Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 421 - 298: New Clip - Ash 3 Blades Slash Vonier_2

Chapter 421: Chapter 298: New Clip - Ash 3 Blades Slash Vonier_2

A closer look reveals it to be a small puppet.

What is the meaning of this scene?

The screen goes dark once more, but people still cannot move freely, indicating the image hasn’t ended.

This brief pause gives Luluwo time to think.

To be honest, every time Sain Dungeon shows an image, it’s quite confusing and evokes a feeling of "I may not understand it, but it seems impressive."

Based on her summary, the image portrays the Shadow Sun, one of the Gods, guarding the Royal City alone to aid the Fire Transmission. As the flame weakens, the divine power inexplicably diminishes, putting the Shadow Sun in a precarious situation.

With her declining state, characters referred to as "ambitious figures" emerge, seeking to cause trouble, along with a fleeting appearance by Ember King Elderly.

Subsequently, characters with "Cold Valley" as a prefix appear in various regions, seeming formidable. The context suggests these troublemakers might be intricately connected to Cold Valley?

Additionally, considering the [Pope’s Right Eye] and various equipment acquired by adventurers from Knights of War, the frequently mentioned "Pope" must be a significant character. What role does this person play in the conspiracy?

Coupled with the brief appearance of Elderly...

"Could it be that this Ember King orchestrated a massive feat, and the Pope is assisting him?"

Luluwo speculates so, as Ember Kings are certainly influential individuals. They wouldn’t shy away from targeting Gods.

However, her bigger concern now is...

"Will we possibly encounter these characters from the image in the future?"

If it comes to fighting these individuals, she’d be the first to surrender. Never mind the Ember King, Ornstein, Smough, and the dancer. None seem easy to deal with.

Speaking of which, why does "Dragon Hunter" Ornstein seem familiar?

I remember now, isn’t he one of the Four Knights Under King alongside "Wolf Knight" Artorias, and a friend of the Sun Elder Son?

With this thought, Luluwo spontaneously develops a fondness for Ornstein. After all, Artorias is noble and worthy of respect, so his teammate Ornstein can’t be far off in character.

She also read a novel by a suspected Ornstein fan; the book was popular, but unfortunately, the author disappeared, leaving no traces of a sequel.

One more thing.

Luluwo thinks about "Executioner" Smough, finding his plump, sun-like appearance quite unappealing.

"Who is that guy, a hidden fifth member of the Four Knights Under King?"

Just like the classic Demon Clan Four Heavenly Kings actually consisting of five members.

She can’t grasp Smough’s identity, but his presence alongside Ornstein indicates he must be significant.

Her thoughts barely conclude as new images appear, timing seemingly calculated.

To their surprise, the scenery now shows their previous location—the battle site of Overlord Vonier!

Footsteps approach from behind; Luluwo turns to find another familiar face.

It’s a knight, or rather, ash.

(Ash dressed in knight armor)

Adventurers from Bed City, if they can push the Fran Undead Team to the Second Stage, whether they win or lose the ensuing battles, will witness footage of ash performing masterful micro-operations as if calculated perfectly to effortlessly defeat the Undead Team.

Everyone who watches this drops their jaws, acknowledging they’d never reach such a level even with a lifetime of practice—it’s as if cheating.

There’s confusion, as viewers can’t understand the significance of this footage. It reveals no grand conspiracy or major event—it’s merely ash showcasing skill.

But Luluwo can roughly guess the Dungeon’s intent in showing ash’s deeds; it likely conveys a message to the adventurers—

"Noob, just practice more."

"What kind of spectacle will unfold this time?" Luluwo sits upright, eagerly anticipating an earth-shattering battle between ash and Overlord Vonier, having previously witnessed the best visual experience in Sain Dungeon—[Painting World "Waste Stone"] featuring the White Wolf and Elden Beast, both sound and visuals at full throttle.

Of course, she’s unaware of the name "Elden Beast," referring to it as "Great Being" instead.

"Roar!"

The battle begins with Overlord Vonier roaring, interrupting Luluwo and the others’ actions, yet the roar has no effect on ash.

He holds a simple straight sword and charges directly at Vonier’s bracelet, seemingly aware of the correct strategy.

After only a couple of swings, Vonier quickly swept across and kept changing his moves, trying to take down Ash, but the opponent just lightly rolled on the ground to evade all attacks.

Luluwo was dumbstruck.

"Wait, something’s wrong here, Vonier hit him when he was rolling just now, right? Why can he get up from the ground as if nothing happened?"

Either Ash is extremely resilient, or his "rolling" is problematic, this thing is quite suspicious.

As long as the timing for rolling is right, even if the attack seems to land on him, it won’t cause any damage!

"How is that different from cheating!"

Well, there is a difference because even if adventurers had the [rolling] ability, they couldn’t handle it as effortlessly as Ash does.

As if dissatisfied with using the straight sword to slash at the bracelet, Ash suddenly pulled out a big blade from nowhere, the [Exile’s Greatsword].

Luluwo nodded in agreement, right, to deal with Vonier’s bracelet, you have to use heavy weapons.

"But his big blade looks much lighter than Gus’s, and didn’t use the Rust Monster to reduce the bracelet’s durability, it should take a long time to break a bracelet, right?"

She adjusted her sitting posture, already prepared to watch a long-lasting battle.

Then, she saw Ash rolling back and forth in Vonier’s attacks while casting various beneficial magic on himself, some of which Luluwo recognized, like Golden Stone Oath, Inner Potential, but some she didn’t know, only felt they were impressive, and Ash kept switching various ornaments, like rings.

"Fast forward to slashing the bracelet, I want to see how many slashes it takes to defeat the Undead Team!"

Just as she finished saying this, she saw Ash slash down on the bracelet.

The next second, the bracelet shattered with a "crack" sound!

Together with it, Luluwo’s self-restraint also shattered.

"What the (a kind of plant)!?"

Looking at others, they all seemed like they were about to curse.

One slash? Only needed one slash?

Her mouth twitched as she watched Ash, buffed to the max, taking out each bracelet with one slash, ending the battle in seconds. Overlord Vonier didn’t even have time to draw the Holy Sword!

Ash was completely unharmed, not even taking a sip from the Elemental Bottle.

"Give me a break..."

Luluwo didn’t know what to say anymore, watching Vonier scream while being dragged into the abyss, as Ash sat cross-legged on the ground resting, she only wanted to say:

"You fight so fast, making us look so dumb."

Why can someone take out a bracelet with one slash, while we have to sacrifice countless Rust Monsters to barely destroy one?

Suddenly it felt like the Rust Monsters died in vain, it’s all because they’re too weak.

Oh right!

Luluwo suddenly looked at Elsa beside her, seeing that she was glancing at Ash then at her own greatsword, her expression becoming lost, as if the greatsword in her hand was fake.

Oops, this kid has fallen into a state of existential crisis!

Luckily, the footage ended in time, if there was more heroic deeds of Ash, Elsa might think of herself as a fake Great Sword Hero and jump.

"How to put it."

Back to the real world, with the skull with the crown laid before her, after Overlord Vonier’s defeat, it’s just an ordinary skull.

Luluwo stared at the crown, recalling the divine scene of Ash slicing through Overlord Vonier with three slashes, her gaze becoming dreamy.

"Although I know this footage was deliberately shown by the Dungeon out of malicious fun to provoke us, but...."

She couldn’t help but sigh, and said regretfully:

"When the gap is too huge, we truly would choose to lie flat."

[To those fearless heroes and warriors, this is the reward for defeating powerful foes, cherish this blessing]

Oh, I was so focused on watching the footage, I almost forgot there’s a reward for conquering a boss.

"But, we actually aren’t the first ones to clear it?"