Odyssey of the Blind God
Chapter 577 Ancient Civilization

After Nial got to know the true extent of Dexter's ability, he didn't need to think about a proper plan to conquer the mountain-range region anymore.

The Shadow Monster Army charged at the mountain-range region and they killed every single beast that entered the Shadow Monsters' sight. Dexter manifested the Shadows of the deceased while Erio, Kaeldur, and Tyrant defeated the strongest opponents together. Precisely, it was Erio fighting by himself and both Kaeldur and Tyrant teaming up against Keltia ranked beasts.

On the other hand, Ryu had returned to the Orion Shelter to play with the Greater Forest Dragon youngling, only to replace out that the youngling had departed with the Royal Princess. Ryu returned to Nial's side where he told his master about the Royal Princess' departure.

"Did something happen?" Nial mumbled, while also reconsidering that the Royal Princess had been too shocked about the Broken Runic Rocket's might and that she wanted to make a detailed report about it.

Nial figured that the Broken Runic Rocket was worth being reported, even if it was a consumable good that required him to work close to two weeks on it. In comparison, Broken Tier-3 Weapons were completed in half a day. That was how complex it was and how many runic constellations he required to engrave on it to complete the manufacturing process of the Broken Runic Rocket!

Nial would be able to shorten the manufacturing process drastically over time as his proficiency would increase, but it was also a fact that it required a special Forgotten Runic Constellation to unleash the true power of the Broken Runic Rocket. That was also one of the many reasons why the Runic Cannon was actually a Forgotten Runic Cannon, engraved with several forgotten runic constellations.

As Shadowmancer Dexter wreaked havoc in the mountain-range region, expanding his Shadow Monster Army exponentially, Nial was more focused on the situation of the dungeon portals. He quickly figured that the dungeon breakouts were not going to end soon.

The High Mythician Dungeon didn't show signs of retracting the bad influence they had on the entire mountain-range region. Thus, in order to stop the dungeon breakouts from being permanent and millions of monsters from emerging onto the mountain-range region, they had to conquer the High Mythician Dungeon sooner or later.

Nial was fine with that since it was hardly plausible for Mythician-ranked beasts to be able to defeat tens of millions of semi-immortal Shadow Monsters. Furthermore, Nial was ready to use a bunch of Forgotten Broken Runic Weapons when necessary.

With the given situation in mind, Nial collected the corpses all around the mountain-range region until the army of Shadow Monster exceeded 30 million members. Nial was not sure how it was possible for Shadowmancer Dexter to control these monsters so easily but there were even hundreds of Keltia-ranked Shadow Monsters and a single Mythician-ranked Shadow Monster in his Army by now.

Close to two weeks had passed since he first unleashed the power of the Broken Runic Rocket, and the entire mountain-range region seemed to be covered in blood and the sensation of death loomed over it. Wherever one looked, one could see traces of the battles that occurred in the mountain-range region, and it was quite difficult not to feel shivers running down one's spine upon looking at the destruction and dried blood everywhere.

However, Nial didn't really mind that. He had faced death often enough to know what it felt like. As if that was not enough, it was quite obvious that he didn't have the time to focus on the sensation of death in the mountain-range region. The dungeon outbreaks continued while there were some dungeons that didn't even have any monsters left to push out of the isolated space of the dungeon. This created more problems than expected because the dungeon portals suctioned a tremendous amount of mana toward them which they devoured to expand in size and to do something.

Nial was not sure what the dungeons were doing but it couldn't be something good.

With that in mind, Nial rushed inside the High Mythician Dungeon without thinking too much about it.

The tens of millions of Shadow Monsters followed suit, following Dexter's command, while Erio, Kaeldur, Tyrant, and Ryu stayed by Nial's side as if they were attached to his hips.

Nial didn't pay much attention to his companions after he emerged inside the vast expanse of the High Mythician Dungeon. He was flooded by dense and highly purified Mana the moment he entered the dungeon, which gave him the opportunity to expand his range of perception and Mana Sense to the limit for a few seconds. That was more than enough for Nial to visualize a large part of the High Mythician Dungeon's vast expanse.

He pictured a lush, verdant valley stretching out in front of him. Nial was standing at the outermost parts of the valley. There were huge hills behind him, but instead of being covered with little greenery and stones popping out everywhere, the hills were carpeted in a riot of colorful wildflowers. The strong fragrance of the wildflowers swirled around him as the flowers swayed gently in the breeze that swept throughout the flourishing valley.

Overall, Nial was very impressed with the vast expanse, especially the towering trees that stretched up toward the sky, and the huge ripe fruits that hung low on the trees' branches.

In the distance, Nial was able to sense a sparkling river that was filled with mana-infused water. The river had paved its way through the valley, its waters brought more life to the surrounding area that was overflowing with life force, much more than Nial perceived in the Forest of Life.

It was truly astonishing to perceive life so vividly, and Nial instinctively knew that if the Elves would have entered the High Mythician Dungeon portal, they would have never allowed him to destroy everything. Even Nial felt a little regretful to destroy everything since it sounded so peaceful as the melodious sound of birds chirping filled the air.

He perceived many bird flocks amongst the trees and bushes, and it caused him to sigh deeply, thinking that he had snatched their homes away.

However, the environment of the flourishing valley didn't change now that the High Mythician Dungeon affected the dungeons all over the mountain-range region. Too many bad things could happen if they were not taken care of quickly enough. That was more than enough reason for Nial to destroy the entire dungeon, he had people to protect and responsibilities to take care of, after all!

That way, he was not even affected when he found a majestic city at the heart of the valley. It was standing tall and proud in the center of the valley, where Nial clearly perceived the existence of an ancient stone building and grand temples, creating a testament of the civilization that once lived there.

At least that was what it was supposed to be until Nial figured that the civilization living in the center of the valley was not a thing of the past.

On the contrary, it was a thing of the present.

The streets were bustling with activity and Nial could hear the sound of music and laughter coming from the markets and squares once he closed in to the center of the ancient civilization.

At the same time, the Army of 30 million Shadow Monsters made their way through the dungeon portal, hinting that there would never be a future for the ancient civilization.