Chapter 1417: The Maze

The fire rose into the sky, and the roaring strong wind seemed to destroy the whole world in an instant. The side wall that was originally erected by the demon to isolate the inside and outside of the manor disappeared in the clear sound of glass shattering, and then it seemed like a layer of gray light, centered on the demon on the shore, covered the entire Osenfort manor area.

The power of time and space began to affect this area at the same time, and the power of this ancient Third Era evil spirit constituted a domain closer to a complete world than the Mystery Lock and the Language of Sublimation.

Xia De said softly in his heart on the floating ice: "Power of the Red Dragon!"

The hand that didn't know when it was in his pocket squeezed the positioning rune stone given by Miss Sylvia hard in the moment when the old barrier disappeared and the new domain had not yet formed.

The fluctuation of elements quickly aroused the demon's vigilance on the shore. It didn't want a third person to appear in this game, so the stable spatial power quickly covered Xia De's location. Even if someone noticed the current situation, it was impossible to enter here.

But what Xia De wanted to do was not to let Miss Sylvia appear in such a dangerous scene. The disappearance of the Origin Card not long ago told him that the battle had begun, and the shattering of the coordinate rune stone told Miss Sylvia that the situation was critical at this time.

"She knows what to do."

After Xia De's soft whisper, the space behind him really shattered like glass, and then a small gold and black vortex appeared. The vortex only appeared for less than two seconds, and this time was enough for an item to be sent in.

"Wait, this sword..."

Even if an Angel-level (Level 1) relic didn't show its power, its existence itself was an enemy to the ancient demon.

The silver sword "Night Watcher" shot out from behind and was held in Xia De's hand. Because of the existence of the ancient demon, the golden-yellow rune 【My Heart is Clear, the Sword Slashes Demons】 on the sword body bloomed with unprecedented brilliance.

That light illuminated Xia De's face, and also illuminated the smiling face of the woman's head in the water not far under his feet.

"The rule is that the game starts when the maze is completed, and we can't hurt each other only after the game starts..."

It was as if the moon fell to the ground at this moment, and it was as if the moon itself existed here. At that moment, the brilliant silver light illuminated the gray world, and the silver light blooming from the ritual sword itself shot into the sky. Using the ritual sword itself as the casting medium, the "Moonlight Slash" swept across the entire river bank with an unprecedentedly strong posture.

That silver arc of light even extinguished the fire near the shore. And Xia De, who hadn't used 【Night Watcher】 for a long time, felt the tacit understanding between himself and this sword become stronger when he held it, as well as the heartfelt pleasure and the pleasure of revenge after being beaten by the demon until he was covered in bruises.

After the sword light, the entire gray world was completely formed. The snowflakes became denser, and the world, which was noisy because of the earthquake, monster riots, fire, and battle, became completely quiet instead. The flames swayed silently, the wind and snow ran silently, and the whispering elements and blasphemous elements were almost filled in every corner of the world.

"The game has begun."

【Desire】 said softly, and looking at the shore, the demon's figure had disappeared.

"Spell-Water Walking."

Xia De carried his long sword, left the floating ice, and stepped on the constantly undulating water surface. The head on the water surface watched him walk away step by step with a smile. When Xia De went ashore, the head also sank under the water surface along with it.

"Sure enough, there are traces."

The demon seemed to leave directly, but in fact, while surprised by 【Night Watcher】, it was still injured by Xia De's all-out attack. Xia De might not have the power to defeat such an ancient evil spirit, but there was no ancient evil spirit that dared to face the brilliance of "Night Watcher".

Because of the demon's injury, some subtle black traces appeared on the shore, and this was the clue for what followed.

"Blood Echo-Demon Eye!"

Two different visual strange arts exerted effects at the same time. Then, Xia De took out the eye drops that could enhance visual ability given to him by Priest Ao Gu Si and dripped them into his eyes.

Blinking his eyes twice, the gray world became even more

clear in his eyes, and the "bloodstains" connected in pieces on the ground were wrapped by black rose vines under the "Demon Eye" perspective, and then displayed in high brightness in the dark night.

"Very good."

Xia De looked up at the re-ignited forest. The normal forest deadwood formed solid obstacles in the forest in various strange ways in the demon's domain. The flames constituted fire walls, the black huge rocks protruding from the ground formed barriers, and even the area of the forest was enlarged by more than two times.

These together formed a huge and complex maze between the shore and the Osenfort manor. It was not easy to pass through here in an hour. Moreover, these barriers and obstacles were difficult to destroy, so walking through the maze was easier.

【Note, you have entered the domain of the Stone Mirror Demon-Gede.】

【While leaving this space, the recovery speed of spirit and physical strength is slightly reduced, and the body and soul are continuously attacked by the demon's power.】

"There is divinity in my soul, it should be fine." 【Your body cannot fully resist the power of the demon domain, leave here as soon as possible.】 "I understand."

Xia De didn't set off immediately, but treated his wounds slightly first, and then walked into the burning tree maze along those high-brightness traces on the ground, but soon found that the traces on the ground actually split left and right ahead.

And the voice of the Stone Mirror Demon came from the high place of the maze at this time:

"So what if you can track my traces? I am omnipresent!"

Xia De ignored this noise that was clearly trying to confuse him. He reached into his pocket and took out a small wooden box. With a click, he opened the lock, and the bright yellow orb, the Sage-level relic 【Source of Chaos】, flew out automatically and hovered in front of Xia De.

After swaying slightly, it chose the road on the left for Xia De. One of the characteristics of this relic was to guide the location of the exit or the departure gate in complex maze-like scenes. This relic could not be used to find things, but it was really suitable for the current scene.

Xia De didn't waste time, moving forward in the scorching fire, along the direction indicated by the yellow moon light, and comparing and contrasting with the glowing traces on the ground. Neither of these two could be missing; only by assisting each other could Xia De determine that he was on the right path.

After all, the demon didn't say that he was definitely at the exit of the maze; it only said that he was in the deepest part of the maze.

Because the "Primal Fire" was burning in his body, although the forest fire made Xia De sweat profusely, it was difficult to cause him any harm. But the sweeping flames, while licking Xia De's skin, were also gradually wrapped by petrified rose vines in the "Demon Eye" perspective.

At the next intersection formed by tilted stone walls and burning tree hedges, Xia De encountered a weird demon stone statue, and at the same time, from the red firelight, flame-formed eight-legged spiders crawled out.

Xia De swung 【Night Watcher】 and slashed down a trail of light, but the flame spider climbed up the burning tree trunk, dodged this blow of Xia De, and then spat out thin, long flames like spider silk.

"Miss Jia Lin Na's Ice Breath."

Xia De pursed his lips and exhaled forward. Although the spreading cold air could not attack, it completely blocked the incoming fire line. Then Xia De stepped forward, appeared on top of the flame spider, slashed down with force, and cut the spider into two halves.

The falling spider's flames went out, but a flawless red gem fell out.

Xia De bent down to pick it up, and the demon's voice appeared in his ears again:

"Greed, even at this time, you are still thinking about these riches? It doesn't matter, every monster in this forest has wealth I prepared for you. If you like, go hunt them."

Xia De stuffed the flawless red gem, which was the size of an egg and genuine, into his pocket, and then continued to walk through the maze under the guidance of the high-brightness traces on the ground and 【Source of Chaos】.

To be honest, he didn't want to waste time hunting these monsters blocking the road, but whenever he encountered these monsters flying out of the flames, even if Xia De didn't

ignore them, they would follow. Although these monsters didn't have very sensitive senses, they moved extremely fast in the images of eight-legged spiders, flying crows, lone wolves, etc. Once Xia De couldn't shake them off, he had to enter the battle.

And as Xia De went deeper, more types of monsters appeared on the road ahead. Those were humanoid stone carvings rising from the ground, as well as half-demon madmen waving scimitars who didn't know where they ran from.

The former were the enemies Osenfort buried in the backyard, and the latter were all Osenfort's robber subordinates.

Their senses were more sensitive and their aggressiveness was stronger, but their defense was lower; Xia De almost killed one with one sword.

When Xia De was surrounded by five humanoid stone carvings and three half-demon madmen, and was fighting with those enemies holding long swords, axes, and pitchforks in the fire, the demon's voice appeared for the third time:

"These are all living souls. You killed them, which is to scatter their souls. Oh, don't you have even a little bit of sympathy?"

"Osenfort's robber subordinates deserve to die, and the souls of the enemies buried by him in the garden have long been corrupted. Besides..."

Xia De parried the long sword in front of him, then 【Night Watcher】 pierced the ground to summon a golden shield to block three axes. While the Heidun Seal exploded, the parried attack directly killed them:

"Since they blocked my way, I absolutely cannot hesitate."

Although Xia De never thought he was a very decisive person, such induction was a bit too childish.

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