Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 554 - 380: Solar, the Super Carry

Chapter 554: Chapter 380: Solar, the Super Carry

Fortunately, there aren’t many opportunities left for Solar to praise the Sun.

The giant guards at the castle gate were easily defeated. In fact, they didn’t even need to fight as the side door that Ceder and the others would use was too small for giants to enter.

The Silver Knights were a tough nut to crack, and for the upcoming battle, he needed to ensure Solar didn’t waste even a single Elemental Bottle.

Why didn’t he just use Healing Magic on Solar? Because Solar’s physical constitution was too strong; healing his wounds consumed magic power far more than an ordinary person, requiring even potions to be consumed in large quantities, making Elemental Bottles more cost-effective overall.

Thus, after entering the castle, the two adopted a careful approach. Initially, their advance was slow, but as they became more familiar with the surroundings, their speed gradually increased.

Ceder fully utilized the advantages of a support role, sometimes even dealing some damage, but in terms of strength and constitution, he was somewhat lacking.

Take Leon, for example, he could wrestle with the Stone Statue Ghosts and even gain some advantage through technique, whereas Ceder’s strength would be completely suppressed by the Stone Statue Ghosts.

The reason for this was... before coming, he reallocated his stats using the Tear-Drop Embryo.

He transferred a large portion of his strength to intelligence, which affected his magic power, even sacrificing a bit of life force. His current strength was likely weaker than that of Drew from the Strategy Group.

After a relatively smooth progress, they skipped unexplored areas and finally reached the location of the boss battle.

The Fog Gate was right in front of them, and the oppressive atmosphere behind it was suffocating, as if warning them to stay away.

"Wait a moment, give me some time."

Standing before the Fog Gate, Ceder took out Magic Power Powder and began drawing on the ground. After a while, he had completed a complex, large-scale magic array composed of many magic arrays, something beyond the capability of ordinary people.

In addition to the magic array, he placed various strange items on it, such as dried lizard, dried pufferfish, and the liver of unknown monsters... all of which had enhancement effects when used with the magic array.

After completing all this, Ceder was drenched with sweat, his face slightly pale, and he muttered to himself, "It’s been a long time since I tried this, the consumption is a bit much."

Solar followed his instructions and stood inside the large magic array. When the magic array was activated by magic power, he suddenly clenched his fist, feeling a continuous surge of power and an unprecedented fervor, his body as light as a swallow.

Ceder suddenly covered his mouth with a handkerchief, coughing uncontrollably. Taking a look, he saw the handkerchief was covered in blood.

He quietly put away the handkerchief, not letting Solar see it. If not for pre-existing injuries, operating such a large magic array wouldn’t have caused him so much depletion.

Ceder added a nearly cost-free visual effect magic among the many spells, a golden aura like that of a Super Saiyan igniting around Solar.

"Very strong, this should do it."

Ceder was very pleased with his work, though ultimately it was Solar’s own strength that was crucial. Anyone else wouldn’t withstand so much magic.

"You’re fortified, you can go in now!"

Through the Fog Gate, facing Ornstein and Smough, it’s impossible for Ceder not to feel any emotional fluctuation.

But on such a high-level battlefield, emotions might cloud judgment, so he immediately applied the calming technique to himself, his gaze turning indifferent and emotionless.

When he jumped down from the second floor, Ornstein executed a long-distance slide followed by a thrust, a move that had instantly killed Elsa!

"Bang!"

Solar appeared instantly in front of Ceder, deftly redirecting the Dragon Hunting Spear with his shield at a perfect angle and force, allowing Ceder to dodge the attack.

The two didn’t even exchange a glance. As per the strategy discussed at the door, Solar engaged Ornstein, and Ceder went to distract Smough.

Ceder threw out the Enemy Attraction Skull made from Rainbow Fruit infusion, but Smough smashed it to pieces with a single strike, seemingly without effect.

But the objective was achieved; Smough’s attention was directed at him, and with that.

"[Clone Magic]."

Several clones of Ceder appeared in the arena, scattering in different directions to draw Smough’s attention.

Real and fake mixed together, Smough seemed bulky but was still terrifyingly fast, while the clones ran on their own two legs, facing a fate of being smashed into pieces.

However, when a clone was smashed, another would appear within the arena, seemingly endless. Most crucially, each of Ceder’s clones could independently use magic.

Vine Technique, Lubrication Technique, Stiffness Skill, Madness Chaos Technique, Softening Skill...

The effects of various magic spells on Smough were all in the intelligence gathered by the adventurer’s guild!

Adventurers only needed to provide one piece of information each, which, when combined, formed an immense pool of intelligence from which useful information could always be drawn.

The situation looked promising. Solar could effortlessly take on either member of the duo, and after Ceder’s enhancements, the time needed to secure victory was further shortened.

Ceder also seemed to be doing well, wholly focused on keeping Smough at bay, and it looked like victory was imminent.

When he saw Solar land a sword strike on Ornstein, causing the figure to flicker as if unable to maintain its existence, he suddenly realized: these two seem like phantoms?

It didn’t matter. The effect of the calming technique had worn off, watching Solar and Ornstein’s battle made his blood boil, and he couldn’t help but shout: