Chapter 356 Obsessed with Esti
"What's going on? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on them and not raise your heads?"
As Fingri said this, he subconsciously looked up at the black hole, then his eyes widened and he quickly lowered his head.
When he realized what he had just done, he couldn't help but fall into silence.
Sometimes it's not the rebellious psychology of the person, but the conditioned reflex engraved in the body. He still remembers that when he was a child, his teacher was very strict and required everyone to lower their heads to study and not to look up even when someone came. But that bastard liked to make noise to attract everyone's attention, and once someone looked up, he would be scolded.
Isn't this a purely beastly thing to do? Anyone would subconsciously raise their head when hearing noise at the door, so Fingri played a prank on the teacher, and soon after, he came out to be an adventurer.
However, the shadow of that teacher will now also appear in the Hell March.
This may seem a bit far-fetched, but Fingerly feels that the position of the black hole hanging in the sky now is similar to that of his teacher back then. It has a strong presence and cannot be looked at directly. It is much more dangerous than some illusory evil god.
Moreover, five seconds is too short, so short that it will pass in a flash.
"I did remind them, big brother. As soon as they came in, they looked up at the sky. I was so scared that I wanted to put blindfolds on them. I finally blocked their vision, but just a moment later, they were sucked in when I turned around!"
The members of the Guza team also felt a little aggrieved and self-blaming, blaming themselves for not being able to look after Tus and his sister.
But there is always a strange feeling, as if these two people are heading for the black hole.
That's impossible. Tus stayed at home all day. Where could he get information about black holes?
"Brother Fingerly, do you want to follow me in?"
"Ah? Me? Don't be ridiculous. I only took one look at the guy in the black hole and knew that I would never be able to defeat him. There's no need for me to fight a battle where I can't see any hope of winning."
In the past, even when he met powerful bosses such as the Faran Undead Corps, Overlord Wolnir, and the Death Ritual Bird, Fingri didn't feel like he didn't want to fight at all, but this time, the Dark Meteor Esti gave people a particularly different feeling.
Adventurers can feel that the strength of other bosses changes gradually, but Esti is completely different. This thing uses a big move to clear the field right from the start. Even if you manage to survive by chance, it will be followed by various large-scale instant kill moves.
It's obvious that the designer had malicious intent; this thing wasn't intended to let anyone win from the beginning!
The work done to the Sion dungeon this time was a bit too much!
Most adventurers thought so, but Gong Qiying had to cry out that it was unfair.
Because he was only responsible for providing the monster Esti, the deadly and terrifying numbers and the moves that made it impossible to dodge came from the ideas of other dungeon lords.
"Since all adventurers are challenging this monster together, of course we have to make it stronger. Let's put into practice all the ideas that we can't normally do."
These are Chiya’s original words.
There are many bloodthirsty guys among the city lords, so Esti became the super dung monster he is today.
Judging from the results of the challenge on the first day, it is estimated that no one will be able to win from now until the end of the event. Is this a long-awaited design mistake?
"They all brought resurrection crystals, right?"
"I've brought them all."
"That's good," Fingri breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the spot and said, "There's nothing we can do. Let's wait here for a while. They should be back soon."
After all, ordinary people can't survive for more than a few seconds when facing Esti.
At the same time, inside the black hole.
This is the closest place to the "fake sky" and "fake meteor shower" in the underground city.
It is said to be false, but this is only human perception. In fact, everything in the underground city is genuine. The sky and meteor showers are the sky and meteor showers that the city lords knew at that time. This involves the concept of time and space, and is difficult to explain.
In short, the fundamental nature of the meteor shower in the underground city is no different from that in the outside world.
As a maid in the palace, the elder sister was naturally infected by King Ainz III, and Tooth, who took care of her closely, was also killed. As infected people and beastly reserve forces, they will be attracted by the "stars", which represent the unknown existence. This is why they look up at meteor showers at night, in order to find the faint breath of the unknown existence and deepen their connection with each other.
This is also the reason why Tus and his sister, who were in the outside world and had never entered the dungeon, were attracted to enter the dungeon.
It's not just the two of them. All those who looked up at the sky last night have either entered the underground city or are on the way. From an eighty-year-old lady to a one-year-old baby, everyone will be attracted during this period of time during the day.
After all, the outside world can’t see the meteors during the day, so it’s the turn of the “fakes” to start shining!
At this moment, after entering the black hole, looking at the vast and misty purple nebula in front of them, Tus and his sister showed a completely different demeanor from when they were with people.
His body was straight as a telephone pole, and if you didn't know better you would think he was possessed by two fingers.
Was the normality they had previously displayed a disguise?
That's not quite right, because before the unknown existence triggered the negative emotions, these infected people were normal when they were not exposed to anything related to the meteor.
It's like the underlying logic, as long as you don't come into contact with the meteor, everything is normal.
"ah"
Tus was mumbling incoherently, and he did not seem to be conscious. He stared at the nebula with a fanatical and impulsive look.
The next second, he actually rushed forward like a fearless berserker. His body posture also changed slightly, and he looked like a wild beast.
His sister stood even straighter, even standing on tiptoe, like a rocket about to be launched into the sky.
The nebula was surging, the darkness was torn apart, and in a short moment, the "Dark Meteor" Esti descended into this space.
This time it is no longer just a head, its huge insect-like alien body has also descended. The grotesque feeling of the combination of insect and human and the beautiful and enchanting starry sky together weave into its body, which is beautiful and twisted, just like the incomprehensible knowledge.
As a dark star that fell from the sky, Esti can undoubtedly represent something like "stars".
The cold silence from the universe emanating from it was enough to make Tus and his sister obsessed with it, as if they had found and met an unknown existence.
But in the midst of excitement, Tus felt something was wrong.
The "taste" of the Esti in front of me seems to be quite different from that of the unknown existence?
However, the abnormality at this moment was quickly covered up by the rich star aura on Esti's body. In the minds of those infected with beastism, they first recognized the star aura, and then the unique aura of the unknown existence. There is a reason for setting this recognition order.
No matter what the reason is, when this huge mass of Esti, which is almost a star itself, descends upon them, all those infected with beastism will fall into frenzy without exception, treating it as the unknown existence itself!
Maybe this is called a bug. Esti brought the unknown infected people here.
Are the Tauren elements in Sion's dungeon a bit excessive recently?
"Ababa!"
Looking at Tuss who was rushing towards him, Esti was confused as to how this weak fellow dared.
Then the skeleton clapped its hands, and not even a trace of ash was left of Tus. The tail behind him stabbed forward, and Tus's sister returned to the campfire gloriously.
Facing two weaklings that pose no threat at all, Esti won't even release a light wave. After all the enemies are killed, its figure will slowly disappear.
But while waiting for the magic to dissipate, a scar suddenly and inexplicably appeared on its finger bone. Before it dissipated, a faint scratch also appeared on its forehead, as if it had been attacked by a transparent man.
These were injuries caused by adventurers from other dungeons, indicating that there were still people trying hard to attack Esti.
As a world-class boss, Esti will bear the attacks of all adventurers in the same body, and there are countless people fighting around each adventurer at the same time.
Outside the black hole is the Fire Sacrifice Site.
When Fingri saw Tuss returning, he was about to go over and tease him, but he saw that the other person's body was constantly twitching, as if he was having a serious withdrawal reaction, and his eyes were fixed on the black hole.
He was eager to enter the black hole again and feel Esti, but to outsiders, it was just like an O addiction attack.
“Something’s wrong!”
He quickly covered the guy's eyes, and then his sister who was resurrected at the bonfire also showed similar symptoms. Matilda separated two small balls of liquid armor from the Hell March and locked the eyes of the two people tightly, preventing them from looking at the black hole again.
"What happened to them? Like they were under mental attack?"
Mental attack?
Fingri, who had caught the key words, suddenly realized and said, "Yes, the monsters in the black hole do have the ability to attack mentally. I didn't expect it to be so effective against Tus and the others!"
He suddenly remembered that when he first saw Esti, his mind was in a trance as if it had been shocked, and the reactions of other people were even more obvious. Now it seemed that Esti's mental attack had a great effect on Tus and the others.
What a perfect and appropriate misunderstanding.
"So what should we do now, brother?"
"Don't worry, let Alayya come," Fingri comforted everyone and said, "I tried it yesterday. The secret ritual of injecting fire can alleviate the damage to the spirit. Where did Tus inject the fire?"
"It's at the Firelink Shrine."
"Very good, Alayya, you help control Tus to perform the ritual in front of the bonfire. Matilda, let's go to the Casas crypt and find three corpse magicians to give Sister Tus a secret fire-injection ritual as well."
The magician of the Guza team tried to use magic to alleviate mental attacks to temporarily heal the two people, but the effect was minimal. Perhaps the effect was also related to the level of the caster himself.
Alayya manipulated Tuss and performed a ritual in front of the campfire. He immediately stopped struggling and fell into a peaceful sleep.
Seeing this scene, people did not delay any longer and let Alayya stay here to take care of Tus's sister, while the rest of them went to the Kasas crypt to find trouble with the three necromancers.
It took less than an hour for them to successfully find and kill the three corpse magicians. But on the way back, the careful Matilda said, "Wait a minute, you need humanity to inject fire, do you still have it?"
People looked at each other. Fingri shook his head and said, "I just gave the last one of mine to Tus."
There was a moment of silence. How could one ignite a fire without humanity?
Someone suddenly said, "Oh, right, I see that some experts say that there is a chance of gaining humanity if you succeed in an invasion. If it is the first invasion of the day and you succeed, the chance of gaining humanity will be greatly increased!"
"Of course we know this news."
Fingri took out the deep blue eye orb, thought for a moment, and then changed to the cracked blood-red eye orb, because the latter was an indiscriminate invasion and was more efficient.
It seems a bit unfair that other people cannot use the deep blue eye orb that is exclusive to the Darkmoon Sword oath, but the Darkmoon Sword can use the blood-red eye orb.
"I'll be back soon, you guys go first."
Fingri waved his hand, and the next moment, the information that the invasion was successful came into his mind.
Megalith Dungeon.
"Very good. The adventurers I hired today are of high quality and I have gained a lot. I will definitely be able to surpass that rebellious son!"
Tepi sat on the cargo cart, looking at the cart full of Poké Balls, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
They were about to reach the portal square. Luckily, they didn't encounter any elite monsters that fell from the sky. It seemed like the goddess of luck was still on his side.
“It feels good to have nothing else to pick on.”
[Invaded by the Dark Moon Sword "Rigfen"!!!]
Tepi jumped up suddenly.
"What the hell!?"
Looking at the dark blue spirit slowly taking shape in front of him, he had a bad feeling.
At the same time, the intruder was also confused.
Looking at the completely unfamiliar scene in front of him, Fingri muttered to himself:
"Where did this send me?"
"Is this still Sean?"
(End of this chapter)
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