Steel Bones: My Mentality Collapsed

After finally leaving the Mirror Maze, they were greeted by an ancient castle in a Western style.

The castle covers a vast area, and its entirety cannot be seen at a glance. From their current vantage point, they can vaguely see the castle brightly lit.

"The entire Rose Manor is surrounded by Mirror Maze, and there should be more than one exit."

After quickly surveying the surrounding area, Steel Bones began to speak. As the reconnaissance personnel selected to participate in this Campaign Quest, his Quest Target was to gather as much intelligence as possible.

Due to the extreme darkness of the current environment, apart from the brightly lit castle and the Mirror Maze shrouded in candlelight, the rest of the place was completely dark.

However, based on the few points of light coming from afar, it is still possible to vaguely deduce that there is more than one exit from this Mirror Maze. It is just unknown whether the other two teams have managed to get out of the Labyrinth.

However, the Labyrinth itself isn't particularly difficult, and theoretically, it's impossible to get trapped inside...

"Don't underestimate this Mirror Maze. It can easily let us in when we want to enter this Rose Manor, but do you think it can easily let us out?"

As if reading his mind, Bai Zhi shrugged and began to speak.

"While we were navigating the Labyrinth, I kept paying attention to the reflections in the mirrors. When we passed a section of mirrored walls, the mirror image showed a character, 'Stupid,' staring blankly at our backs... Stop looking, it will return to normal when you look at it again."

"... How did you, walking at the very front, see the reflection in the mirror behind you?"

Turning his head again to look at the person in front of him who was talking eloquently, Steel Bones's eyes twitched involuntarily a few times.

--But isn't reconnaissance clearly your forte?

When he was navigating the Mirror Maze before, he had observed the reflections on the mirrors on both sides, but after observing for a while, he still couldn't figure it out...

But while he gained nothing, the other side had unknowingly acquired so much information... To be honest, he started to doubt himself.

"Some truths and images in books cannot always be seen with the naked eye."

Bai Zhi held up a finger in front of him, his face serious.

More often than not, we need to rely on...

"Is being observant Mind's Eye? Like secretly hiding a mirror in your hand or something..."

Exhaling, Steel Bones nodded.

"Been taught a lesson."

"Uh... I mean, we need to use higher -Level Equipment, since those with money are invincible."

Bai Zhi turned his head away nonchalantly.

"I have a piece of Equipment that can provide me with a third-person perspective. Hiding a mirror in my hand or something is too troublesome... Well, times have changed, that kind of method is outdated."

Steel Bones: "..."

For some reason, he suddenly felt a bit of dislike for the other person.

"If that's the case, then when we get back..."

Looking back at the Mirror Maze behind him, Steel Bones frowned slightly and spoke in a deep voice.

"If that's the case, then all those markings we made before coming here were unreliable... Why didn't you warn me?"

When they were navigating the Mirror Maze, Bai Zhi was unhappy with the zero mark he gave them at the beginning, which seemed like a joke, so he made all the markings along the way.

"Uh... I think I reminded you a while ago, didn't I?"

Looking at the Steel Bones in front of him, Bai Zhi rolled his eyes, slightly speechless.

To be honest, he preferred the taciturn, ruthless type who listened attentively to his instructions and never asked Iron Blood.

"Wasn't that zero mark at the beginning a reminder? You didn't actually think I was just drawing it for fun, did you? I thought you fully understood what I meant, and that I'd been playing along with you the whole time..."

"..."

This is Steel Bones's third silence.

He was actually considered a genius Player within the Military; otherwise, he wouldn't have been assigned to the highest- High-Rank S-rank platform. However, in the short few minutes he had interacted with this guy in front of him, he felt like an idiot, ruthlessly crushed in terms of intelligence...

(... Intelligence- based Player? This Type of Player generally has weak self-defense capabilities and isn't very strong in combat either...)

Finding a reason to comfort himself, Steel Bones glanced at the Girl with Short Black Hair had barely spoken and had mostly been writing in her Notebook.

(Judging from the opponent's situation, they should be a Support Player... Intelligence- based and Support- based player, plus me, Assault-type, that's a basic team composition...)

Thinking of this, Steel Bones suddenly felt a strong sense of responsibility as the leader of a squad to protect his Teammate.

After all, his two Teammate looked like complete weaklings, so he had to take on the responsibility of protecting them...

"... What's your view on the current situation?"

Taking a deep breath, Steel Bones turned to Bai Zhi and asked a question.

Having an Intelligence Player in the team is actually quite convenient, because you don't need to use your brain at all; you just need to do what the other person says, and it's very easy...

Of course, this is on the premise of having absolute Trust in the Intelligence- based Player in the team, but judging from the other party's previous performance, he felt that the other party was still Trust.

"Now..."

Bai Zhi glanced at the brightly lit castle standing in the darkness in the distance, stroked his chin, and nodded very seriously.

"I think we should sit down now, make a fire, and have a barbecue."

Steel Bones: "..."

Building Trust often takes a long time, but collapsing Trust can happen in an instant.

I brought a grill.

The Young Girl, who hadn't said a word, closed the Notebook in her hand, which had some unknown writing on it, and nodded.

"I also brought meat."

"That's perfect. I have all the seasonings I need. Let's find a place to start a fire."

Bai Zhi snapped his fingers.

"By the way, do you eat spicy food? I personally like to add more chili powder because it makes it taste better."

Please put in more.

The Young Girl's eyes lit up slightly.

Steel Bones: "..."

Listening to the conversation between the two people next to him, he inexplicably felt as if he had been demoted.

Hmm... he went from being an expedition leader to a tour guide for a certain tour group.