Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 956 - 627: The Negative Effects of Luminous Stone and Crystal?

On an ordinary day, a statement arrived from the Imperial Capital of the Warrior Country.

The ancestral spirits have finally agreed to continue the request to convene the War Festival.

The reopening of the festival has entered the countdown, requiring the process to be walked through once again.

Specifically, it involves rekindling the beacons city by city, followed by ceremonial performances by the priests, after which the previously interrupted War Festival can be resumed.

The entire process will take about a week, this week being the time for the people to travel to the Imperial Capital to witness the festival.

It's uncertain whether the ancestors of the Warrior Country have really agreed, anyway the result is out, and only the King knows the truth.

Just assume that the spirits have agreed.

After all, we can't keep dragging the national affairs, otherwise, other countries would laugh at us.

Adventurers initiate the Battle Festival.

The War Festival opens.

The Mad Dragon attacks, the War Festival is forcibly halted.

These three major events happened almost within the same week, and people lived quite dramatic lives.

And during the days when the War Festival was halted, heavy events continued to unfold.

The two most representative events are as follows.

The first one is a rumor that surfaced about magic in the Sain Dungeon possibly being harmful to humans.

And it has some basis.

For instance, Luminous Stone magic, research indicates that excessive pursuit of its origin can lead to terrifying mutations, with the Magician's Ball of the Magic Academy as proof.

Similarly, Crystal Magic, scholars found that improper handling might lead to bodily crystallization, near the Crystal Elder on the Path of Living Sacrifice, people have been crystallized.

Other magics taught by professors of Reyalucaria have also been found to have safety risks from various angles, even insignificantly small risks have been unearthed.

It can basically be concluded that this is definitely intentional by some people.

If you ask if there are any real victims of these hazardous magics, the rumor does not specify, anyway, examples in the Sain Dungeon's past support the case, although they were ancient people, but ask yourself if you believe it.

The spread of this rumor made people worry about the safety of the magic from the Sain Dungeon. Naturally, many magic learners started to abandon learning magic there in search of safer alternatives...

One would think such a situation would arise, right? At least, that's what those who deliberately spread these rumors to incite anxiety thought.

However, the state of affairs unfolded quite differently than they had imagined.

Indeed, some magic learners were swayed by these rumors, since a portion of them were indeed true, Origin Magic can indeed turn a magician into a ball.

However, those easily swayed by rumors weren't really the target audience of the Sain Dungeon to begin with.

The true patrons of the Sain Dungeon simply didn't care about this stuff, their reasoning was straightforward.

"Those turning into balls and crystals are the masters researching this kind of magic, we're just casually using it, why should those profound harms concern us?"

Such statements prevailed among the grassroots of the Sain Dungeon—adventurers from the Yanor Kingdom, adopting a very pragmatic attitude towards things and not worrying over uncertain events.

Some extreme magicians, upon hearing about the dangers of Sain's magic, became even more excited, delving deeper into their studies, seemingly courting death being in their nature, no wonder so many magicians love to keep cats.

The spread of this rumor was very limited, not even affecting Black Stone City significantly, and hardly anyone paid attention to it anymore.

This might be considered a first assault targeting the Sain Dungeon by certain people, but its effect has been minimal.

Meanwhile, beloved Court Great Magic Sage Younka of the Warrior Country announced a new invention, greatly welcomed by his supporters.

It was a type of oral potion that, when consumed, could enhance the Fighting Qi conversion technique for a certain period, increasing the conversion rate to a formidable seventy or eighty percent, combined with the constantly improving Fighting Qi conversion technique and the Reform Ring, the technology can now be applied practically.

What a talent, Master Younka.

However, there are rumors claiming that Younka's improved magic was plagiarized from the Magic Association, and if such a "rumor" were to spread, it would probably seriously impact his reputation?

Therefore, actions were taken, and such information is hardly heard anymore.

This is an invisible conflict.

The second event, also related to the Sain Dungeon, concerns the recently popular Dragon Feast.

To this day, many people are still pursuing the Dragon Feast, though it has become a routine, seeming less frenzied and lively than at the beginning.

As Dragon Slayer Warriors are a widely heard legend from a young age in the Warrior Country, the opportunity of a Dragon Feast naturally draws many to try it, hence its popularity.

Even the Thirty Heroes of the Glory Dungeon seized the moment to launch Hero characters branded as Dragon Slayer Warriors, though accused of riding the trend, they are immensely popular.

Successfully passing the trials of the Dragon Feast, the number of people becoming Dragon Warriors has now surpassed a hundred; however, after being sanctioned by the authorities, they no longer dare to disturb the public with dragon roars in the cities.

Up until now, two special Dragon Prayers have been unearthed, namely Yakir's Flame and Smag's Luminous Stone, superior versions of Flame Breath and Magic Breath respectively.

Although their power is quite strong, the currently popular Dragon Feast Prayers are unexpectedly the simplest ones: [Dragon Bite] and [Dragon Claw].

Only adventurers who have defeated the giant dragons and are performing the Dragon Feast would consider which prayer is the most practical. The reactions of the uninformed public are quite unanimous:

This is cool, that's cool too, wow, that one is even cooler!

It seems the public's warm welcome to the Dragon Prayers has led adventurer Dragon Warriors to be very flamboyant now, eager to flash a dragon claw while walking, causing the crowd to scream and cheer, reminiscent of those teenagers in Gong Qiying's previous life who would suddenly do a reverse slam dunk out of nowhere while walking.

Notably, the Dragon Clan, more specifically the Two-legged Dragon group, places great importance on the Dragon Feast, especially after Elo returned from Sain Dungeon for the first time.

Because this clan leader now goes to Sain Dungeon every few days, staying the whole day; after resting, he goes back the next day as if he's mesmerized by something inside.

And within the Two-legged Dragon group, those who are adult and have certain power surprisingly also follow Elo's pattern, diving into Sain Dungeon, but each time they come out, their recovery time is longer.

The entire Two-legged Dragon group seems to have reached some unknown consensus, all rushing towards the Sain Dungeon.

Some people tried to secretly investigate what they were up to, but the mouths of these Two-legged Dragons seemed to be sealed with iron chains, refusing to reveal anything, keeping secrets, and leading to wild speculation.

As time went on, people noticed that these dragons always returned from the dungeon dripping wet, as if they were swallowed whole by some giant monster and then spat out.

Despite how everyone would loathe this sticky state, each of these Two-legged Dragons had a satisfied smile, some even showed expressions akin to being in love, making the scene appear like all of them were falling into depravity.

This... this is quite frightening.

Rumors about "Two-legged Dragons recently playing very extravagantly" began to circulate.

Yet no one comes forward to refute.

Even Moer's family warned him not to get too close to Abel, fearing that if influenced by those Two-legged Dragons, his life as a dragon would be ruined.

However, to Moer's family's despair, Moer still ended up hanging out with Abel, going in and out of Sain Dungeon together every day, often coming back sticky with lots of scars.

Very terrifying, really terrifying.

The Moer couple, feeling that their big account was ruined, started considering creating a small one anew.

The Battle Festival to expel Latan had also been organized by various powerful individuals two or three times, but unfortunately, the results seemed unable to surpass the first time, as its setup was too luxurious.

The recent fourth challenge to the Battle Festival is about to commence, led, of course, by the eager Prince Lanle.

Above are the recent major events.

Dragon Feast, Battle Festival, Great Rune contest, Thirty Heroes...

Benar teaching combat skills, mysterious Two Fingers and Finger, Galide's low-level invaders...

No one knows when it started, but many new things appeared in the Warrior Country.

This nation, deemed serious and rigid in all aspects, was suddenly injected with quite trendy elements in a short time, and these elements often carry atmospheres not in line with rigidity.

This country, this stagnant water, had a drop of green dye dropped into it.

Representing Sain Dungeon, the green extended its reach in all directions toward the Warrior Country, injecting into the serious, rigid atmosphere new content known as "livening things up."

There are light and witty activities, grand and passionate activities, and even people from the Yanor Kingdom livening things up, where everyone can find what they need here.

Unnoticed, the atmosphere in Black Stone City, and even its surrounding areas, has silently changed.

No one knows if this is a good thing or not, but judging from Gong Qiying's observations these days, more and more people are smiling on Black Stone City's streets, which are brimming with a joyful atmosphere.

He is quite satisfied with this situation.

After all, he is designing a dungeon where everyone can laugh.

Whether it is a happy laugh, a moved laugh, or even a laugh of resignation, as long as people laugh, Gong Qiying can feel the true essence of life.

Feeling that he is influencing the world.

He hopes to maintain this state.

In Black Stone City, inside the house rented by Skyrim Strategy Group as a base.

"Hand this thing over to the White Mask tomorrow, what will happen afterward, I really look forward to it."

Luluwo looked at the blood-stained [Blood King's Oath Cloth], very much anticipating tomorrow's journey.

Her door suddenly knocked, and then Tami nervously poked his head in through the crack of the door,

"Tami, how were today's gains, how many strategies did you sell?" Luluwo cheerfully asked.

Tami hesitated for a moment, and finally said:

"Don't worry about the strategy stuff for now, Captain."

"On our way back... we picked someone up."

"And now we're being tangled with..."