Chapter 777 Sain!
"Ah ah."
Starfire Knight stared in disbelief as he watched the waterwheel crumble into ruins.
Even the Starfire Knights were in such a state, leaving the soldiers completely bewildered.
"Did I do something wrong?"
The soldier who had eagerly lit the campfire earlier was completely bewildered. He shakily raised the hand that had lit the fire and swallowed hard.
"hiss"
Tammy gasped, suddenly feeling a little weak in the knees.
It's back! The familiar feeling is back! This is the real Sien Dungeon!
Although the campfire is still an absolutely safe place, it has become the trigger for the collapse of the waterwheel!
"I give up."
Tammy let out a long sigh of relief. For some reason, it seemed that only the current state of the Sien Dungeon gave him a sense of familiarity and security.
That's great! I thought the Sien Dungeon had changed its ways, but it seems it's still the same as before.
However, at this moment, some discordant notes also appeared.
Through countless arduous battles, Tammy's strength is no longer what it used to be. He has made great progress and has also developed a wide range of battle aura perception abilities.
In his perception, many dangerous auras were emanating from every corner of the disease village; they were all the auras of demons.
Even the upper levels of the diseased village, which they had already cleared out once, are now showing signs of new life emerging!
Originally, the upper levels of the diseased village were occupied by ordinary infected residents whose auras were highly similar. However, now there are completely different monsters, and not just one kind.
Clearly, the real disease village has only now been revealed to everyone.
What they had just experienced was merely a small taste of sweetness created by the village to lure them into a trap.
Your reward isn't that sweet at all!
"I'm speechless."
Luluwo suddenly smiled with relief. She also sensed the newly appeared auras, many of which were familiar faces.
Poison Arrow Guy hiding in the shadows blowing poison arrows, Skinless Dog that can breathe fire and poison, and Humanoid Spider burning with chaotic flames.
They're back, they're all back.
She said that a disease village without these underworld creatures is incomplete; a disease village with them is what makes it authentic.
"And, very unfortunately, we don't have any returned bone fragments on hand right now."
The Return Bone Fragment only works within the Sien Dungeon, so even the Starfire Church's logistics department didn't send it over. Furthermore, Luluvo and her group didn't obtain this item on their way to Blighttown. Now that I think about it, this must have been a deliberate arrangement by the Sien Dungeon.
Without the return bone fragments, and having touched the bonfire in Blighttown, it was destined that even if they died later, they could only be resurrected at the bonfire in Blighttown.
Moreover, the waterwheel that once led back along the same route is no longer there, cutting off the adventurers' path home and forcing them to continue exploring the Sickly Village.
No wonder the advice mentioned sealing off the prison; this is practically the same as trapping adventurers in Blighttown.
The Sien Dungeon is too insidious!
"But should I say I was lucky? Because I was busy reviewing the advice, I didn't touch the campfire, and that's why I was blessed."
If she commits suicide right now, she can still return to Firelink Shrine and avoid fighting monsters in Blighttown.
but
"That doesn't fit my style."
Luluwo strode towards the campfire and touched the flames without hesitation. The warmth spread from her palms throughout her body, and she could no longer leave.
"Captain is wise." Tammy's familiar teasing voice came from the side. Luluwo simply smiled, turned to look at the still bewildered crowd, and raised her voice to say:
"It's obvious that we've fallen into the trap set by the Sien Dungeon and can't leave now."
People didn't react much when she said this, they just looked a little gloomy.
"Moreover, even more monsters have appeared, eager to invade. This is the real Blighttown. The difficulty of our exploration will double, or even increase several times over!"
Once this statement was uttered, people experienced a much stronger emotional reaction, mostly negative.
We had just said that Sick Village was nothing special, but it immediately got serious. The previous exploration pressure was already great enough, and now it was going to increase the difficulty even more, was it trying to kill us?!
"You're already discouraged?"
Luluwo's voice came again.
"Aren't you the Church of Starfire, the church that prides itself on knowing the most about the Sien Dungeon? Are you going to stop here after encountering such a small difficulty? What right do you have to believe in the brave and forward-moving Sun Warriors?"
These words made everyone raise their heads.
"The captain is here again." Tammy shook his head helplessly. He knew that Luluwo was here to cheer people on.
The problem is that Luluwo's encouragement always ends up making the atmosphere feel weird.
Sure enough, a series of inspiring words of praise and righteousness came out of her mouth, and as people's confidence gradually returned, she spoke her final words.
"Anyone who gives up at this point is such a coward, such a coward!"
"Um!?"
"well"
The Starfire Knights raised questions, while Tammy sighed and rubbed his forehead.
The next moment, the Starfire Knights all turned red, a physical red-hot color, and a fiery aura burst forth from their bodies.
"Brothers, we have to take down this disease village and show her!"
"Damn it, we've never suffered such humiliation before!"
"Let him see what we're made of!"
The Starfire Knights and soldiers became increasingly excited.
"That's right, that's it! Get your spirits up!" Luluwo waved her fist to cheer people on, completely unaware of how "encouraging" her words were.
"That's fine, it looks like it's working pretty well."
Tammy, an observer with a clearer perspective, shook her head.
The Starfire Knights, their spirits high, rested briefly by the campfire before charging forward without hesitation.
Now that the waterwheel that led back to the upper level has collapsed, the only way for them to go is to continue exploring downwards. Since they are currently in the middle level, they will temporarily set their goal as the path to the lower level.
The interior of the disease village, located in the middle level, is even more intricate and complex, practically a natural maze. Just walking around is enough to make you wander around, and there's still a bit of Gong Qiying's cleverness in it.
"Aaaaaah!"
A soldier screamed as he fell. Whether he fell to the lower level or landed directly in the bottom cesspool, it wouldn't be a good thing; just thinking about the filthy, overflowing cesspool...
The soldier actually overcame his fear of falling from a great height and shut his mouth, appearing like a tough guy.
Just then, two cold chains wrapped around her ankles, finally stopping her fall.
The soldier was suspended upside down in mid-air, face to face with the monsters who had come running after hearing her screams, ready to beat her up.
The scene was particularly eerie.
"Aww!"
The fire-breathing dog, as if its skin had been peeled off, looked up and breathed a mouthful of poisonous fire at her. Fortunately, at the same time, Luluwo pulled the chain and quickly dragged it back.
"Thank you, thank you."
The soldier sat slumped on the ground, still shaken, her chest heaving with each breath. But even as she was in this state of panic, a question mark slowly appeared above her head:
How did I fall?
Looking in the direction she had originally walked, the soldier immediately turned red.
The path she had just walked on looked like it was made of ordinary logs.
However, it is actually a hidden door that can be moved!
The entire wooden plank is supported by the central cylindrical wooden pillar. If anyone steps on either side, it will immediately trigger a trap and cause them to fall in!
The board seemed to be under magical influence, automatically opening and closing even after someone fell on it. In addition, the board itself was very compatible with the surrounding environment, and people's vision was limited in the dark, making it easy for someone to fall into its trap.
In any case, upon closer inspection, the entire village was constructed from almost identical pieces of wood, making it a life-or-death situation for any adventurer to casually set up a trap there.
This kind of environment is incredibly appealing to designers.
"Damn it, Saine!"
The appearance of this hidden door seemed like an omen, for in the journey ahead, people would encounter various surprising scenes from time to time.
For example, the wooden planks were so dilapidated that they would collapse with a single step, and one could easily fall straight down. Fortunately, Luluwo reacted quickly and was able to use chains to catch the person who fell; otherwise, there would have been casualties just from scouting the way.
Despite the treacherous terrain, the monsters' strength did not decline; just as people had predicted, their strength began to rise steadily.
The skinny undead wielding spears will thrust them out from under the floorboards and attack passersby.
The giant zombie fell from the sky and crashed into the water, breaking the bridge.
Where there are oil drums, there will inevitably be a few flammable and explosive fire-breathing dogs that will jump out.
And the most disgusting thing is the blowgun guy who hides in the dark and sneaks around blowing poison arrows at people!
"Thanks to my foresight, I made sure everyone wore sufficiently thick armor."
When Luluwo first spotted Dart Guy sneaking around in a dark and cramped place, she gave him a disdainful smile and showed him her heavily armed gear.
"Ding-dong!"
Then she heard the poisoned arrow strike her armor and break with a pitiful sound, which made her feel quite happy.
She was tormented by this bastard's poisoned arrows back in the world of painting, and now it's finally her turn to take revenge!
Just as this thought crossed her mind, she saw a light appear on the blowgun of the blowgunman. Although she didn't know what effect it had, it was undoubtedly the light of magic being activated.
"Pfft!"
A green light flashed from the blowpipe, and Luluwo immediately felt something wet on her calves. She looked down.
These are magical poison arrows with grooves that can pierce armor.
Even though the killing power of the arrows had almost disappeared after being weakened by layers of armor, leaving only venom that could no longer maintain its arrow shape, that stuff still got onto her legs.
"Damn it!"
She was so frightened that she immediately took a big bite of the purple poison moss ball!
After all, the poison arrows blown by the blowgun guy aren't just ordinary toxins; they're the deadliest poison that makes people tremble at the mere mention of them! They wipe out life force faster than Fudolin can eat!
Why has the blowgun guy also been upgraded?!
Not only have their strength been upgraded, but their numbers have also increased to keep pace with the new era of adventurers, and some even have the ability to track themselves.
If they provoke a blowgun wielder and fail to kill it, they might run a short distance and rest in place, only to be caught up by the wielder, and then naturally be pierced through the heart by a poisoned arrow shot from an unexpected angle.
The only thing that people can be thankful for is that a single poisoned arrow is not enough to directly poison someone; at least three or four arrows would be needed to hit them. This is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
At this moment, Luluwo and her group were running at a speed that looked fast but wasn't actually that fast, through the complex and winding roads of Sick Village.
They ran wildly to make Dartman lose sight of them and give up the chase, while not running too fast was to avoid unexpected traps on the ground.
"Snap—"
Just as she thought this, the formwork beneath someone's feet cracked and they fell instantly. Luluwo raised her hand to try to save them, but three green lights suddenly flashed from the darkness beside her. Three poisoned arrows were shot at her at the same time, forcing her to withdraw her hand to defend herself.
The soldier fell heavily to the bottom with a thud, followed by his panicked voice and the howl of the monster.
Staff reduction X1.
Even so, people could not stop, because the number of poison arrows they had just seen meant that at least three blowguns were chasing their prey quite close by.
There are at least three, but the exact number is still unknown.
Luluwo swung her chains and lashed out at the source of the poison arrows, shaking the rock strata. When she finished, she found that her souls had only increased by the equivalent of one blowgun.
"Damn it, were these guys ever this fast before?"
There's no way to fight these monsters in the dark, and unfortunately, illumination spells are much less effective here because...
A soldier launched an illumination spell into a dark corner, creating a sphere that continuously emitted light. However, the sphere shrank rapidly upon contact with the darkness until it disappeared without a trace.
The darkness here has a neutralizing effect on illumination spells!
"Tsk."
Just as Luluwo was growing impatient with the sinister nature of the diseased village, the person in front of her suddenly stopped.
Why did it stop?
The Starfire Knight at the very front frowned and said uncertainly, "It seems we've already taken this route before."
"What?"
The roads in the sick village are winding and meandering, but this is the first time they've gotten lost since they arrived!
Besides getting lost, there was something else that made Starfire Knight stop in his tracks.
"A monster has appeared."
monster?
Tammy peeked over and immediately had a look on his face that said, "What did I just see?"
A new monster has blocked the path that everyone must take, and the appearance of the monster is truly unlike anything they have ever seen before, if they had to describe it...
It looks a bit like an orange-red sea squirt with several tentacled limbs.
It looks like the SAN is a bit down.
(End of this chapter)
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