Chapter 828 - 828 828 The Answer

Chapter 828: Chapter 828 The Answer Chapter 828: Chapter 828 The Answer “The experimental siege of Perugia City was a huge success.”

It wasn’t just a success on the battlefield, but also a validation of the feasibility of the “World Rule.”

The knights who participated in the war received enhancements to their Mental Resistance due to the influence of the Siege Book after capturing victory in the siege.

Additionally, the Expeditionary Army confiscated a certain amount of Chaos Materials, as well as “Unique (Purple)” quality Chaos Equipment, specifically Lord Ramsden’s battle equipment, the Sun and Moon Shields… It belonged to a rare set-type equipment.

When the two items were used as a set, they would produce a set effect.

“Demon King Castle”

The Siege Forces assembled in the grand hall area and were awarded “War Ribbons.”

For Han Dong and the other three, who carried out special actions before the war and made tremendous contributions to the victory, in addition to being awarded high-level ribbons, they were also given the right to allocate the “Perugia spoils of war.”

The Great Demon Leader looked at Dumps with an extremely appreciative gaze, holding two shields in his hands, intending to gift them to the four.

“You may enjoy the right to use these matching Chaos Shields… however, I need to verify beforehand whether you are capable of using them.”

With regards to such heavy shields, and moreover a pair.

It looked like only Vino, who charged ahead, could use them.

However, the contaminating special traits of Chaos Equipment were in conflict with Vino’s identity as a Fighting Nun, unless the shields were taken to The Sanctuary for purification… but that would significantly weaken the properties of the shields, and could even cause a downgrade in quality.

Vino was the first to deny, “Great Demon Leader, you can ask them… We ‘Fighting Nuns’ cannot use these kinds of equipment.”

“Hmm, all three of you mainly employ ranged methods.

Even if you have melee skills, they lean towards attack.

If it’s of no use, I’ll distribute the shields according to the contributions made in the battle to the most suitable knight.”

Charlie, on the other hand, was quite interested in the shields.

He could create a brand-new madness puppet by combining the material of the shields with the “Mad Essence” he collected from Lord Ramsden… But considering that the main contributors to the ‘Lord War’ were the two juniors beside him, he didn’t have the face to actively ask for them.

Suddenly, Han Dong stood up and offered an interesting suggestion:

“Great Demon Leader, Dumps and I have already identified the properties of these shields during combat with the Lord… I suggest handing these treasures over to Dumps; he would be able to maximize their use.”

This time, it was Dumps who glanced sideways at Han Dong.

Since Han Dong had commented as such, Dumps did not deny it and indicated that he could control the two shields.

Seeing such treasures about to fall into the hands of his most favored knight, the Great Demon didn’t bother with further verification and simply threw them over.

The moment Dumps caught the shields.

With a unique finger method, Dumps perfectly extracted the Sunstone and Moonstone embedded in the shields.

The shields, having lost their core, immediately dissolved into a puddle of brain slime disgusting to smell.

From the beginning.

The set didn’t consist of the shields, but rather the pair of Sun and Moon Grey Stones…

Taken from the Mad Abyss, the Sunstone was indestructible and came with a strong reflective damage effect, while the Moonstone harbored magic energy and had the trait of transferability.

Although there was a ‘Mother’ behind Dumps.

But everything from Mother was ‘borrowed,’ not ‘given.’

Even though Dumps possessed a special identity outside the city, he had to vie for many materials and pieces of equipment himself; otherwise, he wouldn’t be ‘struggling to earn money’ in the Holy City.

There is one thing quite pitiful to mention.

Dumps, who was promoted to “Formal Knight” as a Mage, didn’t even have one decent magic staff… He only had a magic book used during his Apprentice Knight stage for assistance.

As for the Deep Sea Spear used in close combat, it was a treasure borrowed from Mother.

Of course…

Dumps was particularly picky and not very lucky.

He had always drawn equipment or materials from Fate Events he passed or Fate Treasure Boxes he opened that had nothing to do with a Magic Staff.

Resources within the Holy City were limited, and high-quality staffs or materials were priceless. No matter how many massage services Dumps provided or how much money he made, he couldn’t buy the right equipment.

The “Sun and Moon Grey Stones” he had obtained now might just become the core material for crafting his magic artifact.

…

“Charlie, Senior Vino, you’ve worked hard.”

“…You two lads are quite capable. With this, I consider my debt to you paid.

Now that the Expeditionary Army has confirmed the effectiveness of the ‘World Rule’, there likely won’t be any major battles for the rest of the journey… at least until we reach the first stage, ‘Minano City’.

Before then, don’t stir up any more trouble… Playing along with you guys still involves a lot of risk.”

Charlie waved his hand and went back to his own corps alone.

As for Knight Vino, this special covert operation had greatly changed her ‘view’ of Han Dong…

“If you need help next time, you can still call on me…”

“Okay.”

Vino quickly dismissed any tender feelings that had started to form in her mind and returned to the special unit of fighting nuns.

And so, Han Dong and Dumps were left to return to the Fourth Corps together.

As they walked through the temporary encampment of the Expeditionary Army,

Han Dong delivered an elbow strike to Dumps’ midsection,

“Dumps, don’t make such big decisions too hastily next time… give me some time to think about it.

As for the ‘infiltration operation’, although everything went according to plan, it was still full of uncertainties.

For example, Ancestor Body demons of the mental type can change themselves into close-combat demons that can both attack and defend through ‘subjective will’.”

“Ouch, I’m quite frail… be gentle.

Besides, our ‘benefits’ were pretty good, right? I got the right materials for my magic artifact.

As for you, you must have chatted with ‘that one’ behind Perugia City, haven’t you?”

Most people couldn’t understand the Old King’s intervention during the siege, but Dumps understood, and he knew a large part of the Old King’s intervention was because of Nicholas… That was also why Dumps took the initiative to bring Han Dong into the city ahead of time.

Han Dong quickly put his finger to his lips signalling to not talk about this matter just yet.

But Dumps continued in an even more veiled language:

“The thing behind Perugia City has gone beyond the Big Expedition’s predetermined scope… Your ability to converse with such an entity and still move freely without being influenced indirectly confirms my guess is correct.

The secret in your head is closely linked to ‘It’.

Neither I nor Her Excellency my mother can reach such heights… The ‘answers’ you seek, Nicholas, must be achieved through your own efforts.

Of course, if you need my help, I’ll definitely be with you all the way.”

“You, keep it down…”

Han Dong was no longer the sickly ‘Apprentice Knight’ he used to be,

With a powerful right arm, he slung it over Dumps’ other shoulder and smiled, “Now that we’ve got this far, naturally, I’m going to drag you into it.”

“Hahaha… It’s still early, let’s talk about it after the Big Expedition ends safely.”

Their particularly good relationship and playful teasing were seen by Mia, who was waiting for her ‘husband to return home’… Without even thinking, one would know what Mia was complaining about.