Maze Fan: I opened a buffet in the maze

"Divinity is simply a connection with the gods."

Irene stood up and ran to the bookcase with her skirt flying. She opened the magic lock and took out a small statue. "What we need to do is to find a way to block this connection."

The goddess of magic, the deity worshipped by wizards, holds the magic ring that controls the entire world's magic cycle in her hands.

As an orthodox magician, Irene occasionally seeks help from the power of God.

She placed a statue of a moon orbiting in an oblique cross and a star ring in the shape of an hourglass on the alchemy table, placed a fiery red crystal filled with natural magic in front of the base, and chanted the name of the Magic Goddess.

"Lady Star and Moon, goddess of mystery and strange magic, I ask you to cast your gaze upon me and accept my offering."

“I ask you to show your authority and grant me your might.”

"The divine power to drive away the monster before me!"

As soon as the words fell, hazy starlight fell from the statue, and the hourglass-shaped symbol similar to the 'infinity' symbol lit up silver! A powerful divinity radiated out.

"Zi-pa-pa--" The thunder bugs trapped in the glass cover flashed with lightning as if in response to stress.

Then with a hissing sound, all the electric current was swallowed up by the clear starlight. The lines on the beetle's body dimmed and it quickly lost its vitality.

"Thank you, praise the goddess."

She opened her eyes and lowered her cupped hands. The beautiful fiery red crystal had disappeared on the altar. Irene removed the statue of the divine emblem and locked it back in the bookcase.

"One Spark Crystal cost me half a month's salary. It's not easy to ask a goddess for help."

Taking off her glasses, she pinched her brows and smiled bitterly: "I really can't afford it every time."

"Uh, no, is it that easy to summon gods?" Fan Wei felt like he was in a dream, not yet fully recovered from the sight of the gods just now.

Even calling customer service isn’t that easy!

"What else can we do? Gods are not small figures like mortal emperors." Irene said as a matter of course: "They are almost everywhere. As long as the sacrifices are to their liking, they can fulfill all kinds of requests."

"But the strange thing is that no one has ever had a real conversation with the Three Lives Goddess."

"Perhaps mortals cannot understand their language at all."

Pushing Fan Wei's shoulder, the girl with purple eyes thought that his dumbfounded look was very cute.

It seems that Misl Fan has no faith. What kind of environment did he grow up in?

"The thunder bugs are all dead. Fan, try to remove the poison again."

Fan Wei shook his head to regain his attention, and followed Irene's instructions to release the "Toxin Removal" on one of the thunder bug corpses.

The process went very smoothly and a lot of the green toxin was eliminated at once, but he frowned.

Although the poison was expelled, the purple light on the thunderworm also disappeared, and it was no longer a specially treated ingredient.

"Huh? The ingredients are similar to those of ordinary beetles?"

After checking the test data returned by the alchemy table, Irene's face suddenly fell, "Could it be that the effective ingredients were also eliminated during the purification process?"

"Ah! Goddess! Give me my money back!!"

"Give me back! Give me back! Give me back!" The resentful muttering echoed in his ears. It was the first time that Fan Wei saw Irene so angry. The chubby face with her lips bitten made him burst out in laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" Irene asked with her hands on her hips, looking very angry.

"I, I remembered something happy."

Everyone stiffened their lips and tried to look serious. Irene's petite figure was too contrasting, like an angry little groundhog. Although they knew that she could tear everyone present apart with her bare hands, they still couldn't help laughing.

"This little setback is nothing. For a strong woman like me, the thing I fear least is failure!" Trying to cheer herself up, Irene turned her head and said angrily.

"Fan, you have to help me!"

"Okay, okay!" Fan Wei nodded repeatedly. Although he was smiling, he was quite loyal. "Speaking of which, I have an idea."

"There's a famous saying in my hometown that where there are poisonous snakes, there must be an antidote within a hundred steps. Maybe we can go to the original place where the incident occurred and take a look."

"A maze?" After reacting suddenly, Irene's eyes turned and she looked a little worried.

"There are a lot of thunder bugs on the first floor of the maze. Adventurers below level 10 have no place to stand. Although my strength is sufficient, it is still dangerous to bring you along."

"Let's wait a little longer until the Sage Tower issues the commission and the advance team finishes investigating."

"Knock, knock, knock." Just as Irene was speaking, there was a knock on the door. "I'm coming in! Little Irene~"

A somewhat... well, should I say 'obscene' voice was heard, and a tall woman with extremely conspicuous curves, wearing a large wizard hat, walked into the office.

She had long hair that fell to her waist, a restrained flaxen color, an oval face, and slightly narrow eyes.

Under the cloak tied with a ribbon is a white waisted sweater and tight brown trousers. The legs give people a sense of oppression that is out of reach just by looking at them.

"Oh, we have guests~ and afternoon tea! Little Irene actually ate behind her sister's back! I'm so sad~"

The woman came in pretending to cry and teased Irene.

"I'll say it again! Don't call me 'little' Irene! I'm already 33, almost the same age as you!" As soon as Irene saw that woman, she was like a powder keg that had been lit, and her tone was extremely unfriendly.

"What are you doing here, weird woman? Have you been punished by the tower master?"

"Oh, oh, don't say that~ When I said small, I don't mean small in age~" The woman raised her head and chest proudly, and an astonishing sense of oppression came over her!

Irene's pupils shrank, and a staff inlaid with a silver crescent moon and a hexagram appeared in her hand.

"I'm not done with you!!!"

Seeing that a fight was about to break out, the woman quickly changed the subject and stopped poking at Irene's sore spot. "There are two things. One is that we have some preliminary results on the research on the thunder bug."

"Secondly, a group of potion masters just blocked the door and asked me to resign. You should be the minister instead."

"It seems like everyone likes little Irene~"

"Hmph, I guess everyone has discovered that you're unreliable!" Upon hearing the news, Irene smiled in response.

But just when she relaxed, the tall woman suddenly turned into a shadow and appeared behind Irene. In the shadow cast by "Hongwei", a pair of eyes flashed with cruelty and sinister light.

"Hehe, I caught you, little Irene! Let me suck you well~~!"

Bang—the protective magic shield was tightly embraced by the plump arms. Irene looked like she had lost all hope in life as she was hugged and sucked in madly by the woman, like a poor little kitten.

The person's identity has been revealed as he was able to suppress Irene, the deacon.

It was the head of the Potions Department! He was second only to the Lord of the Sage Tower.

"Call me Ms. Vilolinka." The department head let go of Irene, raised his head and smiled at everyone, "Who is the pastry chef that Irene hired?"

There was something dangerous in her smile, and her plump yet tall figure made Fan Wei feel quite pressured.

It was rare to see a lady who was half a head taller than him. To Irene, she was like a little giant.

"Hello, Ms. Velolinka, I made this afternoon tea. I'm not a professional pastry chef, just a friend of Irene."

Fan Wei was neither humble nor arrogant. It seemed that Irene and Vilolinka did not get along well. If she was too humble, she would easily lose face for her friend.

"Friends? What friends?" Vilolinka's eyes flashed coldly, "Could it be a relationship between a man and a woman?"

"Ahem!" Fan Wei coughed violently after being startled. He had never thought about this. Irene could live for hundreds of years! He might die in a few decades. They were not on the same trajectory at all.

Perhaps in the future, the still young Irene will go to the cemetery with Su Fuli to visit him, give him flowers, and reminisce about their youth.

"Humph, it seems you are not going to admit it. Let me ask you, what is your profession? What is your rank? Do you have power? Do you have assets? Are you on the list? Does your annual income exceed 100,000 gold coins?"

Vilolinka's questions came like a string of cannonballs, confusing Fan Wei.

"Why are you asking these questions? Fan doesn't need you to do a background check." Irene snorted, "Stay out of my business!"

"I'm just afraid that you'll be seduced by a heartless man. I've seen some little devils who are the best at winning the hearts of girls."

With his experience, Vilolinka sat on the sofa with his legs crossed and picked up an egg yolk pastry. "Hmm, it tastes good. Come to work at the Sage Tower. I'll give you 2 gold coins a month."

"But stay away from Irene."

"What's your problem with goblins? And who asked you to eat my snacks!"

Irene was really angry. Not only did this guy disrespect her, but he was also so rude to Fan Wei. She deserved to be unpopular in the tower!

"I'm sorry, I forgot you have fairy blood. And Fan, please forgive my bad attitude." The woman's voice was light and contained an indescribable laziness.

"It's not that I want to deliberately squeeze you, but it's just my personality. It's a privilege given to me by magic and power."

"My power allows me to do whatever I want. When I'm in a good mood, I'll apologize to you, but when I'm in a bad mood, I won't."

"You understand, don't you?"

Leaning on the sofa with her hands, Vilolinka was like a thorny, blooming rose, frivolous, hot and dangerous.

She looked at Fan Wei, expecting this man's reaction. Would he suddenly become angry and ashamed, or would he retreat in dismay? It didn't matter. She didn't care.

"I see. You are a strong person." Fan Wei smiled. "But if I may be frank, it will be easy for you to lose friends if you do this."

"....Huh? Aha?"

There was a flash of confusion in her eyes. The department head didn't expect Fan Wei to answer like this. Then she burst into laughter, "Hahaha, you, hahaha~! You are so funny~ Mr. Misr Fan."

"As expected, he is a man who uses Misr as his name. Very good, very interesting~"

Erin glared at her, "You know Fan?"

"Hey, this is the person who directly caused my impeachment. Do you think I would come here without knowing anything? My dear Irene, your strength and ability are not bad, but you are still far from the position of department head."

After stretching his body, Vilolinka opened his eyes.

"Misr Fan, age unknown, origin unknown, appeared in Maze Street nine days ago. Half a day later, he borrowed 5 gold coins from Mira Rowling of Broken Bridge Company to register a restaurant."

"Four days ago, the detoxification of 'Deep Diving Fish' was listed on the Maze Street Record List - Skill List. He is the only master in the world who has completed the detoxification of monsters."

"You are handsome and have a hidden talent. I think I am talking about you."

"Wow, whoever wrote this article, it's so real!" Fan Wei sighed, there are such 'close friends' in the world!

"The point is not the last sentence. Mo Ke added that herself. I don't know if it was for the tower master to see, to urge her to go on a blind date." Vilolinka also showed a speechless expression.

"Needless to say, I'm determined to make friends with this brother!" Fan Wei was so moved that he burst into tears.

"..."

"I don't want to waste time. This time, the guild and the Sage Tower jointly carried out an operation. We have developed a formula for a killing potion to deal with thunder bugs, but the production requires a kind of herb from the first layer of the maze."

"You are on the action list."

"Why?" Before Fan Wei could speak, Irene frowned and asked, "This kind of action doesn't require Fan to use force, right?"

"Of course not, but..."

Vilolinka sighed, "The maze suddenly rioted. Too many thunder bugs caused a chain reaction. One layer of ancient ruins began to move and turned into a real 'maze'."

"The disorder in the space makes it impossible to use the items of the Box God."

"And we don't know how many days the operation will take. We need supplies, cargo capacity, and most importantly, food. Do you understand what I mean?"

A series of changes left Irene speechless. From the time the news came out this morning to now when the situation got out of control, this storm caused by a tiny bug has expanded to this extent!

It has a real impact on the entire Maze Street and is an event that even the top leaders are paying attention to.

"Now there are still reports of thunder bugs hurting people from time to time. Although the tower master has blocked the maze street with a barrier, such a large-scale use of power cannot last long."

"Within a week, we must ensure that all the thunder bugs that have spread outward are eliminated, and they cannot cause greater harm."

Vilolinka said firmly, "This is the result of a joint discussion among all the top leaders. I hope Misr Fan can help."

"Of course, they will not be stingy with rewards, and the team they have assembled is also top-notch, capable of protecting him."

The room fell into silence for a short time. Irene's eyes were filled with calmness and she asked, "Have you figured out the source of the change?"

"I don't know. Perhaps the original witness died in the maze, but we don't know who it was, and there's no way to revive him and ask him. We have to go in to investigate everything."

"Okay, I understand," Erin said, "I want a spot on the team."

Vilolinka's eyes widened, "Are you stupid? You're a research mage, the battle in there will be very dangerous!"

"I'm not stupid at all. My purpose in cooperating with Fan is to study thunder bugs." With a cold face, Irene spoke in a firm voice, and her aura was far more powerful than usual.

"Since all the usual methods have failed, I will enter the maze to find out what's going on."

"In terms of adventure level, I am at least ten levels higher than the upper limit. Even a magician who specializes in combat will not be ahead of me in this situation!"

"......I see."

Vilolinka smiled and said, "You haven't died yet, Irene. Maybe a little accident can help you grow more."

"I will report this to the tower master." She glared at Fan Wei and threatened coldly, "Protect Irene. If I knew she died in front of you, I would kill you again no matter what the result is!"

"Okay, I understand~" Fan Wei was not afraid. He bowed with a weird smile, showing his humor.

Just now I thought Vilolinka was here to cause trouble, but now I realize that she actually takes good care of Irene. Although it may be a bit presumptuous to think so, Fan Wei will also try his best to protect Irene from danger.

Just like he would protect Clara and his teammates.

"Then I have to look up to you." Vilolinka left a message, stood up and left coldly.

Suddenly she stopped, picked up a plate of snacks, and walked out of the room without looking back.

"She always has such a weird temper." Irene smiled helplessly, "Sorry to involve you, Fan."

"No, that's great!" After all, there are countless 'specially processed ingredients' ahead! Even in the game, it takes a series of tasks and plots to unlock them.

With the resurrection technique as a backup, Fan Wei was not too afraid of exploration.

Faced with more challenges, he could only wait.