CHAPTER 88: CHAPTER 76: HUH? EVERYTHING IN THE DREAM WAS REAL?

Considering the potential negative impact, Chloe left the treehouse early.

Otherwise, he feared the school publication would feature a shocking headline that day.

"A male student spends the night in the teacher’s room—is this a twist of human nature or a moral degeneration?"

Then he’d probably summon the Thunderous Battle Halberd and hack down the entire publication editing department.

Sequence six versus a group of sequence eight?

Isn’t that just bullying kids?

He could already envision the scene.

Pieces here, pieces there.

This piece, that piece.

One chopstick for you, one chopstick for me.

Fast forward to the feast.

That’s not very nice.

So, for their mental and physical safety, he went to have breakfast early.

Then he saw a wilted cucumber in the cafeteria.

Fratiss lay on the cafeteria table with empty eyes, devoid of energy.

Chloe waved a hot dog past her eyes.

The girl’s nose twitched slightly.

Her face swayed side to side following the hot dog.

So cute!

He smiled warmly.

"Senior, stop teasing me,"

Fratiss said with heavy frustration.

Chloe curiously asked:

"What’s the matter, why do you look half dead?"

"Well... I’m going into the Maze today."

"And then?"

"I’ll be hungry with nothing to eat for two days!"

She said with a terrified expression.

Chloe burst into laughter.

This was the snack-loving girl he knew.

He said, "Don’t want to starve in the Maze?"

Fratiss nodded.

Chloe’s lips slightly curled:

"Then beg me."

???

Fratiss looked at Chloe with some pity.

Chloe said nonchalantly:

"You should still be teaming with Rephya today, right?"

"Huh, how did you know that, Senior?"

"According to the academy’s habits, the main purpose for first-year students exploring the Maze is to practice team cooperation and learn Maze survival."

What he meant was, the team arrangement given to them now is the real jack-of-all-trades combination.

The goal is to let students adapt to the Maze, not torture them.

Fratiss took a bite of a large slice of bread and curiously asked:

"What about your second-year situation, Senior?"

"In our second year, we form relatively conventional teams to handle ever-changing battlefields."

By the second year, teaming further evolves to practice cooperation with random teammates, and...

How to survive in the Maze with noticeably flawed configurations.

Seeing that Fratiss didn’t understand, he explained:

"You know Senior Sister Fufu from your Association, right?"

"Yes."

"In her batch, her team consisted of Shadow Stab + Titan + Patrol Hunting + Iron Blood."

Fratiss tilted her head and said:

"Isn’t that a decent lineup?"

Shadow Stab is an assassin role.

Titan is a berserker role.

Patrol Hunting is a rider role.

Iron Blood is a knight role.

All members are slasher types; their output seems explosive.

But Chloe shook his head.

Anyone who’s played MOBA games knows that if you bring a bunch of top lane slash warriors together + an ADC, it can be brutal when facing a magic team with crowd control, magic damage, healing and a tanky front line.

No tower defense needed in reality.

Their health bars will be drained!

"Senior Sister Fufu’s batch went to a D-rank Maze gemstone mine.

Inside, the Maze Monsters [Gem Monsters] were tougher than tough.

Ruby Monster had a burning Aura.

Sapphire Monster could release a group Water Gun Technique.

Emerald Monster healed the wounds of damaged Gem Monsters.

They were almost wiped out on their first encounter."

Fratiss suddenly understood.

A fixed lineup might seem safe against specific Maze Monsters.

But when facing counter monsters, serious team flaws could instantly melt the team.

Brief review: Learn BP before entering the Maze.

"And what about your team, Senior?"

"Mine is Omniscience + Voodoo + Titan + Hunter."

"Standard warrior-mage-priest lineup?"

"Not quite standard, Omniscience Path has health but lacks damage absorption abilities.

The Voodoo Path isn’t skilled in magical bursts, preferring to stack toxins gradually, with shorter range.

The Hunter needs kiting space.

The actual front line is just one Warrior.

At this point, if the opponent has a long-range Mage and includes a Shadow Stab type Maze Monster..."

Fratiss shivered.

She couldn’t even imagine how much blood would splatter from the backline.

"So do you understand? The real jack-of-all-trades lineup isn’t about Sequence, but strength."

Fratiss seemed thoughtful.

Two second-year or even third-year elites dropped into a first-year group to guide newcomers—those with relatively D-rank artificial Maze overpowered strength can crush all resistance.

Chloe + Teresa, as long as they don’t choose the infernal difficulty, the two of them can directly clear D-rank regular difficulty artificial Maze.

No wonder Senior Sister Teresa chose the hard mode without hesitation.

Because the simple and regular modes are meaningless for her and Rephya.

"But how does this relate to Senior asking me to beg you?"

Fratiss looked at Chloe expectantly.

She hoped to hear the answer she wanted from Chloe’s mouth.

"My Space Backpack just got upgraded, enough food reserves for 2 days."

The snack lover’s eyes lit up:

"Senior, please, I’ll do whatever you say."

He patted the snack lover’s head and said:

"Good girl, whatever you want to eat, Senior will prepare it for you."

"I have money, just pack it for me, Senior."

Chloe laughed and agreed.

Then...

Crispy pork belly.

Fried chicken cutlet.

Roast pork chop.

Dried beef.

Packaged vegetables and fruits.

Desserts and drinks.

...

Wow.

How much does this snack lover eat in a day?

Even in the game, Fratiss is always shown with a dynamic expression of eating.