CHAPTER 616: CHAPTER 412: BYE-BYE, I’M OFF TO ANCIENT DRAGON PEAK

Yilushier Underground Prison, a well-known area among adventurers.

But it’s notoriety is negative.

Generally speaking, if there is a boss in an area, people’s attention is mostly drawn to the boss, followed by various rewards and monsters.

The most well-known thing about Yilushier in Cold Valley is quite the opposite; people almost equate it with the Dark Moon Sword Covenant, followed by the hundreds of death methods researched by adventurers for the little boy, and then Pope Shalivan’s Phantom.

However, not long after, the negative evaluation in people’s minds of Pope Shalivan’s Phantom, known for its high difficulty, was quickly replaced by another monster located in the same area.

This refers to the limited monster of the Yilushier Underground Prison—the prison guard.

This monster has a very peculiar way of harming people. Its own attack ability is not strong and it basically only stabs people with the branding iron in its hand.

However, it has another ability that is considered as malevolent as the Curse Frog’s curse death spray: as long as any life is within its sight range, it will keep leeching the life force at a very fast speed!

Although the speed at which life force is leeched varies from person to person, the strong ones can kill the prison guard before it’s seen, while those seen are usually the ones lacking strength, so this life force leeching trick successfully made the prison guard top the Sain Dungeon’s must-avoid, no, must-kill list.

Now, the prison guard has become Fingerley’s greatest assistant to get off work early.

"Come on, Princess, do you see the prison guard in front of you with his back turned? There’s a cliff ahead of him, don’t you want to give him a good kick in the butt and knock him down?"

In the underground prison, Fingerley pointed at the prison guard ahead, his tone like Mephisto tempting Faust.

In response, Selene only had two words:

"Heh heh."

Ever since a debate that didn’t have time to turn into an argument in the Painting World, the atmosphere between them has felt a bit subtle. How to say it, it’s like both of them are looking for opportunities to trick each other.

At this moment, they are in a small prison room connected to the above-ground world. Outside the narrow door is the prison guard with his back to them. The door is so narrow that you can only see one prison guard; his back must inspire the desire for backstabbing.

But if Selene really believed Fingerley’s words, she would have long been exposed in front of Eliphas.

She doesn’t even have to guess to know that outside the room, on both sides of the door, there’s definitely something underworld-evil waiting for the person who succeeds in backstabbing.

So she pulled out a small exquisite lady’s magic wand and cast Luminous Stone Magic Gravel at the prison guard, and although the magic she cast wasn’t powerful, it could even be described as pathetic, the impact was enough to knock the prison guard down.

At the same time as the prison guard was knocked down, two prison guards suddenly appeared on both sides of the door, rushing towards everyone, and under their glowing eyes, people felt their life force continuously draining away.

Selene glanced at Fingerley triumphantly, the latter pursed his lips, drew his sword to slay the prison guards, then used a potion to replenish the lost life force.

Then, throughout the exploration of Yilushier Underground Prison, Fingerley instigated her to do things including but not limited to:

Telling her that it’s safe near the bonfire with no danger, encouraging her to approach an animated corpse with a glowing point just a few steps from the bonfire, only for the corpse to emit a scream rivaling the Horror Scream Demon.

Telling her that those cages filled with various limbs everywhere in the underground prison are performance art, but upon getting closer the cages come alive and chase people.

Telling her there’s something good in a certain prison room, and she indeed picked up something good, but turned around to meet this thing’s gaze:

That pale big head and round big eyes suddenly appearing could really scare someone to death!

However, none of the above activities, that could join a pranking competition, managed to have any effect on Selene.

Because...

"I’ve never seen it firsthand, but I read all the intelligence provided by the adventurers."

Selene said this calmly.

Although the map structure and monster distribution in the Sain Dungeon change frequently, most follow a certain rule, known as the Sain Rule.

For example, if a monster with its back to you appears before you, and there’s a blind spot in sight next to it, then there must be a monster hiding there waiting to ambush you.

After spending enough time in the Sain Dungeon, people would smile knowingly at such classic designs; this is the taste of Sain.

"Why didn’t you say this earlier!"

"Wasn’t this to see what other tricks you have."

"..."

Selene chuckled, pulling out a few magic book pages to throw to Fingerley, "Consider it your reward for working so hard."

Holding the "reward," Fingerley couldn’t feel happy at all, only humiliated.

"Where did you get so many magic book pages, were they given by nobles?" He looked and saw the pages included Luminous Stone Swift Magic Gravel, Starlight, and so on.

"Given by Lord Eliphas."

Selene remembered her character’s deep affection for Eliphas, and walking through the dungeon echoing with screams, she said:

"I remember it was either three weeks or two weeks ago, Lord Eliphas’s subordinates brought these over, saying he is collecting useful items from the Sain Dungeon, actively learning all magic and combat skills he can, really working hard."

She feigned a look of longing and said:

"These magic book pages were organized and given to me by him, and he supposedly learned everything he could."

This guy seems to be speaking with a snarky tone.

Fingerley internally ridiculed, also seeing "Return to Hometown" among the magic book pages, which immediately brought back his unpleasant memories about the little boy.

According to people’s research, the effect of Return to Hometown, which allows returning to the bonfire when used, can be used outside the dungeon, but it comes with strict distance limitations, and even the magic power consumption and cooldown time are quite annoying. This thing has been regarded as a dungeon-exclusive magic for exploring the Sain Dungeon, with decent usability.

Did Eliphas even learn this? He’s really accepting of everything.

"Unfortunately, my talent for magic isn’t very high; I can only use some ordinary magic. The only thing presentable is [Chaotic Magic], and I’m fairly adept at using it." Selene sighed.

Upon hearing, Matilda muttered to herself:

"A magic that causes the attacked’s magic power to disrupt and randomly use a spell, the [Chaotic Magic]? This magic is both useless and difficult to learn, and it also depends on talent... The princess is indeed a peculiar person."

The general structure of the underground prison was quite familiar to the Hasavi Team. Since the place did not scare the princess, they thought of taking her for a quick tour and then leaving. They themselves did not want to stay in such an extraordinarily eerie place.

Not to mention the generally terrifying appearance of the monsters, the underground prison was filled with screams coming from unknown sources. Hearing one suddenly during exploration really increased psychological pressure.

However, Selene was excitedly leaving images everywhere, even posing with a peace sign next to an animated corpse sprawled on the ground.

This relaxed attitude towards enjoying life while relaxing is quite enviable, of course, she could relax because she was under the protection of three golden-level adventurers.

"Wait, have we been here before?"

Just as Selene was taking images everywhere, Matilda suddenly spoke up.

"Isn’t this still the underground prison, here... hmm?"

Fingerley suddenly paused, exchanged a glance with Matilda, and there was a strange look in their eyes.

Why did it feel strange? Because they heard the sound of wind, fresh wind, blowing in from the outside.

But they were currently in the deeper section of the underground prison; the wind from above shouldn’t have been heard.

Does that mean there is a place nearby connected to the outside world?

"None of the adventurers’ various strategies have mentioned that the deeper underground prison connects to the outside world."

The group discussed and unanimously decided to follow the direction of the wind. Selene seemed particularly excited, could it be that she might witness the discovery of a new scene this time?

Following the direction indicated by the wind, the scenery of the underground prison remained largely the same, but people noticed a slight difference—this was a path that had never been explored.

As they moved forward, sunlight appeared.

Selene’s face broke into a smile as she ran toward the place where sunlight appeared, only to find out it was a gate leading outside.

Outside, sunlight, like dawn, poured down freely, not the cold moonlight but the sunlight that made one feel the life force.

Fingerley clicked his tongue in marvel; this should still be within the Cold Valley range, shouldn’t it? Why did the sky look different?

The dungeon is indeed a magical existence.

They thought they had discovered a new area, but only realized after going out that they were happy too soon.

The gate indeed led to the outside, but only a small section of the road was open-air.

The end of the path directly connected to towering peaks, leaving no way to go.

"Is this small section of road all there is? What’s the point?"

Before they could be disappointed, Selene called out, "Come quickly and help me shoot a segment of image!"

There was indeed something unusual on this small path; it was the figures sitting like fossils.

They sat quietly on the road, facing the distant mountains in clouds, resembling a group of alternative path seekers.

At this moment, Selene was sitting among them, striking the same pose and calling for someone to take her photo.

She dared to be so bold because this group of guys remained motionless like stones, seemingly lifeless.

Hideous heads, shriveled bodies...

The more Fingerley looked, the stranger it felt. Suddenly, he remembered he had seen these aliens before.

Wasn’t this the Little Dragon People that Klan, a Fran Guard, had turned into!

The only difference was that Klan had only changed in the head, whereas here they seemed fully transformed.

"Why are they sitting facing the sky?"

The sitting posture of these Dragon-men was somewhat unique, reminding one of religion; the petrified Dragon-men sitting together had an indescribable aura.

"What’s on the other side of the sky?"

"Have you taken the photo? This pose is really uncomfortable."

Selene’s urging interrupted Fingerley’s thoughts, and he raised the Image Stone to take the photo.

In the picture, Selene was smiling happily.

At the moment the Image Stone activated—

She tilted her head and froze, maintaining the meditative pose of the Dragon-men.

"Princess!?"

At the same time.

Selene blinked her eyes and suddenly felt the sunlight becoming extraordinarily glaring.

Not only was the sunlight glaring, but even the wind roared as if she had suddenly arrived at a mountain peak.

Once she finally adapted to the blinding glare, she opened her eyes and was able to clearly see the scene before her...

Towering mountains, peculiar architecture, and the sound of a dragon’s roar from afar.

"Where is this place?"

She was stunned.