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"No, you still haven't found a place connected to the old area?"

A series of slaps rang out inside the Sparkfire Church camp. Lu Lu Wo was slapping the table, caught between shock and impatience.

How had they gotten here only to find they couldn't go back? What a goddamn trap!

"And you just said you've been here for a week already, maybe even nearly two?"

She scratched at her hair and asked with a strange expression,

"Um, let me ask this: how far has your exploration progressed now?"

"We've just finished exploring the three new regions: Northern Undead Asylum, Undead Burg, and Undead Parish outside the city. We've also discovered several unexplored regions, including Darkroot Garden, Sain Ancient City, the Catacombs, and New Londo Ruins, and we've gained quite a lot."

Hervey stood with his hands on his hips, looking rather proud as he spoke.

Before Lu Lu Wo could say anything, Bei Er Tuo's mouth twitched slightly as he interjected,

"We explored Northern Undead Asylum too. Judging by the efficiency of a normal exploration team, I doubt that place would take more than three or four hours to clear, and that's including time spent fighting monsters."

"As for Undead Burg and Undead Parish, we took a quick look around before coming out. They were indeed more complicated. We only had time to find two hidden doors, three shortcuts, and five afterimages. In the end, we didn't go after the boss and simply returned to Firelink Shrine through the church elevator before leaving. It probably took a day and a half in total."

"If we were to make a comparison, the amount of exploration in those two places combined would be about on the level of Farron Keep, perhaps with an extra stretch of the Road of Sacrifices."

"Overall,