Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!-Chapter 397 - 176 Ant Kingdom, Initial Dungeon Strategy (10.4K)_4

The dust on the floor showed several footprints leading to the balcony, clearly indicating that the café’s second-floor balcony had received an uninvited guest.

Kael leaned back on the sofa, resting his head against it, with his legs crossed, staring blankly at the gloomy sky.

A delicate glass teapot sat on the coffee table in front of him, mold creeping up its inner walls, withered tea leaves, and the decayed remnants of fruit at the bottom, barely recognizable.

Perhaps at some point in the past, stylishly dressed men and women used to sit here, drinking fruit tea, and embracing with love.

Kael now looked significantly different from those days.

He seemed somewhat unapproachable now, with his side profile carved like a knife’s edge, his features sharply defined but not overly aggressive, yet the frown and his gaze as cold as the stars were intimidating.

That captivating aura commanded both respect and fear, yet one couldn’t help but take a few more glances at him.

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Beside him lay an entirely caved-in alloy shield, with an interior mechanism resembling a weapon rack, warped by tremendous force, binding a row of broken weapons like rope—

A meteor hammer, half shattered, the size of a watermelon,

A guillotine blade, only half of it remaining,

Six alloy spears, either twisted or broken,

And a double-headed sword with deep indentations on its metallic hilt, missing half its length.

A gust of wind blew in, making Kael’s ears twitch as he heard the sound of shoe soles shuffling on wooden stairs. An elderly goblin, holding an elongated lead box behind him, marched up to Kael with a straight posture.

The old goblin wore a clean but slightly faded military uniform and looked down at the alloy shield at Kael’s feet, speaking slowly, "Went to fight that multinational alliance army again, did you?"

After a moment, he seemed to realize he’d asked a redundant question and quickly switched topics, "Why the sudden visit here?"

Kael, still watching the scene below, replied indifferently,

"I remember coming here a long time ago. The bustling crowd could be heard even from outside. The aroma of grilled meat and cumin would waft over from the roadside, and many middle-aged goblins would gather at the Wandong City tea restaurant across the street."

The old goblin didn’t mind the dirty sofa and sat directly across from Kael, sighing,

"That was many years ago, when the goblin empire hadn’t yet fallen. The streets were bustling, but now, even getting a meal is tough."

These old goblins had at least witnessed the city’s prosperity, but Kael was different. To the old goblin, the human "Kael," born in Wandong City, had been born at an unfortunate time.

Before he could enjoy the splendor, most of his life had been overshadowed by the impending downfall of the goblin empire.

If possible, the old goblin wished he could live in a peaceful and quiet city, but alas, the fragile Wandong City could no longer withstand the invasions of the alliance armies. The booming cannon fire had limited suppression on the professionals, especially now with the army’s arrival, forcing Wandong City’s defenses to retreat under the pressure of those maniacs.

For them, the golden age was no more.

What the old goblin didn’t know, however, was that Kael had also seen another world’s scenery, that was the human stronghold, Yibel Federation’s capital.

Not only at Yibel Federation’s royal court, but even at the Royal Capital of the Duchy of Ingranse, there too was an iron jungle, a bustling crowd, and cheerful passersby.

The monsters bred by various forces in the pastures were massive, and every piece of meat carved from their bodies, grilled on sizzling iron plates, exuded a rich aroma.

He had tasted many of them.

Kael obviously wasn’t from this "world," or rather, this place was just a dungeon under his territory.

After regaining his memory, Kael naturally remembered his purpose for entering this dungeon.

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After returning from the Orean Independent Kingdom, Kael mulled over it and decided to explore the dungeon [The Empire’s Ashes], which had been thoroughly solidified under the influence of the world’s will.

As a historical echo-type dungeon, this kind of dungeon was different from any other that Lancaster had previously experienced.

Historical echo-type dungeons were "self-refreshing" dungeons.

In simple terms, if a raid fails, time would rewind, bringing them back to the start of the dungeon’s timeline.

And the raiders would instantly adapt to a role within the dungeon upon entering.

In short, historical echo-type dungeons resembled those traditional online game instances that could refresh repeatedly.

However, such instances were extremely dangerous, not the endlessly raid-able dungeons people imagined.

The most typical problem was the one Kael now faced... he inexplicably had over ten years of memories living in Wandong City.

This was a very dangerous omen.

What shapes a person’s character, simply put, is "past experiences," but in harsher terms, it’s "those memories in the brain."

Kael was who he was because he had the memories of the mixed blood incubus boy named Kael and the real-world professional named Ning Ruyu, combinings to form a new individual.