CHAPTER 38: CHAPTER 38: SEED OF THE ANCIENT GUARDIAN

EDITOR: ATLAS STUDIOS

The first torso was obtained so easily.

It was much easier than Zong Shen imagined.

But next, where should he go?

Once this doubt appeared.

A golden mark appeared on both the left and right passages.

"Does it mean both sides have something?"

Zong Shen looked to the left, then to the right.

(Don’t hesitate, I suggest going right first)

After the strategy appeared, he decisively headed to the right.

The sides of this passage were the standard dungeon setup.

Rusty iron bars, broken arrays.

Segregating the dungeon room by room.

The floor became somewhat slippery.

And there was a dripping sound of water in his ears.

Sinister and quiet.

Zong Shen could even clearly hear his own heartbeat.

As well as the breathing of the three giant wolves.

The iron bars and arrays of each dungeon room were incomplete, with the cells being empty.

However, the walls inside appeared very mottled, covered in dark red symbols.

With countless abstract and frenzied graffiti.

Depicting all kinds of twisted limbs.

And hideous roaring faces.

What on earth is this Blood-Burning Demon?

It seems that the ones who destroyed the Elf Race city, Azshara, were also these Blood-Burning Demons of the Blood-Burning Legion.

(Blood-Burning Demon, invaders from other dimensions, extremely evil Exotic Demons, the culprits that wiped out the main civilizations on the continent in the last era)

(As the Era War ended, Blood-Burning Demons gradually disappeared, the Human Race began to rise on the continent, while the main civilizations of the last era became exceedingly rare left in existence)

The origin of these Blood-Burning Demons is so significant?

They are invaders from other dimensions.

Moreover, they destroyed the main civilized forces of this continent over ten thousand years ago.

Such as the Elf Race.

And many other races that Zong Shen has not yet encountered.

Although these races still exist now, they are no longer the protagonists of this land.

At this time, Zong Shen again asked in his heart.

"Where are the remaining body parts?"

"Is there anything valuable here?"

(The remaining body parts are at the end of this dungeon passage, there is a dark execution chamber there, but there is a rather unfriendly fellow lurking around)

(Counting from the current location, the third cell on the right has a Black Iron Treasure Chest, and the fifth cell on the left has a fallen package at the door)

Sure enough, consulting the strategy is so reassuring.

This strategy module I own is a plug-in within the Lord System, nearly omniscient about the entire lord’s world.

Following the guidance of the strategy, Zong Shen first headed to the third cell on the right.

Indeed, at the corner of the cell, there was a Black Iron Treasure Chest, quietly placed there.

Zong Shen briskly stepped forward and chose to open it directly.

The chest slowly opened, and several spheres of light representing rewards emerged from it, with one green sphere being particularly eye-catching.

[Successfully opened the Black Iron Treasure Chest]

[Tier Two House Construction Blueprint ×1]

[Refined Wheat Bread ×6]

[Swift Leather Short Boots (Green) ×1]

[Basic Life Manual ×1]

This time, there were only four rewards, but among them was a piece of refined-level equipment.

Then Zong Shen dismantled the chest for 10 portions of iron.

"I’ll check it later."

Zong Shen collected the rewards first, as his soldiers were unharmed and there was no need for rest, so he decided to save time and speed up the exploration progress.

The dungeon was too dark and cramped, staying too long would drive one crazy.

Let’s quickly complete the task and return to the surface; Korby mentioned that a group of traveling merchants has occupied an abandoned outpost at the mountain top.

Zong Shen was eager to interact with the indigenous people of this world, also to see if there was anything he could purchase from the traveling merchants.

After tidying up the Black Iron Treasure Chest, Zong Shen headed to the left side.

At the doorway of the fifth cell, he saw the fallen package mentioned in the strategy.

It was indeed just a tattered cloth package.

The outer wrapping cloth was already decayed.

Zong Shen reached out and pulled, and several light spheres jumped out.

Among them, there was actually a purple light sphere.

This indicated that there was actually a rare-level item in this tattered package.

[Soldier Enhancement Pearl (White) ×3]

[Basic Elemental Crystal ×6]

[Wild Mark ×1]

[Seed of the Ancient Guardian (Purple) ×1]

Another wave of rewards, especially since there was also a rare-level reward among them.

"Let me take a look..."

[Seed of the Ancient Guardian]

[Elf Race’s Defensive Tree Spirit]

[Plant it in the soil and water it, and it will grow into a Defensive Tree Spirit, an Ancient Guardian, which can guard your territory and also move slowly for redeployment]

(With it, you can sleep peacefully)

This thing is similar to the Arrow Tower buildings, belonging to defensive types.

However, this thing seems more flexible than the Arrow Tower, able to move slowly and change deployment locations.

Zong Shen once again put away the rewards.

With the increasing rewards, he was too lazy to organize them each time now.

He planned to arrange them after this mission was over and they returned to the surface to rest.

This exploration yielded considerable rewards.

Even within the dungeon, there were a lot of good things, not to mention the task at hand.

He held the Sharp German Sword and led the way towards the end of this dungeon passage.

At this moment, Zong Shen was already beginning to adapt to the rhythm of this world.

Just as he heard in that white room in the beginning from that voice.

This is a world of universal lordship!

As for why Gaia’s will favored him, Zong Shen himself was not clear.

He only knew that he must establish a territory sufficient for him to live and be safe, to survive, to live well.

Zong Shen’s thoughts drifted away gradually.

Until he was awakened by Tiezhu by his side.

"Lord, ahead is the execution chamber, the last unexplored place in this dungeon passage."

Tiezhu pointed forward and said softly.

Zong Shen halted his steps.

The others followed suit and stopped.

The execution chamber was completely dark.

Without any candlelight.

But Zong Shen dared not be careless.

He turned around and instructed Tasuya.

"Tasuya, summon two Skeleton Archers to scout ahead."

The Necromancer Tasuya glanced at Zong Shen when hearing this, seemingly reluctant.

This attitude was quite similar to how Tiezhu and Er Gou were initially.

The loyalty of 70 points made her enthusiasm very poor.

However, when she caught Zong Shen’s meaningful gaze, she started chanting nonetheless.

A black light shot out from the Withered Wood Staff, landing directly on the floor of the execution chamber.

Subsequently, the ground swelled, and two Skeleton Archers, with their eyes flickering with faint red flames, armed with Bone Short Bows, emerged from the ground.

The next moment, a sudden blue light illuminated the execution chamber, and everyone saw a skeleton clad in black light armor, a twisted horn atop its head, holding a massive cleaver, slowly rise.