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Chapter 309: Outskirts of the Deep Church
"Gold-level adventurers are at the top of the pyramid among adventurers. They are rare and powerful, and each of them has unique skills."

"The review conditions for promotion from silver level to gold level are extremely strict. One must pass nineteen tests before being able to advance. Every successful person is truly a child of destiny. The gold-level team is a force that cannot be underestimated. When they are on their journey, legends adapted from their deeds will spread everywhere!"

"It is the greatest honor for our Guza team to be able to learn from the legendary Hasavi team!"

In the Senn Dungeon, the Crucifixion Forest, in front of the bonfire in the Deep Church.

A burly, strong and bearded man bowed respectfully. From the way his fingers kept twirling the corner of his clothes, it could be seen that he was very nervous.

"It's our honor!" Behind him, the bone-binding team of seven people including him saluted the three people in front of them in unison.

Those three people are the legendary gold-level adventurers!
"Actually, that's all the guild's bragging." Captain "Flash" Fingri was accustomed to people's respectful attitude and always had a cheerful smile on his face.

"In fact, there are quite a lot of gold-level teams. Every year, about ten people can pass the assessment. It's just that the guild only promotes a few specific teams, creating a feeling that there are very few gold-level teams."

"Yes, is that so?" The bearded man felt as if he was flattering a horse on the head, and cold sweat broke out on his face.

Their Guza team was a silver-level team that had just been promoted. This time, they happened to run into Fingri near the portal. They were immediately happy as if they had seen their idol, and they praised him a lot. They didn't expect that they could get him to agree to let them go into the dungeon to study with them this time.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. How many people can study under the gold level?
"Don't be nervous, we are human too, we won't eat you." Fingri looked back at his two companions and said, "Why don't you smile too, we are scared."

To be fair, Fingerly was very approachable and humble. The ones who really made the bearded man sweat were actually the other two people.

"Whoops."

Hoarse and heavy breathing sounds lingered nearby. To the left of Fingerly was an unusually tall figure, at least two meters and five centimeters tall, wrapped in steel armor. Even the gaps between the armors flowed with magic power, giving off an icy aura that kept strangers away. At this moment, the helmet on the giant armor, which was made in the style of a bison skull, turned towards the bearded man, scaring him so much that he quickly turned his head to look to the right.

To the right of Fingerly is an equally bizarre thing, a two-meter-tall tattered scarecrow with many childlike decorations on its body. It seems that it is trying to look more amiable, but the constantly fluttering straw and cult smile make it look like a monster that eats children in the middle of the night.

If we don't say that these are two gold-level adventurers, some people might mistake them for monsters. In comparison, Fingri's painting style is too refreshing and normal.

The bearded man couldn't understand the taste of the strong.

The steel armor is named "Hell March" Matilda.

The scarecrow is named "Energetic Vine" Alayya.

Matilda nodded to the people as a greeting.

Alayya stretched out two white little hands from the scarecrow's body and made a heart shape to the people.

Although they didn't talk, people always felt that they had figured out the personalities of these two people.

"Okay, we finally got here early in the morning, let's get going," Fingri said, looking at the dark path ahead that was blocked by dense woods. "Since you want to get some advice from me, then go ahead and let me see how you can cooperate with each other."

"Hey?"

The bearded man was stunned for a moment. He thought they were going to follow the Hasavi team and watch their performance.

Fingri saw through his thoughts and said with a smile: "You can't learn anything just by watching how we fight. There is a big gap between us."

This kind of truth was not hurtful at all. The bearded man turned around and shouted to his companions: "Cheer up and show our best side!"

Faced with the dim path, the Guza team adopted a conservative approach. Shield guards holding spears or daggers walked in front, warriors drew their weapons and alerted the surroundings, and rangers used their powerful perception to search for traps. There was nothing in the grass on the side of the road except for piles of harmless wooden barrels, and the magician fired a series of floating light balls forward to act as a light source.

It seems that their tactical coordination is quite standard, the most common type, and there are no major problems.

But the next moment after the floating light balls were launched, before the light had time to illuminate the surroundings, a rocket arrow suddenly shot out at a very suitable angle, exploding all the floating light balls at once!

The advantage of the magic of floating light ball is that it will not be destroyed after it is fully formed, but will only disappear automatically when the magic power stored inside is exhausted.

However, the stability comes with an obvious weakness. The light ball is very unstable before it takes shape. If attacked, it will explode like a flash bomb, causing no damage but blinding people.

Generally speaking, the unstable state will only exist for less than a second and there is basically no problem.

The unexpected attack caused the light ball to flash, forcing the shield guard in the front to close his eyes.

The next moment, countless red lights flashed in the jungle. No, that was not red light, but red flames burning on the arrows!
All they could hear was the sound of "clicking" mechanisms, and a rain of arrows no less massive than the one that exploded in the streets of Ring Seal City attacked everyone.

Fortunately, the shield guard did not forget to raise the shield even though he was blind. The enchanted shield automatically unfolded a larger magic barrier to block the arrows. Each arrow was extremely powerful and could easily penetrate the armor. If the magician had not continued to power the shield, the magic barrier would have been shattered by now.

They launched an attack in the direction from which the arrows came. Such a dense rain of arrows indicated that there was more than one enemy, so the magician chose the magic [Lightning Chain] that could cause chain attacks, and the ranger switched to explosive arrows.

There were flashes of lightning and violent explosions in the darkness, and the number of people's souls increased slightly, but before they could check if there were any enemies left, a few barking sounds came rushing in front of them. They were several black hounds that emitted an unusual smell!
"Just a hound!"

In order to save magic power, the shield guard temporarily put away the barrier and used a spear to pierce a black hound. The latter lost its life instantly, but black liquid suddenly exploded from its body, splashing onto the shield and everyone.

The black liquid sprayed by these hounds was enough to dye the entire area, and the air was filled with a pungent smell.

"What is this smell?" The bearded man's face changed and he shouted, "It's oil! Use fire retardant--"

Before he could finish his words, dense flames lit up again in front of him, and the scale was no smaller than before!
It’s broken, too late!
To make matters worse, one ranger rolled into the grass to avoid the black oil, and broke the wooden barrels that were everywhere, which were full of black oil.
"gunpowder!"

"Rumble--"

The fierce flames illuminated the dim path, and even a small mushroom cloud slowly rose. Under the firelight, on the raised earth slopes on both sides of the road, there were about thirty wandering soldiers wearing black rags and holding crossbows named "Abelis". These were the only ones left after being killed by lightning chains and explosive crossbows.

【Alberis】

[The largest and most powerful crossbow. Made of metal strings, it requires considerable strength to use.]

[Combat Skill: Impact]

In the Dark Souls III game, this road only has a few archery wandering soldiers and hounds, but Sion has expanded their number several times, stuffed the hounds with oil, and piled the grass with explosive gunpowder barrels that are a must-try in video games.

In such a violent burning and explosion, no one should be able to survive, right? "Help me - Hey, am I still alive?"

The shield guard had already squatted down with his head in his hands, shouting for help. When he looked up, he was met with Fingri's smiling face.

He raised his right arm, and the raging flames gathered towards his palm, where there seemed to be an invisible black hole that swallowed up the flames and saved people from being burned.

What about explosions?

Dense metal armor plates floated in the air, combining together to form an indestructible barrier that protected people from the damage of the explosion. The one who took action was Matilda. Upon closer inspection, the size of her armor seemed to have shrunk a bit?
A magician was frightened and fainted. The scarecrow Alayya stretched out some straws and pierced the magician's body in several places, and the latter woke up instantly.

The bearded "Lord Fingri" looked ashamed. He didn't expect that he would almost fail as soon as he arrived.

"Just call me sir, don't call me adult."

Fingri suddenly clenched his fist, and the flames were all extinguished. He drew two swords from his waist and stood in place. At this moment, the rain of fire came again. He slashed out endless residual light on the spot, and no arrow could break through him.

"Give it back to you."

Fingri paused, then slashed again. A large amount of sword energy attached with fire flew in all directions and engulfed the wandering soldiers in the blink of an eye.

The bearded man was about to cheer when he suddenly saw several knife auras flying towards him!

"what?"

There was no time to dodge. Fortunately, Matilda stretched out her strong arms to neutralize the sword energy, and then kicked Fingerly who was dancing wildly on the spot.

A cold and intellectual voice came from under the armor, which sounded a little suppressed because of the heavy mask. "If there are others here, don't have too much fun."

“I can’t stop.”

Fingerly shrugged helplessly, walked over and helped the bearded man up with his own hands, and said, "I'm sorry, are you not hurt?"

“I dare not, I dare not.” The bearded man was a little scared. What virtue did he have to make a gold-level adventurer apologize to him?

"Let's go. You guys have revealed a lot of problems this time. Let's talk about it slowly on the way."

The crisis was resolved and the team continued to move forward. Aleya knocked green light (calming spell) on the heads of the frightened adventurers one by one. Everyone was indescribably excited. Matilda's armor returned to its previous sturdy shape, and Fingri talked about the mistakes that Bearded Man and his team had made before, and the content was very detailed and serious.

The bearded man was moved by what he heard. He could sense that the other person was truly caring about him. How many people can you meet in your life who truly hope that you will become a better person?

Another question suddenly arose in his mind.

According to rumors, the three adventurers of Hassawi's team once belonged to different teams and were all kicked out of the team. Yes, Fingri, Matilda, and Alayya were all abandoned by other teams.

Now it seems that these three are unique talents. What team would abandon such gems?
It can't be that they have some unacceptable flaws, right?

The path outside is very short. After crossing it, you will see the Deep Church.

People looked at it for a while, but they felt that the deep church did not give them any spectacular feeling. Instead, they felt that it was filled with malice that made their backs chill.

"This doesn't look like the main entrance." Matilda walked forward and pushed open the door. Inside was a small church. It was full and could probably accommodate only a few dozen people. It looked ordinary.

But what makes people happy is that there is a bonfire standing quietly in the middle of the church. After lighting it, it is even more surprising that it can be teleported back to the fire-transmitting sacrificial site. People also learned the name of this small church by the way - the Church of the Purification.

Where to go next?
There is a door on each side, and it seems that they are the paths leading to the interior of the church.

Matilda pushed the door on the left.

[Cannot be opened from this side]

"**"

Concise and concise.

Push the door on the right again.

[The gate remains motionless]

Don't these two sentences mean the same thing!!!

With their strength, they can easily break into the door, but once they choose to destroy a door that says "Cannot be opened from this side", all the rewards behind the door will disappear. The Senn dungeon always does some frustrating things in strange places.

"Here, I found the way."

Alayya was standing outside the door greeting people. It turned out that she had found a path leading up the mountain, which seemed to be the only way to go.

The crowd walked upwards, killing a few wandering souls on the way, and soon, a scene with horror elements appeared before their eyes - a cemetery.

"It's just right. Those zombies look very weak. You can go and practice using my advice just now." Fingri patted his beard.

"Ok!"

The bearded man nodded heavily and vowed to behave better and never let Fingerly down again!

There were zombies wandering in the cemetery, but unlike the zombies in Sean's past, the zombies here were all pale in color.

Paleness means malnutrition, so this group of zombies must be weaklings. Look, there are so many of them that you can't see the end at a glance.

Number of piles = miscellaneous fish, the perfect formula is established.

"Go ahead and kill these bastards."

(End of this chapter)