Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 465 - 323: The Intern Knight of the Dark Moon Knight Order

Chapter 465: Chapter 323: The Intern Knight of the Dark Moon Knight Order

The cry of the white spiritual body was piercingly sharp, chilling to hear.

However, the fanaticism in its words was even colder, as if the spiritual body was a mind-twisted lunatic who only knew how to worship Shalivan.

The cry felt like a severe cold sweeping over them, as if the warmth from the Warm Grass Fruit Leon and the others had just consumed ceased to have any effect, with a biting cold wind seeping through them from outside.

"Wait, the Warm Grass Fruit has lost its effect!"

Seeing everyone covered in a layer of frost, Leon realized that the warmth effect of the Warm Grass Fruit had vanished, and hurriedly dug into his backpack, giving each person one to eat.

"I knew it, my strong mind couldn’t possibly cultivate a bunch of verbose thoughts just from the spiritual body’s cry." Maru kept exhaling due to the spiciness of the Warm Grass Fruit.

"Stop trying to cover up that your low level of culture can’t come up with words to describe your mental changes, alright?" Leon’s words incited a wild, frantic grab from the latter.

The group carefully bypassed the spiritual body, its appearance merely making them feel the heavy religious atmosphere of Yilushier, and the unusual worship that Pope Shalivan received.

Surely that Pope was no ordinary person, yet coupled with the description of this Pope in the various items obtained earlier, an image of a mastermind and a schemer was gradually woven.

Moreover, since Yilushier of the Cold Valley was the domain of the Pope, the oppressive presence of Shalivan began to show.

The dim alleyways were intricate and interwoven, looking up, one could only see a sliver of sky through the narrow gaps between buildings, making it feel oppressive, yet Leon found comfort here.

How should one describe this feeling... The spirit of Yilushier was undoubtedly magnificent and beautiful, but the convoluted alleyways had more of a "Sain flavor", for someone like him who had been fighting since the beginning of the mutations, the dark and shady environment was more relaxing.

Sometimes it really feels like he’s a sucker for punishment...

"Bang!"

The unexpected sound of clashing swords was heard, as the Sain Dungeon would naturally not give up stuffing Monsters in the alleyways.

The narrow terrain could hinder adventurers when swinging their weapons, but it could also be taken advantage of, for example...

"Tal, use Barbaric Charge!"

"Oh oh oh!"

Tal summoned all his strength, charging wildly down the alley with his shield raised, leaving in his path the wails of Transparent Men, clearly crushed by his brute force.

"Great, the plan worked!"

Leon and the others trotted closely behind Tal, if possible, they wished they could charge all the way to the end like this.

But when Tal’s momentum waned, a thin, tall figure descended from the sky, opening a gaping wound on his back with a single strike.

The attacker was a Pope Knight!

She held a shield in one hand and a curved sword in the other, its large blade appeared to be gnawed by insects, while being light and lethal it also became quite fragile.

Maru leaped forward at the first moment the Pope Knight appeared, only to have her dodge nimbly.

"This guy’s reaction is really fast!"

At this moment, another Pope Knight jumped down behind them, which was the outcome of their interrupted parkour, leading to facing Monsters provoked from behind.

According to Leon’s habit, facing such newly emerged enemies needed probing before making a true move, as being conservative was necessary in Sain.

But now there was no time to take it slow because when the Pope Knights appeared, the Fire Execution Witch on the bridge would take control of the adventurers’ paths, and following them closely naturally would be—

"Boom!"

Several pillars of fire shot up to the sky, and at this moment the Pope Knights launched their attacks from front and back.

In this situation, the only choice was to go all out, dragging it out would get them burned to death!

The attacks from the Pope Knights were extremely fierce, like Casas Warriors at double speed, catching Leon off guard even for a moment when suddenly encountering such foes.

However, the situation changed when he seized an opportunity to swing his shield, attempting to use the War Ash [Bounce Back] to create an attack opening, but on the second bounce, shattered the Pope Knight’s curved sword.

This sword, gnawed by insects, had a hardness lower than normal weapons, but who would’ve thought it would shatter after being bounced back twice!

Seems... somewhat reasonable?

Just like how the Double-bladed White Ape Sword Saint couldn’t cut through Leon’s Armor before, there are differences between weapons.

Once the weakness of the curved sword was discovered, the counterattack started, and Tal also found his own strategy—trading blows!

Don’t fear injury, the small build of the Pope Knight staggered massively from his hits, allowing him to rush through an enemy’s barrage and strike them down in a single set.

The Pope Knights fell and dispersed, the Fire Execution Witch lost her target and stopped casting Magic, resolving the crisis for now.

"Sss... the wounds this time are quite painful."

Leon clutched his arm, which was bleeding profusely, unsure if it was just an illusion, he felt that since the appearance of the Casas Underground Tomb, the strength of Monsters in new areas was generally on the rise (excluding the Path of Living Sacrifice).

This was fitting since the strength of the adventurers was increasing due to bonfires, so the strength of the Monsters should naturally rise as well.

In actuality, the [Strong and Weak Balance] authority was exerting its force; recently it had been affecting drop items, with Monsters of the same kind dropping different items based on their strength, and there were variations in items located on the map.

"I can enter the houses too?"

As Leon and the others wove through the alleyways, they unexpectedly discovered that although the houses nearby had doors sealed with wooden planks, they could be broken open with brute force.