It felt so good to be close to the witch!

"According to previous records, the strongest person to come to our world through the rift between worlds was only at the level of a second-tier professional."

“This is really interesting…” Roy shook his head and smiled. He stood up and looked at Aranis: “It wasn’t for nothing that I asked you for information. I see that the Holy Mark Diagram you’re cultivating should be from the lineage of the Sun Pope, right?”

"You can make these changes... After the changes, your strength will be greatly improved."

That's all for now, goodbye.

With a wave of his hand, Roy's body transformed into countless specks of light that scattered across the sky.

“…” Even after Roy left, Alanis’s eyes still held a look of shock.

She felt she had gained a lot from the points the other party had just mentioned, after only a brief attempt at trying them out.

But how is this possible? !

An "outsider" has a far greater mastery of the Holy Marksmanship of the Sun God lineage than she has.

After a long while, Alanis, regaining her senses, hurriedly left the study.

She had to report this to the higher-ups at the Church of Purity.

……

After leaving the Church of Purity, Roy went to the Adventurers' Guild.

Led by a young boy guide, he arrived at the entrance to the Sura Maze, a winding underground passage leading downwards.

"My lord, the Sura Maze is extremely dangerous. It is said to have ninety-nine levels, and the deeper you go, the more terrifying the monsters that inhabit it become."

"According to the association's rules, to enter the labyrinth below the 10th floor, one must be at least an Iron-level adventurer."

"Don't worry, little Hu Ke, I know what I'm doing. Just take me this far." As he spoke, Roy tossed a white coin to the little boy.

Those were white coins he exchanged for with magic crystals at the Adventurers' Guild, and one white coin was enough to buy several kilograms of [unclear - possibly a type of food or drink].

For a child like Hu Ke, this level of compensation is just right—not too much, not too little, just right.

"Please be careful. If you need anything, you can contact me. I'm at the Seagull Tavern."

After carefully collecting the white coins, Xiao Hu happily left.

Roy looked at the entrance to the maze before him and stepped inside.

About half an hour later, he left the maze.

Sura's Labyrinth is a B-rank labyrinth. The strongest monster inhabiting it is only at the level of a second-tier professional. For him, he doesn't even need to lift a finger; his gaze alone can crush it (soul pressure).

So after wandering around the lowest level, he turned back.

However, his trip was not entirely fruitless.

Unlike the labyrinth he had imagined, which was made of stone and mud, the Sulla Labyrinth, or the so-called "labyrinth," was essentially a structure similar to flesh and blood.

Its internal space will change; it looks like this today, but it may be different tomorrow.

This renders the map almost useless in the maze.

Another gain was the monsters.

These monsters are similar to magical beasts, but they are much more ferocious. They will attack any enemy in sight without regard for their own life or death.

Having gathered intelligence and explored the Sura Labyrinth, Roy found it essentially worthless here.

He didn't linger, but followed the same path back to the ground shrouded in black rain.

This time, however, his spatial ring contained many sets of "Black Grass Sets," allowing him to walk in the black rain without wasting energy.

Following Alanis's directions, Roy headed east.

He didn't need a compass or anything like that, because soon after he started walking, he saw a colossal tree that stretched to the heavens.

With such conspicuous landmarks, anyone who isn't blind can follow them and reach their destination.

And so Roy continued on his journey.

Speaking of which, I don't know if the Primal Aberrant Beasts are too rare or what, but Roy didn't encounter any more along the way.

Finally, after half a day, with his demigod-level flying speed, he arrived at the foot of the World Tree.

……

Before the World Tree, Roy's body was smaller than an ant.

He looked up at the world's great tree.

He could sense that this World Tree was the manifestation of the will of this world.

Stepping into the shade of the World Tree, not far away lies the city of Vido, far larger than the city above the Sulla Maze.

Roy stopped in front of a 100-meter-tall pure white sculpture. He looked up at the face that was gradually merging with his memory, and a nostalgic smile appeared on his lips.

"It's been a long time, Tristle."

After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

"It's been a long time, my divine messenger." A gentle female voice came, trembling slightly.

Chapter 236 The Origin of the Abyss

"It's been a long time, my divine messenger."

The sudden sound startled Roy.

He raised his head and looked at the statue in front of him, which was emitting a hazy light. In its stone eyes, a warm and human light seemed to appear.

"Tristle, is that you?"

The voice, familiar yet unfamiliar, made him somewhat uncertain.

Compared to the clear, crisp female voice I remembered, this voice had a much deeper, more magnetic, and weathered quality.

"It's me." The tremor in the woman's voice gradually disappeared, but the gentleness remained: "After 125 years, 4 months, 8 days and 16 hours, we have finally met again."

"Lord God's Messenger."

"I am very happy to see you again."

"Me too." Roy's gaze was a little unfocused. After a few seconds, he quickly asked, "Where are you now? I'll come find you."

“I’m sorry, Divine Envoy.” A hint of apology appeared in the voice of the Pure Saintess Tristelle: “I am currently in a very special place, unable to leave and difficult for others to enter. I can only communicate with you briefly through these remaining statues.”

"Are you in the Great Labyrinth of Triyne?" Roy asked in a deep voice.

“You know?” Tristle’s voice showed a hint of surprise, but she quickly returned to normal: “If it’s you, it’s not surprising that you could guess these things.”

"I'm currently at the deepest part of the Great Labyrinth of Trii and can't leave. I'm sorry..."

“It’s alright.” Roy shook his head. “Since you can’t leave, I’ll come find you.”

"Please be careful. There are many monsters and Abyssal variants inhabiting the Great Labyrinth of Tristelle, including some that even a fourth-tier Saint-level professional cannot deal with." Tristelle's voice grew softer and softer, as if her energy for communication was about to run out.

"Don't worry, I'm very strong now." Roy smiled.

“Is that so, I…” Tristle’s voice suddenly stopped. Roy looked up and found that the faint light that permeated the statue had completely disappeared.

"Wait for me." Roy took a step and walked towards the roots of the World Tree.

The unusual activity of the statue of the first saintess quickly reached the ears of the adventurers' guild's higher-ups. However, they couldn't understand why the first saintess, who had disappeared for over a hundred years, would reappear.

……

Marked by the World Tree, Roy soon arrived at Enola, a megacity built on the "Great Labyrinth of Treasure".

This is a supermarket city with a permanent population of over five million, filled with towering buildings and a constant stream of all kinds of magical technologies.

Led by a guide, Roy walked through the bustling streets and looked at something that resembled a signal tower in the distance.

That thing is one of the crystallizations of magical technology, and its name is the Star-Guiding Tower.

Through the guide's explanation, he also understood what so-called magical technology was—it was a unique technology developed based on the magic crystals inside the monsters in the labyrinth as an energy source, covering many fields, with the most applications being in the field of adventure.

The Star-Guiding Tower's function is to construct an invisible network that covers the entire metropolis. With this invisible network as a connection, adventurers only need to wear the "Adventurer's Wristwatch" to interact with the network.

Shopping, task identification, personal status scanning, entertainment, and more can all be accomplished using the Star-Guiding Tower.

In some ways, it has more functions than the Blue Star Network, but its drawback is that its coverage area is limited to the megacity of Enola.

Out of curiosity, Roy went to the Adventurers' Guild to get one to take a look. He discovered that this thing had many convenient functions even without an internet connection, such as real-time attribute scanning and maze map guidance.

The "Maze Map Guidance" function is based on a comprehensive calculation of maps compiled by countless adventurers. Once you enter the Great Maze of Trii, the "Adventurer's Watch" can provide a general entrance and exit guide based on terrain features, vegetation types, and other characteristics.

I can't say this is 100% accurate, but its reliability is over 95%, provided it's within the shallower parts of the Trii Labyrinth.

Starting from the middle level, only a handful of adventurers are able to enter and explore. Even a team of Gold-level adventurers cannot guarantee a complete return.

As for the real-time attribute scanning function, Roy has no plans to use it.

Involving the internet could lead to data leaks, and although he didn't care, he didn't want to cause trouble unnecessarily.

Led by the guide, he soon arrived at the entrance to the "Great Labyrinth of Trii"—a tree hole under the World Tree.

Go in from here and continue deeper, and you will reach the underground level of the Great Labyrinth of Trii.

As the only forbidden labyrinth above S-rank, even the shallowest level of the Cuiyi Labyrinth is home to a large number of monsters powerful enough to threaten second-tier Saint-level professionals.

Furthermore, every multiple of 10 floors is guarded by a terrifyingly powerful lord-like monster.

Only by defeating the boss monster will the entrance to the next level open.

In fact, according to the announcement released by the Enola Adventurers Guild, the current progress of the Trii Great Labyrinth is only up to floor 69. The boss monster on the 70th floor is so powerful that even a large number of people are completely useless.

Roy strolled through the dimly lit passageway, his expression serene.

There are many crystalline substances on the ground here, and with the glowing plants, the light is refracted, so the visibility is quite high.

I have to say, the "Adventurer's Watch" is really useful.

Within ten seconds of entering the first level of the maze, it presented a simplified map.

With the help of the map, Roy arrived at the entrance to the second floor in just one minute, which was much more efficient than wandering around aimlessly looking for directions on his own.

Because of his extreme speed, the monsters that tried to cause him trouble along the way would often disappear from Roy's sight as soon as they lifted their feet.

And so, he made his way to the entrance of the 19th floor.

Stepping inside, Roy shook his head helplessly at the empty lord's room.