Chapter 185 (1/2)

Cliff and his troops were lucky. After about an hour, they were able to evade the emerging magic beasts by stumbling into a safe zone. When they saw that the magic beasts, who had just been in hot pursuit of them, were leaving due to the bonfire, they all let out heavy sighs and laughed.

“It is really an escape by the skin of one’s teeth!” Reggaeton opened the box next to the bonfire that was marked as “food,” taking a few pieces of biscuits that were still warm. He distributed them to everyone, chuckling as he spoke. “I really thought we were going to be eaten!”

“Actually, we wouldn’t be. When we encounter any life danger, we would be transported out directly,” Cliff smiled and said. “We were scared stiff earlier, so we never thought about that fact!”

Weisz was chewing on his biscuit when he brought up the sealed bamboo in the box. He twisted open the cap and took a few gulps. He then left everything and staggered towards the tent, mumbling, “I’m soooo tired…”

Everyone felt their weariness suddenly surge at that moment, so they also went to rest in the tent, following his lead. After taking a nap for a few hours, they awoke, then packed up to continue their adventure.

With their previous experience, it went much smoother this time around. At the very least, they weren’t lost!

The man with few words, Johnses, kicked at the disgusting magic beast that looked like a goat. Its face was distorted, as though it had been splashed with sulfur. He asked, “Are you, okay?”

“Should be okay…” Cliff rubbed his waist, then let out a sigh of relief once he felt that the spot where he was knocked earlier didn’t seem to be sprained or fractured.

“I’m okay!” Raggaeton waved his sword, which still had some blood stains on it. “I can still fight another ten of ’em!”

Weisz, who was lying on the ground, raised his hands and bellowed in listless spirits, “Can anyone lend me a hand? I feel like my bones have completely been shattered!”

In actual fact, Weisz’s bones didn’t shatter. They weren’t even fractured! The poor wimp had only sprained himself during the battle.

Regardless, the journey had to be continued. Even if they wanted to give up, they had to reach a safe zone in order for them to be transported back.

Maybe… Being beaten up by the magic beasts, to the point where our lives were endangered, could trigger the rescue mechanism and transport them back?! Why not give it a try?

Of course no one wanted to be the one to try! So, in the end, everyone supported the man that had no integrity, slowly advancing in search of the next safe zone.

However, this safe zone was definitely not one that was easily found. This was due to the fact that there was only a total of thirteen safe zones within the underground maze. There was one in the middle, which was surrounded by the twelve, which were configured in a circle just like a dial.

In between every two safe zones, even via a straight line, it would at least take an hour to walk the distance. And that timing was provided that there was not any interruption on the way, such as an encounter with any magic beasts or traps.

So basically, this was obviously impossible…

After a while, they were hemmed in by another swarm of magic creatures. They were short, fat, and round, with eight short legs and a pair of delicate teeth.

It was a special spider-like magic beast named the round-headed spider. Its level of danger among the spider-like magic beasts was registered as being the very last.

Back then, when Sui Xiong had picked them, he once threw a stray wolf, which had attempted to eat Steel’s pet named Greenie, into a swarm of round-headed spiders. If it had been any other magic beasts, that unlucky wolf would have been lucky to have a few pieces of its bones left.

However, the stray wolf managed to escape alive, even though it was bitten and left with patches of blue and black bruises on its body. Miraculously, it had managed to survive under the siege of a swarm of beasts!

“This is the power of life!” Sui Xiong sighed with emotions, deciding to let the stray wolf live.

It was at that moment that the rounded-head spider became one of the tenants in the underground maze. The form of attack of the magical magic beast was very strong, but its power of attack wasn’t.

In any case, there was never an instance when anyone was killed by it. However, there were a few unluckily ones that were bitten by its small teeth, which actually weren’t sharp at all, thus leaving them with patches of blue and black bruises.

The four youngsters finally got rid of the spider magic beast, but they were now walking with difficulty. They did at least appear to be more strong-willed now, though. Even Weisz had stopped groaning in pain and complaining.

When dealing with pain, humans had two options: either to be conquered by it or to conquer it. People who were conquered by the pain would become weak, while people who conquered the pain would become strong. In the dark, Steel, who was looking after them, nodded in satisfaction. She found the few young men to be very charming.

Throughout the following journey, they came across a few different kinds of magic beasts, as well as a few troublesome traps. They also suffered a lot.

Even though they worked really hard, they only managed to persevere for about three days. In the end, they had no choice but to end their adventure, because they were all simply worn out.

Among them, the biggest problem was their lack of adventure experience. Since the very beginning, they didn’t even realize that they were actually going around in circles within the maze. They were literally meandering around the same small region throughout the whole journey!

“Adventure time, seventy-three hours, round-up; Total points for attack, hundred and three points; Number of time seeking for help, zero; Spoils of War Value, five hundred and sixteen points.”