New Map! Sewer Corridor and Slime!

Up the wall.

Alat Lulu agilely leaped over the obstacles, like a hunter in the shadows, scaling walls while locking its eyes on the target walking in the Maze corridor.

Pounce—

Surprise attack!

Alat Lulu's one-hit-kill hunting skills are performing steadily today as well! As always!

Its Swift as Wind forelimbs were about to pin the fragrant Skeleton Soldier to the ground.

However, for some reason, the hard touch felt different from what it had expected.

The Skeleton Soldier suddenly turned around and raised a Shield to block its attack.

"Duang—!"

Alat Lulu was shocked and was about to jump back, but it was too late.

The Skeleton Soldier seemed to shout with a creaking sound—

"I caught it!!!"

Hu Wan, who had been staring at the lurking spider behind him, roared after completing the block.

Almost at the same time as he spoke, One Leaf Knows Autumn, who had been waiting for a long time, slashed at the monster in front of him with a sword.

"Slaughter—!"

The sweeping sword energy instantly pierced through the Cave Spider's skull, and red and yellow slurry spilled all over the ground.

Having suffered a fatal blow, the Cave Spider's HP instantly dropped to zero, and it curled up its legs and fell to the ground.

Alat Lulu's mighty life has now contributed to the legend of some unknown Skeleton Soldier.

Things happened too suddenly.

Lurking in the shadows in the distance, the Weave Shadow Nest's hunters were all stunned in place.

Especially Arakdo, who was so shocked that he almost fell from the Maze wall.

That is…

The adventurers' skills?!

When the Demon Lord was still alive, it had the honor of seeing it once, and at that time, it almost died under that person's sword.

"Damn it—Alat Lulu!"

"Boss! I want to avenge Alat Lulu!"

"Wait!"

Looking at his indignant subordinates, Arakdo raised a leg and stopped them.

Facing the hunters' grief-stricken eyes, it said in a low, chattering voice.

Chapter 34 New Map! Sewer Corridor and Slime! Acceleration.

Up the wall.

Alat Lulu agilely leaped over the obstacles, like a hunter in the shadows, scaling walls while locking its eyes on the target walking in the Maze corridor.

Pounce—

Surprise attack!

Alat Lulu's one-hit-kill hunting skills are performing steadily today as well! As always!

Its Swift as Wind forelimbs were about to pin the fragrant Skeleton Soldier to the ground.

However, for some reason, the hard touch felt different from what it had expected.

The Skeleton Soldier suddenly turned around and raised a Shield to block its attack.

"Duang—!"

Alat Lulu was shocked and was about to jump back, but it was too late.

The Skeleton Soldier seemed to shout with a creaking sound—

"I caught it!!!"

Hu Wan, who had been staring at the lurking spider behind him, roared after completing the block.

Almost at the same time as he spoke, One Leaf Knows Autumn, who had been waiting for a long time, slashed at the monster in front of him with a sword.

"Slaughter—!"

The sweeping sword energy instantly pierced through the Cave Spider's skull, and red and yellow slurry spilled all over the ground.

Having suffered a fatal blow, the Cave Spider's HP instantly dropped to zero, and it curled up its legs and fell to the ground.

Alat Lulu's mighty life has now contributed to the legend of some unknown Skeleton Soldier.

Things happened too suddenly.

Lurking in the shadows in the distance, the Weave Shadow Nest's hunters were all stunned in place.

Especially Arakdo, who was so shocked that he almost fell from the Maze wall.

That is…

The adventurers' skills?!

When the Demon Lord was still alive, it had the honor of seeing it once, and at that time, it almost died under that person's sword.

"Damn it—Alat Lulu!"

"Boss! I want to avenge Alat Lulu!"

"Wait!"

Looking at his indignant subordinates, Arakdo raised a leg and stopped them.

Facing the hunters' grief-stricken eyes, it said in a low, chattering voice.

"These Skeleton Soldiers... are strange. They have the skills of adventurers!"

A Cave Spider, its fluff almost covering its eyes, looked at it and said excitedly.

"What are you saying?! If that's the case, shouldn't we nip them in the bud even more?!"

Looking at this foolish fellow, the cautious Arakdo rebuked.

"Idiot! Those are Skeleton Soldiers! Servants of the Necromancer! As long as the Necromancer behind them wants, there can be as many of these things as they want. The human world has no shortage of bones! Pig bones, cow bones, sheep bones, dog bones can all summon this thing!"

"Do you want me to trade your lives for the lives of those rotten bones!"

In fact, bones can be conjured out of thin air even without bones.

It's just that the Skeleton Soldiers summoned in this way are like the fire elementals summoned by fire mages, requiring magic power to maintain them.

Hearing Arakdo's words, the hunters immediately calmed down.

Indeed.

Killing a few summons was meaningless. They realized that they had been blinded by anger.

They are the backbone of the Weave Shadow Nest, magical creatures that have developed intelligence!

If the other party knew that they had caused the great Weave Shadow Nest to suffer losses with just a few Skeleton Soldiers, they would probably laugh in their dreams! "But... are we just going to let it go like this?" The Cave Spider, its fluff dragging on the ground, said indignantly.

"Let it go? How is that possible!"

Narrowing his scarlet eyes, the powerful and exceptionally cautious Arakdo watched the backs of the two skeletons disappear around the corner, and slowly walked forward.

"I will make them pay the price, including the Necromancer behind them... but not now."

"Come with me, to our destroyed outpost."

"Don't forget the mission Lord Arachinos gave us, we are here to scout."

On the other side.

One Leaf Knows Autumn and Hu Wan continued to advance along the corridors of the Maze, looking for a more suitable grinding spot.

This game doesn't have a mini-map, so they can only make some marks along the way, and log off every so often to draw the roads they've traveled on paper.

Fortunately, this Maze is in better condition than the mine, most of the roads are straight, and the turns are mostly right angles, with only a few small roads winding and twisting.

Hu Wan: "Speaking of which, that spider just now seemed a bit stronger than the other spiders."

One Leaf Knows Autumn: "Probably an elite monster."

Hu Wan: "Elite monster, not bad, no wonder the experience gained was more than before... but speaking of which, are there no other monsters here besides spiders?"

Or is it because it's a Closed Beta version, and some of the models that have been made haven't been put in yet?

One Leaf Knows Autumn glanced around and said after a moment of thought.

"Maybe... something 'eventful' happened."

Hu Wan: "Eventful?"

One Leaf Knows Autumn nodded and continued.

"Although this game doesn't seem to have much of a plot, if you dig into it with your heart, you can still see clues from many details."

Hu Wan: "For example?"

One Leaf Knows Autumn: "For example... remember the magician dragging the Crystal Ball that we saw in the opening animation?"

Hu Wan: "Of course I remember... that guy is actually the Demon Lord, right?"

One Leaf Knows Autumn smiled and nodded.

"That's right, but at that time he was obviously not yet the Demon Lord. He was studying in a place similar to a school, and he seemed to have attended a graduation ceremony with many high-level demons present at the end."

Hu Wan: "So?"

One Leaf Knows Autumn: "So, I can reasonably speculate that that place is likely a school similar to the Demon Realm, mainly responsible for cultivating roles such as Demon Lords. Then, because the Demon Lord here died or was transferred, our BOSS was sent over to serve as the new Demon Lord of the Great Cemetery."

Hu Wan looked at him in surprise.

This...

This imagination is a bit too much, right?!

And what does this have to do with the fact that the monsters in the Maze are only Cave Spiders?! "And... then what?"

"Then, you can use your imagination."

One Leaf Knows Autumn looked around, looking at the spider webs hanging on the walls of the Maze.

"The former Demon Lord died, but the monsters in the Maze are still there, so a vacuum of order appeared. The birds occupied the snake's nest, the snakes drove away the spiders, and the spiders drove away the Ratfolk... Before a new order is formed, some powerful monsters quickly rise. Some of them are strong because of their individual strength, some because of their amazing reproduction speed, and some because of their super ecological adaptability."

"The Ratfolk we encountered in the mine were obviously driven out by the Cave Spiders. And when we threw them back into the Maze, they were almost instantly wiped out... So the question is, what does this mean?"

Hu Wan, who was listening intently, was stunned. He didn't expect Brother One Leaf to suddenly play a trick on him. He hesitated for a moment before saying.

"It means... the Ratfolk's combat power is not as good as the Cave Spiders'?"

"Not so," One Leaf Knows Autumn smiled and shook his head, and said sharply, "Organization."

"Organization?"

"That's right," One Leaf Knows Autumn nodded and continued, "The advantage of civilization over barbarism is nothing more than this. Being able to systematically eliminate the Ratfolk who have already formed an organization, and replace the latter's ecological niche in the Maze, can only mean that the Cave Spiders have also formed a tight organization."

"This works too?" Hu Wan looked at the guy in front of him dumbfounded.

Although he felt that this brother's analysis made a lot of sense, he also instinctively felt that a game shouldn't be so detailed...

It should just be a coincidence! Although he wanted to say that, he couldn't find a more rigorous reason to convince himself.

And at this moment, he suddenly realized a serious problem!

If Brother One Leaf's speculation is correct, then aren't they walking on an extremely dangerous path? "Wait, so... if we continue to move forward, we might encounter a spider like that big Ratfolk before?!"

Looking at Hu Wan, who was facing a formidable enemy, One Leaf Knows Autumn said with a smile.

"Don't be nervous, I specifically chose a path with fewer spider webs. What's waiting for us ahead is probably not a spider, but something else."

The emergence of separatist forces in the Maze means that the monsters will no longer live together, but will have obvious regional divisions.

The Maze entrance where they were located had already been incorporated into the Cave Spider's sphere of influence, so naturally, no other magical creatures would appear.

However, relying solely on the Cave Spider's power was clearly insufficient to occupy the entire Maze.

In other words, as long as they took a couple more steps forward, they would see other magical creatures.

Just as they were speaking, the scenery ahead suddenly opened up.

Although they were still in the Maze, both of them clearly felt that the atmosphere and setting here were distinctly different from the previous area.

If the previous area was the spider demon's Pan Si Cave, then this place was the sewer of a human city-state.

Rusty pipes filled the walls, and a large number of discarded wooden boxes and household garbage were abandoned here.

It was a pity that skeletons had no sense of smell.

Otherwise, they should be able to smell the pungent ammonia.

"It seems like my guess was correct," One Leaf Knows Autumn said, looking around at the surrounding scenery, "This should be outside the Cave Spider's sphere of influence."

Logically speaking, spiders should prefer humid environments, but those Cave Spiders would rather drill into the mines than expand here.

He wondered what kind of magical creature dominated this area.

Snakes?

Or lizards and centipedes? Or perhaps other fantasy species—

Just as One Leaf Knows Autumn was thinking this, he quickly made a new discovery.

In the room at the end of the Maze corridor, green clumps were moving on the oily and shiny floor.

"This is..."

"Slime?!"

In the pupils of the two Skeleton Soldiers, surprised soul fires shook in unison.

Just as they noticed the group of green creatures, the latter also noticed them.

Unlike the Cave Spiders.

As scavengers in the Maze, Slimes showed far more interest in Skeleton Soldiers than Cave Spiders, and they moved their sticky bodies, wriggling towards the players.

"It seems this area is Slime territory." Hu Wan took a half step back, his scalp tingling.

Compared to rats and spiders, he felt more physiologically uncomfortable with these booger-like things.

One Leaf Knows Autumn did not retreat, but observed the gelatinous magical creatures with interest.

"Interesting... slow movement speed, unknown aggressiveness, logically speaking, it shouldn't be enough to make the Cave Spiders so fearful."

While speaking, he drew his one-handed sword and prepared to strike, and when one of the Slimes approached within attack range, he immediately swung it out like lightning.

"Slaughter!"

The sweeping sword aura undoubtedly penetrated the Slime, and the latter burst into a puddle of mucus like a punctured balloon.

"The experience is only one-third of that of the Cave Spider, only slightly higher than the Ratfolk."

This level of strength is clearly not enough to make the Cave Spiders feel fear. Judging by strength alone, he found it hard to understand why the Cave Spiders hadn't expanded here.

Was it because they weren't on the menu?

Or perhaps... this place wasn't just Slimes, but also other, more dangerous things, and the Slimes had a symbiotic relationship with the latter, or were simply livestock raised by the latter?

Hu Wan also had a strange expression on his face.

"I also feel that these monsters are much weaker than the Cave Spiders... Speaking of which, isn't this the place for newbies to grind?"

Even lifestyle players should be able to easily deal with these monsters.

One Leaf Knows Autumn nodded.

"Possibly... In any case, let's record this area first."

Let's call this area... [Sewer Corridor]. The monsters that appear are mainly Slimes, recommended leveling level LV0~5.

The official website didn't name this area, so he could only do it for them.

Before the Slimes surrounded them, One Leaf Knows Autumn was about to leave.

However, at this moment, Hu Wan discovered an anomaly on the corpse of the Slime.

"What's this?"

Suppressing his mental discomfort, he reached his skeletal hand into the pool of green slime and picked up a grain-sized crystal from it.

"Let me see..."

One Leaf Knows Autumn reached out and took it, holding it in his hand and examining it for a moment, initially at a loss.

However, at this moment, he suddenly remembered a comment he had seen on the forum before—

It was a statement from a netizen with an unappetizing ID.

Unsurprisingly, that genius was still banned.

"I see... This thing is a Magic Crystal?"

Hu Wan was stunned.

"Magic Crystal? What's it for??"

"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling," One Leaf Knows Autumn said with a subtle expression, "We might have missed a lot of things while grinding..."