Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 499 - 458: The Resurrection of the Free Saintess

Chapter 499: Chapter 458: The Resurrection of the Free Saintess

Lush greenery, verdant woodland, flowers entwined.

In a space of vibrant green.

A fountain sits in the center of the whole space, entirely made of unknown white stone, adorned with intricate carvings.

At the center of the fountain is a lantern sculpture.

The style of the lantern clearly resembles the Guild Seal of Kane’s Lantern Guild.

The entire lantern is also made of white stone, covered with fine runes, easily overlooked if not examined closely.

At the heart of the lantern, emerald green light emits from the center.

An energy that refreshes the mind, permeating the fountain and surrounding environment.

Kane quietly stands beside the fountain.

Before him floats a golden pendant, composed of a green vine entwining a golden ornament.

Familiar holy song emanates from it, faintly and ethereally.

[Soul Deposit]

[Indicator]

[Color: Silver]

[Attributes:]

[Immune to Physical Damage]

[Strong Magic Resistance]

[Explanation: Under certain specific conditions, this Indicator can be used to awaken Saintess Finaris to the outside world irrespective of her personal state, with high priority. Consent from her is required for the process.]

[Introduction: A sanctuary crafted with powerful metals and high-level ritual magic, where a holy soul resides, awaiting awakening.]

This was left by the Spirit of Freedom who aided Kane and his companions in successfully clearing the Dungeon during their first silver-level dungeon experience.

Saintess Finaris.

Soldiers later said that if not for the light produced by Saintess’ sacrifice, the fortress would have been breached, unable to await Kane and the others’ return.

Regardless, the Saintess indeed helped them clear the Dungeon successfully.

Not to mention Kane had made an oath with her.

Now, both the magic item and the thorny pattern on Kane’s hand reacted.

They seem able to use the Spring of Rebirth to guide Finaris’ soul over and help her reconstruct her body so she can gain freedom from the previous Dungeon.

However, the issue is that Finaris did not join the Guild, and only Guild members can use the Spring of Rebirth.

After pondering, Kane dragged the floating magic video to the fountain and gently placed it on it.

As the pendant floated on the fountain, the ground beside it slowly rose with a stele engraved with clear writing.

Upon the emergence of the stele, detailed information appeared in Kane’s mind.

Soul Stele.

Used to store and protect the souls guided here.

Simultaneously, the fountain’s question appeared in Kane’s mind.

[Detected complete soul, proceed with protection?]

The ability to protect suggests the feasibility of reconstructing a body, but why?

Kane was puzzled.

Finaris is not a Guild member, why can she still resurrect with the Spring of Rebirth?

Reopening the [Book of Adventure].

Kane carefully perused the introduction about the Spring of Rebirth on the Guild hall page to see if he overlooked anything.

After thorough examination, Kane roughly understood why the fountain could revive and protect Finaris’ soul.

Why she needs to be a Guild member to resurrect.

Because only Guild members can split part of their soul to invest in the fountain, and their Guild Seal will prompt the fountain at the moment of their death.

The fountain can fully guide their soul through the fragments placed into the fountain.

This constitutes the premise of everything.

But Kane currently holds an indicator where a person’s soul is completely preserved.

If Kane wishes, he can skip the preceding steps and directly resurrect the soul.

Because even non-members can complete the subsequent steps.

Thus, it truly is quite humane.

The importance and utility of this building have increased.

Having received Kane’s confirmation.

A wisp of pale white mist was extracted from the magic indicator and slowly drifted toward the adjacent Soul Stele.

When the mist entirely entered the stele, Finaris’ name appeared on the stele, flashing with eerie blue light.

White mist floated out from the stele again, gradually coalescing together.

A holy maiden appeared before Kane.

Regardless of appearance or attire, she looked exactly like the Finaris Kane had once seen.

After reappearing, Finaris surveyed her surroundings, observing the environment.

Then she closed her eyes, seemingly sensing something.

"Thank you, Kane, I no longer feel the world’s constraints."

As she spoke, Finaris opened her eyes, drops of white mist formed tears, falling from her eyes.

So this is how souls cry; I thought souls couldn’t shed tears.

Kane’s attention often falls upon peculiar details.

"No need for thanks, it was part of the contract, wasn’t it? And you haven’t fully resurrected yet, so hold on for a moment."

While saying this, Kane took the remaining Magic Stone out of his backpack and threw it into the fountain.

He had just received confirmation from the fountain that to reconstruct Finaris’ body, only one silver Magic Stone is necessary.

Finaris’ strength prior to her death wasn’t excessively great.

Based on Kane’s examination upon entering the Dungeon, she was only mid-level silver.

The only fortunate aspect is due to skipping the first part of the guiding process, the Spring of Rebirth generously waived Finaris’ protection fee, hence avoiding the 20% strength reduction.

Finaris seemed to sense something, turning to gaze at Kane.

"Are you ready? Soon you will truly gain freedom."

Seeing Finaris nod, Kane waved his hand.

The fountain’s water surged out, enveloping Finaris’ soul.

It then slowly drew her into the fountain.

The runes on the lantern began to faintly light up, the green light in the central ember growing brighter until it completely enveloped the entire fountain.

The plants throughout the entire space were swaying and dancing.

As if in welcome.

Welcoming new life?

The light vanished in an instant.

The fountain returned to calmness.

What’s going on? Kane was somewhat puzzled as he looked at the suddenly calm Spring of Rebirth.

It couldn’t have taken payment and just devoured the soul, could it?

Although Kane knew that was impossible, he couldn’t help but think in that direction.

The surface of the calm spring water began to ripple.

Golden strands of hair emerged from beneath the water, and as the object floated upward, Finaris’ delicate face also appeared from the water, the spring water dripping down along her hair.

However, Finaris only revealed her head.

She just quietly watched Kane.

?

"What’s wrong? Why aren’t you coming out? Couldn’t have just made you a head, right? That can’t be right?"

Seeing Finaris’ head emerging from the water, Kane was somewhat perplexed; he thought there was an issue with the process of resurrection and body reconstruction.

After all, Finaris hadn’t gone through the first step, skipping it entirely.

It’s entirely possible, perhaps.

"No!"

An ethereal voice came from Finaris’ mouth, sounding somewhat excited.

On Finaris’ calm face, a slight blush appeared on her cheeks.

She quietly said, "The clothes on my body are gone."

After hearing her words, Kane slapped his forehead.

So that’s it; it seems Kane hadn’t thought things through.

He had assumed that Finaris, in her soul form, was wearing clothes and would have clothes upon resurrection.

Quickly comforting her, he said, "Wait a moment, I’ll get you something right away."

After speaking, magic power surged from Kane’s hands, and threads formed by origin skills flowed out of his hands. These threads, under Kane’s control, began weaving.

In just a short moment, a complete set of clothes was woven by Kane from inside out.

Magic power flowed into them, and the entire set of clothes transformed from an illusion that would disappear outside a 10-meter range into reality.

Subsequently, he placed them beside the spring.

"All right, you can come out and put them on now."

After speaking, Kane moved a dozen meters away and conjured a giant wall.

Seeing Kane had blocked his vision, Finaris emerged from the spring.

The private parts of her body were concealed by blinding Holy Light.

Her resurrected body was exceedingly perfect, no different from her physical form before death, and still at its peak.

She only needed to act as before to use her abilities, as if she had never died, without feeling any obstruction.

Very smooth.

The water droplets on her body vanished instantly.

She glanced at the newly woven clothes nearby.

Identical to what she wore before.

To avoid making Kane wait too long, she quickly put them on.

Yet, the more she wore them, the more her face flushed.

Not because of any other reason, but because the clothes fit too perfectly.

As if she had personally gone to purchase them.

But she had just witnessed Kane weave them on the spot.

Dispelling the thoughts from her mind, she suppressed the shyness in her heart, swiftly dressing completely.

"All done."

Upon hearing Finaris’ voice from the other side of the wall, Kane then dispelled the wall.

Soon, Finaris appeared before him wearing her previous attire.

Hmm, still the familiar look.

And the fit is quite good, not bad, if I do say so myself.

Kane thought to himself, being a man with a hunter’s keen eyes.

He only needed to glance to roughly analyze people’s body data.

Though he’s not a clueless man, he still retained certain male obliviousness.

Thus, he didn’t consider how making form-fitting clothes out of nowhere might cause misunderstandings for others.

He even felt a bit smug about it.

Then a warmth appeared on his arm.

The thorny pattern wrapped around his arm slowly began to dissipate in his sight.

This symbolized that his contract with Finaris was now complete.

Seeing this, Kane smiled and then said to Finaris, "Though reviving you at this time might not seem ideal, I should still roughly explain our current situation."

"We are now in a dungeon, which you can also interpret as another world, similar to the one you knew before."

"Only by clearing this dungeon can we leave it, and at that time, you will truly be free."

After hearing Kane’s words, Finaris nodded. She didn’t find anything wrong with this because she already felt the shackles on her soul had disappeared.

The feeling of being chained by the throat had vanished.

Now she only wanted to take in big breaths of outside air.

Nodding to Kane, she said, "It’s fine, I can take this time to learn about the outside world."

"That’s true."

Hearing Finaris’ words, Kane also nodded. Her current situation was similar to when he first crossed into this world.

Needing some time to adapt was no problem.

Kane was already considering who could give her a good introduction to the outside world’s differences, finally deciding to trouble Kreya.

After all, Longbei and others weren’t familiar with Finaris, and Kane wasn’t suitable either.

It would be best not to be misunderstood by Kreya.

In conclusion, Kreya indeed has to be the one to be troubled.