Everyone Loves the Dark Moon Covenant

"Have you heard? The Bede City Strategy Team and the Hasawi Squad are offering free guides for people to conquer the Zane Dungeon!"

The most discussed topic among adventurers recently is probably Leon and Fingel.

Thanks to their propaganda, every adventurer who pays attention to Sion knows the story of "The Little Boy of Irithyll" and how the two teams made countless efforts to reverse the bad ending, only to have them all go to waste.

To some extent, humans and Hakimi have something in common, such as a rebellious mentality.

The more you forbid someone from doing something, the more they want to do it; the more you tell someone that there is only one ending, the more they will try to prove that there is a second ending, especially adventurers.

The little boy, who could only choose between being killed by a monster or becoming a monster himself, successfully aroused the rebellious mentality of adventurers.

"The only options are mutation or being killed? I don't believe it."

In order to change the tragic fate of the little boy, adventurers eagerly signed up with Leon and Fingel and actively participated in this cause!

It was definitely not to talk to a beautiful goddess, and it was definitely not because they weren't strong enough to enter Irithyll (scratch that!).

While the Schrödinger's boy, whose fate was unknown until he left his room, sparked widespread discussion, people were actually more interested in the new covenant— the Dark Moon Blade —and its founder, Gwyndolin, the Dark Sun.

As a member of Gwyn's family, Gwyndolin's image has garnered much attention since his appearance in the campfire video, not to mention his exceptionally high looks, which naturally attract fans.

Furthermore, the fact that Gwyn single-handedly guarded the Leyndell and maintained the cause of linking the fire after Gwyn linked the fire also makes people feel good about her. Who can resist a beautiful, strong, and tragic goddess?

Unfortunately, there is still relatively little information about Gwyn's family. Adventurers know that Gwyn and left, that the Sun's Eldest Son joined forces with dragons and disappeared from people's sight, and that the other gods left the Leyndell, leaving only Gwyndolin, but they don't know much more.

Exploring the past of Gwyn's family is an attractive aspect, but spiritual wealth cannot sustain the physical body; therefore, the Dark Moon Blade Oath is the main focus of attention.

Currently, adventurers are aware that the benefits of oaths, besides being able to steal souls from others, also include exchanging oath items for rewards.

However, in practice, over time one can accumulate enough Oath items to exchange for rewards, so the main focus is still on invasion and counter-invasion. Invasion satisfies people's "dark" psychology, while counter-invasion allows people to play the role of a hero. Everyone can find a suitable role in it and get considerable rewards, which is why Oath is still so popular.

The pure villain "Soul Eater," the helpful "Sun Warrior," and the "Farron Guard" confined to Farron Keep —despite these three oaths, people always felt that something was missing.

Now it seems that the problem was a lack of countermeasures against intrusions, namely, the "police".

Although the Sun Warrior can help others, they must first be summoned to do so.

Gong Qiying seemed to have forgotten about the police mechanism of [Blue Cipher Ring] and [White Cipher Ring], which made people feel that something was missing. So after realizing this, he will put White Cipher Ring in every area. Stronger adventurers will pick up more blue ones, while weaker ones will be more likely to pick up white ones.

[Blue Cipher Ring]

When summoned from other worlds, one can respond to the request and accept the summons as a "hunter," with the goal of defeating the invaders from that world.

[White Cipher Ring]

[When invaded, it can automatically send a request to summon "hunters" from other worlds.]

Beyond these two rings, the "Dark Moon Blade," a weapon of the Avengers, makes its grand entrance!

Its unique "invading those who were once invaders" mechanism was praised when it was announced by Fingel.

Especially those ordinary adventurers who are not very strong and often rely on summoning Sun Warrior to clear maps, only to be frequently invaded, highly praise the Dark Moon Blade.

"Finally, we can punish those bastards who keep invading other people's homes!"

"Waaah, after we swear the Dark Moon Blade, I'm going to launch invasions every day!"

"Why is the oath item an ear? Why do I find it so beautiful and want it so badly?"

See, the public's response has been quite positive.

There are two necessary conditions to enter Irithyll: defeat the Deepwater Bishop Congregation to obtain the Small Doll, and defeat Overlord Wolnir to unlock the Irithyll Bridge bonfire.

Today, the Catacombs of Carthus are already familiar to people because they appeared long ago, and the Road of Sacrifices and the Impaled Corpse Forest have been explored and strategies developed by people because of their "beginner maps".

But the Cathedral of the Deep was truly the greatest torment.

A significant number of people would rather spend their entire lives in Farron Keep than go to the cemetery and play around with maggot-infested Living Dead. As more and more guides for the Cathedral of the Deep appeared, orders for psychologists (Priest) exploded, and some people even said they never wanted to eat rice again.

"Royal City Priest Consultation Room Rules (Latest Version)": Do not place anything related to insects in the counseling room, or anything similar! Also, do not cook rice porridge!

Aside from the utterly disgusting cemetery, the rooftops are also a major source of complaints, naturally due to the Cursed and wandering ghost soldiers wielding crossbows.

The interior of the Cathedral of the Deep is also quite challenging. Throughout the entire process, you have to endure the hatred of the two giant slaves as you jump around searching for the mechanism to lower the two gates. To lower the first gate, you either have to find the mechanism through a bunch of twists and turns or willingly let Patch trick you. To lower the second gate, there is no shortcut; you have to go through the twists and turns to find it.

Some details that Fingel and his group had missed during their initial exploration were added by the adventurers.

For example, there are hairy, spider-like monsters that hang upside down from the ceiling and ambush adventurers.

Maggot Man mage who uses annoying magic in conjunction with Church Knight.

An extremely powerful Treasure Chest Monster that drops the "Symbol of Avarice" headpiece.

A resilient, frighteningly large auntie and an agile, dual-wielding Grave Keeper.

The adventurers then understood why the Exile had prevented them from entering the Cathedral of the Deep; it was because it was filled with the malice of the Zane Dungeon.

Therefore, the vast majority of adventurers who come to Leon and Fingel for help are trapped in the Cathedral of the Deep and cannot make any progress, stuck in this area.

Because there were so many people asking for help, the two teams had to make a selection process. Teams seeking their assistance had to have already defeated either Overlord Wolnir or the Deepwater Bishop Congregation, as they couldn't start helping people from scratch, as that would be too inefficient.

The elves of Bede City sensed a business opportunity here. Led by Mei Erjia, a small group of elves secretly came here without Wei En Ma's knowledge to offer paid assistance to adventurers in conquering these areas.

Thanks to everyone's efforts, three days later, the number of adventurers who had successfully entered Irithyll finally exceeded one hundred.

At Fingel's request, these hundred people then spread out to help other adventurers. After a week, the number of adventurers in Irithyll exceeded three hundred.

The "Little Boy Rescue Project" is in full swing. People have tried all sorts of methods. The most heated discussion in the tavern every day is how to save the little boy and how to do it in the most time-saving and effective way. Some people have even opened a donation channel specifically for this project.

However, even now, people have not been able to find a perfect solution, because a single team simply cannot clear the monsters of Irithyll. As long as there are monsters, the little boy will die on his way to the church.

People could hardly think of a better solution, the rescue plan was currently at a standstill, and Fingel was on the verge of depression.

However, on the other hand, the Dark Moon Blade Oath is quite popular.

None of the adventurers who entered Irithyll were there for the Dark Moon Blade Oath. Making an oath not only punishes intruders but also allows them to hear encouragement from Gwyndolin One for One, making the interaction incredibly high.

Gwyndolin is a god, and the act of these Dark Moon Knight listening for encouragement at the altar is called "Listening to Divine Revelation" in the churches, something only archbishops and popes are qualified to do!

"Lady Gwyndolin is so beautiful and speaks so sweetly, I like her so much."

"Even though it's just the same few lines over and over again, I could listen to them for a lifetime!"

"Ears, where are more ears? I want to collect ears to hear Gwyndolin speak more!"

Collect enough ears and offer them at the Dark Moon Altar to unlock new encouraging voice lines for Dark Sun!

People have discovered that what they saw and heard when communicating with Gwyndolin at the Dark Moon Altar was actually a fixed image, no different from the image in the campfire, and the real Gwyndolin is nowhere to be found.

But that's okay, it can't dampen everyone's enthusiasm.

But behind this passion, someone is destined to suffer.

For example, people with a history of trespassing.

The fervent invasions that began after the emergence of the Soul-Sucking Ghost Oath were curbed after the appearance of the Dark Moon Blade Oath.

The more times someone invades and the stronger they are, the more likely they are to be alerted by the Dark Moon Blade. Those who have only invaded once or twice will almost always be ignored by the Blue Eye Orb.

It is well known that intruders use aliases and wear hoods to cover their faces when carrying out intrusions.

However, when invaded by the Dark Moon Blade, they are currently too slow to react and will not have time to put on their hoods.

This means the era of big box openings has arrived!

Since the Dark Moon Blade's power has gradually risen, brawls on the surface world have surged, and organizations providing medical services have been overwhelmed.

It was all victims retaliating against the intruders.

The Soul Eater's forces have suffered an unprecedented and severe blow!

While the Soul Eaters were lamenting their fate, the others were raising their glasses in celebration. They gathered in the tavern to celebrate that the long-arrogant Soul Eaters had finally been crushed by Iron Fist.

"Long Zane Dungeon! Long live the Dark Moon Blade! We've finally achieved our goal!"

Just as everyone was happily drinking and celebrating.

Irithyll, the Zane Dungeon.

A person staggered out of the Irithyll Underground Jail, removed the tattered hood from their face, and was revealed to be Lu Lu Wo.

At this moment, she was disheveled, ragged, weak in the knees, and with lifeless eyes, looking as if she had suffered some kind of torture.

Her parched lips moved slightly, and she said:

"Damn it, I've been hacked more than twenty times today!"