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There was nothing interesting on the first level of the maze, so we took a break at the rest area halfway, collected some roots and leaves, cooked a meal, and then decided to continue walking down.

We didn't see Laos's team on the first floor. It seemed that we either missed them or they didn't stay on this floor and went directly to deeper levels.

At this time, Laos was still carrying supplies with him into the maze, and he had no intention of being self-sufficient in the maze. No, it cannot be said that he did not have this idea, but the team did not have the conditions for it.

In addition to Laos's interest in monsters, his team was not short of supplies, so there was no need to eat monsters. In the original work, Laos had to eat monsters because all his luggage was lost and he had no money.

Under such conditions, they had to race against time to get into the dungeon, so they could only use local ingredients to solve the food problem. So from the starting point, the maze meal was not so romantic at the beginning, it was just forced by the situation.

However, it is also a kind of romance to be able to eat all the way to save Falin under the pressure of the situation. So the animation content we see appeared.

By the way, the relationship between the second half of the original work and eating is not particularly obvious, but it still plays an important role at key points, and it can be regarded as highlighting the theme of "maze rice".

All in all, the original author is really strong.

Unlike the first floor, the environment of the second floor is full of towering trees. Many of these trees have tree houses built among them, which can provide adventurers with a place to rest.

This maze has been explored for a long time, and the environment on the second floor can be

The logistics were very good as they built floating bridges between the uncles. Therefore, they were not walking on the ground.

"Looking at it this way, the second level of the maze is much easier now, meow." Yakumo looked up at the sky: "This level of the maze is really high. This tree is at least ten stories high, meow."

"And it's still daytime. If I hadn't known we came down the stairs, I wouldn't have imagined that this place was actually underground!" Ying Lili was amazed: "Where on earth is this light coming from?"

"It's probably ancient magic, meow." Yakumo answered Eriri's question while standing guard in front: "This maze is different from some ordinary mazes. It was created by a court magician."

"Although the power of the devil is also used, meow. In addition, the current master of the maze is the elf court magician. Most people think that as long as the elf is destroyed, they can become the master of the maze, meow."

"What are the benefits of being the Lord of the Labyrinth?" Funina also posted: "Like if I were to sit in the position of the Water God?"

"That's hard to say. If you're not bewitched by the devil, you'll probably just be able to manage the maze. But if you're bewitched by the devil and keep fulfilling wishes, you'll release the devil and regain your freedom."

"It doesn't sound like a good thing, just from the name of the devil." Shu's equipment made a clanging sound. The bridge under his feet was shaking slightly, so that Shu's equipment could not be quiet at all.

Shu knew Yakumo very well. If someone was called a devil but actually did something that was not considered a devil, Yakumo would not call him that directly, but would probably call him that in a joking way.

But now that Yakumo so solemnly calls the other party a devil, then the other party's behavior must meet the definition of a devil.

"Yes, meow. After all, it feeds on human desires, so it will try every means to arouse human desires and then fuel human desires. This is an amazing delicacy for it, meow." Yakumo ran into a tree hole to check.

If Laos had not positioned his monster as one that could devour desires, and if that had not happened to fulfill his wish to become the most powerful monster, he might not have been able to defeat the demon at that time.

"This floor... I feel like it's pretty safe." Hiiragi Wutina looked around for a long time but didn't see any monsters: "Have they all been cleared?"

"We are walking on a road built by others, so there must be no monsters around. This does not mean that there are no monsters on this floor. For example, the snake-tail chicken we ate will appear on this floor."

"Snaketail Chicken... I want to eat roast chicken..." Ying Lili smacked her lips. She was deeply impressed by the last time she ate multiple chickens at once.

"If the chicken is smaller, we can make eight-treasure chicken. It just so happens that I brought rice with me this time, and I also picked lotus seeds and other ingredients on the way down."

"But if it's too big, I'm always worried that it won't be easy to steam... But you can give it a try. However, Eight Treasure Chicken is a steamed dish, and it takes a long time, so you need to wait."

"It's okay, I can wait!" Ying Lili wiped the corner of her mouth. She was not Malushiel. As long as it was edible, delicious, and would not cause any problems, she didn't care whether it was a monster or ordinary poultry!

"That's great. If we can really hunt a snaketail chicken, I can make a pair of gloves for Sister Shu." Yakumo thought there didn't seem to be any problem, so he agreed.

"Why don't we make a pair for Funina first? There's nothing wrong with my hands." Shu said, stretching out his hand for Yakumo to see.

Like all members of the Sui family, Shu's hands from fingers to elbows are also different colors. The different colors cannot hide the roughness of his hands. Shu has been working in the fields for many years and suppressing evil spirits for many years. His hands are far from smoother than Xi's.

Although his hands are not like those of an ordinary old farmer, they also have a pair of hands that show the hard work they put in.

"I haven't used the gun for so long, but my hands haven't gotten any worse." Shu curled his fingers slightly: "But Funina is not very good at using a sword, so she should be feeling uncomfortable these days."

Yakumo reached out and touched Shu's palm, then looked at Funina.

The gloves that Finina had worn out long ago were not very protective. After entering the maze, fighting was a common occurrence, and she also had to move things and collect things. There were already several holes on the gloves.

Funina was not sad or dissatisfied because of the damage to her gloves, and she did not say anything about the blisters on her hands.

"Then it's settled, we're going to hunt the snake-tailed chicken-meow."

Chapter 48 Eight Treasure Chicken

A snaketail chicken disappeared in a flash. After knowing the snaketail chicken's weakness, it is not too easy to deal with it. This snaketail chicken is very large, and after peeling the snake part, there is still a lot of snake skin.

"Use boiling water to remove the hair on the chicken, and I'll use the snake skin to make equipment." Yakumo is still wearing the snake skin equipment he made in the previous maze, and the defensive effect is acceptable.

"The skill it comes with is a poison attribute attack enhancement, what a pity..." It would be better if it was a physical strength enhancement or endurance enhancement. If there was an endurance enhancement, maybe it would make Funina's physical fitness a little better.

"Sister Shu, I'll also use a mixture of snake teeth and chicken claws to strengthen your gunpowder, meow." Yakumo took over Shu's gunpowder. Until now, Shu still uses the iron gunpowder.

, It has been a long time since I strengthened it.

Originally, chicken feet alone could not enhance the gunpowder, but with the unlocking of other materials, it can be done by combining several materials. I don't know how many people have encountered the situation when they played Monster Hunter that a certain material needed for enhancement could not be brushed out, resulting in the inability to make equipment.

For example, the fire dragon's reverse scale, various gems, etc. It really gives me a headache every time I brush them.

"It feels like the rifle has become lighter?" Shu weighed the equipment in his hand and it did seem to be lighter than before.

"Because some iron ore was returned, meow." A square iron block appeared in Yakumo's hand: "That's it. The weapon routes are different, so it will be rolled back and the materials will be returned, and then strengthened to other routes, meow."

"This piece of iron... I'll make a katana. I heard that the latest Monster Hunter game allows you to bring two weapons, so I should be able to do it too." Yakumo actually mainly plays the katana in Monster Hunter...

The iron sword was made very quickly, but it was still much shorter than the regular sword, so only Yakumo could hold it just right. Compared with the flexible double swords, the sword in Monster Hunter should actually be the large sword.

Compared to a big sword, this weapon is more flexible, but compared to the double swords, it is still a bit heavy. I will use it when I encounter a bigger monster.

It is more comfortable to deal with monsters nowadays with two swords.

"Okay, let's prepare the Eight Treasure Chicken." Yakumo and his group returned to the tree house with the snaketail chicken. They had just roughly processed it, so now they had to clean it up again, peel off the snake skin, and store the snake meat.

By the way, we also harvested some snaketail chicken eggs this time, which can enrich our food later.

The feathered chicken body is cleaned again. The internal organs have been removed before. At this time, the whole chicken is deboned to ensure the integrity of the chicken as much as possible. Then, the prepared mushrooms, lotus seeds, rhizomes, rice and bacon are mixed, and wine and water are added to steam.

Then stuff the chicken with the eight-treasure ingredients and seal it with a rope. Then put it in a large plate, add cooking wine and ginger slices, cover it and steam it for two hours, then it is ready to be served.

Unlike roasted chicken, steamed Eight Treasure Chicken is not crispy, but tender. The Eight Treasures stuffed into the chicken are fully steamed, and the aroma lingers around the chicken, giving the chicken some of the aroma of the Eight Treasures.

"Here, Commander, eat more, meow." Yakumo tore a chicken leg and put it in Hiiragi Mutina's bowl. She was the youngest and still a junior high school student, which was the period of growing up.

"Everyone, come on, I want to eat some wings, meow!" Yakumo quickly picked up the tip of a wing and put it in the middle, then scooped a spoonful of eight-treasure ingredients for himself and put it in the bowl.

Everyone stopped being shy and took most of the chicken. The eight-treasure chicken was still a little hot just from the steamer, but because of this temperature, the meat of the eight-treasure chicken tasted even more fragrant.

"Huh, huh, huh... It turns out that chicken can have such a rich flavor?" Funina kept huffing. The steaming chicken fell apart with a light bite, and the trapped heat inside was released instantly.

"It's not a complete Eight Treasure Chicken yet. Many of the Eight Treasures ingredients are missing, so it can only be considered an incomplete version." Yakumo replied regretfully: "Red beans and corn are not prepared, and there are no yams, dates, etc."

"That's enough, that's enough. If it's any richer, I can't afford it!" Ying Lili held a chicken wing in her mouth and said, "Most people can't eat such an exaggerated dish, right?"

"Ah? Not really, meow. The price of this dish is affordable if I eat it once a week, but there's no need to do that, meow." Yakumo picked up a few more pieces of meat from the chicken ribs and said, "It's not a full banquet or anything like that. The price isn't that outrageous, meow."

"I think I have to go to Liyue to hire some cooks to bring back to Fontaine..." Fu Nina touched her belly, feeling that she would not be used to eating Fontaine's food after returning. "But, every time we eat so much, we don't seem to be out of shape?"

"Because it's a lot of exercise, meow." Yakumo ate very quickly. "Also, although it looks like it uses a lot of oil, in fact, compared to Fontaine and Western pastries, the calorie content is actually quite low."

Western food often uses a whole block of butter, various cheeses, salad dressings, all of which are high in calories. Desserts are also filled with sugar and cream. What Yakumo can't get used to is macarons, which he used to think were a bit like a noble lady's dessert.

But then a friend gave him a box, and he couldn't eat it after eating one piece, it was too sweet!!

It's just like taking a sip of white sugar.

"We run around in the maze every day, and we have to fight from time to time. This amount of exercise will naturally increase the amount of food we eat. I used to not understand why ancient generals were always so greedy, but now I completely understand."

"If it's not enough, I'll go make snake meat too, meow."

"No, no, no, that's enough. I can't turn everything I eat into magic power..." Eriri shook her head quickly. She was also trying to convert the energy of food into magic power and then burn it.

But this efficiency is a bit low, and she is still practicing hard.

When she can completely change, she might be able to eat as much as Fulilian. Fulilian has a record of eating more than ten steaks in one meal.

"Me too... burp, I'm full too." The second person to stand up was Hiiragi Mutina, after all, her age was there.

"Are you really full? Why do I feel like everyone is on a diet these days?" Yakumo looked at him suspiciously.

Everyone looked at Shu who was still eating elegantly and thought it was not just his illusion.

“Really, really, I’m really full!!” This time, it was Hiiragi Mutina and Eriri who nodded together.

"Okay meow..."

"Actually..." Shu put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth: "This chicken is 1/3 bigger than the one we got in the first maze, Yakumo-chan. Everyone has eaten a little more than usual."

"Maybe it's been too long and no one noticed it. But it also proves that Yakumo-chan's craftsmanship is really good."

Chapter 49: Not a Good Person

Is it really that big? Yakumo himself didn't expect this to be the reason. Because the snaketail chicken he caught the first time was split into several dishes, Yakumo couldn't really be sure how big it was.

"Of course. After all, farming and animal husbandry are my strengths." Shu slowly cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks he had used. "I am somewhat confident about the shape of the poultry. I am sure I am not wrong."

"That's true, meow..." Yakumo also admitted that Shu was right. It seemed that the eight-treasure chicken today was indeed quite heavy, and the remaining portion would be heated up for breakfast later.

"Let's sleep here tonight. There's no need to set up a tent or anything in the tree hole. We can just spread out our bedding and sleep on it, meow." Before going to bed, Yakumo thought for a moment, dragged several large leaves from outside, and hung them at the entrance of the tree hole.

"I'm so thankful there are no mosquitoes in the maze..." Yakumo muttered. Whether it's summer or winter, the most troublesome thing is mosquitoes. It's not so bad in the north, there are not many mosquitoes in winter, but it's really uncomfortable in the south.

Not only mosquitoes, but also a lot of disgusting bugs. Fortunately, such things are basically non-existent in the maze, and you can sleep peacefully even in the tree house without screaming and jumping up at night because of bugs crawling on your body.

If it was in a rented house with a bad environment, it would be very likely. But there were Funina and Eriri in the team, and the two of them often used magic to clean the room several times, and they were really scared by the little bugs they saw for the first time.

Don’t think there were no bugs in the Middle Ages. On the contrary, there were probably a lot of bugs in the Middle Ages. In ancient times, there was a saying of “touching lice” among flower growers. It could also be used to describe celebrities who were not particular about small matters. Yakumo couldn’t understand it.

I didn't sleep well that night. I don't know if it's because it's close to Mandrake Grassland, but there are often shrill screams at night. After becoming Felyne, Yakumo's hearing seems to have improved.

So the screaming all night kept Yakumo awake all night, and he woke up the next morning with dark circles under his eyes.

"What happened last night? Why did I vaguely hear someone shouting?" Funina rubbed her eyes as well. She didn't sleep very well last night.

After more than three hundred years of fear and worry, and without a pillow, Funina felt a little uneasy. After coming here, most of the time when she went to bed at night, Funina would grab something as a pillow.

"I don't know who's been causing trouble at Mandrake, making it all night long." Yakumo also yawned loudly: "My ears still hurt from all the screaming last night, meow."

My ears really hurt, Yakumo rubbed them. The scream of the Mandrake was very penetrating, otherwise it wouldn't be able to shake out a person's soul.

"Do you want to go over and take a look later?" Shu wiped his face with a towel. "If I had just accidentally entered the Mandrake Grassland last night, I wouldn't have disturbed so many Mandrake Grasses."

"Maybe... a lot of people have died there. Let's go take a look and rescue them."

“That’s fine, meow. I also want to see who’s the adventurer that’s dancing in the Mandrake grass area so late at night, meow!” Yakumo decided to see what was going on for the sake of his ears that had been tortured the whole night!

The group quickly finished their breakfast and headed to the Mandrake. The location of the Mandrake was not difficult to find, and Yakumo soon saw a large number of people lying in a mess, estimating that there were three or four teams of adventurers.

"Why are there so many people?" Hiiragi Wutina was floating in the air and felt incredible: "Is everyone hungry at night and came out to pick mandrakes to eat?"

"How is that possible? It looks like they are being threatened to pull out the mandrakes. Look, there are so many holes here." Yakumo searched around and saw many holes left by the mandrakes that had been dug out.

"Besides eating Mandrake, it is also one of the ingredients for potions in many works." Yakumo searched for a long time but did not see the Mandrake that was missed.

"Then do you think..." Furninna asked in a low voice, "Were these people captured and forced to pull Mandrakes?"

"What kind of force can do that, meow?" Yakumo had also thought about this possibility, but the same question still applies: what kind of force can control so many adventurers to risk their lives to pull Mandrake?

"Most people collect mandrakes by using dogs to drag a rope, although this is likely to kill the dog." Yakumo squatted down and examined the body of the deceased.

"These people are probably not adventurers, Yakumo-chan." Shu first checked their hands: "Look, although their hands are rough, it is caused by holding farm tools, not by holding weapons for a long time."

"That is, Farmer Meow?"

"It's more likely that they are slaves." Shu stood up again and said, "Only slaves can be treated so improperly.

People just use them as consumables. Anyway, slaves are the least valuable to those people. "

It's not that there are no slaves in the maze fan. Another supporting character, the dog-headed man in the black-skinned guy's team, was once captured and sold as a slave. So using slaves to fill lives is very common.

If you run out of them, just buy some more. If you die, you’ll be thrown into the maze and you don’t have to worry about the subsequent processing. How can that be bad?

"Do we need to revive these people?" Eriri stood aside holding a magic wand. She knew a little bit of ordinary healing magic, so she could just heal them a little and heal their wounds, right?

"Well, let's restore one first and ask what the situation is." Yakumo nodded.

Ying Lili fiddled with it for a long time before finally waking one person up. Fortunately, these people were intact from head to toe and did not need additional energy to revive.

When I got up and asked, it turned out that he was indeed a slave.

These people were used as consumables. The lord's demand for mandrakes was relatively large and urgent this time. It was impossible to gather the required amount simply by purchasing.

This group of slaves were captured for this reason and used to dig mandrake.