Mason gripped his great axe, breathing with difficulty. He had to protect the team members behind him.
Before him stood a monster like an upright goat, powerfully built and wielding an enormous club, its eyes filled with cruelty and bloodlust.
Hannah, formerly of the Great Axe Adventurer Group, had already "gone missing," while several other members had been injured. Mason now deeply regretted letting Charlotte join them. Otherwise, he and his companions would never have encountered such danger.
The goat monster charged forward in great strides. Mason's eyes were filled with grim resolve as he prepared to die.
In an instant, however, the goat monster abruptly vanished into thin air.
Charlotte strode out of the darkness with a relieved smile and called, "Good thing I got here in time! Mason, Hermontha, everyone, follow me. I'll take you somewhere safe." It was his first time controlling the labyrinth. He had deliberately created a crisis, then appeared before several familiar faces at the most critical moment.
The hatred in Mason's heart vanished without a trace. Filled with relief at having survived, he led the group in striding after Charlotte.
Charlotte quickly found the rest of the adventurer group and brought them back to the meeting hall.
Fortunately, this hastily assembled adventurer group had not suffered devastating losses. Only seven or eight people had died, leaving their numbers above a hundred. Most had sustained minor injuries, but few were serious. With timely treatment, none of them were in mortal danger.
The Labyrinthization of Machu Picchu had swallowed up the animals, monsters, anomalies, and Evil Spirits roaming within this ancient fortress. They wandered everywhere and somehow came into conflict with the adventurers.
Under normal circumstances, the adventurers should have been wiped out.
But during the Labyrinthization process, these adventurers had become Labyrinth NPCs and