Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!

Kael turned to look at Elanna, his expression serious, and said,

"Have you noticed, Elanna, even someone as powerful as Father, a Mage of the Holy Land, did not resort to absolute violent slaughter when dealing with the Dungeon. He chose a relatively peaceful integration.

Whether in our country or in other countries, even in the vast alien territories outside the Human Kingdom, the approach to Dungeons is not violent destruction.

Do you know what the difference is?"

Elanna felt as if she had already seen most of it clearly, just short of a thin layer of fog. But it was precisely this layer of fog that prevented her from fully understanding the issue with Dungeons.

Finally, her gaze fell on Hassaka. Suddenly, a flash of lightning crossed her mind, and she said, her voice trembling, "Is it because external aid will eventually be insufficient?"

Kael nodded and said, "That's most likely the case, Elanna. If it were just for Lancaster, a low-level Dungeon like this one could be completely wiped out by Grandpa White alone, relying on the vast amount of spell power hidden within him.

But Grandpa White did not do that, and neither did Father. It's likely not because they would be restricted by the world's challenge level in the Dungeon.

After all, the challenge level only limits the maximum power they can exert, not their fundamental abilities like recovery, physical strength, or spell power capacity.

Yet everyone still defaults to prioritizing peaceful communication and inclusive approaches. This indicates that the difficulties we face in conquering Dungeons are not just about the Dungeon progression itself."

In front of the two, Kael unveiled the ultimate crisis hidden within the Dungeons. He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, saying with a touch of resignation,

"If Lancaster is considered a small isolated internal system, then the entire Duchy of England is a large system composed of countless small systems.

The Duchy of England itself is an element within an even larger system, the Bell Federation. One ring connects to another, ultimately forming the entire world we live in.

If it were just about dealing with Lancaster's Dungeon, there's absolutely no problem. We could simply deploy more troops from other areas, cleanse the Dungeon's inhabitants, and expand the duchy's territory.

But as you expand the land, new Dungeons that emerge will be stronger than the previous ones. Hassaka, what was the average challenge level when you faced them back in the day?"

"I heard Father say, the average challenge level for the Green Cat Clan was initially 5. The Snow Wolf Clan and the Black Cat Clan had lower challenge levels, between 3 and 4 initially.

Actually, the Green Cat Clan's overall strength was similar to ours back then, but they gained a boost from the 'Three-eyed Evil Tiger,' making them slightly stronger. Otherwise, they would not have suppressed us for so many years."

"What was the challenge level of the Three-eyed Evil Tiger at that time?"

"Level 7 or 8, I think. It was many years ago. If you want to know, young master, I can ask my clan." Hassaka said.

At this moment, Old White brought in some new refreshments. Hearing their conversation, he provided specific figures directly:

"Challenge level 7, young master. You're right, even if we could use external force to clear a Dungeon in one area, the next Dungeon that appears would only get stronger.

We cannot keep borrowing outside forces to suppress Dungeons. Once, maybe twice, but after several times, the external aid required would become incredibly immense.

If we don't call for support and let the Dungeon creatures counterattack and launch a beast tide, the lands we previously gained would be overrun. The manpower and resources needed to clear those lands again would exceed the benefits gained from expanding the Dungeon."

Kael got up and walked to the study. He returned shortly with a book and spread it out in front of them.

It was an atlas, something like a map collection.

"This atlas is from the recent records of the Mage Academy. It shows the territorial changes of our neighboring countries over the past two hundred years."

They all moved forward to look at the first map Kael pointed to.

"This is a map from 300 years ago, from the Yibel City State era. The map clearly shows that the land we occupied back then was very small.

Then, a hundred years later, the territory of the Bell Federation expanded more than 200 times over.

A bit more than a hundred years ago, our federation doubled the land again, and then…"

Kael took a deep breath, recalling how in his previous life, numerous clubs and guilds that participated in the Gate to the Netherworld chose a quick and violent expansion strategy to develop rapidly.

In the end, they didn't gain any benefits. In fact, many clubs and guilds suffered heavy losses, with the most unfortunate going bankrupt in reality. As for the reason…

Kael pointed to an area on the map marked with a skull and said,

"Then, in the central federation, the infamous 'Dry Land' appeared, shocking all adventurers.

The number of Monsters living there threatens the safety of any neighboring areas intersecting with Dry Land. To this day, the Monsters within Dry Land haven't been completely eradicated and remain one of the most dangerous locations."