Chapter 163
As I passed through the canyon and entered the Heavenly Basin, the landscape before me was different from what I had seen outside.
Despite being just a basin surrounded by rocky mountains, the atmosphere felt entirely different from the outside world. Even the air was strange. If I had to describe this sensation in one word:
Discomfort.
And I knew exactly why I felt it.
"Thick miasma."
The miasma here was more concentrated than the natural life energy around. Something within this place was emitting a dense cloud of miasma.
Unlike other elite dungeons, the sky here was open. However, due to the thick atmosphere, the sky appeared cloudy and murky.
Scattered around the area were rocks and large boulders instead of trees, and various types of monsters roamed between them—griffons, ogres, goblin hordes, and more. These monsters were enhanced by the miasma, making them stronger than their usual forms. They wouldn’t go down easily.
In a way, this place felt more like a field than a dungeon.
There were no distinct zones or progressing through named bosses like in typical dungeons.
But I already knew how to tackle this challenge, thanks to the information I received when I accepted the first-clear quest.
Before the seal on the Heavenly Basin was fully released, the elite knights of the Roeide Duchy had infiltrated and prepared the area in advance.