Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 515 - 352: Capturing the Top Favorite

The Basque family are the epitome of "handsome men and beautiful women".

If Tepi, who is experiencing a midlife crisis with his son and daughter having all run away from home, didn’t speak, he’d be a mature and steady-looking uncle. The perfectly groomed golden beard makes him look as majestic as an old lion king, and the wrinkles on his face are not a mark of time but of his life adventures.

Leon, who has freed himself from inner demons and has a group of good companions, is a refreshing blond hunk. He looks like the kind of academy sensation you would see playing football at a university in the beautiful USA of another world, but those fist-sized hands hint that his heart is far from as sunny as his appearance suggests.

Tepi is a patriarch with high authority. His every word and action carry dignity, and he often maintains a stern face to showcase his authority.

Leon is a rising star in the strategy group, widely connected and always getting along with everyone. To others, he always presents a sunny smile.

Recently, Tepi has gained some fame in the Giant Stone Dungeon and surrounding cities thanks to his financial resources.

Leon, even more so, is highly prestigious among local adventurers because of the strategy group.

And now, something astonishing and even bizarre has happened which baffles adventurers from both Sain Dungeon and Giant Stone Dungeon.

That elegant Tepi/that sunny Leon, at this moment, is unexpectedly yelling into a mirror, gesturing wildly with a twisted face, waving fists and claws...

In short, this is totally out of character compared to their usual persona!

To describe it, it’s like a wolfman seeing a vampire?

No, no, the situation is much more serious than that.

"Boss, boss? Are you alright?"

The hired adventurer watched Tepi lash out at Leon in the mirror, cold sweat dripping down his face, wondering how the efficient and slick elder suddenly turned into something like a raging dinosaur.

Tepi didn’t even turn to acknowledge him, continuing to swear about something. This couldn’t help but mention the miraculous effect of the Super Vision Mirror. It transmits the voice of both parties communicating through the mirror. Convenient, right?

But there’s also a drawback: once the mirror absorbs the sound, others can’t hear the conversation between the two. This makes Leon and Tepi look like psychiatric patients having a fit at a mirror in the eyes of people in both dungeons.

Tepi’s speech quickened; suddenly he thumped his chest like someone from the Investigation Corps, then raised a thumb backward towards the mirror.

Leon then gradually fell silent, a hint of a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he made a throat-cutting gesture toward the mirror. Behind him, Marodru and Tal simultaneously gave the middle finger.

That’s what they call strength in numbers, even the ridicule effect is multiplied.

"Bang!"

A crisp sound echoed as the mirror shattered, pieces cascading to the ground, reflecting the meteor shower streaking across.

Tepi withdrew his fist slightly bloodied by the glass fragments, face dark, and no one around dared to inquire what had happened to him.

"Hey, hey, the employer seems a bit upset. Do you think if we go comfort him now, we might get a bigger bonus?"

"Do you think it’s ’a bit’ upset? If you get closer, you might get cursed along with him."

"Hmph, haha..."

Right then, Tepi, who had been silent, suddenly laughed, hunched over and covering his face like a villain in a cartoon. This sent chills to those watching around him, giving them goosebumps, and it felt like a sinister aura was emanating from him.

"Very well, this is a child of my Basque family. I thought the tradition would end with my generation, but I didn’t expect Leon to pick it up."

He glanced at the adventurers he hired, picked out a sharp one who had been with him for ten days, and said, "You don’t need to follow me today."

"Ah? No, boss, the kindness of a day’s work lasts a hundred days!"

"I’m not firing you; you go out now and contact the most famous adventurer teams in Giant Stone City. Ask if they’d be interested in discussing a big, easy job."

After sending this person off, Tepi again surveyed those behind him, took a deep breath, and said:

"Any of you have adventurer companions left? As long as they are Silver Level, I want them all!"

"Anyone who can help me capture more monsters will get a big bonus! The rewards from exchanged monsters also go to you; I only want my ranking high!"

People exchanged glances, and someone started to cheer, then the entire Black Quarry was filled with cheers from adventurers.

Just now, although the father-son argument was intense, they reached a consensus in the end:

"Let’s settle this with the ranking on the Glory Stele!"

"And if I lose, I’ll call you dad!"

In a way, Tepi really has no airs at all and can get along with his son.

When there are profits to be made in the dungeon, the efficiency of adventurer organizations is undoubtedly the highest in the world.

The Giant Stone Dungeon is originally a somewhat popular dungeon, and being near one of the major cities in the Warrior Country means the traffic, while not matching the Royal City of the Warrior Country, is also steady. Originally, a lot of people came in daily, but after the news of the [Meteor Mutation] spread today, the traffic doubled in the first instance.

When external magicians cooperated to use Super Long-Distance Communication Magic to exchange information and confirmed that [Meteor Mutation] simultaneously appeared in over forty dungeons, the entire adventurer community was shaken. The flow into Giant Stone Dungeon doubled again and again in a short time, and now the Teleportation Gate Plaza is overflowing with people.

All this happened just in the morning, not even reaching lunchtime.

The mutation news quickly spread in the Warrior Country, no, including several human countries, adventurers already started moving, flocking here, centered around these mutated dungeons.

Many noticed the Glory Stele, each harboring their own plans.

Thanks to the surge in traffic, Tepi’s recruitment plan went very smoothly. By the time lunch ended, his "Capture Team" had already grown to over a hundred, with as many as thirty Silver Level adventurers, the rest being some skilled Copper Levels to fill in the gaps.

"Your job is to capture as many meteor-like monsters as you can and then bring them to the plaza’s collection point to wait for me to throw them into the altar. Without my order, you’re not to throw them in haphazardly, understood?"

"Understood, boss!"

"I have one more request, everyone’s daily supplies must be chosen from [Sain], do not choose any other dungeon, if you have the ability, go acquire [Elf Balls] from Sain from other places, I will cover the expenses. I will pay you a service fee, and all the rewards exchanged at the altar will be given to you. All you have to do is wholeheartedly help me!"

"No problem, boss!"

"Great, you’re very spirited! Next, I’ll teach you how to operate the Elf Balls, watch carefully, I will only teach once!"

After a short briefing and training session, Tepi led his capture team grandly to set off.

Before leaving, he glanced at the Glory Stele. Due to the delay in organizing personnel, his ranking had fallen out of the top thirty, with Leon closely trailing behind him. The top ten had undergone a major reshuffle, only Roger and Temude managed to maintain first and second place thanks to their early advantage.

"Now it’s time for the return of the king!"

The quality of adventurers in the capture team had improved significantly, making the capture operations smoother. Nearly an hour later, Tepi returned with Elf Balls filled to the brim with Little Meteors. Just pouring all the Elf Balls into the altar took several minutes.

The Glory Stele flickered again, his ranking suddenly jumped to first place!

Good, it seems I am the first to organize capture of Little Meteors! My vision and the blessing of the goddess of luck are truly not just talk.

Tepi was greatly encouraged internally, he wanted to see Leon’s ranking, but the kid’s rank had long disappeared from view.

A smile appeared on his face, he then continued without stopping for the next capture, and once again returned successfully, Leon’s rank had long vanished.

Tepi could barely contain the smile on his face, of course, he had over a hundred people in a large team to help, and what did Leon have? Just a few partners, what does he have to compete with me?

The third capture, again returning full.

But halfway back, the capture team encountered a meteor fallen from the sky, from the pit emerged a Fallen Star Beast.

Tepi suddenly had a certain feeling in his heart, steering the carriage loaded with Elf Balls toward the edge of the team, he shouted out: "Do not fear, form a formation to face it head-on, as long as we can block its charge we can win!"

With hundreds of people, even if we pile bodies we can still pile the Fallen Star Beast to death!

Half an hour later...

"You’ve got to be kidding, how can that monster still use magic?"

Tattered Tepi held a dozen Elf Balls and escaped back to the square alone, his expression in horror.

He will never forget the scene of the Fallen Star Beast using one light blast to instantly wipe out dozens of people... Turns out this thing is more than just a bizarre looking bull, huh?

Looking at the few Elf Balls left in his arms, he couldn’t help but sigh, an entire cart of balls and a hundred people were all gone, only he managed to save some balls and ran back.

"Once again it’s just me left alive."

Tepi looked at the sky, feeling emotional: "Sure enough, the goddess of luck is watching over me."

He threw all the remaining Elf Balls into the altar, despite the heavy losses this time, the starved camel is still bigger than a horse, and the dungeon is closing soon. At least today he could maintain his rank solidly at first place!

"Let me admire my achievement."

When he focused on the ranking, the smile suddenly froze at the corner of his mouth.

[Leon Bask]

[Temude, Sword of Burning Fire]

[Tepi Basque]

"What!?"

Tepi’s current expression could be described as in "The Scream".

"This doesn’t make sense, why did Leon suddenly become first? I was only out for a short while, how could he possibly..."

The twisted expression appeared once again on this middle-aged man’s face, shattering his newly born pride.

"Leon!"

As for why Leon could catch up and overtake....

"Boss Dal, Leon and their strategy group finally asked for our help, this time we must make him first!"

"Captain Luluwo, I’ve captured four more on my side, it seems no new ones will appear in the Fran Fort area, should we head to Lake Lienia to meet Leon now?"

"Aunt Vienma, thank you for agreeing to help Leon, once this is over I will definitely do my best to help promote your magic!"

"Brother Fingerley, are we really only helping Leon, are you not considering competing a little for yourself?"

"Me?"

Walking on the path to meet Leon in Academy Gate Town, Fingerley laughed and said:

"How could I possibly compete against thousands?"

"Dong——dong——"

At midnight, the clock struck twelve, all dungeons involved in the event closed, those that couldn’t also wouldn’t refresh any Little Meteors.

The ranking on the Glory Stele temporarily froze, and its top position ultimately belonged to...

Leon Bask!

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