Chapter 347: Chapter 21: Spirit Will Rune

“You’re here… you finally came…”

“You finally agreed to see me! You liar!”

It was still that voice echoing in the Resentment Forest, yet now it was stronger than ever before. Lynch could distinctly feel a strong Spiritual Field lock onto him fiercely, as if it held a deep grudge against him.

What’s going on?

Lynch frowned slightly.

“Leggo!”

Sirius called to him, “Now is not the time to daydream; from now on, we need to stay focused.”

Lynch temporarily set aside the doubts in his mind. “Alright.”

The four began to move forward.

Sirius unsheathed the Cross Sword, holding it in his hand as he walked in front, while Triss and Hilia followed closely on each side, leaving the longest-ranged Lynch to cover from the back, forming a standard adventure group’s marching formation.

“Crack, crack!”

Not long after they continued forward, a grinding sound echoed as a wobbly Skeleton appeared at the dark end of the corridor ahead.

Except for Lynch, the other young adventurers were visibly tense. Triss was somewhat better, having encountered Dead Spirits in her Magic experiments, but for Sirius and Hilia, it was their first time seeing such a walking Skeleton.

“Archer!”

Assuming the role of team leader, Sirius gave Lynch his first command.

Lynch drew his Longbow, pulled an arrow from the Arrow Quiver, keeping the Power Coefficient below 1. He drew the bowstring, and with a ’whoosh!’ the arrow sped out, spinning rapidly toward the Skeleton, then—

It narrowly missed the skull…

To be honest, Lynch genuinely aimed this time rather than faking it, but still, it veered off. He couldn’t understand why, as if he had some peculiar ’first arrow always misses’ trait.

“Roar!”

The arrow didn’t hit the Skeleton but instead caught its attention. The bone frame roared and instantly accelerated, charging at Lynch and the others, its Soul Fire within the skull flaring fiercely with speed comparable to a fully sprinting adult male.

Don’t think of these bone structures as useless trash; they perfectly inherit the physical attributes of their original body’s owner. If they were Knight Level in life, they remain so in death. Past combat experience also carries over. Coupled with their undead trait, they are quite troublesome.

“Hilia, use Magic to assist me. Triss, stay beside and look for opportunities to help!”

Not blaming his teammates for mistakes, Sirius issued two commands in succession. He then raised his Cross Sword, preparing for battle.

Hilia raised her Silver Staff and recited spells. A golden Magic Array appeared at Sirius’s feet, then a beam of light shot up, precisely the Spiritual System’s buffing magic, the Surge of Courage.

Sirius felt a surge of heat in his head, his breath became heavy, and the previous tension disappeared completely. With a roar, he engaged in fierce combat with the charging Skeleton.

Meanwhile, Triss also unsheathed her Dagger and skillfully provided support from the side.

“Clang!”

“Clang!”

“Whoosh!”

The crisp sounds of clashing mixed with the sound of arrows piercing the air echoed through the sealed Underground City’s corridors as the adventure team commenced their first battle since entering the dungeon.

Despite the lack of intricate coordination, the single enemy was easy to handle. After a few minutes of battle, as—

A “clattering” sound echoed.

The Skeleton finally succumbed to the attacks, scattering its pale bone parts all over the ground.

Throughout the process, Lynch assisted with his archery while silently observing. After witnessing it firsthand, he quickly deduced one conclusion—

Too slow!

This was merely an ordinary Skeleton with Three-dimensional Attributes not exceeding 2, yet it took all four adventurers five minutes of combat to defeat it, even with a Transcendent using buffing magic. Other groups would have been even slower.

’It seems necessary to enhance the adventurers’ skills…’

To Lynch, the efficiency with which adventurers eliminated monsters directly equated to his Magic Stone investments. The higher their efficiency, the more effective his Magic Stone investments would be. Observing their current level, he saw significant room for improvement in their skills.

’I should research it later…’

Meanwhile, Sirius had already stepped forward to inspect the Skeleton fragments on the ground. After examining them, the swordsman jubilantly exclaimed.

“Haha, come take a look! The first Dead Spirit already has a soul mark. We’re quite lucky!”

Above the scattered Skeleton bone parts floated an obvious white light cluster—the primary objective of adventurers exploring the Underground City. All adventurers venture into the Underground City seeking these marks, and they are also how the Adventurer Guild compensates adventurers upon completion.

Sirius turned to everyone and said, “I’ll take charge of collecting the soul marks. When we settle with the guild later, we’ll share it as a team. That way, we’ll receive more rewards and team points; what do you all think?”

Everyone expressed no objections.

Thus, Sirius took out his adventurer badge and recorded the white light into it.

This adventurer badge was a piece of Witchcraft specially developed by Lynch for these knowledge fragments in the dungeon, allowing adventurers to record the knowledge fragments from the dungeon. They then upload their collected knowledge fragments to the guild.

Afterward, it’s transferred to him for parsing and organizing to uncover hidden Magic Formulas and laws, ultimately assembling them into final Magic results.

The high-level Space Magic, [Teleportation Domain], that he currently possessed was achieved this way.

“By the way, does anyone know why the Adventurer Guild collects these white lights?” Sirius asked the group while recording knowledge fragments.

Triss replied, “These aren’t just simple white lights; they contain knowledge, precious Magic Knowledge within them.”

“Of course, I know that! The magic from Acadia, right?” Sirius responded, “But aren’t those things utterly useless? They’re just unknown relics no one can decode, so they have no meaning!”

Triss shook her head, “That, I don’t know either.”

But after a pause, she seemed to think of something, looking at Sirius with a peculiar expression and asking, “By the way, how did you know about these things?”

These belong to the Wizard World knowledge that mortals should be oblivious to.

“Ah?”

Sirius hesitated, “Well… that…”

Lynch interjected, “The Militia Corps instructors mentioned this during history classes.”

He hadn’t entirely concealed information about Wizards and Magic like during the Noble era. Instead, he included it alongside general education for the common people.

After all, with his push, Feiyan City had begun transitioning from a backward Noble bloodline civilization toward a Magic Civilization, incorporating magic into the essentials of living. Concealment would have been too challenging by now.

And there wasn’t any reason to hide it.

During the Noble era, Wizards concealed their existence mainly to maintain their class advantage; now, Lynch advocates for class fluidity, promoting awareness of magic to advance civilization.

“Oh, right!”

Sirius quickly seized the excuse, “Just like Lynch said.”

“Okay, fine, don’t bother me. I haven’t finished my work yet, and the soul spark might dissipate. That would be a wasted opportunity.”

He hurriedly waved them off, returning to his tasks.

After the bone structure fell apart, besides the white light of the knowledge fragment, another object remained, a bluish flame-like substance clinging to the bones.

Soul spark!

The monsters in the Underground City depend on these surviving soul fragments to maintain their endless revival ability. As long as these soul sparks remain sealed here, they can never truly die.

Even when shattered like now, they can revive after some time, and even if ground to powder, they will reconstitute due to the influence of these soul sparks, allowing them to stand once again.

And now,

Sirius approached a soul spark with the adventurer badge, aligning the badge with the soul spark on the ground and pressing a rune on the badge.

Instantly, a beam shot from the badge, illuminating the soul spark and leaving a rune on it.

Those familiar with the Wizard System know what this rune represents: a Spirit Will Rune.

Indeed!

This rune was precisely Lynch’s Spirit Will Rune!

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