Chapter 217 The Beginning of a New Version
The pyroxenite dragon Smarag did not return to its nest and no one knew where it went.
Otherwise, based on the fact that a stink bullet was shot into its nose, it would fight to the death with the adventurers.
It would be better not to encounter it for the time being. I don’t know if it will hold a grudge.
Thanks to this, Gapar, Leon and the others were able to reach the lair of the pyroxene dragon safely without even drawing their swords.
But a strange thing happened at this moment. There was no purple light spot in the nest, and there was no pyroxene key!
There were only some scattered white lights. When I picked them up, I saw that they were all things like forging stones.
This thing is no different from the waste rock on the roadside to the current adventurers, because no one knows how to use it.
The hunting manual says that this thing can improve the quality of weapons through the hands of blacksmiths, but to this day, adventurers have run around in all blacksmith shops and have not found anyone who can use forging stone to strengthen weapons. Or perhaps they don't know how blacksmiths can hammer forging stone into weapons?
Some people also tried to use forging stone to make weapons, but all of them failed without exception. The technology used by those forgers could not even change the shape of the forging stone.
Therefore, in the eyes of adventurers, the forging stone has become a prop that is slightly better than garbage residue and feces, because at least the forging stone can rely on its hardness to hit people.
How can I use the forging stone?
Could it be that a series of related forging technologies will appear in the Sion dungeon?
"Why is there no pyroxene key?" Japar was puzzled. Could it be that the previous key would never appear again after they took it away?
This doesn't make sense. A pyroxene key can only remember five people. So what should happen to the rest? Maybe there are other keys hidden somewhere else?
He felt a little embarrassed. After all, he had promised solemnly that the key props needed to enter the academy gate could be found here, but when he arrived, he found that there was nothing. This was very embarrassing.
Leon didn't mind, and even thought the situation was normal.
Why does it feel normal? Because he believes that the exploration journey in the Sen Dungeon cannot be smooth sailing. When your adventure in it goes smoothly, it means that you may have fallen into a pit without knowing it.
but
He looked at the portal behind the Dragon's Nest Hill and thought: Although Lake Lienia can come here through the Thane Dungeon, can this really be considered the Thane Dungeon?
After all, the scenery outside the portal is completely different from that of Bed City, and it is something that quite a number of people do not want to recall.
"Why don't you use this key first? It can also allow one person to go in." Japar handed over his pyroxene key.
Leon shook his head and decisively rejected the Sword Saint's kindness. This key not only belonged to the Sword Saint, but also to the Magic Professor and Roger and others. How could he take it?
Besides, it wouldn’t be good enough for him to go to the magic academy alone. It would be better for him to go with everyone to find a new key.
"Okay then." Japar smiled. "When I come back, I will personally take you to find the key."
In fact, the reason why Japar wanted to go out was very simple. He just wanted to replenish some food. He didn't like drinking physical strength potions to fill his stomach.
Moreover, now that Lake Lienia seems to have no limit on time or number of people, sufficient food becomes even more necessary.
Although the meat jerky sold at Curry is cheap and filling, but.
Food is the most important thing for adventurers. After a whole day of hard work in beating monsters, they return to the town in front of the academy, chew on some hard jerky and take a bite of the indigestible Roya fruit, and feel like they have had enough for their whole life.
Life and the future will become dark in an instant.
Japar has sufficient and self-disciplined management of his diet. He must have meat, meat, and meat, and occasionally some vegetables to moisten his throat.
As for "going out to find some equipment and coming back to continue exploring the dungeon", it was just a lie. Given his identity and status, no one would doubt that he left the dungeon just to satisfy his appetite, just like no one would doubt that the truth behind the idol's suspension of performance due to physical discomfort was that he went home to give birth to twins.
"Leon, take care of yourself."
After briefly instructing his apprentice, Japar walked into the portal, and Tulsi and the others followed behind him. Everyone went back to take care of some things.
When they saw that half of Gapar's body had entered the portal, not only Leon, but all the people in the strategy team behind him were trying hard to hold back their laughter and all took a few steps back to make room for him.
The Sword Master walked into the portal, but everyone believed that he would be back soon.
Sure enough, Roger, who was at the end of the team, bumped into someone's head on the back before he even entered the portal, and kept backing away.
"Who, who?" Roger shouted, covering his forehead, but when he looked up he saw a rare scene.
I saw Japar, who had walked out earlier, coming back?
Wait a minute, wait a minute, isn’t it said that each person can only enter the dungeon once a day? Why did he come in again?
Besides the unlimited number of people and time, there is also no limit on the number of times you can come in?
No, no.
He shook his head. What he should be most concerned about now was why the Sword Master came back.
The next second, not only Japar, but also Hudes and Tulsi came back.
Except for Hudes whose expression could not be seen clearly because of his hood, the other two were staring at the portal with complicated expressions.
Japar took a deep breath and walked into the portal again.
Then he walked back.
Repeat the inhalation, then walk in, then walk back, until only half of your body is inside.
And Tulsi was actually doing the same thing, with a 100% synchronization rate with Japar.
Seeing the two people showing expressions of thinking about life, Leon finally couldn't help it and burst into laughter while slapping his thigh.
He is a professional risk-taker and usually doesn't laugh out loud unless he really can't help it.
Is there anything more joyful than the famous sword master showing a confused expression?
No, absolutely not!
Listening to the series of laughter coming from behind him, Gapar did not feel embarrassed or anything, because what he was experiencing was really too outrageous.
When he walked out of the portal, he did not see the bustling ancient city of Sen Dungeon as usual, but
Bare yellow empty land with no grass to eat?
There is an endless open space with barely any weeds growing. Only by looking far away can you see a hint of green in the distance.
This place looks like it has experienced a brutal war. The strong smell of death makes even the most tenacious weeds unwilling to grow here.
And this place looks somewhat familiar.
Japar rubbed his eyes and saw the big crater on the ground caused by the meteorite, as well as the deep sword marks.
It’s confirmed, this is the ruins of the city of Val!
The meteorites and sword marks were created by him and the professor, how could he forget that!
The ruins of the city of Val are not surprising, but it is surprising why you end up here after walking out of the portal of the Sen dungeon.
"Yeah, why?" Tulsi murmured to herself. This was the first time she had seen such a situation.
Has the Senn dungeon expanded here?
Despite being shocked, Japal also had another concern.
The journey from Val City to Bed City is not as fast as walking back from Lienia of the Lake to the Firelink Shrine!
"What on earth is going on?"
He looked at the people behind him who were laughing non-stop, and his intuition told him that these people must know something.
"Hahaha," Leon laughed loudly, because he had the same expression when he first went out, so when he saw such an expression on others, especially on his respected and always serious and reliable teacher, he really couldn't hold it back.
"Bang!"
Only after the Sword Saint knocked a large anime-style bump on his head did Leon calm down. He wiped the tears from his eyes and said:
"Sorry, sorry, I just can't hold it in anymore, haha"
"#" Japar's forehead was bulging with blue veins. "Still laughing?"
"Don't laugh anymore."
Leon waved his hands repeatedly and asked Drew to give him a sedative. Then he said calmly:
"We don't know what's going on. In fact, the reason we found this place is because we were teleported to the ruins of the resurrection house nearby after death."
Resurrection House Ruins? How could there be a Resurrection House in Val City? There is no underground city here, so what is the point of building a Resurrection House?
Every time an adventurer dies, he will be teleported away by the teleportation crystal. The reason why they can be teleported to the resurrection house accurately is because of something called "crystal pillar", which can be understood as a coordinate. Within its attraction range, all teleportation crystals will be attracted to it.
It is a standard feature of every resurrection house. Without it, it is not a resurrection house.
However, such a thing with a simple and clear use was played with by a group of humans with amazing wisdom decades ago.
There was once a popular dungeon that attracted many adventurers to challenge it with generous rewards, which was a good thing for the surrounding towns.
However, there are two cities next to it!
The distances between these two cities and the dungeon are not far, so in order to compete for the resurrection house business, the nobles of the two cities set up their own resurrection houses and crystal pillars. The more crystal pillars a person has, the greater the attraction to the teleportation crystal.
This led to both sides constantly expanding the scale of the crystal pillars. Every time an adventurer was resurrected it was like opening a blind box, and no one knew which city they would be resurrected in next time.
Finally, the adventurers were so enraged that they demolished both resurrection houses.
This also led to people later developing the "one pillar, one crystal" solution. Simply put, the teleportation crystal is bound to a specific crystal pillar. Unless it exceeds the effective range of the crystal pillar, it will not be snatched away by other resurrection houses.
But such teleportation crystals are more expensive than ordinary ones, after all, they require special processing.
After Count Charon came to power, he issued subsidies for adventurers to buy teleportation crystals, but he only subsidized ordinary crystals.
Anyway, there are no other resurrection houses nearby to compete for business, and using ordinary crystals won’t teleport you to an unfamiliar place.
"The previous Earl Val and Earl Beder have always been at odds with each other. He came up with a shady plan to use the Resurrection House and the Crystal Pillar to snatch the adventurers from the Sean Dungeon."
"This is too stupid." Tulsi couldn't help but comment sharply, saying that doing so would trigger a strong rebellious psychology in adventurers.
"Yes, it was stupid, so the plan was abandoned before it could be implemented. Later, it was found that the previous Earl of Val was a mentally retarded child of inbreeding."
Leon shrugged. "But the crystal pillar was not transported away. Instead, it was buried underground. Fortunately, it was not destroyed by the battle not long ago."
This explanation seemed to make sense as to why they were resurrected nearby, but there were still many questions.
The first question is, isn't the resurrection house in Bed City the closest to the Sean Underground City? It is impossible that the crystal pillars in Val City are so attractive. Could it be that the Lake Lienia area is geographically far away from Bed City?
The second question——
"Who resurrected you?" Tulsi asked.
"Mr. Nabal, he happened to be investigating near the ruins of Val City."
Nabal? Who is this person whose name sounds like he has a fighting power of at least four digits?
“It’s actually him.”
Tulsi showed a helpless expression. "You told me that you were going out for something, but I didn't expect you to come here."
Nabal, the last of the four magic professors who came to Bed City, researched resurrection and large-scale offensive magic.
Leon and his friends were lucky enough to meet Nabal and be resurrected.
Thank you, Professor Nabal, and thank you, the former Count of Val.
"So what do we do now?"
Roger asked while taking a breath. He felt that things were heading out of control this time.
I thought it was just a normal dungeon exploration, but now it has turned into something else? Why is it suddenly related to the city of Val?
"Let me think about it."
Japar rubbed his brows and closed his eyes in deep thought.
"I need to think about it."
Just as he was lost in thought, Malu suddenly heard the sound of flapping wings in the distance. When she looked up, it was indeed the pyroxene dragon Smarag.
But with the appearance of the pyroxene dragon, a purple light faintly lit up in the dragon's nest, which was the academy's pyroxene key.
Exactly two hours had passed since Japar and his team took the last key!
(End of this chapter)
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