I like crossing the most

Chapter 816 Treasure 14
"But then again, this place is really peaceful and doesn't feel like a maze."

Xiao Lin sighed slightly, and couldn't help but sigh: "We worked so hard to find other magic stones..."

There are no monsters here, no complicated terrain, and no strange traps. If Sena, the prosecutor of the kingdom, had not told them before they came that this is a very strange and dangerous maze, they would definitely have been paralyzed by the peaceful atmosphere here and become careless.

No, no, no, don't be blinded by appearances, you must cheer up.

If danger occurs, the first thing you should think about is not to fight back, but to escape quickly.

Kobayashi set the first policy.

While Kobayashi was pretending to look around at the scenery but was actually secretly listening to the voice coming from Darkness, Aqua and the others came back after having enough fun.

"I am back."

"Sorry for the long wait. I'm back too."

"Oh, welcome back."

Xiaolin casually greeted her and asked, "Aqua, have you heard what the people on the ship said? Have you gotten any information about this maze?"

"No. I tried to get information, but unfortunately I didn't find anything."

"Humph……"

Aqua didn't look fake. She didn't look like she had forgotten to collect information because she was so focused on having fun. Then Kobayashi looked at another companion and asked, "How is Huihui? Did she ask about this maze?"

“Same here, they know nothing.” Huihui also shook her head with a look of great regret. It seemed that she knew nothing about not only the news about this maze, but also about explosion magic.

"But I don't know?" Xiao Lin raised his eyebrows in surprise, and couldn't help but said, "I live in this maze, but I don't know anything. It always feels weird."

"Everyone, over here."

“…Darkness?”

Xiaolin looked at the patient perverted female knight who was greeting her companions, and was slightly surprised and said: "You seemed so patient just now, but your speed is really fast."

"no problem."

"But just now..."

Looking at the perverted female knight who looked normal, Xiao Lin raised his eyebrows in surprise. Based on his understanding of the perverted female knight, if he had teased her like that just now, she would have screamed in shame and anger, but now she was acting like a normal person. Could it be that she was affected by the maze?

"Okay, forget about this for now." Aqua urged, "We've been here for a long time, let's go first."

“Yeah, we can’t waste time.” Huihui also echoed, looking very calm.

"Ok?"

What's going on with these guys? Their reaction is so weird.

Kobayashi temporarily suppressed his doubts and agreed to their request to continue moving forward. However, it was really strange. None of them spoke along the way and the atmosphere became very wrong.

Especially Aqua, how could this girl keep her mouth shut and walk such a long distance without complaining? In the past, she would have long been shouting that she wanted to rest or asked Xiaolin to carry her. But now she kept her mouth shut and did nothing, which was very strange.

Xiao Lin whispered to Youyou beside him, "I say, those three people looked very strange at the beginning, why were they so silent?"

“Come to think of it, Megumin and Darkness weren’t excited at all during the battle just now.” Yunyun replied timidly: “With Megumin’s personality, she should have been clamoring to release explosion magic a long time ago, but she has been silent since just now. It’s really not like her at all.”

Indeed, the more I think about it, the more I feel something is wrong.

Xiao Lin pinched his chin and said, "Okay, let me test them."

Then he said to the most greedy and stupid goddess in the team: "Aqua, you know what? The fruit on the tree over there can be sold at a high price. Because it is a very rare peach, it should be very valuable."

"Hmm? Oh, is that so." Aqua replied calmly, with no intention of running over excitedly to pick peaches. This guy obviously came to the maze here because he wanted money, but now he seems completely unmoved. It always feels like something is wrong.

"I'm not interested... It's really strange that he didn't respond to the topic of money. No, wait... They look the same? They look the same? Hmm... It's not strange that they were transformed by magic."

Kobayashi had already used his eyes, but even so he didn't find anything unusual. Besides, Kobayashi really didn't believe that the stupid goddess could be copied or have her personality changed by magic. There must be other reasons.

"Before going in, it's better to check first."

Xiaolin communicated and discussed with Youyou. After all, he didn't know what kind of danger he would encounter next. If the perverted female knight, the stupid goddess and the explosive little loli did something behind his back, he would be the one who would have a headache.

"...I say, can you guys come over here for a moment?"

"Huh?" X3
When the three of them were confused, Kobayashi suddenly stretched out his evil hand towards them.

"Steal————"

The stealing skill was immediately activated, and then three pairs of underwear of different colors appeared in his hands. The soft and warm feeling wrapped around his hands, immediately attracting rebukes from his companions.

"Wait a minute, Xiaolin, what are you doing!?"

"Xiao Lin, give it back to me, mine...!"

“T-This man… suddenly did this… ah!”

——Yes, if they were real companions, the reaction would be as above, but in reality, there were three extremely cold faces.

"Xiaolin, what are you doing?"

“No time for idleness.”

"Hurry up and move forward."

They asked to move on with a calm expression, without any shyness or anger about their panties being stolen. No, it was as if their panties had not been stolen at all.

“As expected, you are…!”

"What happened from just now?"

"...You thought you could deceive me to this extent? I really underestimated you! It's about time you showed your true colors, you imposters!"

Krillin pointed at the three of them and loudly accused them, but even though they were told that, Aqua, Darkness, and Megumin didn’t seem angry. Instead, they couldn’t help but laugh softly, as if Krillin was a funny kid.

"Xiao Lin, what are you talking about?"

"I don't know when you were replaced... but you're not real! Where are the real Aqua and the others!?"

Xiaolin said this seriously.

However, Huihui seemed to admit it and asked, “You are very confident. What is the basis for saying that?”

"That kind of thing...of course it's this!" Kobayashi spread out his hands, revealing three triangles of cotton flannel fabrics of different colors, which even had a slightly warm body temperature on them.

Darkness… no, the person who looked like Darkness asked in a somewhat strange tone, “Women’s underwear? …Um, what’s wrong? Is it because of these underwear that you are confused, or did you use them to expose us?”

“Haha.” Xiaolin chuckled and said, “I used my stealing skill to steal your underwear, and you guys are still so calm. The real Darkness and the others would never have such an expression! Let’s not talk about Aqua for now, Darkness and Megumin would definitely scold me with red faces!”

"……I see."

"Even I have it!"

When Xiaolin heard his own voice, he found a man who looked exactly like him coming out of nowhere. His expression was as cold as Darkness and the others. If Xiaolin didn't know clearly, he would have thought he was looking in the mirror.

"As expected of you, Xiaolin." The man who looked exactly like him said coldly, "As expected, you are very troublesome. I was thinking of luring you away and making you younger before you noticed... Now that you've been discovered, there's nothing I can do. Unfortunately, I can only fight."

"Be prepared."

Megumin said this with a sinister look on her face. Darkness, Aqua, and Krillin——the guys who looked exactly like their companions, also seemed eager to fight.

"Damn it... Four people coming at the same time, how unlucky!"

"Um, Mr. Kobayashi."

"What's wrong, Youyou?"

"Even for me, the test just now felt a bit reckless."

"I won't listen to your complaints later, now let's start fighting!"

Xiaolin and Yunyun deployed their formation. To be honest, Xiaolin was not afraid. After all, he was very strong. Even if he met Darkness and Huihui, they would definitely not be his opponents. I was wrong! I was really an idiot for thinking this just now!

Xiaolin actually underestimated the strength of Aqua and the others. It's better to say that these guys have become stronger after the blessing of the maze, especially Darkness, who is thick-skinned and tough, but his attack can actually hit! Hey, is there something wrong with your character? And the one-hit magician over there, you ran out of strength after just one shot, why did you release so many shots from just now until now!

"Damn it! After having the blessing of the labyrinth, I didn't expect these problem children in the team to be so strong! There's too much of a difference in numbers, there's no way we can beat them!"

"I told you, we shouldn't fight them!"

"They keep saying they are useless, but if they were here at a time like this...!"

Kobayashi couldn't help but think of his companions. They were problem children who were a real headache and something he could do nothing about, but now they disappeared when he needed them.

“Oh, come on! Where on earth are the real Aqua and the others slacking off? These idiot problem children!”

"Wait a minute, who's the bastard? Watch your words!"

“…Is it Aqua!?”

When Xiaolin heard the voice, he was delighted. He didn't expect that she would appear. Looking back, he saw that the stupid goddess appeared behind him. She didn't look injured.

"Great, you're okay! Where are the other two?"

"I don't know. Is there something else that hasn't been done yet?"

Aqua didn’t seem to know what the whereabouts of Megumin and Darkness meant, and it looked like they didn’t meet up earlier, which was a bit of a pity.

"And speaking of which," Aqua said in a somewhat tangled tone, "This place is very strange. The lake surface is just pure glass, and the people on the boat and the fish are just puppets. And they look particularly creepy. Could it be that everything here is made? ... What do you think, Xiaolin?"

“What are you thinking? We don’t have time to think about that now!” Krillin kicked away Darkness who was fighting with him, and used Absorption Touch to stop Megumin from using Explosion Magic. Then he shouted to the stupid goddess who was thinking beside him: “Why don’t you notice that I’m being attacked, idiot! Aqua!”

"So you're not an idiot anymore!" Aqua yelled angrily, "I say, haven't you been too harsh with me recently? Apologize now! Apologize now for calling me an idiot!"

What on earth is this guy talking about? Why can he say such things at this time? I really hope he can look at the air.

Xiao Lin couldn't help but scolded loudly: "What are you still talking about in this situation? Come and help quickly, you useless goddess——"

“Ahhh!” Aqua stamped her feet in anger. She screamed, “You’re calling me a useless goddess again! Apologize now, hurry up!”

Just as she was yelling in displeasure, Darkness and Megumin, two genuine teammates, finally arrived.

"Found it! Everyone is here!"

"I finally found it thanks to the noise of the commotion. Please don't move without permission!"

“Darkness, Megumin!”

Kobayashi had never felt so relieved seeing his two companions appear here. It was surprising that he seemed to feel the importance of his companions with the help of this maze.

When Aqua saw the two of them, she couldn't help crying, "Listen to me, Darkness! Krillin kept calling me an idiot. There's no such thing!"

“Eh? Even if you suddenly say that…” Darkness seemed to want to admit that she was an idiot, but she was a little embarrassed because of her companions. At this time, her eyes fell on the puppets in front of her, and she said in surprise: “By the way, Xiaolin, what are these guys?”

"I'm being attacked! Okay, come and help me!"

"I-I know!"

Darkness immediately took out her knight's sword and fought with the impostor, who was able to attack her with extremely sharp attacks. Although she herself was not good at attacking, she was good at defense and should be able to stop her clone.

Huihui's eyes were red as she said, "You actually used puppets to impersonate us. What a bad taste. However, puppets are no match for the real thing. Let me teach you this explosion magic!"

After saying that, she began to chant magic.

Xiao Lin couldn't help but yelled, "I say, don't drag us into this!"

"Wait a minute!" Aqua pulled his clothes and shouted, "I haven't finished what I'm saying yet! You are not allowed to ignore me like this!"

(End of this chapter)