Chapter 17: I Want Bigger Fish!
Ragnar Vhagar, Demon King of a two-story underground death trap, stared at the grand stone staircase that now led into the dark emptiness of his newly acquired second floor.
The expansion had been free, which still made him deeply suspicious, but it had also doubled his potential for mayhem.
His Domain Point cap was now a mighty 200, all thanks to the second hero-healing fountain he’d installed in the basement.
"More points for traps is good," he said to the empty Throne Room.
His voice, now naturally deeper and more commanding, echoed pleasingly.
"But I have a traffic problem."
His current setup was simple. The first floor was a carefully balanced farm, designed to bleed student-level heroes of their health and confidence before spitting them back out with a single, ugly sword as a consolation prize.
It was a perfect system for generating a slow, steady trickle of experience.
But now, with a whole new floor to play with, he wanted to attract bigger fish.
The problem was, any high-level hero would just walk through his goblin-filled ’Playground’ like it was a minor inconvenience, getting bored before they even found the stairs.
"I need to separate the customers," he mused, pacing back and forth.