Chapter 793 Disgusting Stinking Ditch Swamp

What is that?

Caius instantly withdrew his senses and strengthened his mental defenses, but even so, he still frowned at the sudden attack.

Just now, I sensed something burning like a raging flame.

The light and heat emitted by the burning object had reached a terrifying level that would burn an ordinary person if they could perceive it. The good news was that an ordinary person's perception could not possibly penetrate most of the disease village. The bad news was that Caius, who could do this, was now having a bit of a headache.

It felt like my brain had just been burned; although it healed in an instant, the pain seemed to linger in my memory.

He must be the head of the sick village?

He took out Luluwo's ​​notebook and flipped through it, but didn't find anything relevant. The notebook's contents were almost entirely gone after the spellcasting mentor's work, with the rest being miscellaneous content that hadn't been organized yet.

It seems the rebels didn't manage to explore everything; they even left Blighttown unexplored.

Caius closed his notebook and looked back at Blighttown. He wanted to go and see just how strong the so-called leader really was!

I wonder if it would be stronger or weaker if compared to the two gargoyles recorded in Luluwo's ​​Notes.

Since their goal was conjuration, they went straight to Blighttown after entering, without bothering to venture into the Undead Parish or challenge the two gargoyles and ring the bell.

Luluwo's ​​notes describe the two gargoyles as powerful, but the extent of their power is not described at all.

Herve's map reads: "Although they are strong, they are no match for us. We can easily defeat them!"

Based on my intuition, Hervey is definitely up to no good and can't be trusted at all.

Therefore, Caius judged that the so-called two gargoyles should be of some strength, but not much.

"Lord Caius, are we really going down?" the soldiers asked in a very hesitant tone.

What made them hesitate was the filth and swamp of diseased village, which seemed to be piled up with all the evils of the world.

Although they were currently high up and hadn't yet come into contact with the filth, the mere thought of being knocked down by monsters and falling inside was already...

"vomit!"

Anyone who doesn't vomit in this kind of environment must have extraordinary willpower!

Even Caius's expression changed when he saw this hellish scene; his face turned ashen.

However, Hervé's map describes this as follows:

[Although it looks disgusting, it's actually nothing to worry about. Every warrior of the Church of Sparks can swim through it to the ends of the earth without batting an eye. That's our unique willpower! Other churches, especially those pampered brats from the Church of Holy Light, can never reach our level!]

Hervey, you bastard!

The Holy Light soldiers had already seen those words. If they left like this, although they wouldn't say anything, they would probably be thinking...

Caius couldn't allow himself to lose face, so he immediately nodded seriously.

".yes!"

These soldiers, whom he believed would be roused by such blatant provocation, nodded with great difficulty and accepted the mission with expressions that suggested they were on the verge of tears.

In reality, they couldn't wait to leave and get as far away from here as possible.

However, they felt that if they ran away like that, Caius would lose face, so none of them dared to show any fear.

This time, it happened without either side being willing to enter a place that neither wanted to enter.

[Sick Village]!

The two large characters, along with the stench of the air, were plastered onto everyone's faces, making it impossible for those in the front row to open their eyes.

They didn't bring any protective gear like filter masks because Luluwo's ​​notes didn't mention it at all; she didn't even mention that the Sick Village smelled bad!

Perhaps it's because such a bit of stench wouldn't pose much of a challenge for renowned adventurers, so it's not worth writing about?

That's how the Holy Light soldiers imagined it; they were doing their best to fix what seemed like a mistake on Luluvo's part.

The Starfire Knights are experiencing the same malice they encountered here, almost a one-to-one replica, with the same level of immersion.

There are giant zombies that you can't damage no matter what you do, and what you drop after you're done is just a pile of excrement; diseased zombies that come from all directions and poke people anytime; blowgun guys that crawl in the shadows in unseen corners and keep injecting people with deadly poison with their poison needles; and blood mosquitoes whose bodily fluids can cause both poisoning and bleeding.

And the large waterwheel that collapsed immediately after the campfire was lit.

"We have no way back!"

The Holy Light soldiers looked at the waterwheel, which had collapsed to the point of being nothing but ruins, and then at the campfire that had brought them great hope when it was first discovered.

These two things can't possibly be related, right?

This incident completely wiped out even the feeling of praising Saen, which had arisen in my heart when I discovered the campfire and was quite disrespectful to the God of Light.

Even if Caius could use a hopping method to bring everyone back, what kind of status does Lord Caius have? How dare you trouble him to do such a thing?

If this were in the Church of Starfire, everyone would have started trying it long ago. However, the Church of Holy Light has a clear hierarchy and strict rank, so the soldiers below would never dare to make such a request to Caius, not even as a joke.

The soldiers had suffered greatly along the way, and any further major shock might have triggered a miracle of agony.

Then, the big surprise came.

Having finally managed to reach the lower levels with the help of Caius, the soldiers, who felt utterly exhausted after a whole day, were caught in the landslide of the sick village. If it weren't for their fear of their superiors, they would have collapsed long ago.

With a loud "boom," a cloud of dust and shouts were heard, and the soldiers "plop plop" fell into the foul-smelling swamp at the bottom!

"What happened? Why did it collapse?!"

"Help! Someone save me! I'm drowning! Ugh—"

"Something is rubbing against me underwater!"

Caius leaped into the air the instant the cave collapsed and grabbed a sturdy pillar next to him, also managing to grab a lucky soldier in his arms, but everyone else fell into the "water".

The scene looked incredibly tragic; someone with a phobia of germs would probably toss and turn all night, unable to sleep.

What happened? Everyone followed Luluwo's ​​notes, so why did we encounter a landslide? Why wasn't it marked in the notes?

A terrifying thought crossed the soldiers' minds: could the contents of this notebook also be a trap?

Caius quickly glanced at the broken area and finally figured out the cause using his intelligence.

Because the wooden structure of the Blight Village is inherently fragile, and the Sien Dungeon has been recreated to show signs of damage due to age and neglect, any strenuous activity on it would certainly cause unexpected damage.

When these damages accumulate, they can cause unexpected accidents, such as the collapse we are seeing now!

The collapse was caused by their fierce battle with the monsters here!

However, Caius overlooked the fact that some of the damage caused by their battles was due to recommendations in Luluvo's Notebook.

Caius threw the soldier in his hand toward the still-standing platform in the distance. Just as he was about to rush down to rescue the soldier, he saw that the platform, which had not collapsed before, began to tilt and was about to fall over because of the weight of the soldier.

This works? Isn't that just too unlucky!

He clicked his tongue, frowned, and jumped over to pick up the soldier who was screaming in fright. Finally, he threw him directly into the swamp, since there was plenty of water there and he wouldn't die from the fall.

But at that moment, the soldiers who had fallen earlier cried out in terror, and there was a rustling sound of swords being drawn.

Caius looked back and felt as if he were seeing a scene commonly used in horror movies.

A giant fish, much larger than a human, surfaced, its enormous eyes fixed intently on the group of Holy Light soldiers. At this moment, its wide-open eyes held only an eerie quality.

The most terrifying thing was not the giant fish that surfaced, but the two dorsal fins that circled around the soldiers before immediately diving back into the swamp. In the muddy swamp, it was impossible to tell where the owner of those two dorsal fins had gone.

The unknown terror lurking beneath the water's surface—that's the essence of this scene's design!

If Roger were here, he would probably recognize why these giant fish looked so familiar.

Isn't this just a mudfish dragon? It's just that its appearance has changed slightly!

The simultaneous appearance of three Mudfish Dragons—have they fallen into some kind of arena?!

The soldiers couldn't overcome the stench, but under the pressure of the monster, they still staggered forward, their swords slashing at the mudfish dragon's shell.

The weapons were swept away by its slippery body and grime, without causing any damage or even breaking its scales!

Only one soldier, suppressing his nausea, managed to finish the incantation, and a Holy Light Missile finally managed to break through the opponent's scales, but it only managed to break a small part of the scales.

Caius leaped down from the air without changing his expression, his three swords appearing in his hands and mouth, intending to take advantage of the situation to kill the monster here!

Now that he's fully evolved, he can definitely do it, he can do it easily!

The Mudfish Dragon, oblivious to its own mortality, opened its mouth wide towards the menacing Caius, intending to swallow it whole, and the two were about to collide.

In that instant, Caius's soaring aura suddenly plummeted, and he exclaimed happily, "My sister is awake!"

"Plop!"

The next second he was swallowed by Mudfish Dragon Ball.

(End of this chapter)