After I died, my personal maid rebelled.

Deep within the dungeon, where fierce battles should have been taking place, Medivh, standing before the wall, could faintly hear the sounds of flesh colliding.

Um... how come the voice suddenly makes sense when I think about the possibility that there might be a hero inside?

He stretched out his staff, releasing magic to repeatedly strike the wall, trying to find the mechanism above.

As the magic swept over, a crooked, ancient script glowed faintly and was etched onto the stone slab.

"Only those with immense strength may enter..."

The solution was actually a pure brute force miracle?

After reciting the obscure ancient text, Medivh was stunned for a moment. He had indeed honed his melee abilities to a high degree, but that did not mean his physical body could rival that of the top warriors.

Take Oswald for example, before he became an undead, he was a monster who could easily create sonic booms.

Dane probably isn't qualified either...

With no other option and to save time, Medivh had to try anything. He gripped his staff horizontally, took a step back with his left leg, and layer upon layer of hundred-meter-long magic circles stacked together, instantly releasing gravity magic.

As pure magic passed through the magic circle, its structure changed, transforming into a fundamental force that suddenly surged and exploded, powerfully striking the wall and causing violent air currents to ripple through the space.

Clang! The walls shook violently, slowly opening while constantly crumbling and falling away. Wielding his sword, he pierced through the dust, revealing a massive room filled with flowing molten iron and lava.

In the center of the room, above a pool of molten lava, lies a bed made of molten iron.

Directly above the bed were dozens of naked women suspended in mid-air by chains, engaged in the act of reproduction in the swaying molten iron. This was none other than Thorne, who had disappeared in the Northern Territory.

The terrifyingly high temperature in the room made Medivh frown before he even stepped inside. Even his neatly trimmed beard began to curl slightly, emitting a faint smell of burning.

But something was very wrong with Thorne, who was naked. His legs were swallowed by the iron bed, and his eyes and ears were sealed by solidified iron. He was moving back and forth stiffly and sluggishly.

Even more terrifying, something seemed to have grown out of Thorne's back, radiating a dazzling silver metallic light unlike molten iron.

Medivh couldn't understand it. He really couldn't understand it. Based on his knowledge, he believed that reproduction in a hot environment was meaningless, with the chance of conception being almost zero.

Moreover, those girls didn't seem to... have any signs of life.

According to the information provided by Oswald, Thorne first helped Lilith become pregnant, thus resolving the crisis of the curse. Then, during the process of nurturing the new life, Lilith's body collapsed, and she died after giving birth prematurely.

But Lilith's death triggered some kind of magic, causing Thorne to disappear from the Northern Territory.

The current situation confirms Oswald's speculation: Thorne has indeed returned to the place where he died in his previous life.

This time, however, he didn't fight the birdman at the end of the level. Instead, he was... burning birds?

Unable to comprehend what secret Thorne was carrying, Medivh warily swung his staff, unleashing several beams of magical energy to knock off the iron object from Thorne's head.

Thorne, having regained his sight and hearing, seemed to suddenly lose his mind the moment he opened his eyes, frantically tearing at his skin and shouting as he looked up.

"Ah! Ah! Lilith! Duke! Ah!!!"

The piercing sound echoed in the room. Seeing him tear his own dough, Medivh quickly shouted to stop him. "Calm down! Thorne, I'm here to save you!"

Thorne seemed not to hear anything, continuing his frantic screams. At the same time, the chains on the ceiling turned, and the girl on the bed was thrown into the molten lava, burning into a raging fire.

Before the other girl was put down, Medivh caught a glimpse of it and finally noticed the unusual thing about it...

Wow!

Even the worldly-wise and mentally strong Medivh couldn't help but turn around and vomit.

Damn it, is this kid trying to drive everyone crazy?! Why do I have to see something so disgusting, a stain on my life, before I'm buried?!

After wiping his mouth clean, Thorne waited for Medivh to turn around, and he had already begun breeding again.

This time Medivh wasn't mistaken; the metal on Thorne's back did indeed slowly grow as he moved back and forth.

Medivh unfurled a magic circle and immediately manipulated several light ropes to bind Thorne's waist. When he tried to retract the ropes, he found that Thorne had not moved an inch.

To be precise, it was the iron bed that held Thorne's legs in place, using immense force to bind him to the spot.

"Only those with immense strength can enter?"

Remembering the ancient writing on the walls, Medivh finally realized something was wrong with the room. The harsh environment of high temperature and pressure, the bizarre, self-growing reproductive tools, the metal growing from within his own body…

She wanted to use Thorne to refine something!

Mighty Ones, Mighty Ones... Wait a minute! Could it be that those who will reproduce with Thorne later won't just be humans?

After all, it was Thorne's body that was refined into the material. That means there must be a person of immense strength, capable of repeatedly hammering the mysterious organs between them, like a blacksmith?

Suppressing the urge to vomit, Medivh realized he had underestimated the madness of this world. Since he couldn't take Thorne with him for the time being, Medivh simply sat on the pile of stones, silently and meticulously observing.

Thorne's eyes were cloudy, and he was talking incoherently, clearly not fully awake; he was scratching his back, indicating that he could sense the growth of metal; he had been exercising in a hot environment for a long time without showing signs of dehydration, probably because the iron bed was replenishing all the elements his body needed.

Girls...

With a look of unbearable sorrow in his eyes, Medivh sighed deeply. When lives are so easily trampled upon, when history is repeated time and again, there is no one to hold up the torch and lead them out of the darkness and mire.

Medivh doesn't believe in retribution, he only believes in revenge.

The world is full of evil, yet few creatures suffer retribution. The precious gem of civilization called morality is increasingly damaged, turning into the fairness and justice spoken of by sinners.

Countless times, he wanted to look up and ask, what is the meaning of humanity? What is the future of humanity? What is the value of humanity?

Must people be manipulated and fooled layer by layer, generation after generation drowning in the cradle of suffering, living in a daze...?

Regaining his composure, Medivh observed that the girl's vital energy was being devoured. He quickly memorized this discovery, but as he stood up, he suddenly heard the cry of an eagle.

The Lord of the Dungeons has returned!

The high-speed burst of flight stirred up gusts of wind, and the upper level was instantly thrown into chaos. Before long, Dane and the others tumbled down the stairs in a sorry state, one after another covered in blood, collapsing in front of Medivh.

Dane, who was in the best physical condition, quickly grabbed the giant axe, sprang to his feet, and looked solemnly towards the stairwell. He warned Medivh, "Be careful, old man, that guy is very fast."

Having said that, Dane, whose gaze had been momentarily drawn to the molten lava's brilliance, turned his head and spotted Thorne, spitting out, "Listen up, old man, there's still a silver party going on here."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Before Medivh could finish speaking, a dark shadow swept in, leaving behind a mother elephant. It then circled rapidly in the air, casting a sinister gaze at Medivh.

The final battle of the dungeon has officially begun.