Maze Fan: I opened a buffet in the maze

The ball of light floated through the tunnel, followed closely by complicated footsteps.

Navigating through the intricate corridors is a great test of one's ability to control direction, and even an experienced person may lose his way in the dizziness.

"Yes, is it this way?" Yani asked uncertainly.

Norma and Bernoulli behind her looked at each other, somewhat unsure, not to mention Fan Wei, who was going into the maze for the first time.

It seems like I'm really lost, no wonder there's a word "迷" in the word "麻".

"How about we go back first, find a familiar landmark to determine our location, and then set off again?" Fan Wei pinched his chin as he thought. He reasoned based on basic logic. Although this method was reliable, it was time-consuming and laborious.

Fortunately, Team Baimu has other weapons to use.

"Ding ding! It's time to invite our ancient academic expert, Rody, to come on stage!" Yani jumped lightly, feeling proud and speaking with her head held high.

Although she usually bosses her brother around and acts arrogantly, the relationship between the two siblings is actually very good. Especially after Fan Wei's "guidance", Yani has learned to cherish and protect the people close to her.

"Yani, you are exaggerating. I am just learning some ancient knowledge while practicing in the temple."

Rody scratched his face shyly, lowered his head and smiled timidly: "Whether it works or not, we have to try it to know."

"Don't be modest, go check it out."

Pushed by Yani, Rody came to the wall of the corridor and carefully identified the patterns that looked like blooming flowers. Then he turned around and walked forward a short distance, facing another pattern at the fork in the road.

“Great, it works!”

With a hammer on his palm, Rody smiled and said, "Ancient civilizations have their own unique culture. They use different patterns as decorations according to the differences in up, down, left, right, front, back, and status."

"With the maze gate as the origin, the place we are going to is probably the place decorated with golden arc-shaped leaf patterns. Previously, it was white guncotton, but now it has become lantern grass."

"It means we need to continue moving forward to the right."

Is it possible?! Fan Wei was suddenly enlightened. The patterns that others thought were worthless and at most beautiful, in front of knowledgeable people, actually became a signpost to guide the way forward.

It turns out that no matter where you are, knowledge can change your destiny.

"Let's go quickly, it should be almost time, we have to kill at least three gargoyles." Yani urged hurriedly.

Following the direction indicated by Roddy, the building began to change gradually. The corridors became wider and wider, and there were even murals, sculptures and other artistic things appearing on the surrounding walls.

Those people of the old civilization, who are separated from today by who knows how many generations, have had visual contact with the rest of the team through the eyes of these works of art.

"Whoosh——" A cold wind blew from the front, and the patterns on the wall turned into golden arc-shaped flowers.

As the light flowed into the depths, the space before my eyes suddenly became bright.

Outside the passage is a wide and continuous staircase, which looks like a long slope from top to bottom. At the top is a large stone door leading to the building further back.

"Look, those are gargoyles." Norma pulled Fan Wei's sleeve and pointed at the statues squatting on the high stone pillars and eaves.

From a distance, they look like armored warriors, but their faces are like ferocious beasts.

The gargoyle has huge wings on its back and holds a metal halberd or spear in its hand, looking extremely majestic and strong.

"This is a newly discovered ruins stronghold. According to the person who sold the information, it has been explored by several large teams, but they used invisibility magic to bypass it and did not alarm the gargoyles."

"Although all the good stuff has been taken, you can still make some money by taking on hunting missions."

Yani was somewhat complacent. After hearing the gossip, she chose to act decisively and obtained the mission and intelligence. As long as they could successfully consume them, it wouldn't take long for them to be strong enough to impact the second-level maze.

"Uh, did you discover it recently? It doesn't seem to be very far away." Fan Wei was puzzled.

Logically speaking, the maze has been explored for thousands of years. This place is only half a day's walk from the entrance, but it has only been explored now?

"You need to brush up on your common sense, Van." Bernoulli patted his shoulder with a smile.

"The maze is not static. Every time a sidereal year passes, except for the area near the entrance, all parts of the maze will change. Monsters and treasures will also reappear. It's very magical."

"But you must not stay in the maze at this time. Someone once stayed to find out what was going on, but he disappeared after the changes. Even the resurrection spell has no effect."

"Perhaps their souls have been shattered, or perhaps they are forever lost, neither dead nor alive..."

Fan Wei broke out in a cold sweat after hearing such a "magical" description. He felt that the maze was getting weirder and weirder. What on earth was it? What was the purpose of the ancient civilization building it?

Thinking of this, he thought again, there was a complete gap after that civilization. Could it be that not even a single person was left?

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I get a headache every time I think about it." Yani shook her head and pointed to the nearest gargoyle and said, "Follow the battle plan. Lure one at a time. Let's go to the passage and finish it off!"

The team's strength obviously does not allow them to engage in a head-on confrontation with so many gargoyles, so cleverly utilizing the terrain is obviously a good idea.

"Fan, you and Yani ambush on both sides. The gargoyle's weakness is the core under its chest."

Roddy quickly assigned the personnel, with Norma luring and Uncle Bernoulli attacking from a distance, while he picked up the wooden stick and did his best to perform recovery magic for several people, allowing them to return to their peak condition.

Feeling the warmth flowing through his body, Fan Wei gripped the hilt of the knife and waited quietly with Yani on both sides of the intersection of the passage.

Norma, who is small and agile, walked quietly to the bottom of the stairs, took out a slingshot and stuffed it with the magic stone bullets she had purchased.

This magical artifact can cause the gargoyles to become disordered, breaking through area restrictions and chasing down attackers as if they were angry.

"Swish!" The bright blue bullets exploded like fireworks on the outermost gargoyle's head.

There was a buzzing sound, and the ferocious stone sculpture suddenly spread its wings and started moving!

It jumped off the stone pillar with incomprehensible speed and flew towards Norma silently. Only the whistling of the air could be heard. It was as fast as a hunting eagle!

Norma immediately turned around and ran away. Her mission had been completed, and the next step was to escape to the designated ambush area.

The space in the corridor was much smaller than outside, and strong winds rushed in from the entrance. The gargoyles could only move forward by gliding, which slowed down their speed a lot.

If it were an intelligent creature, it would immediately feel cramped and realize that something was wrong, but unfortunately, gargoyles cannot think.

It chased the attacker with the intention of killing her, but Norma dodged the pursuit with a dive as she passed a fork in the road, and at the same time a bright flame ignited in front of her.

"Boom!" The fireball hit the gargoyle's face and exploded, causing it to fall to the ground.

At the same time, two black shadows jumped out from the side, both holding sharp blades and rushing towards him!

"Heavy slash!" Fan Wei took a big step and before the gargoyle could stand up, he hit it twice on the chest, causing fragments to fly everywhere, revealing a silver crystal block wrapped in metal wire.

Yani stepped forward, stabbed her sword into it, and stirred it twice.

The gargoyle that was struggling to stand up suddenly fell back to the ground with a bang as if it had lost its power, and there was dead silence.

"Success?"

The operation went incredibly smoothly. With the perfect combination of intelligence, props, and personnel, defeating the extremely difficult monster became easier than killing a chicken.

"Huhu, it's true!" Yani clenched her fists. "After the test, am I already this strong?"

"Yani..." Rody said with a wry smile, "It's all thanks to everyone's cooperation~"

"You're so long-winded! How could I not know that? But apart from everyone's efforts, I am still very important~" The girl laughed happily, "For the mission and the reward, we have to keep working hard!"

Everyone was in high spirits, but suddenly they heard footsteps behind them.

"Tap - step -"

"Ah~ Is there someone here?" A casual and lazy voice sounded, and the visitors appeared in the distance in the light ball.

There were burly men covered in armor, a tall female magician carrying a staff, warriors holding broadswords, and a young man leading the way, picking his nails with a dagger.

"Really? The blood of the snake people is all over your hands." The young man walked to the front of the Baimu team with a nonchalant attitude and smiled, "So you are hunting gargoyles."

"Dear 'children', are you done? Can you leave now~"

"Next, we'll book the place!"