civilwarnovels Chapter 679: Bottomless Maze
Chapter 679: Bottomless Maze
Chapter 679: Bottomless Maze
According to the Adventurer's Guild, there have been many sightings of monsters that look very similar to slimes received from various places.
Based on the results of sorting out the characteristic intelligence, it was confirmed to be Walavi.
After the last expedition against Walavi, the guild seemed to have completely recovered the wreckage. Because it was related to the guild's credit, it was hard to imagine that the wreckage would be lost.
In other words, it was not defeated at all?
No, or maybe it would be more reasonable to consider that there was more than one slime from the beginning...
Sena said that the Adventurer's Guild and the Knights are now working together to gather intelligence. The Walavi that was spotted is currently very small, so it won't cause much damage to the surrounding area, but judging from its previous trend, there is a danger of growing.
"In conclusion, before that, I would like to ask you, Mr. Kobayashi, who have experience in subjugation, for help."
"Destroy the bracken cake?"
"Yes."
"Us again?"
"Yes."
Sena bowed slightly with a pleading look and said, "This is just speculation. The multiple super-small Walavi that exist should be individuals that split from the large body that was conquered. If the number increases without permission, it will be very dangerous. Before it continues to increase, we must eliminate them all."
Indeed.
Slime Walavi could eventually expand to the point of swallowing up the entire world. If we ignore it, who knows how much disaster it would bring to the surrounding areas.
"By the way, why us?"
Huihui asked curiously, “Since the guild and the Knights are investigating, I think it would be better to entrust them with the task. Our levels have dropped significantly.”
Sena shook her head helplessly.
"Unfortunately, they don't understand the true danger of Walavi, so their mission is just to gather intelligence. This mission can only be entrusted to Mr. Kobayashi and everyone else who have fought Walavi once. Can I ask you to do it..."
"Even if you say so, we don't want to be in danger. Sorry, please go find someone else."
As soon as Xiaolin finished saying this, he attracted their attention.
"Ah, I know, I know! I'll do it, I'll do it, okay?!"
"Really?! As expected of you, Mr. Kobayashi, I always believed you would say that...!"
Honestly, I really didn't want to agree to it.
But he couldn't refuse Sena's plea... and of course, he couldn't resist his companions' condemnation either.
Now that you have agreed, you must prepare well.
"Well, if we want to chase Valavi, we have to ask Wiz for help. She is the best in ice magic. Anyway, let's call Wiz first."
"Why does the lich's name come up? Are you planning to be a bait for Valavi?"
Aqua looked quite unhappy.
Xiao Lin rolled his eyes at her and said, "You, have you forgotten everything that happened before? The weakness of that bracken cake monster is that it will solidify after cooling. This time it's super small. Although I can solidify it even without Wiz, there are so many of them and I can't handle them all. Anyway, we must have people who can use ice magic, and the more the better."
"Tsk."
The stupid goddess was shocked.
She and Wiz have the worst relationship. It's not that she still hates liches as much as before, but she just feels embarrassed as a goddess to rely on liches to solve such problems.
Although the stupid goddess has long lost her face.
Darkness also asked curiously: "Senna, where did you find Valavi?"
"...They were all found near the maze." Sena said to everyone: "The detailed eyewitness information has been reported to the guild. Please go to the guild to confirm it."
Near the maze?
In a place like that, I might attack monsters again and absorb their magic power.
In other words, if you're not careful, Walavi will become gigantic again.
...Isn't this very dangerous?
In order to avoid that, it would be bad if I don't defeat him quickly.
"Okay, let's go to the guild and ask about the location where it appeared. Let's go, everyone!"
"Oh!"xN
The group headed straight to the guild.
After arriving at the guild, the counter lady Luna seemed to have been waiting for their arrival. When she saw them, she immediately came up to them excitedly.
"We have received reports of small Walavi sightings. This is where they have been seen so far..."
She handed over a form.
When Xiaolin saw this, he frowned subconsciously.
"The nearby ruins, the underwater temple, the decaying fortress, the snowy forest, the Everlasting Summer Temple, the tree maze... Hey, hey, hey, aren't these the places we've been to before?"
"That's all, please."
"Yes Yes……"
After learning the destination of Walavi, they decided to split into three groups.
Besides Wiz and Xiaolin, Youyou can also use ice magic, but she can only use intermediate magic. Although it is not as powerful as advanced magic, it is enough to deal with the super small Walavi.
"Anyway, let's hurry up."
"Ok."
"I-I'll try my best."
They separated.
Kobayashi, Ryuzu, and Aqua came to the nearby ruins and saw the familiar sphere.
"Ah. Yes, it is! Krillin, this is what you mean by super small Walavi!?"
"That's right. If possible, I was expecting that it was a slime that I had mistaken... After all, it's more appropriate to think that it was split from a large Walavi."
"Hurry up and defeat it. We still have other mazes to go to."
"I agree. Speed is the key here."
Krillin's ice magic was activated instantly, freezing it in the blink of an eye, and then Wiz shattered it.
Super simple.
"Okay, as Xiaolin thought, it will be easy as long as we freeze it! And because it is very small, the freezing speed is much faster than the previous big slime. In this case, the battle should be easier than expected."
"If we take some more time, there's no telling when the giant size will appear. Okay, let's hurry to the next maze."
The task of beating slime is not easy.
The fighting process was easy, but the walking process was very hard. It took seven full days to finish.
Everyone gathered in the guild again.
"This is taking longer than I thought. Let's go back and report to Sena first."
"Ah, go back early so she can feel at ease."
Before they could report, Sena came running over quickly. No one knew where she learned the news of their return.
"Haha, great to see you're back... I just discussed future plans with the Adventurer's Guild."
"What are your future plans?"
Xiao Lin and his companions exchanged a glance and asked curiously, "Is there anything we need to discuss? As you said, we have already wiped out the ultra-small Walavi that appeared everywhere..."
"Well, um... it's hard to say, but..."
Sena pursed her lips.
Somehow, I suddenly felt uneasy.
“…Increased.”
"what?"
Xiao Lin didn't quite hear what she said.
After Senna calmed down, she slowly said, "After you left the city, Mr. Kobayashi, we received a lot of reports about the sightings of the Walavi. From what I know, there should be dozens of them."
"Dozens?!"
“Hey, hey, hey, is this true?! Where did this guy come from?!”
"We can't eliminate this number by ourselves. What should we do?"
Aqua and the others were already panicking.
Xiao Lin also felt dizzy. They had spent seven days running around to kill just a few slimes, dozens of them... It couldn't be that from now on, they would be either conquering super-small Walavi or on the way to conquer super-small Walavi every day, right?
Then he will be annoyed to death!
Sena said awkwardly, "I have already requested the guild's assistance. Now is not the time to worry about danger. I also conveyed the information about 'weak ice magic' that you found out, Mr. Kobayashi. With this, the adventurers should be able to fight."
"I'm really grateful to have the help of adventurers, but if it's possible to do this, wouldn't it be better to do it from the beginning?"
"Your strength is not comparable to that of ordinary adventurers. Please understand that this is just an emergency measure."
Her compliments were appreciated, but asking them to do something was just a burden.
"Also, while I ask the adventurers to eliminate Walavi, I would like to ask you, Mr. Kobayashi, to do other work."
"What? Aren't we also going to do the work of bringing down Walavi?"
"Of course, I would also like to ask you, Mr. Kobayashi, but now is not the time to talk about the situation. The additional Walavi discovered this time... there is eyewitness information saying that they all appeared in the same place."
Xiaolin immediately became alert.
Since the Walavi can split and merge, maybe they are planning to merge and then make a comeback.
And the same place...
Could this be the source of Walavi’s appearance?
Sena was also slightly confused and said, "Why did the big one fall down, but the small one appeared? In order to solve this mystery, please help Mr. Kobayashi to investigate the reason. The location is a maze extending from deep underground - the bottomless maze."
Bottomless maze...
Xiaolin touched his chin.
Will Raf appear there, will that be the source of the Walavi production.
Everything is unknown.
"If left alone, the number of small Walavi may increase. Please go there to investigate when you are ready."
"There's nothing I can do... Anyway, let's go take a look."
Xiaolin scratched his head helplessly.
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"Is this the bottomless maze?"
"...It looks like a dungeon. I don't quite understand why it's called the Bottomless."
Aqua hid behind Kobayashi trembling.
Xiaolin also agreed with her point of view.
This place is completely different from the underground maze like the Tower of Babel in "The Wrong Place". It looks a lot like Elden's dungeon, eerie and dark, with almost no lights.
It wouldn't be so scary if it was pitch black, but it was a little bright, making you feel very uncomfortable.
Darkness said, “It’s probably a metaphor for extending deep underground. I’m not sure exactly how far it extends.”
"Anyway, let's go down first. Maybe we can find out why Walavi appeared."
"Okay, let's go..."
Following Huihui's suggestion, the group headed deeper into the dungeon.
The road here is not wide, and at most two people can walk side by side. In addition, the atmosphere is quite depressing and cramped. In short, the more you walk, the more uneasy and anxious you become.
When you come to somewhere.
"Hmm? There seems to be a sign standing here."
"What... 'This place is under lockdown. No persuasion or sales. Intruders who ignore the precautions will suffer, so please don't be angry'... It seems to be Rafe's handwriting."
"Are you kidding me? What are these?"
Everyone seemed very unhappy with it.
Aqua curled her lips and said, "It's so annoying to treat other people's business as a sales pitch... I say, Huihui, what's the matter with you holding the magic wand?"
"I'm a little angry, so I thought about releasing an explosion magic as Raf wishes, as a signal to invade here." Huihui's eyes were shining, and she looked like an evil villain.
Darkness held her down.
“Stop it, Megumin. What’s the point of telling them we’re here?”
"...If it's an underground maze, wouldn't it be possible to bury him alive using explosion magic?"
"Xiao Lin, don't incite her!"
Darkness rolled her eyes at Xiaolin who was adding fuel to the fire and said, "We don't know the exact route here. If there are other entrances and exits, he will just slip away again. Our goal is to investigate the reason why Valavi appeared. It would be great if Raf is here too."
Yes, she is quite right.
Even Laf should understand the principle of a cunning rabbit having three burrows, not to mention that he always runs very fast.
"Then let's investigate the reason why Valavi appeared and then capture Rafe. Okay, let's go."
Xiaolin took the lead and rushed forward.
They didn't know how many floors they had gone down and they were a little confused about the direction, but fortunately there was only one passage and they could return at any time.
Then on one level, they saw something strange.
"……what is that?"
"There seems to be something like a stone statue sitting there. Is that also an enemy?"
All Kobayashi saw was a mass of black stone. When he got closer, he saw that it looked very similar to Graeme.
"But it doesn't seem to be moving? Look, there's no reaction when I touch it."
"So why do you keep touching me? I don't know what will happen!"
Kobayashi cursed at the stupid goddess who had just touched him.
Darkness stood nearby and said, “Everyone, there is a sign here. ‘Dear invader, I’m sorry you didn’t listen to my advice. I wanted to greet you in person, but it’s hard to do now. Please forgive me. Should I say it’s a substitute or something? In order to welcome the invaders, I’m going to transform the stone statue’s guards. Please enjoy it.’… Hmm???”
"The guards who transformed the stone statues?"
"That is indeed the one from before..."
“Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…”
Aqua suddenly yelled, startling them.
What was even more frightening was that the stone statue, which had been motionless just now, slowly stood up at the scream, and its eyes lit up a dangerous scarlet.
Then he grabbed Aqua in his hand.
“No, it’s bad! Xiaolin! Aqua… Aqua was captured by the statue!”
(End of this chapter)