Daybreak came...
From a mountaintop, Molly looked down at the buildings below and murmured:
"This is... a town?"
The dilapidated ruins and houses built of bricks and wood were crammed together.
Although the place looked chaotic, one could still sense how prosperous it had once been.
"A mining town destroyed by the maze, now prosperous again because of it."
Molly looked at the deserted streets, then shifted her gaze toward a place where a few people could still be seen.
They had gathered in front of a large building in the town. Judging by their attire, they were adventurers.
Most of them carried packs on their backs and looked ready to leave.
"As expected, the evacuation began long ago."
"Is that the guild?"
Farther away, she also saw troops stationed there.
"We need to hurry. I'll go to the guild first."
Molly spoke in a low voice, then hurried toward the town.
"You're the adventurer who came to rescue the scouting party?!"
"That's right."
In the guild's meeting room, Molly raised her head to look at the guild master in front of her.
"What is Asiala doing?!"
"How could they let a little girl like you accept this commission?"
At that moment, Lyons looked at the little girl in front of him, who barely reached his waist, and scratched his head with a headache.
A rescue mission!
A rescue mission that required venturing deep into the underground maze!
Who knew what had happened in there? Monsters were everywhere.
For more than ten days, the guild had received a steady stream of reports about adventurers dying in the maze.
Now, even the scouting party had lost contact.
Lyons had originally assumed that a powerful team would be coming.
He never expected...
that it would be a little girl who did