Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

The death of the body, the separation of the soul from the body, and the soul entering reincarnation or directly dissipating are the three stages of death.

In most cases, as long as the soul can return to the body, it means the possibility of resurrection, just like when King Gilgamesh died suddenly due to excessive work intensity, and his soul fell into the underworld and returned to the body again.

In this maze today, the crazy magician cast some magic to forcibly bind the soul to the dead body and prevent it from leaving, that is, staying between the first and second stages, causing a strange situation where the person is dead but not dead, that is, half dead.

Not only that, it is normal for the soul to leave the body after death, and the current situation is undoubtedly [abnormal], so the two are constantly fighting, which makes the soul more painful.

Perhaps it is because of this that some people call the resurrection mechanism of the maze [the curse of immortality].

"But, if that's the case..."

Looking at the current situation, Fujimaru Ritsuka's expression was thoughtful, but at this moment, there was a slight noise from the direction they came from. The two of them looked over there at the same time. After a while, several tall men dressed lightly appeared in their sight.

"Sure enough, they are here!"

Seeing the bodies of the adventurers under Fujimaru Ritsuka's feet, a smile appeared on their faces, but after looking at Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu, the smiles were restrained a little, and they asked tentatively:

"You are adventurers, right? Is the person lying on the ground your companion?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka shook his head and said:

"No, we are just passing by."

"Is that so."

So the other party laughed again, and hurriedly called his companions to come forward and move the bodies on the ground skillfully. It seems that they are the body collectors.

At the same time, they also saw the snake-tailed chicken that was killed by two attacks. One of them praised them:

"You are very powerful. With such strength, it should be easy to go deeper, right? Who knows, maybe you two will be the ones who defeat the crazy magician in the end!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and said:

"Thank you, I wish you good luck!"

Watching them leave with the corpse, although she still had some concerns, there was another thing to deal with at the moment-"The taste of chicken and snake meat is somewhat similar, so what would a hybrid of chicken and snake taste like?"

Fuji Maru Ritsuka looked at the body of the snake-tailed chicken with a curious expression. Mashu beside him smiled and suggested:

"We just had barbecue before we came here. This time, how about using its meat to make soup?"

"That's a good idea!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes lit up and he immediately nodded in agreement. Then he seemed to think of something and smiled again:

"Speaking of which, there seems to be walking mushrooms nearby. I'll go find them."

Mushrooms with foot-like parts that can walk are collectively called walking mushrooms. As monsters, they are not very dangerous and are the first entry-level monsters that many new adventurers face.

For Fujimaru Ritsuka, the point is that it is indeed a mushroom.

……

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They took a part of the body and tail of the snake-tailed chicken, added the walking mushroom as the main ingredient, and the vegetables and seasonings they brought with them, and stewed a pot of snake meat and chicken soup. It must be said that the taste is very good. Fujimaru Ritsuka praised Mashu's craftsmanship.

Compared with ordinary ingredients, monster ingredients do seem to be a little different, but they are not amazing. It is more of a novelty. Overall, it is a good dining experience.

However, after eating, they did not continue to go deeper into the maze, but returned to the underground floor and walked towards the resurrection station. Fujimaru Ritsuka wanted to see how the dead adventurers were resurrected.

The resurrection station is located on the underground floor. It is an area connected to the maze by artificially opening up the basement of the village church. The bodies picked up by the corpse recyclers will be sent here.

The corpse recyclers and various dead bodies, the priests responsible for resurrecting the bodies, and the people who have just been resurrected with a confused look, and the adventurers who come to claim the bodies of their companions... If the Novice Square is the most lively place in the maze area, then the resurrection station is the second most lively, and occasionally it will become the most lively place.

In the imagination of Fujimaru Ritsuka and others, this should be a place with a somewhat depressing atmosphere, but the fact seems to be the opposite. At least for the recyclers who come back with the bodies, their faces are full of joy of harvest.

While waiting, they would talk quietly to one side. When they were talking to the point of being happy and their voices were a little louder, they would be scolded by the priests who needed to be quiet. They would smile and shut up. After a while, they would talk quietly again, and the cycle would repeat.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu walked to a treatment room not far away and stopped, watching the operation of one of the priests with some curiosity.

The dead person he was responsible for seemed to have been pierced through the chest by some sharp weapon. The other party first cast a healing magic to repair the wound on the dead person's body. After this step was completed, he cast another magic.

At this moment, from the perspective of the two of them, the dead person's soul, which was difficult to be called a soul separated from the body, completely returned to the body.

Then, the 'dead person' suddenly sat up in shock, showing an expression as if he had a nightmare, and said in a daze:

"Where is this...!?"

They didn't pay attention to what happened next. The two looked at each other, then quietly left the resurrection center and set off again to the second underground floor.

After walking out of the resurrection center, Fujimaru Ritsuka showed a look of realization, and smiled and sighed:

"So this is how resurrection works in the maze, it's much simpler than I thought."

The process of resurrecting the dead is only two steps;

First, treat the fatal injuries of the dead; second, let the soul of the dead completely return to the body, and then wake him up again.

Mashu said:

"But, this is because the most difficult part has been solved by the maze, right?"

"Yes, it is true."

How to ensure that the soul does not leave the body and dissipate after death is the most difficult part of resurrection, and this has been solved by the mad magician, and this is also a super huge magic that covers the entire maze area and will work on every human and subhuman.

From this point of view alone, the power of the mad magician can be said to be very powerful.

"But,"

Mashu asked with some doubt:

"Actually, I don't quite understand why the other party did this?"

The existence of this [immortality] mechanism in the maze greatly reduces the danger of adventurers exploring the maze, giving people a feeling that the other party welcomes people to explore the maze.

But if this is true, why did the other party hide the Golden Kingdom for a thousand years until the king opened the connection between the maze and the ground and appeared in front of people, only then did the maze reveal itself?

"Hmm..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka thought about it and felt that it was indeed a bit strange.

But they didn't know enough about the maze, and now they couldn't make valuable guesses, so Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and said:

"For this question, I'm afraid we can only know it after exploring the deepest part of the maze and meeting the crazy magician himself."

"Maybe there will be a sad and graceful love story behind this matter."

"Love story..."

Mashu couldn't help but look forward to it, and said with interest:

"Then senior, let's continue to explore the maze!"