Volume 3 Chapter 27 The third floor of the labyrinth
It has been two years since the secret labyrinth in Miya's jungle was discovered, compared to the inaccessible dragon's nest labyrinth and the famous dark forest labyrinth in the Three Realms. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoObviously, this new labyrinth can arouse more interest and hope among adventurers. The information of the infested appearance of the baby dragons and the superb treasures occasionally obtained in the labyrinth not only attracted a large number of adventurers, but also organized armies from the three major countries of the Polar Continent to enter. It's just that, so far, no one has been able to break through the fourth layer of the labyrinth, let alone the secret realm above the rumored nine-layer labyrinth.
In fact, the first two floors at the bottom of the labyrinth alone intercepted almost nine out of ten intruders. The massive number of traps on the first floor eliminated all those who lacked strength, while the high-level monsters wandering in the second tier made it impossible for those adventurers who were lucky enough to avoid the traps to continue to advance, and only the truly powerful adventurers could go further and find treasures in the third tier.
Reger's Gold Hunting Adventure Group is such a group of adventurers with sufficient strength. The strength of the twelfth-level swordsman makes Regel enough to deal with monsters that are one level higher than himself, and in the team, mages, priests, shield swordsmen, archers, assassins, and warlocks are all available, and they can perfectly deal with everything in the first and second layers of the labyrinth. Among them, the mage is an extremely rare twin of different attributes, one ice and one fire, the two mages have reached the sixth order, and the two of them work together to release magic, even powerful monsters above the twelfth order can be killed with one blow. With the strength of the twins, the Gold Hunting Adventure Team repelled the attacks of several powerful monsters on the second layer, and even killed one of them. This also entered the third layer where there are rumored to have treasures.
Although there are rumors of the appearance of treasures in the secret labyrinth, there is no information about the treasures brought out in the first and second layers of the labyrinth. More often than not, the third and fourth layers have information about the existence of treasures, and the number of adventurers who could have entered the third layer is small, and the fourth layer is even rarer. But almost all the adventurers who successfully returned from the fourth layer got a good harvest, and in the third layer, there were also adventurers who got a treasure harvest no less than the fourth layer.
Reger's purpose is to search for treasures on the third level. Although he was confident that his party would be able to enter the third layer of the labyrinth, Regel's confidence did not swell because things went well. Carefully lay out a formation that can fight at any time, and explore in the third layer of the labyrinth.
The construction method of the secret realm maze has changed radically from the third floor, if the first and second layers of the maze are still the so-called cave structure, from the third floor, the structure of the maze has become a small space.
The labyrinth is no longer composed of complex tunnels or passageways, but an entire space that forms an independent geographical environment. The top of the floor uses magic to create a scene of the sky, the sun, moon and stars, and the ground is planted with various plants, giving you the feeling of returning to the surface forest.
From the news that the team that successfully obtained the treasure and left the labyrinth, Regel knew that the third layer was a very special geographical formation, that is, the geographical environment of the seaside woodland, which was very contrary to the common sense of the cave. Most of the entire third layer of the labyrinth space is a plant called a mangrove. This plant usually grows near the estuaries of large rivers and is extremely tolerant of salt and water. The root system is so well developed that not only does it penetrate deep into the ground, but it also lifts upwards on the surface so that the root system is not completely flooded. The ground on the third level is almost entirely made up of water and the roots of this mangrove tree.
This kind of terrain is very unfavorable for humans, and no matter how developed and dense the root system of mangrove trees is, the 'ground' formed is not suitable for human walking. At the same time, because the root system is completely submerged in water, it is impossible to directly cut down trees to form a pathway like ordinary forests, and walking between trees is a serious drain on physical strength, and it is easy to deviate from the direction. However, although the root system of the mangrove plant is developed enough to replace the ground, the trunk of the tree is very soft and tough, although it can barely support people to climb, but once the weight is too heavy, it will bend down like a willow tree, making people slide to the ground.
The good news is that due to this characteristic of the mangrove, the third layer is not infested with those high-level monsters with huge sizes. Similarly, due to the softness of the mangrove trunks, the high-speed monsters in the forest, which are a headache for adventurers, will also be restricted.
The bad news is that the labyrinth is filled with a large number of snake monsters, and a large lake is set up near the entrance to the fourth level. To enter the fourth level, you must find a way to avoid the guards in the lake.
For Rejel's party, there is no need to worry about physical strength, the entire party is composed entirely of men, and twin mages can be mistaken for boxer types if they are not holding staffs. Although snake monsters claim to be monsters, they are still affected by the habits of snakes. Whether it's snake repellent drugs or magic, it will have an effect on these low-level monsters.
The cost of avoiding combat allowed Regel's party to quickly explore a large area on the third floor. As mentioned in the intelligence, the third layer is indeed an item that can be called a treasure, although it is still far from the best, but after only three days of searching, the gold hunting adventure group has harvested enough items to sell tens of thousands of gold coins. Among them, the most valuable is a special mushroom, which has an almost resurrecting effect on some unspeakable disease in men, and is priceless in the human world, and can easily be auctioned for tens of thousands of gold coins. And in the third layer of the labyrinth, this mushroom actually grew on top of a mangrove tree that seemed to have died, except for a red-capped demon snake that was only a fourth-level red cap that was attracted by the mushroom and stationed there, there were no other accidents. After carefully checking the thieves three times to make sure there were no other traps, Regel regretted slashing the demon snake to death with one sword.
A few days later, the intensity of the third-level battle made Regier and his gold hunting party a little arrogant. Without the high-level monsters with the combat specialties of the second layer, the high-level snake monsters are restrained by drugs and targeted magic, making the Golden Hunting Adventure Group live more comfortably on the third layer than on the second layer.
And the harvest on the third layer made the members of the Gold Hunting Adventure Party, including Reger, have the idea of going to the fourth layer to explore: since the treasures of the third layer appear everywhere in this way, will the fourth layer be the same? Since the third layer already has so many valuable items, will there be more valuable items on the fourth layer?
As for the monsters stationed in the lake at the entrance of the third layer to the fourth layer, they have been ignored by the Gold Hunting Adventure Group. In the third layer, he has been fighting against snake monsters, but he has not encountered a single snake monster that is more than level 10. In the hearts of Rejer and the Gold Hunting Adventure Group, even if it was a fifteenth-order snake monster stationed in the lake, they were sure enough to kill it. The members of the group had even begun to imagine what valuable items could be obtained from a fifteenth-level snake monster.
This beautiful illusion was shattered when the Gold Hunting Adventure Party first arrived near the lake.
In Regel's incredulous eyes, a young man who was inferior to him in any way he looked at it used his strange skills to destroy his limbs in less than thirty seconds of fighting. The shield warriors and thieves who wanted to come forward to support were trapped into rice dumplings by the suddenly activated mangrove branches, and judging from the blood oozing from the branches, even if they were not dead, they were probably already severely damaged. And the rest of the members were even more miserable, countless icicles shot from the sky from their feet, and even from all directions, piercing the triple magic shields of the twin mages and priests like piercing paper, and piercing the remaining members into ice hedgehogs.
"You are...... Who and why...... Want...... Raid...... We?" Regger was discarded, but his body was not traumatized. Adventurers are not good people, and attacks on each other for money and property have occurred from time to time, but what Regel can't understand is why the other party does this without saying a word. Even the notorious Bloody Hand Adventurer Group of the Adventurer Group will make a name first to avoid unnecessary battles, after all, who doesn't know what to expect in the labyrinth.
"We?" the young man who had knocked out Reger had a very sunny smile, which made it completely impossible to connect with the method of breaking Reger's limbs with his ruthless hand just now. "We're mercenaries stationed in the passages, huh...... Temporary mercenary. ”