Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

On the first day of exploring the maze, they spent a lot of time on miscellaneous things. In the end, they failed to go deep into the third underground floor. Instead, they stayed on the second underground floor to rest for one night.

Although they were somewhat looking forward to meeting the crazy magician, the two of them did not rush forward desperately. After all, they were here for a trip, so it would be wrong to put the cart before the horse.

So the next day, they continued to set off at a slow pace, just like tourists visiting a maze. Of course, this was indeed the case.

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It took half a day for the two of them to leave the forest on the second underground floor and enter the huge spire connected to the Kingdom Castle. This is the transition area connecting the second and third floors.

There are no monsters on this section of the road, but there are various traps on the seemingly endless spiral staircases and spaced platforms, and the positions of the traps will automatically change every once in a while.

Therefore, this is not only a famous killer section for newcomers, but even veterans will crash here from time to time.

"It doesn't look like it's interesting. Well... let's pass quickly."

Fujimaru Ritsuka stood on the edge of the stairs and looked down. After thinking for a moment, she made a decision that went against her. She took out the Druid's staff and cast several layers of defensive magic on Mashu and herself.

"That should be fine. Let's just jump down."

"yes!"

Without any hesitation, Mashu jumped down from the hole in the middle of the circular staircase together with Fujimaru Ritsuka.

And this scene happened to be seen by a team of adventurers later.

Different from the ordinary team of adventurers, not only are most of the members of this team female, but they also wear distinctive and unique clothing, including samurai armor, kimonos, ninja tights... There is no doubt that they are a group of people from the Eastern Islands. Team.

"Hey, what happened? Two people jumped from here just now?!"

One of the female trolls wearing warrior armor exclaimed:

"suicide?!"

"But there's no need to come to the maze if you want to commit suicide, right?"

"Did you see it wrong...?"

"Ignore them and keep going."

The team members couldn't help chattering, but at this moment, the only tall man in the team wearing a samurai uniform suddenly spoke, ending the conversation.

The other party's face was a little ugly, and his physical condition didn't look very good. Although his expression tried to remain calm, it still revealed some unconcealable anxiety, as if he was nervous about something.

"...Yes, Master!"×n

The atmosphere in the entire team became quiet again. After looking at each other for a while, the team members followed the order and continued to move deeper.

Behind the man, the beautiful woman in kimono frowned slightly, looking at the other man's back with worry that couldn't be wiped away from her eyes, but she could only step forward to follow him.

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In the speed tower area, after reaching the bottom, there is a group of powerful monsters - movable armors guarding the door to the third underground floor.

You need to walk carefully here, trying not to make a sound, otherwise you will be surrounded by a group of movable armors that cannot be killed by physical means, or you will use force to break through.

However, Fujimaru Ritsuka chose to take Mashu and flew quietly over their heads, and then entered the third underground area very smoothly.

The third underground floor is the upper part of the Golden City. Very few new adventurer teams can go deep here in one go, but they often stop here because the types and dangers of monsters active here are higher than those on the second underground floor. There are many more, including movable armor, skeleton soldiers, ghosts, zombies, golems, Mimics, etc...

Not only that, after six years of exploration, most of the treasure boxes and treasures on this level have been looted by previous adventurers. Only the maze changes every once in a while, and some new ones will appear. Chests, but more Mimics.

For most adventurer teams, today's three underground levels are a highly dangerous and cost-effective area, but they have to walk through an area that is quite uncomfortable.

The most important thing is that for Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu, there is neither unique scenery nor anything new here, not even monsters worth eating.

Therefore, they quickened their pace again, turned on the speed pass mode as usual, and reached the fourth underground floor in one breath.

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The fourth underground floor is the lower half of the Golden City and the courtyard. The level of danger has increased again, and the level of development has suddenly decreased. Only a few veteran adventurer teams can reach here, but at the same time, the probability of obtaining rich treasures has also greatly increased.

After reaching the fourth underground floor, they rested for a night, and then finally slowed down and did not choose to go deeper, but stayed here for two days.

Today is the third day since they arrived at the fourth underground floor, and the fifth day since they started exploring the maze.

"Why is it a Mimic again..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka's tone was very disgusting. Seeing this, Mashu on the side smiled and comforted:

"Maybe the next one will be a real treasure chest."

"...Let's stop here. I've almost recognized the reality."

Hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed and said:

"It's better to continue exploring."

One reason they stayed for so long was that there were many interesting monsters on this floor, and another reason was that when they first arrived, they accidentally found a treasure chest. Although they found it was a treasure chest monster when they got closer, it accidentally aroused Fujimaru Ritsuka's interest in opening treasure chests.

So they set a small goal -

to find a real treasure chest with treasures.

However, so far, all the treasure chests they found were treasure chest monsters. It was just a small wish, but it seemed out of reach to realize it.

"The treasure chests on this floor have been almost looted by people, right?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka complained while pulling the corpse of the treasure chest monster out of the treasure chest and began to process the ingredients.

The treasure chest monster looks a bit like a hermit crab, and it tastes like crab meat, especially the claws and legs are very delicious. However, there were too many treasure chest monsters encountered in the past two days. It was okay at the beginning, but it was really unbearable to eat too much.

However, adhering to the principle of "not wasting food", Fujimaru Ritsuka still removed the claws and legs of the treasure chest monster and stuffed them into [Minister's Treasure] for storage. Anyway, it would be the same if they took them out and ate them later.

After dealing with the treasure chest monster, they gathered their mood and prepared to set off again and continue to explore deeper.

But this time, they were a little surprised on the way, because halfway through, they actually met a group of acquaintances——

"Hey, senior, look, it seems that Mr. Kabul and his team are over there!"

Mashu shouted in surprise.

However, at this time, the other party's condition did not seem to be very good. To be precise, all of them were neatly arranged and placed on the side of the road against the wall. It seemed that they were wiped out for some reason.

And when they got closer, they quickly found that they were not dead, but just fell into a coma.

"Did they encounter some monster...?"

Mashu was a little confused, because they had not encountered a monster that could cause this effect yet. Fujimaru Ritsuka scratched his cheek and said:

"Anyway, let's try to wake them up first, and then we will know by asking directly."