Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 1253 - 801: Praise the Holy... Praise Sorcery

The news of Kaius and Anleisi, the two heroes, suffering a terrible defeat in the Sain Dungeon quickly spread throughout the entire Holy Light Church camp.

But those who heard the news all tacitly kept silent. Joking aside, who would dare to discuss the idle gossip of the top combat force at this time?

Moreover, their exploration wasn't entirely fruitless.

In a certain sense, being able to see the final boss of the area and fight until the opponent released its big move is already quite a remarkable achievement. In the adventurer profession, this is usually something only a powerful strategy group could accomplish, and it's not a guaranteed success.

Furthermore, bringing back the news that the Chaos Witch's flames could enhance the Flame Magic of those burned to death was of significant value.

However, this information wasn't released immediately upon the exploration team's return; instead, it was announced by other leaders in the military, excluding the two heroes, two or three days later.

Two or three days were just enough to haggle over work rewards with headquarters.

It's unclear what headquarters' attitude was towards Anleisi and their legitimate request for a pay raise. In any case, the sibling duo was beaming like they found money in the street these past two days.

Later, the two of them challenged the Chaos Witch twice again, but each time they barely scratched the surface, probing the opponent's moves and familiarizing themselves with the battle before allowing themselves to be taken down.

Then, they used the residual flames within them to practice their abilities related to fire, making the most significant progress, naturally, in sorcery.

Under the Holy Light Church's spendthrift campaign, carts of Forging Stones of various levels were transported to Hepa Town, finally enabling the Holy Light Knights to gather enough resources to upgrade the Sorcery Fire to meet Klarna, the Magic Tutor.

Out of courtesy and respect for their elders, all the Holy Light Knights gave the opportunity to meet the Magic Tutor for the first time to Anleisi and Kaius. In this ceremonious atmosphere, the two met Klarna and learned genuine sorcery from them.

Learning without knowing is startling after learning; the flame residue actually enhances sorcery more than ordinary Fire Attribute Magic, making it an absolutely perfect match.

However, before other Holy Light Knights could learn sorcery, a piece of bad news came from headquarters.

"The power of sorcery will taint our faith in Holy Light. Those with sincere faith are not allowed to learn this technology."

This was the exact wording from headquarters.

Anleisi had anticipated such a situation.

Through practicing sorcery, she gradually delved deeper into this power originating from the Sain Dungeon and discovered things that ordinary people couldn't detect.

When she used sorcery in a state of mental fullness, the power often increased significantly. However, using it too many times would lead to her feeling somewhat mentally exhausted, similar to the mental fatigue felt after multiple resurrections in the Sain Dungeon, almost the same sensation.

Can sorcery's power be linked to my mental state?

Not only that, but after using sorcery frequently in a short period, she would spontaneously develop a craving for fire, with the most severe instance having her gaze at the flame on the stove for a long time before snapping back to reality.

Is this the side effect brought by sorcery?

If one wishes to use this extraordinarily powerful Flame Magic, one must pay the corresponding price, but this price seems... quite low.

No need to sell your soul, no need to make an oath, no need to be in a desperate situation, just mental fatigue and a love for fire?

This cost is virtually nothing.

Absolutely the type most loved by popular magicians.

From a practical standpoint, Anleisi is gradually replacing the Fire Attribute Magic she originally learned with sorcery flame; if there's stronger fire, naturally, you use the stronger one. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Sain Dungeon is truly a treasure, she genuinely thought so.

Previously, she inexplicably had some hostility towards the Sain Dungeon, but after being taken down by the Chaos Witch that day and recalling that she was merely a mercenary, not a Holy Light Church believer, she began to reassess the Sain Dungeon.

Then she felt foolish for having been hostile towards Sain; who would be hostile to such a treasure?

Things like sorcery are not destined for the Holy Light Knights; instead, these soldiers seem eager to try, learning sorcery one by one, and doing so with exceptional earnestness.

After all, for the common soldier, they must seize every opportunity to enhance their strength; joining the military is about seizing opportunities.

The Holy Light Knights' attitude toward this is... they refuse to comment.

Sorcery slowly began to spread in the army.

There was another thing that puzzled Anleisi a bit, which was the Holy Light Church's attitude toward the Sain Dungeon.

After receiving the new bounty, she truthfully reported the possible connection between the Chaos Witch and the Izalith Witch and explained their importance, only to receive a lackluster response from the Church, like, "Oh, noted."

This calm response even made Anleisi suspect whether she had overestimated the significance of things inside the Sain Dungeon; why wasn't anyone else concerned?

Regardless of the Holy Light Church's attitude, she decided to investigate for herself, determined to unearth all the secrets of the Chaos Witch.

It's not just the Chaos Witch; there's also the White Spider that eats humanity, the Egg Carrier with its cocoon, and the Thorned Knight who likes to invade.

However, what surprised Anleisi even more was that besides concerning her work progress, headquarters astonishingly showed some care for her daily life.

They even left a message saying, "Eat well, eat plenty."

"Why are they concerned about us eating?"

At meal time, Anleisi sat in front of the communal meal with the soldiers, still seemingly puzzled by this somewhat abrupt concern, scooping a spoonful of thick soup into her mouth.

"Praise the Holy Light, this soup is really thick."

With each bite, she would inadvertently utter words of praise for the Holy Light, and the soldiers around her didn't find it strange, as they were saying similar things.

Until Anleisi suddenly remembered she hadn't practiced Fire Control today, so she conjured a ball of Sorcery Flame in her palm and tried to maintain it at a certain power to train her touch.

The result was that afterward, she no longer said anything about praising the Holy Light, her eyes fixed intently on the fire under the large pot, finding the hastily piled flames quite aesthetic.

"The efficacy of today's Faith Potion is still... unremarkable."

An observation from the watchtower of the entire camp's dining scene, Anna wrote down what would drive the head of the faith review department crazy.

She also recently felt that perhaps the faith potion's persistent ineffectiveness angered the responsible individual; as for how she noticed...

Because the letters from the other party were mixed with a lot of hair pulled out from despondency, which even made her start worrying about the person's mental state.

There's no way around it; that's how research folks are.

The whole of Hepa Town was steadily operating under new rules, continuously feeding the Sain Dungeon, with the massive influx of spiritual power almost turning Sain into a Gluttonous Demon Dragon.

"Brother, are you ready?"

Fully equipped Anleisi turned to look at Kaius, who nodded back; behind them were Holy Light Knights equally dressed in ultra-fire-resistant gear.

Just seeing them, one could tell their purpose; it seemed they were preparing to launch a decisive battle against the Chaos Witch and take them down in one go!

Anleisi was quite confident in her newly developed Anti-Sorcery Flame Magic Shield, having tested it over dozens of rounds, and the protective effect was delightful.

However, just as they were about to set off, a new letter was delivered into her hands.

It came from the headquarters of the Holy Light Church, and Anleisi frowned as she opened it to read.

"The Holy Light Festival held in the Holy Light Underground City is to be advanced?"

"They're asking us to now participate as a hologram?"