CHAPTER 931: CHAPTER 718: DAEDALUS STREET

This is another maze that exists within the Maze City Orario.

It was designed by a great craftsman named Daedalus and is a residential area located in the southeast of the city, adjacent to Fengyue Street.

This residential area is quite vast and also very chaotic, with a very complicated terrain and crisscrossing roads that appear utterly disordered, to the extent that people often get lost here, leading to some unsavory rumors, such as once you enter, you’ll never come out again.

In a certain sense, solely in terms of making people lose their way, this area might be more complete than the underground city, even more like a labyrinth.

Thus, it became known as Maze Street and turned into a dwelling place for the poor class in the city.

In other words, Daedalus Street is also a slum. Only those who can barely get by in the city, the poor, orphans, or lawless individuals deliberately avoiding others’ sight live here.

On a regular day, almost no one but the impoverished appears here, and even guild employees rarely set foot here.

And now, Reiger and the two were underneath Daedalus Street.

"Come to think of it, this place is quite suitable for those who wish to hide from the light, isn’t it?"

Reiger’s calm words made Ais grip the hilt of the Sword of Despair tied at her waist.

"The enemy is hiding in Maze Street?"

Rephia also understood, her voice becoming filled with tension.

"Whether or not, we’ll know as we continue forward." Reiger’s eyes flashed with a transparent luster as he said, "The trace of the man-eating plants becomes evident from here, follow me."

With that, Reiger proceeded in a certain direction based on the route depicted on the virtual map laid out in his mind, and further tracked faint traces only perceivable by pushing the transparent world to its limits within the sewer.

"Rephia, stay by my side."

Ais quietly advised Rephia before catching up with Reiger.

"Got it!"

Rephia naturally had no objection, sticking close to Ais’ side, stepping into this portion of the sewer where the air was heavier than the rest.

"Tap... Tap... Tap... Tap..."

The trio’s footsteps echoed orderly within the sewer, surprisingly aligned, yet creating an inexplicable eerie and terrifying atmosphere.

"Oh oh oh..."

Finally, as Reiger and the others delved into a certain area beneath Daedalus Street via the sewer, a familiar growling sound reached their ears.

The trio immediately halted their steps.

"This, this sound is...!?"

Rephia was greatly shocked.

"..."

Ais said nothing, merely drew the Sword of Despair silently, her eyes turning icy.

"Seems like we’ve found it."

Reiger lifted his gaze, looking ahead, seemingly able to see the monster that appeared in the darkness, spoke plainly yet forcefully.

Under such circumstances, in the darkness ahead of the trio, massive elongated bodies emerged.

"""""""""""OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO——!"""""""""""

Amidst shattered roars that shook the entire sewer, the vividly patterned monsters, their vine-like tentacles twisting, lunged from the darkness like giant pythons.

It was the man-eating plant.

"Boom!!!"

With a series of dull blasts, the man-eating plant monsters rammed into the spots where Reiger and the others had previously stood, destroying the footing there.

A dusty wind was swept up alongside the broken stones, quickly agitating the water flow beside the gutter.

Reiger, Ais, and Rephia’s figures simultaneously shot out from the dusty wind, even springing towards different directions.

"Ais! Protect Rephia!"

As soon as Reiger’s toes touched the ground, he quickly darted out, drawing the Sword of the Fool while giving instructions to Ais.

Ais landed too, just about to rush out, when she heard Reiger’s words.

"I, I’m fine! Miss Ais!"

Seeing Ais’s figure pause, Rephia immediately spoke up.

"You go!"

With that, not wanting to be merely protected, nor to become a burden, Rephia began to rapidly chant a spell.

She chanted the spell speedily, though not as fast as Reiger’s high-speed chanting, and far from the ultra-high-speed chanting of the Polluted Immortal Spirit, yet compared to an average Magic Guide, her speed was significantly faster.

Before long, a small silver sword appeared beside Rephia, floating by her side.

Seeing this, the momentarily halted Ais immediately shot forward.

She knew that Rephia no longer needed her protection now.

Rephia had gained the ability to protect herself.

Her junior had grown up, no longer the child who, upon encountering an emergency, couldn’t even chant a spell clearly and could only explore the upper and middle levels of the underground city with the then only Lv.1 Reiger, trying to train both body and mind.

The proof was that during her chanting magic, Rephia continuously moved, sometimes leaping, other times dodging, avoiding the tentacle attacks of the man-eating flowers.

The technique of parallel chanting, Rephia had already mastered.

Even if it’s still far from proficient and can only perform two actions, moving and chanting, it was much better than the past when she would freeze upon facing a monster.

"[Thin Veil Breath]!"

In her moving chant, Rephia let the silver little sword protect her by her side, using an ice slash to freeze the oncoming tentacles of the man-eating flower, and then immediately released Revilia’s defensive magic.

Instantly, emerald green garments of light covered each of the three present, providing them with a layer of protection.

Seeing this, Ais felt joy for her junior’s growth while also feeling that she couldn’t lose to her.

"Wind Breathing·First Form·Dust Tornado·Slicing!"

At the moment, Ais launched a high-speed assault, a violent tornado swirling around her entire body, leaving scars on the ground behind her while she slashed down each man-eating flower she passed by.

"Pshu!" "Pshu!" "Pshu!" "Pshu!"...

The sound of bodies being sliced kept ringing out continuously, all the man-eating flowers touched by the tornado-incarnated Ais were without exception, shredded on the spot, spreading blood everywhere.

"Wind Breathing·Seventh Form·Gale·Tengu Wind!"

On the other side, Reiger also slashed several tornado-shaped spiral wind blades during his swift movement to attack the enemies, like a continuous gale breaking the enemies’ bodies, slicing through the man-eating flowers’ huge bodies along with their tentacles.

The rasping roars of the man-eating flowers turned into rasping screams, some turned into chunks of meat, crashing into the ditches, splashing water waves, while others hit the walls and ground, dyeing them red with blood beneath them.

"[Ice Hail Crystal Dust]!"

Rephia also unleashed a wide-area annihilation type of ice attribute magic, making the orb of light above her head shoot countless ice magic bullets, covering the surroundings like a rain curtain, freezing the man-eating flowers lunging at her into ice.

"[Chasing Release]!"

Rephia then unleashed a crystal little sword formed at some unknown time, triggering the just chanted [Arc-shaped Beam], which burst forth, like a laser, piercing through several man-eating flower monsters.

This time, Rephia seemed to have learned her lesson, lowering the spiritual power infused into [Arc-shaped Beam] to the minimum and not powering it up too much, she shot it directly.

Thanks to this, this time’s [Arc-shaped Beam] didn’t turn into a devouring flash but was a beam about the thickness of an adult’s arm, zigzagging around Rephia, piercing one man-eating flower after another.

[Arc-shaped Beam] is inherently a single-shot magic with tracking properties, the attack method of flying around at will under the caster’s control, constantly piercing enemies, is its original usage.

However, due to Reiger and Rephia’s ridiculously excessive firepower, this single-shot magic became a range attack magic not inferior to wide-area annihilation magic, which is indeed an unbelievable reaction to comprehend.

The three of them, like this, continuously annihilated man-eating flowers, eliminating the colorful monsters.

And all of this was captured entirely in the sight of a gem (eye) embedded in the darkness, unnoticed by anyone.