Maze Fan: I opened a buffet in the maze

Fan Wei and the girl walked towards the palace that seemed to be above the clouds.

You can only see from a close distance that the patterns on the white palace walls are different from the lightning shapes on the square. There are also many familiar beetle patterns with petal-like patterns on their backs intertwined, surrounded by strong winds and thunder.

"Thunder bug? Why are there traces of thunder bugs here?"

Just as he was puzzled, Fan Wei suddenly heard the rumbling sound of rocks rubbing against each other. The two huge stone statues standing at the entrance of the temple suddenly moved, bending over and approaching with weapons in hand.

"Heretic! How dare you approach the sacred place!" A thick and loud voice rang in her ears, and the two stone statues approached Clara together.

"If you offend the sacredness, you will be sentenced to death!"

"Wait!" Seeing the stone statue guard about to attack, Fan Wei quickly shouted, "She is not an enemy, but my prisoner."

His voice made the statue stop, "Elder...captives?"

The two stone guards spoke in a somewhat dull voice, as if analyzing the logic in the language, "Why did you bring heretics into the temple?"

"Of course it's for the trial." With a calm demeanor, Fan Wei said, "The gods will make the most fair judgment! Do you doubt Her Majesty the Goddess?"

"Goddess, you are supreme. Goddess, you are extremely wise."

As if some key words were triggered, the two guarding stone statues hummed and retreated to their original positions without asking any more questions.

Indeed, in religion, speaking in the name of God works.

Fan Wei escorted Clara as they walked into the palace gate. When they looked up, they saw a tall, white statue of a god. It was a sculpture of a heroic woman with thunder surrounding her body and her feet on the clouds. She had sharp eyebrows and her facial features were majestic and beautiful.

Is this the goddess? I've never seen her before...

In fact, Fan Wei has never seen any goddess. The most common three-life goddess has no specific image, only a divine emblem.

"Someone else came in." A somewhat wooden male voice sounded.

Fan Wei looked sideways and found a table under the statue. There were ten people sitting on both sides, wearing the same blue robes with silver patterns as him.

There was also an old man kneeling at the front, praying under the huge statue.

"Well, two people! Are they finally together?" Another voice was slightly excited, but immediately fell into disappointment, "There is only one elder, how could this happen!"

"It's not that surprising. We've been waiting for so long, and the last elder never showed up."

Fan Wei looked at the group of men and women. They all had expressions of indifference, numbness and fatigue on their faces, as if they were in complete despair.

"Hey guys, can anyone explain to me what's going on here?" he asked carefully.

"Okay, but first tell us what time it is outside now?"

The time outside? Are they also adventurers in a similar situation as himself? Fan Wei opened his mouth to give the date.

"It's been so long..." Heavy sighs were heard, "It's been almost three years since we first came in. We're probably going to disappear soon."

"Newcomer, come and sit down. Who is the girl next to you? Is she a resident you met?"

A bearded man smiled and said, "You got it earlier than the rest of us. It took me two cycles to really let myself go and enjoy myself here."

"This is my companion, Clara. We came in together."

Fan Wei frankly introduced that what he saw in these people was more hopelessness and discouragement, but no malice. "My name is Fan Wei, what is your name?"

"Your Excellency, Westin, Mr. Misr Vane, you said this lady was your companion?"

The uncle named Westin was very surprised, and others also looked over.

"Why, when there were more than eleven in the past, didn't they replace the previous ones in order? How could there be a twelfth adventurer, and he's not an elder?"

A middle-aged lady with faint crow's feet at the corners of her eyes said in disbelief.

Uncle Westin covered his head with his hands, rubbed his cheeks, and suddenly a light flashed in his eyes, "Opportunity!"

He suddenly stood up and said, "An opportunity to gather all twelve elders!"

"Mr. Misr Fan, let me first introduce you to the situation in this city. As you can see, we are stuck in a loop, waiting for a condition to be met."

"That means the twelve elders have arrived to begin the ceremony of worshipping the goddess."

The uncle pointed to the old man kneeling and praying in front of the wide table, "That's the high priest, the guy who summoned us here, but he never said a word after coming here, and he didn't move at all."

"You can ask him questions, but there will be no response. Any attack on him will cause the attacker to disappear directly."

"Is that so? It seems that the twelfth elder will not appear normally." Fan Wei looked at the ten people in front of him who were wearing the same robes as him.

If it were really that easy to get together, there wouldn't be so many people sitting here waiting.

"Yes, I don't know how many rounds have passed. The maximum number of people is only eleven. Once they stay here for more than six years in real time, or nine cycles, they will disappear and wait for new people to come in."

"Every time a new person enters, a new cycle will begin. If the sacrificial conditions are not completed before the sun sets, the cycle will end."

"We would be awake for a while, do something, and then fall into a deep sleep, waiting for the next cycle."

The uncle mentioned that Fan Wei has some symptoms of stupidity, which means that he will be trapped here forever, and his time of wakefulness may not be long. Maybe he will disappear completely after a few times!

"But now there is hope!"

Westin pointed at Clara and said, "As long as we let Miss Clara become the twelfth elder, we can start the sacrifice!"

Westan and other adventurers had made various attempts in the past, but only the elders in this city could enter the temple. Any resident who was ordered to enter or participate in similar matters would be directly rejected.

The appearance of Clara gave them hope.

"What will happen when the sacrifice begins?" This is something that must be asked clearly. Fan Wei can't take Clara to her death.

But this question made the uncle stunned. Everyone lowered their heads dejectedly, looking gloomy and sad. "I don't know. No one has ever achieved it."

"Maybe the goddess will come and fulfill our wish, or maybe everything will end and we will disappear, but really... I don't want to wait any longer, none of us want to wait any longer!"

"You can't even commit suicide here. You won't wake up until the next time."

"And I've been here for more than a year. Are my friends and family still waiting for me? I want to go back, by any means, even if it's just a hope."

Fan Wei was silent. These people's thinking was still normal, but they had been suppressed to the extreme.

Anyone who is thrown here, loses his freedom, and can only see a life that can be counted down, will inevitably feel depressed. Hope is more tempting than anything else at this time!

"But I have to explain that the reason why Clara is not an elder is because she is considered a heretic by the people here."

"I don't know the specific reason, but this may result in your plan not being carried out." Fan Wei felt that it was inappropriate, as it was tantamount to letting the girl take risks.

Who knows if the people here will attack directly when they see the heretic, and whether he can protect her for the third time!

The girl had been quietly holding Fan Wei's hand, but suddenly looked up and said, "I'm willing to give it a try."

In the surprised eyes of Fan Wei, she said calmly, "Sir, you can't end here. We still need you to go back and run our restaurant."

This child...Fan Wei was suddenly filled with a deep sense of emotion.

"You already said it, it's our restaurant! We have to go back together no matter what!"

He held the girl's hand, fell into deep thought, and finally gritted his teeth and stared into Westan's eyes:

"We can try, but if there are any problems, you must first protect me and Clara, at least stop the pursuers and attacks!"

This kind of exchange of conditions is not excessive. After all, in this city, the power of the elders is enormous.

"Don't worry. We would have done it even if you didn't tell us. If we fail once, we can always try again. Life is not that precious here."

Westin smiled, and all ten people, young and old, male and female, nodded.

"Next, we will exercise the authority under the throne of God and convene a meeting of elders!"