Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 595 - 527 Authority and Rules

In the morning, the golden sunlight on the Golden Bridge never fades.

Though it’s said to be morning, Kane couldn’t be sure if this really counted as morning; he could only say he was well-rested.

In this dungeon, Kane only remembered the days he spent, unaware of the current approximate time.

Without the distinction between day and night, it’s extremely difficult to estimate.

When Kane first arrived, he often misjudged the time, even forgetting to rest, until he felt drowsy and realized he hadn’t rested for a long time.

The perpetual light is deeply misleading for them.

This is the profound impact of the constant light on intelligent creatures like Kane and his kind, who are accustomed to the cycle of day and night.

However, the intelligent creatures in this dungeon have fully adapted; each has a timing tool to decide whether they need to rest based on some perceptions.

They wonder, once they destroy the Golden Bridge and restore day and night to this world, whether they can still adapt.

Kane and his subordinates were settled in several houses in the small village.

However, besides the few dispatched by Heideline, Kane’s subordinates all stayed in their own rooms, entering the Guild Hall’s personal space to rest.

Since the Guild Hall was established, Kane and his team camped outdoors very little; even when they did, they took turns keeping vigil while others entered the Guild Hall.

It’s not just Kane’s group either; Funa’s team also engaged in similar practices once they joined the guild.

This method also has drawbacks—if the outside camp faces danger and communication is delayed, it could result in peril.

So, they generally only enter the Guild Hall when they’re sure they are in an extremely safe environment.

Unfortunately, the purchased BB machines still cannot establish contact between the outside world and the Guild Hall.

The BB machine can send a message to another BB machine owner in the same space, even if the owner is not present in the space.

Once the other owner enters that space, they will receive the message.

This is an advantage over Kane’s Ruby Lapel Pin, another advantage being that the BB machine has strong concealment; there have been instances of communication via Kane’s Ruby Lapel Pin being discovered.

But Burton has thoroughly inspected the BB machine and found no communication issues.

Not only did Burton inspect it, but he also took it to friends from his past, one of whom had even reached the tri-color rank.

Thus, it has been confirmed, the BB machine offers high confidentiality.

After all, the BB machine is the guild’s exclusive product, whereas the Ruby Lapel Pin is a creation of the Mist, appearing not to be overly formidable.

Recently, I heard that the Mechanical Association has also developed remote communication devices.

By now, Kane and his subordinates had rested well and were waiting outside the village for Kreya to gather the Revolutionary Army.

Seeing the nearby nervously Moon’s Child, Kane spoke to them, "Don’t be nervous. It’s your first time on the battlefield; just pay attention to your safety. I’ll be watching over you."

"I am the guard of Your Majesty, I don’t need Your Majesty’s protection," Lu Ya responded to Kane’s words.

"Haha, alright, alright, then I leave my safety to you."

Upon hearing Kane’s words, Lu Ya immediately raised her head, patted her chest, and said, "Don’t worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely protect you."

"Me too!" Mo Yi shouted loudly from the side.

Seeing their expressions, Kane could only smile at them happily.

He brought a total of six Moon’s Children this time, not because he didn’t want more, but because only these six had mastered their own power well.

And this also proved their exceptional talent from another perspective.

Yet, among them, only Mo Yi was an auxiliary type Moonlight Master.

Lu Ya and another were Moon Warriors; the rest included a Moon Healer and a Moon Mage.

With Steel Wing and Pedi at the silver bottleneck level, they could be considered mini-boss-like characters.

And the ten or so various race sentinels dispatched by Heideline were the strongest under Heideline’s command.

They could be considered elite.

Their strength had reached the peak of silver level.

Therefore, it could fully be said that Kane and his team were an elite squad.

Finally, they saw Kreya leading a large group of rebels, riding warhorses out from the village entrance.

Under Kane’s Eagle Eye, the strength of these rebels seemed uneven, with some even showing copper-level ranks aside from silver-level ones.

Only those generals’ strengths reached the bottleneck or peak, but such characters were only three or four.

Nevertheless, the number of rebels was substantial, with more than 800 people.

Don’t underestimate this number; know that there are very few living beings in this dungeon, most are ordinary civilians, so having this many rebels is already quite impressive.

Understand that the soldiers in the domain of the Red Monarch also only number more than 6000.

Kane stepped forward and walked at the front of the group with Kreya and some generals.

"Do you have the enemy troop movements?" Kane asked.

Kreya nodded, "The Black Monarch’s hunting army follows just those few routes. Recently, they are patrolling along one of them for hunts; we only need to ambush them on their inevitable path."

Upon Kreya’s words, Kane frowned and asked, "Are the Black Monarch’s soldiers so rigid?"

Kreya nodded and began explaining to Kane why they acted this way.

"The Black Monarch’s soldiers, rather than being alive, are more like undead. They’ve been transformed by the Black Monarch’s Authority of Death, their bodies ablaze with black flames, making them nearly impossible to kill."

"But it also comes at a price. I’ve noticed that other than in combat, they seem quite rigid, lacking flexibility."

He hadn’t seen the Black Monarch’s army yet, but after hearing Kreya’s explanation, Kane nodded.

The meaning is that the Black Monarch’s army is more like the undead, possessing extremely tenacious life force, but the price might be reduced flexibility and wisdom in thinking.

In other words, the Black Monarch might have developed the Authority of Death, concerning the rules of corpse resurrection after death.

Through Kane’s understanding of the Authority of Creation in hand these days, he discovered that authorities like creation, which are very vague, have extremely detailed classifications.

These classifications can almost be used as rules as Burton described them. One creation is too broad, and many things can be associated with creation.

For example, what Kane has been understanding and experiencing is the creation of steel constructs, specializing in things of steel, a rule created out of thin air.

As he delved deeper, he could also realize generally which rules the Red Monarch might have understood from creation.

It should be the creation of Purple Crystal and the creation of life.

The understanding of Purple Crystal’s creation might be quite deep, while the creation of life might still be in the phase of realization.

From the Red Monarch’s attacks, the lives created are all sorts of beasts, which one can see. They are creatures not particularly intelligent, which are the easiest to create.

However, the creation of Purple Crystal is very profound. Not only does it have considerable hardness, but it can also store magic power within the crystal and engrave various Rune Arrays upon it.

This made Kane decide in his heart to take control of this dungeon at all costs, which means that controlling this dungeon is not just a rule so simple.

But more subdivided rules expanded from these several authorities, far exceeding what Kane and his team previously expected.

While thinking, Kreya had already brought her troops to the predetermined ambush location.

There was a place here with a steep backward slope of extremely high area, where one could peer down from the grass atop the slope to the sturdy road below.

This road was presumably the enemy’s necessary path.

"Everyone, conceal yourselves!"

Kreya commanded the soldiers behind her.

With the command issued, all the soldiers concealed their figures along the backward slope, pacifying their warhorses to lie flat.

The slope here was quite high with very dense vegetation, effectively hiding them perfectly.

Kane watched the skilled movements of these members of the resistance army and knew they have done such things more than once or twice.

Even the remaining horses were accustomed and very quiet.

The resistance army certainly can’t compete with regular forces, relying only on some minor tactics and guerrilla warfare to gain an advantage.

Among Kane’s subordinates, the plant men spontaneously rushed out for reconnaissance with their comrades.

Their original duty was to be sentinels.

Kane wasn’t worried about their discovery, as they excelled in illusion skills, passed down from Heideline.

It wasn’t long before Kane saw them returning to report.

Upon their return, Kane had already used Eagle Eye from afar to see the enemy troop.

They were very conspicuous, a dark mass that turned the entire space black.

The soldiers of the Black Monarch were burning with black flames, and the heat from so many soldiers gathered made the entire air scorchingly twisted.

Seeing from afar, it appeared like a massive black fire seemingly spreading over.

Kane saw these creatures for the first time, scrutinizing them closely.

Not quite as he thought, not all skeletons and beings like ghosts.

Instead, apart from a large number of skeletons up front, most of the enemies at the rear looked like normal people, except it was too conspicuous with black flames burning on their bodies.

The number of enemy troops Kane estimated reached over 5000.

The majority among them were skeleton soldiers burning with black flames.

The rear revealed the heavily armored cavalry riding warhorses, equally pitch-black clad, with a tattered cloak over them.

Some humanoid soldiers shrouded in black flames held longbows burning with flames.

The most striking in the opposing force were the four massive giant skeletons.

Each giant reached around 10 meters, carrying a basket-like object on their backs filled with black boulders.

These giant skeletons, apart from their eyes, had no other places still burning with black flames, perhaps due to insufficient power to cover the whole body.

Looking at the Black Monarch’s unit, comparing with the Red Monarch’s, Kane found the only notable asset was his Steel Wings Knight Order.

However, truth be told, the Steel Wings Knight Order did indeed appear very majestic, everyone had a transformable air-land mecha.

Realizing his thoughts were running astray, Kane hastily refocused.

Still, it could be seen that apart from skeletons, other troop types seemed to have slower speeds, wondering if it’s a downside of death.

Watching the enemy forces approaching closer to them.

Seeing Kreya and the revolutionary army behind her eager to move, Kane immediately stopped them.

"Hold on; let me first reduce the enemy’s living strength."

It was previously agreed that Kane would initiate the first attack, after all, it was his proposal to directly besiege the enemy’s external hunting team.

Mainly, Kane wanted to experiment with his newly acquired abilities.