Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 71: I Will Light the Bonfire

Chapter 71: Chapter 71: I Will Light the Bonfire

"Snap, snap—"

The head of the guards cracked his whip in the air, coercing people to continuously retreat.

Once the decree bearing the King’s seal was issued, even if people harbored dissatisfaction, they dared not voice it.

There was no way around it, in most people’s hearts, the King represented supreme authority, and the nobility was like a mountain weighing down on the people, one that could never be shaken.

It might seem strange, in a world where cultivation is possible, where talented individuals can surpass all with their own power, overthrowing the whole world themselves, why would they still fear worldly power?

What if I told you that most of the mighty are closely intertwined with this secular power?

There might be some powerful individuals who defy the King, but they are far too few, and there’s another important reason—their strengths are not much different.

The strong are all very powerful, moving mountains and changing the weather effortlessly, but paradoxically, there are no chasm-like gaps among the powerful, just like how ’Jujutsu Kaisen’ lacks Sukuna and Gojo Satoru, ’Martial God’ in its early days lacked White Sorrow and Chaya, the remaining strong at one-on-one are evenly matched, two-on-one surely win, three-on-one utterly dominate, creating a peculiar balance with no one wanting to be the first to provoke conflict.

Among the adventurers, even though there are Gold Level and Legendary ones, the vast majority do not empathize with the lower bronze level.

"Damn it..."

"This is too tyrannical,"

"I thought the Bed Family was helping develop Food Paradise out of goodwill..."

The adventurers reluctantly retreated while the guards flashed mocking smiles, casually waved their hands, and swarms of workers came forth, automatically dividing into groups of ten to enter the Dungeon. Even if only a hundred of them succeeded in gaining something, it would still be a profitable venture.

This was the idea of young master Sali; his wisdom told him to use immense wealth at this moment, trading inexpensive lives for resources.

This method was quite in line with Gong Qiying’s way of thinking.

"That’s too much," Maru, who witnessed the guards’ tyranny the whole time, indignantly said: "As expected, all the nobility in the world are the same, what do you think, boss?"

She turned her head to look but froze.

Because Leon... was clenching his fists, showing an expression of horror, as if he would rush up and beat up the guards at any moment.

He wanted badly to thrash them, beat them up thoroughly...

Leon couldn’t understand the fury rising inside him; it was reasonable to be angry at the Bed Family’s domineering behavior, but why was he so infuriated?

Strange, am I just a hot-blooded youth...?

That’s when he recalled what Gong Qiying had once said.

"If the King does not serve your purpose, then beat him, continuously without stopping."

"Boss, are you alright?"

Maru’s voice snapped Leon out of his thoughts, he looked at her concerned expression, forced a smile, and said, "Of course I’m alright, you guys wait here for a bit, I’ll be right back,"

Leon then walked up to the head of the guards and said something, showing him a proof letter given by the adventurer’s guild. Although the guard looked impatient, he waved his hand to momentarily stop the workers, allowing the Strategy Group and others to enter first.

As they entered the dark, foul-smelling Dungeon, Maru still looked worriedly at Leon, making him feel both amused and sad.

At that moment, a Mage from the Magic Association spoke up, an unkempt middle-aged man wearing a wide-brimmed pointed hat, with a teasing tone said:

"The lord here does have a good insight and acts one step ahead, but alas, it seems he’s going to face a bleak outcome this time,"

"Oh, do you know something inside?" Merca asked with interest, with Steeran also peeping forward.

Another younger magician, looking just like a freshly graduated student, elbowed an middle-aged uncle frowning and said: "Mr. Roger, please don’t speak unnecessarily, we don’t even know whether that matter is true or false, it’s too hasty to judge now."

Roger shrugged his shoulders, then crouched down and wrapped his arms around Drew saying: "Things that Brother Drew witnessed with his own eyes, could they still be fake? Perry, are you doubting the most accomplished Dwarf graduate in the history of the Magic Association?"

"That’s because hardly any dwarves wish to learn magic..." Perry muttered quietly, then said loudly: "Until I see the bonfire, I will be skeptical of everything, I don’t believe that a mere dungeon could hide the secrets of world creation!"

As soon as this statement was made, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly went silent.

"What, what’s the matter?" He looked around and felt that everyone was looking at him strangely.

Roger chuckled mischievously and said: "Aren’t you the one who just revealed the whole truth? And yet you tell me not to talk unnecessarily,"

Perry’s face immediately flushed, and he couldn’t speak for a long time.

The Holy Light Knight still had a stern face, he naturally had a bad complexion, and now it looked as if the whole world owed him money, he heavily "humphed" and said gravely:

"To claim the world was created by fire, spreading such heretical blasphemy, this dungeon should be completely cleansed by the sacred Holy Light, I will thoroughly inspect here, and then based on the situation, the Holy Light God will pass judgement!"

The Flame Cultivator from the Starfire Church dared not speak out of anger, could only scowl secretly at the other, as the words of the Holy Light Knight had just insulted the Fire God, but who could blame them as the Starfire Church was in decline and dared not confront the Holy Light Church.

In fact, every church in this world claims that the world was created by the God they worship; whose church is the most powerful, that’s whose god created the world.

Merca revealed a smile, she also knew that the bonfire would broadcast images suspected of being the "secret of world creation," but she had never witnessed it herself and precisely because of this reason, she agreed to Ceder’s invitation to join the Exploration Team.

Everyone present knew about the bonfire’s images, but only one person did not know, who might that person be?

What are they talking about now? Steeran popped up a bunch of question marks over her head, feeling like an outsider, she muttered in her heart: Aren’t we here looking for the Sun Altar?

Indeed, her task was to find the Sun Altar, but beyond that, the others had additional missions: to investigate the authenticity of the bonfire images, and also try to clear the Sain Dungeon.

Ever since the day he was killed by Soul V and left the Dungeon, Drew immediately went to the Magic Association to inform them about the bonfire matter, the association was currently dealing with the sudden increase of the Demon Clan at the borders, amidst their busy schedule they deployed Roger and Perry to conduct a preliminary investigation, and if there were indeed findings, they would send older, experienced magicians later.

After returning to Bed City, Drew also went to find the branch leader of the adventurer’s guild, Ceder, unexpectedly the other party already knew about this matter, and even proposed the establishment of an exploration team.

There was a mole inside the Magic Association! This was Drew’s first thought, his second thought was: What the hell does it have to do with me?

So, he cheerfully agreed.

Then Ceder took the initiative, bringing together the Holy Light Knight and the Flame Cultivator.

The Holy Light Knight, a fervent believer, well-versed in all the classics of the strongest church on the continent today, liked to criticize heretical blasphemies, and the Flame Cultivator whose faith in the Fire God might have some connection to the bonfire, simply called them both.

These people were all strong, putting them together formed the Strategy Group PRO, surely they could bring surprises to the Dungeon.

The prior conversation made the atmosphere within the team somewhat tense, especially the Holy Light Knight, who almost wore his contempt for the Fire God on his face, making the Flame Cultivator shiver in anger.

In this distressing atmosphere, the Exploration Team braved through all difficulties, finally reaching the bonfire.

The extinguished embers floated with the breeze, while the Spiral Sword serenely stood there, waiting for its visitors.

"Here we go again," Leon sighed.

Once everyone had surrounded the bonfire, he ignited the flames.