The Lord Descends
A maze sounded like an environment with limited area, but in reality, each floor was astonishingly vast. If an ordinary person were suddenly teleported there, they probably wouldn't realize they were in a maze at all. They'd think they were in a dense forest.
Except this forest was full of obstacles and all kinds of traps that could take your life at any moment.
"Tap, tap!"
Boots crunched crisply over the dead leaves.
"Thud!"
Alya casually swung her wand, knocking a leaping magic frog out of the air.
"Ribbit!!!"
The magic frog let out a piteous cry. After flying some distance, it slammed into the trunk of a giant tree, and its body soon melted into a puddle of murky mud.
"Another magic frog."
"Ever since we entered the Fourth Floor, there have been a lot more frog monsters."
Alya shook her head.
"Could this floor's Monster Lord be a giant frog?"
"Could be." Gauss gazed into the distance.
Just as Alya had said, frog monsters made up a much larger proportion of the monsters on this floor than they had on the first three.
He'd actually noticed it outside the entrance camp, but at the time, he'd assumed it was an isolated case. Perhaps a single tribe of magic frogs had received the lord's orders and attacked the camp.
But after they left the camp and began exploring the Fourth Floor in earnest, all kinds of magic frogs still filled the surrounding area.
Clearly, the magic frog population dominated the Fourth Floor's ecosystem. By that logic, a powerful Magic Frog Lord was likely behind them.
Magic frogs were exactly what their name suggested: frogs capable of using magic.
Their abilities varied widely. Some could spit water balls, some could breathe fire, and others could unleash sonic