Following the clues provided by the adventurers they had rescued, Gauss and Alya continued onward.
"I wonder if the entrance is still in the same place..."
Alya was worried.
Gauss's gaze locked onto an unusual cave extending downward in the distant cliff face.
Beside the cliff, a crooked tree cast a twisted shadow in the dim light.
"The cliff face and the crooked tree. That's definitely the place."
Gauss patted Alya beside him and pointed toward their destination.
"Alya, I found it."
The two hurried to the cave entrance.
Before them was a pitch-black, unfathomably deep passage, along with a series of stone steps stretching downward.
Simply gazing at it brought an inexplicable sense of attraction, as though it were silently calling out to explorers.
It matched the description in the Maze Guide perfectly.
According to the guide, the maze had numerous levels, and there was usually only one passage connecting different "floors."
In Gauss's understanding,
it was like many independent spaces stacked atop one another, connected by specific tunnels. The exit at the lower end of this passage was fixed, while the entrance at the upper end periodically shifted around the upper maze, like a "space worm" fixed at one end.
Thus, every maze floor had two "openings." The entrance leading to the lower floor moved constantly, while the exit leading to the upper floor remained in a fixed location—though each return to the upper floor might place them somewhere different from before.
"We need to get inside quickly," Gauss said.
Before the entrance to the next level vanished and reappeared elsewhere, there was a period during which it remained hidden. No one knew when it would shift.
The two exchanged a glance. No longer hesitating, they brought Gray Wolf Ulfhen and Raven Ike with them and stepped onto