Suren identified the monster corpses that had not been disposed of and saw many species he had never encountered before.

There was the Gole Gong Mang Hou, a two-legged king cobra over ten meters long; the Hell Mantis Spider, a hybrid of praying mantis and spider; and the Plague White Bat...

There were many kinds of monsters, mostly plague-type undead creatures, often carrying highly toxic substances and deadly plagues.

Of course, the most numerous were the Toxic Treants, a type of vine monster that seemed to require burning to ashes to ensure complete extermination.

Each one was enough to give a lone traveler like Suren a headache.

Fortunately, the treants showed no signs of attacking Suren, seemingly regarding him as one of their own.

Suren guessed that this might be the protection of the oath.

A good sign.

The soldiers of the Royal Lu Ying Legion cleared the way, and Suren walked along, slaying a few stray monsters he encountered and quickly passing through.

As he walked, the surrounding undead energy grew thicker, and the erosion of alien energies felt like burning flames, piercing to the bone.

If Suren hadn't sealed the Isaac Alchemy Heart in his chest, providing a constant stream of dark spiritual power to resist this violent alien energy, anyone else would likely have been eroded and mutated by the undead energy long ago.

The deeper Suren went, the more cautious he became, guessing that he might be approaching the core area of the seal.

The fact that the Lu Ying army hadn't been completely wiped out meant that they had made it through.

Suren didn't rush forward rashly but released the black raven again.

His vision followed the raven's path.

Before it flew far, it found the exit of the maze.

...

Really out?

It was almost unbelievably easy.

Such a complex maze, and he had followed it all the way without repeating a single passage, heading straight out.

Looking at the exit before him, Suren became even more certain that the Lu Ying people had a map of this underground maze.

The black raven flew out of the exit, revealing a huge space.

Everywhere he looked, there were highly unstable spatial cracks, and the sight of magma filled the eyes with burning heat.

And on the rock walls, countless shrine-like openings appeared densely packed.

The exit where the black raven flew out was just one of thousands.

Seeing that there was no danger, Suren followed to the entrance, dilated his pupils, and took in the entire space.

An appraisal revealed the words "Hall of Valor of the Giant Race."

The "Hall of Valor" in this world was similar to the ancestral shrines of Suren's previous life, places where ancestral tablets were placed to protect descendants.

In simple terms, this was the giants' graveyard, used to suppress the seal.

And in his vision, the Lu Ying group also appeared.

Of the two elite thousand-man regiments of the Holy Judgment Legion, less than two hundred remained.

Even with intelligence from who knows where, the losses were so heavy, one could imagine the degree of danger in this space.

Looking down from where he stood, Suren saw a huge obelisk a few hundred meters away. On the ground beneath the stone tablet was inscribed a super-large nine-pointed star formation.

Most eye-catching was a black iron coffin above the obelisk, tightly bound by eight chains!

The coffin was covered with reliefs of hideous demons, exuding an aura of mystery, evil, antiquity, terror, indescribability...

Even from a distance, Suren could see thick black gas emanating from the coffin.

"Is this coffin the seal?"

Suren frowned.

He looked down again.

The Lu Ying group was gathered in front of the huge obelisk below, having planted the forbidden object, the Nergal Death Banner, obtained from who knows where, next to it. A thick blood mist floated around, forming a special field that shielded the undead energy in the temple.

The soldiers were assembled in a "△" shaped defensive formation, with several people in khaki trench coats busy in the middle.

Suren could only see a thirty-six-sided bronze die, nearly a meter in diameter, floating in front of them.

Each side of the die was engraved with ancient and special alchemical symbols: an eagle, a fire dragon, mercury, a flask, scales, a sunflower...

Beneath this oddly shaped die was a complex mechanical device made of brass, like a difference engine.

Two of the trench-coat-clad figures were operating the machine like typists, outputting a series of commands. Crisp, dense "click" "click" sounds echoed in the air.

Under their control, the various faces of the floating thirty-six-sided die were rapidly changing, combining to form different arrangements.

Like a slot machine, trying to create specific combinations of patterns to win the jackpot.

"So, they really came to break the restriction..."

Suren's gaze was very solemn.

He naturally saw that these people were in the process of deciphering the restrictions here.

Suren had never seen that strange Mechanical Alchemist object, but he had heard of it.

It was the legendary military secret treasure researched by the Lu Ying Royal Academy of Sciences – Babbage's Restriction Decoder.

A special alchemical machine said to be able to quickly decipher any kind of restriction arrangement, usually used to decrypt Mafa's communications!

"This is a bit troublesome..."

Suren frowned.

Those Lu Ying soldiers had such detailed information, so they couldn't be completely ignorant of the situation here.

In other words, reasoning with them was impossible.

Telling them that this was the "Land of Buried Gods" and that opening the seal would bring a great disaster would definitely be ignored.

A royal legion commander who dared to risk a 90% casualty rate to explore this wasteland was definitely not acting on personal initiative. He didn't have that authority.

Obviously, those people were acting under orders.

This was not something that could be persuaded with a few words.

The upper echelons of the Lu Ying royal family were truly not to be trifled with.

And now, Suren was the only one in this cursed space.

It seemed that he was the only one who could stop them.

Mr. Mirror wouldn't arrive for another two days, which was the most troublesome thing.

Although Suren's ideological realm hadn't yet reached the level of considering the survival of civilization, he wouldn't be soft on people who played with nuclear bombs for some ulterior motive, wanting to drag everyone down with them.

A frontal assault was definitely out of the question.

Seeing this, Suren's mind raced, thinking about what means he had to stop them.

...

One minute ago.

In fact, just as the black raven flew out of the cave to scout the environment, someone in the Lu Ying Legion discovered the black bird.

The perceptive adjutant keenly sensed something and said to the legion commander, "Beast" Barrett, "Commander, that black raven has appeared in our sight for the second time."

"Hmm. I noticed it before too, and thought it was a dead creature of this cursed space. But appearing a second time means someone has followed us."

Barrett nodded expressionlessly, glancing at it but not caring.

Compared to the black raven, he was more concerned with the decoder in operation before him.

The adjutant continued to analyze, "The reconnaissance traps laid along the way by the accompanying troops haven't been triggered, so it seems that the fellow has strong counter-reconnaissance capabilities. It's likely that he doesn't have good intentions."

Barrett seemed to have guessed something and said, "That black raven seems to be a mythical bird. Being able to control that kind of rare bird means that he's either a necromancer or at least proficient in some death laws. I thought of someone..."

The adjutant immediately understood, "Commander, are you referring to the mysterious person who attacked the reserve officer corps and killed Roxie?"

Barrett said calmly, "Yes."

The adjutant said, "Intelligence shows that the fellow has a Mafa major-level combat mech suit and is very likely a Mafa spy. Now that the Human Skin Black Umbrella has also fallen into his hands, perhaps..."

Barrett raised his eyebrows slightly, interrupting, "The Human Skin Black Umbrella is indeed a very tricky cursed object, but not everyone can use it. Besides... that fellow hasn't shown his face, which means his rank isn't high. He should have awakened some special abilities and possesses some powerful cursed objects. There aren't many forces that can cultivate such a person, whether in our Lu Ying or the Hidd Empire. Let the military intelligence department investigate after we get out."

Adjutant: "Are you saying we don't have to worry about him?"

Barrett lightly hummed, noncommittally, pondered for a moment, and then said, "That person is hiding and hasn't shown his face, which means he doesn't have the ability to confront us head-on. He knows the laws of space, so there's no point in pursuing him here. The only uncertain threat factor is whether he has any special cursed objects..."

After a pause, he added in a low voice, "There's no way to defend against that either."

At this moment, the veteran general, who was decisive in battle, had a flicker of hesitation in his eyes that had never appeared before.

In fact, he secretly hoped that some... accident would happen.

He looked at the few military intelligence agents in front of him who were deciphering the restrictions, and his face changed slightly.

The adjutant seemed to have seen some of the commander's thoughts and shielded the sound of his voice, whispering, "Commander, from what we can see now, this relic must be involved in some ancient taboo. Are we really going to do this? If we don't control it properly, it will be a devastating disaster for us, for the empire, and even for the entire Alchemic Civilization."

Hearing this, Barrett was expressionless.

The slightly twitching muscles at the corner of his eye indicated that his heart was not at peace.

The adjutant added, "What I mean is, the relic won't run away, since we know it's here, we can wait for the empire to send more professional archaeologists to investigate..."

Barrett narrowed his eyes slightly and only replied, "We are Royal Knights..."

"Understood, Commander."

Hearing this, the adjutant looked hesitant to speak, but sighed and remained silent.

Just then, suddenly, a dense noise sounded from the honeycomb-like holes in the surrounding rock walls.

Everyone was shocked.

"Monsters are coming!"

"How is that possible? We've clearly been careful enough to shield all the aura from leaking out. How could we attract such a large-scale monster riot? Is it a problem with the restriction being broken?"

"No! There are strange toxins in the air, those monsters were led here!"

"Damn it, send a few people to find the source..."

"..."

The Royal Lu Ying Legion instantly entered battle mode.

Barrett and the deputy commander looked at each other, obviously guessing something.

While the accident was one thing, a kind of relieved emotion flashed in their eyes.

Then, dense swarms of various poisonous creatures emerged from the holes in the rock walls.

...

This commotion was naturally caused by Suren.

He knew that he had no ability to directly stop those people from breaking the restrictions.

He thought of his experience of clearing the cursed space multiple times. He knew that sometimes, wisdom was more useful than combat power.

If he wanted to stop those people, his only chance was to use the rules of this cursed space.

Suren thought of the monsters here.

The monster corpses he had seen in the maze before were mostly identified as plague-type, highly toxic monsters.

He thought of a cursed object in his hand – Annesdora's Poisonous Censer.

Lighting the censer would attract poisonous creatures within range.

But using this thing was also somewhat dangerous for Suren.

The maze's terrain was complex, the range of the poisonous gas was uncontrollable; the number of monsters in the dungeon was unknown... these were all uncertain factors.

Perhaps the moment it was lit, even he would be swallowed by the tide of monsters.

Moreover, if discovered by the enemy, it might be extinguished early.

Suren thought that this was the only way, so he didn't hesitate much and prepared to give it a try.

He took out the censer and made a simple trigger mechanism.

Then, he also placed a fan at the location of the censer, thinking that it could blow more poisonous gas towards the temple before the fan was corroded by the poisonous gas.

The effect was even more ideal than expected.

The Hydra Venom Gland burned very fiercely, and the strong corrosiveness quickly eroded the hard rock walls. It was as if red-hot steel was placed on ice, quickly melting away.

Moreover, this poison was not only a gas, but also had a corrosive nature at the law level. Even the mechanical fan that Suren had set up was instantly melted.

However, the effect was also excellent.

Like blood flowing in the sea, sharks within dozens of nautical miles smelled the blood.

In an instant, the huge dungeon suddenly became lively.

Various poisonous monsters surged out like crazy.

Suren retreated violently into the maze, wrapped himself in the Oz Ice Man's Shroud, and pretended to be invisible in the corner.

Then, he watched countless monsters rush past him.

This was just one passage.

There were countless passages in this maze.

It would be too late when those people underground found out.

However, the Royal Lu Ying Legion was not made up of mediocre people.

Almost at the same time, someone discovered the location of the poisonous censer.

Suren saw a piebald giant python more than ten meters long rushing towards the censer, thinking it was a poisonous creature from the dungeon. Unexpectedly, after approaching, the big snake opened its bloody mouth and spat out a man in a trench coat.

"Poison Warlock?"

Seeing that the fellow was wearing medical gloves and had a green gas barrier on his body, Suren immediately guessed the person's profession.

The Lu Ying fellows were obviously well-prepared and had considered various possibilities.

The fellow also had his own means of dealing with the poison and was not affected by the corrosion. He walked directly over, seemingly wanting to close the air inlet of the censer.

The monsters hadn't come enough yet, so Suren naturally couldn't watch the other party crack the censer so early.

"Poison Warlock" was a rare profession, and he didn't think there were many in this Lu Ying army.

Killing this fellow could at least greatly alleviate the other party's progress in breaking the situation.

Suren took out a chessboard and unhesitatingly shot a light towards the man in the trench coat.

He knew very well that this fellow was also a "bait."

When the Royal Lu Ying Legion went out on a mission, they usually acted in groups of three.

The moment Suren acted, he would definitely be exposed.

At that time, even if he had various means, it would be difficult to escape if he was discovered.

He had to kill quickly!