops he wanted. This was the result of thousands of trials and calculating data models.

It was unexpected that because of the abnormally high rare summoning rates, he caught the attention of the game company, which then used the excuse of an irrelevant botting script to ban his account. This isn't an MMORPG, where characters are controlled to run around; why ban for a simple auto-click?

But it didn't matter, because before being struck by lightning and transported to this world, Janen had already increased the rare summoning rate in the main server system to one hundred percent. Haha, he really wanted to see the game company's face when they discovered all players, whether free or paying, summoning rare troops like it cost nothing... wait a minute!

At that thought, Janen suddenly paused.

Because just now, he realized something very important.

He had been struck by lightning and transported here after modifying the system. So... does this mean the system here was also modified? Does this mean he could summon rare troops with a one hundred percent chance?!

Thinking this, even Janen couldn't help but get a little excited. Although there are many rare troops, some with high stats but low intelligence, being rare troops, they're still superior to ordinary ones, right? And since he has his own system, he doesn't have to worry about the game company reversing the changes!

If he had known this, he would have changed all system attributes to 99999 from the start...

Now Janen was somewhat regretful; initially, to spite the company, he only changed the rare rate. Had he known this day would come, he would have modified all data, then it would be a case of "block my path and I'll destroy you"... but, it's pointless to talk about this now.

With these thoughts, Janen quickly regained his composure. Whether it's true or not, a simple experiment would tell. So, without further ado, Janen extended his hand and made a gesture in the air. Soon, another system prompt appeared.

【Summoning Crystal activated, please insert summoning materials】

Even with a one hundred percent chance of summoning rare troops, there's still the matter of race selection. Only through a certain combination of resources can you summon the race you want. Janen would like to summon powerful troops like bone dragons or vampires, but unfortunately, he doesn't have enough resources, nor has he built a treasury or graveyard. Therefore, even with a one hundred percent rare summoning rate, it's absolutely impossible to summon those specific troops.

Moreover, given Janen's current situation, even with a one hundred percent chance of rare summons, he can't just want any rare. Rare troops, although powerful, are also top-tier in resource consumption. Janen's dungeon is poor and lacking, barely having enough food for himself, let alone a few big eaters who would lead everyone to starve together.

So, the best choice would be troops with small appetites, low maintenance, and capable of fighting... decided, it's you!

With this thought, Janen had already made up his mind. His fingers moved slightly in the air, and soon, he had adjusted the resources.

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【Summoning resources confirmed, proceed with summoning?】

Summon!

The summoning crystal began to tremble.

Three vertical prismatic crystals emitted a soft magical glow in turn, as if fluctuating. Soon, in the center of the crystals arranged in a "*" shape, a dark, deep spatial rift slowly opened. Howling cold wind blew out from it, echoing in the narrow space. The air became cold and moist, and layers of white frost appeared on the ground...

The whispers of the dead rose in the air, and at this point, a smile finally appeared on Janen's face.

It seems, he had gambled correctly.