Chapter 1736 - 1026: Black Dragon_2

"Ready? Then, let’s go!"

Tami, holding a shield reinforced with Defense Magic, was the first to leap into the building, Maru immediately followed, with her Combat Skill fully charged and ready to fire, Chaos threw a stone slab etched with a Magic Array over, prepared to give the enemy a sneaky surprise, and the magicians had their Crystal Cannon ready, so even if it was Artorias coming, this wave of concentrated fire would either kill him or at least peel off a layer of skin!

"..."

Everyone was silently tense, everyone on high alert, everyone...

"Where are they?"

Everyone was perplexed.

Three minutes passed, Artorias didn’t show, not even a wolf’s howl could be heard.

What’s going on? Traffic jam?

In three minutes, the Defense Magic on Tami’s shield reached its time limit, he put down the shield, furrowing his brow and said:

"Could he just not be coming?"

They waited there for almost ten more minutes, finally coming to a conclusion.

Artorias wasn’t coming!

"I felt something was wrong when there were no Abyss Monsters coming after us when we entered..." Maru muttered to herself.

It’s well known that each time adventurers challenged Artorias, an Abyss Monster would be used as cannon fodder, slaughtered under the Wolf Knight’s Great Sword to create a dramatic entrance.

But this time, not only did they not see the Fog Gate, they didn’t even see the trademark cannon fodder Monster. Initially, they thought the Sain Dungeon was trying something new, but looking at it now.

Not only was there nothing new, but even the Boss Monster itself was missing.

At this point, all buffing magic on them reached the time limit and dissipated, taking along with it the hard-earned enthusiasm.

"Give me back my earlier excitement..." Tami complained.

It seems Artorias would not be coming.

So, they could only move forward.

Everyone turned their eyes toward the exit of this building, which faced the gate of Urasil City; the gate was half-open, no longer saying "cannot be opened from this side."

The Abyss aura seeping through the half-open gap smelled intimidating, with Demon Qi steadily emanating, continually reducing the temperature in the air.

However, to Tami and his group, who had just experienced being stood up by Artorias, it simply felt like the surroundings had become cooler.

They were so fired up they couldn’t sense the oppressive atmosphere around them.

"Anyway, now I need to hit something to blow off steam."

"Me too."

"Count me in."

In this atmosphere filled with resentment, there was no way to embrace the dungeon’s immersive experience...

Maru glanced at Tami, who also seemed full of complaints, anyone would have thought they were eagerly anticipating a battle with Artorias.

She shook her head helplessly, walked to the front of the team, and pushed the half-open door wide open.

A shadow instantly fell from above; her quick reflexes had her flashing a cold light, and the blade swiftly sliced the shadow in two.

"Splat!"

"What just fell down!" "An attack?"

The alert members approached to check, only to find it wasn’t an enemy Maru had just sliced.

But a corpse, a corpse of a local from Urasil.

The pallid, desiccated corpse had lost all color, not even a drop of blood spattered when cut in half, if it weren’t for its human-like appearance, it could be mistaken for a torn bag.

And without needing a close look, everyone could tell it was a corpse of homicide, the culprit naturally being Abyss Monsters.

"Looks like it was hanging on the door; when I pushed it open, it fell down."

Maru said calmly, her composure despite such a horrifying sight earned her many admirers.

Otherwise, she couldn’t possibly admit her heart had raced a few beats just now, why spoil her own image?

According to the spiritual power value freshly collected by Sain Dungeon from them, everyone had experienced a heartbeat acceleration just now.

"Let’s keep going."

People walked through the door, finally letting the true scene of Urasil unfold before them.

It’s a city built along the mountain, local-style buildings were arranged according to the mountain terrain, they didn’t appear disorderly, though the city was large, it didn’t contain any grand-looking structures, the architecture of Urasil exuded an everyday and fresh feel that would bring relaxation close to nature.

Assuming you exclude the severed limbs and blood stains visible everywhere.

In the city full of daily-life atmosphere making people imagine how local residents lived in these neighborhoods, blood was everywhere at its inception, even forming pools in recessed bricks, bodies beyond recognition from severe damage lay crossed in various places, no, they were respawning everywhere, in the sky, on the ground, in the windows, under the ruins... Everywhere there remained bodies not long decomposing.

In the vast Urasil, there were no living people.

The only things moving were the Abyss Monsters wandering in the distance.

They were Alien-like creatures with elongated limbs and swollen, blood-colored heads—the classic image appearing in the Painting World Wolf Knight.

"No new Monsters, that’s comforting."

As an old instance lasting for a year, the Monsters from Painting World Wolf Knight were thoroughly researched by adventurers, with their weaknesses and countermeasures comprehensively understood.

After confirming the terrain, Maru stealthily proceeded and assassinated five Abyss Monsters in a row, clearing the street instantly; Tami and the others were already examining nearby details.

The bodies piled on the street seemed dead not long already, some blood hadn’t dried yet.

"Next, we’re heading over—"

"Ah!"

Before their words were finished, a scream suddenly came from not too far.

They exchanged a glance and rushed towards the source of the scream, their enthusiasm akin to suddenly discovering a timed mission.

Upon arrival, they discovered several Urasil people trapped in a building being attacked by Abyss Monsters.

"Didn’t expect there’d be survivors, let’s go!"

The survivors’ screams attracted ten or more Abyss Monsters, but these Monsters were quickly wiped out by Maru and the team’s combined effort.

"Are you all alright?" Tami extended a hand to the survivors curled up on the ground.

"Save, save us, save save save—"

The words survivors spoke were stammered; Tami assumed they were scared stiff, never thought...

"Save awoooo!"

The nearest survivor’s head suddenly swelled; in piercing screams, limbs twisted and elongated, in an instant, the survivors had mutated into Abyss Monsters and lunged at Tami’s face.

"What?"

With reflexes trained into muscle memory, he swiftly swung his sword in retaliation and kicked off the ground, springing out of the building, telling the others: "The Monsters have changed from the locals!"

"That’s a sorrowful piece of news."

Maru and Tami combined forces to send the survivors to heaven, but then the ground shook violently.

It wasn’t from an earthquake or any natural phenomenon but the tremors caused by the mass movement of creatures; considering the amplitude of this vibration, their numbers must be...

Maru suddenly felt uneasy in her heart, with several jumps, she climbed onto a high building, overlooking the city from above.

Countless Abyss Monsters formed a black tide, surging through streets and alleys, wildly charging at everyone, swallowing everything in sight black wave.

Maru’s lips couldn’t help but twitch, she turned shouting down to the others:

"Run!"