From Dungeon to Gaming Empire

Higanbana may not be the adventurer with the highest overall quality in Miracle City at present, but because she is young enough and has high enough growth potential, and has completed various accumulations early to gain first-mover advantage, she is fully confident that she can compete with any top adventurer or big shot!

Just get the first achievement of the Magic Ring chapter.

Personal foundation and status in Miracle City will definitely reach a higher level!

Not long after, Higanbana arrived at the Blessing Camp near the Dragon's Breath Ruins. She activated the blessing here, took a short rest, and then headed to the Dragon's Breath Ruins.

But just then.

The red spider lily met a special fader.

Although there were more than a dozen faded people in the Blessing Camp, this faded person was standing alone under a huge rock near the camp, wearing an iron hat and a large sword at his waist. His temperament was completely different from other faded people.

Higanbana knew that rare Faded Ones might appear in each Blessed Camp, and getting to know these Faded Ones might be helpful for her next adventure, so she instinctively took the initiative to go forward and talk to this Faded One.

"New face, I haven't seen you before. Are you the new fader?"

The iron-hatted sword-brother peered through the cracks in his hat at the red spider lily. "Then be careful. Lake Yakir is the territory of dragons... These creatures are both powerful and beautiful, but also terrifying... Unless you're an immortal who wishes to be burned to death by dragon flames, it wouldn't be wise to approach here rashly..."

Higanbana asked, "The dragons from the border area? I'd love to meet them. What's your name, sir?"

Tiedougao Tachi-ge: "My name is Yura, and I'm a Blood Finger Hunter."

Higanbana: "Blood Finger Hunter? What is a Blood Finger?"

Yura said, "They are a group of despicable Faded Ones obsessed with cursed blood, with their hands stained with the lives of their compatriots. They are the common enemy of all of us Faded Ones with a reasonable mind."

This faded one is actually a knight?

Higanbana was slightly surprised by this.

After learning that she was going to the Dragon Breath Ruins.

Yura immediately said, "I came to Lake Yakir to track down a Blood Finger. This person is very likely hiding in the Dragon's Breath Ruins. If you can help me lure him out, I will reward you handsomely!"

really!

This is no ordinary fader.

He has a side quest!

Higanbana was originally going to the Dragon's Breath Ruins to farm souls, so accepting this side quest was a natural thing for her. She accepted the quest without hesitation and then went to the Dragon's Breath Ruins. However, Yura did not follow her, probably because he was hiding in the dark and observing.

The border area after Miracle City was reset.

The scale of each ruin, cave, and remains is generally ten times or even more times larger than that in the game.

This makes the already large Dragon's Breath Ruins even larger. Not only are there broken walls and collapsed building ruins everywhere, but there are also a large number of survivors of the Golden Dynasty wandering here.

Kill these residents.

A small amount of runes can be obtained.

In addition, there are many valuable treasures hidden in the ruins.

Such places would inevitably attract Faded Ones, and since Blood Fingers made a living by killing other Faded Ones, it was appropriate to set such places as ambush points.

However, the red spider lily arrived without stopping.

She didn't see any other Faded Ones, but she didn't care. Instead, she looked around the large ruins on the lakeside.

"Is this the Dragon's Breath Ruins? This place should have been a small town in the past!"

The red spider lily soon discovered groups of figures wandering among the ruins.

【You have unlocked a new monster: the Exiled Resident! 】

She found the residents of the border area mentioned in the intelligence. They basically looked like extremely old humans. Although their clothes were tattered and dirty, it was not difficult to see that they were made of fine fabrics. They had various golden tree decorations and pendants on their bodies.

These residents used to have good living conditions.

Some were even wealthy aristocrats.

But at this moment, their eyes were dull and their movements were slow. They all looked haggard, their flesh was shriveled, their hair was sparse and falling off in large quantities, their skin was bloodless and even rotten, they were no different from the zombies in the Secret Realm of Madness.

Of course, although they look like zombies, they are not as aggressive as zombies.

They wandered around numbly and aimlessly, either looking up at the sky or rummaging and digging, like a group of walking corpses without any thoughts or wisdom.

Wangchuan Sanren: "Are these the indigenous people of the border area?"

Wool Warrior: "But how did they become like zombies?"

Lonely Swordsman: "It's probably because the Elden Ring was broken, causing the Golden Tree Law to collapse and the Return to Tree System to fail, so they couldn't die normally."

A normal death?

Some adventurers clearly haven't grasped this concept.

Higanbana nodded. "I think so too. I think the reason so many residents have gathered at the Dragon's Breath Ruins is probably because these residents, unable to die, want to use the dragon's flame to completely free themselves."

This point was also mentioned by Yura just now.

Higanbana continued to speculate.

"When the Elden Ring was broken, the soul shock spread throughout the border area, and most residents suffered severe mental trauma."

"Not only that!"

"There's also a problem with the Golden Tree's homing mechanism."

"This prevented some Golden Tree residents who were supposed to return to the tree and reincarnate from completing this process."

"Life under the Golden Law cannot fully die without returning to the tree. No matter how the body and mind age or decay, consciousness will not disappear. This is undoubtedly an extremely cruel and painful torture."

"Most of these Golden Tree people who should have returned to the tree but were unable to do so eventually became wandering zombies, like the ones we see before us."

"I think they long to be turned into ashes by the dragon's breath in order to escape their suffering."

"Of course this is just my personal guess!"

"..."

Although it is just Higanbana's guess, it is not without reason. This can explain why there are so many zombie residents inside and outside the Dragon Breath Ruins. If you carefully investigate the ruins and its surroundings.

It is not difficult to find that there are many remains that have been burned to ashes.

This means that dragons often appear here. These zombie-like residents are like cockroaches, which makes this powerful creature very annoyed, so it will launch dragon fire breath to disinfect them.

"The border area is indeed a novel place!"

"This strange law and order is unheard of!"

"There's nothing much to say. Old thief Qi is truly amazing. He always manages to create worlds beyond our imagination!"

"I'm really looking forward to it, because the story of the Circle has only been open for one day. We have only uncovered the tip of the iceberg so far, and we don't know what eye-opening creatures and stories will be revealed in the next adventure."

"..."

Higanbana wasted no time in hunting down the zombies wandering around the scene.

"Pyroxene Demon Sparkle!"

She raised her staff and summoned a small pebble covered in light, which she then shot out quickly under the influence of magic. Although the speed was not very fast, with the power of a second-level force, the lethality was no less than that of a rifle bullet.

Boom!

Two shots were fired in quick succession, the former hitting the chest and the latter directly blowing up the head, causing a zombie resident to fall to the ground and explode with a small amount of runes.

"Although they are easy to kill, there are too few Runes. We need to speed up the process!"

The initial identity chosen by Higanbana is the stargazer.

This is a typical mage identity. Although his strength, physique, endurance and other aspects are far inferior to those of the wandering knight, he comes with basic attack spells when he appears.

There are various identities and occupations at the border area.

But no matter what your initial identity is, there is no restriction on your fighting method.

The Wandering Knight can pick up a staff and use magic, while the Stargazer can also take out a weapon to fight.

Higanbana held a staff in her left hand and pulled out a flail with her right hand, then rushed into a group of zombies, casting magic to attack while waving the flail frantically.

The zombie residents are very slow.

There is almost no desire to attack.

Even if some occasionally fight back, with their speed and strength, they can hardly pose a threat.

But in just a moment, Higanbana eliminated dozens of zombie residents. However, the runes produced by so many zombie residents combined were only comparable to three or four ordinary Greg soldiers.

The efficiency of brushing Rune is still too low!

If this is the only income I can get, I might as well go to the woods and hills between the Church of Airey and the City of Stonewell and look for all kinds of wild monsters or hunt patrolling Grek soldiers!

"careful!"

"Boss Higanbana!"

"There's a sneak attack!"

While the red spider lily was still thinking.

Suddenly a sense of crisis came over me.

The adventurers outside saw through the secret crystal that a sneaky figure suddenly appeared from the ruins and was trying to launch a sneak attack on the red spider lily from behind.

"who?!"

The red spider lily sensed danger.

She returned the favor with a flash of pyroxene magic.

The attacker dodged the magic-powered stone with a nimble movement. The stone hit the rubble and immediately left a hole the size of an egg.

[You have unlocked the Monster Guide: Bloody Fingers Nelius!]

"It's a bloody finger!"

Higanbana realized it immediately.

This is the humanoid monster you are looking for in Yura's side quest!

"Blood Fingers" Nelius was wrapped tightly, looking like a wandering swordsman, holding a serrated blood-red dagger in each hand.

No nonsense.

No communication.

Seeing that the sneak attack failed, Nelius launched an attack directly.

fast!

too fast!

The bloody knife light kept slashing down.

This made the red spider lily feel a huge threat.

She kept dodging, trying to create distance, while charging up energy to release a pyroxene arc.

Unexpectedly, the serrated blood-red dagger in Nelius' right hand suddenly burst out with a large amount of blood-like energy, and then released a blood-red energy blade while swinging it.

boom!

Under the bloody blade.

The pyroxene arc was shattered!

Higanbana quickly rolled to avoid the blood-red flying blade, but before she could regain her balance, the blood-red fingers were approaching quickly, and the two daggers swung out blood-red blades at the same time. It seemed that there was no way to avoid this attack 100%.

Suddenly, a white knife light blocked the attack for Higanbana.

A man with a katana wearing a conical hat stood in front of him, and the katana and the bloody blade collided and wrestled with each other.

Yura: "Nelius, I found you. You can't escape this time!"

When Bloody Finger Nelius saw the bamboo hat brother Yura and looked at the red spider lily, he immediately felt like backing out.

"Don't let him escape!"

"understand!"

Higanbana took out the spirit-calling bell and summoned three wild wolves, which besieged and restrained Nelius.

This Blood Finger is quite powerful, estimated to be around level two and three stars, and Yura is also level two and three stars. The outcome of the duel between the two is still unknown.

But now there is a second-level wizard Higanbana and three wild wolves.