"Pure white, move along the wall and throw the grenade directly under the feet of the two stone men behind!"

I shouted while using [Feather Step] and [Acceleration] to climb up the walls of the maze.

Behind me, several stone men were swinging their fists wildly. Their huge fists mercilessly pounded the spots I had just passed, leaving shallow craters on the walls.

Being hit by them is no joke.

I wiped the sweat off my forehead and continued shooting [Freezing Beam] behind me.

But to save mana, I aimed my [Freezing Beam] at the joints of the stone men, immobilizing their bodies.

Why not just eliminate them?

Are you kidding me? Do you know how many stone men are chasing after us? At least fifty!

Guardians of Hard Soil

LV

30 Earth Element

The guardians of the underground maze, their defense is their advantage.

Who said defense is their advantage? Clearly, their attack power is only at the level of smashing meat patties!

And their defense advantage is too excessive, isn't it?

At first, only one appeared, and Pure White and I struggled for a long time to pry open its outer shell, then pierced its core with Blood Moon to make it stop.

But after seeing the swarm of stone men coming from all directions, we both turned and ran without saying a word.

Are you kidding me? These guys with such high defense are a nightmare for maze runners. It takes more than ten minutes to defeat them for only 200 experience points, and it's so difficult.

There's really no need to fight them!

And the biggest problem is...

This whole group of enemies can line up and directly withstand all my attacks.

So except for ice magic, which has an effect on them, other magic is basically useless.

"Let's go!"

Seeing Pure White throw the grenade, I quickly rushed to her and pulled her to turn the corner of the next intersection.

With a loud bang! Besides seeing my experience points increase by 400, there were also the roars of those monsters.

"Master, it seems that thing is effective against those stone men!"

Pure White said excitedly.

But we can't defeat them...

But I shook my head helplessly.

"Why, Master?"

"Because that was the last grenade I brought..."

That's right, the grenades I brought this time have been used up, and I've used quite a few along the way.

I didn't expect to encounter so many enemies. In less than a few days, the convenient weapon is almost gone.

Damn it, if I had known, I would have brought hundreds of grenades. They are simply divine weapons.

Seeing those stone men getting closer and closer, I hurriedly ran with Pure White to the next intersection and then turned around to use magic.

"Arcane·Imperial Palace of Ice in the Empire!"

A huge ice wall suddenly appeared in front of us, completely blocking the entire passage of the maze.

The ice wall extended all the way to the ceiling ten meters above, ensuring that the enemy on the other side could not come through.

Of course, they wouldn't do that either, because I could already hear them angrily pounding on the wall, trying to break through.

"Alright, it's a little safer now."

Looking at the ice wall without any cracks, I nodded in satisfaction.

"That's great, I thought it was going to be demolished."

Pure White covered her chest and took a deep breath.

"But isn't the path over there blocked?"

"It's okay, that's not the direction we want to go anyway. To be precise, the path to the east is right here."

I pointed to the other side of the passage.

"Although I don't know if that way is passable, it at least looks normal."

"Yeah, I'll always follow you, Master!"

"Good, good."

I touched her head. Huh? Pure White's hair feels almost like real hair. Who made these Shikigami that are so lifelike?

Could it be the deceased Onmyoji?

Or is it that Shikigami is not created directly like those humanoids, but rather a different kind of existence?

Well, I guess I'll find out when I reach the Eastern Continent.

I kept walking along the walls and surprisingly, I didn't encounter any more forks in the road. Although I changed directions many times, the overall direction was always towards the east.

I felt like the maze was deceiving my sense of direction, but at this point, I didn't want to break through any more walls.

Because these walls can regenerate, do I have to keep knocking them down like a siege hammer? That's too terrifying.

When will I ever finish knocking down this huge maze?

"Question!"

Unexpectedly, a frog made of stone suddenly emerged from the floor in front of me!

I instantly drew out Blood Moon, but upon closer listening, I realized it was speaking.

"Question! Question! Question! If you want to pass through here, you must answer my questions!"

"...What are you?"

"I am not a 'what,' I am the Deep Well Frog, the master of the Death Maze."

"..."

There are too many things to criticize, I don't even know where to start.

But the way it proudly introduced itself, I felt like telling it the truth would be too cruel.

"Cough, anyway, what question do you want me to answer?"

"Question! In short, I ask you a question, if you answer one correctly, you can leave the maze. If you answer two correctly, you gain the right to challenge the guardian of the Death Maze. If you answer three correctly, you receive a special prize from the Death Maze. Are you ready, question!"

This frog looks similar to one made of stone, with a body of earthy yellow color, and the skin on its body, resembling stones, constantly trembling.

What's even more terrifying is that there's a magical symbol next to its name.

Deep Well Frog

Faction: Death Maze

Special element: Indestructible

My goodness, it's actually indestructible. Has the rule of this space started to become strange?

But it doesn't matter, it's just answering questions, no big deal.

"Alright, ask your question."

"What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening..."

"Three legs in the evening, the answer is a human! You, copying the riddle of the Sphinx!"

"What! How did you know the answer! Who is the Sphinx? Question! Question! Clearly, everyone else who entered the maze turned into stone because of this question, how did you know the answer! Question! Question!"

"Anyway, I answered correctly, next question!"

Hahaha, it's actually such a simple answer, that's too easy.

"Please name one component in the air, question!"

"Oxygen?"

"Question! Question!!! Why do you still know! What kind of person are you! Has the intelligence of humans become so high!"

"..."

Is this a joke? This kind of question...

Are you teasing me because my chemistry teacher taught me sports?

"Then! The next question! You definitely don't know the answer to this one! Question! Question! Please state the true age of Miss Blanche Shermunster, who is frozen in the capital of the Ice Continent, starting from her birth. Question! Question! Now you don't know, right!"

"168 + 665 = 833 years old, right?"

"Question?"

That frog clearly froze.

"How...how could you know...question!"

"Sorry, Snow White...she's kind of my summon?"

"Summoned creature!?"

The frog was completely stunned.

"Alright, what's my reward?"

"This can't be! This can't be!"

The frog started screaming and ran away!

"Pure White! Chase after it!"

"Yes, Master!"