The labyrinth south of Thanhausen is less than two kilometers from the border and is said to have been discovered by an adventurer who was looking for a lost pet.

The small opening, which was originally discovered, has now been expanded into a passage that is more than three meters wide and more than three meters high, with a house-like entrance and exit and a stone staircase in the passage.

A small market has been formed around the entrance of the passage, which has become a place for adventurers who enter the labyrinth and those who move around it to replenish and rest.

After two days of replenishment and several coordinated trainings, Elizabeth arrived here with her men.

It was about ten o'clock in the morning, and everyone ate and rested outside the entrance as planned, and then entered the maze around twelve o'clock.

At this time, it was obvious whether the experienced people in the team were eating and drinking, and the interns under Junia looked a little nervous.

After discovering the situation of her students, Junia began to use various methods to relax them and dispel their anxiety.

At this time, Charles became someone else's child, and Junia pointed to Charles, who was chewing on the braised chicken leg she had just bought, and said to her students, "This child who is ten years younger than you is not nervous, why are you still nervous?"

The people around them were pointing at the team, curious if they could get rid of the cultists in the labyrinth.

Just as Charles threw the leftover chicken bones into the slime in the grass not far away, someone came to him.

"Kid, are you going to go into the maze later?"

Charles was accosted by a handsome red-haired boy of about sixteen years old, whose leather armor had been purchased no more than ten days ago, and the long sword in his hand still smelled of maintenance grease. Behind him, followed a girl of the same age with long yellow hair, who held a staff of about her height.

"What's the matter?" Charles asked.

The red-haired boy said, "I want to join your team, I don't know if I can?"

"No, I can't. Charles shook his head, "We can't just let strangers join. ”

"It's okay," said the red-haired boy, "we're very strong and can be of great help to you. ”

Charles refused the other party again, "It's really not good, it's not because of your strength, but after our team has been trained together, the coordination and tactics have been finalized, and if you rush to join others, it will cause trouble to the team." ”

The red-haired boy scratched the back of his head, and then still said unrelentingly, "We won't trouble you, please introduce us to the leader of the team." ”

Charles let out an "oh", then waved his hand at the entrance to the labyrinth and shouted, "General Mifflin, someone wants to join us." ”

Mifflin shouted from the other end, "Didn't you say you can't add people?"

Charles shouted and replied, "I told them, but they insisted on joining us!"

Mifflin, an officer of the city defense of Thanhausen, also joined the crusade against the cultists of the evil god this time, and he also led the scouts of the four city defense troops.

Mifflin, dressed in army-style half-body armor, frowned, and then whispered a few words to the knights and mages guarding the entrance to the labyrinth before walking towards Charles.

Seeing a leader-like man approaching, the red-haired boy immediately saluted him.

Mifflin asked him, "You want to go in with us?"

"Yes. The blonde boy replied.

Mifflin also rejected him, "We won't add personnel on a temporary basis." If you are in a hurry to complete the tasks in the maze, you can go to the union to issue a task extension certificate, so that you are not afraid of delaying the completion of the task. If you need products from the labyrinth, you can buy them from the union's affiliated stores, which are available in some of the labyrinth's stores. ”

The red-haired boy shook his head and said, "I'm not trying to complete the mission, but I have a reason why I have to go in." ”

"I'm ...... Ahh

Before the boy could finish his sentence, he and his fellow maidens behind him were simultaneously stunned by the mages of the city guards who were quietly surrounding him from behind, and then they were knocked down by the knights who swarmed up. They were disarmed and tied up like rice dumplings, and they didn't know what was stuffed in their mouths to prevent them from speaking.

Mifflin's face became serious and cold at this time, and with a wave of his hand, he said to the knights, "Take it away, and take a good look at the two of them." ”

A middle-aged adventurer who was watching the excitement on the sidelines gloated and said, "Silly, if you insist on adding it at this time, who knows if you are spies?"

Although it is likely that the other party simply wants to join the party and enter the labyrinth together, it is impossible to be too cautious in these extraordinary times.

The hiccup didn't make too many waves, with Mifflin praising Charles for his handling and leaving, and everyone else laughed it off.

Junia took the opportunity to educate her students, "The more important the task, the more you can't team up with strangers casually. If you need to team up with someone new, it's best to find someone in the guild, where you can find out if they've been blacklisted by the Adventurers' Guild as soon as possible. ”

After everyone had rested, Elizabeth whistled to gather the team and prepare to enter the labyrinth.

Charles was also ready at this time, from small leather armor to short swords, from small helmets to boots with steel plates, plus magic lamps fixed to the helmet, everything was ready.

He had just eaten and drunk enough to take a nap next to Artoria, and now was the time to be refreshed.

The first to enter the labyrinth were the four brothers Jerry, who served as scouts and guides, and today the team also temporarily strengthened a beast tamer scout of the city defense army.

The scout commanded two wolves with dyed black fur and special blindfolds, and asked them to cover on either side of Jerry's four.

About ten meters behind the five of them, Horatio led a vanguard of four samurai armed with small shields and short swords, plus Donio and a battle nun, following Jerry's glowing signpost at the top of the passage.

The six of them were followed by the main force under the personal command of Elizabeth, and the samurai armed with shields and short swords protected several mages and archers in the middle.

Due to the tortuous and narrow terrain in the labyrinth, there were not many ranged attack forces involved in this operation, and most of them were samurai armed with short weapons. And these samurai have some simple magic, and can make a cameo appearance for long-range attacks if necessary.

Charles, along with Artoria and Halkala, followed the nuns in the rear, along with an animal trainer who was also part of the city defense army, commanding a saber-toothed tiger to prevent enemy attacks from behind.

The other two beast trainers from the city defense army also commanded their monsters to keep watch on both sides of the team in case any fish slipped through the net to launch a sneak attack on the team.

In the first half hour of entering the labyrinth, there was no threat, and Charles only saw a few slime corpses with a diameter of one meter on the side of the road, all of which were cleaned up by Jerry who opened the way.

Not long after, a whistle sounded from the front of the line, indicating the urgency of the situation.