Hmm, for the pursuit in this situation, I asked Ms. Mary's companion to create a very convenient tool!
Night vision goggles!
"Pure White, hold on tight, we're about to leave!"
"Huh?"
I put on the night vision goggles and grabbed Pure White.
Then, I eliminated the surrounding light sources!
"Shadow Stealth!"
In the darkness, I was invincible in speed!
After accelerating, I directly rushed behind the Stone Toad.
"M-M-M-Master! It's so dark!"
Pure White in my arms trembled continuously. It seems that this guy is really afraid of the dark.
"Don't worry! Just hold on to me, it will be over soon!"
Saying that, I quickly rushed behind the Stone Toad.
Although the speed is now enough to directly catch it, our current situation... I think it's better to follow it.
Because just now, when it was escaping, I saw the wall in front of it suddenly open and close after passing through. This shows that this guy... seems to have the key to freely navigate through the maze.
But if I directly catch it, it definitely won't directly reveal the exit. But...
Why not follow it?
Passing through several maze walls in a row, the intervals of the maze paths around are constantly increasing. It seems that we are about to reach...
Finally, after passing through the last wall, a field similar to an arena appeared in front of me.
The Stone Toad quickly rushed towards the middle statue! I smiled, accelerated and rushed in front of it, then grabbed it!
"Sorry, but that thing looks very threatening. I can't let you get close to it."
"Question! How did you follow me?"
"Because I saw you running away, so I had to follow you. After all, you promised me a reward. And what about the challenge level? How can you just run away like that?"
"Of course I haven't forgotten the question, but I have to come back to open the challenge level!"
"Are you talking about that statue?"
"Yes, that's right, question!"
"Well, let me solve your worries!"
I pointed to the statue!
"Ice Beam!"
A blue beam of light immediately shot onto the statue. After moving up and down for a while, the entire statue was frozen.
Then I summoned the "Torn Cross" and threw it directly, inserting it on top.
Then there was a crisp sound, and the frozen statue shattered into pieces.
"Ah ah ah, question question! You, you, you, by destroying the statue like this, how can you accept the challenge? Question!"
"So let's consider it as me completing the challenge."
"But this is different from the standard procedure, question."
"So what? To complete the challenge, isn't it about defeating the statue? From the result, I have already defeated the statue, isn't that enough?"
"Question, although that's what you said, I always feel that something is not right, question."
"Don't worry about so many details. Look, the statue is destroyed, and now you can't give trials to others. Isn't it convenient for you to leave here soon?"
"Leave here? But, question, what can I do after leaving here, question?"
"Well..."
I stared at the toad for a long time.
"Besides asking questions, driving statues, and controlling the maze, what else can you do?"
"I can't do anything else, question."
"..."
This child is really pitiful.
"What can you do by controlling the maze?"
"That... question, change the maze's route, change the maze's entrances and exits, change the maze's size, question."
"That's it!"
I smiled.
"How small can you make the maze?"
"Question, probably as small as the size of a stone, question."
"Quick, quick, quick! Change it!"
"Oh... oh, question!"
I put the toad on the ground, and it pointed upwards. The entire maze immediately shook violently, as if there was an earthquake.
Then, the entire maze slowly rose. I had no concept of how it felt before, but when the entire maze rose to about 5 meters above the ground...
The entire maze, with no visible edges, looks like walls with wrinkles!
Things with no visible edges indeed have a unique feeling.
And in the next second.
The entire maze keeps shrinking, like a shrinking sponge, in less than half a minute, the entire maze is reduced to the size of a fist, like a small disk.
"That's it, the problem."
"Impressive!"
I picked up the disk and examined it closely.
The patterns on the roads inside the maze can still be seen.
"What about those stone people inside the maze?"
"Those stone people, the problem, have become part of the maze, those guys are actually part of the maze, the problem."
"No wonder..."
The number and defense power are simply unbelievable.
"But on the other hand..."
I looked around.
"Have you seen any other humans besides us?"
"Other humans? The problem, absolutely not, the problem, in fact, no one has come here for over 40 years except for you guys."
"Is that so..."
It seems that Aliyah and the others didn't fall here.
"How do we leave this place then?"
"The problem, the exit is actually over here, the problem."
The other person pointed to the floor, and then a part of the floor suddenly sank, revealing a staircase leading to the next floor in front of us!
"Hey hey hey! We still have to go down! Where does this place lead to?"
"The problem, I don't know either, because I've been here since birth, the problem."
Well, it looks like we can only go down.
Main quest: Ruins-β completed
Quest objective: Escape from the Maze of Death
Reward: Dagger of Death obtained
