"I really didn’t expect us to come here."

"Yeah, truly unexpected. Thanks to the ’Sain Glory Lightning Transport Route’ opened by the Golden Lion Guild, we were able to arrive here so quickly."

The not-so-anonymous adventurers, Sai Ke and Jockra, marveled as they followed the bustling crowd down from the passenger transport creature—Earth Dragon.

A gigantic city adorned with countless distinct flags, and walls covered with various symbols, appeared ahead of the crowd, enveloping everyone in a wave of what felt like rising battle spirit.

Earth Dragon, a creature unique to the warrior nation, is so named despite resembling a massive earthworm more than a dragon in shape.

Its body, through special magical modification and generations of breeding by beast tamers, has become a natural safe zone within. After minor modifications, it can be turned into a comfortable passenger compartment, turning it into a transportation tool. When pathways are pre-laid, its speed is only slightly inferior to that of a griffin!

Due to the complexity of breeding Earth Dragons and the need to lay roads in advance for passenger transport, these creatures are entirely controlled by the state and usually serve as transportation between cities. However, not every city is fortunate enough to have Earth Dragon transport.

At least, the connections between Black Stone City, where Sain Dungeon and Giant Stone Dungeon are located, and Hero City, where Glory Dungeon is located, originally did not have such transport. Originally.

But after news of the mutation in Glory Dungeon spread and due to some now well-known information, under the special approval of Prince Lanle, the Golden Lion Guild invested heavily and collaborated with local nobles to quickly establish the Earth Dragon route.

Sai Ke and Jockra were among the first to experience this route.

"I lived in the countryside when I was young, and all the prominent figures I encountered came from Hero City," Sai Ke said, both excited and nostalgic, "Coming here has been my dream since childhood."

"Is that so," Jockra glanced at him, then looked at the complex and varied symbols on the city walls. Each symbol was so well-designed, they were dazzling, "This is your first time here?"

"Of course, because I heard even the guild commissions here are dangerous. How could the former me dare to come here to make a living?" Sai Ke couldn’t help but laugh, rolling up his sleeves to show his increasingly muscular arms, "But now I have confidence, because of Sain."

Jockra suddenly had the idea to tease him, and said expressionlessly, "Growing too many muscles might make you stop growing taller."

"Eh, eh!?" Sai Ke cried out in disbelief, as if struck by lightning.

"Alright, while it’s still early, let’s head to Glory Dungeon quickly." Jockra pulled him into a run.

However, before they reached the entrance of the teleportation gate to Glory Dungeon, their steps were halted, as the path ahead was completely blocked by the bustling crowd.

Looking over, it was endless; the six teleportation gates of Glory Dungeon were continuously admitting people, not stopping for a moment.

"Were there originally so many people?"

"No, look closely, most of them came with us on the Earth Dragon."

Jockra was also a bit surprised, saying, "How many people who should have been in Sain Dungeon have run here?"

"A lot." The crowd ahead of her replied in unison, turning back.

"This is really..."

The two, who hadn’t seen such a grand scene, were deeply shocked.

Glory Dungeon, a dungeon known to the new generation of young people in the warrior nation.

It could even be said that many people’s childhood dream was to win the championship in the Glory Battlefield inside Glory Dungeon and become a superstar.

If for the young people of the warrior nation, Sain Dungeon is considered the "fated encounter" type, then Glory Dungeon is the "childhood sweetheart" type.

The fated encounter type undoubtedly has its benefits, but when speaking of childhood sweethearts, people always add a beautiful filter, and their emotional attachment might be stronger than that of fated encounters.

Of course, a small goblin will surely use various means to successfully snatch people from their childhood sweethearts~

To introduce a dungeon, one usually starts from three aspects.

The first is its background story, the second is its distinctive areas, and the third is its various rewards.

Glory Dungeon possesses all the characteristics loved by the warrior nation in these three aspects.

It tells the story of heroes fighting against the Evil God.

In a distant era, during the battle where the hero and the Demon King perished together, the Demon King’s remnants awakened a terrifying Evil God. With a wave of the Evil God’s hand, countless armies were summoned, and the iron hooves burning with spiritual fire trampled the human world mercilessly.

Warrior Country, being on the disaster’s front line, saw countless heroes emerge. They feared not death, relying on the relentless warrior spirit to join the battle against the Evil God one after another. Although human bodies shattered effortlessly against the Evil God’s power, they never stopped advancing.

That prolonged battle nearly brought Warrior Country to the brink of obliteration.

At the moment of utter despair, when the War God had gradually stopped responding to the prayers of the world, He suddenly manifested, bestowing His blessing once more upon the Warrior Country. The warriors, having received this blessing, saw their powers greatly increase. Numerous heroic figures, who could be immortalized in legendary ballads and passed down through the ages, rose up during that period. They finally succeeded in driving away the minions of the Evil God, and the War God intervened to seal them once more, restoring peace to the human world.

That battle directly earned the Warrior Country its great renown, and the warrior spirit became the symbol of that era.

Every warrior who performed outstandingly during the war was later revered as a Hero, and this is also the origin of the name ’Hero City’, with each mark on its walls corresponding to a Hero.

The tales recounted in the Glory Dungeon are precisely the stories of these Heroes.

To the people of the Warrior Country, this place is not just a dungeon; it’s also a major base for patriotic education, holding a special status.

Conveniently, the various areas of the Glory Dungeon are also centered around the Heroes.

It divides the lengthy war into countless small regions, each containing the story of a Hero’s shining moment. By exploring these regions, challenging elites and bosses, and finally battling the Avatar of the Hero, adventurers have the chance to receive the Hero’s legacy.

These regions are named after the Hero’s title and are collectively known as the Hero Regions.

To this day, the Glory Dungeon has already revealed twelve Hero Regions, and they continue to undergo unpredictable changes, giving birth to new regions and Hero stories.

According to the Gladiator himself, he currently holds at least a hundred Hero stories, but is too lazy to release them.

Apart from the Hero Regions and their legacies, the Glory Dungeon also has the most important special area: the Glory Battlefield.

When adventurers enter the Glory Battlefield, they randomly encounter a scene from that past war. The more Monsters they slay in that war, the higher their ranking on the [Glory Stele] and subsequently at the end of each cycle, the better the rewards for those ranked higher, with the first being titled the Glory Champion.

During each cycle, adventurers can challenge the Glory Battlefield an unlimited number of times, but the Glory Stele only records the highest number of enemies killed by the adventurer, and the ranking is based on that.

The Glory Battlefield and the Hero Regions are the most attractive features of Glory Dungeon.

"I wish I could experience it all, but unfortunately, I still have to return to Sain to continue training." Sai Ke looked at the Glory Dungeon with eyes full of reverence.

"It’s been a long time since it’s been so popular." In the crowd, an elderly local resident sighed.

"Oh? What happened here?" Sai Ke asked.

"You probably don’t know, young one," the old man looked at him, eyes glinting with reminiscent emotion as he recounted what he knew.

But in recent years, the once-popular Glory Dungeon suddenly failed to attract people for certain reasons, and the flow of visitors sharply reduced.

At the end of the day, it’s due to the impact of the [Warrior Reform].

More and more people with a talent for Magic are switching to study Magic, while the power of Combat Skills remains unchanged, but people no longer understand them.

And the most significant rewards from the Glory Dungeon are the Hero legacies, including replicated weapons, equipment, talents, and most importantly, Combat Skills. As blessed by the War God, few Heroes ever knew Magic!

Thus, young people swept along by the tides of Warrior Reform no longer come here.

On top of that, influenced by the pernicious advocates of historical nihilism, the status of this place as a former base for patriotic education is gradually diminishing.

In the reform shaking the Warrior Country, no other place was as impacted as the Glory Dungeon.

"Just a bunch of people who can’t appreciate the benefits of Combat Skills." Sai Ke remarked indignantly. He glanced at the bustling crowd and then smiled, feeling relieved:

"Fortunately, its new mutations have synchronized with the Sain Dungeon."

The old man nodded in agreement, saying: "Yes, thanks to Sain, and thanks to the mutations of Glory."

"The new mutation allows us adventurers to temporarily become the Hero themselves, to experience all they’ve learned in their lifetime, and to closely experience the legendary Combat Skills of the Heroes."

"And after receiving instruction from Benar at the Sain Dungeon, when learning the Combat Skills of the Heroes, one can enter a state of continuous inspiration, learning much faster than before."

Sai Ke glanced at the silver coin engraved with the Hero’s profile in his hand and said:

"For these two dungeons to generate such a wonderful reaction is truly great..."

"Young man, what was the name of that new area born from the mutation?" The old man’s memory was a bit fuzzy, and he suddenly asked.

Sai Ke thought for a moment and said:

"It seems to be called something like Three, Three..."

"Thirty Heroes?"