Big Drum Demon!

"What kind of structure do you think this is?"

The Starfire Knights stared at the Mist Gate before them, faintly radiating the aura of the Asylum Demon. They immediately broke into a lively discussion, each looking like they had stumbled into their field of expertise and were eager to show off through analysis.

"Didn't we head upward the whole way just now?"

"I clearly remember that demon being at the very bottom."

"So what's with this Mist Gate?"

A Teleportation Gate? An elevator? A tunnel? The Starfire Knights offered one guess after another. Every idea seemed somewhat reasonable, yet somehow not quite right.

"..."

Couldn't we just walk in and find out? Why were they wasting time guessing?

Todd felt that he had completely become the designated straight man. He had just witnessed something as tragic as a knight's death, yet he still could not stop himself from mocking the Starfire Knights' behavior.

This was probably called suppressed snark.

He had figured it out. These people were obsessed with Sain Underground City, utterly obsessed. They were probably at the point where even during BDSM, they would have to use "Sain Underground City" as their safeword.

Todd's expression suddenly froze, then horror spread across his face. Damn it, what kind of deranged thing had he just been thinking? What decent person used words like "Ornstein," "Curse Frog," or "Dung Pot" as safewords?

I must have been assimilated after hanging around these improper Starfire Knights for too long!

I'm supposed to be a serious, respectable person!

But despite his inner resistance, Todd still went along with them and voiced his own guess, hoping to fit into the group a little better and make the coming adventure easier on himself.

"Couldn't it lead to some kind of terrace where we can look down