Narros, the Truth, the Map, and the Maze Treasure!

Ronan watched the figure approaching.

Beneath his long, moist hair, as black as seaweed, was a rather handsome face.

His eyes were exceptionally clear.

There was no murderous intent, no resentment, no contempt or disdain, and no air of superiority whatsoever.

It only revealed a hint of weariness accumulated over the long years.

"I haven't seen such an outstanding young person as you in a long time."

The man walked up to Ronan and began to speak.

His voice was magnetic, and his gaze was gentle and serene, like a traveler who had just emerged from the morning mist, covered with morning dew and the lingering darkness and starlight.

"May I have your name?"

He asked Ronan.

Ronan looked at him, used his hands to support himself, and slowly stood up from the ground.

"Misha".

Ronan replied that granulation tissue was growing from an exaggerated, penetrating wound on his chest, which was deviating from his heart, and that it was slowly healing.

He took a few even breaths, and his complexion seemed to improve.

"Misha".

The man silently repeated the name, then nodded gently. "I've remembered it."

"Whoosh—"

A petite figure suddenly landed, tossed a silver key to Ronan, and then stood directly in front of him, coldly staring at the handsome man in front of her.

The man glanced indifferently at the suddenly appearing Moriel, completely unconcealed by Moriel undisguised coldness and hostility, and even nodded politely to Moriel.

"And what's your name?"

Ronan seemed to have almost fully recovered. He pressed Moriel's shoulder and gently pushed her aside.

You may call me Narros.

The man smiled at Ronan and readily gave his name.

"Then Narros."

Ronan thought for a moment and then asked, "Do you have Magic Crystal?"

"Well"

Everyone on the field froze for a moment, including Moriel.

On the contrary, the man named Narros seemed to think about it quite seriously for a moment, and then slowly took off a simple-looking Ruby Ring from the ring finger of his right hand, released his hand, and the ring floated lightly to Ronan's feet.

"There are some, but not many."

Ronan's eyes flickered, and he reached out and gently grasped the man's ring.

"Thanks."

Ronan spoke, then picked up the Space Key Moriel had just tossed to him and casually stabbed it into the air to the side.

"Buzz—"

A faint spatial fluctuation emanated, and light patterns grew in the void, quickly weaving into the outline of a small door.

The Level Five Wizard Monsters on the field tensed up and instinctively stirred, but quickly quieted down under the gaze of the leading man.

The man named Narros calmly looked at Ronan, raised his hand, and gently caught the Space Key that Ronan then threw to him.

This key can only be used one last time.

Ronan's gaze swept over each of the level-five monsters on the field, and he said calmly, "Whether you use it to open the door out or continue chasing me, the choice is yours."

After saying that, Ronan looked at the man in front of him and said goodbye as a friend would.

"Well then. Goodbye, Narros."

After saying that, he turned and led Moriel into the portal.

After a while, the light gate gradually began to blur.

The man named Narros watched silently until the portal completely disappeared before slowly withdrawing his gaze.

"What an outstanding young man."

He looked at the Space Key in his hand and repeated it to himself.

When he raised his head again, the man began to exude a strange aura.

He squinted slightly, his gaze passing over the distant Bull Demon Babu Li and over the Blue Small Door on the cliff. It seemed to [Penetration] layers of void, seeing a place even farther and higher.

Murmuring.

"We have all endured long and painful ordeals, wasting our precious lives here."

"Now, it's time to see the light of day again."

"Call--"

In the quiet passage, Ronan and Moriel emerged from the portal.

Seeing the White Small Door close again, Moriel finally couldn't help but speak, "Without the key, we're completely stuck now."

Ronan, however, remained unusually calm. He took out several bottles of healing potions from his Space Ring and drank them. Then, he glanced at the Ruby Ring in his hand, which he had obtained from a man named Narros, and casually put it away. Finally, he slowly said, "I never intended to leave from there."

"Um?!"

Moriel's expression froze for a moment, then she suddenly realized, "You mean that's not actually the real exit?"

"No."

Ronan shook his head. "It's the exit."

"What's the meaning?"

Moriel frowned, completely bewildered.

"Do you remember what you said about this maze?"

Ronan walked slowly forward, gently stroking the wall to one side as he went. "A wizard Minotaur built the greatest labyrinth in the world, and he buried treasure within it."

Ronan stopped and looked at the high wall in front of him, where the gray mist flowed, and muttered to himself, "Now, nothing can disturb our search for the treasure left by the Minotaur."

At this moment, it seemed as if an invisible cloak was gently peeled away from Ronan, revealing the truly dazzling brilliance beneath.

Moriel froze for a moment. She looked at Ronan, who wasn't too far away from her, and murmured, "So your initial goal wasn't to use their power to open the exit from the maze, but to lure them all into the room and lock them up so they wouldn't be an obstacle to you anymore? From the beginning, your target was the treasure within this maze?!"

In that instant, some of the confusion that had been lingering in Moriel's heart seemed to finally be resolved.

Why wasn't Ronan particularly angry when she "tricked" Ronan into entering the legendary Minotaur's Maze, a place no one had ever left? It's because he had already been planning to find the treasure from the beginning.

Ronan risked everything to lure all the Level Five Wizard Monsters encountered along the way together because he wanted to clear obstacles for the formal exploration to come.

Why did Ronan specifically open the door to the cell where Narros was imprisoned at the last moment before entering the room? His statement, "Just to be on the safe side," was not because he felt that the level 5 Monsters had not been trained enough in fighting the Bull Demon Babu Li.

Instead, they clearly calculated the number of times the Space Key could be used, deliberately consuming a portion of its energy so that when the Monsters in the room were left, they would only have one last chance to use it.

At this moment, countless thoughts swirled in Moriel's mind, and Ronan, who was in front of her, suddenly seemed incredibly distant.

However, some new questions still arise, and we want to find answers.

"No, since your initial intention was to lock them up, we could have simply opened the door, dropped off the key, and left after they entered the room. Why risk our lives against them?"

Moriel frowned and took the initiative to move closer to Ronan.

Ronan reached out and gently pressed his hand against the barely healed wound on his chest, calmly saying, "You're oversimplifying things."

If I don't risk my life, how can they truly believe that the door behind Babu Li is the exit, that we hold the real key, and that bypassing Babu Li and using the key to open that door is the only way to escape?

If there's a rule that everyone in the room who answers the question incorrectly will be expelled by the Bull Demon Babu Li and forced out of the room, then everything I've done will have been completely useless.

And"

Ronan glanced at Moriel and said calmly, "I did indeed intend to let you take this opportunity to leave."

That way, no one will share the Minotaur's treasure with me.

What would have happened if I had actually opened the door and gone out?

"The key will be back in my hands, and then I will slip out of the room in the chaos while everyone is rushing to the exit."

Ronan paused for a moment, then continued, "Actually, things are still different from what I expected. I've been waiting for Narros to make a move. I thought he would make a move against Babu Li or you sooner."

But I didn't expect him to stay hidden all this time. His late appearance almost made me think he hadn't even come in. Thankfully, the final result was the same.

"You almost died!"

Moriel glared at him through gritted teeth.

"There will always be some risks involved."

Ronan lowered his hand from his chest and said casually, "I'm used to it."

"Wrong."

Moriel suddenly realized, "What makes you so confident that you can find the treasure? We don't even have the one and only key that can open any door right now."

"Why am I so confident?"

Ronan repeated Moriel's question, and after a moment he sighed softly, "

Because this treasure was prepared especially for me.

"Well"

Moriel was stunned.

Ronan, however, continued talking to himself.

"A long time ago, I obtained that spatial key and something else in an ancient wizard's private mansion."

Ronan stretched out one hand, and in his palm floated a mysterious rune that kept breaking and reforming, emanating a strong spatial aura.

"I tried many times to use this Space Rune as a Soul Rune when I was at level three, but I failed every time."

Do you know why?

"Because it is constantly changing?"

Moriel thought for a moment, then frowned.

"Yes."

Ronan nodded. "Every time it breaks and reassembles, the internal rune patterns become different. I've tried many times, but the results are always wrong."

Later I discovered that every ten thousand times it breaks and reassembles, a repeating pattern appears.

I tried to condense this pattern as a rune, and it was successful.

"At that time, I didn't understand the point of hiding the correct rune shape in countless incorrect patterns."

Until I stepped into this labyrinth."

You mean...

As if she had finally thought of something, Moriel's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up with an incredible light.

"Right."

Ronan nodded. "Map."

It corresponds to the constantly changing maze, with the time intervals between breaking and rebuilding perfectly matching the time it takes for the maze to move and change, making it a map that displays the maze's route in real time.

"No wonder you were able to pinpoint the exact location of each level 5 monster in the passage."

Moriel murmured.

"If I still can't find the treasure buried inside the maze like this..."

Ronan looked up at the dark, Black Mist sky above and muttered, "I'm afraid the Minotaur would jump out of his coffin and give me a good whack on the head if he knew."

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