When everyone filed out from the light curtain at the Dungeon entrance, the horizon had already burned into a shade of orange-red.

The twilight breeze blew across the Golden Ear Plain, carrying the fresh scent of withered grass and the smell of soil.

It swept away the damp, rotting smell from the Dungeon.

Tie Dun stood at the cave entrance, opened his arms, took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly.

His face was written with the relief of a survivor: "Oh my goodness, we're finally out."

He put his shield on the ground and sat directly on a nearby rock.

"These past two days felt longer than a year to me."

"Mazes, skeletons, running trees, and over two thousand undead... I've never seen so many strange things in my life."

Feng Qingyan hopped out from the light curtain, her ponytail swinging high behind her head.

Her mage robe was covered in dust, but she didn't care at all; her whole being radiated excitement: "Brother Tie Dun, you have the nerve to say that!"

"If it weren't for Sister Jiang's Battlefield Intuition, we'd still be circling around in the first-floor maze!"

She shouldered her staff, the flames on the fire crystal dancing happily.

"But today was truly exhilarating! Fighting from morning until noon—Level 15 Undead Warriors, Level 25 Undead Knights, and Level 35 Necromancers."

"I actually fought a Level 35 Rare Boss! I'm going to brag to my sister about this for a whole year when I get back!"

Su Yurou walked out from the light curtain, her pace much slower than usual, her face showing obvious exhaustion.

"Those Memory Fragments..." Su Yurou said softly, as if talking to herself, "Allen, Gruen, Mordred... they were all good people, just born in the wrong era."

Wang Wu and Arrow Eye walked out side by side. Wang Wu stretched his shoulders: "Four floors in two days, that's high efficiency."

"If not for Lord Jiang's Battlefield Intuition, that first-floor maze alone would have kept us circling for days."

Arrow Eye nodded.

Jiang Zhaoyue stood at the edge of the cave entrance with the silver moon sky spear on her back, gazing at the sunset glow in the sky.

Her silver-blue armor shimmered with a warm luster in the setting sun.

She took a deep breath, as if expelling the cold dampness of the Dungeon from her lungs.

Lin Feng stood at the cave entrance with his back to the group, looking out at the distant Golden Ear Plain.

The setting sun stretched his shadow long across the withered yellow grass.

He silently calculated the gains from the past two days: Jiang Yelan had reached Level 24, while Zhao Hu, Tie Dun, and Su Yurou had all reached Level 23.

His own level had risen from 26 to 29, and he still had four free attribute points to assign.

He planned to go to Zhenyue City to check the attributes of that gold-grade bracelet before adding points. If the bracelet provided enough agility to help him reach sixty, he would put all his free attribute points into constitution.

If it wasn't enough, he would supplement his agility.

As far as he knew, only a Level 40 Gold Seat Lord could achieve breaking sixty in all three basic attributes.

A Level 39 Silver Seat Lord usually required a gold-grade accessory to break sixty in two attributes.

Furthermore, the number of gold-grade equipment pieces on a Gold Seat Lord far exceeded those of a Silver Seat.

A Silver Seat Lord was generally decked out in purple; even for the strong, having a single piece of gold-grade equipment was considered good.

His Strength was already at sixty, but his constitution and agility were still a bit short.

However, once his subordinate soldiers exceeded 1,900, the "Immovable as a Mountain" Army Formation would grant him an additional ten points of constitution. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

By then, even without the bonus from a wonder, he could stack his constitution to sixty.

"Lord Jiang," Lin Feng turned around and looked at Jiang Zhaoyue. "It's almost dark. Let's rest and reorganize at Lucky Town for the night."

Jiang Zhaoyue nodded: "Alright."

Feng Qingyan was the first to cheer, raising her staff above her head as the flames on the fire crystal shot up high: "Great! I want to take a bath first! After staying in the Dungeon for two days, I feel like I'm covered in bone fragments and the smell of the undead!"

Tie Dun also stood up and shouldered his shield: "I want to wash up too! And I'll have the cook in Lucky Town stew a pot of braised pork for me; I need to nourish myself today!"

Everyone laughed and followed Lin Feng toward Lucky Town.

Fifteen minutes later, the west gate of Lucky Town came into view.

The soldiers on duty saw Lin Feng and his group and quickly opened the city gate, straightening their backs in a salute.

Lin Feng walked through the gate, stopped on the main street, and turned to face everyone: "Yu Rou, organize the intelligence from the first four floors of the Dungeon and give it to me tomorrow morning.

I'll go to the Adventurers ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) Guild to turn in the quest tomorrow morning. Prepare two copies: one for the quest and another for our own records."

Su Yurou hugged the parchment and charcoal pencil in her arms and nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, Lord, I'll have it organized tonight."

Lin Feng looked at the others: "The rest of you, get some rest. You worked hard today."

Tie Dun was the first to respond, carrying his shield toward the tavern in the center of town: "Let's go, let's go, I'm going to grab a seat first!"

Feng Qingyan followed beside Jiang Zhaoyue, muttering about taking a bath before eating.

A Wang and Scarface Liu escorted Su Yurou toward her residence.

Jiang Yelan disappeared from the edge of the group, her destination unknown.

Lin Feng stood on the main street, watching everyone disperse.

Tie Dun's loud voice came from the direction of the tavern, and Feng Qingyan's laughter wafted over from the posthouse.

The residents on the street saw them and moved to the side of the road, bowing slightly.

He turned and walked toward the Council Hall.

The Wildfire Spear swayed gently on his back, and the Memory Fragments in his arms still held a lingering warmth, like a quiet heart.

Tomorrow: turn in the quest, then head to Zhenyue City.

gold-grade bracelet, agility, constitution, the sixty-point threshold, Army Formation bonus.

There were still many things to do, but they had to be done one by one.

Tonight, first get a good night's sleep.

...

Early the next morning, when Lin Feng came down from the second floor, everyone had already arrived.

Zhao Hu sat in the first seat on the left, holding a cup of hot tea and sipping it slowly.

Tie Dun sat next to him, holding a flatbread; he took two bites and put it down, yawning, clearly not fully awake yet.

Wang Wu and Arrow Eye sat side by side.

Su Yurou sat in the front row on the right, with a thick stack of parchment spread out on the table before her.

Jiang Yelan sat in the back row on the right, her cloak's hood down, revealing a cool and elegant face, her eyes half-closed as if resting.

Lin Feng walked to the main seat and sat down, his gaze sweeping over everyone, a slight smile touching his lips: "How did everyone rest last night?"

With his mouth stuffed with flatbread, Tie Dun said indistinctly, "Great! I slept like a dead pig; even thunder wouldn't have woken me up!"

Zhao Hu put down his teacup and nodded: "Well rested. Lord, what are the arrangements for today?"

Lin Feng's smile faded as he said seriously, "If everything goes as planned, I will head to Zhenyue City today.

This time, I'll likely be going to the Tieba Kingdom's side to provide support. It's too dangerous there, so I won't be taking you along."