The maze was built starting with the mother skeleton replenishing its magic.

The Church of Frey, Byrondin Branch.

"This is a knight from headquarters, Lady Lilith."

After finishing his sentence, McCann looked at Ethan on his right, his lips twitched slightly, and he forced himself to continue his introduction:

"This is the intelligence-providing beast, Ethan."

This is where believers celebrate Mass. Sunlight streams in through the crystal glass overhead, and in front of them stands a huge statue of Freya.

Its image is that of a woman holding a long sword and a scepter, and with a pair of wings.

"Expelling me from the church was the church's decision; the goddess hasn't abandoned me," Ethan said, shaking his finger at McKinsey.

Then he looked at the girl in the bright silver armor in front of him, crossed his arms over his shoulders, and bowed slightly:

"Greetings, Sir Knight."

"Mr. Ethan, may I ask where you found the diary?" Lilith returned the greeting politely, asking in a clear voice.

"Near Ross Town to the south, there is a low-level maze called 'Kru Maze.' A skeleton in the maze gave it to me."

"What kind of skeleton is it?"

"It's just a regular skeleton."

Lilith nodded, then frowned.

"The witch did indeed flee from west to south to Enneman, and the contents of the diary are most likely true."

"Should we conduct a full investigation of Byronden?" McCann asked.

"Isn't that like telling everyone, 'There's a witch among us who can spread blood curses,' and guess who'll be the next one to mutate?" Ethan rolled his eyes at him.

McCann felt a tickle in his fist.

"Mr. Ethan is right." Lilith took a deep breath. "The investigation must be conducted in secrecy, and the more people are cut into pieces, the better."

Then she looked up at the two bickering in front of her, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin.

He struck a pose he'd inherited from his senior Angelica, tilting his head to the right.

I have a feeling that these two have a pretty good relationship.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"Angelica...Angelica!"

"Ah! I'm here!"

Kru's Labyrinth, Lord's Room.

Angelica, who was deep in thought, was startled by Lance's sudden shout. If Lance hadn't pulled her back, she probably would have crashed into the wall in front of her.

"What are you thinking about?" Lance asked, puzzled.

"I kind of miss a lovely junior colleague from before."

Angelica poked her fingers, looking a little embarrassed as she spoke.

"Don't even think about it," Lance said. "You're a skeleton now. If you encounter her again, she'll just use [Purify the Undead] on you."

"Mr. Lance! That's going too far!"

The little skeleton jumped up and swung its tiny fists to hit Lance on the back.

Then Lance grabbed her by the back of the neck like he was carrying a kitten, or more accurately, he grabbed her spine.

No matter how much Angelica struggled in the air, it was no use.

"That's enough of the jokes." Lance cleared his throat. "Have you remembered everything I told you?"

"I don't remember!"

Angelica turned her head away in a huff.

"Then I'll take your head to the Starfall Maze and let the kobolds there eat it."

To be eaten by kobolds...that would be terrifying!

Angelica obediently told Lance what he had asked her to do.

"The first thing to do was to have everyone dig the maze into the shape of a corridor, starting from the entrance and working outwards in circles."

"The second thing is to have Bruce rest in the deepest part and not go out unless necessary... But will Bruce listen to me?"

"Bruce is our good friend," Lance replied. "And the third thing?"

"The third thing is, if Boneka respawns, assign him to train skeletons."

Several days ago, Boneka had already entered Lance's modification plan, adding a lot of skills to him in one go.

"You remember correctly." Lance put Angelica down and patted her head. "I'll bring you a present when I come back."

"He's not a child," she muttered, then asked, "Will Mr. Lance be gone for a long time?"

"Not necessarily, maybe soon."

In fact, Lance's plan was formulated based on the worst-case scenario.

That was his unfortunate start, dying in the Starfall Maze, and being confined for seven days in the resurrection space.

Therefore, he needed to explain the next phase of the Kru Labyrinth plan in advance.

Having finished explaining, Lance waved his right hand, tearing open a blue rift in space, and then disappeared inside.

Blue glowing mushrooms, a giant mushroom forest, and an annoying big frog.

The first thing Lance did after landing was to activate the [Disguise LV1] skill.

Clinging tightly to a giant mushroom tree, its body mimics the fungus, making its location difficult to detect with the naked eye.

This was a tactic that was planned before we arrived.

After doing all this and making sure there were no monsters or adventurers nearby, Lance began to think.

It has been less than a day since the last collective test flight of the drones.

Lance checked his panel.

[Level: LV.19 (140/190)]

I'm just 50 experience points away from leveling up.

First, try to kill some monsters to gain some experience points, and then level up to 20 to unlock the new class and form.

Lance's target for the massacre was also exceptionally clear—the giant frog.

That is, the group of bastards who ate his drone.

With his strength, dealing with these frogs on the first level should be a piece of cake, but this is a maze after all, so it's not advisable to be too flamboyant.

Lance's appearance is not that of an ordinary skeleton.

If adventurers see this, the guild will issue another quest, "Slay the Mutant Skeleton," causing a large number of high-level adventurers to flood into the first floor.

Lance's account is now completely useless.

Therefore, the guiding principle for this exploration can be summed up in one word.

【stable】.

The priority should be stability.

Maintaining his disguise, Lance began traversing the mushroom forest.

Just as I was about to push aside the mushrooms in front of me, I saw a large frog jumping towards me through the gaps between the mushrooms.

Lance checked its panel.

The Swamp Frog is level 10 and has 200 health points.

Racial talent: Oily skin; Skill: Jump Enhancement LV2.

The lowest of the low.

The swamp frog was hopping around carefree when it seemed to hear a sound behind it. It turned around and saw a black sword flying towards it.

"Quack?"

His head was pierced on the spot.

Because Lance's level was much higher than that of the Swamp Frog, he only received 10 experience points.

Lance stepped forward and drew his weapon. Due to his talent [Black Sword], a skeleton swamp frog emerged from the corpse of the dead swamp frog.

Lance then looked at the skeleton frog, pondered for a moment, and then commanded it to lure the monsters while he used the [Disguise LV1] skill to hunt in secret.

The skeleton frog hopped and skipped as it began to move towards the area near the underground river.

Before me is a new swamp frog, which seems to be daydreaming by the river.

When the skeleton frog hopped in front of him.

"Quack?"

Clearly, the swamp frog was dumbfounded.

I felt that the guy in front of me was similar to me, but he was too skinny, and I didn't know whether I should attack him or not.

The skeleton frog started hopping back, and the dazed swamp frog followed. After hopping for a while, it suddenly discovered the corpse of one of its kind ahead.

Before it could react, the black sword, under the [Volume 2 Throw] skill, flew over again, and the frog was instantly killed.

Experience points +10.

The number of skeleton frogs increases by 1.

Is this the joy of hunting?

However, after eliminating the second swamp frog, Lance never encountered any new frogs, and the two skeleton frogs were nearing their end.

The number of monsters was even less than when the drones flew together earlier. Could it be that adventurers came to the floor after him?

After waiting a while longer, the skeleton frog fell apart, and Lance had no choice but to go out and find prey.

After walking along the underground river for a short while, until the corpses of the swamp frogs began to appear before his eyes, Lance discovered the remaining swamp frogs.

They are currently battling a swarm of giant, bright red bees.

Red Bee, level 12, with 150 HP.

Racial talent: Honey production; Skill: Flight LV1.

The swamp frog clan is fighting with the red bee clan; no wonder there are so few monsters on the first floor.

Just as he was thinking about what to do, the swamp frog and the red bee in front of him suddenly stopped fighting and looked at Lance.

Without any hesitation, the two monsters that were fighting each other joined forces and launched an attack on Lance.

This unusual phenomenon led Lance to a vague guess—the labyrinth's rejection mechanism.

Whether it's adventurers, Lance, or even the labyrinth bats, they are all intruders to this Starfall Labyrinth.

Eliminating intruders should be a much higher priority than anything else.

This perfectly explains why the strange fish was willing to risk the lake flooding to kill the bat that had wandered into the depths of the maze yesterday.

Are they swamp frogs and red bees?

Lance has been focusing on leveling up lately, but hasn't accumulated much practical combat experience.

It's a good opportunity to practice on these monsters.