Chapter 86 - Abnormally Difficult Dungeon

"Can we really escape this place by doing this?" 

I confirmed again, feeling that Adrian's plan was a bit risky. Moreover, we haven't even considered whether we can ultimately break through the challenge.

"I can't guarantee it, but this is the only way I've come up with after experiencing hundreds of loops."

Adrian shook his head again and said to me.

"And among these hundreds of times, aside from Ron and Mike, the only one who can bring any variables is you, so you are also my last hope!"

"The way you put it..."

I felt a bit embarrassed and turned my head away. Adrian didn't even consider the actual situation, making me sound so powerful. Setting aside Ron, but Mike is definitely much stronger than me.

However, his words also seem to imply a message, that Ron and Mike have actually reached this point before, but they all failed...

I suddenly felt a bit uneasy, if they failed even with Mike, a sixth-rank battle qi cultivator participating, can I really make a difference by adding myself?

"Hehe, you two seem to have a rather unusual relationship!"

Judith, who was lurking on the sidelines, clicked her tongue and teased.

"No, you misunderstood!"

I quickly clarified, nervously glancing at Adrian. Fortunately, he was observing the surroundings and didn't seem to have noticed Judith's words.

"Falling in love is so awkward!"

Unexpectedly, Ron also joined in the fun, looking at Mike with an expression of eagerly watching the show.

"I'd rather be killed by those Apostles than get involved in this kind of nonsense, it's better to follow Cysper and serve the Lord for life!"

"Didn't you say you haven't decided to accept the priesthood yet? How can you make such a judgment so quickly?"

Mike helplessly reminded him, after all, this is a big decision in life, it can't be made hastily.

"Of course, I'm not interested in getting married and having children, women are so troublesome!"

Ron nodded very firmly, as if he had already made up his mind.

"You guys..."

Seeing their reactions, I was completely dumbfounded, it's truly beyond saving now.

They don't know the real situation, how could it be possible between me and Adrian! Absolutely impossible! Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely impossible!

After a total of about three hours of intermittent running, we finally saw our destination.

"We're here!"

Adrian pointed to the mountain peak in front of us and led us to take a temporary rest behind some rocks at the foot of the mountain.

"It's really true..."

Although he already knew the result, Mike, looking at the peak shrouded in clouds above, still found it somewhat unbelievable.

"We've come back around?"

This is the truth of this world! And also the reason why Adrian was more inclined towards Judith's second guess.

He doesn't think we've really traveled ten thousand years into the past, but rather to a place where the Light God Beluto and Saint Angel Cyra exist. And this place does not exist on the Eldoria Continent, it's even very small, small enough to circle around in a few hours.

The location we are in now is on the other side of the mountain peak that supports the "Cloud Palace"! In other words, while those Apostles are searching for us everywhere, we have already run to their back!

"Hehehe—hahaha—"

Judith suddenly laughed neurotically. As if she had discovered some horrifying secret.

"Because this is a spatial distortion! And I'm a earth mage, I actually didn't even notice such a large-scale spatial manipulation..."

"You've done well, after all, you're only third-rank, your elemental perception isn't strong."

Adrian looked at her expressionlessly, then turned away.

"So try to restrain yourself a bit, I've heard this laughter over a dozen times already..."

"..."

In other words, he has come here over a dozen times before? The group fell silent, suddenly having a certain understanding of what is about to happen.

"Strange, by rights, at such a close distance, even if we weren't noticed, the Light God should have discovered us long ago, but those Apostles seem to have completely failed to detect that we are right behind their home?"

A gust of wind blew, sweeping away the clouds covering the peak, revealing the true appearance of the "Cloud Palace". A few Apostles on patrol can be vaguely seen outside the palace, but they did not show any vigilance towards us.

"I'm not sure about that, they should not know, after all, I've tried many times to enter the palace, and I can confirm that the defense of the back is very empty."

Looking up at the mountain top, Adrian shook his head and explained.

"But the pressure will be completely different once you enter inside, the defense is very tight, everyone needs to be prepared to try again!"

"Ugh, don't say such despairing words!"

Ron spat out the grass root in his mouth and angrily cursed.

"We are the chief and fifth seated Star Glory knights, how could we be defeated by Cyra, a six-winged angel, and a bunch of two-winged Apostles! Moreover, we also have one here!"

He pointed at me. The implication being that we already have a boss-level character on our side.

Come on, can it be the same? Dude!

I couldn't help but roll my eyes. It was already so difficult to deal with a single four-winged Apostle, let alone a six-winged one. These Apostles all have the Light God's blessing, you know?

"Ron, don't be so disrespectful to Saint Angel!"

Hearing this, Mike immediately scolded him. Then he looked at me and continued.

"Lady Cyra is a revered Saint Angel in our True Church, although I don't know how she got involved with Beluto, but perhaps it's just a misunderstanding. This time we came to inquire about the truth!

"Of course, it's more likely that the so-called Cyra is not the Saint Angel of our church, but a namesake like Feliciana's friend."

Where is there so much coincidence? He's just deluding himself!

I pursed my lips without pointing it out. After observing for a while, I can see that Mike's personality is just like that, rigid-minded and unwilling to accept changes. I guess that's why Cysper made him the top knight, to make managing the subordinates easier.

Actually, in my opinion, because of the long history, they may have confused Yawee and Beluto in the True Church, perhaps the "Lord" they believed in ten thousand years ago was Beluto, but the name got misinterpreted over time.

After all, history is written by those in power, falsifying history is a common practice, who knows, maybe it was done by this Pope Cysper!

Okay, this guess is a bit irresponsible. But Ron did point out a fact, which is that our purpose here is to deal with Saint Angel Cyra.

According to Adrian, it can be confirmed that Saint Angel Cyra is currently in that palace.

He has looped and reset in this world over a hundred times, and he has tried every direction from the village - they all lead back to the starting point!

Therefore, with the return path blocked, the only way to leave is to find an alternative route. That is to find the culprit behind the creation of this infinite loop of time and space. If we can strike at the source, perhaps the problem can be solved.

But who is the culprit? The answer naturally falls on the most terrifying existence, the Light God Beluto. Only he in this world possesses the ability to do this, but we don't expect to be able to just kill Beluto directly.

However, there are many indirect methods, and it doesn't have to be solved through combat. If we can't beat them, we can try dialogue and negotiation, further understand the situation! Even if Beluto is not the mastermind, he should know some of the truth. If we can't reach an agreement with him, we can just restart, so there's no need to worry about the consequences.

The only pity is that it's not easy to see the Light God. The furthest Adrian has gone was just to the room where Saint Angel Cyra was, but he was completely wiped out without even seeing her.

As for Beluto himself... We don't need to consider that for now, we don't even know where it is! The fact that our group can smoothly infiltrate the enemy's main base from the back suggests that Beluto is most likely not in the palace, and we may only be able to see Saint Angel Cyra.

Suddenly, I feel like this place is like a online game! We need to keep clearing a dungeon, and we are now stuck on the small boss Cyra. Only Adrian and I can accumulate experience, while the others are all back to noob status.

Super abnormally difficult difficulty!

After resting up, it's time to go up the mountain. To be on the safe side, Adrian took out some arrows and attached the word "stealth" to them. As the name suggests, it can achieve an invisibility effect, truly a treasure for infiltration!

Although stealth magic belongs to the light element, I really don't know how to use it! Because my energy is limited, there are so many types of magic I haven't learned yet. Besides, Adrian's battle qi effect is much stronger than what I can achieve with magic, so why not just use his?

The only trouble is that the qi stored in the words needs to be released by the arrow piercing the skin, which is just like "farting while taking off your pants"! I don't mind, but Judith started hiding everywhere when she saw this.

She's afraid of pain... 

What a sight to behold, the senior researcher of the Tower Sage Council is afraid of pain? It would be laughable if told to others!