Chapter 1686 - 1002: King of Darkness Embarks on Reincarnation (Part 2)

But this time, Temude found that although his soul had grown, it was pitifully little!

A living dead soldier usually provides over a hundred, at most two hundred souls, considered the lowest tier of Monster, sometimes adventurers are too lazy to even bother with them.

But now he realized that the soul entering his body was increasing by tens, and not even big tens!

He wondered if it was a misconception, but he felt that when he fought with the living dead soldier earlier, they seemed weaker, already weak, now so weak as to be pathetic.

Could it be that he is at a point shortly after the extinguishment of the Initial Fire, so the creatures wandering the land have not yet died but have already experienced significant weakening?

Monsters becoming weaker is a good thing, but the drop in rewards from defeating them is not a good thing.

Temude furrowed his brow and fought his way out, his target was the Dungeon leading to the Black Forest Courtyard, where he expected to encounter dozens of living dead soldiers along the way, he killed them one by one during this journey, and upon looking back at the road he came from, he discovered an even more undesirable change.

There were dozens of corpses of living dead soldiers, yet only two or three shone with the light points representing loot.

"The worst thing has happened."

The drop rate of monster rewards has also decreased.

This made him, who was just thinking of taking advantage of the weakening monsters to farm rare items that were once hard to get, twitch his brow.

Moreover, some fixed light points scattered in the area also disappeared by more than half, along the silent way, he realized each area’s background music had also disappeared!

It was as if the scene that appears inevitably after the extinguishing of the Initial Fire, everything was so dead silent.

This change must not be happening only in the Undead Town Outside the City, it must be that the entire Sain Dungeon has become like this.

It’s over, if other adventurers also encounter this mutation, I’ve become a sinner!

Temude broke out into a cold sweat, the thought jumping into his mind made him shiver directly, it was too Horrifying!

"And that, I need to confirm one last thing..."

He staggered down the steps to the underground, this road was familiar to adventurers since it ultimately leads to Blacksmith Andre and the Black Forest Courtyard, every time on this road one could hear the clanging sound of metal being hammered.

"..."

But this time was deathly silent.

No sound appeared here, the familiar hammering sound was gone.

Temude had steeled himself mentally, walked down the steps to see.

He saw that Andre had already turned into a dry corpse in front of his blacksmith shop, his death was horrifying to look at, like a ghost picture that needs to be censored.

Temude’s breath was audibly sharp in the air.

He immediately turned around and left, using the bonfire to Teleport to a few other places, all those places with residual shadow characters he could remember.

As expected, those residual shadow characters were either dead somewhere like Blacksmith Andre, or simply vanished, which naturally included those residual shadow characters he had a fondness for.

Anyway, there was not a single one left alive.

This discovery made Temude feel even more regretful.

Now that the Sain Dungeon had become this ghostly state, there’s nothing worth lingering for, staying in this place dead silent after the Initial Fire extinguishment would only drive one mentally unstable.

There’s no gain staying here, no reason at all to support his exploration.

Initial Fire extinguished, everything returns to nothingness.

Staying longer here has no meaning, the successive shock scenes made Temude feel low...using the word ’low’ feels too mild.

"This is a hopeless world."

Thinking about these phenomena as his own doing, a hard-to-describe emotion arose in his heart, making his mood incredibly bleak, even the view of the world in front of his eyes dimmed with a shadow.

Kas’s words, can’t trust a single one!

Finally, he returned to the Fire Transmission Ceremony that was no longer sunny, reached out his hand, placing it on the bonfire.

[Open Reincarnation?]

"Open Reincarnation."

No matter what happens afterward, he doesn’t want to stay here even a bit, only wants to leave quickly.

When he uttered these words, the bonfire before him suddenly exploded, the flame surged upwards, violently engulfing him, leading Temude’s consciousness into Chaos.

The flame burned before his eyes, the whole world seemed dragged into the fire, he could see nothing except the fiercely burning flame.

But after experiencing what happened, these lights so bright they were nearly blinding brought an incredible sense of peace, only after the dark can one realize how precious the firelight was.

He closed his eyes enjoying the warmth of the flame, but then a familiar old woman’s voice appeared next to his ear.

[In the ancient times, before the world was divided, it was shrouded in great fog....]

Temude paused hearing this voice, the flame before him disappeared immediately, transforming into the foggy ancient times.

[Then one day a first fire burned, birthing all differences...]

When the flame appeared before him, dispersing the fog, he was sure.

This was the image most familiar to adventurers!

Any first-time entrant to the Sain Dungeon, once they touched the bonfire, would be compelled into this immersive experience, so it is known by all!

The familiar image flashed ahead, holders of the King’s Soul appeared one by one, finally the image faded, Temude closed his eyes again and reopened them full of expectation, hoping to see the blue sky and white cloud version of the Fire Transmission Ceremony.

A cool breeze brushed by, carrying a humid smell mixed with a bit of...stench?

Temude opened his eyes to see the scene before him, the sense of expectation suddenly faded, his whole expression rapidly turning to "囧".

Because in front of him was a moss-covered iron fence, he was now in a prison cell.

[Northern Undead Asylum]

Magic Words floated before Temude, he couldn’t hold it anymore, couldn’t help but shout:

"Why does it start from here for crying out loud!"

The good news is, he underwent Reincarnation, now the areas related to Gwyn Era in Sain Dungeon seem to have reverted back to a state he hadn’t set foot to, those areas were once again full of possibilities, possibly this time allowing for some regrets to be remedied, attempting to save those who died in the previous reincarnation.

The bad news is, the kind-hearted Oscar who’d give the key hasn’t arrived yet, he has to patiently wait in the jail...

"Truly wondrous, Sain Dungeon."

Temude couldn’t help but exclaim.

Which genius thought up a setting where everything could start over again?

Is this the power of the bonfire?

Thinking about this, his trust in the bonfire deepened, originally every person including him had hundred percent trust in the bonfire, now the bonfire still gave him a chance to compensate for his mistakes...

He felt almost like wanting to have Faith in the bonfire.

With nothing to do, his armor now tattered anyway, Temude conveniently sat on the ground and removed the Armor, simply bare-chested squatting in the cell, the silent environment perfect for pondering life.

Even a Dayless Northern Undead Asylum is a thousand times better than the lifeless world after the Initial Fire extinguishment.

He took this time to inspect his battle-worn body in the water pool formed at the bottom, suddenly pausing as he saw his chest.

"When did this appear, what is this?"

In the water’s reflection.

Edge flickering with sparks, the Dark Ring was occupying his chest.

"Ah!"

The cell was instantly filled with Temude’s exclamation.