Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 886 - 587: City of Gathering Warriors

"Boom——"

A loud noise accompanied by a violent tremor appeared near Red Lion City as a giant dragon fell to the ground once again.

Fortunately, though saying so might seem like persecuting Moer, everyone was prepared for this fall, so there wasn’t much damage.

"It has completely turned into a battlefield there."

Fanen looked back, the road full of barricades in front of the Red Lion City gate was already filled with the smell of gunpowder.

After the round of bombardment, Monsters fell to the ground like garbage, even the corrupted Aggis was no exception. The Tower of God with its massive body was especially targeted by the Dragon Slayer Cannon, sprawling on the ground and struggling to get up for quite a while.

The adventurers had seen city defense weapons before, but the ones in Red Lion City with such power that they could directly blast away swathes of powerful Monsters were truly unheard of, and it was uncertain if the capital defense forces of various nations could do the same.

However, such powerful city defense weapons couldn’t be used indiscriminately. After a round of shelling, there was no more movement, perhaps busy with reloading, and so forth. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

To eliminate those fallen but not dead Monsters, it required the blades and swords in the hands of the soldiers on the ground.

Thus, the sounds of slaughter filled the air. Soldiers adept at hunting beasts, clad in flames that could resist Crimson Corruption, charged fearlessly against the corrupted breath spewed by Aggis, rushing towards the Monsters in numbers.

The shocking visual effect was enough to make one marvel, a pure taste of magical warfare.

"What incredible combat power," Fanen couldn’t help but sigh. He had observed carefully that the soldiers of the Red Lion, despite appearing haggard and as delirious as the Greg Soldiers, could still fulfill their duties and even exhibit strong combat power when facing the siege beasts.

He found it strange, as he wouldn’t find it too difficult to face more than ten soldiers if he didn’t transform into a Wolfman. But when he did become a theoretically stronger Wolfman, he couldn’t win against them, which was quite frustrating.

Upon closer inspection, among the frenzied Monsters, even Abel seemed to be excitedly battling, even playing combination skills targeting the soldiers with the Monsters.

Those Monsters would often stare dumbfoundedly at Abel after a combination skill, vaguely remembering they weren’t supposed to be enemies, right?

But Abel was clearly too caught up in the excitement, because his task was to stall the enemy’s actions, and both Monsters and soldiers were enemies, so either would do for stalling.

This showed the Dragon Clan’s strong physicality. Regardless of the damage, a tail swipe or body roll from him could topple a large number of enemies. This was a great way to delay time. A human adventurer here likely couldn’t achieve such a result.

"Let’s hurry, don’t waste Abel’s battle," Uffie made an encouraging gesture towards Abel, then turned to head for the tightly shut gate, seeming intent on breaking it violently.

"Wait, I just saw a path." x2

Seeing everyone wanting to follow Uffie, Fanen immediately spoke, not expecting Tami to speak as well at this moment.

The two exchanged glances, as if praising each other’s keen observation.

Luluwo behind Tami crossed her arms and nodded secretly, thinking Tami had finally accomplished something.

The path they spoke of was actually a steep cliff path skirting the city’s side. From here, one couldn’t see where it led, or perhaps it wasn’t a path at all? But having seen something resembling a path near a shut gate in the Sain Dungeon, one would surely want to check it out first.

These words persuaded Uffie, who vaguely remembered Gapar had said something similar, thus forsaking the frontal assault on the main gate and instead aiming to climb the cliff.

Yet at that moment, a sudden change occurred, with a roar sounding above, followed by a heavy object’s crash landing.

Everyone instinctively raised their hands to shield against the dust, seeing that a Mountain Monster clad in oversized Red Lion soldier armor had landed before them, wielding a greatsword engulfed in blazing flames.

"Even Mountain Monsters in the Red Lion Legion?"

As soon as they met, the Mountain Monster swung its greatsword, and a combat skill [Flame Strike] immediately swept a storm of blazing fire towards them.

They were about to defend in various ways when a massive green figure pounced from behind, spewing dense green poison gas, dissolving the flames from the Flame Strike in an instant. The green figure went on to tackle the Mountain Monster, pummeling its head with thick limbs.

It was Moer, finally recovering from the shock of his fall.

"Roar!" A muffled roar came from his throat, signaling he would hold them off, urging everyone to leave first.

"You’re reliable, big guy!" Luluwo gave a thumbs up towards him, then turned to lead the others south along the cliff, everyone making their departure after noting Moer’s sacrifices.

As they climbed the cliff, the sounds of battle seemed to diminish, and the smell of gunpowder couldn’t reach them.

The steep cliff wasn’t easy to climb, with oversized Bat Monsters perched all over, with one just a few steps away. There was even an old bat lady singing in a tree, and the shockwaves from her mouth were enough to knock an adult off the cliff.

In the end, it was Luluwo who tied safety ropes to everyone using chains, securing all the chains to Uffie, who wouldn’t be blown away by shockwaves. After some time, they finally reached the top.

To the group’s expectations, the cliff indeed connected to Red Lion City’s wall, though it was unclear where this section of the wall could lead.

But successfully entering the city felt rewarding enough for the effort spent.

Fanen and Tami snuck over to deal with the soldiers on the wall, thus declaring this part of the wall safe, and then looked down at the city they longed to see.

From this position, they couldn’t see the entirety of Red Lion City; the fortress-like city was too large, and its grandeur was naturally imposing.

Unlike Stoneveil City, which is shrouded in the aura of storm and gloom, or the Limb Storage Room, which is eerily terrifying.

The crimson sky casts a blood-like hue over the entire Red Lion City, with the ragged Red Lion battle flags visible everywhere within the city, and bonfires symbolizing war are found every few steps. Nearby, there is often a weapon rack piled high, ready for battle at any moment.

Coupled with the sounds of soldiers fighting with monsters outside, the entire city is enveloped in an atmosphere called "war."

Even though Stoneveil City has kitchens and other places where one can relax and warm up by the fire, this is completely impossible in Red Lion City. Every detail here puts people in a state of high tension, never allowing their spirits to rest, as if they are truly on a battlefield.

Though accustomed to years of danger in adventuring, Luluwo and others still show signs of discomfort, just staying here gives them goosebumps.

The only one who seems somewhat adapted to the battlefield atmosphere is probably Uffie.

"I really like the atmosphere here."

Uffie removed the chains wrapped around her body, inhaling the air tinged with flame and blood, looking somewhat philosophical, she muttered to herself:

"Alright, where is Shattered Star General, where is that old man spying on us, could it be in the depths of the city?"

She was impatient to get started; nothing could halt her now ecstatic mood, which was infectious to everyone.

"Um, I think everyone better come see this..."

But just as everyone was gearing up to get started, Tami, who was checking the situation inside the city with Fanen, issued a slightly trembling voice.

Like she’d seen something frightening, yet seemed excited; it gave a strange feeling.

"What’s wrong, afraid because it’s your first time in such situations?"

Luluwo approached, patting Tami’s shoulder with the indifference of a social big sister, saying: "We’ve been through a lot, just a city shouldn’t scare you that much, right?"

"No, you should take a look!"

Tami immediately pressed Luluwo’s head, twisting her neck right and thrusting the binoculars against her eyes, letting her properly see the situation in the city.

At first glance, Luluwo was confident.

On the second look, Luluwo’s smile gradually faded.

By the third glance, Luluwo’s eyelids began to twitch wildly.

"What on earth is it?"

Uffie couldn’t help but lean in too, scanning the real situation inside the city, her eyes widened instantly.

Then she involuntarily let out a happy whistle, like a trainer seeing a favorite Pokémon appearing in abundance.

If one were to describe the situation inside Red Lion City in pure white narrative, it should be this kind of scene:

Molten Furnace Knight sat on the steps, silently polishing the great sword in his hand, the power of the Melting Furnace Hundred Beasts was heavy and vast.

Lion Hybrid was somewhat agitated, pacing back and forth, occasionally yelling at the Red Lion soldiers standing guard, hairs bristling.

Blood Noble leaned in the corner shadow, the dagger in hand dripping blood, the reverse stab, the ornate thrusting sword hidden in the black robe.

Ancient Dragon Knight stood like a sculpture, seeming to rejuvenate, thunder gathering at the spear tip.

Magician revisiting the last magic, fully armed sub-human striking the shield, mountain monster knight of unclear camp tending to wounds...

The enemies gathered within Red Lion City are practically an all-star cast from Sain Dungeon!

"What situation is this...?"

Fanen could feel it; among those diverse people below, even sub-humans are imbued with immense fighting qi, definitely not mere entry-level folks, even the worst is elite!

Why do these people who obviously don’t seem like they’re from the same camp, perhaps even hostile, gather here and appear peaceful coexisting?

The scene before is enough to make adventurers’ pupils tremble violently!

It was about this time, Uffie once again noticed the flash from the telescope, and she swiftly lifted her head to look afar.

Only to see atop that familiar tower, the pointed-hat old man appeared once more, observing them.

But this time holding something, remotely pressing it towards them.

In the next second, the brilliance of the teleportation array engulfed everyone instantly.