Guide to the Road of Sacrifices

The head of a family and his eldest daughter both ran away from home, leaving the entire family's operation to Leon's stepmother.

What a magical turn of events!

"Boss, could it be that you went too far last time?" Malu was referring to when Leon went home, which was quite a big deal.

Leon's expression was strange. Beating up his father and sister in public seemed excessive, but when you consider his personal experiences, it wasn't excessive at all; on the contrary, it was quite satisfying.

So he felt he hadn't done anything wrong! He hadn't let down the store manager named Ma Lei Da!

But

What exactly are they trying to do?

He rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on. His stepmother had mentioned in a letter that his father, Te Pi, and his sister Mei Gen, hadn't left home on the same day, but rather one after the other. Neither of them had said what they were going to do, so their destinations were probably different.

They can't possibly go out looking for an opportunity to become stronger and then find another chance to beat me up, can they?

Wait a minute, given my father's personality, he might actually do it!

Leon had mixed feelings about this, but ultimately, the dominant emotion was excitement.

Oh no, is the second battle between father and son about to begin?!

As for his sister Mei Gen, he didn't take her seriously at all. She had been indulging in pleasure all these years and her strength had long since declined. He would have to feed her a bunch of Experience Candy to keep up with Leon's pace.

In addition to the news that her father and sister had run away from home, the stepmother also mentioned in the letter that current family affairs were forcing her to work late into the night every day, and that her body was almost unable to take it.

So she bowed down to Leon and admitted defeat, hoping that this young master would return to manage the family business.

"Boss, are you really going back? Didn't we agree to be an adventure team for life?"

"I'm not going back."

What's the point of going back? I'll be busy dealing with family affairs all day long, waiting for my father to return after his cultivation is complete so I can beat him up.

Honestly, my family has been living off our savings, so why are there so many things to deal with? I get it, my stepmother must have conspired with my dad to lure me into slacking off on my workouts!

Just kidding.

Leon was not going back. He tossed the letter to Malu and said, "You write me a reply. I'm not going back."

"Me?" Malu asked in surprise, "I've never been to school, boss, I can't write!"

Leon was taken aback; this was the first time he had heard Malu say she couldn't write. "Then how do you read?"

"Because of magic!"

Magic is truly a wonderful and versatile thing, but if there's "magic for recognizing words," why can't there be "magic for writing words"?

Leon finally remembered. No wonder Malu always sneaked out to play whenever he was organizing strategy information.

"It's alright, you're still young." He stared at Malu, and as she turned to run away, he grabbed her collar and said with a chuckle:

"You'll be writing this guide, and I'll personally teach you how to write."

A few days later, the Strategy Team released fresh information about the Road of Sacrifices.

People were surprised that the Zane Dungeon would have an area suitable for new players to train at this time, as if it were a patch added later in the game.

After numerous on-site tests, it has been confirmed that the Road of Sacrifices and the subsequent Impaled Corpse Forest are suitable for newcomers to train.

The items produced here seem to be a mix of features from various regions, such as the Poison Purple Moss Ball from Farron Keep and the Forging Stone from the Catacombs of Carthus. Many items can also interact with other regions.

For example, if you take the "Notebook of Orbeck of Vinheim" to Lake Liurnia, you can skip the Sorting Hat and directly learn "Soul Arrow" and "Spy".

The advantage is that it allows newcomers to learn magic without fighting the Caria Knight, but the downside is that they can only learn these two types of magic. If they want to learn other types of magic, they still have to find Sorting Hat.

The Strategy Team specifically highlighted the locations of the two most valuable weapons, the Mercenary Twinblades and the Exile Greatsword, in their strategy guide. However, they also warned that the Exile wielding the Golden Chicken Leg is extremely powerful, and direct confrontation is quite dangerous.

However, there were problems with this intelligence.

People went to find the Mercenary Twinblades according to the location marked in the guide, but when they arrived, they found that the location was actually Pair of Bandit Daggers.

Although this weapon is not bad, people are still more interested in the Mercenary Twinblades, which was touted in the guide.

Later, people discovered the Mercenary Twinblades behind the Black Knight.

Forget it, I don't need this weapon. Being an adventurer is a profession that follows your heart.

There were also some problems with the intelligence on the Exile, because some people who encountered them discovered that the Cleric Exile were not carrying Smelter Hammer, but large clubs.

Then people discovered that the equipment, weapons, and strength of the two Exile would change according to the strength of the newcomers. The weapons came in three sizes: small, medium, and large. But no matter how they changed, they were still able to use their strength to stop the adventurers from going deeper into the rear.

Compared to them, the Crystallized Old Man is nothing. Speaking of which, the Black Knight outside is probably the strongest in this area.

The adventurer who tried to lure the Undead Legion to fight Overlord Wolnir tried the same trick again, attempting to guide the Exile to kill the Black Knight, but ended up with a brutal scene of three people chasing and hacking at him.

A strange phenomenon has emerged: when adventurers want to test their strength, they go to the Exile to see who can get the Exile to bring out a larger weapon.

They're really impressive for coming up with this kind of game.

If they sent a combat power detector over there, the adventurers would go crazy.

This Strategy Team is indeed packed with useful information. However, when people receive the original guide, which has been magically copied, they all exclaim:

"Who wrote this? The handwriting is really ugly."

Because Malu's handwriting was too ugly, many people turned to buying other versions of the strategy guide, resulting in a decrease in the Strategy Team's subsequent income.

Incidentally, Leon did this on purpose to motivate Malu to study.

The impact of the Road of Sacrifices was obvious; after a week of discussion, people started returning to the game.

Most of the adventurers who chose to return to explore the dungeons after the Road of Sacrifices appeared had returned to their rural hometowns to grow potatoes when the first anomaly of Sein transformed it from a beginner dungeon into Hellish Dungeon.

Later, more and more amazing things appeared in Sion, and every day, every hour, people could hear news of people making a fortune from the products of Zane Dungeon. These people who had quit the game were extremely envious.

However, my own strength is not up to par. Although I can collect ingredients in the Gourmet Area, the prices of ingredients in the Gourmet Area have stabilized and have dropped a lot compared to the beginning. Working there can earn money, but it won't make you rich overnight.

People always yearn for overnight riches, and coincidentally, the pig farming strategy of the Road of Sacrifices coincides with these people's thoughts, thus attracting people back to the pit.

"I'm determined to make something of myself here, and I never want to go back to the countryside again!"

"Take a gamble, and potatoes can turn into pearls! I'd drink the entire Farron Keep if it meant getting money."

"I've mined an extremely rare Purple Blood Crystal! Haha, I'm going to be rich!"

"Fool, the most valuable things now are all kinds of Forging Stone and attribute orbs. Purple Blood Crystal? It's been outdated for hundreds of years."

As more and more people came to visit, Gong Qiying successfully increased the number of portals to three after continuously upgrading the permissions of the Eagle Capital Dungeon to cope with the growing crowds.

This is only the first week, and it's unclear how many people it will attract in the future, but it's worth looking forward to.

As information about the Road of Sacrifices spread among the public, the most advanced adventurers were not idle either. Many well-known adventurers also came to Sein due to the recent trend.

What trend is it?

As the "Sain Style" swept through the nobles of the Leyndell, the common people were also influenced by this trend, imitating the nobles' behavior and buying all sorts of things related to Sein. In no time, even the price of a single Green Blossom several times over, and adventurers were reluctant to eat it after obtaining it.

The popularity of the Sain Style is largely due to Princess Serena hosting several banquets and tea parties themed around Senn. Minister Aoluo tacitly approved of this practice, since it wouldn't hurt.

Everywhere there is no shortage of people who follow trends. When a certain trend becomes popular in the Leyndell, imitators will immediately appear in surrounding cities, and these imitators will spread their influence to even more distant areas.

Thus, adventurers with various motives set off for the Zane Dungeon, seeking fame, fortune, power, and so on.

This includes the gold-level Hasawi Squad.

This elite team of only three people originally had no interest in dungeons; they were dedicated to adventuring in the surface world.

Adventurers can be divided into three categories: those who specialize in dungeons, those who only adventure in the outside world, and those who excel in both.

Recently, under the leadership of Captain "Flash" Fingel, the Hasawi Squad has just hunted down a subspecies of earth Leo, cut off the most beautiful scales from its body and delivered them to a noble client in the Leyndell, receiving a bounty enough to squander for several years. They also sent a message to Leon along the way.

They had planned to take a good rest for a while, but then they heard about the fame of the Zane Dungeon, and then they tried to challenge Overlord Wolnir according to Leon's strategy.

The deep darkness and the radiant holy sword left a deep impression on everyone, and the scenery of Irithyll of the Boreal Valley afterwards was even more enjoyable.

Fingel immediately judged this to be a top-tier dungeon, comparable to the legendary landscapes of Irithyll, such as the Lost Kingdom, Ancient Ruins, and Fairy Sea that he had encountered during his adventures.

His intense interest made him want to enter Irithyll immediately, but since he didn't have the Small Doll, he was naturally kept outside.

Then we'll have to go somewhere else first.

In just a few days, they witnessed the Sunlight King Undead Legion burning everything, the Death Rite Bird soaring in the night, the Furious Rajang roaring with earth-shattering force, and that full moon.

I also got to experience what it felt like to have my face washed by the Comet Azur, the Full Moon Queen in the Heart.

The only way to describe their feelings is "not enough". The current few areas are simply not enough, and Fingel wants more!

Then a new area appeared. After passing through the Road of Sacrifices filled with cannibalistic madmen and the eerie Impaled Corpse Forest, a church symbolizing the depths of the underworld came into view.

[The Cathedral of the Deep]

The large, menacing black church before them lurked with an eerie atmosphere, concealing countless dangers. Fingel waved his hand and said:

"Let's go, let's be the Strategy Team for once."