Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 437

Chapter 437: Abyssal Dungeon

The void around him pulsed faintly, waiting to be molded.

Kaiden folded his arms and thought aloud.

"Before I start designing kill corridors and lava rivers, I need to know where the entrance is. That’s where all the invaders come from."

He turned his gaze around, scanning the blank horizon. Nothing but darkness welcomed his sight. Then, after a minute of searching, something flickered at the very edge of his vision.

Kaiden floated toward it, gliding through the black expanse. The deeper he moved toward that glow, the more the shimmer sharpened. Soon it was clear: a door-like outline suspended in the void, a gate-shaped distortion of reality.

"Found it."

He could now finally see the light where the outside world would connect to his domain.

Hovering close to it in the air, Kaiden could feel it. That force of dimensional energy, the threshold where invaders would one day set foot.

He grinned in excitement before even getting started; he was already having great fun. "Alright, let’s see what I can do to make their welcome memorable."

A simple thought summoned the interface again. Layers of text and icons spun around him like a digital storm until one menu caught his attention:

[AUTOMATIC DEFENSES]

Turrets, glyphs, traps, barriers. These were defenses meant to protect key choke points.

Kaiden began scrolling. The list was long, but one entry made him instantly pause.

[Lava Turret] – 500 DMP

Automated defense that launches molten projectiles at invaders. Effective against large groups. Medium-range. High destruction and armor penetration. Low recharge rate.

"Oh, hell yes," Kaiden grinned devilishly, already picturing it in his mind. The look on the invaders’ faces as the gate erupted in waves of liquid fire made him grin from ear to ear.

"A warm welcome."

He tapped the icon.

[Confirm placement: 1 Lava Turret.]

[Cost: 500 DMP]

"Confirm," Kaiden said. He only had 10,000 DMP, or Dungeon Master Points, to work with. This meant that 500 for a single turret was quite the steep price, but he was willing to pay it.

Kaiden thought setting up a brutal kill zone right at the entrance was the best use of his points. Because after leaving the entrance, they could go on different routes. Thus, anything he placed here would have to be tackled by the invaders, while other defenses might be skipped simply by not going toward them.

This was thus the most effective use of his points.

For a second, everything seemed fine. Then the interface flashed red.

[Error: Locked Structure.]

[Low-Tier Dungeons have no access to Lava Turrets.]

"...What?" Kaiden blinked, then frowned. "Then why the fuck are you showing it to me in the first place?"

The interface didn’t respond.

He groaned, rubbing his temple. "Ugh, fine. I’ll have to work with what I’ve got."

He swiped again, scrolling through the cheaper list of low-tier traps. His eyes landed on a simpler and much cheaper option.

[Spike Trap] – 50 DMP each

Simple, reliable, and painful. Deployable in any terrain. Can be concealed under false flooring or an illusory cover.

He selected one, intending to place it right in front of the gate entrance.

An unstable landscape of basalt and exposed magma rivers. Constant heat distortion warps sightlines. Perfect for high-risk, high-reward kill zones where the terrain itself burns the weak.

[Hollow Peaks] – 450 DMP/km²

Towering abyssal mountains with hollow interiors and narrow ridges. Perfect for layered vertical combat and flying or ranged defenders. Collapsing cliffs and echoing winds enhance the sense of desolation.

[Black Dunes] – 350 DMP/km²

Shifting terrain of dark, ash-like sand that swallows light and deadens sound. Ideal for burying traps or creating deceptive movement zones that confuse enemy tracking.

[Chasm of Echoes] – 500 DMP/km²

A vast open drop with winding ledges and broken bridges suspended over bottomless black. Perfect for midair ambushes, boss arenas, or dramatic encounters.

As he kept reading, one in particular made his scrolling stop immediately.

[Abyssal Cavern] – 600 DMP/km²

Dense, naturally fortified rock layer. Suppresses penetration. Enhances echo and pressure effects. Suitable for ambush-based layouts.

A slow grin crept across his lips. "Now this... this is just perfect."

Unlike Calypso’s sprawling network of open corridors and split routes, this would be tighter, heavier, suffocating. He imagined invaders stepping into a tunnel where the air itself felt like it wanted to crush them. His version of hell would start not with a fight, but with oppression.

Still, 600 DMP per square kilometer wasn’t exactly cheap. With 10,000 DMP, that gave him some room, but he’d have to be careful. After all, he still needed to purchase traps, defenses, and, of course... badass abyssal monsters. Just thinking about them filled the Paragon of Sin with excitement for the moment where he would select them and they would spawn before his very eyes, ready to protect his domain for eternity.

"Let’s get to shaping, shall we?"

He started by defining the safe zone.

The interface automatically marked a sphere of 100 meters of inviolable space around the entrance, pure and untouched. But he quickly noticed something.