CHAPTER 581: CHAPTER 392: TWO EMBER KINGS (2)

He suddenly found himself unable to comprehend the way the other side’s power was growing.

Just... after seeing the giant blacksmith die, they burst into a surge of power? And the power could grow so much after the burst?

Are people from the otherworld really so emotional?

Gong Qiying deliberately arranged for the giant blacksmith to have this little tragedy to harvest spiritual power, which was just a usual design method, similar to the Little Pot instance, not expecting to earn much from it, yet the result was a hero with a sudden surge of power?

This made him mutter to himself:

"Was the plot I designed really that moving?"

Regardless of how the giant blacksmith scene turned out, he was very intrigued by Elsa’s idealistic outburst. If he wasn’t mistaken, those dazzling flames actually came from the greatsword in the other’s hand—that was the hero’s divine artifact?

He had seen Elsa activate that kind of power before, but it wasn’t strong. This time it truly overturned Gong Qiying’s view of her strength.

The design for Elderly had three phases: dark protective shield, dark protective shield breaking, and the half-blood transition phase. The strength of the dark protective shield was something he had adjusted, which, based on usual experience, was unbreakable and only by honestly killing the small soldiers to weaken the shield could it be broken.

Yet, Elsa’s few emotional heavy slashes almost broke the shield right away. At that moment, Gong Qiying even thought the opponent could First-time Kill Elderly. It truly surprised him.

"But, when it came to the critical moment, the power that was rising in her disappeared along with the flames."

Gong Qiying added a feature called "Profound" to Elderly’s attacks, which gradually eroded the adventurer’s life force when causing injuries to them. The more wounds, the faster the erosion, akin to a variant of poison.

The extinguishing of Elsa’s flames was related to the Profound, but intuition told him it wasn’t entirely the Profound’s doing; there must be other factors influencing it.

Could it be that the hero’s burst form, like Ultraman, could only be used for three minutes?

What about the other heroes? Why does it seem like there’s no news about them?

Who knows what kind of power the legendary monsters possess.

Speculating here is useless, Gong Qiying sorted out his thoughts and said:

"The long period of smooth sailing made me underestimate the adventurers a little. Reality proves that many of them possess unexpected potential, and I cannot be careless."

Elsa’s situation was a wake-up call for him, who was gradually becoming complacent, reminding him not to be content with the status quo.

"Let’s readjust Elderly, prepare contingency plans for unexpected situations, also..."

"The Holy Light Church has been quite active lately."

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As usual, Luluwo revived at the bonfire, immediately kneeling on the ground and throwing up as soon as she opened her eyes.

"Ugh—"

God knows what she encountered inside Elderly, the explosive crystal didn’t even have time to activate before she was transferred out, and she was munched on by the rotten flesh for a while before dying.

Clearing her throat, she felt like there was still rotten flesh crawling in it.

What a suffocating defeat CG that fight had.

"I think I’ll never forget today’s encounter...."

Ever since then, Elderly jumped to the top of her list of the monsters she least wanted to challenge, successfully replacing the Mushroom Man.

"Right, Elsa!"

She turned her head and saw that petite figure lying on the ground, staring at the night sky of Yilushier, almost covered in frost.

"Are you okay, how is your spirit, you—"

Luluwo’s words halted abruptly, her brows furrowing deeply as she stared at the other’s face.

"Yeah."

Elsa responded softly upon seeing her, then continued to stare at the sky in a daze.

Her face showed neither sadness nor anger, only calmness like a peaceful lake, without a speck of emotion.

Luluwo seemed to have seen such an expression before, oh right, it was a few months ago when she first met Elsa in Bed City!

Back then, the Sain Dungeon had yet to go berserk, and Sali was still a young master in the Bed Family, Elsa’s emotions weren’t nearly as rich as they were now, like an expressionless puppet!

But even then, she at least reacted to things she liked or disliked; now, there’s no emotion at all, even more serious than back then.

It’s like a Pseudo-People, Luluwo shivered, feeling the uncanny valley effect.

So she decided to try talking therapy.

"Well, I know you really liked the giant blacksmith, but residual shadows are still residual shadows, their appearance here proves they’ve already passed away. I think..."

"Yeah." Elsa still responded plainly, without reaction even when mentioning the giant blacksmith. It was then that Luluwo realized the issue was not entirely caused by the giant blacksmith.

Could it be that Elderly did something to her? But then why am I okay?

So why, why is it that after just one battle, Elsa’s emotions reset to factory settings, back to how she used to be?

At this moment, Elsa blinked, sat up, placed the greatsword in front of her, and said:

"I am a hero."

"Hmm... huh?" Luluwo was taken aback, thinking, weren’t you hiding your identity, why the sudden revelation?

"This is my divine artifact." She pointed at the greatsword.

"Ah, I kind of knew that...."

Feeling a bit awkward.

"I finally understand how to use it."

Elsa, caressing the greatsword, said expressionlessly:

"Ignite it with my emotions in exchange for power."

Luluwo’s mouth slowly gaped open, Gong Qiying also understood.

No wonder she suddenly reset to ’factory settings’, because during the battle just now, the greatsword already consumed her emotions accumulated over the months for powerful strength.

After the emotions burned out, she became truly expressionless, needing to accumulate emotions bit by bit to become normal again, waiting for the next time to burn.

In previous battles, the greatsword had burned emotions too, but it was short and the power wasn’t great, so the obvious impact wasn’t noticed.

This time it truly burned out.

"Can such a capability really be called a divine artifact?"

Luluwo didn’t know what to say, staring at Elsa for a while, she only felt that such a divine artifact’s capability was overly burdensome for a young girl not even yet an adult.

Moments later, she moved beside her, covering her with a black cloak, and said:

"It’s okay, I mean, we will make you feel better again."

Elsa’s eyes flickered.

No one knows what was said, but they didn’t leave the dungeon until midnight was about to strike.

"I have to report the situation here to the guild," Luluwo muttered to herself, "No, first priority is to take Elsa to see a doctor."

She refused to believe there was no way to alleviate the aftereffects of using the divine artifact!

As for Elderly and Gwendolin’s situation...

Maybe someone else went to Yanor Londo today, those Crusade Team members couldn’t sit still, one missing report won’t matter.

Upon exiting the dungeon, she suddenly noticed the square was unusually noisy today, though it was usually bustling before, it wasn’t like today...with wails?

What’s going on, she even saw someone pounding the ground and wailing, wasn’t that the person who invaded her Dark Moon Sword a few days ago?

At that moment, she finally found out what was causing the commotion.

"Your Shadow Sun is dead! Eaten!"

A sharp voice came from nearby, following the sound she looked over.

"Only the Holy Light God endures!"

A few Holy Light believers shouted loudly from a high platform.

Behind them, a screen hastily set up was showing images from the Image Stone.

The images were very rough, with the screen constantly shaking, but one thing was very clearly captured.

And that was the figure of Elderly!

How did the Holy Light Church find out so quickly!?