Chapter 773 Unexpected Intruder

Ah, this feels so good. Sleeping is truly the most comfortable thing in the world.

His consciousness was plunged into darkness, but Hervé still couldn't help but utter these heartfelt words in his sleep.

Nothing is more therapeutic than a long, deep sleep after being overworked.

No!

I've heard that hypnosis and deep sleep experience centers featuring Dream Eaters have sprung up in the Kingdom of Anor, and the business is booming among adventurers. Adventurers pay to be hypnotized by these creatures from the Cenn Dungeon to get a good night's sleep, replenish their mental energy, and then enter the Cenn Dungeon for adventures. After they come out, they pay again to be hypnotized.

Is this considered a form of paid employment?

Just like how oxen and horses, when working, pay for their own coffee to improve work efficiency.

Gong Qiying didn't care how the outsiders made money; he simply lowered the capture rate of the Dream Eaters a bit to keep those merchants in the dungeon a little longer.

At first, he didn't feel anything, but the longer he was unconscious, the more Hervé felt his consciousness rising and falling in a dark sea, with many strange and terrifying creatures swimming around him.

He tried his best to open his eyes to see the faces of those creatures. The grotesque creatures gathered around him in ever-increasing numbers, and the sea became restless.

He finally opened his eyes and, with the help of the dim light, could finally see the creatures surrounding him!

"The hero has arrived!"

A strange fish with Galio's face roared at him like that.

"Aaaaaahh ...

Hervé woke up screaming.

A ray of sunlight streamed through the window, casting a warm glow on his body, which was wrapped in bandages.

"It was just a dream. It must be because I've been obsessed with fighting gargoyles lately that I dreamt of those strange things."

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, propped himself up to stand, and found that his previously weak body had recovered to about 70-80%, and he felt that he could once again enter the dungeon to explore.

Wait, why is the first thing I thought of when I woke up wanting to go into the dungeon?

Hervé frantically slapped himself twice, determined to stop this diligent mindset from taking over. He knew that if you wanted to suffer, there would be endless suffering, and he didn't want that.

What's wrong with my brain? Has Sion taken over it?

He sighed deeply.

The room in front of me looked familiar; it was inside the Starfire Church's camp. The mages had used the available materials to transform the houses in Hypa Town into temporary clinics for the wounded.

That being said, almost all of the current wounded are from the Sien Dungeon.

"How long have I been asleep?"

He tore off the various bandages wrapped around his body, revealing a completely new body with almost no visible wounds. His strength had also been almost fully restored, allowing him to move normally.

Compared to my physical condition when I first left the Sien Dungeon, it's like heaven and earth.

Memories of their adventure in the Sien Dungeon kept flashing through Hervé's mind. There were so many memories that he couldn't count them all. It was only through these memories that he realized they had actually spent several times longer in the dungeon than expected, so long that people outside probably thought they had encountered some kind of accident and were trapped inside.

"I thoroughly enjoyed exploring the dungeons."

It was so much fun that he's now tired of dungeons.

Even the most delicious food shouldn't be eaten for such a long time at once, let alone in a place like the Sien Dungeon where "eating" needs to be replaced with "red".

Fortunately, the trip was quite fruitful.

Dragon Sword, Gargoyle series weapons, Galio's combat skills, location of blacksmith Andre, ringing the bell, directions to the Black Forest Courtyard and the ancient city of Sein.

In summary, the only word to describe it is "abundant," and if it were displayed, it would definitely give Bishop Vincemo a big surprise.

Not only did they reap abundant material rewards, but the Starfire Knights' strength also increased under the high-pressure environment of the Sien Dungeon. The dungeon and the battlefield are completely different environments, and changing environments is very beneficial to a person's growth.

He was even thinking of using the Sien Dungeon as a training base for the Church of Starfire. By making good use of the campfire upgrade mechanism, they could produce super soldiers in batches. Even if their skills were average, they would at least be numerical monsters.

There are so many things that can be done with the Sien Dungeon that he can't lie down in bed any longer, only thinking about putting these ideas into practice as soon as possible.

"Go out and see if there are any new changes at the camp."

Although he said he wanted to see if there were any new changes at the camp, he actually felt that no matter how long he slept, nothing too significant could possibly change here.

Unless the Church of Holy Light attacks, we shouldn't jinx it.

Just then, as soon as he pushed open the door, he suddenly heard a faint commotion coming from outside.

What are you doing, making such a racket?

Habitually donning a dashing suit of armor covering his entire body, Hervé pushed open the door to the outside world with a rather imposing gesture—

"I already said we didn't do it on purpose. It was just that you were all sleeping at the time, and I couldn't very well disturb your sleep!"

"Um, everyone, let's talk this out. We can discuss this. How about we put away our weapons first?"

"Tami, why are you being such a coward? Let's just fight our way out!"

With the gate no longer an obstacle, the faint noise from before grew a thousand times louder, directly assaulting Hervé's face.

It's so noisy.

There were guards outside the door, and when they saw Hervi come out, they quickly said, "Hervi, someone's come over and causing trouble, and they seem pretty strong. You'd better take action quickly!"

"A troublemaker? Let me check first."

Hervé frowned and looked toward the source of the noise, which was not far from the portal to the Sien Dungeon.

People from various churches formed a large circle, surrounding something in a dense, tense atmosphere, as if an explosion was imminent.

He heard the voices of those who were surrounded, and from what he heard, they didn't seem to be members of the churches present. No wonder they were being surrounded as suspicious individuals.

But the only problem is

Hervé's expression became even stranger, because a few of the voices sounded so familiar.

He strode forward, and the commotion behind him made the surrounding men turn around. When they saw Hervé approaching, one of them immediately smiled and said triumphantly, "You're finished!"

What puzzled Hervé was why there were people in the Wild Forest Church smiling at him.

That smile was eerie; what did it mean?

"This group of people suddenly appeared in the camp, claiming to be adventurers. What a joke, how could there be adventurers here?"

"They might be spies sent by the Church of Holy Light. Adventurers wouldn't dare come here even if they heard there was a dungeon, since there's a war going on right now."

The people from the Church of Sparks provided him with more details about the intelligence.

He claims to be an adventurer? Did he come here after hearing about the news of the Sien Dungeon?

That's pretty bold.

Hervé couldn't help but feel curious about this group of audacious people.

"We're doomed? You're the ones who're doomed, you bastards!"

"Miramira, calm down!"

Mila?

Upon hearing the name, Hervé's expression turned strange and he pushed aside the crowd blocking his way, finally seeing the scene inside the encirclement.

Inside were several men and women dressed in a completely different manner than those in Scameloon.

Judging from this style, it seems like he's from the country he grew up in, the Kingdom of Yanor!

He had a strong sense of the strength of living beings, and immediately looked at the strongest person in the group, a woman dressed entirely in black. At that moment, she also looked at him.

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

Both of them exclaimed in surprise when their eyes met.

Hervé ripped off his mask, revealing a face so surprised his mouth was agape, and pointed at the person opposite him.

The woman opposite him pulled her hand out of her cloak and pointed at him, inadvertently revealing her figure, which was covered by a tight-fitting bodysuit, beneath the wide cloak.

"Herve!?"

"A funny Batgirl!?"

Herve and Luluvo called out each other's names at the same time.

"Hey, does the captain know anyone?" Tammy asked in surprise.

“I think I’ve seen him before, back in Anor Londo.” Berto pushed up his glasses.

"Then we don't need to fight?" Mira put away her fighting stance and looked at her companions around her with a puzzled expression.

"Probably?" Ais and Em remained vigilant and did not cancel the magic in their hands.

The group of adventurers who are now appearing near the portal to the Sien Dungeon is none other than the Skyward Strategy Team, a renowned adventurer group in both the Kingdom of Anor and the Kingdom of Warriors!

It's that super popular strategy group that claims to be able to provide a complete guide within a week no matter what new area appears!

“.”

After hearing how Hevi addressed her, Luluwo paused for a second, then expressionlessly drew her weapon and coldly said:

"No, I've mistaken you for someone else. This inherently evil monster is actually impersonating someone I know. I'll punish you right now."

"Wait, wait, wait! I was too surprised and misspoke. Don't rush to do anything." Hervé waved his hands repeatedly.

The tense atmosphere around them immediately dissipated after this commotion, and nothing serious happened anymore.

People looked at each other, not quite understanding what Hervé's relationship was with these people, but they all understood one thing.

That means there's definitely no chance of a fight, and everyone can go their separate ways.

Not long after, at the Starfire Church's camp.

"Please make do with this place. The camp has only been set up for a short time, and everything is still quite basic."

Herve brought out a few chairs in front of the fireplace in the largest room of the camp and invited the Skyrim conquest team to sit down. After everyone was seated, he asked, "How did you get here?"

As he asked this, he exclaimed, "As expected of you, the news that the portal to the Sien Dungeon has been opened here has only just spread, and you guys have already arrived so quickly. You truly are the Skyrim conquest team."

"Well"

The youngest, Tammy, scratched his head, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated. There was some black mud of unknown material stuck to his clothes.

"In fact, we haven't heard anything from Scammeron."

Berto sighed as he spoke, his gaze falling on Luluvo, who was drinking tea from her cup.

"Finally, I got some water. I was almost dying of thirst."

Luluwo put down the cup that had been licked dry, then looked at Hervi, her expression turning mournful in an instant.

"We've been tricked by the Sien Dungeon!"

Her tone was plaintive and sorrowful, so much so that anyone who didn't know better would think she had suffered a tremendous injustice.

"Hmm? Tell me more about it."

Hervé immediately became interested.

He once mentioned that he participated in the Eldridge campaign, which included Elsa. Although he was only a small fry in the team at that time, he knew some of the members.

For example, he had spoken to Luluwo and Fingeri, and they got along quite well because they were both very approachable.

When he introduced himself to Luluwo as a Sun Warrior, Luluwo exclaimed "Oh ho!" and said, "I might have invaded your territory somewhere before."

However, after the Eldridge campaign ended, Hervé set off for Scammeron, and gradually lost contact with the adventurers after that.

But fate was so strange that he reunited with the Sky Strategy Team today.

But how exactly did they get here?

“We received a commission from a certain elven archmage who wanted to extract some body tissue from Eldridge, so I personally went into the Sien Dungeon.”

Luluwo's ​​tone was full of desolation and she said with a wronged look, "Everything was going smoothly at first. We were on our way back when we suddenly thought that since we were already here, we might as well pick up some local specialties from Anor Londo on the way back, so we wandered around there."

"Unexpectedly, as I walked, the scenery gradually became unfamiliar. I swear I had never seen it before. I had explored all of Anor Londo and had never seen it before. It was as if a new road had emerged."

“At first we thought it was a new map and we were quite happy, but as we walked, our consciousness gradually faded,” Luluwo’s expression gradually turned to gritted teeth, “and when we came to our senses, we were locked up in a dungeon!”

The "prison" she was referring to was probably the Northern Asylum.

"This is truly a peculiar experience."

Can Hervey say he didn't understand?

From these words, it's clear that Luluwo herself doesn't know how she got here.

"It is indeed very peculiar. Alright, I won't say any more. The elves are waiting for me to deliver the goods." She stood up and asked, "How do I get back?"

Hervé hesitated for a moment before saying with an expression of condolence:

"Sorry, it seems you can't go back."

".What?"

Luluwo turned to stone.

(End of this chapter)