The maze was built starting with the mother skeleton replenishing its magic.

After receiving the triple attribute boost from the blessing spell, Martin and Boneka went into overdrive.

Boneka gripped the black sword tightly with both hands, relentlessly swinging it at the Phase Lizard, and for a moment even showed signs of suppressing it.

Thanks to Lance's [Withering Ray LV1] + the quadruple debuff of lizard pregnancy + injury + no mana.

Bone Kaka can be considered to have had a highlight in his life.

Martin was even more resolute. Without arrows, he pulled out his own ribs to use as bullets, drew his bow to its fullest extent, and continuously fired [Explosive Arrow LV3].

The Phase Lizard's health dropped sharply, falling below 400, but stopped at 380.

Martin and Boneburn burned to their last breath, their bones cracking under the scorching light, and they eventually turned to dust.

The cutoff score is 320, and we're only 60 points away!

While the Phase Lizard caught its breath, Lance looked at Angelica. The scene that had just been fiercely fighting now seemed rather quiet.

Angelica felt a chill run down her spine for no apparent reason.

I vaguely remember a scene where only she and Lance were left in the end.

That time she shattered as a shield, and this time the atmosphere isn't quite right either...

Thinking of this, Angelica pretended not to see Lance's gaze, quietly turned around, and tiptoed away like a thief.

He had only taken two steps when Lance grabbed him from behind by the spine and pulled him back.

"No! I don't want to!"

Angelica struggled, kicked, and reached out to hit Lance on the head.

Lance laughed: "I didn't say I was going to do anything."

Angelica decided to gamble on Lance's goodwill, shrinking back, "Really?"

Let me tell you a story.

"Legend has it that deep within the labyrinth lies... never mind, sorry."

Just apologize directly.

Lance threw Angelica directly at the Phase Lizard.

Become the king's sword, Angelica!

[Powerful Throw LV2]

"Eh!"

It's happening again!

Angelica decided to gamble on Lance's goodness, but she never expected that Lance was only evil.

Use the thrown Angelica to attract the Phase Lizard's attention and deplete his last bit of magic.

This is Lance's plan.

As expected, the Phase Lizard, whose intelligence was unknown, decided to use its light magic to deliver one last lightning bolt to eliminate the "threat" before it.

The blue lightning struck Angelica directly as she flew towards him, sending her to the resurrection space.

You're out of mana, aren't you?

It's my turn!

Fireball LV3

Fireball LV3

......

Lance was prepared to use fireballs continuously until he ran out of magic power.

They left themselves no way out, willing to trade one for one to take down the opponent.

As a result, the sixth shot triggered the [Instant Death] finishing effect. The Phase Lizard's four legs stiffened instantly, as if its soul had been ripped out, and it collapsed to the ground without warning.

[Defeat the rare beast Phase Lizard (LV50)]

Experience gained: 1000 points

[Level Up: LV.20 → LV.25]

The "King of the Labyrinth" talent effect has been activated.

[Plunder Skill: Summon Lightning LV2]

As expected, Angelica is the only one who can handle tough battles!

It's a pity that the talent didn't appear, but it's not bad that it revealed a high-level spell. At least now we have a killer move.

After repeatedly confirming whether the phase lizard was truly dead, Lance finally stepped forward.

I noticed something unusual as soon as I got close; the phase lizard's abdomen was constantly swelling and surging.

It seems something is about to come out.

Just as Lance was pondering what to do with the Phase Lizard hatchlings, a voice came from the corpse's abdomen:

"God, someone please help me get out of here!"

The voice was muffled, but it was clear that it was speaking a universal language.

So the phase lizard wasn't pregnant, but rather... just overeaten?

Lance slit open its abdomen with his sword, just as he was about to see which unlucky creature had been swallowed whole by the monster.

A metal sphere, about one meter in diameter, rolled out from the abdomen of the corpse. Its gold-plated surface was covered with a lot of green slime.

Immediately afterwards, the sphere rapidly transformed, growing metal limbs and two mantis-like scythes from its body. On the side facing Lance, two symmetrical red dots flashed, seemingly the location of the eyes.

"Damn it, I guarantee that lizard's stomach was as filthy as the devil's foot!"

The metal spider complained in a mechanical voice with intonation, then looked up at Lance.

"My dearest savior, esteemed gentleman! Please allow me, a fellow gentleman, to extend my highest and sincerest respect to you!"

In the maze, you can see the monsters from the ninth floor from the third floor.

You can even see metal spiders inside the monster's belly, speaking in a completely illogical, mechanical voice with a dubbed accent.

"3413?" Lance asked, puzzled. "Is that your name?"

"My God, look at my terrible memory! I even forgot the most basic courtesy of introducing myself."

Three-Four-One-Three touched its head with its right little hand, if that was its head.

"My name is 3413, that's my name, buddy!"

3413 must be some kind of serial number.

Moreover, he could understand the monster language spoken by Lance, but could only reply to him in common human language.

Surprisingly, the two were quite compatible in this regard.

————"Basic Information"

【Name: 3413】

[Level: LV.10]

[HP: 80/200]

【Magic Power: 200/200】

[Race: Metal Spider]

Occupation: None

——"Racial Talent"

Metallic Lifeforms: First Era subterranean dwarven technology, powered by magic crystals.

--"Skill"

【战斗形态LV1、防御形态LV1、普通形态LV1、危险感知LV10、隐蔽磁场LV10、人类通用语LV10】

Subterranean dwarf technology?

Lance squatted down with great interest to examine the little guy:

"How did you end up being eaten?"

"All I wanted to do was dive down to the deeper levels and eat a magic crystal! That damned lizard swallowed it whole!"

So, does that mean the Phase Lizard's main food is Magic Crystals?

think carefully.

Metal spiders that can speak a common human language, if you can recruit them to act as translators.

That would be fantastic.

"I'm Lance." Lance extended his hand. "Have you ever considered moving to a different place?"

"for example?"

"I run a maze where there is no discrimination, no harm, and as long as you work, you can eat."

Three-Four-One's eyes flashed red light quickly, and then she eagerly reached out her little hand and shook hands with Lance.

"Damn it! I'm so tired of this place!"

[Cave 3413 (LV10) has been recruited to "Kru Labyrinth"]

Sure enough, the method of defeating monsters and then recruiting them is limited to those with low intelligence.

Monsters like 3413, which possess independent thought, can be recruited as long as Lance accepts their invitation.

"How did you manage to survive in the deep layers?"

Lance squatted down and curiously poked him with his finger.

Three-Four-One-Three climbed up Lance's arm to his shoulder, waving his two little hands:

"The first rule of a true gentleman is to keep himself in a safe place!"

As he spoke, a green ripple, resembling a sonic boom, spread outwards from the center of 3413.

"What is this?"

"This is my perception range, my friend." A red light flashed above 3413's head, making a winking effect. "3413 will ensure your safe journey!"

Lance didn't have enough health to cast [Resurrect Corpse], and was originally planning to return to town immediately.

After all, there's still a pushover at home waiting for him to appease him.

Now that I have the skills and guidance of 3413, I'm completely lost.

Why don't we sneak away from the monsters, infiltrate deeper into the layers, get a few magic crystals, and then go home?

Now that Lance has reached level 25, his mana cap has reached 1400 points.

With such a small amount of mana, I can only use the [Summon Lightning LV2] skill twice, let alone explore more distant and higher-level dungeons.

We still need Angelica to replenish our mana; she's only level 10 and already has a mana cap of 5100.

Therefore, 3413 activated [Concealed Magnetic Field LV10], and Lance activated [Disguise LV2].

"Take me to the deeper levels."

"Gentlemen are always of one mind!" 3413 said cheerfully. "To be honest, I haven't seen a talking skeleton in the last thousand years."

"A thousand years?" Lance asked in surprise. "Won't it rust?"

"Absolutely not."

As they chatted, the two set off deeper into the depths, guided by the three-four-one-three principle.

After traversing the ruins of the third floor and the palace of the fourth floor, we finally arrived at Narrans and saw the waterfall through the bats' eyes.

Just by getting close, one can feel the oppressive force of the water plunging into the depths, with splashes hitting the rock walls and spraying onto Lance and the ground.

The corridor was littered with the corpses of many monsters, which actually reduced the pressure on Lance's journey.

As you descend, the sound of the waterfall crashing against the lake becomes increasingly deafening.

The corridor eventually led Lance to a lush forest, where fireflies fluttered overhead and around him, seemingly guiding the exiles to a peaceful place.

In stark contrast to the beautiful and tranquil atmosphere, there were piles of corpses and blood soaking the soil at the entrance to the woods.

There are corpses of monsters and adventurers.

The blood had not yet congealed, indicating that a major battle had taken place here not long ago.

Lance scanned the system panel and found that the attributes of the dead units could not be seen. Lance actually found a human adventurer who was not quite dead yet using this method.

His name is... Harvey?

A level 30 alchemist.

[HP: 100/1800]

Would someone at level 30 dare to venture down to the ninth level for exploration?

Judging from his appearance, he will likely die from excessive blood loss soon.

Lance then checked Harvey's talents and skills.

[Revenge: Upon death, detonates all magic, causing a massive explosion around the body]

屮!

Wait until I'm far away before you die!

Wait, what is this talent?

Berzaha's blessing