Help! I changed the gender of the male protagonist in the yandere game.

Chapter 136 The Voice of Calling
According to the Ainu people, the "Lost Path" is a huge underground cave dug and excavated by the Krupokru tribe.

These dwarf races only took one day and one night to dig out an incredible huge underground maze.

The maze seemed to extend deep into the earth with the density of an ant nest. Even the Ainu people were not sure how deep it was.

"The entrances to the maze are scattered all over the place. There are quite a few hidden in this big forest. To prevent children from wandering around and getting lost, most of the entrances have been blocked for safety reasons."

The person who spoke was a brown-skinned girl, probably around Ayakashi's age. She gave off an energetic vibe, wearing a white short-sleeved top and matching skirt, black pants, and a waist-length scarf.

This seems to be the traditional dress of the Ainu people. She, acting as a "guide", is explaining it to everyone.

"Well, we'll be heading out next... By the way, is there anyone who has trouble with confined areas or is afraid of the dark?"

She joked with everyone in a half-joking manner.

"Do not worry."

Renjo Senjuro puffed on his pipe, exhaling thick smoke.

"The place we're going to next might be even scarier than the maze. This little inconvenience won't affect us."

He stared at the narrow corridor in front of him with his black pupils, which were a mixture of melancholy and laziness.

"So it is."

The person who spoke to me was an old man, also dressed like a hunter. His square, tanned face was covered with horizontal and vertical wrinkles, as if it had jumped out of a stone. His eyes from under his thick eyebrows were also looking at the entrance to the cave leading to the maze.

"However, the maze is located underground and is full of dangers. There are also some monsters and wandering spirits. Please be careful."

After the sacrificial ceremony, the tribe sent a father and daughter hunter to act as guides for everyone. The young girl hunter was named Lilaila, and her father, the old man, was named Tucker.

They are one of the very few hunters in the entire tribe who are quite familiar with the underground caves of the Krupokru people.

Led by Tucker and Lilaila, the group came to a deep valley with a large chasm near the forest, where there was an entrance to an underground cave.

This is an extremely deep underground passage. The deeper you go, the darker it becomes.

For everyone, the depths of darkness are undoubtedly an "unknown" area that no one understands.

"Let's go."

Ye Ming should be in a good mood now. She drew out the "True World King" from her two swords and lit up a ball of bright blue and white light from the tip of the sword in her left hand.

"Is it better not to use spell lighting?"

Old hunter Tucker sighed.

"There are spirits in the underground maze. They are very sensitive to the wavelength of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy emitted when performing magic will attract their attention."

"is it?"

Ye Ming was surprised.

"Then how are we going to light it?"

"Just use ordinary lamps and candles."

Old hunter Tucker shook the lamp at his waist.

"Okay, we're actually prepared for that."

Lian Zhang quickly added, and then the merchant raised another question: "But why are you two so familiar with the maze? It seems that other Ainu hunters avoid this place as much as possible..."

The maze is a dangerous place. Other Ainu hunters seem to be very taboo about this place, believing it to be full of bad luck.

"Yes."

Old hunter Tucker nodded.

"Although we have the protection of our ancestors, the monsters that have occupied the old territory of the Yuejia Luo clan have indeed caused trouble for us hunters."

"The main thing is that even if the evil god Kotankoro Kamui doesn't leave his nest, his followers will still hunt prey. They eat humans and animals." Tucker's daughter Lila smiled bitterly.

Naturally, this made it difficult for Ainu hunters to hunt in the mountains.

"Lilaila, my daughter, is a girl. Her physical strength cannot be compared with that of an adult hunter. As for me..."

Tucker showed off his right leg, a prosthetic leg made of wood.

"My leg was bitten off by a monster in the mountains. Although I can move with the help of a prosthetic limb, my agility is not as good as before... My daughter and I can only rely on the entrances and exits of the maze, avoid the places where monsters gather, and hunt with traps everywhere."

"I see."

Renjo Senjuro nodded.

Tucker's words were convincing. He had a broken leg and was unable to move around easily, and his daughter was not yet an adult.

In order to facilitate hunting, the two would use mazes to move around, avoiding monsters on the ground and bypassing areas where monsters gathered, moving freely.

"After a while, we spent a lot of time in the maze. Gradually, we got a good understanding of the terrain of the shallow layer of the maze. It was enough for the clan leader to send us father and daughter to the back mountain of Yuejialuo's territory."

Tucker and his daughter led the group deeper into the ground. After entering, they found that the maze was a passage made of loess-colored stones. The deeper they went, the colder the air became.

Baijie found that the ventilation here was unexpectedly good, and the breeze containing the smell of moist soil made his nose itchy.

"I also have a question to ask."

He asked Tucker and his daughter, "The entrances to the maze are scattered throughout the forest. Even if they are well hidden, there is still a possibility of being discovered. Is it possible that monsters don't set foot in the maze?"

"There are some monsters living in the maze."

Tucker's daughter, Lilaila, exuding innocence, explained, "But, for some reason we don't understand, the monsters on the ground won't enter the maze. Conversely, the monsters that have lived in the maze for a long time won't try to leave."

“What happened in the past can also prove this.”

Hunter Tucker briefly explained, "Lilaila and I were being pursued by a surface monster. In our desperate escape, we hid in a maze, and the vicious monster didn't follow us."

"Is that so? It seems this maze is very strange, and it must contain some special mechanism—"

Baijie also looked thoughtful.

In the main storyline of the original work, the existence of the "maze" is also extremely strange. The Krupokru clan is considered to be a magical sub-human race. There are also related records in the official setting collection. They are a clan that can create mountains and lakes in an instant and possesses miraculous powers.

The maze is not limited to the island nation of Mutsu. It can be said that such underground cave mazes can be found all over the country.

For example, in the center of the country, beneath Kyoto, there is a huge underground maze.

In the middle of the story, the protagonists use the "maze" many times to achieve their goals, which is considered a relatively important scene in the game.

"Although this is a shortcut to Yuejia Luo's old territory, it also presents a problem. However, we have enough manpower, so it shouldn't be difficult even if we face the monster that lives here."

Baijie started to think in his mind.

"You have to know that with Hiiragi Hiruko, Renjo, and the three leaders of the Shell Snake Clan here, even a ferocious demon like King Sigala, who is almost at the level of a demon general, is no match for us. The demon in the maze shouldn't be that difficult!"

He is still full of confidence in his team.

……

At the same time, in the maze formed by underground caves, deep in the lake where the underground river flows, the sleeping dark shadows slowly awaken from their slumber.

"Human breath... This is quite interesting."

In the flowing lake water, a huge shadow squirms its winding body.

"My servants, Tucker and Lila... hurry up and bring these new offerings—"

The giant creature in the lake slowly called out.

(End of this chapter)