Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 518 - 355: Obsessed with Esti

"What’s going on? Didn’t I tell you to make sure they don’t look up?"

Fingerley was saying this while subconsciously looking up at the black hole, then quickly widened his eyes and lowered his head.

When he realized what he had just done, he fell silent.

Sometimes it’s not a rebellious instinct but a conditioned reflex engraved in the body. He still remembered that when he was in school, the teacher was particularly strict, requiring everyone to study with their heads down and not letting them look up even when someone came. But that bastard loved to make noises to attract attention, and anyone who looked up would be severely scolded.

Isn’t this pure animal behavior? If a person hears a noise at the door, they’ll instinctively look up, right? So, Fingerley played a prank on the teacher, and not long after, he became an adventurer.

However, now even that teacher’s shadow appears in Hell’s March.

It seems I’ve wandered a bit far, but Fingerley felt that the black hole hanging in the sky now had almost the same vibe as his teacher back then, strong presence, and something that can’t be stared at directly. It’s far more dangerous than any elusive evil god.

Plus, five seconds is really too short, gone in an instant.

"I did remind them, bro. As soon as they came in, they looked up at the sky. I was so scared I wanted to blindfold them. Just as I managed to block their view, they got sucked in as soon as I turned around!"

The members of the Bone Stick Team felt a bit wronged and guilty, guilty for not keeping an eye on Tusi and his sister.

But there’s always this weird feeling, as if they were drawn to the black hole on purpose.

Impossible, right? Tusi stayed home all day, where would he get black hole intel?

"Fingerley, are you going in there too?"

"Huh? Me? Don’t kid around. One look at the things in the black hole and I know I can’t win. There’s no need to fight a battle with no hope of victory."

Even when faced with formidable bosses like the Fran Undead Team, Overlord Vonier, or the Death Ritual Bird, Fingerley never felt a complete lack of will to fight. But this time, the vibe from Esti, the Dark Meteor, was different.

Adventurers can sense other bosses’ strength gradually changing, but Esti is totally different. It starts with a big move clearing the field, and, if you luckily survive, then come various wide-range instant-kill moves.

It’s obvious to sense the malice from the designer. This thing was never meant for anyone to win from the start!

The Sain Dungeon is really pushing it this time!

Most adventurers think like this, but Gong Qiying feels wrongly accused at this moment.

Because he only provided Esti, the monster, all those deadly stats and unavoidable moves came from ideas of other Dungeon Lords.

"Since it’s a challenge for all adventurers against this one monster, naturally it should be stronger. Let’s see all those concepts we usually can’t implement now,"

This was a direct quote from Red Teeth.

And among the Dungeon Lords, there is no shortage of bloodthirsty people, so Esti has become this super dung monster.

From the first day’s challenge results, it seems likely that no one will win until the event ends, is this a rare design error?

"They all brought Resurrection Crystals, right?"

"They all did, they all did."

"Well, that’s good then," Fingerley breathed a sigh of relief and sat down, saying, "There’s nothing we can do then. Let’s wait here for a while, they should be back soon."

After all, ordinary people can’t survive a few seconds against Esti.

Meanwhile, inside the black hole.

This is the closest place to the "fake sky" and "fake meteor shower" of the dungeon.

It’s said to be fake, but that’s just humans’ understanding. In reality, everything in the dungeon is genuine, and the sky and meteor shower reflect the Dungeon Lords’ understanding of the sky and meteor shower of their time; explaining this involves time and space concepts which are complicated.

In short, the fundamental nature of the meteor shower in the dungeon is no different from the outside world.

The sister, being a maid of the Royal Palace, naturally got infected by King Ainz III, and the closely attending Tusi fell victim too. As carriers and beastification reserves, they are drawn to the "Star," representing that unknown entity. That’s why they look at the meteor shower at night, searching for traces of that unknown presence and deepening their connection.

That’s also why, despite never having entered the dungeon, Tusi and his sister felt drawn into it.

Not just them, everyone who gazed at the sky last night is either already in the dungeon or on their way, from eighty-year-old grandmas to one-year-old infants; during the day they all feel the pull.

Because during the day, you can’t see meteors outside, so the "fake ones" start to shine!

At this moment, after entering the black hole, looking at the vast and ethereal purple nebula in front of them, Tusi and his sister displayed an entirely different expression than when they were among people.

They stood up straight like a power pole, making one wonder if they were possessed by a dual spirit.

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