Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

Just as Chilchak guessed, Itsuzumi did overhear the conversation between Laos and Kikuro, and learned that Marusil mastered ancient magic. She thought that she might be able to remove the black magic on her body, so she chose to follow them and was accidentally taken into the Golden Country.

However, the answer to this question is already obvious.

Marusil explained again:

"Ancient magic also has various types. My research direction is the magic of absorbing energy from infinite different planes, and the magic of controlling souls is used to create artificial orcs, so I can't help you."

"And in terms of souls, there are still many problems that have not been studied clearly..."

"Just say you can't do it."

Itsuzumi's ears drooped unconsciously, and the hope that had just lit up quickly extinguished, making her feel a little irritated.

But fortunately, that shameful memory was not completely useless. At least based on the conversation she heard in her memory, she found a new target-

Winged Lion.

According to Yaad's description, the other party seemed to have great power, and perhaps it could solve her problem.

However, before that...

However, just as Itsuzumi was thinking about something, a circle of spells on her neck suddenly began to flow, gradually gathered above her head, and formed a Shikigami wearing a terrifying Prajna mask and holding a sharp kitchen knife, holding the kitchen knife high and slashing at her!

"Be careful!"

Looking at Itsuzumi who was unaware, Mashu suddenly stepped on the ground, stepped out a shallow pit, and almost instantly rushed to Itsuzumi's side. Before the attack of the Shikigami fell, the huge shield hit it first, and the Shikigami was instantly blown away!

"Miss Itsuzumi, are you okay?"

"Ah, um..."

Itsuzumi replied in a daze, looking at Mashu who appeared beside her almost instantly and the exaggeratedly large shield in her hand, she felt a little unbelievable.

Holding such a large shield, and being able to have such a speed... Isn't this too exaggerated?

She knew that there was a strong guy like Fujimaru Ritsuka in the other team, but she didn't expect that in addition to Fujimaru Ritsuka, there was actually a hidden humanoid monster!

Fortunately, she didn't take action directly just now...

Izuzumi thought with fear, and for the first time she understood why Maizuru always told her to be cautious. It turned out to be so important.

On the other side, under Mashu's powerful shield attack, the whole body of the shikigami collapsed, and the blade of the kitchen knife in his hand was broken into pieces, but even so, the opponent still did not stop the action, and soon flew back relentlessly, continuing to attack Izuzumi.

"Boom!"

Malucil raised her staff and aimed at the opponent. A blast easily blew the head of the shikigami into pieces, and the remaining body quickly burned and eventually disappeared.

Seeing that the threat disappeared, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Falin asked curiously:

"What was that just now?"

"It looks like some kind of spell."

While talking, Malucil looked at Izuzumi, hoping to get an explanation from the other party.

Itsuzumi stroked her neck and said nonchalantly:

"As you said, it is a curse magic that will automatically activate if the caster does not touch it for a period of time."

"It should be Miss Maizuru's spell."

Malucier suddenly realized and recalled the situation at that time. No wonder Kikuro and the others did not care too much about the other party's defection. It turned out that they had a way in advance.

At this time, Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Itsuzumi:

"What are you going to do next?"

"About... um..."

Itsuzumi raised her eyebrows slightly and subconsciously wanted to say something, but thinking of the other party's terrifying power, she finally overcame her previous bad habits and answered honestly:

"I'm going to find the winged lion. Listening to that little guy's powerful words, maybe it can find a way to remove the curse on me."

Looking for the winged lion...

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and then, Laos couldn't help but say:

"Since we have the same goal, how about joining our team?"

At the same time, he turned to explain to his companions: "In fact, I have always wanted to recruit a dog-headed man as a teammate. Dog-headed people have a strong sense of smell and can often detect the existence of the enemy in advance through smell, which is very helpful for exploring the maze."

"Although the opponent is not a dog-headed man, I think the cat-man's sense of smell should be similar."

"That's right..."

Chilchak nodded in agreement.

Although their team is not afraid of fighting now, detecting the enemy in advance can also avoid useless fighting as much as possible, save time and energy, and speed up their exploration. In this regard, he does not object to Laos's proposal.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and others have similar ideas.

"Join you?"

On the other side, Izuzumi couldn't help but be stunned.

Even when she was in the Hanben family, she preferred to act alone, so she never considered this option, but after thinking about it carefully, she unexpectedly felt that it might be feasible.

At least she was completely convinced by the powerful power of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu.

"That's fine."

After nodding in thought, she warned:

"But let me say this first, we are just a cooperative relationship, don't try to force me to do anything!"

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Izujinmei joined the team smoothly, but there was no joining ceremony, and everyone continued to explore the maze.

The sixth underground floor is an underground waterway expanded from the tunnels dug by the ancient dwarves. It is long and intricate, and is laid under the city like blood vessels. It was also here that the Laos team encountered the fire dragon and was wiped out.

However, looking at the thick snow on the road in front of her and the snowflakes floating from nowhere, Malucier hesitated and said:

"Did we go the wrong way?"

Falin shook her head and said:

"I don't think so. I remember this road. We should have passed by here when we explored last time."

Chirchak was so cold that he shivered and said:

"Since the roads and walls of the maze can be changed, it is not surprising that the environment changes."

"Change the weather..."

Hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but think, and suddenly stretched out his hand and clapped his hands.

The next moment, the snowflakes that were originally falling suddenly stopped in mid-air, and it looked as if time had stopped!

"Hey, what happened?!"

Malucil opened her eyes wide and looked at the strange scene in front of her in surprise. At this time, she only heard Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed:

"It really doesn't work."

At the top of the passage, snowflakes are still being generated continuously. After all, the snow is just an effect created by magic, so she can't really change the weather. She can only control these snowflakes with her ability.

But after hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's speech, Malucil was a little surprised:

"Did you do this?"

"Well, I just want to make a try."

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and removed the ability, then asked:

"How should we go next?"

Although he was a little concerned about what happened just now, when he heard the question, Chilchak still considered it and said:

"By the way, do you want to go to the place where we were wiped out before? If the luggage was not swallowed by the maze, maybe we can pick it up."

"Of course."

Laios nodded quickly:

"And if nothing unexpected happens, the entrance to the seventh floor underground should be there."