Faced with these insidious traps, Gauss and Alya wasted nothing. Like locusts sweeping through, they salvaged everything.
They remotely triggered mechanisms with Mage Hand, set off traps with the vines from Entangling Spell, then collected the metal spearheads from the floor spikes and the sharp tips of the crossbow bolts, one by one.
Small things added up, and even this scrap metal could fetch a decent price.
Adventurer parties with higher levels or wealthy families might not care about these few coins, but for the two of them, who had risen from the bottom, it was hard to part with iron goods they could easily sell.
Besides, Divine Guidance, which Alya had mastered, came in handy here, too. For dangerous tasks such as climbing down a wall with a rope to dismantle floor spikes, Divine Guidance could improve the odds of success.
They might as well count it as spell practice.
Before they knew it, the light had dimmed again. Time passed quickly as they explored the maze.
"Whew... I think I'm getting a little tired." Alya sat down on the ground and wiped the fine sweat from her forehead.
"Thanks."
She took the waterskin Gauss handed her, tilted back her fair neck, and gulped down the water.
"How are you feeling?"
"I guess I'm a little tired, too." Gauss could feel it as well. As time passed in the maze, his stamina and mana seemed to drain a little faster than they did outside.
In practical terms, he simply tired more easily.
But he had the Energy Gland Talent, which let him replenish what he used up by eating whenever he wanted, so it wasn't much of a problem.
Besides, in less than two days since they'd entered—from yesterday noon to this afternoon, barely more than a day had