Chapter 404: The

Just as the mages of the Academy were full of anticipation and stepped into the trial labyrinth, the official forum of "Disaster OL" had already boiled over because of this "version update."

An activity discussion post titled 【All Souls Festival Great Commotion! Academy New Map Opened!】 had already broken through thousands of floors in just a few minutes, with unprecedented heat!

On the first page of the post, players were heatedly discussing the "temporary body" setting of this activity.

Punch a Shi Shi Laimu: "No way? This skeleton soldier is too fragile!"

Ba-ba: "It's really like returning to the opening of the server, feeling like half a life is gone after being arched by a slime, too unaccustomed! Where is my legendary plate armor? Where is my +15 greatsword? Strongly request the dog planner to also make a mirror copy of the equipment!!! (Crazy)"

Technology Decides Everything: "Don't complain upstairs, you don't understand, this is called 'Nostalgia Server'! Equipment and skills are all reset to zero, now the big shots and the noobs are at the same starting line, purely looking at technology and brains, how exciting! I think this update is very interesting!"

Read Forward is Pig: "Indeed, technology-flow players are ecstatic! Finally don't have to be bullied by those krypton-gold dogs who rely on equipment to crush! QAQ"

Table Stool: "No, does this game still have krypton-gold big shots??"

A Gulp of Chemical Pool: "+1, game coins can't be spent at all! (Sliding)"

Can't Afford to Play: "Hey, my stomach hurts every time I see this ID recently."

Gou Shi: "@Long Xing Wan Li. (Sliding)"

Long Xing Wan Li: "..."

Longxing Baili: "It's okay brother, I'll lend you the picture package if you can't find it. (I was @ by a dog. jpg) (Sliding. jpg)"

Just as players were arguing about the pros and cons of the "Nostalgia Server," a reply on the 233rd floor instantly detonated the entire post.

I Pick Up Trash to Get Rich: "Damn!!! Brothers, look at the activity rules details! I found the focus! Any magic item dropped this time, as long as you can bring it to the teleportation point alive, you can bring it out of the dungeon and keep it permanently!!!"

This reply was like a deep-water bomb, making the entire post explode.

Riding a Broom to Conquer: "Really or fake?!"

Riding a Donkey to the Market: "Where is the screenshot? If you don't have a picture, don't talk about it!"

I Pick Up Trash to Get Rich: "Here it is, here it is! 【Screenshot. jpg】! Look for yourself! Absolutely true!"

Sherlock Holmes: "Damn! Damn! Damn! I saw it! The four big characters 'Permanently Keep'! Was the dog planner hacked? Or did he finally find his conscience?!"

I Just Want to Fish: "Brothers! The opportunity to get rich overnight is here! (Excited)"

The desire to get rich overnight completely ignited the enthusiasm of all players!

Although "Disaster OL" is still in closed beta, its miraculous gameplay and the heat that followed have long since made it no secret in reality.

Whether it's the local tyrants who have already entered the game or the cloud players who are optimistic about the future of this game, they are all full of interest in speculating on game equipment.

It is precisely because of this that huge purchasing power has spawned an incomparably active market, and almost every day someone is collecting Hell coins on the forum.

Copper coins forget it, there are too many of those things.

Under the stimulation of the "illusion of wealth," two major mainstream tactical ideas quickly formed on the forum, and countless players began to discuss their "way to get rich" in a chattering manner.

Sun Tzu's Art of War Backwards: "Brothers, open your pattern a bit! We are skeletons now, there is actually a huge advantage here! We can find a corner to play dead, and then jump up to give them a big surprise when those mage apprentices get close! I propose that our trap technology flow should unite to give the magic apprentices of the Academy a good 'intensity'!"

Don't Run I'll Buff You: "That makes sense, brother! Although I think it's not direct enough! Look at the equipment on those apprentices, mage robes, magic wands, magic accessories, which one isn't more valuable than our bone frames? The rules only say you can't kill, but didn't say you can't 'seize' their equipment! (Wicked smile)"

Although magic apprentices occupy an absolute advantage in transcendent power, for those old oilers who have been opening up the wasteland since the server opened, that bit of advantage doesn't count for anything at all; they can fill the gap between the two sides by relying on rich combat experience!

For a time, the entire forum was full of a happy atmosphere. Whether it was "trap flow" or "recycling flow," all players were gearing up.

They were ready to have a unique "friendly exchange" with the magic apprentices of the Academy in this grand activity.

It's time to blow the crooked wind of the Great Graveyard to the Academy!

The players were ready for a "friendly exchange" with the magic apprentices, but clearly the magic apprentices were not ready to face a group of undead who "don't play by the rules."

Not long after the trial began, the first floor of the labyrinth fell into a chaotic mess.

A group of magic apprentices who had just killed their way into the labyrinth were waving their magic wands, chasing closely behind the butts of a group of skeleton soldiers.

"Hey! Stand still!"

"What's wrong with this group of bone frames? Why don't they attack us and only know how to run?!"

"Damn... my magic power is almost not enough!"

"%￥#@! I... you guys wait for me for a while!"

Several young magic apprentices were supporting their knees and panting, looking like they were about to die, as if they could fall down at any time because of physical exhaustion.

The undead encountered in books and training in the past were dull and slow existences, and besides being able to scare timid guys when they appeared suddenly, they had no other use.

However, the skeletons in front of them were different!

Not only did they know how to snake-skin dodge to avoid fatal fireballs, they also seemed to know the weaknesses of mages, bringing their tireless endurance advantage into full play, and started kiting in the labyrinth!

Relying on precise positioning, these skeleton soldiers constantly harassed and pulled in the distance, throwing stones to contain them, and when the apprentices were exhausted and lacked magic power, they would howl and kill their way back from the shadows, catching the resting apprentices off guard, forcing them to squeeze out the last bit of magic power from their exhausted sea of consciousness.

The effect of this tactic was obvious.

These magic apprentices were already having poor accuracy when they were clear-headed, and now their consciousness was already unclear, and the only role of spellcasting was to send themselves on their way.

"I... can't do it anymore..."

Having barely released the last spell, a certain magic apprentice holding a magic wand swayed, his face pale, his mouth and eyes crooked.

He had just managed to explain a final "last word" before falling straight to the ground, unconscious.

Looking at the companion who had fainted due to lack of spiritual power, several magic apprentices had faces of green and white. Especially when they looked at those grinning undead approaching, they were like seeing real ghosts, several times scared into fainting.

Just when these poor apprentices were being tortured by this group of "rogue" undead until they were crying out for help, a gorgeous firelight suddenly tore through the dim corridor, hitting the few players who were "sharpening their knives" and grinning as they approached the students.

"Boom—!"

Accompanied by a loud explosion, a skeleton player who was chasing the students was accurately hit in the skull, instantly exploding into a pile of broken bones.

That was just the first one—

Failed Eel: "Damn, I really can't play skeleton soldiers!"

Failed Dirty Eel: "Elite monster refreshed! Run away!"

National Server First Pig: "MMP! If you have the ability, let me use my big account—"

Before the remaining three players could react, *whoosh whoosh* came several more fireballs, sending these three guys who couldn't dodge in time away.

If their main bodies had come, perhaps there would have been different results, but standing here was just a skeleton soldier with no level, and wanting to challenge a Bronze-tier magic apprentice just by relying on experience was still too difficult.

Especially when being ambushed.

"What a powerful fireball spell..."

"Actually hit the vital point in one strike!"

Several young female apprentices who had just been promoted to mage and were being played to a sorry state by the undead, cast gazes of surprise and worship toward him one after another.

Only to see Kurs and his two teammates, Kerich and Luman, in a triangular formation, cooperating tacitly to quickly "eliminate" the remaining few skeleton soldiers, their actions done in one go.

As the main output, Kurs showed a level far beyond ordinary mages, every fireball spell being extremely accurate.

"Phew..."

After finishing the battle, Kurs, who let out a long breath, narcissistically brushed the bangs in front of his forehead, turned around and showed a gentle and gentlemanly smile to those few female apprentices.

"Are you guys okay?"

Going to Prince Kelin's science class every day, although he didn't understand what that Prince was talking about, he at least learned that iconic smile.

"I, I'm okay..." A female mage blushed, just wanting to ask his name, but was interrupted by Kurs's self-talk.

"Are you guys participating in the labyrinth trial for the first time? Don't be frustrated, I was just as noob as you when I participated for the first time, just participate a few more times."

He cleared his throat, looked at the few mages with full faces of bewilderment, and continued to teach in a good-for-teacher tone.

"Don't take clearing the labyrinth as the goal, you guys look for more treasure chests, just take this trial as a brave attempt. As for the next challenge, leave it to us real powerhouses, hahaha..."

After speaking, he threw a dashing smile and left dashingly in the bewildered gazes of those few girls.

However, he hadn't walked two steps before he suddenly came to his senses.

Bad—

He forgot to leave his name!

Thinking that he had wasted half a day of expression, and the other party didn't even know who he was, Kurs's intestines were about to turn green with regret.

However, if he went back at this time, he would be embarrassed, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to pretend to be cool...

Unlike the "light and breezy" on his face, the expressions of his two teammates had no relaxation at all.

Kerich walked to a pile of bone dregs with a heavy expression, frowning.

"Do you guys feel that these undead are a bit different from the wild ones? They seem... too smart, actually knowing how to actively dodge the magic we released."

If they hadn't changed the path of the spell temporarily, the fireballs they released might have really been dodged by those few undead.

Being dodged by skeleton soldiers without transcendent power, it would be too shameful to say it out!

Luman also nodded, his expression serious as he echoed: "Hmm, I think so too. They move... as if living people are acting."

This sounded a bit creepy.

Feeling the gloomy atmosphere around, Kurs's mouth twitched, and he coughed forcefully, interrupting their whispering conversation.

"Don't think so much! Mentor Moke definitely wouldn't put some filler undead in the labyrinth, this is just a test he left for us, what's there to make a fuss about?"

Pausing, he urged and continued.

"Hurry up and go, don't waste time if you see these undead again! Our goal is the core of the labyrinth, don't waste time on these small fry!"

The championship was his goal!

He wanted to let Ilana thoroughly realize that abandoning him and throwing herself into Prince Kelin's embrace was a stupid choice!

In front of this grand goal, the points gained from killing monsters or undead didn't matter at all to him!

At the same time, on the other side of the labyrinth.

The plan of 【Knowledge Explosion】, 【Gotham Good Citizen】, and 【Go to the Pier for Some Seagulls】 also began.

They didn't go out hunting apprentices like other players, but went the other way, using a few tattered wooden boards to build a simple stall, and started doing business in the labyrinth!

It has to be said that 【Go to the Pier for Some Seagulls】 is a genius in terms of making things happen. Just when everyone was discussing whether to choose "trap flow" or "recycling flow," only he thought of the most inhuman "profiteer flow."

Only to see that beside the stall hung a sloppy plaque, on which was written a line of big characters crookedly—"Specially Permitted Operation by Mentor Moke: Official Supply Point."

By the way, this activity is not that no equipment can be brought, as long as you pay a teleportation fee, you can send things from the warehouse.

However, very few people do this.

After all, it is written very clearly in the activity announcement that equipment dropped in the dungeon has a risk of loss, the Demon King only manages to bring things for them, but is not responsible for helping them pick up the dropped equipment.

When the activity ends, all equipment not delivered to the teleportation point will be defaulted as lost!

Therefore, the vast majority of people choose to bring some cheap equipment, or even just use the default set sent by the server.

In this way, even if you accidentally die in the activity, you won't be too miserable, and if you let the npc pick up the equipment, it will be too painful!

Soon, three passing magic apprentices were attracted by the outrageous sign hanging on their stall.

They curiously sized up the stall, but the eager expression seemed to want to take out money, yet they couldn't let go of the vigilance in their hearts toward the three skeletons in front of them.

"It's really the sun coming out from the west, undead are actually selling things..." a student whispered in confusion, "What kind of new trap is this?"

"Don't know... I always have a bad premonition."

Seeing that the first batch of customers was about to sneak attack without martial virtue, 【Go to the Pier for Some Seagulls】 had a flash of inspiration in his anxiety, cleared his non-existent throat, and talked nonsense seriously.

"These three students, please don't be nervous! We are... uh, 'hidden merchants' specially arranged in the labyrinth by your Mentor Moke to increase the fun of this trial!"

Knowledge Explosion also quickly came back to his senses, and immediately followed his words and continued: "Yes, yes! Being able to meet us is your luck! Killing us not only has no benefit to you, but will also deduct all the points you have already obtained! This is... the hidden mechanism of this labyrinth!"

Although the sound they made was just a "creaking" bone friction sound, under the action of a translation crystal ball, these sounds were clearly converted into the Imperial common language.

【Gotham Good Citizen】 looked suspiciously at the two, pondering how this loophole-filled statement could be believed by anyone.

However, just as he thought this, he saw that the three magic apprentices really pressed down the magic wands they were clenching in their hands!

Damn?

【Gotham Good Citizen】 looked dumbfoundedly at the three magic apprentices, looking at the suspicion on their faces disappearing, turning into realization and surprise.

Great—

It's Mentor Moke!

This time I have to believe it!

That pair of clear and transparent eyes were just like college students who hadn't seen the world on Earth; they dared to believe whatever others dared to say.

"So that's how it is..."

"I said so! Where are there undead who will sell things!"

"Haha, saved! We were just worrying that our supplies weren't enough!"

Watching the three young men suddenly start celebrating, Brother Seagull and Brother Knowledge-Explosion were also a bit bewildered. Fortunately, they were skeletons and had no dense facial muscles to manage.

If they had known these magic apprentices were so easy to fool, why would they have gone to the trouble of stocking up from the Land of Nightmares? They could have just scammed them directly!

But things had already reached this point; regretting it now would be a bit unfair to the script they had worked so hard to write.

The three skeleton soldiers were high in spirits and immediately began peddling their meticulously crafted "merchandise" to these "lucky ones."

【Go to the Pier for Some Seagulls】 was the first to pick up a bottle of strangely colored red potion, blowing its healing effects out of proportion.

"Take a look at this! Potent Life Potion! Brewed with the sap of a thousand-year-old Life Tree; drink one mouthful, and it will instantly restore all your stamina! Special event price now... only thirty silver coins!"

The magic apprentice, who had been examining the potion with interest, immediately widened his eyes upon hearing the price.

"Thirty coins?!"

Go to the Pier for Some Seagulls: "Uh, this shop doesn't accept bargaining, unless—"

"This is way too cheap!!!"

Go to the Pier for Some Seagulls: "...?"

"Take it!"

The apprentice bought it without hesitation, not knowing that what was inside was actually a "Good Dream Half-Day Tour" filled with sleep-inducing black tea.

Next, Brother Seagull took out a "Master-Level Unlocking Scroll," claiming it could melt any metal obstacle sealing a treasure chest.

In reality, he wasn't lying, but the true function of this thing was just to melt the lock core and the key together.

The apprentice standing in front of him decisively paid the money and happily bought it away.

Finally, 【Knowledge Explosion】 sold a "Second Floor Entrance Map" covered in gibberish to the third apprentice, while the map actually pointed to a cursed trap.

No one expected that this only "merchandise" they had made with their own hands would actually be the best-selling one—selling for a sky-high price of a full gold coin!

For ordinary people on the Aos Continent, this was a very large sum of money!

The three apprentices left fully satisfied, feeling they had gotten a huge bargain. Such useful items in the labyrinth were actually being sold for less than three times the price outside.

Mentor Moke was simply too fair!

Looking at the bulging money bag, 【Good Citizen of Gotham】, who had been silent all along, was convinced and gave a bony thumb up toward 【Go to the Pier for Some Seagulls】.

"You are the one!"

This time he didn't gesture with his middle finger.

【Go to the Pier for Some Seagulls】 smiled slightly and waved his hand very calmly.

"Basic operation, don't 6."

Looking at this clown, 【Knowledge Explosion】 sighed.

"Sigh, profiteer!"

Too evil!

Truly too evil!

Just as Brother Seagull's small shop business was becoming more and more prosperous, Ye Zhiqiu and the others, far away at the other end of the labyrinth, chose a different tactic.

The Minotaur warrior and the Orc knight had just worked together to move a treasure chest they found in a remote corner to their carefully chosen ambush point—a path that was a must-pass near the "Evacuation Portal."

Rubbing his non-existent nose bridge, Ye Zhiqiu began to explain the core of his "waiting for the rabbit" plan to his teammates.

"... According to the mission content, all loot acquired during the event needs to be brought to the portal for recovery. With limited weight capacity, the approach of staying away from the portal to actively hunt apprentices is quite inefficient. Therefore, our optimal strategy is not to go looking for prey, but to let the prey actively come looking for us with the harvest and loot from the labyrinth!"

"Just waiting is so boring," the impatient Orc knight waved his fists and suggested excitedly, "Let's dig a few more traps around here!"

"Don't gild the lily," Hu Wan leaned against the wall and complained, "What if you scare people away?"

"No, this idea is actually very good."

Unlike usual, this time Ye Zhiqiu unexpectedly agreed with the Orc knight's idea and calmly analyzed, "According to the common sense of ordinary adventurers, the more traps there are and the more complex they are, the higher the value of the treasure behind them... Magic apprentices are smarter than them, and of course, they can think of this step. We can just take advantage of this psychology of theirs to make them more convinced that there is treasure hidden behind the traps, or even actively take the bait!"

"How about that? I can come up with some good ideas occasionally, right?" the Orc brother said proudly, looking at Hu Wan.

The persuaded Hu Wan shrugged.

"I'm listening to Brother Ye."

The Minotaur warrior squeezed his fists and said with great enthusiasm.

"Then let's do it like that!"

Under Ye Zhiqiu's command, the three players immediately began to act.

They had a clear division of labor, setting up one interlocking trap after another around the treasure chest. There were the simplest tripwires, magic alarms that would make a harsh noise when triggered, and improvements made to existing traps using materials on the spot.

For example, to add a "surprise" for those magic apprentices, the Orc knight also smirked and lured a few acid slimes wandering nearby, chasing them into the pit of the pitfall trap.

"Saint Xisi—bah! Lord Demon King above, it would be great if a few lost female elves came by later! My requirements aren't high; I'll be satisfied with B or above."

Hu Wan: "Hey, you're talking about the grade, right? Yes, right?"

Minotaur warrior: "Speaking of which, does the Academy have elven apprentices?"

Orc knight: "That's a must! Even dwarves have them; didn't it say so in the setting book? They're just relatively rare."

Ye Zhiqiu: "..."

After completing all the arrangements, the four skeletons quickly hid in the surrounding shadows, like patient hunters, quietly waiting for the arrival of their prey.

Not long after, a series of footsteps and conversations came from far to near, and the first group of "unlucky ones" appeared in their field of vision.

The people who came were the high-spirited Kules team.

Having defeated several waves of monsters in a row, their confidence had greatly increased, and the vigilance they originally had due to the strange behavior of the undead in the labyrinth had vanished.

Just at this moment, Kaili Qi accidentally stepped on a tripwire that was almost integrated with the ground. Almost at the same time, a large net descended from the sky, heading straight for his head!

"Pat—"

"Careful!" Luman was quick-eyed and fast-handed; a Wind Blade spell precisely cut the rope, allowing Kaili Qi to dodge it by a hair's breadth.

"Damn... that was close."

Looking at the blades tied to the net, Kaili Qi patted his chest with lingering fear, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Speaking of which, there are quite a lot of traps here; should we go around?"

However, his voice had just fallen when he was interrupted.

"Go around? On the contrary, encountering traps just shows that we are on the right path!"

A smile curled up at the corner of Kules's mouth, his voice full of unquestionable confidence. Looking at his two teammates who were looking at him, he continued to state his meticulous analysis in a leisurely manner.

"What kind of place needs traps? If you were Mentor Moke, would you put traps in an unimportant corner? Anyway, if I were him, I would definitely concentrate the traps on things worth guarding—for example, the entrance to the second floor of the labyrinth!"

"My intuition tells me that we are not far from it!"

Kaili Qi and Luman looked at each other, both with surprised expressions on their faces.

It seems...

That makes some sense!

The surprised expressions gradually turned into excitement, and Kaili Qi no longer mentioned going around.

The three of them moved forward cautiously, relying on their strength and knowledge base, which were slightly stronger than ordinary mages, and overcame many traps along the way.

For example, a magic rune attached to the wall would trigger a paralysis effect once someone approached, which Kules easily detonated with a small pebble.

Then there was a pressure trap disguised as a gold coin, which he bypassed without even looking, easily dodging a trigger-type magic scroll hidden in the ceiling.

The third was a mushroom capable of releasing hallucinogenic spores; he directly waved his magic wand, and a fire snake gushed from the tip of the wand, sweeping away the fungi attached to the wall.

After dismantling three traps in a row, Kules's self-confidence expanded extremely. He even began to feel that these "tests" designed by Mentor Moke were nothing more than this.

Finally, they arrived at the end of the trap area, and the treasure chest that was placed casually in the middle of the road was already close at hand.

He didn't expect it to be a treasure chest, Kules was slightly stunned, but after a brief pause, he still looked proudly at the teammates beside him.

"See... did you see? As long as you have enough wisdom and strength, there is no test you cannot pass!"

After a pause, he said again.

"Just as I said, the traps here are so dense, there must be a treasure chest behind them!"

Luman: "..."

Kaili Qi: "...?"

Is that what this guy said?

Forget it...

It wasn't important anyway.

Even if there was no entrance to the second floor of the labyrinth, it would be nice to be able to obtain magic items. The rewards in the labyrinth trial have always been good, especially since this treasure chest was golden!

Kules was boasting triumphantly while stepping forward with his right foot, but the moment his sole hit the ground, he happened to step on a loose stone slab.

The stone slab made a crisp sound, causing the nerves of the three to tense up immediately.

However, before they could make any reaction, the floor of the entire corridor seemed to flip over, swallowing them whole into the boundless darkness.

Obviously—

This trap was the one personally designed by Mentor Moke.

"What's the situation—"

"Ah—!"

"Damn it! It's a pitfall trap—"

In the horrified screams, the three caught off guard fell down like dumplings, falling heavily onto a soft and slimy "cushion."

They had just wanted to say that Mentor Moke still had a bit of conscience and didn't let them fall unconscious directly, when they saw clusters of miserable green light staring at them.

Those were dozens of acid slimes!

They didn't know why they were ambushed in the pitfall trap, and at this moment they were enthusiastically "welcoming" these "food" that had fallen from the sky.

"Ahhh—!"

The shrill screams resounded through the entire passage again.

In the terrified eyes of the three, the set of mage robes they had worn for many years was rapidly dissolving under the corrosion of the acid!

Not long after, not only the clothes, but the wooden magic wands on their bodies also turned into a pile of soft mud-like things, eaten clean by the acid slimes...

The disheveled Kules could no longer care about the dignity of a strong man, hurriedly took out the distress rune from his arms, and used all his strength to crush it before being completely submerged by the slimes.

A white light flowed out from the gaps in his fingers and shot straight toward the ceiling.

Soon, two patrolling teaching assistants arrived upon hearing the news and rescued the three unlucky ones, who were covered in mucus and barely clothed, from the pit with strange expressions.

"Strange," one of the male teaching assistants looked at the slimes squirming at the bottom of the pit and muttered to himself in confusion, "How could acid slimes be inside a pitfall trap?"

He clearly remembered that the pitfall trap here was empty, and the most extreme situation would be to let an apprentice who stepped into the air break a bone.

By the way—

How did that treasure chest get here?

He was a bit bewildered.

The female teaching assistant from the Saint Energy School glanced at a middle-aged male teaching assistant from the Source Magic School beside her: "Did you put them there?"

The middle-aged man gave a wry smile, shook his head, and said.

"How is that possible... every trap in the labyrinth is personally designed by Mentor Moke; we are just participating in the construction."

But having said that, Mentor Moke really has a bad taste.

A pitfall trap itself is enough to make a magic apprentice who doesn't know the Levitation spell lose their combat effectiveness; is there any point in adding a group of acid slimes inside?

Listening to the casual chatter of the teaching assistants, Kules, who was shivering wrapped in a blanket, felt so ashamed and angry that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

He had wanted to win the championship in this trial and become famous in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect to be defeated so shamefully on the first floor of the labyrinth.

"Alright young men, don't be discouraged yet, I'll take you out of here... um, you'd better be prepared with a change of clothes, it's still quite cold outside."

Looking at the three young men wrapped in blankets, the female teaching assistant took out her magic wand and tapped lightly on the wall of the labyrinth, trying to summon the exit formation.

All patrolling teaching assistants have control permissions for the labyrinth core and can take disqualified magic apprentices out of the field when necessary.

However, something unexpected happened; the exit formation did not appear on the wall.

She was slightly stunned and frowned.

"What's going on..."

"Could it be that this area is not connected to the labyrinth core?" The middle-aged teaching assistant touched his chin, pondered for a moment, and then looked at Kules and the others, "The teleportation array here cannot be activated, so I'll have to trouble you to follow us for a while."

Kules nodded tremblingly.

Despairing, he now only wanted to leave here as soon as possible and end this nightmare; he didn't want anything else besides that...

Watching these mages leave, under the shadows not far away, the four skeletons also let out a faint "sigh."

Orc knight: "MMP! Where is my female elf? Why are they three big men?!"

It was bad enough that he didn't get to feast his eyes, but it also burned his eyes!

Minotaur warrior: "Miscalculated, they can also call for reinforcements."

Hu Wan said speechlessly: "Now we didn't catch anyone, and we can't recover the equipment either... who was the brain-dead person who stuffed the acid slimes in just now."

The Minotaur warrior said in an annoyed voice: "I told you we shouldn't have added this thing, it's purely gilding the lily!"

The Orc knight coughed awkwardly.

"Alright alright, stop arguing, let's think of other ways..."

Ye Zhiqiu pondered for a moment and spoke, interrupting the teammates' argument.

"I just confirmed it; although we didn't capture those apprentices, we made them lose the ability to continue fighting, and the system still awarded us the event reward points."

Looking at the three teammates whose soul fires in their skulls were gradually brightening, he paused and continued.

"This accident can be considered to have provided us with a new line of thinking—not just making the apprentices lose their mobility, forcing them to call for support to quit the trial is also a way to win. I actually have an idea; we can find a way to actively activate the distress runes on their bodies."

The soul fire in the Minotaur warrior's skull flashed violently, and he said excitedly.

"This is a good idea!"

"But... how are we supposed to activate the distress runes on them?" Hu Wan frowned and said in a low voice.

Ye Zhiqiu smiled slightly.

"I've heard of something called a 'Revitalization Formation' that can actively activate magic scrolls or magic devices in the area. Although the character I'm operating now can't actively cast magic, setting up a simple magic array is still doable... this is easy for me, as long as I borrow some things from the monsters."

Hu Wan and the others were slightly stunned, and soon evil smiles appeared on their faces.

"Holy crap!"

"666!"

"It has to be you!"

Looking at the three teammates who looked full of admiration, Ye Zhiqiu coughed lightly and said in a euphemistic tone.

"I'm just helping them... leave this place of right and wrong."