Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 268 - 209 Torina Lotus and the Safe Zone_2

Chapter 268: Chapter 209 Torina Lotus and the Safe Zone_2

"Boom——"

A single stone raises a thousand waves; the vibration from the falling Meteor Star causes the horse of the Ghost Rider to involuntarily rear up, providing Gapar with the perfect opportunity for a swift kill.

When the droplets thrown into the sky returned to the ground, the battle was over.

Gapar patted his wet clothes and used Fighting Qi to evaporate the moisture.

Hades coughed twice, his voice sounding somewhat muffled under the luminous stone mask.

They had won the battle, but when everyone surveyed the battlefield, no spoils of war were to be found.

Ghost souls simply turn to ash when they die, the Big Lobster could have been harvested for ingredients, but it too was obliterated by the Meteor Star.

The only thing left for the group was a few souls, which for Roger was already quite generous, but for the Sword Saints...

It was merely a trifle, barely enough to stick between their teeth; after all, they had no way to farm enough souls for leveling up, and these ancillary rewards for killing monsters were useless to them, at least in Sain Dungeon.

However, this situation was about to change in Val Underworld.

This battle brought nothing to the group but a psychological experience; for instance, Gapar began to detest "marathon" runs, and Turci stared at the dried lobster meat she carried, falling silent.

She looked toward where the Big Lobster group had been, now a crater made by the Meteor Star, regretting not having the chance to taste the Big Lobster.

Their rest had been rudely interrupted by an attack from monsters, and after a short pause, they continued towards the direction the giant dragon had departed.

The lake water was still boundless, but the surroundings began to show moss-covered remnants of walls and ruins.

"Torina Lotus?"

At a noticeable spot, Turci suddenly picked a plant and consulted her Hunting Manual for information.

[Graceful in stature, the pale purple lotus about to wilt is an extremely rare item]

[It is the representative flower of the faith of the Holy Daughter Torina, known for its effect in calming an excited mind]

Indeed, the fragrance of the flower brought a sense of mental relief to the sniffer. She took a couple of deep breaths and just as she was about to inhale a third time, she suddenly stuffed the Torina Lotus into her waist bag.

This thing is somewhat addictive!

She had only taken a few extra whiffs and already felt drowsy; what if the fragrance were stronger, could it cause people to become intoxicated, living in a dream and not wanting to leave?

She had been negligent just now, this time she concentrated on inhaling the scent from the lotus again, and with her guard up, the flower’s fragrance wasn’t as alluring.

It seems that those unfamiliar with this plant could be caught off guard quite unexpectedly.

"There are smaller ones beside it."

Turci noticed two smaller Torina Lotuses nearby; however, compared to the one she had just picked, these were much smaller, and their aroma was significantly weaker.

She tried picking one and checked her Hunting Manual.

The plant’s name read [Immature Torina Lotus], the rest of the description was no different from what she had read before, only an additional line at the end.

[An underdeveloped juvenile specimen, much less effective, if given time, it could yield a mature plant]

Given time?

With the time nearing for the closure of Sain Dungeon, by the next entry these plants would most likely have respawned.

"So you’ll never get to grow up."

Turci plucked the remaining immature lotuses, planning to take them back to her good friend in the Magic Medicine Department at the association for research.

She hadn’t considered the idea that this place could actually give her the time to wait for the Torina Lotuses to mature.

"So that’s what the Big Lobster was."

While Turci was studying the water lilies, Gapar casually slapped the rock beside him, and a giant lobster suddenly stood up.

Seeing this, Roger’s eye twitched as he remembered what he had just done. It was he who had lured the enemy over.

Looking around, he could spot no fewer than three "rocks" within his field of vision!

Furthermore, beyond the "rocks," there was something bigger like a hill. Now on alert, that hill increasingly resembled the carapace of a big crab.

Having seen a big lobster, it wouldn’t be strange to encounter a big crab too, right?

The seemingly beautiful lake waters really were filled with hidden mines!

Once identified, these mines posed no threat to them. Gapar casually reaped the lives of magical creatures, picking up quite a few crab eggs along the way.

"Ugh..."

Turci retched at the sight of the bugs and eggs on the big lobster, even though she had just thought about tasting some lobster meat.

Having walked for roughly an hour, the sun over Lake Lienia had set, but the moonlight had not yet shined upon the lake district.

They were later attacked by ghosts several times, and also encountered mice, great wolves, and other monsters, but these posed no real threat.

"Look over there," Turci suddenly said, "isn’t that a town?"

In the distance, the outline of a town loomed in and out of the mist, and further away atop a high cliff, the grand Magic Academy stood tall.

Right at this moment, the moonlight quietly fell, casting a cool veil over everything in sight. The lake sparkled with light, reflecting the stars in the sky.

[An exquisite scene lies ahead, please witness.]

Roger unexpectedly triggered a message on the ground. After appreciatively observing the scenery before him, he nodded in agreement.

"There might be monsters inside, be careful."

They approached the town cautiously; it was a city where most of the buildings had collapsed and there seemed to be no sign of life.

If someone were to fix all these houses, it could become a big city accommodating many people. But who would bother repairing buildings in the Dungeon? They would just revert to their original state the next day anyway.

Stepping on the first brick here, the words [Academy Gate Town] appeared before them.

"There are no monsters."

Gapar sheathed his weapon; his Fighting Qi Perception told him there wasn’t even a shadow of a monster here.

Strange, such a big place, and there are no monsters at all?

"Wait, there’s something else."

Gapar’s Fighting Qi suddenly detected something different, not ferocious monsters, but rather, calmer beings... similar to humans?

"It’s just around that corner."

Following the street, they walked forward where the buildings were relatively well-preserved; perhaps they could be inhabited.

After turning the corner, when they finally saw what the detected life form was, he widened his eyes in surprise.

Melodious music suddenly arose in Academy Gate Town, an instrument unlike those in their world.

"Who are you?"

Looking at the person in front of him dressed like Santa Claus, Gapar asked.

Wandering Merchant Curry put down the instrument and said to him:

"Would you like to buy something?"