Hill watched calmly as the thieves fled frantically from the leaf-shaped blades whirling through the air on the light screen.
This was a powerful Wood Law attack that only appeared once the Maze entered its second phase.
Hill would never cut off all possibilities from the start. Even though the first phase had terrifying Earth Spike Spells, anyone who had wandered in by mistake still had a fifty-percent chance of escaping if they noticed something was wrong and desperately ran for the entrance.
The puppets within the Forest Formation could wait until they determined whether someone had entered by accident or had malicious intentions.
But in a situation like today's, the puppets would not appear at all, and the safe zone by the exit naturally would not activate.
The Maze smoothly transitioned into its second phase, sealing everything off completely.
These magical leaves fired simultaneously were like machine-gun fire that utterly blocked every direction, automatically launching once every five minutes.
And the Earth Spike Spells had grown even faster.
The first few thieves to enter had already been wiped out.
In the end, only the thick-skinned Blue Dragon Hobgoblins and that exceptionally agile Gnome thief remained.
Hill and Lynn focused all their attention on that thief. This was not the kind of professional an ordinary merchant association could hire.
"I wonder whose man he is," Lynn muttered. "Don't tell me it's Dark Sun again. Quelva is too weak to bear that man's schemes."
"If it's this Gnome, isn't it more likely to be the other one?" Hill could not help asking.
Although he had not suffered any fatal wounds, the thief's black coat had become tattered beyond recognition, revealing the brightly colored underclothes beneath.
Cyric, the Prince of Lies, had many thieves under his command, but his tastes were still