Bluntgre

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[The Ancient Ruins of Flame] is a huge dungeon leading to Griffith's fifth city.

Although it's called the Ancient Ruins, the dungeon is mostly located below the ground. In other words, it's an underground labyrinth just like the Stardust Labyrinth.

"It's definitely not swordsman-friendly."

As I crushed the skull of the attacking [proto golem] with an upper kick, I realized the reason why this dungeon was not very popular.

The bodies of the monsters in the Ancient Ruins of Flame are mostly made of rocks and metals.

Well, that in itself is not so different from the [Scorching Rock Cave] in the permanent scorched earth not far from the ancient ruins. It might be better to say that it is a characteristic of this region as a whole.

And why would rock and metal monsters trouble swordsmen? First, they are difficult to cut with bladed weapons like swords, but most importantly, they have [Slash Resistance].

Just as I once had a hard time with frogs with [blunt resistance] in the swamp area near Dualis, monsters with resistance are a nuisance to the user of the incompatible weapon.

Of course, it's not impossible to defeat them, but as time goes, your weapon will lose more and more durability. This kind of bad cost-efficiency enemy will make your effort feels wasted, that's why most bladed weapon user will probably choose the World tree Cave.

"It's easy to see why no one chooses the Ancient Ruins of Flame."

As I walked out into the large hall, I muttered these thoughts as I quickly crushed the three or so proto-golems that were hanging around.

These proto-golems are stronger than the petite golems I killed so many times in the Stardust Labyrinth.

Their size is about the same as a normal human being, and their attacks are surprisingly strong. But its movement was so slow, and if I put all my power on attacking the core on their head, they would easily break.

But it's probably also thanks to my overly high STR stat, I could crush anything in this dungeon using my bare hand, and Yoiyami I carried on my back is literally become my luggage.

< Don't beat them too roughly.>

< You're too strong.>

< There's the only golem here, and it feels like an archeological site.>

<What about the flame element?>

"It's hot temperature.... maybe? I also thought that there would be some living flame in it."

Is it called "flaming" because it's near permanent scorched earth, or is it called that for a different reason?

I don't know which came first, so I can't say for sure, but so far, the flame theme is too thin to be called one. Though If you don't have heat-resistant items, you'll take fire damage, so it's not entirely irrelevant.

It's been about 30 minutes since I started the game, and even though I followed the map I bought at Fias, I'm still only about 10% of my way through.

At this pace, it's going to take me about five hours. I don't mind doing this slowly, but I have to stop streaming at around six o'clock because I'm expecting a visitor, so it's better if I could get through this sooner.

"I've had a rough image of what kind of monsters will appear, so let's clear this quickly. There's not much reason to take it slow."

<True, Oni clan village is still far away.>