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Before they could react, Lavamon mutated.
Its head, which had already grown in size, was getting bigger at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Until the width exceeded the shoulders on both sides, it seemed to have reached its limit, and there was an explosion with a "boom" sound, and small pieces of flying stones flew everywhere.
Zhang Mu, who had already planned to use the resurrection function, was thinking about how to hide it from the four elves, but when he saw this scene, he smiled.
He turned around and joked with them cheerfully:
"Haha, you didn't expect it, it's a tumor!"
Chapter 70: Opportunity to Clear the Maze
The biggest trouble was solved by itself, but the crisis was not completely resolved.
The only three remaining lava beasts came from the other end of the hall. They had enough space to increase to their maximum speed and ran like a landslide.
Zhang Mu came to his senses and quickly dodged to the right with Frederica, while Ellie was dragged to the left by Sardari who came over.
Three lava beasts rushed past where they were originally standing and slammed heavily into the cave wall, filling the air with thick smoke and dust.
"Retreat to the tunnel!"
Wager rushed over and shouted at them to go first.
Sardari didn't care about being gentle and threw Ellie directly into the tunnel entrance, then ran to stand beside Wager, ready to wait for Zhang Mu and Frederica to come over before retreating.
However, to their surprise, when the dust cloud was blown away by the strong wind caused by the lava beast's actions, Zhang Mu and Frederica disappeared without a trace.
What about people?
The two elves looked at each other and could see the confusion and astonishment in each other's eyes.
"Die!"
There were only two of them left in the hall, and the Lava Beast attacked them without surprise, taking a step forward and crushing them with its huge body.
They couldn't figure out what happened, but they had clearly seen Zhang Mu and the other man dodge the attack, so the man must be fine.
"Go first!"
Without two main output forces, they could not defeat the three lava beasts, so they decisively retreated into the tunnel to reunite with Ellie.
The lava beasts were too big to fit into the tunnel, so they ran for a few hundred meters and stopped after turning a corner.
"Where are His Highness and Mr. Zhang Mu?" Ai Li asked, looking at the two of them.
Wager recounted the previous scene. Sardari frowned and said, "I am sure that Your Highness and Mr. Zhang Mu completely avoided the attack.
Why did the person disappear? "
"Is there a secret passage nearby?"
"No, I didn't see any entrances on the ground, walls, or top."
"Then..." Ellie was a little panicked, "What should I do then?"
With his head bowed in thought, Sardari said, "No matter where they are dragged into, all the paths in the maze point to the final treasure."
"I believe that with the abilities of His Highness and Mr. Zhang Mu, nothing will happen. Let's go to the hall first to find the secret entrance.
If you don’t find any, go find them in the end!”
Wager's face looked a little ugly.
It is not difficult to find the entrance. Once the lava beast calms down, they can search the hall in a carefree manner.
But to go to the final destination... just the three of us?
"It's decided then." Ellie agreed with Sardari's plan, and the two of them trotted towards the hall.
Seeing this, Wager closed his open mouth and followed with his head down.
……
"Zhang Mu, are you okay?"
It was pitch black all around, and Zhang Mu heard Frederica's voice coming from the right: "I'm fine, how about you?"
"I'm fine, but I don't know where I dropped my storage bag." The voice came closer, "Did you bring the lighting crystal?"
Lighting crystal? I don't have that, but I have something else.
Call out the inventory and take out the item.
The next second, a beam of dazzling light illuminated the surroundings.
Frederica's delicate face still looks gorgeous even under the beam of light at a death angle.
She used the light to see that she was in a tunnel. She looked around for a while and found the storage bag lying against the wall.
After picking it up and returning to Zhang Mu, he looked at the cylindrical object in his hand that emitted light beams with curiosity and asked, "What kind of magic item is this?"
"Tools." Zhang Mu responded, but his eyes were at his feet.
Looking at the ground, which was mostly buried in the mud, with only a tiny half of the wooden wheel exposed, he looked confused.
This shape of wheel...
"What are you looking at?"
Zhang Mu came back to his senses and shook his head: "Nothing."
As he spoke, he turned the flashlight and the beam swept around: "What is this place?"
“Only top adventure groups have the chance to obtain the most precious treasure in the maze, so maybe we also have a chance.
I think we are the lucky ones." Frederica smiled, "I have only heard that there is a secret passage in the maze, leading directly to the final treasure place in the maze.
I didn’t expect to meet you in this maze.”
Is there such a thing?
Zhang Mu took out a flashlight, flipped the switch and handed it to her: "Why didn't I hear you tell me before I came in?"
"Because this is just a rumor. It's not a good thing to have expectations for such extremely uncertain news during an adventure."
"So where do we go now?" Zhang Mu looked left and right at both sides of the tunnel.
"This way." Frederica walked on the wet mud, holding a flashlight and heading to the wider right side. "Whatever maze it is,
The passages are getting wider and wider.”
Recalling the previous journey, Zhang Mu found that it seemed to be true.
Zhang Mu took a few quick steps to catch up with her. He remained silent, his thoughts entirely on the wooden wheel that looked so familiar.
Frederica did not speak either. She walked silently, with the beam of light shining on the road in front of her.
For a moment, the tunnel was extremely quiet, with only the sound of footsteps and water droplets dripping into puddles on the ground.
"Zhang Mu."
"kindness?"
"Aren't you afraid of death?"
Turning his head and looking at her profile for a while, Zhang Mu understood why she asked that.
"I have been living a busy life since the day I was born until today, just to stay alive, so I am afraid of death."
"Then." Frederica stopped walking, "Why did you block me and Ellie without even thinking?"
"You should know exactly what will happen if you are hit head-on by a lava beast."
Zhang Mu followed and stood still, explaining with a smile: "Regardless of the losses, we rushed to Kas Town overnight to fight against the monster tide that even humans themselves were unwilling to deal with.
Because of this, I lost the chance to enter the maze. You are a good elf, so I want to save you, it's that simple."
"You're going to die."
"I will die, but I will never die at the hands of a monster."
Mistaking his confidence in his own strength, Frederica was somewhat unhappy: "Mr. Zhang Mu, please learn to cherish your life."
"Others', and your own."
"I will."
After that, seeing that she opened her mouth again, Zhang Mu waved his hand to interrupt the topic and walked forward while asking: "What is usually in the final treasure place of the maze?"
"It's a very precious treasure." Frederica, who had followed, replied.
Said it, but it seems like not said it.
Fortunately, Zhang Mu’s main purpose was just to change the subject, so he didn’t care and continued chatting.
When talking about Frederica meeting a kind-hearted human couple who adopted demi-humans outside the city of Bara, Zhang Mu's flashlight beam shook a few times.
"Were they forced to return to Cass Town?!"
"kindness."
"There is no food or weapons to protect ourselves, let alone a carriage to travel."
"Who ordered it?"
"I only saw the fanatics escorting them out of the city."
That was Hagrid's doing.
Zhang Mu quickened his pace: "Let's hurry to the final treasure hiding place."
"what happened?"
"I have some things to take care of after I get out."
Frederica, who was walking faster, thought of something in her heart and asked curiously, "You said you don't care about the people of Cass Town."
"of course."
"They didn't do anything for me, so I naturally don't have to do anything for them."
Then why are you in such a hurry all of a sudden?
Noticing that Zhang Mu was a little irritable, she didn't ask, hoping to find something to ease his mood: "Speaking of which,