Chapter 553 – What The Heck?
Chapter 553 – What The Heck?
Kyle looked at the resealed rift and the Undead army behind them and gave Will a sardonic look. ' Do you see any other options?'
Jake also frowned as he saw that they were surrounded on all sides. It was one thing not to be able to run away, but these High-Rank Evolvers probably weren't going to let them explore the dungeon on their own either.
Anyhow, what on earth was a Dungeon Digestor? Was it an actual living thing or just some place built by sentient Digestors?
[Now that we're stuck here, the Oracle System's censorship seems to have been partially lifted.] Xi spoke demurely, confirming Grash's statement. [A Dungeon Digestor is a real living thing. It is a Digestor of Rank 12 or above. With an exceptional and innate grasp of the Aether and its laws, they are able to use their knowledge and the Dream Aether's framework to spawn Digestors of their choosing in their territory.]
' Was it worth censoring such a predictable secret?' Jake slurred at the Oracle as he usually did to vent his frustration.
[… Probably not.]
What could Xi possibly answer to that? Since she had no control over this censorship, she could only accept it, no matter how annoying it was. As she obediently endured her master's ranting, she searched her memories for any useful data and gasped in surprise when she found something against all odds.
[Ah!]
Xi?" Jake momentarily forgot to grouch as he registered her surprise. It was rare for his Oracle AI to react in such a cute way.
Somewhat mortified by her unbecoming reaction, she quickly explained,
[I think I know what these high-ranked Evolvers are up to by keeping us here.] Feeling Jake's impatience, she refrained from prolonging the suspense. [The mountain we're in now and everything within it can be considered part of the Dungeon Digestor. In addition to being under its control, our every move is tracked. As long as we walk on these rocks and breathe this air, it will know exactly where we are. But the Dungeon itself is not all that valuable. The most important part remains the Nexus, where the soul and memories of this Digestor are housed.As long as this organ exists, the Dungeon Digestor will always be able to re-establish a dungeon elsewhere even if it is destroyed. You can think of it as its brain.]
Jake was about to follow up with several more questions when something happened in the cave that caught his attention. The survivors of the various factions were huddled together in this cave, but it was still possible to tell at a glance which factions were the most threatening.
Besides the presence of a real army and the complete absence of refugees, their leaders, these high-ranked Evolvers had Aether signatures and auras that were hard to ignore. The old necromancer was one of them and he had already monopolized the entrance to one of the many tunnels.
His hundred or so golden-armored warriors had already joined him and were now standing in tight formation behind him. The Undead army trailing behind Jake and his group then broke off to join their master and the refugees hurriedly stepped aside to let their dead comrades pass.
It went without saying that these refugees who had lost several of their friends in the previous battle did not hold the necromancer in their hearts. Especially when their friends' and family's corpses were now serving a shady old man with questionable morals.