Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 280 - 217: The Underworld Dungeon is about to welcome new blood_2

Chapter 280: Chapter 217: The Underworld Dungeon is about to welcome new blood_2

"Alright, then I’ll handle it myself..."

Listening to Roger’s dispirited voice fading away, Leon couldn’t help but feel sorry for him for a second.

If he were teaming up with him, he would consider the earlier advice, but people like Sword Saint and professors are on a much higher level than these Silver Rank adventurers; what seems crucial to them may seem trivial to the big shots.

Suddenly, Leon felt that Roger must be feeling suffocated in this team. How did he even end up in this Heavenly Venerate team?

Oh right, something suddenly occurred to Leon.

And that is, Roger’s plan probably won’t go as he wishes, even if he publishes the intelligence on Lake Lienia, it wouldn’t cause too much of a sensation, because...

As mentioned before, two teams had visited here before Gapar and his team.

Besides the Strategy Group, the other team was led by Luluwo from the New Strategy Group.

"Those guys must have already spread the news about Lake Lienia in Bed City by now. They always act so swiftly. Oh, right, they don’t call themselves the New Strategy Group anymore; they’ve changed their name."

Leon shook his head, not wanting to bother with these trivial matters, and said to his remaining comrades: "Let’s go, we have our own matters to attend to."

This time they were fully energized, ready to explore the Magic Academy.

When they first entered, the entire team suffered from a cunning ambush.

Not to mention Tal, who was turned into a sieve by Big Lobster’s Water Cannon, Drew who lost consciousness from [Fainting] and [Divine Blade Shadowless], and Maru who got snatched away by the doodling ghost from Dark Souls.

Let alone the embarrassing reason for Leon’s own downfall, he had bought a new shield at that time, which was quite good quality and had no problem taking hits from Soul-sucking Ghost’s slashes.

However, this shield shattered in Lake Lienia, and with it shattered Leon’s life.

As for the main culprit, it can only be hinted at in two words—Palm.

Having learned a painful lesson from that experience, Leon chose to steer clear whenever he detects the presence of ghost-type Monsters in this lake area, trying not to disturb them.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow, carrying the sound of tearing air, blew the head off a Platinum Son nearby, brains spilling all over, with a gleam of golden light flashing from its corpse and seeping into Steeran’s body.

This was the special effect of gaining a Monster’s soul, though previously in Sain Dungeon, acquiring souls didn’t come with special effects.

And why was it golden? Aren’t souls supposed to be white?

Even Gong Qiying couldn’t figure it out. Perhaps it’s because Lake Lienia came from "Elden Ring," where the "souls" are actually "Lune," which appear dazzlingly golden.

However, this tiny change has not been found to cause any issues as of now, so it could be disregarded for the time being.

"Wow, your archery skills are getting more and more impressive," Maru praised, always the provider of emotional value in the team.

Steeran smiled modestly, taking pride but more emotions filling her brow... anxiety.

Not the anxiety of a life or death critical situation, but a type of lighter, yet headache-inducing anxiety; to be specific, like a grade schooler who hasn’t done their homework in a long time and is about to be spot-checked by a teacher, hastily starting to catch up.

That’s how anxious she was; for a student, this felt worse than death.

"Your kin would definitely be surprised seeing this, hehe, I guess nothing is more fun than showing off in front of familiar faces," Maru fantasized about the scene of her returning home in glory as a Gold Level adventurer, basking in the envy of her fellow villagers.

"Perhaps."

Steeran sighed, her long hair drooping lifelessly, emanating a sense of a melancholic beauty.

Her anxiety was because people from the Elf Forest had come.

To put it bluntly, her family from her maternal home had arrived!

Including but not limited to her sisters and countless relatives... essentially a group that made her feel overwhelmed.

As for why these people had come to Bed City, it was still because of Steeran herself.

Remember when she first entered the altered Sain Dungeon a month or two ago and was tormented by creatures like Molten Furnace Knight, Curse Frog, and other underworld Monsters to the brink of madness, in a fit of ’misery loves company,’ she wrote an invitation letter to Elf Forest.

The letter described how vile Sain Dungeon was, how aggrieved she felt and listed a whole string of names of elders from Elf Forest she didn’t get along with, complimenting their capabilities before concluding with her real thoughts:

"Please come and help your little sister out, I’m really about to die in this underworld dungeon, please, big brothers and sisters."

"Whoever doesn’t come is a bastard!"

Not sure if it was the first or the second sentence that worked, but ultimately, Steeran’s friends and relatives finally arrived.

And they were all people she had small frictions with; their relationship wasn’t bad, but they couldn’t help but throw sarcastic remarks at each other when they met.

Obviously, these folks were here to see her make a fool of herself!

"Damn, I didn’t get any response to that letter and thought they wouldn’t come."

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