"At that time, I completely couldn't hear what Luluwo and the others were saying."

"By the time I realized it, these things heavier than pigs were crashing down from the sky..."

"Dodge? There's a limit to human reflexes. Besides, I never thought Luluwo and the others would harm me."

"I really underestimated them..."

Outside the Sain Dungeon, in Hepa Town, a somewhat bruised Fingerley sat on the ground recounting this.

The gathered people were looking at him with eyes full of surprise, because it was rare to see Fingerley in such a sorry state. Every time he entered the Sain Dungeon, he was quite measured, and when he came out, he carried himself with a certain flair.

This scene refreshed some people's impression of him.

Of course, more people were looking at him with curiosity rather than surprise, or more accurately, they were eyeing the large pile of equipment and miscellaneous items stacked behind him.

"This quantity is unusual. Did he really carry all of this out on his own?"

"It's not just the quantity that's extraordinary; don't you see the quality of these items is quite exceptional? I'm quite confident in my eyes."

"Such a large number of high-quality items appearing simultaneously — I can only think of one possibility."

"But do the known Boss Monsters drop these kinds of equipment? There are many I haven't seen before."

"Could it be the Sain Ancient City..."

The crowd began to whisper, clearly guessing the origin of these items, and they had roughly figured it out.

Hearing their guesses, Fingerley nodded and raised his hand saying,

"That's right, we successfully conquered the Sain Ancient City, and Luluwo, Tami, and Berto brilliantly defeated the final Boss Monster!"

Then he whispered softly,

"But I don't know what those three are doing now; I've already lost contact with them. Based on my understanding of Luluwo's nature, she's definitely up to something right now."

The adventurers didn't catch this last part and were still engrossed in celebration.

"It's actually true! I knew it!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Look, their names have already appeared on the stone tablet next to the Teleportation Gate!"

"Finally, someone has cleared that pesky Ancient City!"

Raising his voice a little to create an inspiring effect — this was Fingerley's secret to stirring up the atmosphere, which was clearly very effective here.

Originally, with his temperament, he would have elaborated on the numerous hardships faced during the conquest of the Sain Ancient City and showered each contributing member with praise enough to make them blush, but...

Fingerley awkwardly scratched his face as he recalled the Steel Giant Puppet descending from the sky. He had a rough guess on how Luluwo and the others might have defeated the Boss.

This sort of story is better left for Luluwo and the others to tell when they return. Fingerley conceded that it's hard for him to make it sound thrilling that the Boss Monster was crushed to death.

He was just sitting near the Teleportation Gate now, carrying out so much equipment and items was exhausting enough, so he took a short break while waiting for others to help move some things.

And he could use the chance to advertise today's success, couldn't he?

The number of adventurers gathered here was unexpectedly large, almost rivaling the rebel army.

But this was only because not everyone in the rebel army had the free time to gather at the Teleportation Gate; many people had their own tasks to perform, leaving them no time to come here. Hence, it seemed like the number of adventurers was surging.

Every day, new adventurers arrived in Hepa Town. Up to now, the gathered numbers were not insignificant. Recruiting these people also benefited the rebel army, so the policy towards adventurers had been slightly relaxed.

Fingerley personally enjoyed being surrounded by adventurers. It reminded him of past memories and involuntarily made him feel relaxed.

But unfortunately, the adventurers on this side of Scameroon were somewhat different from those in the Yanor Kingdom. The most apparent difference was that the local adventurers were a bit reserved, not as daring or eccentric as the people from Yanor Kingdom, which sometimes left Fingerley feeling a bit regretful.

Just then, the Teleportation Gate not far away flickered, and new figures emerged from it. Judging by the bustling figures, it was likely not a small group.

The first person to come out had a full face of stubble. Although he was leaning on a tree branch due to injuries, he still appeared energetic, clearly a trained person.

The men following him were all muscle-bound, the most noticeable being three muscular individuals appearing as underlings behind the bearded man. Behind them were normal-sized muscle men.

The leader was undoubtedly Tusi, followed by Martin, Henry, and Jack, the three local adventurers who joined the Dark Moon Sword. Behind them were also members of Dark Moon Sword.

Each of them carried some packs, clearly containing items retrieved from the Sain Dungeon. Some packs were torn, spilling out bone fragments with a peculiar glow.

Judging by the sinister aura surrounding the members of this group, it could be inferred that they had entered the Little Londo Ruins, and stayed there for quite some time.