Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?

"Hmm?" Tami’s smile froze on his face, and a question mark popped up above his head.

Ais looked even more intense than someone having a seizure, yet despite this, she kept her hands tightly covering her eyes as if intense pain was emanating from there. Paradoxically, her upturned mouth kept emitting sounds that were difficult to judge as screams of pain or cries of pleasure:

"Ho-oh-oh-ah-ah-ah—"

"What the hell is that noise!?"

Tami suddenly took a giant step back; he was genuinely scared!

He felt that Ais at this moment had an ethereal aura!

The others were also startled by this sudden noise, turning their gazes this way.

They didn’t know before looking, but they were shocked once they saw.

Across the way, Em was tightly gripped by the Mad Fire Patient’s massive hands, and the two of them were locked in an intimate eye contact!

The fire raging in the Mad Fire Patient’s eyes surged into Em’s eye sockets!

The exchange of gazes between lovers should be filled with deep affection, but when exchanging looks with a Mad Fire Patient, the only way to describe it is "sparks flying with lightning"!

At such a close range, the flame’s burning might ruin not just the eyeballs but also the brain!

Yet Em’s mouth was twisted into a sinister smile like in a horror movie, his body trembling but not uttering a single sound. He struggled, but no amount of effort could push away the Mad Fire Patient.

If Ais hadn’t let out that ethereal scream just now, people might not have noticed the sudden tragedy that occurred here.

Everything happened as if in complete silence, and even the keen perception of the Skyrim Strategy Group didn’t detect a thing!

At this very moment, the move that the Mad Fire Patient cast upon Em was called—

[Madness Diffusion]!

[Prayer: Madness Diffusion]

[Derived from the Prayer of the Three Fingers of Madness]

[Capable of igniting yellow Mad Fire from the eyes, grasping the target to burn them with eye flames, spreading madness while simultaneously driving them insane, and affecting the prayer user with madness as well]

[Eye contact, mutual gaze──this is probably the most frequent human interaction]

This prayer is known to be Hundred Wisdom Sir’s favorite prayer.

Once people perceived the situation here, the Mad Fire Patient immediately released Em, who then fell to the ground, clutching his eyes and uttering ethereal cries.

"Ais! Em!"

Luluwo’s eyes widened in disbelief at how the Mad Fire Patient suddenly transformed into this state, but there was no doubt they had been attacked!

With a flick of her arm, several chains shot out from beneath her cloak, two of which ensnared Ais and Em, pulling them back, while the others aimed directly at the Mad Fire Patient.

Berto also furrowed his brow, suddenly producing several daggers, lowering his body to charge at the Mad Fire Patient through the gaps between the chains.

Tami’s reaction speed was no less than these veteran team members; drawing his straight sword, he rushed in from the side, though the newer members reacted a moment too late.

"Ah, ah!"

The Mad Fire Patient suddenly let out a retching scream, and the flames in his eyes surged wildly at this moment, shooting out like a Meteor Fire Rain at the group!

[Prayer: Unbearable Madness Fire]

[Derived from the Prayer of the Three Fingers of Madness, capable of continuously unleashing intense yellow Mad Fire from the eyes]

[Those affected by the Mad Fire, with eyes singed to destruction because of it, exhibit symptoms accompanied by a maddening pain, leaving them in tears due to the unbearable nature]

Berto, rushing at the forefront, felt an excruciating pain unlike ordinary flames the moment they touched his skin. The pain vibrated even his spirit, as though the torment within the Mad Fire Patient invaded his heart through the flames, and screams involuntarily escaped his mouth.

Seeing this, Tami quickly halted his forward charge to dodge, but the blast radius of the Unbearable Madness Fire was unimaginably vast. Even though he stopped in time, his body was still within the range!

In this critical moment, he had no choice but to raise his straight sword and scabbard in a final, futile defense!

The next moment, a powerful tugging force yanked him out of the blast range of the Mad Fire; it was Luluwo’s chains, successfully pulling both him and Berto out!

Then, a mass of chains rushed forth, morphing in the air to form a solid protective shield in front of them, as if intending to clash head-on with the Fire. In this instant, flames and chains fiercely collided.

Luluwo’s face changed drastically, quickly retracting the chains, but in just this brief moment, the protective shield made of chains was melted down by more than half!

The last time the chains got destroyed was during a battle with the Fran Undead Team, no wonder her expression kept changing!

On the opposite side, the Mad Fire Patient seemed relentless, persisting in the Unbearable Madness Fire, continuously overpowering the adventurers in front of him!

Luluwo wanted to retreat, but the Fire anticipated her move; in the blink of an eye, the fire rain spread over a vast area behind!

"Boom!"

After a muffled thud, the Mad Fire suddenly ceased.

"Good thing I was nearby."

Mila retracted the Wolf Fang Club that had smashed the Mad Fire Patient into a bloody mess; fortunately, she was standing behind the Mad Fire Patient, allowing her to take him down with a surprise attack while his focus was drawn by Luluwo and the others.