Chapter 1560: Chapter 950: Sun-like Bug_2
Is this suggesting that the mutation of the Izalith Witches mentioned by Klarna is due to the Chaos Flame? The other party indeed hasn’t mentioned this, so the adventurers can only speculate.
This introduction also made him have additional doubts.
"Could the Chaos Flame, like Star Magic, have harmful effects upon deeper research?"
This was something they hadn’t thought of before, but now that they see it, it makes one ponder.
Berto asked Luluwo with doubt, but the final answer he got was:
"Anyway, we’re fine now, aren’t we? Let’s keep using it."
They’re not like the Magic Professor Hades, an old scholar who intensely studies sorcery. If they only use it normally, how could there be any negative effects?
Relax, Sain Dungeon won’t harm us.
For the relaxed mindset that Luluwo displayed, Berto nodded in agreement, throwing aside his doubts.
The strength of the Hundred-legged Demon was average, so the level of rewards they dropped was also average, among which the blackened orange ring was probably the most valuable reward.
It’s just a pity there’s only one, the quantity is still too small, so the Skyrim Strategy Group decided to take turns using it based on the situation.
As for defeating the Hundred-legged Demon fifteen times to equip everyone with a blackened orange ring, that is unlikely to happen because exploring dungeons has never been about being "fully prepared." What if after getting the rings, they find new equipment to prepare for? Such cycles will never achieve true dungeon exploration.
If they really wanted to be the Ten-Mile Slope Sword God, they should focus on farming the King’s Soul now.
Everyone surveyed the surrounding environment and found that the Hundred-legged Demon wasn’t the final point.
When the battle ended, the retreating lava revealed a new path, a lift tucked in a corner!
"Where could this lead to?"
Luluwo wanted to guess, but she couldn’t imagine it, maybe because she’s not very familiar with the map here.
Everyone boarded the lift, their numbers made the lift seem a bit cramped. They heard the sound of machinery running, and the lift carried them downwards, only the rough rock layers flashed before their eyes; if their bodies touched, they’d surely be hurt due to the rapid descent.
As the lift’s descent became longer, a thought formed in Luluwo’s mind, could the lift’s destination be...
The smell of lava completely distanced from them, replaced by a foul stench symbolizing sickness burrowing into their nostrils, a quite familiar scent.
"The smell of Sick Village?"
When the lift finally departed the rock layer environment, the scene that unfolded before everyone was familiar enough to stir their DNA.
It’s Sick Village, or more precisely, the White Spider’s Nest!
The vast underground space was filled with thick spider silk, like layers of white gauze wrapping around the space. The lift steadily stopped in a vacant spot on the ground where everyone stepped off, curiously observing the surroundings.
"We haven’t seen this place before, is it a hidden area?"
"Yes, it’s hidden."
Luluwo ripped open the spider silk on the rock wall, revealing a vacancy leading elsewhere, and opposite the vacancy was the place of the White Spider!
The bonfire in front of the White Spider quietly burned, seemingly welcoming their arrival.
Upon seeing the bonfire, people immediately ran over, sat by the fire to absorb the warmth and recover their battle-damaged stamina.
"Such a clever map."
Luluwo couldn’t help but sigh.
Judging by this, the bonfire at the White Spider’s Nest is much closer to the Chaos Ruins of Izalis than the bonfire of the Demon Relics, and from the bonfire to the ruined city, they almost won’t encounter any monsters, making it highly cost-effective!
What’s more noteworthy is that since the bonfire here has the White Spider as the Fireproof Woman, it can give people faster stamina recovery, and the capacity of the Elemental Bottle is increased accordingly.
Didn’t this undeniably outshine the bonfire of Demon Relics by a few streets?
Luluwo looked at the White Spider and suddenly remembered something.
The White Spider was a place to establish a covenant, and to receive covenant rewards, the prerequisite is to offer enough humanity to her. Currently, no one in the Skyrim Strategy Group has reached the highest rank in this covenant since they were too busy recently and accidentally forgot.
"I wonder if the humanity I have is enough."
She offered all the humanity obtained from defeating the Hundred-legged Demon, the White Spider clasped her hands together, making a sound like gratitude, but no rewards appeared before her.
Alright, looks like the humanity isn’t enough.
Luluwo rubbed her brow. Humanity, when needed, becomes hard to find.
She sat by the bonfire for a while, recovering all her stamina first, then turned and walked back to the underground space with the lift.
This place isn’t just a simple underground space; there’s something particularly conspicuous.
It’s a giant red door, settled amidst the spider silk wrapping; if they hadn’t torn off a lot of silk, it really wouldn’t be discovered.
"Where does this lead to?"
Luluwo approached the giant door, hearing the wind inside, accompanied by rustling sounds, like some form of arthropod crawling, and it sounded quite small, unlike any known monsters.
She could even store all monster footsteps in her mind...
[Missing the key]
Such magic words appeared on the giant door, so she had to give up on continuing to push the door, completely unaware of what the supposed key might be.
While Luluwo was pondering possible factors for the key, a subtle sound suddenly came from above her.
At the next moment, a malice wrapped her, she was startled and lifted her head.
Only to see a hideous bug falling from the sky, rushing at her.
Isn’t the area by the bonfire supposed to be safe!
"Ah!"
The crowd heard Luluwo’s gasp and hurried over to see.
They saw their captain tugging at her face, like a spiky mask covering the top half.
"Captain, what are you doing?" Everyone was puzzled.
"It’s a bug, it’s a bug, disgusting ah ah ah!"
Luluwo was going crazy, urging the group to help quickly. But as they came close to her, the bizarre body of the bug suddenly emitted a bright, piercing light!
In an instant, the entire underground space was illuminated as bright as day, shining as brilliantly as the Ancient Dragon Peak!
The intense light it emitted made people associate it with something.
The Sun.
This strange bug not only emitted light reminiscent of the Sun, its shape even looked like the Sun, truly peculiar to the extreme.
Luluwo went through immense effort to pry the bug off her face, the feeling of being facehugged by the bug nearly caused her heart to stop, she immediately stomped on it.
This resulted in a burst of white light points, she picked it up and took a look.
[Sun Worm]
[A nasty parasite housed in Izalis, completely immobile, but seems not completely dead]
[Wear on the head, inject magic power to release sunlight-like beams, hence the name Sun Worm]
"So disgusting!"
It’s the first time Luluwo detested a piece of equipment, she kicked it away, who would want to wear a bug on their head!
The other members of the Skyrim Strategy Group laughed heartily, rarely seeing their captain so defensively flustered, the air was filled with joyous laughter.
"Don’t laugh!"
Luluwo shouted, blushing, making the atmosphere even brighter.
No one thought to pick up the Sun Worm, although it’s the first time seeing it, everyone consciously disliked it.
It was strange, why was that?
"I see you’ve all rested, now let’s head out, to defeat the Izalith Witches!"
Luluwo shouted angrily, no longer looking at the giant door that couldn’t be opened, dragging everyone onto the lift.
The lift rose swiftly, making the underground space shrink in their view.
She unintentionally glanced at the retrieved Sun Worm Helmet.
Suddenly felt a... heart tremor for no reason?
