Chapter 274 Routine, Anti-Routine
There were huge crowds of people outside the Light Eagle Group's teleportation portal.
People came to watch the so-called game. Most of them were mercenaries, since this was their home ground. The rest were adventurers and residents of nearby cities.
This portal is next to two cities, one is the royal city, and the other is the "garden city" Cardia. As the name suggests, Cardia City is the back garden of the royal city. It has made its fortune by relying on beautiful scenery and tourism. Its population is no less than that of the royal city. In short, it is much better than Bed.
With the intentional publicity of the Light Eagle Group, people nearby knew about the competition. Out of the arrogance of the big city, trust in the master, and trust in the reputation of the Light Eagle Group, more than 90% of the onlookers supported Kent's team.
As for Luluwo? Where did this country bumpkin come from? I don't know her.
It seems that the famous Skyrim Raiders Group is only famous in the area of Bed City. No one knows them after they came to the big city.
Not long ago, someone discovered that it is possible to teleport between the bonfire in the Firelink Shrine and the bonfire in the Catacombs of Karsas. However, one needs to die once in Karsas before this function can be unlocked. Moreover, after dying in the Catacombs of Karsas, one will be teleported to the local bonfire by default. People call the location of the bonfire in the catacombs a [tomb].
There is just one problem, which is that after teleporting between campfires, my head will feel dizzy, and I don’t know why.
Gong Qiying: Because the price of using bonfire to teleport is equivalent to dying half a time, use up your mental strength!
In general, the Skyrim Raiders team is currently playing away from home, and they have very little support. In addition, the Kent team has been secretly spreading rumors about their bad deeds, resulting in no one supporting them except the adventurers in Bed City.
"Haha." Kent stroked his beard, enjoying the flattery from the onlookers while glancing at Luluwo and others, his expression full of enjoyment.
The old man still likes to be in the limelight even at his age, but unlike Gapar, this guy accepts everyone who praises him.
There is no support, the enemies are strong, and the challenge is difficult. But if this level can stump Luluwo, then you are underestimating her!
"You old man whose strategy awareness is behind the times, hurry up and clean yourself up to get the gold coins. There is no ship that can carry you in the new era!"
"Captain, don't be so angry!" Tammy's voice was extremely panicked.
Luluwo gave Kent a very rock-and-roll middle finger, then quickly turned around and pulled everyone into the portal, so fast that no one could react.
"This woman--" Aston was about to chase after her angrily, but was stopped by Kent, whose eyes darkened.
"Haha," he sneered, "I'm behind the times? Haha, how could I be behind with hundreds of years of experience in dungeon exploration? Let's go in too."
"Hurry up and catch up, let's go!" Aston shouted.
Dungeon explorers have been following the same set of experience-based procedures for hundreds of years. How could they possibly go wrong?
The reason why the ancestral method is called ancestral is because it has been passed down for so many years and is still useful!
The nineteen people from the Light Eagle Group who entered with him were all his loyal followers, and they would do whatever he said.
After passing through the portal, Kent and his party arrived at the starting point called the tomb chamber and saw a bonfire that had not yet burned.
"Be careful. It is said that after lighting a bonfire, you will see images uncontrollably. What if it is some kind of magic that affects your mind?" Before Aston finished speaking, Kent had already lit the bonfire and said, "What you need most to explore the dungeon is courage. If you don't even have the courage to challenge the unknown, how can you be an explorer?"
Aston was instantly scolded, but before he could say anything, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed. He was shocked to see that it was the Sean Dungeon series!
He has always been averse to unknown things, but now that the bonfire has been lit, you have no choice but to see whatever you want!
A grand and sad soundtrack, the burning and fading of flames, the owner of the king's soul and the king of fire
When the group finally came out of the image, their eyes were dull, and some even sat down on the ground, making noises and unable to speak.
Aston moved his body with difficulty. Perhaps others saw the weight of history from the images, but what he felt was a strong fear, the fear of powerful force.
So much so that the slight aversion he already had to bonfires was magnified!
At this moment, he suddenly saw Kent smiling, a smile as happy as an old chrysanthemum blooming, and he said to himself:
"Interesting, the first stone tablet of this dungeon must have my name written on it!"
Kent suddenly became motivated. If he had only reluctantly agreed to explore the dungeon at the beginning, now he was really serious about it!
"Set off!"
The group walked out of the tomb in a heroic and high-spirited manner and truly went deep into the Casas underground cemetery!
"I see. For a typical graveyard dungeon, undead monsters should account for a large proportion. It was a wise choice to bring a lot of holy water and anti-undead items this time."
As soon as he walked out of the tomb, during the initial exploration stage, Kent had already adopted a professional attitude in analyzing and commenting.
"Be careful of any bones along the way. Every bone residue may become a monster. Also, coffins and even bottles and jars. One of the characteristics of undead creatures is that they are hard to guard against. Magicians, activate the holy light protection in time."
"Don't touch that kind of wooden suspension bridge lightly. How much does each person weigh? Use the magician's hand to carry an equally heavy object up there to test whether it can withstand it."
Just as the magician piled up a few coffins, the suspension bridge broke with a snap and fell straight into the bottomless abyss.
Upon seeing this, everyone immediately started praising Kent, who benefited greatly from the compliments. With high morale, everyone continued to move forward.
The structure of the underground cemetery is circuitous, with extremely repetitive scenes everywhere, which makes people dizzy after walking around for a long time.
During their exploration, they encountered several waves of monster attacks, a flip door, a ground crack, two fogs, and several forks in the road.
Even Aston felt dizzy, but in the blink of an eye he found Kent writing and drawing in a notebook. When he looked closer, he found that he had actually drawn out the route of the places he had visited so far, including some small details that could be used to distinguish them.
Seeing how energetic he was, he seemed not affected at all.
Aston could only express his admiration repeatedly, saying that he was indeed a master.
I'm afraid even Luluwo doesn't have this level of spatial memory ability. This is both a talent and the result of training.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, they finally saw the first purple light spot.
[Casas milky white ring, ordinary item]
[A ring worn by the Kasas warriors of the Sand Country that can slightly increase the body's agility]
[Kasas swordsmanship can freely control the curved sword, and the movements are as light as dust. They swept across many countries with the reputation of Overlord Wolnir]
"Here you go." Kent threw the ring to Aston, who looked at it and gave it to his men.
"This is the first time I've seen a dungeon that introduces the background of items and even has a manual for it. It's really unique."
Kenta was flipping through the hunting manual he bought from another adventurer. Information about the ring had already appeared on it. Although the content was severely fragmented, there was a weak connection between them, and he felt he couldn't stop reading it.
"From all the details, we can see that the ancient country buried in this cemetery was unprecedentedly powerful and brutal."
He flipped through the manual. The magic chapter at the back recorded the magic used by the enemies encountered by the owner of the manual.
[Spell: Acid Spray]
[Kasas's strange spell, which can spray acid to damage equipment]
[The competitive Kasas warriors want to win even with the help of spells, but when they see the corpses of those tragically dead, what kind of honor can their actions have? ]
Just two introductions have vividly portrayed the warlike, murderous and cruel characteristics of the Casas people.
Kent frowned. People always yearn for peace when they get old, so naturally he would not have a good impression of Casas.
The mercenaries had different attitudes, some frowned, some were indifferent, and some praised it.
And Aston showed his longing.
What kind of impression will the so-called Overlord leave in the minds of the Light Eagle Group in the end?
The exploration continues. The deeper you go, the more dangerous the traps and monsters you encounter.
Kent was naturally praised for once again successfully leading the mercenaries to avoid danger.
"You are worthy of being a master. You are so thoughtful." Aston praised him harshly.
Kent held his head high and looked proud. He suddenly pointed to a tombstone not far ahead and said, "Do you see that tombstone? Do you think it's wrong?"
Something is wrong? Aston didn't think anything was wrong, but if the master said something was wrong, then it was wrong, so he nodded repeatedly, "Yes, that tombstone appeared too abruptly, very strange!"
"That's right. According to my experience, there must be a powerful monster lurking in there, and it will only be triggered when you get close. A few of you, carry holy water and pour it over there. The rest of you, prepare holy light magic and catch the monster off guard in advance!"
So a group of people sang and danced around the tombstone that suddenly appeared in the middle of the road, holy water and holy light poured up, and the level of chaos on the scene was comparable to a shaman dance.
"Great, the monster has been destroyed!" Kent announced loudly, and people cheered.
".Are these people crazy?" Gong Qiying, who was peeping in the city lord's room, was speechless, because the tombstone was just an ordinary scene. He put it there simply to attract people's attention. There was no monster hidden in it.
Just now he thought Kent was an otherworldly master, but now he suddenly wondered if he was the older version of the cautious hero - the cautious old man?
However, Kent guessed one thing correctly, the tombstone did have a story.
Gong Qiying also smiled wickedly.
Just as people were gathering around the tombstone to discuss whether or not to dig up the grave to see if there were any bright spots after the death of the so-called powerful monster, a muffled sound was heard.
"boom!"
When they came to their senses, a huge iron cage fell from the sky with the tombstone as the center, covering everyone. There were twenty people in total, not a single one was left behind!
"."Everyone looked at Kent.
Kent's smile froze for a moment, then he coughed twice and said, "What a sinister dungeon. They actually use the scenery to block our view of the ceiling!"
Yes, yes, yes, what you said makes sense.
Although everyone was skeptical, they still believed Kent and joined in cursing the Sean Dungeon. At the same time, a "clack clack" sound was heard, and countless white bones emerged from the ground. It was a skeleton monster!
They all held bows and arrows, intending to shoot the mercenaries into sieves!
People struggled, but they couldn't break the sturdy iron cage for a while - because this thing was modified from the cage of the big curse frog in the Dark Soul II level - so the magicians quickly put up a shield to resist the attack, but blindly defending was not a solution!
At this critical moment, Kent remained calm. He squatted down, touched the ground, nodded, and said, "Let's go down after the ground explodes."
“Is there really a road down there!?”
"Just blast it!"
When dense arrows were shot at, explosions were heard. The ground shook and then cracked open, revealing the dark space below. Jumping from this height would not kill anyone!
"Jump now before the cage falls in with us!"
The mercenaries jumped down quickly and rushed to the side without even taking a breath. Almost in an instant, a bigger crack appeared on the ground and the big iron cage fell down!
"Ah!" a scream.
When the smoke cleared and the flames dispelled the darkness, people discovered that two mercenaries were crushed to death by the iron cage, or in the most tragic way, they were beheaded and turned into streams of light that returned to the campfire.
"It was my mistake." Kent said with a dark face.
"It's not your fault. It's all because of the insidious dungeon." Aston pounded the wall hard, and then there was a crackling sound. As the wall shattered, thick darkness flowed out. If Dahl was here, he would definitely exclaim: Abyss!
One after another, people covered with wriggling strange black substances came out, exuding an extremely dangerous aura.
【Human pus】!
Aston took the lead in fighting with one of them, and handed the other one to other mercenaries. Kent hid far away under the protection of others, looking for a way to escape from this hidden room.
"This dungeon lives up to its reputation. It actually predicted our actions in advance." Kent raised the corner of his mouth and instructed everyone: "Knock on the walls and the ground, find the weakest point and chisel hard!"
Looking at the busy crowd, he thought to himself:
Although the design of this dungeon is indeed unique, it generally conforms to the rules and is not difficult for me.
"A dungeon is nothing more than this. It places the right monsters in the right place, so that the spirit of the adventurers is stimulated to the highest climax at all times, and it always leaves people with a glimmer of hope in times of crisis."
He didn't know that the dungeon required mental power to operate, but his years of experience in dungeon exploration made him vaguely aware that dungeons needed to stimulate people's spirits.
Therefore, the real trick of the dungeon is to [survive in desperate situations]!
This was a secret he had never revealed.
"These monsters are only used to stimulate our spirits. They are not actually very strong!"
"Ah!" One mercenary had his body bitten off by a monster, blood splattered on the spot, and another was smashed into a meat paste.
At this moment, the third human pus also came out and showed its bloody mouth to the mercenary.
The slap in the face came so quickly that Kent's own mouth twitched.
What's wrong with the monsters in this dungeon? Even the mercenaries can't deal with them. This shouldn't be the case. A dungeon shouldn't provide constant stimulation.
That’s because Sion’s design concept was to kill people from the beginning!
Here, the so-called drama of escaping from desperate situations is just a condiment that is served in specific situations to accomplish specific things.
The "gentleness" in the first half of the Catacombs of Casas is actually a trap that lures people in. The reason why other dungeons focus on continuous stimulation of mental strength is because they don't have bonfires. Adventurers will be teleported out when they die, so it would be a loss to kill only once.
"No, Mr. Kent. The walls nearby are too thick. We can't get through them at all!"
"Impossible, there must be a weak spot."
Kent broke out in sweat on his forehead. It felt like when you were racing with an old friend and he suddenly asked you, "What is the meaning of life?"
What is going on in this Sen dungeon? Why doesn’t everything follow the rules? Where can I survive?
He undoubtedly has great talents and a strong ability to observe the surrounding environment. If there are props that can help with survival, he can find and use them at the first time.
But if you don’t have any survival tools from the beginning, you’ll be in trouble!
"Are there books inside the walls?"
As they were chiseling, someone suddenly discovered a book buried in the wall. They quickly dug it out and handed it to Kent.
He took the time to look at Aston. Although he was the captain of the logistics team, Aston also possessed considerable strength. At this moment, he had already accomplished the feat of killing a single person with minor injuries, and was dealing with the other two together with the mercenaries, but new darkness was flowing out from the cracks in the wall.
At this critical moment, Kent had a hunch that there must be a way to escape in this book.
He flipped through the pages quickly, but it seemed to be a history book that recorded some past events of the Kingdom of Casas, which was completely useless in getting out of the current predicament!
Normally, he would be very interested in these things, but now, this dungeon has gone beyond his common sense. Although he doesn't want to admit it, his heart has already -
Several transparent ghost hands suddenly emerged from the book, grabbed Kent's head tightly, and gave him a hair wash more enthusiastically than Gollum!
“Ahhhh!”
The sudden attack caught everyone off guard, especially Aston. His eyes almost popped out when he saw Kent being attacked. He wanted to rush over to rescue him but was stopped by more people.
When people get old, they can't stand the hardship. Kent's body couldn't bear the force of washing his hair. He was about to die in the bonfire, but at this moment, a ghost hand suddenly took out a painting?
The painting hit Kent's face hard and almost broke his nose. The moment his face touched the painting, he knew what it was.
[Painting World "Casas Warrior"]
The scene in front of me changed suddenly.
Smoke filled the sky and yellow sand rolled, foreshadowing that the clarion call of war was echoing on the battlefield.
"Where am I?"
Kent suddenly found that his body had changed, which scared him a lot, but the surging power coming from his body made him feel excited again.
How on earth is this——
"Khasas warriors, go ahead and kill all the enemies in front of you for the Overlord!"
He suddenly realized that he was on a battlefield, surrounded by bloodthirsty Kasas warriors, in front of him were the frightened and defeated enemy troops, and behind him were...
An extremely strong aura surged from behind him. It was the aura of a king, the aura of the abyss, and the domineering aura that swallowed up the world.
Overlord Wolnir!
Kent was startled, the name emerged in his mind, but the mysterious power prevented him from turning back to admire the true appearance of the Overlord.
At the same time, his body uncontrollably raised his weapon and rushed towards the enemy troops waiting to be slaughtered.
[Painting World "Casas Warrior"]
[Records the journey of a Kasas veteran, who is the most loyal warrior of Overlord Vornir, who has participated in every war and achieved glorious victories, bathing his body in the blood of his enemies]
[Except for the last time, when facing the army of undead.]
(End of this chapter)
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