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The earth turned into fault lines, with chunks of land falling into the abyss like broken stones sliding along the crumbling cliff.

Cyclone desperately ran and jumped on these large chunks of sliding rocks.

Following these rocks, sliding down the cliff, Yuna was on one of the distant chunks of rubble.

If he took one slower step or made one wrong move, he would never see her again.

Cyclone knew this, so he ran as if his life depended on it.

He was just one chunk away, just one more jump forward and he would reach the chunk of rubble where Yuna had collapsed.

But it was far, beyond the absolute distance Cyclone couldn't jump no matter how hard he tried.

Cyclone's efforts couldn't make up for his inherent problem – he wasn't agile enough and there were limits even to his utmost efforts.

The dark abyss was already in sight, and Cyclone knew it was running out of time by the return of dust blown from further ahead.

Jumping across would not reach Yuna; instead, he would be throwing his life away.

And then he looked at Yuna again.

The strongest really lived up to the reputation of being the strongest. Even though she had fainted, Cyclone saw some small stones that flew towards Yuna being deflected.

...

After thinking for a moment, Cyclone realized the crux of the problem.

"Damn it! Isn't it now just me who's going to die?!!"

It seemed only Cyclone himself would meet a tragic end. For now, Cyclone could only survive first before making any further plans.

Cyclone ran frantically towards one end of the chunks of rubble, observed the terrain, and then hid in a groove.

He curled up his body, trying to protect himself as much as possible from the impact.

Cyclone closed his eyes and waited in the dark world until the trembling of the earth stopped.

After some time, his whole body felt pain.

"Cough... cough..."

He had survived, miraculously hiding between the chunks of rubble.

"Oh my god..."

But the luckiest thing was not escaping death when sliding down from the mountaintop, but these chunks of rubble, which blocked the giant spikes in front of Cyclone.

It was a trap. To ensure that any creatures that fell down died for sure, the bottom of the valley was prepared with a large number of giant spikes.

But because the front row of chunks piled up at the bottom, all Cyclone could see were scattered spike tips.

"Hmm?!"

In the darkness, Cyclone saw a glimmer of light.

He walked towards the light and discovered a new world.

"What the heck?!"

Purple flames, a man-made passage.

Three times taller and twice as wide as Cyclone.

Located on the Seven Sins Mountains, only the Lust Tower and the Greed Tower had a mysterious passage connecting the Valley of Seven Sins to the City of Seven Sins.

The Valley of Seven Sins was surrounded by several valleys, with only a bridge connecting it. The only land route was the Mist Poison Marsh.

In the depths of these valleys, there was a concealed crack that extended to the Seven Sins Mountains.

However, very few people knew about this passage that had been transformed from the crack.

Because this passage served both as an escape route and a potential ambush route for the enemy.

And now Cyclone found himself at the starting point of the path leading to this passage.

A maze that was built five hundred years ago, the Cyclone Maze.

On both sides of the passage, the purple flames are arranged neatly.

And in the distance, there is a crossroad.

From the left to the right, Cyclone sees four slimes jumping over.

"What!?"

However, on top of these slimes, Yuna is being carried.

"Damn it! I'm coming!!"

Facing these adorable creatures, Cyclone is not afraid at all, especially when there are only four of them.

Immediately, he starts running and catches up.

Turning right, he immediately raises his foot and kicks one of the slimes away.

Then another kick, and two punches.

"Watch how awesome I am~"

With the enemies cleared, Cyclone rates this heroic rescue as a ten out of ten, perfect.

Looking at Yuna, who is still dizzy, Cyclone thinks she looks like a sleeping beauty, terrifyingly beautiful.

"Hehehe!"

Suddenly, a cute sound comes from the front.

Cyclone looks up and sees another slime.

Cyclone raises both hands and jokingly says, "Don't tell me I'm afraid of just one slime~"

After saying that, behind that slime is an area that is not illuminated by the purple flames.

In this darkness, numerous small red lights appear.

Cyclone takes a look and immediately recognizes them as a pair of eyes.

Countless eyes appear, facing this sudden situation, Cyclone slowly lowers his hands and calmly says in the darkness.

"Damn it!"

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