The Architect of Floor One

Floor 1 of the Seoul Tutorial Tower smelled like wet stone and old copper.

Riven had claimed it three hours ago — or rather, the Dungeon God class had claimed it through him the moment he set foot in the first chamber. He could feel the tower's skeleton like a second nervous system: twelve floors, eighty-three rooms, three boss chambers, currently zero monsters.

Zero monsters was a problem because the Tutorial required kills for progression.

He sat cross-legged in the entrance chamber and opened the Dungeon Interface. The spawn table was empty but editable. He had been given a starting budget of 400 Dungeon Points.

Riven did the math. He could fill the first four rooms with Goblin Scouts and watch other tutorial participants farm them. Every kill inside his dungeon generated 2 DP for him.

Or he could build something that no tutorial participant would survive — and evolve his dungeon faster.

He drummed his fingers on the stone floor.

"I was a history teacher," he reminded himself. "I know how sieges work."