Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 468 - 433 Ambush

When the sun hovered directly overhead.

It was noon today.

At noon, the sun hovered directly in the center of the sky, just beside the giant hole in the air.

This caused the black clouds and the discolored sky to not block the golden sunlight from shining down.

Finally felt the brilliance of the scorching sun after a long time.

Warm and pleasant.

The sunlight poured down, shining on the fortress.

The entire fortress was shimmering with the metallic luster reflected by the armor.

The sound of armor clashing echoed throughout the fortress, accompanied by the rumbling of cart wheels and the shouts of various commanders.

"Hurry up, hurry up, load the supplies onto the carts. Are you dawdling because you didn’t have breakfast?"

A commander shouted loudly at his soldiers.

At this time, the fortress was bustling with activity, with many soldiers lining up and heading towards the fortress gate. Behind them were numerous carts carrying supplies and various tent assembly tools.

Kane and his soldiers had already arrived at the outer edge of the fortress, along with Captain Horn and two other unfamiliar commanders.

"Today happens to be the day for camp relocation. Captain Kane, are you heading out to battle today as well?" Horn asked as he sat atop his battle horse, gazing ahead.

Kane nodded and replied, "Yes, today I’m going to replace my teammates. Lulu will stay in the camp this time. If anything happens, you can tell her, and she will notify me."

"Hahaha, sure, no problem."

"Speaking of which, Captain, you and your teammates are really strong, capturing three camps with the fewest soldiers. On the other hand, we have so many soldiers here for so long, yet only captured two camps with significant losses."

Horn said somewhat helplessly.

"Not at all. If it weren’t for Captain Horn’s men distracting so many enemies for us, we wouldn’t have been so successful," Kane said modestly.

"Sigh." Horn waved his hand.

"No need to comfort me like that. I know who distracts more troops for whom. I just feel relieved that in the end, it was Captain Kane who came to support us. Otherwise, we might have really failed."

Kane smiled and nodded, "Yes, thankfully, we made it in time."

Chatting idly like this, they leisurely led the main force towards the pre-decided location.

After reaching the camp, many soldiers and craftsmen went in first, taking the materials around and starting to dismantle the wooden walls around the camp, needing to expand the internal space further.

Kane stood outside the camp at this time.

He was not planning to enter the camp and instead said his goodbyes and left.

Milo and Mina, the two sisters, were in Bonona’s embrace, bidding her farewell.

They were quite understanding in some situations, not crying or causing their mother to worry.

They just loudly told Bonona, "Mom, stay safe! Remember to come back early."

"Mommy will." After saying that, Bonona kissed each of her daughters on the face before handing them over to the floating Ghost Maid beside her, "I’ll leave them in your care then."

"Rest assured and leave them to me," the Ghost Maid nodded and smiled.

Meanwhile, Kane was tapping the head of Lulu with his finger.

"Lulu, take good care of those two little girls, and don’t cause too much trouble in the camp, and don’t run around causing chaos. If any unexpected situations occur, remember to notify us through the Ruby Lapel Pin."

Lulu slapped away Kane’s finger that kept tapping her head, put her hands on her hips, and floated in front of Kane, pouting as she spoke.

"Lulu knows, I’m not a child, you nag too much."

After speaking, she floated towards Milo and Mira, then suddenly turned her head, "Kane is like an old mom, bleh!"

After making a face, Lulu instantly flashed between Milo and Mira.

Seeing Kane’s helpless expression, Kreya covered her mouth and giggled on the side.

Kane turned his head to Kreya’s smile and suddenly said, "In the future, I need to properly educate my child, so they don’t play with Lulu, or they might pick up her bad habits."

"Huh?"

Hearing Kane’s inexplicable words, Kreya’s face suddenly flushed, embarrassed and not knowing how to respond.

She turned halfway and led the team running ahead. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Meanwhile, Longbei and Meizike had already departed along their predetermined route, and now only the tail of their team could be seen in the distance.

"Kreya, don’t run so fast, wait for me." Saying that, Kane spurred his horse to quickly catch up with the team.

When Kane caught up with Kreya, she had already adjusted her mindset, her face calm once more.

Seeing this, Kane knew that if he continued teasing a few more times, Kreya would become immune to it.

Just like before, she might even tease him back.

Kane looked back at his soldiers. Besides his nearly 500 Bow Riders, there were over 1000 Heavy Cavalry and the 500 Light Cavalry that Lulu had assigned to them.

Seeing the number of soldiers, Kane turned to Kreya and asked, "Is your military rank high enough to lead 1000 soldiers?"

Hearing Kane’s question, Kreya nodded and responded, "Yes, yesterday, Longbei and I went to the recruitment office to upgrade to Thousand Generals, which allows us to command 1000 soldiers. We also took the opportunity to fill the freed-up force."

"I see."

It seems that during their last campaign, Kreya and the others gained considerable meritorious service.

Upgrading to Thousand Generals represents a tiered upgrade in military rank, which must have cost a substantial amount of merit.

Not to mention they also replenished their forces, and doubling the previous number of troops must have been quite expensive.

Speaking of which, after Kreya and the others returned with the spoils, Kane had already reserved them for some time.

They only breached three camps in total, but the loot from these three camps was stronger than those of the five camps.

However, perhaps because the enemy’s quality had slightly increased, the silver Magic Materials were fewer, but the Silver Equipment and the rare items among the Silver Equipment were more abundant.

The silver material we obtained at the end can only charge two, plus the 5 Kane has left, brings the total to 7.

Kane plans to roll the dice himself next time when luck is on his side before taking any action.

As for spending a large amount of magic power to charge it, Kane still feels it’s not worth it, thinking that the luck obtained that way doesn’t feel genuine.

Besides, there’s no rush at this moment, anyway.

The main issue is that after charging, if bad luck is rolled, it carries over to the next roll, giving Kane some psychological shadow.

That must be the reason why the dice rolled bad luck two times.

It was a 3 and a 4.

Surely it’s not my luck that’s the problem.

Kane still broods over that incident.

The afternoon approached leisurely.

Kane and his team maintained their initial military formation.

The bow rider squads behind them hadn’t dispersed to keep vigil on the periphery, either.

If you ask why, it’s because other units have taken over their job.

Speak of the devil and he shall appear.

Several streaks of black mist rapidly flew towards the team from afar.

Yes, the units that took over perimeter vigil during the march were the Dark Servants, since it was Kane’s turn to campaign, these Dark Servants naturally followed.

Their excellent mobility, extreme stealth, and strong reconnaissance awareness make them very strong sentinels.

Seeing the black mist flying over, Kreya raised her left hand and halted her steps.

The soldiers behind her stopped in unison, standing still where they were.

The black mist reached Kane, transforming into girls with white masks, half-kneeling before his horse.

"Did you discover anything?" Kane asked, looking at the long-haired girls below.

The team responsible for vigilance consisted of Eva and her squad, distinguished by their straight black hair and tallest height.

Kneeling below, Eva nodded: "Master, we discovered many soldiers and traps ambushed 1 kilometer ahead."

Hearing Eva’s report, Kreya squinted her eyes slightly, pondered, and said: "Didn’t expect an ambush on the main road? Seems the previous battles made them aware of our attack route."

"Or maybe it was his influence," she said, pointing upward.

At this time, the giant hole in the sky still had thick white mist floating inside, just as a few days earlier.

The difference was the crack across the sky seemed to have widened a bit more.

Kreya looked at the sky.

"That’s indeed possible."

After Kane first encountered the sky’s rupture and the dungeon’s backlash, he seriously researched the matter.

It is known that whenever a dungeon is devoured, this situation often arises, although only a few explorer teams survive it.

Several explorers, however, survived and relayed their information to the Mist Council.

Previously mentioned was that ruptures do not pertain only to the sky; they could occur on land and sea, appearing as if the space is tearing apart.

But sky ruptures remain the most common, as most start from the sky.

As time goes on, more and more places will fracture.

They will eventually spread from sky fractures to land, and extend to seas.

With more fractures, the strength of the dungeon creatures would significantly increase due to the energy from these fragments.

But, Kane and his team didn’t have much of a solution, as this dungeon focuses mainly on large-group army formations.

Trying to bulldoze the entire dungeon with one’s strength and forces was wishful thinking, even for Kane and his team.

They understand that many ants can bite an elephant to death.

They must follow the strategy of their red faction and nibble away step by step.

Trying to rush won’t help.

This inevitably leads them to face situations where land ruptures and all dungeon creatures’ strength significantly increase.

But fortunately.

According to the information obtained, even if the land, sky, and seas all rupture, the monsters’ strength inside the dungeon won’t drastically over-increase.

Especially in Kane’s current situation with numerous enemies.

Perhaps during the first sky fracture, only a boss remained at the end, so all the red strengthening energy poured into that leader.

But regardless of the data obtained or Kane’s observations these days, it shows that the strengthening energy from the sky spreads over the entire dungeon.

It can be described as a fair share of the benefits.

These red energies sporadically shower down from the sky, scattering all over.

Although this isn’t good news, it won’t make the situation overly dire.

At least not concentrating all the energy on one or two enemies, elevating them to a level even Kane and his team couldn’t defeat.

Like turning into gold.

Collecting his thoughts, Kane looked at Kreya.

Kreya then lowered her head from gazing at the sky and said: "They actually tried to ambush us but we found out, let’s give them a good lesson then, charge through and bombard them off guard."

Hearing Kreya’s words, Kane nodded.

The two led the soldiers behind them, charging swiftly forward.