Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?

Chapter 1578 - 959: You Are Already the Sun

A normal adventurer, not infested by any Sun Worm, wearing the classic iron helm, Solar.The appearance of such a figure immediately brings a great sense of security, and adventurers exploring hope to encounter someone like this.

But now, when the Starfire Knights see such a Solar, they feel as if they’ve seen a ghost in broad daylight.

"Whoa—"

The crowd gasps in shock, stepping back several paces, instantly creating a wide separation from Solar.

"This..." The Starfire Knights look at him, unsure of what to do, bewildered by the situation.

After a second of deep contemplation, everyone focuses their gaze on Hevi, with their collective look seeming to say: You, go check what’s going on!

"You want me to go?"

Hevi hesitates, pondering why he must be the leader at this moment.

The situation is too bizarre; what is happening here is not what the Skyrim Strategy Group had told them.

According to the Skyrim Strategy Group, once they arrived here, they’d encounter a Sun Warrior parasitized by Sun Worms, immediately engaging in combat with the warrior, who in a frenzy would attack everyone indiscriminately while muttering mad gibberish.

Everyone present was prepared for such a sanity-draining experience, each person even carrying two calming technique scrolls, but what now?

They were met with a perfectly intact version of Solar.

He was kneeling on the ground; he seemed dispirited and lacking essence, but hadn’t descended into the mental chaos of an Animated Corpse or Wandering Soul.

Scattered around him were the corpses of Sun Worms, each displaying a grotesque swollen hue, obviously killed by the Fierce Poison Fog Hevi had unleashed.

"..."

Hevi paused as he glanced at the Sun Worms, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes, sensing something but unable to fully realize it, trapped in Chaos.

What’s going on?

Not knowing, it doesn’t matter.

Emerging from the crowd, Hevi cautiously approached Solar, hearing his lost and forlorn voice.

"Is all of this a lie... just for this dream, I’ve been, been... ah, my Sun... what should I do... Sun, my Sun..."

Hevi’s mouth twitched slightly; even without Sun Worm infestation, Solar’s mental state seemed far from good.

He was cradling a dead Sun Worm in his hand, was he actually mourning for Sun Worms?

No, that couldn’t be the case.

Hevi recalled the advice he had seen along the way, which vividly depicted the process of Solar’s wavering conviction.

If that were so...

"This isn’t the Sun, it’s just a worm."

He knelt beside Solar, speaking to him.

"I spent so much time searching... yet I still found nothing..."

Solar, as if not hearing Hevi, remained immersed in his own despair, mumbling to himself, seemingly oblivious to the world.

No reaction? That’s fine, Hevi felt relieved as saying his next words would indeed be a bit embarrassing and awkward.

He gazed at that once robust and now hunched figure, refraining from saying any insipid comforting words, simply pulling from his pocket a Sun Badge, which seemed quite old, marred with marks that wouldn’t wash away.

"This is the Sun Badge you gave me on my first entry to the Sain Dungeon; I’ve kept it as a memento, even when I was one badge short to exchange for a Giant Thunder Spear, I resisted using it."

Reflecting on his first entry into the Sain Dungeon, Hevi recalled how he was a complete novice, on his first dungeon experience there, which, for a newbie, was an exceptionally misfortunate start.

Yet, when surrounded and trapped by Monsters, he discovered a Summoning Symbol flickering with golden light.

Left by an Elf named Steeran, thanks to her help, Hevi’s dungeon expedition ended up fruitful.

"Why could you help me here?"

"Because I’ve made a vow as a Sun Warrior, uh, simply speaking, becoming a Sun Warrior allows you to help others like this, and there’s some benefit too, want to try it? I’ll take you to the Sun Altar."

Thus, somewhat cluelessly, he became a Sun Warrior, and over subsequent helps, he achieved both success and failure, countless times beyond memory, but one thing he remembered vividly.

Every adventurer who summoned him as a Sun Warrior had eyes filled with hope and anticipation.

Was it a sense of responsibility, vanity, or something else? Regardless, back then, he was immersed in such gazes, awakening to find himself being a Sun Warrior for quite a while, even gaining some renown.

On the surface, adventurers might scheme and compete for profit, but in the Dungeon, due to its unique environment, people become unprecedentedly united; a helping Sun Warrior is respected, this experience reconnects Hevi to the core of adventure, nothing ignites his spirit more than extending a helping hand to a suffering stranger and uniting to combat adversaries.