"Have you all heard? Just yesterday afternoon, the deputy head of the Steel Fist Mercenary Regiment, Gracie the Decapitator, entered the Labyrinth of Eternal Night. ”

"Hehe, there's one more one to die."

"Gracie? He is a famous warrior of the kingdom of Brunsa, with barbarian blood, who has slain the giant serpent of the Misty Swamp. ”

"What about killing the giant snake, among the previous challengers, there were even people who killed transcendent creatures, and they didn't die in it." Loud voices echoed through the inn, and many sturdy mercenaries chatted while drinking.

Labyrinth Challenger... Naturally a good topic.

In particular, the challenger this time is the famous warrior, the former king of the gladiatorial arena, the decapitator - Gracie.

Baal's arrival didn't attract the attention of the others, as Rosen Town was often visited by strangers due to its proximity to the Labyrinth of the Night. Barr walked into the inn, glanced at it, and quickly came to the counter.

"Welcome to the Eternal Night Inn, this guest. Not sure if you want to stay, or if you need drinks and food? Our gin wine here is very famous. Across the counter was a middle-aged brown-haired man with a big belly, and he looked at Baal's thin clothes and the long sword on his shoulder.

Almost all of the people who come and go to the Eternal Night Inn are mercenaries and outlaws.

As soon as he looked at Barr's dress, he knew that the young man in front of him was not simple. The temperature in the snowy ice field is extremely low, and ordinary people will freeze to death in a short time if they go out wearing only a single suit.

"Let's have a barbecue and bread first, and then prepare a room for me." Barr laughed.

"Okay, guest, please wait." Middle-aged man smiling.

Barr then turned his head to see that it was just past noon, and there were not many guests in the inn. Soon he sat down at an empty table in the north corner, and with a clatter, placed the Phantom Sword on the table.

After all, the Eternal Night Ice Lake is the territory of the Dragon Shield Kingdom.

Although the Dragon Shield Kingdom has long had rules that do not restrict people from other countries from challenging the maze, before challenging it, they must first register with the maze management office in Lawson Town. Of course, with his strength, he could force his way in, but now that he was alone, he didn't want to get into unnecessary trouble.

Just as he waited.

Da-da-da-da.

Suddenly, a long-haired beauty wearing leather armor and a fur coat with a charming face sat down opposite him, glanced at the phantom sword on the table intentionally or unintentionally, and said with a smile: "This little young master, your sword is very beautiful, can you lend it to me?" ”

"First, I'm not a young master."

"Second, if you still want your right hand, you'd better not touch my sword." Barr said coldly.

His perception was extremely powerful, and he had already discovered that the tip of the long-haired beauty in front of him had some transparent powder on the tip of her right finger, which was an alchemy item for tracking. Coupled with the look just now, it must be the attention of the Phantom Sword.

In the Phantom Continent, enchanted weapons are very rare and extremely valuable.

"Well, did he find out?"

The long-haired woman was slightly stunned, then her face returned to normal, and she smiled and said, "I am the leader of the Ice Rose Mercenary Regiment-Illya, I will be here in my free time, if you have any trouble, you can come to me." With that, he got up and left.

"Elijah." Barr looked up, and Illya walked over to the long table on the opposite wall, laughing with the seven or eight female mercenaries next to her, looking at him from time to time. Looking at the insignia on these people, they should all be members of the White Rose Mercenary Regiment.

"It's rare for a mercenary group to be formed by women."

Soon a waiter served the roast meat and bread, and after Bal had finished eating and paying, he left the Eternal Night Hotel and headed north of the town. After a while, I came to the door of a somewhat dilapidated stone house. On the sign hanging on one side, a few big characters of the Labyrinth Management Office are written crookedly.

"This should be it."

Push open the door and walk in.

The interior was very shabby, with a fireplace directly opposite, and a thin black man sleeping on the table at the long table to the north.

Bang bang bang.

Barr walked over, slapped the table vigorously, and said loudly, "Hey, hurry up." ”

"Who, who?" The thin black old man opened his eyes in a daze, looked up, looked at Barr in front of him, and said impatiently, "Where did the little guy come from, didn't you see me sleeping?" Also, is this a place you can just break into? ”

"Isn't this the Labyrinth Management Office?" Barr spoke.

"Of course, since you know, then you dare to break in?" The black and thin old man said, "Go, go, get out quickly." ”

"I'm going to challenge the Labyrinth of the Eternal Night." Barr said directly.

"What, challenge the maze, just you?" The thin black man looked at Baal for a moment before he said, "Do you know how many people have died in the Labyrinth of Eternal Night in the past four hundred years? Young man, I advise you to dispel this idea quickly. ”

"I'm afraid I can't do that." Barr laughed.

"Well, since you want to go in and die, then I won't stop you." The thin black man yawned, reached out and took a long sheepskin scroll from the side, opened it, picked up the quill, and asked with a blank face, "Name?" ”

"Bill Lester."

"Age? Also, from that country? Is it an aristocracy? ”

"Eighteen years old, commoner, Green Deer Kingdom."

"Have you ever had any titles?" The thin black man looked up.

"Title?" Barr wondered.

"It's the title that someone else gave you, like the Decapitator, the Blood Axe, or the like." The black thin old man said.

"Not really." Barr says that before he came into this world, Bill had always been a nerd and had rarely even left home. He was even frightened out by an ordinary wild boar, where did he get his name.

"So have you ever done anything impactful, or killed some powerful monster?" The black and thin old man shook his head, a young man who didn't even have a name dared to challenge the eternal night labyrinth?

"Oh, on the way here, I defeated a mighty boar." Barrien.

"Wild boar? Well... Then the Boar Warrior is fine. The thin black man thought for a moment, muttered, and quickly wrote a few large words on the parchment scroll - Bill.

"Wild, boar warrior?" Barr's face darkened.

"What, don't you like it?"

The thin black man looked at Bal Dao, "Do you want to change it, what do you think of the pig warrior?" ”

"Forget it, just the Boar Warrior." Ballian said, fuck the pig warriors!

"Alright, registration is complete, here's your Maze Pass Token." The old man pulled open the drawer below, took out a black, rusty iron plate the size of an egg, and handed it to Baal.

"Thank you." Barr took the iron card and turned to leave.

"Hey, there's one more one to die." The thin black man looked at Barr's back and couldn't help but sigh. Since he was a teenager, he has worked in the maze management office, and for decades, he has never seen anyone come back alive.

......

Early the next morning.

As soon as it was dawn, the Eternal Night Hotel was noisy.

"Did you hear that there's a guy named Bill who is going to challenge the maze."

"I haven't heard of Bill."

"I heard that it is a young man, the title is Wild Boar Warrior, it sounds like, he probably killed a terrifying and powerful wild boar, hahaha..."

"Bill, is it the boy from yesterday?" Illya gulped a few gulps of ale, and the figure of Baal came to mind again, "And that enchanted sword, what a pity." ”

.......

The temperature of the snowy ice field is extremely low, with the temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius all year round. Therefore, almost all the rivers and lakes in the territory are covered by thick ice, and the same is true of the Eternal Night Ice Lake.

At the center of the lake is an island of considerable size.

The Labyrinth of the Eternal Night is right on the island.

The pyramid-shaped labyrinth is a kilometer high and ice-blue in color, as if it were made of hard ice, glittering in the sun. At the entrance to the labyrinth, there are tall walls and fortresses, and soldiers from the Dragon Shield Kingdom are stationed here.

Fence entrance.

A tall David soldier wearing armor took a few steps forward, looked at the black-haired young man with a long sword on his shoulder in front of him, and said sharply. "Stop, who are you?"

"Bill, I'm going to challenge the Labyrinth of the Night." Barr walked up to the guard and pulled out the iron plate.

"Challenge the maze?" The guard looked at Baal twice and said in a loud voice, "Since you want to challenge the labyrinth, according to the regulations, you must hand over all the belongings on your body except for weapons and armor. ”

"Hand over your belongings?" Barr frowned.

"If you fail the challenge, it's useless to ask for more money, but if you succeed, do you care about this little thing?" The guard said politely, "I can't let you in if you don't hand over what you have." ”

"Give." Barr smiled, took off the money pouch from his waist and tossed it to the guards.

"Alright, let's go inside."

The guard took the money bag and shook it, a look of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

"It's the same everywhere." Barr looked at the guard's expression, shook his head, and stepped forward. Soon pass through the wall and come to the entrance to the Labyrinth of Eternal Night. In front of me is a tall passage, and when you look inside, there is a black hole with no end in sight.

"Labyrinth of the Eternal Night."

Baal's face was calm, and he stepped into it, and then his figure was engulfed in darkness.