Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 428 - 303: I’ve Never Found Playing Invasion Fun

Chapter 428: Chapter 303: I’ve Never Found Playing Invasion Fun

Leon spoke of a method to enter the Cold Valley of Yilushier, which involved obtaining a specific item.

That is, the "Little Puppet" given to a church-dressed figure by the Cold Valley force seen in the image after defeating Overlord Vonier.

As for how they learned about this...

Sain Dungeon, on the Yilushier Bridge.

[Those without the puppet item shall not enter Yilushier]

"Captain, why didn’t we notice this message when we first came here?"

Berto from the Skyrim Strategy Group stared at the conspicuous advice on the ground and asked.

"Yeah, why didn’t we see it?"

Luluwo rubbed her eyes, wondering why they didn’t spot the obvious tip lying on the bridge during their first visit.

For a moment, she doubted whether her eyes were real.

"I guess I’ve really been too exhausted lately..."

Indeed, the means to enter Yilushier was inscribed as advice on the bridge from the start.

Because the advice in the Sain Dungeon adopted the style of Elden Ring, its appearance wasn’t as prominent as in other Soulslike Games.

However, this advice wasn’t deliberately hidden; being able to overlook it directly suggests that Luluwo and the team were truly tired that day.

Several discouraging things have happened recently.

Firstly, not achieving the first pass on Overlord Vonier; the identity of the first passer was revealed, not that Leon ever tried to hide it.

Leon directly listed the first clear reward in his own guide, practically exposing himself.

The first clear reward, besides the usual tear-drop embryo, included something called the [Overlord’s Finger Bone], which causes skeleton warriors and Casas warriors, humanoid monsters affiliated with Casas, not to attack the wearer proactively and even salute them.

Moreover, it increases the chance of obtaining rare items after defeating monsters, which is the most crucial aspect. Leon had an experience where wearing the Overlord’s Finger Bone resulted in acquiring a rare Dull Forging Stone after defeating a skeleton warrior.

This leads to the second blow to Luluwo, which is that Leon released his guide ahead of them, and moreover...

The sales exceeded theirs!

Luluwo read through Leon’s guide several times, finally understanding why they suffered such a defeat this time.

Besides the guide’s quality overwhelmingly surpassing the Skyrim Strategy Group, Leon’s strategy for defeating Overlord Vonier was more universally applicable.

His method wasn’t much different from Luluwo’s, which involved breaking bracelets.

But Luluwo’s approach had too high a threshold; not only is the elf ball considered a rare item, but capturing enough Rust Monsters also requires significant effort. If all Rust Monsters are used in one failed attempt, the sunk cost is too great, unbearable for most people.

So how did Leon achieve it?

It indeed had some elements of luck on their side.

They faced an invasion from Dark Spirit Patch in the Casas Underground Tomb.

Usually, Patch would flee the adventurer’s world before being severely injured, but if defeated before escaping, one could obtain an item.

[Broken Jar Crafting Manual]

This was the item Patch used earlier to damage Liffis’s equipment. When a broken jar shatters, it releases a yellow gas that quickly decays and ages the contaminated equipment.

The materials for making these jars aren’t rare, and crafting a broken jar is incredibly fast compared to collecting elf balls and capturing Rust Monsters.

Although the effect of broken jars falls short of that of Rust Monsters, its easy creation is more suitable for common people.

Leon dedicated a page to the standard throw motion for jars and the best timing for usage, demonstrating his profound understanding of jar-type items.

After he open-sourced it, merchants began making and selling broken jars, indirectly increasing the number of people challenging Vonier.

This time, Luluwo was utterly defeated!

Yet, thus far, no one has figured out where exactly to obtain the [Little Puppet].

Perhaps the Casas Underground Tomb hasn’t been fully explored? However, adventurers feel they’ve already scoured the not-so-large area thoroughly.

And the third blow to Luluwo was...

"Captain, are you really going to sell Vonier’s Holy Sword?"

"Yes, I absolutely want to sell it," Luluwo said with a deathly expression: "I have never won with it during an invasion, so what’s the point of keeping it."

After obtaining Vonier’s Holy Sword, Luluwo donned a suitable hood and happily ventured into invasions.

The first time, she encountered Leon and his teammates, and there’s no need to mention the result.

Even though she used all six arts of Soul V, Leon and his partners always seemed to have a way to counter her tactics. When she tried to run to cliffs to use Divine Wrath to throw them off, Leon drew Vonier’s Holy Sword and, with everyone injecting magic power, cast a Divine Wrath with a vast range.

Then, with a face full of shock, Luluwo was knocked off the cliff to her death.

After reviving, she reflected on her failure, took a break, and commenced her second invasion.

This time, she encountered her nightmare—the Mysterious Hooded Man, the original Mysterious Hooded Man!

The result was that Luluwo couldn’t handle her psychological pressure and chose to run away.

But... why does the position of the Mysterious Hooded Man feel so subtle, and why does the body shape seem like a certain acquaintance?

On her third invasion attempt, she met someone who made her scream out loud—it was Sword Saint Gapar!

Weren’t you supposed to leave Bed City to lay low, old man? Why are you appearing in Sain again!

"I was just passing through the Royal City for a look and didn’t expect to be invaded."

Gapar showed a kind expression, chuckled, and decapitated Luluwo in one blow.

After suffering three consecutive defeats, if one’s confidence isn’t shattered and they can continue invading, this deserves a thumbs up.

It was only after this that Luluwo realized her strength might be above average—better than some, but lacking compared to others—leading to getting matched against all sorts of monsters...

"I’m never invading again; I never found joy in invasion..."

And just like that, a little knight who almost fell into the dark path found her way back.

Luluwo’s major defense failure indirectly affected the operations of the Skyrim Strategy Group. Ultimately, Berto took on hefty responsibilities, and he discovered Tami had some talent for assisting in managing the group’s operations and planned to groom him well.

While the Skyrim Strategy Group was wavering in uncertainty, the veteran Strategy Group was thriving.

Sain Dungeon, Fran Fort.

Leon spent a long time removing the armor almost molten from high temperatures to the point of losing shape; his undergarments were also burnt to ashes. Maru quickly handed him clothes.

Those present, including Leon, Maru, Drew, Tal, all looked smoked and scorched. Though they regained some injuries after reviving at the bonfire, their damaged gear was beyond redemption.

"It was good I specifically changed into older armor before challenging the Fran Undead Team of Ember King."

Leon mussed his golden hair, his expression somewhat melancholic, muttered to himself:

"Originally wanted to see if using Overlord Vonier’s weapon against the Undead Team might have some miraculous effect, ending up only angering the opponent."

When he obtained the Vonier Holy Sword, he thought of the Fran Undead Team since Overlord Vonier and the Fran Undead Team were old enemies, and the Holy Sword was entangled with a substance resembling the Abyss but caused no effect on adventurers—the Undead Team went mad by being eroded by the Abyss, he thought to try the Holy Sword against the Undead Team for possible special damage.

And the result?

No special damage was seen, perhaps his strength was too low making the effect not apparent, but another obvious consequence was...

When the Vonier Holy Sword appeared, the Fran Undead Team fell into a berserk state.

Put it this way, just the fiery flames from the berserk state made it hard for them to catch their breath, let alone fight.

They didn’t even last a few seconds before they swiftly died dead.

So now Leon gazed at the throne-mounted Undead Team, the respect and fear in his gaze matched evenly.

"Thinking now, using Overlord Vonier’s weapon against the Undead Team, isn’t it like jumping right in their face to provoke them..." Maru remarked quietly.

Leon laughed awkwardly; he hadn’t thoroughly thought it through.

"Let’s just go back; I’m tired today."

Though still in the morning hours, after fighting the Undead Team, he felt entirely exhausted.

Though there was a bonfire below Fran Fort, except for a few particular ones, other bonfires couldn’t teleport; they had to walk back step by step to the Fire Transmission Ceremony.

On the way back, Leon perceived the surroundings as familiar. Every nook had traps, monsters, items—all were clearer than his own home. If there were any changes at Fran Fort, he’d surely first detect...

"Hm?"

He suddenly turned his head, pointed to a place, asking: "Was this path here originally?"

A path?

Everyone looked over to see; hidden among nearly dead heavy trees of Fran Fort, a small road sidled the mountain wall appeared there.

"Boss, I have no memory, meow." Maru puzzledly scratched her head.

"No, it should’ve been tied up frenzied Wolfman here originally." Drew flipped open a homemade map, an internal version not yet shared,

The missing Wolfman, the newly appeared road, all indicated...

"Small-scale anomaly!?"

Leon showed an exhilarated expression, exchanged glances with everyone, all nodding in agreement.

A new path appeared ahead, how can it not be explored?

Cut down the blocking deadwood, squeezed through narrow rock walls, climbed along the upwards rugged road.

The foul swamp poison water’s stench at Fran Fort gradually went away, the air became a bit fresh, then lively flowers and grass started appearing on the path.

When Leon and others finally climbed up, saw the wide open road ahead, several big words manifested in sight.

[Path of Living Sacrifice]

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