Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 279 - 217: The Underworld Dungeon is about to welcome new blood

Chapter 279: Chapter 217: The Underworld Dungeon is about to welcome new blood

"Teacher, shall we fight?" Leon looked towards Gapar, asking for his opinion.

The Luminous Stone Dragon Smag let out a thunderous roar, but hovered in the sky for a long time, seemingly aware of the prowess of these humans.

Had it been earlier, Gapar would definitely have liked to experience the thrill of hunting a giant dragon because in ancient times, merely defeating a giant dragon could make one a hero, and if one were to kill the dragon and bathe in its blood, they would be written into legends and become the content of bards’ songs.

Nowadays, due to the existence of the Flying Dragon Species, the value of "Dragon Slaying" has somewhat decreased. Only the four-legged giant dragons are considered true dragons; the two-legged ones are merely impure-blooded flying dragons.

But that said, the Luminous Stone Dragon Smag could also be counted as a Two-legged Flying Dragon, yet it felt much stronger to Gapar than the weak kind of Flying Dragons.

This made things quite subtle; does killing Smag actually count as "Dragon Slaying"?

Gapar didn’t speak, he merely waved his hand to indicate that he wasn’t in the mood to fight right now.

Leon nodded, understanding his intent, as he didn’t want to fight either.

"Please do it." He handed the odorous bomb to Steeran, who once again performed the shooting of the dragon with her bow.

Her movements while shooting arrows were very serious, each second seemed to be filled with gaining experience, her hurried demeanor made it look like she was engrossed in the intense rhythm.

What exactly prompted her to be so eager to practice her archery? There hadn’t been any significant events in Bed City recently.

"Roar... Roar?"

As the Luminous Stone Dragon was mentally preparing to swoop down at the people, it suddenly caught sight of Steeran preparing to hit it dirty.

For the first time, humans saw a humanized expression on a dragon’s face—a deep disdain.

Smag shook its wings, turned around, and left. It didn’t want to fight with these petty people who played with filth; what if its scales got dirty?

"Ah?"

Steeran’s arrow hadn’t been shot yet when the target suddenly turned and flew away, changing its face faster than a child, completely catching her off guard.

After hesitating for a while, she put down the longbow and burned the arrow tainted with the odorous bomb using an ignition magic stone until it turned to ash.

"Is this dragon so intelligent?" Steeran wondered.

"After all, it’s a dragon," Leon chuckled, "Since it ran away at the sight of the odorous bomb, maybe in the future, we can specifically use the stench to target it, that could be considered a strategy, right?"

No, no, if ordinary people try to imitate you, they would probably die horribly, do you really think that the dragon was disgusted away? Roger thought to himself silently.

Luckily, the words Leon had just said were merely a joke; he understood that it was Gapar’s intimidating presence that made the Luminous Stone Dragon choose to leave under the dual pressure of strength and disgust.

He picked up the purple light point that suddenly appeared in the Dragon Nest, indeed it was the Academy Phosphorite Key, appropriate for five people, with four in the Strategy Group and including Steeran, it was just right.

Now they could open the gates of the Reyalucaria Magic Academy!

Just then, Gapar also made a decision, sharing his thoughts with Turci and others.

He wanted to leave through the Teleportation Gate, starting from the Val City Ruins to return to Bed City.

There likely were still guards of Count Charon near the Val City Ruins, performing some follow-up work. He could possibly borrow a Magic Monster as a mount from these men, reaching Bed City wouldn’t take too much time.

If Professor Seth joined them, it would save much effort, as his research on Wind attribute magic included a technique called "Magic Horse," which is much faster than ordinary mounts.

"We shouldn’t go back through Lake Lienia to Bed... oh, no." Turci had just finished speaking when he realized something was wrong because they had come to Lake Lienia from the Magic Classroom area through the Seal guarded by Calia Knights.

Seals could bring people in, but not out, and besides, they hadn’t found the exact location of the Seal.

Perhaps later they would find a way to quickly return to Bed City, but as of now, no one had discovered it, and adventurers’ exploration of the Val Underworld was only in the single digits.

"It’s a bit of a pitfall, a round trip might take two to three days."

"No, only the return to Bed City takes time, to come here they can just go through the Sain Dungeon."

After discussing the details, Gapar and his group decided to leave, bidding farewell to Leon and the others.

"Goodbye, teacher." Leon waved like a well-behaved child, definitely a model student excellent both in character and academics if in school.

"It’s been a while since I’ve instructed you in swordsmanship," Gapar said before completely entering the Teleportation Gate:

"When you return, come find me, I’ll take you to hunt the Golden Lion."

Golden Lion? I’ve heard a lot of people discussing this Monster lately, the combat experience must be pretty good.

Leon happily agreed, nodding his head like a woodpecker.

Before Gapar and the others completely disappeared into the Teleportation Gate, Roger’s voice came through.

"Hey, once we return to Bed City and release this information, won’t we become the discoverers of major intelligence? Professor, if we compile and sell the findings here, not only will we gain renown, but we could also make a big profit in funds."

"I don’t care about that money," Turci said flatly.

"It’s too much trouble, do it yourself if you want." Gapar’s voice also showed complete disinterest.