Chapter 1740 - 1028: Peerless Wolf Knight (Part 2)

"What are you lingering here for," Tami shook her head helplessly, "If we can meet here, we surely will again."

"The current development of the situation is completely unexpected for us, let’s look forward to the unknown future a bit," Maru showed an excited expression, "By the way, how long have we been here? I have to go back tomorrow."

"Don’t worry, you’ll definitely be able to return by then," Tami comforted.

"Hmm..." Chaos frequently turned to look at Artorias, who was still fighting, with eyes filled with admiration, looking like a young boy worshiping strength.

Although they had already decided to escape, they still encountered a large number of Abyss Monsters on the way. Just as the two sides were about to entangle with each other, Artorias let out a roar.

The Abyss Monsters, upon hearing this sound, immediately went berserk, not even glancing at the adventurers, and turned to swarm in the direction of Artorias.

It must be said, having such an autonomous monster-luring mechanism is really a tremendous convenience.

Ulasil City is built against the mountain, with its varying elevations dividing the entire city into different districts.

When Tami and the others rushed into a higher district, they finally managed to leave the massive numbers of berserk Abyss Monsters behind and were able to sit down and catch their breath.

They even found a bonfire under a tall lighthouse, and sitting in front of the safe and warm bonfire made their bodies and minds feel comfortable.

"This bonfire appeared just in time."

"Agree, agree."

This is like the necessary supply before a great battle, and the appearance of a bonfire for resting after the collective Abyss Monster attack incident is perfectly reasonable.

After the group rested for a while beside the bonfire, Maru suddenly stood up and said, "I’ll go over and take another look to see how things are going."

"Stay safe."

Tami didn’t say anything extra. Among everyone present, only Maru was the most adept at stealth, so it wasn’t a problem for her to go alone and check on Artorias and the Abyss Monsters’ battle, and following could only increase the chances of unforeseen events.

Maru moved forward through the shadows on the ground, but every now and then had to come out for a breath.

"Even the shadows are polluted by the Abyss..."

The scattered traces of the Abyss on Ulasil’s land interrupted continuous shadows, making it impossible for her as an assassin to move continuously, which annoyed her greatly.

As a result, when she finally reached the previous location of Artorias, not only was the Wolf Knight gone, but even the countless Abyss Monsters had vanished without a trace, turning the vast district into a desolate dead city in the blink of an eye.

"Have they all disappeared?"

She searched around on the ground, picking up several light points dropped by Abyss Monsters after death, some of which yielded Advanced Forging Stones typically from purple light points, yet here they came in white light point form, along with high-level items like Large Green Grass.

What, has everything inflated since we got to Ulasil, including the rewards?

The search on the ground was not without results; at least, she found traces left by a dragging Great Sword amidst the slashing marks that Artorias left scattered on the ground.

It seems these marks lead towards the direction of their resting bonfire.

"Hmm."

Maru showed a playful expression, as such marks on the ground almost gave a clear hint.

They would certainly encounter Artorias again in their exploration ahead.

"Why is he at his peak state now, does that mean our current timeline is different from that in the Painting World?"

Thinking carefully, her guess might be right. Various details indicate that the timeline they are in is earlier than that of the Painting World’s Wolf Knight, but how much earlier is unknown.

However, given the dried-up corpses of Ulasil residents in the Painting World, while the corpses here are fresh with survivors present, it speaks volumes about the significant advancement in time.

"So..."

She suddenly came up with a bold idea.

"Isn’t there a chance to change Artorias’s fate?"

As Maru fantasized about this possibility she wandered through Ulashiro, she hadn’t explored the map at all earlier due to being preoccupied with escaping, but luckily it’s not too large.

After spending some time picking up light points, she planned to wander briefly and then return.

At this moment, she suddenly saw a few Abyss Monsters active not far away, and as she noticed them, they also noticed her presence.

The monsters, lacking intelligence, instantly changed from their ferocious demeanor and turned to slip into an alley.

"Oh, trying to lure me over?" Maru chuckled, since the monsters wanted to attract her over, it was better to follow their lead.

After a dozen minutes.

"Right, those monsters crawled in there just now."

Maru pointed out the direction where the Abyss Monsters disappeared to Tami and the others and said, "Let’s go beat them."

"You’re quite cautious," Tami smiled, "this way there’s no theatrical effect."

"That’s the contrast, though."

The group of adventurers now looked fierce and energetic, clearly having rested well by the bonfire earlier.

In fact, they weren’t just well-rested; with Tami and Maru holding the Royal Artifact, they could teleport via bonfires anytime, anywhere.

During that time, Tami had also teleported out to gather a batch of supplies, refilling everyone’s depleted pouches and also throwing the recorded images of Ulasil so far in front of Berto.

With Berto’s capabilities, he would quickly understand how they got here and may even replicate their actions, perhaps before they leave, the Skyrim Strategy Group might have already arrived.

"There’s actually a cave here?"

After turning the alley, they suddenly discovered there was a dark cave leaning against the mountain wall here.

Adventurers are by nature inclined to explore the unknown; no one can resist the thrill of cave exploration!

The group illuminated the path ahead with magic light, and Magicians kept using large-scale attack magic at the front, clearing out the Abyss Monsters lurking in the darkness.

They progressed smoothly this way until they found a Spiritual Body somewhere.

It was a resident of Ulasil knelt on the ground, face full of fear, muttering incessantly:

[We shouldn’t have excavated the underground ruins, we shouldn’t have coveted the unknown power, we shouldn’t have listened to that bucktooth serpent, it’s over, everything is over...]

"Underground ruins?"

"Bucktooth serpent?"

With these terms connected, Maru immediately thought of someone, or rather, a snake.

Dark Great Snake - Kas!

Could it be that Kas was already up to something at this point in time? The Abyss ravaging Ulasil certainly aligns with Kas’s style.

"Keep going, I have a hunch we’ll definitely discover something here."

This Spiritual Body seemed like a watershed; beyond it, the Abyss Monsters were significantly stronger. High-level magic barely made them flinch, totally beyond the calibre of those encountered before.

The closer to the underground depths, the stronger the Abyss’s power became?

Later on, the skyrocketing number and strength of monsters even forced Tami to stack boosting magic on herself to the limit, just to ensure they could fight to the end.

After an unknown duration of delving underground, a chilling aura wrapped around everyone present, and it was then that they found a Treasure Chest in the dark.

Without the slightest suspicion of it being a Treasure Box Monster, Chaos opened this Treasure Chest.

What appeared inside was a page of a Magic Book.

[Magic: Dark Bomb]