Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 397 - 287: Heaven-Defying Repair Light Powder

Chapter 397: Chapter 287: Heaven-Defying Repair Light Powder

Legend has it that a mermaid’s tears can turn into pearls, and those who pick up the pearls will smile joyfully because of their value.

And Hero Elsa is even more formidable.

Her tears haven’t even turned into pearls yet, and they already make someone who’s been spying smile uncontrollably, as if their mouth has a mind of its own.

The City Lord’s room.

Gong Qiying covered his mouth, trying to use external force to suppress his smiling mouth, but at this moment, it seemed to have a mind of its own, grinning wider and wider.

Calm down, calm down, I can’t laugh at such a wicked thing!

He felt as if Buddha, Jesus, and Hong Xiuquan, flying spaghetti, were watching him, and his virtues were rapidly declining -1-1...

But how could he not laugh at such a hilarious situation!?

He inadvertently glanced at Elsa, who was wiping her tears, and finally couldn’t suppress his emotions any longer.

So he let out a Soul V-like laugh, intensifying the gloomy atmosphere in the room.

The adventurers’ pitiful states were simply the source of his joy in this dungeon.

After some time, he rubbed the corners of his eyes, which had tears from laughing, while watching the mercenaries pack up and retreat, and opened his notebook.

Gong Qiying had only recently discovered something—adventurers were starting to experience weapon and equipment damage obtained from the Sain Dungeon.

Leon’s reverse sword was the first example he noticed, and after his careful observation over the past few days, he found many people’s weapons had varying degrees of wear or even damage.

The blacksmiths in this world can indeed repair damaged weapons to a complete appearance, but although they look repaired, they are still damaged in essence, with degraded performance, and as soon as a combat skill is used, they will be damaged again.

It seems that the products of the Sain Dungeon and the things in this world have an inherent difference, which is evident from the weapons being able to have combat skills.

Therefore, he planned to launch the "after-sales service" of Sain Dungeon, that is, equipment repair.

Sain’s equipment doesn’t get damaged as quickly as Soul II, nor is it imperishable like the Magic Ring; frequent use of combat skills and lack of maintenance will rapidly reduce the equipment’s lifespan, so after-sales service is quite necessary.

First, the blacksmith Andre in Lake Lienia will introduce the [Equipment Repair] service, using souls to repair equipment; the required souls are related to the value of the equipment.

Secondly, introduce Repair Light Powder as a tool; he is considering where to place this tool for better advantage, ideally having a stable output point. Merchant Curry can also sell it in limited quantities.

[Repair Light Powder]

[Metal powder with faint magic power]

[Can repair weapons and armors; weapons with durability reduced to 0 can not be repaired]

Additionally, there’s the magic [Repair], similar to Repair Light Powder, with decent usability, from Ulashiro.

Gong Qiying didn’t plan to trick adventurers on equipment repair. On the contrary, with convenient and fast repair methods, Sain series equipment could spread more widely, with greater applicability.

After all, someone already showed reluctance in using weapons due to cherishing them, like Leon, whose Ring Seal Knight’s straight sword was gathering dust in the house, which is not amusing.

Speaking of Repair Light Powder, this tool actually has a really overpowered setting...

This thing is light, or rather, a product of time magic; its repair method is rewinding the time of the equipment back to its intact state!

If the world’s magicians could perceive the essence of Repair Light Powder, they would likely fall into deep self-doubt and world skepticism, wondering who would use such a noble time magic for repairing equipment?

Before deciding to place Repair Light Powder into the dungeon, Gong Qiying carefully checked to ensure its overpowered nature wouldn’t cause issues in this world.

Firstly, Repair Light Powder is inexpensive or rather quite cheap, making it available for bulk-buy.

Secondly, it can only be used to repair weapons and equipment; Gong Qiying experimented with materials one by one to find this result, where the world’s one-time-use magic tools are outside Repair Light Powder’s repair scope, such as the Magic Scroll.

As long as Repair Light Powder is only used for repairing equipment, there shouldn’t be much problem even if its essence is time magic.

"Release a small portion first to see people’s reactions, then expand if there are no issues."

"Next, they will probably tell others about the Overlord Vonier report, and within a few days, a large wave of people will surge in."

When are the hottest days in the Sain Dungeon? It’s when new areas open and new bosses appear.

So, what to do when the traffic is highest in a no-prize quiz?

Gong Qiying opened the City Lord Panel, his mouth curling up again.

It’s obviously to stealthily raise the normal monster stats~ readjust after reaping a wave~

Have to say, being a sly planner feels quite satisfying, especially when he can maintain a balance without disgusting adventurers to quit.

A clever woman can’t cook without rice, but with rice, a clever woman can boast.

The Sain Dungeon now has plenty of rice, really lacking no one to cook.

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Light Eagle Group base.

The mercenaries crowded outside a particular room, curiously stretching their necks, each with a look of seeing a rare animal on their face, but even with dense population, no one dared to shout loudly because.....

This is Charging Team Captain Elsa’s house.

The reason everyone gathered here was mainly because of some rumors they’d heard.

"What does it mean that Captain Gus came back crying from the dungeon?"

Wailing? Gus?

How did these two words ever get linked together?

Everyone used to watch Elsa cutting down her enemies without batting an eye and thought she was the bloodless, tearless ruler of the universe, believing that the word "cry" could never be associated with her.

Some wanted to watch the spectacle, some wanted to show concern, some...

"Get out of here, what are you all crowding around for! I think you all have too much free time!"

Logistics Captain Aston shouted angrily at the mercenaries surrounding him, "Get to work now, you just love watching the spectacle every single day, don’t you?"

The Charging Team members also stood by for their own captain, glaring menacingly at every mercenary who wanted to watch.

Once the onlookers dispersed, Aston waved toward the room looking bored, then turned and left.

The curtain was pulled aside a bit, and Elsa watched him leave before closing the curtain again.

On her bed, the greatsword broken into two pieces was crudely tied up with cloth strips. It seemed she was trying to use this method to recombine it.

Sadly, it was absolutely impossible to achieve this. Ever since the greatsword broke, it seemed to be missing something. It still looked the same, but appeared as if... it was missing some luster?

Not just luster, it seemed the sharpness was also no longer as before, in short, it was like it had died.

Elsa stared at the weapon, lost in thought. She had cried all the tears she could; now she had to find a way to repair it.

But, but how to repair it!

"Uh... Captain Gus, pardon my frankness, but I think you’d better just change to another weapon. This sword can no longer be restored. If you need, I can forge an identical weapon right now for you."

The moment she thought of what the Light Eagle Group blacksmith said, a wave of dissatisfaction overwhelmed her. The world is so big, is there really no way to restore her beloved weapon?

She bit her lip. Right now, she couldn’t blame anyone but herself for not recognizing her own strength before recklessly going to clash with Overlord Vonier.

At the time, she clearly gained unexpected power from the desire to protect her comrades. This unprecedented strong force boosted her confidence greatly, but how did Vonier’s holy sword still scatter it?

Could it be because her emotional upheaval wasn’t strong enough?

Since her childhood ordeal, her brain hadn’t functioned well, and her emotions had become indifferent. Many times she seemed dazed until now, through the engagement in the Charging Team and deeper social interactions, she gradually began to express some emotional fluctuations, to which the greatsword would respond, seemingly her unique talent as a Hero.

If one day she could experience joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness like a normal person, would she fully exert the Hero’s strength?

If a certain emotion reached its extreme, like extreme anger, is it possible to unleash even stronger force?

Unsure, this contrary ability couldn’t be inferred with common sense.

She kept staring at the greatsword that had accompanied her through almost her entire life, as if petrified, from dawn to dusk, and back to dawn, with no one coming over, which was her own demand, to avoid interruption.

The captain and vice-captains were probably discussing endlessly about Overlord Vonier’s matters right now, weren’t they?

Seizing the early dawn when people in the camp hadn’t begun activities much, she walked out of the house, moving towards outside the camp, probably to clear her mind.

But the moment she walked out of the camp, she saw a scene full of vitality. Outside the Teleportation Gate of Sain Dungeon, adventurers shoulder to shoulder, laughing and discussing their gains and experiences. Even at dawn, the area around the gate was still bustling, full of vibrant energy.

Seeing people’s liveliness, Elsa felt a little better at heart. Recently, she really enjoyed seeing others smile, it reminded her of Tami.

At this moment, the voices of adventurers discussing reached her ears.

"Did you guys hear? Old man Andre can now repair damaged equipment, as long as there’s a soul, it can be repaired!"

"Seriously? That’s great, I didn’t dare use Combat Skill before."

The two adventurers had just finished speaking when they sensed a strong gaze from behind. Turning around, they saw Elsa staring at them intently.

"Do, do you need something?"

"Please tell me in detail what you just said!"

Moments later, Elsa ran back to the camp with a rare expression of clear delight on her face.

Blacksmith Andre can repair weapons, no matter how severe the damage!

As long as she can get to Lake Lienia, she can meet that old man with the white beard!

She must quickly inform Sali of this news, take the greatsword, and set off. If inconvenient for him, she’d go herself. No matter what, she must repair the greatsword at the fastest speed!

No one can stop her, no one can make her give up the idea of now going to repair the greatsword.

"... Captain?"

When she ran to her cabin, she saw a tall, straight figure.

It was Eliphas, with Sali beside him. Sali asked in surprise upon seeing Elsa’s running figure, "You... are you okay now?"

Elsa showed a smile again, ready to share her new discovery with Sali, but Eliphas spoke first.

"It’s great to see you revived, Gus."

He showed a gentle smile, one that could instantly enchant the maids of the Royal Palace and bring confidence and hope to the mercenaries of the Light Eagle Group, and once encouraged Elsa.

However, this time, Elsa suddenly sensed something, her body subconsciously made a retreating move.

Eliphas paid no mind to this small gesture. Blue eyes shining, he said:

"Let’s get ready to set off, Gus, today we’ll completely crush the Overlord."