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Chapter 745 [The Ruins of Lesser Londo]

The Holy Knights charged forward, shouting about love and courage.

This appearance, brimming with bonds, could practically blast down even a resurrected demon king.

However, what appeared before them was only a pitiful, weak, and helpless living corpse.

Hearing the noise behind him, the guy turned around and looked at everyone with an innocent and clear expression, as if he had "Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?" written all over his face. Everyone who saw him felt sorry for him.

Then he was annihilated by the soaring holy light.

As the holy light gradually faded, the place known as Little Londo Ruins returned to its deathly stillness.

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The Holy Knights remained silent for a long while before raising their heads to look at each other. The emotions in their eyes were so complex that they could be divided into pie charts, such as 20% bewilderment and 13% confusion.
"Who exactly was shouting so passionately in the first place?"

Everyone thought there was a powerful enemy comparable to the Black Knight waiting ahead, but now it turns out he's just an ordinary, unremarkable zombie!
Everyone's emotions were wasted in those highs and lows! (Sion Dungeon: Not at all)

"Cough cough."

Anlessie coughed awkwardly, put away the high-level holy light magic she was conjuring, and said, "I didn't expect there to be zombies here. Oh well, it's not surprising that these creatures appear anywhere. Let's keep going. We need to stay calm from now on."

So the group continued walking forward, and then...
They encountered even more zombies.

However, no battle took place at all.

"What on earth are these guys doing?"

Even the most serious Holy Knight couldn't help but utter a voice filled with doubt. After witnessing the "local natives" of the Little Londo ruins, perhaps only Caius could keep quiet.

These zombies look pretty cool.

Some lay on the ground gazing up at the dark ceiling, some sat on the edge of a cliff looking at the "sea," some slept soundly in pairs, and the most outrageous were those who lay on the ground with one hand supporting their face and sleeping, looking extremely comfortable.

Are these still the monsters of the Sien Dungeon? You could easily believe that these are adventurers from outside who ran in for a cosplay experience!
The undead's behavior suddenly made the Holy Knights feel that they were living a very tiring life.

"Were these the monsters we were so wary of just now?"

"Even if I kicked this guy who was watching the sea into the water, he wouldn't react."

"I really want to take a vacation."

For some unknown reason, these undead exuded a strong sense of languor, a feeling that silently eroded the Holy Knights' unwavering will.

The morale of the entire team plummeted instantly.

The Holy Knights don't usually find their work tiring; it seems like their daily work consists of just these tasks.

However, humans are creatures that are afraid of comparison. Once they start comparing, they will find that their lives are so different from others, like heaven and earth.

When the Holy Knights saw how "leisurely" the undead were, they fell silent.

As they explored deeper, the silence grew heavier with each languid zombie they encountered, eventually becoming deafening. Their faces were filled with black lines, and some walked with their heads down, looking depressed.

Finally, finally someone said something that should never have been said:

"I want to leave the church."

"No! This is a trap!"

Anlessie suddenly shouted loudly, startling those around her. But even though they were startled, the Holy Knights still showed no enthusiasm whatsoever.

An Leisi was in the same situation as them just now, but now she suddenly realized what was happening, her whole body burst with holy light, and she looked much more energetic.

"Those zombies are imbued with mind-corrupting magic!" It's very likely hypnotic magic!
Thanks to Anlessie's keen sense of magic, she was able to sense something was wrong in time. The hypnotic magic hidden in the zombies would reduce people's positive emotions, and the method was quite profound. It would take a lot of effort to break it!
Her guess was pretty accurate.

The undead do indeed possess magic that influences the adventurer's emotions, and this magic is very well hidden, gradually affecting the adventurer's mind and causing emotional changes without their awareness.

This magic was obtained through exchanges with other city lords, specifically the Azure Sea Dungeon. To this day, Gong Qiying is still exchanging magic with them.

For some reason, the magic they received gradually became more diverse, starting with mermaid magic. Some of it even seemed quite powerful. After hearing that Hynes was living a good life with Sain's help, the magic they received became increasingly stronger.

But the undead possess more than just hypnotic magic.

If all the adventurers fall victim to this attack without realizing it, the final zombie that emerges possesses the power of the Spirit-Spirit Fruit. Once an adventurer comes into contact with the ghost summoned by the zombie, they will fall into an extremely negative emotional state and probably won't be able to react for a while.

As for situations like Anlessie's, where someone suddenly realizes something is wrong midway through, the attack by the Spirit-Spirit Fruit user is automatically canceled.

Furthermore, the dungeon's evaluation of her will increase, and the drop rate and quality of some rewards will be improved as a result.

There are benefits, though. The Sien Dungeon is the dungeon that pays the most attention to the welfare of adventurers.

"Holy Light, dispel their confusion! [Dazzling Holy Light]!"

With a loud shout as Anless raised her military knife, an extremely dazzling flash of light appeared on the knife, brutally forcing its way into everyone's eyes.

"Ahhh!"

The Holy Knights on the scene immediately covered their eyes and screamed in agony; the carnage was indescribable.

However, the Sion Dungeon detected that the Holy Knights' emotions actually stabilized after they unleashed a burst of mental energy, shifting from negative and pessimistic to normal!

So, all it takes to make these guys normal is a beating?
"Hypnosis and hallucination magic are most vulnerable to strong stimulation. Directly stimulating the body is much more time-saving and less strenuous than painstakingly healing and breaking the spell."

An Leixilu smiled like a reliable minor, but at that moment, a sudden change occurred.

Before the Holy Knights could recover from the shock of being struck by the flash, a shrill sound suddenly came from the puddles that were everywhere in the Little Londo Ruins in front of them.

Experienced adventurers can immediately tell that the scream comes from an undead creature.

Caius's nose twitched, his brows furrowed deeply, and he made a gesture to his sister, a gesture that implied something was amiss with the enemy.

The sounds coming from the puddles were indeed from undead creatures, but their auras felt... off; they didn't seem like ordinary undead.

The aura contained some inexplicable elements, and Caius and the others had no idea what it was.

However, if something unknown appears in the Sien Dungeon, it is most likely not a good thing, so we need to be 100% vigilant!
Anlessie's attack was too fierce. The Holy Knights were still immersed in the dazzling holy light and couldn't extricate themselves. At this moment, the task of protecting everyone from the monster fell on Anlessie and Caius.

The still water didn't ripple at all, but something hidden in the water popped its head out.

A pale, transparent, and ethereal body, filled with howls of resentment towards the living, emerging from the stagnant water is undoubtedly the most classic undead creature—a ghost!
The total is three times the number of Holy Light Knights present!
The feeling of a living person falling into the hands of undead creatures is absolutely the worst. These monsters will devour the living bit by bit, eventually awakening the remaining body and adding it to the army of the dead. If you are not careful, they may form an army of undead creatures.

However, this is in a dungeon, where the undead creatures' once-proud ability to mass produce units is greatly weakened.

"rub--"

A cold, sharp glint of sword light flashed through the darkness of the Lesser Londo ruins. The moment the ghosts emerged, Caius drew his katana and flashed in front of them.

The blade, so sharp it seemed capable of slicing through anything, carried wind pressure and instantly unleashed a sword aura several meters long, slicing through all the ghosts in the blink of an eye!
"Wait a minute, why?"

An Leisi's surprised and doubtful voice rang out.

Because wherever the sword energy passed, those ghosts...
They were completely unharmed?

Even low-level undead creatures like ghosts have been enhanced?
(End of this chapter)