Chapter 184 (2/2)

“But we don’t need to deal with those magic beasts that are really dangerous, right?” Cliff’s other friend, Weisz, said. “I saw the brochure of the maze, didn’t it say ‘safety guaranteed’?”

“It’s said so, but if the capability of the adventurer team were to be too weak, the adventure wouldn’t last long,” The gatekeeper explained. “Once they encounter danger, the adventure would be ended forcibly. If that happens it means that you wasted your money!”

Speaking of money, the young lads laughed. Reggaeton patted heavily the shoulder of his comrade who was a man of few words.

“It’s rare that stingy John is willing to treat us a taste for feeling of adventure. Even if we were knocked out by a giant dragon right after we entered, it wouldn’t be considered wasted!”

Looking at their strong will, the gatekeeper stopping persuading them but took out a thick booklet for them to register.

“On the top of the page, write down the name of your team… What? You haven’t thought of a team name yet? Then how about using a name that God conferred? There would be additional benefit! … Alright, use the name that God conferred then, let me read the incantation… Mm… The name ‘Sees a White Scientist and Kills Him Immediately’ is quite weird, but the search range of the entire team would increase by one, that is very useful… Alright, confirm taking this name, alright? Write down all four of your names. You don’t have to write it yourself, even if you can’t read and write, it’s okay. I can fill in for all four of you… Lastly, the date. Done.”

He closed the booklet, and smiled at the four as he bowed.

“Registration has been completed. Rest assured! Please enjoy the magical adventure!”

Before he finished the sentence, the ground below the four’s feet suddenly had a big hole, and the four young lads screamed in terror while they fell into the hole out of sight.

With four thumps, they landed on a thick pile of grass.

“Is this perfectly safe? Cliff climbed up, clenching his teeth. He smiled bitterly as he looked at the surrounding buildings in the dark, and he looked up to see the starry “sky” above his head. He couldn’t help but compliment, “This is so magical!”

After a while, everyone gradually relaxed and got up. Then, they realized that they had changed into the outfits of adventurers. Full leather armor, and everyone was equipped with weapons.

“Hey?! These swords look good!” Reggaeton, who was in the weapons business, drew the sword and flicked it with his finger. It gave out a delicate ring in his ear. “The steel material is quite good.”

“According to the brochure, after the adventure has ended, the equipment that we found can be taken,” Cliff said. “Before that, I thought even if the equipment could be taken, it would probably be some metal scraps… From what I see now, this seems quite sincere!”

“Yeah, taking in consideration the equipment’s value, the entrance fee is not that hard to accept.”

Just as they were chit chatting, John withdrew the long gun from the holster behind his back and aimed at a corner in the dark with his guard up.

His action reminded everyone else and they took out their weapons to prepare for battle.

Then, the shadow in the dark shook and a few huge mushrooms that were almost the height at a commoner’s chest walked out, wobbly.

Although these adventurers’ postures were messed up and in the eyes of professional adventurers, they were only a disorderly mob, it wouldn’t be a problem for them to deal with the bunch of huge mushrooms that had short limbs.

After a battle that had no standards at all, the huge mushrooms slowly fell on the ground and turned into remains that had no vigour.

“Phew! Phew!” Reggaeton who put in the most effort in the battle earlier was panting and had yet to recover. He still maintained a nervous situation. “It is… too thrilling!”

“Don’t be ‘thrilled,’ let’s get going.” Cliff, who had memorized the brochure and manual, patted his shoulders. “We need to get to the safe zone as fast as possible.”

Just then, John, who had always been quiet, hung his head low. He took out a short knife from a pocket in his leather boot and cut a piece of the huge mushroom.

“What do you want this for?” Weisz asked.

“This can be eaten,” John said. “We. Need. Food.”

Reggaeton was shocked and said, “These are magic creatures! How can they be eaten!”

“Earthworm flesh, magic creature, 200 gold coins for one order.”

“That’s different!”

“Think carefully about what John said; it does make sense…” Cliff couldn’t help but nod, and cut a small piece with a short knife. He put it under his nose and smelled carefully. “It really does seem edible.”

“All of you are crazy! These are magic creatures!”

In the end, due to Reggaeton’s strong objection, they didn’t bring the remains of the huge mushrooms that could probably be food.

The “Sees a White Scientist and Kills Him Immediately” adventurer team advanced with care in the dark underground. They had no map and they had no idea where they were. Astronavigation that was also considered a highly technical skill among adventurers; they obviously had no idea about it.

Hence, they could only walk around like a headless fly. If one were to look down from the sky, one could tell that they went through buildings or ruins, unconsciously drifting away from the direction they travelled at the very beginning, and started going in circles.

If they were only just walking, maybe they would have realized this. But they were actually not that free. Within ten minutes, they ran into the second bunch of enemies.

These were a bunch of dwarfs that looked red all over, and didn’t look like any kind of man. Every one of them was carrying a suspicious bone club. When they saw them, they suddenly roared with laughter and dashed towards them.

“What should we do? Do we beat them?” Reggaeton suddenly held his sword and asked nervously.

Everyone looked at each other but had no idea what to do.

They made a decision really quickly.

Looking at the enormous number of enemies getting close, the timid Weisz finally couldn’t hold his fear but shouted “Run!” and turned around to flee.

The scream was like a signal gun. All four of them turned around together with their backs toward the enemy, and ran like mad.