Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

"In that case, let's eat the meat of the griffin."

"Eh?" ×n

Looking at everyone who showed the same expression of "Are you sick?", Laos scratched his head and laughed:

"I think no matter what the result is, it is better than worrying about gains and losses for a lifetime, right?"

Chirchak complained:

"I think it may also make the psychological shadow bigger."

Although everyone had different reactions to this, some agreed and some disagreed, but Sensi, as the person involved, was silent for a while, and then slowly nodded:

"Yeah, then eat it."

"Sensi..."

Since Sensi had made a decision, they didn't say anything more and started to cooperate in making dishes.

In order to restore the taste at that time, only the simplest salting and then boiling in plain water were needed, and considering that the eagle body and lion body of the griffin might taste different, a part of the meat was taken from each upper and lower body.

While cooking, Laos was still thinking about what happened just now, and asked with some doubt:

"But speaking of it, why did the griffin chase Senxi and the others?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka continued:

"Maybe it's because griffins like to eat horses."

"Indeed, but if that's the case, shouldn't the horses be attacked first? And..."

There are very few adventurer teams that can explore the sixth underground floor, but there are definitely some. However, no one has ever said that there are griffins in the maze before, which is also what makes him a little confused.

At this moment, he suddenly found a purple mushroom growing on the ground next to him, which caught his attention.

Two portions of boiled meat were quickly prepared and placed in front of Senxi. Everyone looked at Senxi nervously, and Senxi himself was even more nervous, but it was too late to retreat now. He gritted his teeth, picked up one of the meat and put it into his mouth to chew.

The next moment, he was stunned, and his expression suddenly became complicated, but perhaps he had expected it in his heart, so he did not feel too strong a shock, but just a sense of loss.

"The taste of the meat... is completely different from that time..."

"Sure enough, what I ate back then was...".

"I don't think we can come to a conclusion right away."

Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly said:

"After all, there is still a piece of meat that hasn't been tasted, right?"

"...That's right."

Although he had already made up his mind, he didn't care anymore since things had come to this point, so he picked up another piece of meat and put it into his mouth to taste it. However, he suddenly opened his eyes wide in shock--

"This taste... I remember this taste...!"

"Eh?" ×n

The people who had originally given up hope also immediately regained their spirits. Marusil showed a surprised expression and happily hugged Senxi and said:

"Did we really eat griffin meat back then? That's great!"

"Yeah!"

Senxi nodded slightly in response, his tone a little sobbing. He didn't expect that he, who thought he had let it go, would find it so difficult to suppress his emotions when he got this answer.

Chilchak also breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously, with his mouth slightly raised. Mashu also looked at the scene in front of him happily, but then she asked with some doubts:

"But, what about the meat just now?"

"Hmm..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked carefully at the two pieces of meat in Senxi's hand, and pondered:

"If I remember correctly, the former should be the meat from the lion's body, and the latter is the meat from the eagle's body."

Farin suddenly realized:

"That is to say, the other party took the meat from the eagle's body at that time?"

"——Maybe so, but I think there is another possibility."

At this time, Laos came over with a piece of raw meat, facing the eyes of everyone, and smiled:

"I think what Senxi and the others encountered at that time might not be a griffin, but a hippogriff."

The upper body of the hippogriff is an eagle, and the lower body is a horse. At first glance, it is indeed very similar to a griffin.

However, griffins regard horses as food, while hippogriffs regard horses as objects for mating. If Sensi and others had encountered hippogriffs at the beginning, it would explain why the other party did not attack the horse immediately.

"Maybe."

In short, after confirming that he was eating the meat of monsters, Sensi's expression was much more relaxed, and he said:

"But we can't confirm it now."

"No, in fact, we can confirm it now."

"Huh?" ×n

Facing everyone's doubts, Laos smiled and showed his discovery - the transformation mushroom.

There is a legend called [Change of Tune] in Chilchak's hometown. It is said that a child went to the forest to play and turned into a troll with the same appearance. For a long time, everyone thought it was caused by magic or curse, but in recent years it was discovered that it was the effect of the transformation mushroom.

After confirming this, the transformation mushrooms on the ground were cleared on a large scale, but just now, he found that there were transformation mushrooms growing nearby!

This explained another doubt of his.

There are clear sightings of Hippogriffs in the labyrinth, but no one has ever heard of seeing a griffin. If the griffin they defeated was actually a Hippogriff that was transformed into a griffin by the transformation mushroom, then many things can be explained.

Let's get back to the topic.

The creatures transformed by the transformation mushroom only need to be transformed again to be transformed back, and the meat in Laos's hand is the meat of the lion's body that he restored. He said excitedly:

"So, let's try it!"

...

It turns out that, just as Laos said, the monster that Sensi and his team encountered was indeed a Hippogriff. When they found out the truth, Sensi's knot that had been buried in his heart for many years was completely untied, and everyone was happy.

After this episode, everyone stayed in the reservoir for one night and continued to explore the next day. They didn't encounter too many troubles along the way. When they crossed the reservoir, a tightly closed golden door appeared in front of everyone.

Marusil couldn't help but exclaimed:

"Ah, this is the door that the island owner asked us to investigate!"

At the beginning, an adventurer team discovered this door that seemed to lead to the deeper part of the maze, but because it had magical power, it could not be opened by conventional methods, so the other party returned to the ground and reported the matter to the island owner.

And the commission they received was to be responsible for copying the magic formula on the door and taking it back to a specialist for interpretation and cracking. However, due to the changes in the maze, they lost their way halfway and encountered the Flame Dragon in a bad state, and were unfortunately wiped out in the end.

Laos walked forward and pushed the door hard. Sure enough, no matter how hard he pushed, it didn't move at all. Even if he just touched it, he could feel the power of magic contained in it.

So, he looked at Marusil and said:

"Can you break the magic cast on the door?"

Marusil came to the door and looked at it carefully, frowning slightly and said:

"Sure enough, it's ancient magic again, but it's not completely incomprehensible. It's just that if you want to break it, it may take some time..."

"How about trying physical cracking?"

At this time, Fujimaru Ritsuka showed the stick in his hand and suggested with a smile:

"Even if there is magic reinforcement, the power that can be withstood should not be unlimited, right?"

"Hmm..."

Everyone thought about it and felt that it made sense, especially when Fujimaru Ritsuka said it, it seemed more convincing.

So Laos and Marusil planned to step aside and let Fujimaru Ritsuka play, but at this moment, Laos's long sword on his waist suddenly trembled by itself.

"Hey, Kensuke?!"