Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 1230 - 789: Disgusting Chill (2)

The Holy Light Magic has a characteristic suited to the Church, which is that it enhances its power based on the user's faith in the Holy Light. The deeper one's faith, the stronger the Holy Light Magic, making fanatics the best users.

But conversely, without faith in the Holy Light, its power will be quite ordinary. If someone detests the Holy Light, they won't even be able to learn it and might even incur the backlash of the Holy Light Magic.

The Holy Light Church does not oppose learning other skills because the characteristic of the Holy Light Magic means that things learned by church members must be filtered, with "not affecting faith in the Holy Light" as the primary rule.

If sorcery affects a believer's faith in the Holy Light Magic, then it likely won't be allowed for elite Holy Light Knights to learn, and at most, only cannon fodder-like soldiers may learn a trick or two.

If soldiers become proficient at various abilities, they wouldn't just be soldiers. Letting them learn sorcery may not be very effective; to Kaius, this is honestly a waste of Sain Dungeon's rewards.

But for now, it's hard to say; what if sorcery is quite innocuous and doesn't affect everyone's faith at all?

Various thoughts flashed through his mind as Kaius fought and pondered these matters.

Even with the added dynamic difficulty, the mere living dead soldiers were absolutely no match for him in his current best state; all the way, they only served as decent speed bumps to be run over.

And those traps and such are detailed in Luluwo's notes; although the scenes and routes of the Sain Dungeon often change, the pattern remains the same.

Charging ahead in the Undead Town Outside the City felt as natural as fish in water for Kaius, his whole person rushing forward like a Bomb Dragon, unrestrained!

This feeling of mowing down everything in his path made even him feel a refreshing emotion in his heart.

Other soldiers had to sprint with all their might to keep up with his pace as he killed foes and thought.

They purely came as part of the atmosphere, and bringing them along was mainly to familiarize them with the route and expose them to more bonfires; perhaps there might be a bonfire that leads directly through a Teleportation Gate or allows for teleportation.

The soldiers gathered light points along the way and kept up with Kaius's speed, temporarily turning the dungeon exploration into a weighted training session, each looking rather pained.

Who knows why they have to undergo such a painful thing after leaving the training camp!

Just then, Kaius suddenly halted.

Someone from behind bumped into his back, but the impact didn't move him at all; he merely looked up at the bridge before him.

Here is a place referred to by the rebel army as the "Flying Dragon Bridge."

"Roar!"

A loud Dragon Roar came from the sky, and a huge shadow flew over the soldiers lying on the ground gasping for breath. With a "boom," the bridge shook.

A menacing Red Dragon landed opposite them at the bridge's end, staring at them with fierce eyes, with searing Flame Breath dripping from its mouth.

This Red Flying Dragon, strengthened to its peak by dynamic difficulty, could even fight Greg already!

Kaius felt a threat from this Dragon, but if it really came to a fight, he was confident that he would be the victor.

But why should we fight?

In an instant, it was as if the sound of pages turning resounded in his ears, and the contents of Luluwo's notes took shape in his mind, finally turning to the page on the Flying Dragon Bridge, which recorded:

[No need to confront the Flying Dragon directly; the bridge's center has steps that can be reached by running at full speed. They lead to the bridge's interior, providing temporary shelter from Flame Breath, and an archer-friendly merchant resides there.]

[If you don't want to evade, you can try using a protective Fire Magic Shield temporarily. A High Tier Fire Shield can likely resist a Dragon Breath once, and three layers of shields should be enough to run to the end.]

[Once there, you still don't need to engage the Flying Dragon head-on; just run inside the building straight through until reaching the Undead Parish, and you'll be safe. Of course, there is a more adventurous method.]

[Solar is at the building at the end of the bridge, so go ahead and bring the Flying Dragon over. The helpful Solar will assist you in the battle.]

[Moreover, you can gain quite an important Treasure Bead from him, which is the key to a new Painting World!]

That's right, exactly this! We don't need to fight the Flying Dragon; we just need to run across!

As expected from a famous adventurer, the strategy is authentic indeed.

Kaius picked up soldiers, grabbing them one in each hand and throwing them like cannonballs toward the bridge's end. It was the first time the Dragon had seen an attempt to break through like this, momentarily forgetting to impede.

The result was that the soldiers all landed successfully, albeit with minor concussions and the like.

Kaius also dashed instantly to the end, and everyone rushed inside the building, the furious Dragon roaring closely behind, with scorching flames hot in pursuit.

The ensuing developments were straightforward.

They successfully encountered Solar, and seeing the Flying Dragon chasing them, this kind and upright Sun Warrior began casting Thunder Spear at the Dragon; two shots sent the Dragon fleeing with a wail, flapping its wings in haste.

The Holy Light Soldiers attempted to converse with Solar, and everything he said was exactly in Luluwo's notes, almost to the point where every word matched up.

What more is there to say? Luluwo is just amazing, after all.

Following the steps recorded in the notes, they found a bonfire nearby, but no one dared touch the Sun Altar since it felt too much like desecrating the Holy Light.

Then, guided by the notes, they chatted with Solar for a while. Eventually, he proactively reached into his bosom and took out a...

A complete Painting World?

Kaius cautiously used Mage's Hand to receive the painting from a distance; without physical contact, he wouldn't be absorbed into it. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Curiously, Hevi and their group had obtained half a painting after killing a dragon and combined it with the half gifted by Solar to form a complete painting.

Why was it a fully complete painting already when the Holy Light Church arrived? Did Gong Qiying lower the difficulty? Wouldn't the Starfire Church protest upon seeing this?

Moreover, neither the untrustworthy map left by Hevi nor the trusted notes from Luluwo.

Mentioned the necessity of combining two fragments for the Painting World here.

Kaius looked at the painting he held.

The painting depicted a suffering knight, split by his body into an endless night on one side and blinding white light on the other.

The knight struggled to break free from the chains binding him within the white light, striving with all his might towards the freedom-representing night, as a blood-red Eye Orb shimmered in front of him, seemingly staring at those outside the painting.

Kaius hadn't had a chance to check the name of the painting when suddenly a mysterious surge of magic power swept through Sain Dungeon, disrupting and dispelling his Mage's Hand upon contact, causing the painting to drop into his hand.

"?"

Only having time to utter a question mark, Kaius's figure vanished on the spot.

The soldiers widened their eyes and quickly crowded over, unable to believe why he just disappeared, and only then did they see the name of the painting.

[Painting World: Heresy, Bound for Freedom]

What a blasphemous name!