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Standing at a crossroads once more, Finn stared silently at the gradually repaired walls, the ancient paintings, and the goblin corpse hiding in a secret compartment behind the paintings.

The maze in front of us, which looks like it's full of human artifacts, is actually part of the 'underground city'.

The consequence of his carelessness was that the goblin ambushed Din when he tore down the ancient painting, slashing his face and nearly blinding him in one eye.

Finn sensed the malice of the labyrinth's creator.

Although the monsters lying in ambush were only goblins below level 2, their threat level seemed to be higher than that of level 3 goblins!

“What do we do… Finn? We’ve even lost our way. Damn it…” Amazonian veteran Bara punched the wall, and there was a cracking sound.

Bara paused for a second, then stared at Finn with a stiff expression.

Click, click, click...

The maze machine's announcement sounded.

Rumble…

Upon hearing the sound, Finn's expression changed drastically: "Run!"

The rumbling grew louder and louder, and then three giant iron balls, each 10 meters in diameter, filled the entire passage, their weight of 800 tons crashing down upon it.

"Quick! Take the side road!"

Finn took the lead and quickly entered the corner, followed by Riveria and Ais.

The veterans arrived late, and the lame Bert almost didn't make it to the corner in time...

Grace stopped, grabbed his battle axe, and chopped it down on the giant iron ball. Sparks flew and the ground trembled violently, but when the second iron ball struck the first, the immense force caused Grace's arms to go numb and his legs to buckle, causing him to roll to the ground.

The third one followed immediately!

“Come back…” Finn appeared behind Grace and pulled his bulky body back into the passageway.

Under the accelerated compression of the third ball, the iron ball disappeared into the darkness at the end of the corridor.

Before Finn could even catch his breath, a scream came from behind him.

Finn turned around and saw Ais and Riveria. Looking at the side of the corridor, he seemed to have discovered something.

"what happened?"

Finn strode forward. This fork in the road didn't lead straight ahead; to its side was a medium-sized cave adorned with fluorite. At the far end of the cave stood a cross, and a figure was bound to it.

"Adventurers? Dark faction? Corpses?" The veterans, unfamiliar with this environment, looked at Finn.

Finn hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "I'll go in and take a look. You guys stay here and meet me."

In this man-made maze, no information can be overlooked.

This place has become a demonic realm far more dangerous than the dungeons, and Finn cannot afford to be careless...

He carefully watched his step, constantly on guard against traps or mechanisms. He raised the magic stone lamp in his hand, his eyes scanning the room.

Besides the kneeling human corpse on the cross in front of us, there are purple mushrooms growing all around.

Just when Finn thought the mushroom was a monster in disguise...

Suddenly feeling a weight on his head, he jerked to the side, and a blade grazed his nose.

"wryyyyy!"

Using the light from the magic stone reflected off the blade, Finn saw the attacker's face...

"Goblin? Another goblin?" Finn frowned, about to raise his hand to deal with the goblin, when he felt a sharp pain in his thumb.

Finn instinctively jumped to the side, and a cloud of gray mist shot out from his shadow, tearing his clothes.

The gray mist spun around him, turned around, leaped high into the air, and charged at Finn once more.

Finn thrust out his spear, but the moment the tip pierced the black mist, he frowned.

It has no substance whatsoever!

puff...

Upon receiving this answer, the black mist pierced through Finn's body, clinging to his shadow once more, and with two more crisp "plop" sounds, blood gushed forth.

In just two seconds, Finn had three gruesome wounds on his body...

His gaze followed the gray mist as it slowly drifted away, alarm bells ringing in his mind: "What...is that?"

Chapter 423 Old Thief!

Level 6!?

The speed exhibited by that black mist, coupled with its ineffective physical attacks, indicated that its combat power was already very close to level 6.

Finn clutched his shoulder, his expression grave as he warily watched the gray mist drifting throughout the room.

"First, use the weak goblins to ambush me, and then, when I'm most relaxed and careless, unleash a deadly attack that I can't possibly resist? This room..."

Finn was muttering something when a click sounded.

He saw that the goblin, which he had subconsciously ignored, was actually standing in his side view, twisting a mechanism.

At the same time, outside the room, the huge metal door slammed down with a 'bang'.

"!"

"Finn! Come out now!"

Grace reacted quickly, wedging the doorway with her giant axe.

Using the height advantage of the dwarves, Finn quickly moved around, dodging the gray mist's attack, and slid out through the crack in the door.

Grace drew his giant axe, and the gate slammed shut.

Finn leaned against the metal door, panting heavily. The veterans quickly pulled out medicine and treated Finn.

"Thank goodness... that thing wasn't a cursed weapon, otherwise, Finn, you would have been crippled too." Bala's face was full of relief.

“That thing can’t use weapons, and in order to maximize the gray fog state, it can’t carry anything outside its body.” Finn said with lingering fear, “I just didn’t expect to be outmaneuvered by a goblin twice.”

A sneak attack from a blind spot on the roof beam; if the sneak attack fails, the attacker becomes bait, providing the best environment for the initial kill in the gray fog. And when all the enemies are on guard against a powerful enemy, the door is closed, forming a closed duel space.

Even two level 6 players could fall victim to this trap if they are careless.

"What should we do, Finn? Go back and keep looking for the way? Or continue along the fork in the road?"

“No,” Ryu warned, “We can’t let monsters of that level go unchecked. If the Dark Faction releases them onto the surface, countless people will die.”

Finn shook his head as well: "If we're talking about levels, this is only the second level at most. According to intelligence, this maze has a total of 18 levels. We can't even get past the second level of the first level, so don't even think about continuing to the next level."

"We need to clear out these monsters along the way. It's unlikely that the Dark Faction could tame so many level 6 monsters."

After saying that, he looked at Rivera: "Can magic be aimed at the inside of a room?"

Riveria nodded, and a magic circle unfolded beneath her feet, covering a maze spanning several hundred meters.

【Snow-covered landscapes, three harsh winters – the ecstatic Fimbulwinter!】

A blizzard of frost swept through the room, making even the dark metal door appear chillingly cold.

Riveria sensed the two monsters within range exploding into dust through the magic circle before withdrawing her magic.

At Finn's prompting, Grace pried open the door, allowing Finn to re-enter the frozen room.

He saw the purple mushrooms around the room, which had turned into frozen purple slime after being battered by the blizzard, and thought to himself, "Just as I thought..."

"Even the environment is filled with murderous intent..."

"Check the mechanisms and any potential traps to prevent a repeat of the same attack." Finn checked the security, beckoned the team closer, and analyzed the designer's malicious intent:

"The enemy likes to use goblins to lull us into a false sense of security. Be careful when you see goblins in the future, and don't let your guard down."

"Damn it, those guys actually hid in blind spots and attacked us. Are they even monsters?" Dain complained, touching the wound on his face.

“These goblins are too smart. Are they heretics?” Grace asked, stepping on the floor and examining the mechanisms in the room.

"It shouldn't be. The heretic doesn't have any repulsive aura, but the goblins here are different..."

Finn was speaking when he suddenly heard a muffled groan.

He turned his head and saw that Bara was bleeding from her abdomen and had fallen in front of the cross.

On the cross, the corpse's long hair fell down, revealing a face full of bones, and these bones actually began to move slowly!

"Damn it, earth-born people?"

"No, that's not right, I can't sense the aura of the magic stone!" Riveria exclaimed in surprise.

Grace had already leaped up and cleaved the skeleton in two with an axe.

The broken bones were scattered everywhere, and there were indeed no magic stones.

"I'm sorry, Finn, I've been infected." Barra was pale, clutching her bleeding abdomen, and covered in sweat.

"Don't speak, receive treatment first." Riveria's wand lit up, and healing light descended.

Finn cautiously picked up the skull and examined it carefully, but indeed found no magic stones.

"These are the remains of adventurers, but why did they attack people?"

“Unless, this skeleton is still alive…” Noal stroked his beard, then, after his guess failed, said, “But how could a person be alive with only bones left?”

Finn's expression was subtle as he threw the skull on the ground and crushed it with force.

"The enemy is too cunning. I didn't expect them to evade the attack of the Gray Mist Fishmen and then resort to such insidious tricks."

Rivera cautioned, "This won't do. Even if we survive these traps, our supplies will run out quickly. We can't waste any more time like this."

“The problem is we can’t find the way at all!” Bert cursed.

Finn pondered for a moment and said, "Rivia, could you please use a magic circle to survey the terrain?"

"That would further deplete my magic power."

"It's alright, it's better than simply wasting the team's physical strength. As for mental strength, it can always be restored slowly."

The main threats in the labyrinth are traps and ambushes. As long as they stay put, ordinary goblins are no match for them and can't even give them a chance to warm up.

Upon hearing this, Rivera nodded, left the room, and returned to the corridor. She then activated her magic circle to carefully examine the surrounding maze.

A magic circle covering hundreds of meters unfolded, increasing the efficiency of mental energy. The mental energy transformed from a ring into a thin line, passing through the complex maze and spreading for thousands of meters, two thousand meters...