Chapter 628
The seven of them are completely lost inside this maze .
The crossroads fork into two or three paths now and then . After traversing a lot of these paths, they lost their ways within this maze . All they know is this place is ridiculously big . Forget the exit, they can’t even find their original arrival point . They might have missed it but they couldn’t be sure .
Whenever they couldn’t find any more forks in the road, it’s usually because they arrived at yet another dead end .
He led the Black Cats through the maze . Wu Yan is now moving faster than when they started . He is frowning very hard . In his mind, he is piecing together a mental map from the places they already discovered .
With his impeccable memory aiding him, he is very sure he can tell which paths he hadn’t traveled down yet . However, he failed to keep track of where a path led to whenever he came back again, basically, he’s very confused right now .
The loss of a sense of direction wasn’t compensated by his Impeccable Memory .
The maze is very complex and the layout is designed in a way that would even the hardiest of mapmakers . The moment he lost his bearing, it was already too late . He always chose a path that would somehow end at a dead end .
Obviously, this wasn’t a test of strength . With a labyrinth this complex, even the mighty Impeccable Memory couldn’t help him out . He just couldn’t tell North from South, forget navigating the crossroads .
In this way, labyrinths are way scarier than floor bosses .
Floor bosses can physically destroy someone while labyrinths can mentally destroy someone .
The Black Cats got more and more anxious as time went on . They are all emotionally unstable right now . They are very frustrated and exhausted by walking around to no avail . At this rate, they are going to cave in before their bodies did .
Wu Yan’s head filled up with stormy clouds .
With his perfect memory failing him, making legends on the map is also a no go since one would end up with a blank map with legends dotting it .
Leaving traces on the wall or dropping items to mark their paths also failed .
Players can’t damage the walls, leaving items won’t work because the dropped items would disappear after 1 minute . It’s as ineffective as it’s wasteful .
Wu Yan raked his brain thinking of a way to break them out of this nightmare .
And then, one hour pa.s.sed just like that .
The Black Cats aren’t doing too well too . Wu Yan gnashed his teeth, he grew more composed rather than anxious or wanting to give up .
In a situation like this, the last thing you wanted to do is to freak out . He got himself out of the Beast King corner situation when he calmly went over his choices .
Wu Yan rubbed his temples while scanning the walls around him . His heart is a bit tired after this ordeal .
Who was the evil genius that made this place, it’s just the second floor of Aincrad . How did the players in the original work make it to the 75th floor in this gruesome death game?
f.u.c.k, am I going to be trapped in this maze?
He calmed himself down and he leaned against the wall .
Kachak
The place where he laid his palm sunk .
He looked at the wall and he saw his fingerprints . Yeap, he definitely did that .
Wu Yan was stunned for a brief moment .
Is this some kind of bug? A wall that can be interacted with?
Wu Yan started considering if this is a dead-end s.p.a.ce designed to trap players rather than a complex maze . Every path he chose would always end up as a dead-end after all .
He took out his Heaven Gazer and he struck the wall in front of a shocked crowd of Black Cats .
Tang
His sword bounced back as a deafening shrill a.s.saulted everyone’s eardrums . They yelled out loud on reflex .
A large force crawled up his arm and Wu Yan backed up . The wall wasn’t dented in the slightest . Wu Yan saw this not with a face of disappointment, he was excited . The other guild members are also very excited to see this .
The wall actually has a Hp bar!
“A Hp bar?!”
s.h.i.+on looked at the wall with a blush of excitement .
“You’re right!”
Sachi also cheered out loud .
“This wall is destructible?”
Souta’s hand trembled .
They spent an hour inside this maze and it was an hour too long . He voted they wreck this place .
The others also shared the same thought .
“Everyone! Attack with all you’ve got!”
n.o.body cared who said that line . They all had the same thought, venting all their frustrations on the wall in front of them .
Sachi and s.h.i.+on also partic.i.p.ated . They hacked the wall with vigor like no other .
Bam bam bam bam bam
Everyone smashed the absolute c.r.a.p out of the wall, their weapons danced in a very chaotic manner . The wall steadily lost Hp .
Wu Yan led the group as he rallied them .
“Use your skills!”
“Hiyaaa!”
The six Black Cats unleashed a brilliant light show with their skills . Without hesitation and mercy, they introduced the wall to a world of pain . Like rabid animals, they hit the wall with all they’ve got .
Wu Yan’s eyes flashed and Heaven Gazer shook before starlight lit up around everyone .
“Seven Stars!”
Boom
A thunderous boom louder than their attacks put together rang as the wall got decimated, its Hp bar dropped to yellow, then red, and finally, it got depleted .
When the wall collapsed, the ground shook like they triggered a mechanism of some sort . Everybody was shocked but the shaking stopped after a few seconds . Then, the huge labyrinth faded into thin air like nothing was here in the first place…
The maze is gone!