Maze-like corridors continually branched into new forks.
Without a map, one would absolutely get lost here.
With Napoli leading them, they did not need to worry about losing their way. However, Angel noticed that Napoli did not seem to be taking the shortest route recorded in the crystal ball.
Instead, he was taking a detour.
Faced with Angel's curiosity, Napoli explained, "The route that looks closest on the map may not actually take the least time."
That was because some routes had to pass through rooms.
Yet all the rooms marked on the map were shown at a uniform size. The map merely told the viewer that there was a room there; it did not indicate the actual size of the room's interior.
Thus, some rooms that looked very small could actually be enormous, perhaps even containing spatial extensions and layered levels within, as vast as an entire city.
Passing through rooms was not necessarily the best route.
"Generally speaking, it's best to take the corridors rather than pass through rooms." The route Napoli had chosen was made up entirely of corridors from beginning to end, without passing through a single room.
It looked like a detour, but compared to the so-called straight-line shortcut, it took far, far less time.
However, because they had been traveling through corridors the entire time—sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, sometimes uphill, sometimes downhill, sometimes turning corners, sometimes riding slides—it truly felt like they were walking through a maze.
In any case, even with a map in hand, Angel felt as though he was getting dizzy from all the twists and turns.
Eventually, Angel simply stopped thinking about the map. He only needed to follow Napoli.
They were not the only ones in the corridors. Crystal-Eyed Race members or Pirus occasionally passed by as well, but