Chapter 3865: (||￢▽￢) The Examiner Wanted to Cheat Too
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Annie had no choice but to wait patiently if she wanted to keep having fun.
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Elaina and Frieren were doing the same, standing off to the side as they watched Fern's slender fingers move back and forth across the glowing screen of the magic map. Every so often, Fern would knit her brows or mutter something under her breath.
"That's strange!"
"I don't know exactly what the problem is, either..."
"The layout of this part of the labyrinth seems to have some kind of deceptive quality. Maybe... we should head back first?"
"I remember there's a fork in the path about ten minutes from here. We chose the left path earlier, but we haven't explored the one on the right."
"Lady Annie, could we head back and try the path we haven't taken?"
After marking the route, Fern looked up at Annie and waited for her decision.
"Huh?"
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"Go back?"
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"Walk for another ten minutes?!"
As soon as she heard that, Annie shook her little head like a rattle, her face full of reluctance.
"No way!"
"That's too far! And retracing our steps is so boring!"
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"Maybe..."
At that moment, Frieren, who had been quietly walking near the middle of the group and seemed indifferent to everything around her, suddenly spoke. In truth, she had been quietly observing the ancient runes and architectural details on the walls all along.
"I've been looking around for a while."
Her voice was as calm as ever. Only after everyone turned to look at her did she continue in the same even tone:
"Perhaps we don't necessarily have to go back."
"Ancient labyrinths often have hidden passages or mechanisms in certain places."
"When I used to adventure with