Ringing the Bell

"Finally, we can go ring the bell."

When those words burst from Hewei's mouth, not only he but everyone else felt a sense of relief.

The accomplishment of defeating a powerful foe, the relief that their grueling journey had finally ended, and anticipation for the adventures ahead—all kinds of emotions intertwined at that moment, leaving them with exceedingly complicated feelings.

To conquer the "Twin Gargoyles," they had no idea how many days they had spent in the dungeon, stubbornly holding on without leaving.

Now that they had defeated the enemy in one stroke, the exhaustion came crashing down like a tide as they relaxed. Some people swayed unsteadily, nearly collapsing to the ground.

"Pull yourselves together. We can't fail at the final hurdle. Don't you want to hold on and see this through?"

Hewei's voice forced those showing signs of fatigue to pull themselves together.

Sain Underground City would directly kick out adventurers whose mental state was poor. This had long been common knowledge in adventurer circles.

Although Sain Underground City usually treated people terribly, everyone felt it was rather humane when it came to matters like this.

Adventurers suddenly dying in dungeons was actually quite common. Such deaths were caused by Mental Power depletion from staying in dungeons for too long without rest, and after reviving, there was a chance they would become Vegetable People.

Gong Qiying had always valued adventurers, which was why he set a danger threshold. Some dungeons, on the other hand, would not be satisfied until they had drained adventurers dry in one go. After all, they needed to survive too.

Hewei knew very well that everyone's current mental state was already approaching the danger threshold where Sain Underground City would kick them out. But if they were kicked out right before ringing the bell,