Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today.

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

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

In this maze today, the mad magician has cast some unknown magic to forcibly bind the soul to the dead body, preventing the soul from leaving, that is, staying between the first and second stages, causing a strange situation where the person is dead but not completely 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]. Therefore, the two are constantly fighting against each other, which makes the soul even 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 had a thoughtful expression, but at this moment, a slight noise suddenly came from the direction they came from. The two of them looked in that direction at the same time, and soon, several tall men dressed lightly appeared in their sight.

"It's really here!"

Seeing the bodies of the adventurers at the feet of Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, a smile appeared on their faces, but after looking at Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu, the smile faded a little, and they asked tentatively:

"You are adventurers, right? Are the people lying on the ground your companions?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka shook his head and said:

"No, we're just passing through."

"That's it."

So the other party started laughing again, and quickly called his companions to come forward, and picked up the corpse on the ground with ease. It seemed that they were the corpse collectors.

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

"You two are amazing! With your strength, it should be easy for you 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 for your good words!"

She watched them leave with the body. Although she was still a little concerned, she had another matter to deal with.

"The taste of chicken and snake meat is somewhat similar, so what would a hybrid of chicken and snake taste like?"

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

"We just had barbecue before we came here. How about using the meat to make soup this time?"

"That's a good idea!"

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

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

Mushrooms that have foot-like parts and 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.

But for Fujimaru Ritsuka, the key point is that it is indeed a mushroom.

……

...

They took part of the body and tail of the snake-tail chicken, added walking mushrooms as the main ingredient and the vegetables and seasonings they brought with them, and stewed a pot of snake meat and chicken soup. It has to be said that the taste was very good. Fujimaru Ritsuka highly praised Mashu's cooking skills.

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

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

The resurrection center is located on the underground floor. It is an area that was artificially opened up from the basement of the village church and connected to the maze. All corpses picked up by corpse collectors will be sent here.

There are corpse collectors and corpses in various states coming and going, priests responsible for resurrecting corpses, bewildered people who have just been resurrected, and 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 Center is the second most lively place, and occasionally becomes the most lively place.

In the imagination of Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, this should be a place with a somewhat depressing atmosphere, but the reality seems to be the opposite. At least for the recyclers who came back with the corpses, their faces were filled with joy of harvest.

While waiting, they would chat in low voices, and when their voices got a little louder, the pastors who needed silence would scold them harshly, and they would smile and shut up, and after a while they would start chatting in low voices again, and the cycle would repeat.

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

The deceased he was responsible for seemed to have been killed by some sharp weapon piercing the chest. He first cast healing magic to repair the wound on the deceased's body. After this step was completed, he cast another magic.

At this moment, from the perspective of both of them, the deceased's soul, which could hardly be said to be separated from the body, completely returned to the body.

Then, the 'deceased' suddenly sat up with an expression as if he had had a nightmare, and said in a daze:

"here it is……!?"

They didn't pay any attention to what happened next. They looked at each other, then quietly left the resurrection center and headed back to the second underground floor.

After leaving the resurrection center, Fujimaru Ritsuka showed a look of realization, and exclaimed with a smile:

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

The process of resurrecting the dead is just two steps;

First, heal the fatal wounds of the deceased; second, let the soul of the deceased completely return to the body and then wake him up again.

Matthew said:

"But, isn't this because the hardest part has already been solved by the maze?"

"Well, that's 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 crazy magician. Moreover, this is an extremely large magic that covers the entire maze area and is effective for every human and subhuman.

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

"but,"

Mashu asked with some doubt:

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

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

But if that was true, why did the other party hide the Kingdom of Gold for a thousand years, until the king opened the connection between the maze and the ground and appeared in front of people, exposing the maze?

"Um……"

Fujimaru Ritsuka thought about it and found it indeed a bit strange.

However, they didn't know enough about the maze, and couldn't make any valuable guesses at the moment, so Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and said:

"As for this question, I'm afraid we can only know the answer after we explore the deepest part of the maze and meet the crazy magician himself."

"Maybe there's a sad and beautiful love story behind this incident."

"Love story..."

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

"Then, senior, let's continue exploring the maze!"