Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 498 - 457: Spring of Rebirth

This unexpected skirmish left Kane and his team with significant gains, but the losses were unusually severe.

The over 5000 soldiers who came with them, after two battles, had fewer than 2000 left.

More than 2000 of them were lost when fighting that knight order just now.

On the opposing side, out of over 3000 knights, half managed to escape.

For the first time, Kane’s losses were greater than the enemy’s.

But even so, this victory was still a complete triumph.

It provided extraordinarily rich experience, and the remaining soldiers didn’t need healing, fully recovering and nearly 200 soldiers reached a strength bottleneck.

Of course, only about 60 of these soldiers were under Kane’s command.

Most importantly, members of the Lantern Knight Order, who had joined Kane’s guild as Spirits of Freedom, still lost two members.

The thing Kane feared most couldn’t be avoided.

After all, the strength of that Magic Knight Order was only slightly inferior to that of the Lantern Knight Order members.

With the number taken into account, deaths were unavoidable.

It’s foreseeable that such situations will frequently occur in future battles.

After the death of these two Lantern Knight Order members, their bodies didn’t turn into blue starlight like other soldiers, but remained intact.

At the Defender Army base, a new structure emerged for burying deceased soldiers.

Knight’s Tomb.

These two soldiers were automatically buried in the tomb after being taken to the Defender Army base.

At least they wouldn’t have to remain in the dungeon forever like other Explorers.

"They were considered companions. It’s the first time I’ve felt the death of comrades. It’s truly an unpleasant feeling," Kane quietly said, looking at the bodies sent to the knight’s residence.

Kreya and the others just nodded, unsure of what to say.

Becoming Spirits of Freedom and joining Kane’s guild at this time puts them in an awkward phase.

They became Spirits of Freedom, but not Explorers, limiting the help Kane’s team could offer.

The dungeon is also on the brink of destruction, leaving them in an awkward stage where even resurrection is impossible.

Although it brought Kane’s team benefits, like automatically being part of their group and directly energizing Kane with the spoils they acquired.

More than 1000 members of the Magic Knight Order perished, yielding 200 Mist Coins.

Over a dozen pieces of top-quality Silver Equipment and the rest were all ordinary Silver Equipment, with almost no Copper Equipment.

The Silver Magic Materials obtained directly boosted Kane’s collection of Silver Magic Stones from 7 to 11 pieces.

The haul from this skirmish equaled the gains from attacking two or three camps.

Of course, the losses could also compare to two or three camps, or even more.

After collecting the spoils and waiting for the complete conversion of the camp,

Kane and his team took the remaining soldiers and headed back to the fortress.

Having just taken a camp, they had to return to the fortress for rest and recuperation.

Kane suddenly recalled what he had said when attacking the camp, feeling somewhat like a jinx.

The quality of their soldiers was indeed far inferior to the enemy’s.

Even in a 2 vs. 1 situation, they struggled to hold the line.

Moreover, the sky kept shattering, and the enemy kept receiving reinforcements, making their soldiers increasingly vulnerable to slaughter as time went on.

The problem was that Kane and his team had no better solution.

They couldn’t rely on a few individuals to charge against an army of thousands, especially with enhanced enemy strength.

Enough soldiers were needed to distribute firepower evenly.

The sole solace was that Kane and his team had long adjusted their mindset, not viewing their ordinary soldiers as normal living beings.

Furthermore, they didn’t need to treat ordinary soldiers as normal living beings because they could be resurrected after death, which was confirmed by those who became Spirits of Freedom.

This allowed Kane and his team to consider these soldiers as expendable, mere numbers in this context.

The only thing that would disturb and unsettle Kane and his team was the death of those who became Spirits of Freedom and joined their guild.

Because they genuinely died and had no chance of revival.

And this was while fighting for their cause.

When Kane and his team returned to the fortress, Longbei was already waiting for them.

Upon seeing Kane’s team bring back only around 2000 soldiers, he realized the losses were quite severe.

He immediately noticed that two members of the Lantern Knight Order were missing.

After all, the Lantern Knight Order had become Spirits of Freedom and joined their guild.

In recent days, it was common to see Longbei in the Guild Hall drinking and chatting with these knight order members.

Among hundreds of people, Longbei clearly remembered each one.

The inevitable happened, and Longbei could only sigh.

"It seems the enemies ahead will be much stronger," Longbei said as he walked beside Kane and the group.

Kane nodded, saying, "Indeed, they are much stronger than the soldiers we previously attacked in the camps and there are many elite units causing significant one-sided slaughter on our soldiers."

"Let’s replenish our soldiers first. I’m not sure if this battle’s merits will allow a rank promotion. Our forces are somewhat depleted now," Kreya said from the side.

Kane’s team nodded and headed to the recruitment area of the fortress.

However, except for Kane, none of them had enough battle merits to achieve a rank promotion.

And if Kane were to be promoted in rank, there wouldn’t be enough battle merits left to replenish the forces, rendering the benefit of promotion pointless.

Ultimately, they finished replenishing their forces and left the recruitment area.

Kane returned to his room and opened the [Book of Adventure].

The plus sign in the guild column highlighted again, indicating a new expansion column has appeared.

This made Kane a bit puzzled, as there hasn’t been any new situation with the guild recently.

Clicking the plus sign.

A new expansion column appeared at the bottom, in addition to the previous expansion columns.

[Guild Hall-Spring of Rebirth]

Just by the name, you can tell it’s something that enables guild members to revive.

The reason for this new expansion column’s appearance is also obvious; it should have been unlocked after a previous guild member’s death.

Kane carefully examined the introduction of this expansion column.

Though not detailed, it roughly explained the function.

Spending costs allows guild members to revive, but revival must meet certain conditions.

Specific circumstances weren’t explained above, nor the cost expenditures.

These need to be known only after unlocking the column.

Unlocking the column costs the current highest level of 10 Silver Magic Stones.

Kane thought unlocking such a column would require more costs, but it turned out to be 10 Silver Magic Stones.

This likely indicates that the highest unlocking fee may have a certain limit, but it’s just a guess, as many powerful functions now cost 10 Silver Magic Stones.

And Kane now has 11 Silver Magic Stones on hand, so there’s no need to hesitate. Such a function must be prioritized for unlocking, so he directly chose to use them to unlock this expansion column.

After unlocking the column, clicked on the guild hall column, and a three-dimensional guild hall image appeared in the Book of Adventure.

Next to the guild hall, a small space with a fountain appeared.

The exact appearance will only be known after Kane personally visits.

Pressing the guild text with his hand and murmuring the spell, he vanished from the room and appeared in the guild hall.

At this time, Longbei was drinking with a dozen members of the Defender Army in the guild hall.

They were completely relaxed in this area, so Kane’s arrival did not alert them.

It’s possible they were already heavily drunk.

Kane directly bypassed them and headed for the newly appeared doorway.

He took a wooden door from the decoration column and installed it in the doorway.

Finally, he pushed open the wooden door and entered.

The space where the Spring of Rebirth is located was a verdant woodland.

An exquisitely crafted white stone fountain stood in the center.

In the center of the fountain was a lantern sculpture.

The lantern’s center spark emitted a warm green light, making everyone in the glow feel relaxed.

Now Kane was already checking the details of this space.

As expected, the usage conditions for the Spring of Rebirth were very complex, and the costs were not cheap.

First, you must be a guild member.

Secondly, to be reborn, your soul must not have suffered major damage.

And if the soul was imprisoned by some means and couldn’t be brought here, it still couldn’t be reborn.

That is to say, the Spring of Rebirth depends on the soul for rebirth.

You must pour a fragment of your soul into the spring before death to guide the soul here for protection in case of a guild member’s death.

However, imprisoned souls will be marked within the Spring of Souls, allowing guild members to locate the imprisoned soul and release it.

But everyone has only one chance to use the Spring of Rebirth.

If reborn once and dies again, the Spring of Rebirth can only guide the soul here for protection, not reshape the body.

Yet, it remains positive since in the Mist World many dungeons have methods of rebirth that only require the soul, which is an opportunity.

The cost is expended twice.

Firstly, the cost is for the Spring of Rebirth to guide the soul, demanding the first cost of 20% of the current strength.

Although Kane doesn’t understand how this 20% strength is calculated, to be reborn, accepting a reduction of strength is necessary.

The subsequent cost is for bodily reconstruction.

The cost varies depending on the strength, with copper-level explorers paying with copper Magic Stones for bodily reconstruction, but the exact amount fluctuates depending on strength.

If you can’t afford it, no rush, as the spring will still protect the soul from harm.

Of course, then a maintenance fee is required.

The specific consumption is still determined by strength, but it is certainly less than body reconstruction.

Although the rebirth through the Spring of Rebirth is not perfect, Kane is very satisfied.

For it can entirely be the final safeguard.

After all, revival items produced by the mist have certain limitations.

Kane has now decided to gather all members of the guild and have each pour a soul fragment into the springfront immediately, otherwise there will be no chance for revival; this must be done immediately.

Thinking of this, Kane prepared to leave.

However, as Kane reached the door, the thorn pattern on his arm began to burn feverishly.

Constantly emitting a faint light.

Feeling the anomaly in his arm, Kane immediately opened the space equipment and took out the Saintess’s earring.

Watching it float in the air, emitting Holy Light.

A smile appeared on Kane’s face.