Chapter 394 - The Maze (Part-1) (2/2)
”Ryuu are you alright? You look tensed.”, a voice came to his ears making him turn towards the speaker as he send a glare towards her.
Frost Flames was taken aback at the glare before Ryuu's eyes softened as he spoke in an apologetic tone, ”Sorry this numbers made me a bit tensed.”
Frost Flames nodded at as she spoke with a small smile, ”There is nothing to worry about Ryuu, so why are you so tensed?”
Ryuu pointed towards the number as he spoke, ”The numbers are problematic, and worrisome I do not know who is what but they are worrying me a lot.”
As many paid undivided attention towards him Ryuu continued to speak, ”You see the large number means only one thing that realm is currently prosperous and if they are so much ahead of us then there is a chance for an invasion from their side using their superior numbers especially if that number belongs to Preta realm.”
'Is that why they are attacking randomly, are they testing our defenses?', many thoughts ran rampart in Ryuu's minds but he had no answer to them.
”How are we going to face such a large number of cultivators? Over Sixty Three thousand are you insane we will not make it.”
Ryuu nodded at that as he spoke, ”You are definitely right, facing such a number is suicidal but fortunately we are not at present as such let them fight against each other while we try to find some treasures in this level.”
True-Spear narrowed he send one last look towards the slab before speaking, ”You are forgetting something Brother Ryuu.”, at his words Ryuu turned to look at him with curious look in his eyes, ”Quality over Quantity you are forgetting the age old saying.”
Ryuu shook his head as he spoke, ”No brother no I am not, with enough numbers the quality can be overtaken by quantity and sadly for us….”, he did not finish the sentence as the full implication of his words sank into them.
As they moved towards the exit that led them outside the circular cavern Zywia approached him as she spoke, ”Brother Ryuu if you know about this then is it safe to assume that they know as well, as such they will also know that our realm is weaker and they will inform their seniors and the invasion might occur.”
Ryuu nodded at that as he spoke, ”That is a given as such I can hope that Deva realm are the one with the highest number.”
”So, what will you do if the worst case scenario happens? We cannot let them escape Eden and inform their superiors.”
Ryuu simply kicked a stone in front of him as he spoke with a sigh, ”There is nothing we can do except killing every last one of them and frankly speaking I do not see such a thing occurring given our paltry numbers.”
”Ugh this place is horrible I thought after leaving the swamp behind we will not have to withstand another damp place sometime soon.”
Ryan snorted at that as they stepped into a narrow, dark and damp tunnel as they heard a faint sound of water dripping in the distance.
A few hours later many Devraj shouted out in frustration, ”This place is a Heaven forsaken maze.”
Chianyu laughed at his outburst as he spoke, ”You found out about that just now, we have been going in a circle for a long time is that not right brother Ryuu we already passed by one of your marker thrice.”
A disgruntled Ryuu simply send a small nod to him as one of them spoke, ”Whatever we should keep a cool head and try to figure it out an exit.”
As they moved in circle slowly they began to get frustrated as well as angry and one of them foolishly stepped on a lose stone on the floor which triggered one of the first traps, a portion of the wall slammed cutting the group into half it was only because of Chianyu's reflex who kicked one of the cultivator away that he was prevented from becoming paste on the wall.
But it did not end there for Ryuu's group as another wall boxed them in as the floor collapsed and the ceiling came down on them hard forcing them to move under a few minutes later the walls restored as the other group was taken aback upon seeing that the one in front was missing.