A New Chapter Is About to Begin

"Boss, we've found something new in the Zane Dungeon, it seems to be called the Farron Undead Legion!"

Malu pushed open the door with a loud bang, but only Delu and Te Er were in the room.

She paused for a moment, then belatedly said, "Oh right, the boss left a few days ago, and I still feel uneasy about it."

After defeating the Avatar of Soul Five, Leon's confidence soared. He explained a few things to his companions and then embarked on his journey home.

He's going to end it all.

It is said that his family lives far away from Bede City and it is estimated that it will take them a month to return.

Seven days have passed now.

Everyone really wanted to go with him, fearing something might happen to Leon, but he sternly refused his companions, saying that it was his own business and he had to handle it himself.

"Malu," Delu pinched the bridge of his nose and said helplessly, "You're talking as if Leon has died."

Te Er shook his head and said, "What is the Farron Undead Legion? And where did you hear that from?"

It seems like every time there's new information, it's Malu finds out about it.

"It sounds like the name of some ancient organization!"

Upon hearing about ancient times, everyone's ears perked up.

"Explain in detail,"

"Haven't a lot of people found new things in the Zane Dungeon lately?" Malu said. "One of them is a stone tablet that records the legend of the Undead Legion."

"New things"

Delu frowned and thought for a moment.

Ever since the day it went berserk, the Zane Dungeon has been producing new items.

Items, equipment, weapons, and even new monsters have been added, but the map remains unchanged.

It gives the impression that something big is coming, and these new things are just appetizers.

The most obvious change is that when people get new props or weapons, a piece of information about the item will appear in their minds, and this information often has a certain format.

The beginning is always a confusing passage, seemingly explaining the background story of the thing, before proceeding to its usage and effects.

A couple of days ago, someone got their hands on a large hammer covered in spikes. The description read:

Spiked Hammer Spear

[The weapon of the mentors in the Cathedral of the Deep who guide the inhabitants of the Undead Settlement]

[Weapon Skill: Spinning Strike, striking the enemy while spinning]

This weapon alone has raised several questions:

What is the Undead Settlement? What is the Cathedral of the Deep? And what is the role of a Mentor?

There is far too much missing information. People only know these new names, but they don't know what these names mean.

Some people have drawn parallels to the campfire imagery in the Zane Dungeon, speculating that these props might depict a glimpse into a past era of history.

The campfire footage has already garnered significant attention for the Zane Dungeon among the crowd.

People thought it was incredibly lucky that a small underground city could have two campfires to record images, but what they didn't expect was that it could still continuously produce new things!

As a result, adventurers pay more and more attention to any small details when exploring Sein, even picking up a stone that looks a little strange to see if it contains any information.

The desire for knowledge is one of the basic human desires.

At this moment, the Adventurers' Guild suddenly made its move.

The guild built a huge notice board in the center of Bede City, and its purpose was to release the latest information about the Zane Dungeon as soon as possible!

This new intelligence comes from adventurers.

If someone finds something new in the dungeon and is willing to share the information with the guild, they will not only receive a substantial reward, but will also have their name signed on the intelligence report, so that everyone who reads the report will know the discoverer's name.

Furthermore, a leaderboard was set up next to the bulletin board, ranking participants based on the quantity and quality of their intelligence contributions, attracting a great deal of attention.

This has led to a strange phenomenon: people are paying more attention to authorship and ranking than to rewards.

Ever since the rankings were built, there have always been people gathered around to see how the rankings changed, and they would make a lot of subjective speculations rather than objective deductions about the information contributed by those people—because there is too little information to infer, and the missing parts can only be filled in by imagination.

This is probably the prototype of a soul scholar?

In a short period of time, everyone has learned a lot of unfamiliar terms, such as Vinheim, Archdragon Peak, Lothric, Absolute Radiance, Azure Star, Yharnam, and so on.

Some people think this information is too fragmented and useless, but others find it interesting and rewarding to piece the fragments together.

With rewards and honors already secured, what reason do we have not to explore the Zane Dungeon?

It can't be because of the difficulty, can it? Earl Ka Rong has already given subsidies to adventurers who buy Teleportation Crystal, and the Holy Light Church has also reduced resurrection fees, indirectly supporting people to explore dungeons.

It's just a matter of difficulty. You'll eventually find a way to beat it if you try a few more times. The Zane Dungeon isn't going to suddenly change again one day, right?

"The Farron Undead Legion are... they're..." Malu hesitated for a long time, but there was too much to say, and she didn't know where to begin. Finally, she said, "Oh, why don't you just come with me to the bulletin board and take a look!"

After finally arriving at the notice board in the town center, they found it already surrounded by crowds, all there to see the latest news.

It's 3 a. m., and it's pitch black. Everyone's staying up to check the latest news, it feels like they're watching an anime series.

Later visitors could no longer see the words on the notice board, so the guild members had to use amplification magic to explain it loudly to the people.

"The Farron Undead Legion, they are the Abyss Watchers, inheriting the will of the Abyss Walker, forever on the front lines against the Abyss!"

"They are heroes who fight against the abyss, battling to prevent the world from falling into darkness!"

"When the Initial Flame was waning and the world was about to be extinguished, the entire Undead Legion resolutely threw themselves into the furnace, turning their bodies into fuel for the flames!"

"They passed the fire!"

"However, long after they devoted themselves to the linking of the fire, the Undead Legion reappeared somewhere, a place called Farron Keep!"

The guild members were practically hoarse from shouting, repeating the message on the bulletin board over and over again.

Standing next to him was a smug adventurer, who seemed to be the one who contributed the intelligence; he was about to become famous.

Those present might not know what Fran was, but they knew about passing on the fire.

The campfire footage clearly shows that Gwyn, the Sunlight King, burned himself to rekindle the fire for the survival of the world!

Therefore, the Undead Legion that linked the fire must be heroes, and the Abyss they fought against must be no good thing.

Although this information seems brief, compared to the few words mentioned for other equipment, it is already a remarkable lengthy piece.

A bard in the crowd was already conceiving a story about the Farron Undead Legion.

"Do you think we should go into the dungeon again?" Malu looked at the adventurer with envy. "We've really made a big splash here."

"Who said they wanted to take a vacation?" Te Er teased.

Since the day Sion went berserk, everyone in the Strategy Team has been greatly shocked and hasn't entered the dungeon again.

"Going in now is a good idea, without waiting for Leon," Delu agreed. "We're already familiar with Thane, so there shouldn't be anything that can stump us."

"How about now?" Malu looked at the moon; the timing was perfect, the Zane Dungeon was probably already open.

Everyone agreed that after such a long break, the reputation of the Strategy Team was almost gone.

"Listen up, everyone!"

Suddenly, a hoarse voice rang out in the square.

At first glance, he appeared to be a ragged adventurer, his equipment tattered, with a freshly healed scar on his head, still bearing the aura of a resurrection spell.

Without a doubt, this guy just died and was resurrected in the dungeon, and came here as soon as he was resurrected.

That's lame. The dungeon has only been open for less than half an hour, and I've already died once?

What urgent matter could possibly warrant such a rush from him?

"Zane Dungeon, Zane Dungeon"

The adventurer said, panting:

"Another anomaly has occurred in the Zane Dungeon! The entire map has changed!"

What!?

This news caused a huge stir among the crowd like a bombshell.

The people surrounded the adventurer, relentlessly pressing him for details about what strange changes had occurred in the Zane Dungeon.

The members of the Strategy Team looked at each other, all with a bad feeling.

"I... I was caught in the Swamp by a monster that looked tall and thin, and it kept scratching my head!"

The adventurer pointed to the scars all over his head and cried out.

"Who cares how you died? Hurry up and tell me how the map changed!" an impatient person asked.

"I don't know how to describe it, just go in and see for yourselves!"

The adventurer shouted:

"Don't be scared by the Firelink Shrine!"

With the Farron Keep as its starting point, a new chapter is about to begin!