When Alyssa saw those undead, she was still somewhat afraid at first.

However, for some reason, with Caelan standing beside her, her heart became stronger.

"Do you want to try?"

Faced with Caelan’s question, Alyssa hesitated for a moment. In the end, she still nodded firmly.

Her [Silver Lance] was already the natural bane of these soul-type beings to begin with, not to mention that it had now been enhanced by [Living Armor].

So she nodded. Although her voice trembled slightly, it carried determination as she said,

"I’ll try!"

The next moment, Alyssa’s entire body emitted a sacred aura. At the same time, the lance in her hand shone with pure white light!

In the blink of an eye, the sacred radiance actually condensed into a pure and flawless little sun in midair, then smashed fiercely toward the ghosts!

At the same time, a rare series of prompts appeared before Caelan’s eyes.

[Your teammate Alyssa has slain the monster "Choir Wraith." Experience gained: 29,675.]

[Your teammate Alyssa has slain the monster...]

The continuous prompts caused a trace of surprise to flash through Caelan’s eyes.

Originally, he had thought that Alyssa had a psychological fear of these undead. That was why he had wanted her to train a little.

But now, it seemed that Alyssa was even stronger than he had imagined.

Of course, this was also because the defense and recovery provided by [Living Armor] were simply too heaven-defying.

To put it this way, Alyssa’s current consumption could not even compare to the continuous energy supply provided by [Living Armor].

"When did I become this powerful?"

A trace of surprise flashed through Alyssa’s eyes. Then, she unconsciously tightened her grip on the lance in her hand.

At this moment, a strange feeling surfaced in her heart.

It was as though, after obtaining [Living Armor], she almost no longer needed to worry about being injured.

Before they knew it, the two of them had arrived at the stairway of the Ruined Chapel.

At this point, Alyssa had completely purged all the undead in the entire first-floor hall.

But only at the very end did she realize that this Ruined Chapel was actually even stranger than she had imagined.

There were no statues of gods here, nor were there any murals depicting the deeds of the gods.

Everything related to the gods seemed to have been deliberately erased.

"Caelan, what should we do next...?"

"Let’s go to the second floor first. Maybe there’ll be some surprises."

After sweeping his [Eye of Insight] across the area, Caelan spoke calmly.

There were... more surprises?

Alyssa froze slightly.

But in the next moment, there was no longer any fear on her face. Instead, it was replaced by eagerness.

In truth, during the battle just now, she had barely expended any effort at all. So much so that she had not even tested the limits of her current strength.

So this time, the fear on her face was replaced by blazing battle intent!

"This [Living Armor] really is too powerful!"

For an instant, Alyssa even suspected that when they were in Blackstone City-State before, Caelan might not have used his full strength at all.

The path ahead was far more difficult than Alyssa had imagined.

First came the endless staircase.

They walked for a full ten minutes, yet still did not reach the second floor of the Ruined Chapel.

Not only that, even the staircase back to the first floor had completely disappeared.

Faced with this situation, Caelan remained silent the entire time.

According to the agreement between the two of them, he would only choose to act when necessary.

After thinking for a moment, Alyssa decided to try her own method.

Thus, she once again swung the lance in her hand and thrust fiercely in the direction ahead!

The next moment, the entire staircase was completely torn in half by the lance’s radiance.

And Alyssa also got her wish, bringing Caelan with her to the second floor.

Sure enough, sometimes crushing things with brute force was also extremely satisfying, especially when one had sufficient strength.

Alyssa nodded in satisfaction. Then, she tightly hugged Caelan’s arm.

"Let’s go, Caelan. Let’s keep exploring the chapel!"

...

At the same time, more and more awakeners entered the [Raise Undead] Instance.

However, what appeared before their eyes was no longer those familiar scenes.

Instead, it was an ancient, ruined chapel.

The moment they saw the chapel, expressions of astonishment appeared on all their faces.

No, wait.

What was going on?

Why had the guide not mentioned anything related to a chapel at all?

For a moment, quite a few awakeners completely broke down.

"Damn it, those guide-selling scammers! Aren’t they just cheating me out of my gold coins? I spent a full 100 gold coins to buy this limited-edition guide, and now that I’ve entered the Instance, this is what you show me?"

"No, seriously? Are those guide sellers really that shameless? They’re openly selling fake guides, and no big shots are going to punish them?"

"No way. Once I get back, I have to defend my rights. 100 gold coins! Damn it, I can’t even earn that much in half a month!"

"That’s right. I’ll defend my rights with you. We’ll let those people know we aren’t pushovers either!"

"Alright, alright. Stop talking about the guide for now. Let’s go in and take a look first. Maybe it’s possible that we’ve entered a hidden area."

Hearing the words "hidden area," the eyes of the awakeners present immediately lit up. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Many people knew that there were quite a few hidden areas inside the [Raise Undead] Instance.

Moreover, guides for hidden areas often cost several thousand gold coins or more. Most awakeners could not afford them, and there was usually no need to buy them either.

Because they simply did not have the strength to seek out hidden areas.

Most of them were only here to farm some monsters, gather some materials, and then sell them for a bit of gold coin.

But even a fool knew that although there might be greater danger inside hidden areas, the benefits were often enormous as well.

Just a tiny bit of loot could be enough for them to squander for several years!

Thus, these awakeners finally stopped greeting the guide merchants’ families and entered the interior of the Ruined Chapel one after another.

With a creak, the chapel doors were slowly pushed open.

The next moment, what appeared before everyone’s eyes was a dust-covered chapel and an empty hall.

Wait.

This did not feel right.

"Why are there no monsters here? Why is it so empty?"

"That shouldn’t be right. The [Raise Undead] Instance is known for having a huge number of monsters. This place can’t possibly be this empty. Could there be some hidden reason?"

"You mean there are mechanisms here!? Then everyone must be careful and avoid triggering the mechanisms!"

"Brothers, this is such a good opportunity. Let’s cooperate!"