Chapter 34: The Labyrinth of Death (1)
The unexpected appearance of the ninth-star god, Aisomusloria Isdalia, forced us to make a choice to continue, and the upcoming second test, the future is really unpredictable.
The choice to continue, we waited for her action, but nothing happened, and I don't know what she was paying attention to, which is really worrying.
Seeing our nervous looks, she smiled happily. "You don't have to be so afraid, since you have chosen to move on, then I will not do anything to you. Don't worry, I'll give you some farewell gifts. ”
Hearing her say that she would not do anything to us anymore, everyone relaxed, but they still couldn't relax too much, and the necessary caution could not be let go.
Her last words mentioned giving us a farewell gift, so I dared to ask her. "Well, I believe what you say. So what is the farewell gift to give us? ”
"Huh!" She still laughed and then answered my question. "First of all, the first gift is the gilt of the stars in the right hand of my stone statue, I know that it is very important to you, but for me it is just an ordinary thing. The first eight batches of people, each of them got the same star gilt, and you are certainly no exception. ”
As soon as she finished speaking, the gilded orb of stars was enveloped in blue light, and then floated, slowly descending towards us. Soon the gilt sphere of the stars fell smoothly in front of us, and everyone was attracted by the metal ball with gilt gold on the surface, and they stepped forward to touch its surface.
It wasn't until a few minutes later that everyone recovered from their obsession and turned their eyes to me, as if to signal me to put away the star gilt orb.
Seeing that I didn't react, Saphiss quickly reminded me. "This star gilt ball should be collected by His Royal Highness. Such a precious thing should not be kept by us, but only by His Royal Highness, who is a member of the imperial family. ”
"Hmm," I replied ...... hearing Saffis's reminder. Since you've said so, I'll put it away. I have obtained such a huge star gilt ball, when I go back, I must think of Your Majesty and invite you to take credit. ”
"Huh!" Saphiss just smiled and said modestly. "Your Highness, no, this is our duty, so we don't need to be so troublesome. If we can erect a monument to the fallen subordinates and inform the inhabitants of their heroic deeds to the whole empire, this is the highest reward for us. ”
"Yes, Lord Saphiss is right, don't take credit."
"Erect a monument in the imperial capital to commemorate them."
"Let the empire remember them and spread their deeds."
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I am very pleased with everyone's petitions. They are all good warriors of the Empire, worthy of my commitment.
Waving for everyone to be quiet, I announced. "In the name of Grant Hopps, a member of the royal family, I assure you that as long as you return alive, I will ask His Majesty to erect a monument to the victims to commemorate their contributions to the Empire."
Hearing my assurance, everyone cheered, after all, it is possible that my name will also be on the monument, and it is also a very honorable thing to be able to make the empire known to have such a person as himself.
Just when everyone's excitement was at its highest, her obnoxious voice came again.
"It's finally over, you guys are so weird, just such a star gilt ball is so excited, if there is something better behind, then what are you going to be excited about."
"Now that you've received the first gift, it's time for the second."
A curtain of blue light swept down, enveloping us all. Faced with the sudden appearance of the blue light curtain, we were all very uneasy, thinking that something dangerous.
But after a while, nothing happened, and we calmed down and took a closer look at the blue curtain.
Soon I found out that the wounds on our bodies were slowly closing, and the energy we had consumed was gradually recovering, which made us feel very comfortable, and we had some thoughts of falling asleep.
The blue curtain of light continued until all of our injuries were gone and we were back to our full state, and then the blue curtain slowly rose as if going back in time, until it reached the height it had first appeared, and then disappeared.
Even though the blue light curtain is gone, we have not recovered from the state of relaxation and are still in a feeling of well-being.
It wasn't until her obnoxious voice reappeared that we woke up.
"Well, this second gift is a good one. Now you are back to the way you were when you entered this space, so that you can meet the second test. It's exciting to see where you'll be able to go. ”
"Okay, all the money and gifts have been delivered to you, so hurry up and enter the space portal and go to the second test site, where your arrival awaits you."
After her words were spoken, a blue door of light suddenly appeared not far from us, as long as we entered it, then we could enter the second test venue, and I don't know what unexpected things would be waiting for us there.
They looked at each other and encouraged each other, and then Saphiss entered the gate of light first, and the others entered one by one, and I was the last to enter.
As soon as I entered the gate of light, all my senses were taken away, and I could not feel anything, except that I could know that I had a fluttering voice, and then I appeared in a bright place.
At this time, everyone is gathered in a place like an entrance, there is a passage in front of it, and there are blue torches on both sides to illuminate the surroundings, and you can see the inside very clearly.
There is only one exit from the passage in front of it, and nothing else, just a small room of less than 20 square meters. Now we have only one option before us, and that is to enter this passage and investigate the situation inside.
Saphiss glanced at me, received my affirmation, and then declared. "Don't be too far apart, stay within three meters and be able to see your companions." After a pause, he continued. "Alright, let's go into the passage."
As soon as Saphiss finished speaking, he walked to the entrance of the passage first, and did not wait for everyone to follow.
Seeing Saphis's actions, everyone followed towards the entrance of the passage.
Inside, we found that it was just a very ordinary road, and there was nothing special about it.
We walked along the road until we had walked 50 meters and saw a fork in the road ahead, which was divided into two sides: the front and the right. Now we don't know which way to go, and we are very confused and can't make a quick decision.
I looked at the passages on both sides and found nothing, the passages on both sides were exactly the same, there was no difference at all, which made me even more confused and didn't know how to choose.
After thinking about it, I couldn't think of a result even if I stayed where I was, so I just chose a side casually, so I suggested to everyone. "Since you can't choose, then choose to go that way by voting, and then make a mark, so that when there is no passage ahead, the road sign to return, what do you say?"
After hearing my suggestion, everyone discussed it with each other, and immediately all of us agreed, so all 14 of us raised our hands to vote.
The final result was 8 against 6, 8 people chose to move forward, 6 people chose to go left, forward to win, so I took my sword and carved the mark of the royal family on the wall in front of me, and then we set off into the forward passage.
After 20 meters, the passage turns to the left, then another 20 meters, the direction turns to the right, and then all the way forward, after 100 meters of Zhilu Road, the passage is again divided into two paths, forward and left. Faced with the same problem again, we voted again, and this time we won again, and we moved on, not forgetting to carve a mark on the wall of Forward.
After 100 meters, there is a dead end ahead. Unable to go any further, we went back the way we came, this time turning to the left.
After 50 meters, the road became the same as before. We had to make another choice, this time to the left.
None of us were in any danger until this moment came in. It made us let our guard down a bit and not take her words to heart, thinking that she was just deliberately confusing us and making our wrong character a very dangerous second test.
I walked beside Saphis, leaned over to him and whispered. "Saphis, what do you think of this second test venue. From the time we came in to the present, I thought it was a labyrinth and it seemed like it would take quite a while to get through. ”
Saphiss replied in the same whisper. "Your Highness is right, and I think so. Be careful, though, there must be some kind of trap or something like that. The owner of this trial space will definitely not let us pass through here easily, so we should be careful. ”
"Hmm!" Hearing Saphis's reminder, I also realized that I was too relaxed, so I raised my guard and replied. "You really should be careful, that woman also said that the second test is very dangerous, but I don't know what kind of danger it is."
Saphiss glanced at the others behind him and said again. "It's a lot of concern, but it's useless to think about it now, we just have to move on and get out of here."
"Hmmm! That's true. ”
After 80 meters, the passage turned to the right, then after 60 meters, the passage turned to the left, then after another 60 meters, the passage turned to the right, after 50 meters, the passage turned to the left, and after another 50 meters, the passage turned to the right.
One moment to the right, another to the left, this maze is really a headache, I don't know what will happen next. What is the danger that the damn woman said is really infuriating, I don't know where to vent.
Fortunately, there are good marks, otherwise there will be a dead end again, and when you return the wrong way, you will not know what to do. Hopefully, get out of this labyrinth as soon as possible and avoid dangerous traps.
We only have 14 people left, and the first eight groups of people are more than us, so we can't reduce the number of personnel, otherwise I really don't know how to face the possible third test.
It's too early to think about these things, and only when you succeed and get out of it alive will you be qualified to think about these things.