Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 1194 - 772: The Unexpected Intruder

Oh, this is so comfortable, sleeping is truly the most comfortable thing in the world.

Even as his consciousness sank into darkness, Hevi couldn't help but utter these heartfelt words in his sleep.

Nothing is more healing than a deep sleep after extreme exhaustion.

Nothing!

I've heard that over in the Yanor Kingdom, they've come up with deep sleep hypnotic experience centers using Dream-inducing Tapirs, and it's been very successful with adventurers paying to be hypnotized by creations from the Sain Dungeon, getting their spiritual power fully replenished before entering the Sain Dungeon, and then paying again to be hypnotized afterwards...

Does this count as a form of paid work?

It's like when workers spend their own money on coffee to improve work efficiency.

Gong Qiying doesn't care how people make money outside, anyway he's slightly reduced the capture probability of Dream-inducing Tapirs so that those merchants would spend more time inside the dungeon.

At first, he didn't feel much, but as he fell deeper into unconsciousness, Hevi felt his consciousness rise and fall in a dark ocean, as strange creatures swam around him in ominous numbers.

He tried his best to open his eyes to see the faces of these creatures, and the bizarre beings gathered more and more around him, making the ocean restless.

He finally opened his eyes and, with the help of a dim light, managed to see the creatures around him!

"Heroic arrival!"

A monstrous fish with Galio's big face shouted at him.

"Ahhhhhhh——"

Hevi screamed as he woke up.

A ray of sunlight pierced through the window, casting a warming glow on his heavily bandaged body.

"It was just a dream... It must be because I've become obsessed with fighting Stone Statue Ghosts lately, so I dreamt of such weird things."

He wiped some cold sweat from his forehead and propped himself up, realizing his previously weakened body had recovered tremendously and felt ready for another dungeon adventure.

Wait, why is my first thought upon waking to return to the dungeon!

Hevi slapped himself a couple of times, determined to rid his mind of such industrious thoughts. The desire to suffer leads to endless suffering, and he certainly doesn't want that.

What's happening in my head, has Sain occupied my mind?

He sighed deeply.

The room before him felt familiar, it was the camp of the Starfire Church where Mages had repurposed homes from Hepa Town into temporary clinics for injured fighters.

Nevertheless, all the current patients basically came from the Sain Dungeon.

"How long have I been asleep?"

He tore off the various bandages wrapped around his body, now feeling refreshed with barely any sign of injury and almost fully regained his strength for normal activity.

Compared to his post-dungeon condition, it's definitely worlds apart.

Memories of adventuring in the Sain Dungeon flashed continuously in Hevi's mind, so numerous they were uncountable, making him realize they'd actually spent several times longer inside than anticipated, long enough for outsiders to possibly think they were trapped.

"Had a real dungeon exploration thrill!"

It was so thrilling that he now feels somewhat sick of the dungeon.

No matter how good something is, you can't enjoy it this long in one go, especially with the Sain Dungeon where "eat" translates to "burn".

Fortunately, the gains from this journey were quite substantial.

Flying Dragon Sword, Stone Statue Ghost series weapons, Galio's Combat Skill, Blacksmith Andre's location, struck the bell, directions to Black Forest Courtyard and Sain Ancient City...

Summing it all up, "substantial" is the only appropriate description; displaying these would definitely startle Bishop Vinsmo.

But it's not only material gains, the Starfire Knights' abilities also improved greatly under the high pressure of the Sain Dungeon, a different environment conducive to personal growth.

He even intends to use the Sain Dungeon as a training base for the Starfire Church, leveraging the bonfire upgrade mechanism to churn out super soldiers, even if their skills are average, they'd still be statistical beasts.

There are so many possible uses for the Sain Dungeon that he can't stay idle in bed at all, eager to turn these plans into reality.

"Let's go out and see if there's any new development at the camp."

Though he speaks of seeing any new changes at the camp, he realistically doubts any significant changes have happened during his long sleep.

Unless the Holy Light Church has attacked...no, don't jinx it.

Just as he thought this, upon pushing the door open, he suddenly heard faint sounds of commotion outside.

What's going on, why all the racket?

Out of habit, he donned the impressive armor that covered his whole body with authority, and pushed open the door to the outside world—

"I keep telling you we didn't do it on purpose, it was only because you guys were asleep, I couldn't disturb your sleep!"

"Hey there, let's all calm down and talk, we can discuss everything, how about putting away the weapons first?"