"So, what are we going to do?"

Hearing the voiceover's cue, Nicole's expression became serious.

On this critical issue involving safety, the investigator girl still put away her out-of-the-box character.

While asking, she even took the initiative to take Ronald to hug an icicle on the side of the road, and stopped the two of them sliding forward before continuing to speak:

"Follow the prompt, shall we complete the so-called king's trial, or shall we think of another way?"

"Ronald, I'll listen to you."

“……”

This is the trap in the maze game.

Ronald's mind was moving as fast as a white horse.

The last time he was chasing in Springs, because of the short duration of the seal, he and the [Nine Rings Secret Society] each had the assistance of cat and dog forces.

And this time, Ronald set the length of the seal at a hundred years.

This means that the labyrinth itself will exert a lot of resistance on the two escapees.

And the voiceover in the void offers two options.

Although it seems to work at first glance, it is also necessary to pay attention to the detail in the first point - [Complete the King's Request].

Ronald could not determine what the king's request was.

But if you choose this path, then you will negotiate with the guards at the pass ahead, then meet their king, and finally get the request to complete it.

Such a complicated process will obviously seriously delay Ronald and Nicole's escape.

This is for their goal of winning the game.

Obviously a very bad thing.

So this may seem like a reasonable suggestion option, but it's actually a trap. Now the labyrinth escape, only they can find their own way is the best choice to pass quickly.

“……”

"Nicole, let's find a way to break through here!"

Making a quick decision, Ronald dragged the investigator girl and rushed to the pass ahead, intending to study the terrain there.

The two first caught up with the refugee party of the cave creatures.

Since this time it was originally unfolded in a place where there were almost no humans, the "Labyrinth Picture Book" also transformed the environment to a far greater extent than the previous game in Springs.

Ronald and Nicole slid forward along the path of the refugees.

They could even hear some of the strange, completely non-normal creatures in the team next to them:

"I heard that in two weeks, the whole world will be flooded by the sea?"

"I can't swim, and it doesn't make a difference if I run away now, I'm going to die anyway!"

"You idiot! How could the world be completely engulfed by the sea! ”

"Besides—we don't have to go out and live on land, just change places and continue digging holes, as long as we can avoid these horrible humans?"

"What if there is another earthquake? We can only breathe fire and grill steaks, and we don't know anything about this kind of thing! ”

"That's a good question, I don't know!"

“……”

This kind of conversation is listened to and listened to.

Just sensing the cave creatures' worries about the future, Nicole shrunk her neck a little weakly

"Ronald, I shouldn't be blamed for this, right?"

"When I tore through the ground just now, I was just in a hurry to take you to find that dust beast."

I looked at Nicole's cautious expression.

Ronald doesn't care much about the investigator girl's current concerns:

"Nicole, you can rest assured."

"These cave creatures, even if they escape from the underground, can't withstand the cold environment on the surface of the Arctic continent, and your spells won't cause any big trouble."

Pacifying Nicole, the two moved on.

The pass, which was inspecting the refugee procession, was presented to the two of them.

At this moment, the scenery in the line of sight is far and near, and everything is different from the first view, such as this seemingly narrow crack in the ice at the top, but it is much wider when it comes to the ground.

Just a cursory visual inspection, it looks like it is more than five or six meters.

The refugee contingent of cave creatures, only because they were very disciplined, kept a slow pace to be examined one by one, and then continued backwards through here.

“……”

"This road is wide enough......"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Ronald sighed slightly.

Just when Ronald sighed, his and Nicole's eyes drifted towards their surroundings.

When necessary, these two guys are not really peaceful people.

Although the use of force is now prohibited, there is nothing wrong with finding some way to do it in terms of whimsy.

"Ronald, look at that side!"

Among the two, the investigator girl spoke first.

The investigator-minded guy followed the cracks in the ice to find some crumbling icicles from the side of the wall to the top. These things are connected all around, and once they fall...... Although it will not wipe out the others here in one fell swoop, it is enough to cause a lot of trouble for people.

This is where Nico's idea comes from:

"We can figure out how to make those things fall!"

"As long as we can cause some trouble for the guards and cave creatures here, the two of us can definitely take the opportunity to sneak in the back, and these ice picks falling to the ground may be able to cause some obstacles for the pursuers behind!"

Ronald's eyes swept in the direction Nicole was pointing.

It was soon confirmed that the plan of the investigator girl was feasible

Then he nodded in affirmation of the other man's thoughts, and pointed out what he had just discovered:

"Nicole, have you ever skateboarded?"

The location Ronald was referring to was a number of scaly blocks of ice clinging to the caves in the ice.

These things, too, have appeared sporadically on the surrounding ground as a result of previous earthquakes. If they could be pulled off and used as a skateboard-like vehicle, the speed of the two would definitely be very fast, and even the guards who broke through the pass would not be a problem at all.

Nicole's gaze followed the position that Ronald was pointing to, and she immediately realized the other party's thoughts.

Then the investigator girl nodded vigorously:

"No problem, I'm pretty sure about balance!"

"So Ronald, we'll use your ......"

"No, we'll do it together!" Nicole was about to agree to Ronald's choice, but Ronald interrupted her first, "I'm going over there and collecting the skateboards, and you're going to find a way to get these ice picks off the top." ”

"Let's do it both together, and don't let go of anything that can create an advantage!"

Hear Ronald's decision.

Nicole's already very cute cartoon face suddenly showed an arrogant and excited expression, and her eyes narrowed from the same black dot to a straight line:

"Great, let's do it!"

“……”

The two of them discussed the strategy and immediately prepared to carry out their respective activities.

And at this moment, the voiceover in the void also happened to emerge, as if to show that the two had chosen correctly-

[Brave adventurers have found hope of their escape from here.] 】

[It's time to act!] 】