Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 1198 - 774: Skyrim’s Efforts

"Look, up ahead is the Sick Village, your opportunity has arrived."

Luluwo pointed towards the dim and eerie tunnel ahead with a smile.

The Starfire Knights following him and the ordinary soldiers of the Starfire Church all had expressions that seemed to say, "Are you kidding me?"

You call this pitch-black tunnel, made of numerous similar and rickety wooden frames, a "village"? 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Although the name Sick Village sounds quite bizarre, as if mysterious people in white coats might rush out and perform martial arts on them at any moment, you can't just label it as such arbitrarily. How could a tunnel be considered a village?

However, reality gave these people a harsh lesson.

As soon as they set foot into the tunnel, the entire world before them was smeared with a filter of fecal yellow and dark green mixed together, just looking at it made the entire place feel overwhelmingly stinky.

Not to mention the cold wind blowing from the depths of the tunnel, instantly assaulting their nostrils with a stench unbearable for mere mortals.

The ominous characters [Sick Village] brazenly appeared in front of everyone amidst the fecal filter and the putrid gale.

"Ugh!!!"

Immediately, those with weaker tolerance began to stagger and vomit.

Though all of them were seasoned soldiers who had been to the battlefield, their mental and physical resilience should be better, theoretically.

Unfortunately, the stench permeating Sick Village wasn't ordinary; it was an enhanced odor with magic added by Gong Qiying.

It's magic, he infused it with magic!

A mere whiff was enough to make ordinary people start vomiting and experiencing diarrhea uncontrollably.

"Oh dear, can't handle it already? You're all carrying filter masks in your backpacks, aren't you glad I told you to bring them?"

Luluwo smiled, shaking his head as he took out a filter mask from his bag and put it on.

"You all insisted you wouldn't need the masks before, do you see the point of listening to me now?"

"Mm-hmm, ugh..."

The vomiting soldiers eagerly nodded, and even the Starfire Knights who hadn't vomited looked pale, quickly searching for their masks.

However, someone seemed careless enough not to bring one, and despair covered their face until a warm mask was thrown over, revealing Tami, the youngest member of the Skyrim Strategy Group, who tossed his mask over.

"Eh? Is it for me? Don't you need it?" The Starfire Knight was stunned.

"It's fine for a short while, worse comes to worst, we can take turns wearing it," Tami said with a sunny smile, appearing spirited even under the fecal-like filter.

The Starfire Knight was quite touched and quickly bowed deeply before eagerly putting on the mask.

But as he wore the mask, he failed to notice Tami's sunny smile vanish, replaced by an expression of utter despair, muttering to himself:

"Because we've been here once before, we're already somewhat resistant to the smell..."

His whole demeanor exuded frustration as he uttered those words.

Now, the Skyrim Strategy Group was about to accompany the Starfire Church's people and become the first lucky ones to explore the Sick Village!

How did things develop to this point...?

Tami looked at the sky weakly and began to recall the events of recent days.

Initially, when they first joined the rebel army's side, aside from the welcoming Starfire Knights, the other church members were still skeptical about their abilities.

After all, Scameroon wasn't very sensitive to outside information due to the war, and it was indeed challenging to have them trust outsiders without any reason.

So, the Skyrim Strategy Group showcased a bit of their capability by completing a flawless run of Undead Town Outside the City without any injuries.

The whole task took two days, with a day and a half spent studying the structure and possible changes of Undead Town and the monsters' abilities, and the remainder of the time used for traversing the map.

Once they understood Undead Town, they completed the run injury-free within half a day, documenting the whole process.

Such a feat was unprecedented for the rebel army members, surprising them immensely, while for a legitimate strategy group, it was considered basic, although it had to be an advanced group.

Their strength proven, the next issue was proving their "loyalty." How to ensure the Skyrim Strategy Group wouldn't side with the Holy Light Church?

Three guarantees secured trust.

First, none of them had ever been to Scameroon before. With no connections there, relying solely on their own abilities wouldn't allow them to contact the Holy Light Church, let alone traverse a battlefield to defect. Suddenly crossing over could easily mark them as spies.

Second, the Starfire Church vouched for the Skyrim Strategy Group, and a message from Bishop Vinsmo, who was far away, confirmed their credibility.

The third reason... was Luluwo revealing that he was a Soul-sucking Ghost and claiming to be a leading figure among adventurers in the Yanor Kingdom.

With that revelation, everyone felt at ease.