"Mr. Basque, can you explain why a ’deserted’ dungeon would suddenly revive?" She emphasized the word "deserted."

There was still a lingering sadness and vacancy in Tepi’s eyes. Strictly speaking, he could be considered a victim too, yet now he had to explain to the esteemed guests at home why such an unexpected event occurred.

But what explanation was there to give? He also didn’t know why the dungeon suddenly came back to life today!

Was it specifically targeting his recently completed mansion to explode?

"I don’t know either...." He shook his head. "Sorry for getting you involved."

Fanen pointed to the chapel’s closed doors and said, "Time is of the essence, we should find a way out now."

Rarely entering a dungeon, although he appeared outwardly calm, he was actually a bit thrilled inside.

"Do you have a Teleportation Crystal?" Uffie’s question left everyone dumbfounded.

Everyone looked at each other, their pockets empty, let alone a Teleportation Crystal, Tepi didn’t even have a weapon on him, just a small knife more decorative than practical.

"Ugh, the whole plan’s been messed up," Uffie pinched her brow, saying, "stick with me if you don’t want to die."

Thanks to her experience with Gapar in defeating the Biomimetic Tear Drop of the Full Moon Queen, she now had rich adventure experience in the Underworld Dungeon.

As long as the dungeon they were in wasn’t the Sain Dungeon, she was sure she could protect everyone!

They moved towards the door, Tepi was obviously distracted, no longer worried about his mansion but contemplating what to do about the dungeon’s Teleportation Gate that suddenly appeared in his home. He couldn’t just continue living there as if nothing happened.

He vaguely sensed that dealing with the abrupt appearance of this Teleportation Gate could determine the future development of his fate. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"There’s an adage here."

Fanen discovered the adage on the ground beside the door, smoothly touching it to examine.

[Even if guidance is long broken, please become the Elden King]

"What does this mean?" Isha asked, puzzled.

Fanen, however, sensed something unusual, noticing that dried bloodstains existed on the ground in front of the adage. If he didn’t have a special sensitivity to blood, he wouldn’t have discovered it; by examining the slight differences between the blood and the surrounding environment, it was easy to deduce a fact:

"There was once a corpse lying here."

The reasoning was indeed good, but this conclusion didn’t seem all that helpful for exploration.

"It’s one of those mysterious words that often appear in dungeons; every dungeon has them, more or less, unknown words," Fanen explained to himself, "Let’s continue... Uffie? Are you listening?"

Ren Meng had already reached the door, about to push it, when she turned around and suddenly saw Uffie standing dazed in front of the adage.

"Uffie?"

At that moment, Uffie was in a state of shock, almost exhaling at the adage.

What had she seen, the Elden King!?

Several images immediately flashed through her mind, memories of her and Gapar at Lake Lienia.

"Dad, what exactly is the Elden King mentioned in the Silver Shield’s introduction, besides being Topps’ disciple, does it have any other identity?"

"Not sure, it’s only mentioned here, perhaps an ancient, unrecorded ruler."

At this very moment, the term Elden King didn’t matter to Uffie; what mattered was—

That word came from the Sain Dungeon!

A terrifying thought immediately arose in her mind:

Sain... has it reached the Warrior Country!?

Could it be because of what I said!

She quickly shook her head, trying to calm herself down.

No, no, simply because of one word, you can’t assume this is also the Sain Dungeon, perhaps the Elden King was very famous at some point, hence other dungeons preserved legends about it.

Even so, her tone became more serious as she spoke to everyone, "From now on, don’t stray more than five steps away from me."

She clenched the spear in her hand, praying that the Spear Technique rule wouldn’t come into play again; an injury now would be really damaging.

"What is it? Any new discoveries?" Everyone noticed something was off.

"No, nothing, maybe I felt it wrong, let’s go."

Uffie laughed it off, feeling that mentioning her theory here might cause panic, so not saying anything was better.

"Creak—"

The door slowly opened, a warm hue of light casting on everyone, the dim chapel suddenly becoming much brighter. Before people could adapt to the change in ambient light, their nostrils were already filled with the complex scent of dust mingling with air, the contradictory smell of destruction and sanctity coexisting.

As the light penetrated the chapel’s colonnade, countless tiny golden crosses of dust formed in the light curtain.

Experienced adventurers knew that when they smelled such an odor, it often meant that an ancient legend was about to unfold before their eyes.

Fanen took two steps outside, then stopped in his tracks.

Uffie, still contemplating the adage she’d seen earlier, unexpectedly bumped into his back and asked, startled, "What is it, a monster?"

"No, it’s just too... magnificent."

Fanen exhaled long before finally coming up with such a word.

Uffie looked up, her jaw slowly dropping, with Tepi and Isha behind her having the same reaction.