Chapter 422: Blooming

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【Burning Overlord Sargeras's Memory (Orange)】

【After crushing it, you can randomly obtain 10-30 attribute points.】

【Or, soak it in a basin of water to obtain one of the following three pieces of equipment from its reflection.】

【Executioner's Helmet (Orange)】

【The conqueror's crown; only when rivers of blood run dry and corpses litter the field will ignorant leaders lower their arrogant heads.】

【Flame Amulet (Orange)】

【A scorching amulet that seems to flow with magma; its amber halo emits warm ripples, putting one at ease.】

【Ash-Extinguishing Volcano (Orange)】

【A greatsword that burns everything to ash; even the ocean would be cleaved by it.】

【A memory of battling the formidable enemy, Burning Overlord Sargeras; savoring it carefully might allow one to learn the enemy's techniques.】

A metal helmet shining like a raging fire, an amber pendant inside that looked like it was flowing with lava, and a blazing greatsword whose power could be felt just by looking at the icon.

The patterns of the three shining pieces of equipment appeared before Yun Mu; if she could, how she wanted to say those words.

I want them all, ahhhhhh——

Although she didn't know why she couldn't view the detailed panels of the equipment, the effects of Orange Legendary-quality equipment couldn't possibly be bad, right?

However, this memory actually had two other uses.

The first was to crush it directly; Yun Mu would randomly receive a 10-30 point attribute bonus, and the other was as described at the end of the item description.

When Yun Mu held the Memory of Sargeras, the image of the opponent releasing various skills would constantly repeat in her mind.

A memory of battling the formidable enemy, Burning Overlord Sargeras... uh, why didn't she remember him using any skills? *Cough cough*, just a little joke.

As it stands, the best way to use this item is to wait until Yun Mu has learned all the skills inside, then crush it to convert it into her own attribute points.

As for the equipment?

Although Orange Legendary-quality equipment is also very good, compared to permanent attribute points, it would at least have to be Red-quality equipment to be worth it.

After all, she had quite a lot of equipment, and furthermore, as long as she spent Gold Coins, she could mass-strengthen Orange or even Red-quality equipment.

And attribute points.

Don't look at how she seems to have a lot of attributes now; well, she actually does have a lot.

It's just that, surely no one would complain about having too many attribute points.

Although Orange-quality equipment would certainly provide a greater boost than 10-30 attribute points, equipment is, after all, just equipment.

The amount of equipment that can be carried into each Dungeon is limited; rather than choosing Orange equipment, it is better to choose to improve oneself.

Then it's decided!

After learning the skills in the memory, she would crush this thing.

As for what the skills of Burning Overlord Sargeras are useful for?

Who knows? Anyway, there's no loss in learning them; more skills don't weigh you down, it's just a convenient thing to do.

And just after the Burning Overlord was hit with Knockback, seeing the enemy's morale slip, that leading Dwarf general hurriedly shouted aloud: "The enemy is at the end of their rope! Everyone, charge with me!"

"Ohhhhhh!!"

The morale of the exhausted Dwarves did not diminish in the slightest; seeing that the Portal had been sealed and the Burning Overlord From the Abyss had been hit with Knockback by Yun Mu and the others, only the word 'victory' remained in everyone's hearts.

And those demons who could not return to the Abyss after the portal was closed completely lost their way back.

Only by defeating the enemies before them and restarting the portal could they re-establish contact with the Abyss.

That should have been their desperate, burn-the-bridges attitude, yet they instantly lost heart upon seeing Yun Mu and the others.

That damned human wasn't even a match for the Burning Overlord; how could they, these remnants and defeated soldiers, restart the portal?

Demon Soldiers: We are no match for those damned humans! We must restart the portal and bring that Burning Overlord back!

But we are no match for those damned humans!

That's exactly why we must restart the portal! I %￥#@*** Facing the Burning Legion soldiers whose morale had hit rock bottom, and those monsters that had begun to slaughter each other after the Portal was closed.

The Dwarf general led his subordinate Dwarves, and before long, they achieved victory in the battle.

When the body of the last monster was severed, the Dwarf general slowly lowered his longsword, his gaze constantly wandering across the battlefield, searching for any hidden enemies or those playing dead.

Not until he confirmed there were no issues did he remain silent, and under the gaze of all the Dwarves, he raised the greatsword in his hand with force.

"We have won!!"

The slightly hoarse roar resounded throughout the entire battlefield; the blood-covered Dwarf general's gaze swept over every face below.

These were all faces he was familiar with, but there were still many who had fallen in the preceding battles and would never have the chance to stand up again.

This was a tragic war; even if victory was ultimately achieved, the impact of those scars would remain deeply rooted in the Dwarf Empire.

But at least for now, it was not the time to consider such things.

"Thank you very much for the help of you all." After the battle ended, the first thing the Dwarf general did was to find Yun Mu and the others to express his thanks: "If not for the help of you friends, I think it would have been very difficult for us to achieve victory in the war." The Dwarf general took off his helmet, revealing his blood-covered head, and said with a serious expression.

If not for the help of Yun Mu and the others, just rushing to the Portal would have been a very difficult task.

Not to mention activating the Elves' magical devices and defeating that so-called Burning Overlord.

To be honest, Yun Mu was a little curious: in history without her participation, how did these Dwarves block the Abyss invasion? Unless the gods intervened, she really couldn't think of any other possibility.

However, Yun Mu didn't have any conceited thoughts.

After all, being able to defeat that Burning Overlord was, in the end, because the opponent was restricted by the Dungeon and could not exert their true strength.

If there were no turn-based system, and the opponent's strength wasn't suppressed to Master-level by the Dungeon, she would fight the Burning Overlord? Really? She feared she would have been beaten to death before a few rounds had even passed.

"You are too kind; I believe that even if we weren't here, the Dwarves alone would have been able to win."

She wasn't flattering the other party with these words; after all, in the original history, there was no participation from them at all.

To this day, isn't the Dwarf Empire still doing just fine?

Is that Portal, having endured thousands of years of time, about to become active once again? Yun Mu suddenly had the thought of wanting to make a trip to the Dwarf Empire; originally, she didn't want to deal with such troublesome matters, but the moment she thought about letting those demons From the Abyss march into the main world, she felt a bit of a chill.

What's more, the prefix for those guys is the Burning Legion; although this is a different world, it still makes one a bit worried.

However, this matter is not urgent. If you ask why—she is only at the level of a Master-level Transcendent in the real world, wouldn't participating in that kind of thing be seeking death? At least wait until she is a Champion in the future before talking about it.

Anyway, if the sky falls, there are taller ones to hold it up; aren't Fen Yege and other gods constantly paying attention to the matter of that Portal?

Let them worry about it themselves.

"Hehe, you are joking." Although Yun Mu considered herself to be telling the truth, the Dwarf general in front of her did not think so.

Look at the present; even with Yun Mu's help, the troops he originally brought only have less than forty percent left.

If not for Yun Mu and the others, there is no doubt that the only ending awaiting them would be total annihilation.

And even if what Yun Mu said is true, they could ultimately achieve victory.

The price would inevitably be far more miserable than it is now.

Therefore, no matter what, he had to come to thank Yun Mu.

And thanks are not just something said with the mouth.

"This is?" Yun Mu looked at the item the Dwarf general handed over with some confusion.

It was a piece of metal, and one couldn't see anything special about it, but since this was a thank-you gift from the Dwarf general, she figured it wouldn't be anything ordinary.

"The only valuable thing I have left on me is this. After I return, I will definitely inform His Majesty of the entire sequence of events. At that time, no matter what you want, the Dwarf Empire will do its utmost to help you, my friend," the Dwarf general promised her.

It is a pity that his promise will likely not be fulfilled; after all, the final Leader has been eliminated, and if nothing goes wrong, they should be leaving the Dungeon very soon.

Yun Mu took the metal from the Dwarf general's hand and opened the Game Panel to check it.

【Core Fragment (Red)】

【In the deep, deep, and deeper layers of the underground, where no traces of any Civilization exist.】

【It is said that this is the core from when the Creator created this planet. Almost all vibrations originate from here, and during these vibrations, some old, shed fragments slowly fall off, subsequently landing in any unknown corner.】

【This is the most ancient substance on this planet; its hardness and toughness are unprecedented, and there is no known means to process it!】

Red Epic quality!

Although it is only a prop, it is enough to make Yun Mu's eyes light up.

"I like it very much, thank you," she thanked him sincerely.

"Haha, as long as you like it, but—" the Dwarf rarely showed a hint of apology on his face, and he said, "Although it has already been given away, I still feel a bit embarrassed."

"I picked up this piece of metal when I fell into the depths of the Dixia Shijie as a child. At the time, I just thought it was very special, so I carried it with me, and as a result—"

"No craftsman knows the origin of this metal, and not even a speck of powder can be scraped off its surface. Giving such an unprocessable thing to a friend is truly shameful."

"I really hope this thing is useful to you," he said with very sincere words.

"It's fine," Yun Mu tossed the Core Fragment into the space of the Divine Blood Pendant and waved her hand at the Dwarf general: "As for the reward, wasn't it already given before I came?"

"How could that little bit be enough..." The Dwarf general's words trailed off, then he thought of something and smiled with relief.

"Forget it, I'm being a bit long-winded, haha." He laughed heartily, then patted Yun Mu's shoulder forcefully: "Having finally achieved victory, I want to hold a banquet to celebrate the victory and also commemorate the fallen comrades. Don't forget to come!"

"Okay, okay," Yun Mu naturally agreed readily.

As for whether she will actually attend?

That depends on the progress of the game Dungeon. If they are to leave here in a little while, she is afraid she won't be able to participate in the banquet held by the Dwarf general.

The two then chatted for a while longer, which finally ended because the Dwarf general still had to preside over the overall situation.

After thinking about it, Yun Mu and the others also helped the Dwarves work on the battlefield.

The vast majority of the content involved corpses, whether it was the enemy corpses that needed to be burned in a pile, or trying every possible way to piece together the corpses of the dead Dwarves.

Trying as much as possible to let them maintain their appearance from before they died.

And along the way, Yun Mu saw a scene that caught her off guard.

She saw that the Dwarf recruit she had saved earlier was now lying on the flat ground the Dwarves had specially cleared, his face pale; and beside him, Laidun, who had lost an arm and was covered in a mixture of mud and blood, was sitting there with a dejected expression.

For some reason, Yun Mu suddenly felt her throat go a bit dry, and her voice became slightly shaky at this moment.

"... Lai, Laidun?"

(End of this chapter)