"Sun... Warriors?"
Leon savored the unfamiliar name. He knew what the sun was—it hung in the sky—but what was a Sun Warrior?
It sounded like someone who worshipped the sun, much like how the Holy Light Church always called its own knights Holy Light Knights.
For some reason, the scene he had witnessed at the bonfire suddenly surfaced in his mind—the one known as the [Sunlight King], Gwyn.
Could it be related to him? No, not him—Them?
Come to think of it, Dru had rushed off to the Magic Association in a nearby city the moment he came back from death, without even resting. Leon was honestly worried he might suddenly drop dead on the road.
But Leon also wanted to know what exactly the scene he had seen at the bonfire meant.
"Tell me everything."
Maru began recounting what she had heard.
"Recently, an item called Summoning Finger Medicine has started becoming popular. There's a place in the swamp where you can reliably get five or six every time you go in. I even found out its exact location."
She said smugly, "Apparently, after using Summoning Finger Medicine in a dungeon, you can see golden and red Summoning Marks. The golden ones represent helpers, who can temporarily become your companions and explore the dungeon with you. The red ones are called fighters, and once you summon one, you have to fight them."
Did people really have nothing better to do than summon hostile enemies in such a hellish dungeon?
Were they sick of not dying fast enough?
"Wait, wait. Let me process this."
Leon rubbed his brow, looking puzzled as he asked:
"Are these so-called helpers and fighters actual living people, or something else?"
"What reason would they have to help adventurers or fight them? What do they gain