The Labyrinth Kingdom

Chapters 25. Source of Sacrifice 1

Aaron looked down on the adventurers who invaded the labyrinth while muttering.

"Not bad"

The attacking adventurers retreated with the sacrifices made by their teammates.

Currently the labyrinth is guarded by an army of insects, each of them has quite good fighting abilities.

The saliva of rotten flies has the power to corrode iron and thanks to their very foul smell, many adventurers are unable to resist them and choose to avoid them

Paralytic Arachnid deposits, they are able to paralyze adventurers who are exposed to the poison easily, In addition, the nets they remove are also very sticky and difficult to cut. Thanks to these two abilities, they were the group that killed the most adventurers.

As for the bone-eating caterpillars, they can make good use of the battleground, due to their small bodies, they are able to make good use of the battlefield, they could hide in narrow cracks and wait for adventurers to come before attacking them all of a sudden.

They jumped here and there agilely and bit off the heads of the careless adventurers with their sharp teeth.

Adventurers find it difficult to attack them, because the mucus throughout their bodies makes their bodies slippery.

In the wild, usually these insects will attack each other if they meet. The victors will eat the losers, which is what their life cycle is like. Worker insects are in charge of foraging and the prajurid insects will be in charge of protecting the queen.

But everything is different in the labyrinth. They will work together to attack the intruders that appear in the labyrinth.

When they first saw these insects, the adventurers considered them easy enemies to defeat, which was why they confidently continued to break through the labyrinth.

But after going deeper, they only realized that they had fallen into a trap. The deeper they go, the more insects that come to attack.

In addition, the way to attack these insects is very strange. They seem to have their own duties and know what they should do.

"huuh..huft...., what is really going on here? "

Said a knight who survived after a long fight against the insect army.

Although he managed to survive, his body was filled with wounds.The full body armor and sword he used had also been severely damaged.

He looked extremely tired at this moment, his body was also filled with sweat and blood

"it feels like we're fighting against veteran soldiers compared to insects. "

"Yes, it's initially very easy to defeat them, but once they get together and start working together, we don't have the ability to strike back."

"i hate that fucking caterpillar the most"

They were one of the adventurer parties that had attacked the labyrinth, arguably they were lucky enough to have escaped complete annihilation.

Their party originally consisted of 10 people, 1 ranger, 4 soldiers, 2 knights, 1 witch and 2 Priests. But after a long battle, 5 of their friends died

"really, this is all because of those jerk caterpillars. If not for those who had killed Dira and lior, our injuries might not have been this severe and we might have been able to win the fight"

Dira and lior were Priests in their group but unfortunately, at the beginning of the fight they were killed by bone-eating caterpillars who carried out sneak attacks.

Without the Priest, they could not heal the injuries they received in the fight and make their fighting abilities even weaker.

"there is no point in complaining at this time, we have to think about the next plan that we will do. Chief, what do you think? "

The witch in the party asked the man standing before her. The man had a tall and muscular body, his hair and eyes were brown.

His masculine face and slash scar on his left eye added to his good looks, The woman who saw him would definitely fall in love easily.

That man was Kiyan, the head of the [Sky High] party. Hearing a question from his friend, he looked at the remaining members of his party. Their condition is already very bad at this time, most of the equipment they wear has also been released.

Coupled with the dead Priest, it was impossible to continue exploring.

"rightfully what Darius said, there is no point in complaining now. Dira and the others have died, our condition is also not good at this time.it is impossible to continue exploring, we will retreat"

"wait a minute, what are you saying? We've come this far and you're telling me to back off, are you stupid?"

"right, look at the treasure we got, we just explored the outside of the labyrinth and have already gotten this much. I'm sure inside there are more treasures stored up. "

"before we acted recklessly and got into the trap of the enemy, but as long as we are more careful I am sure we can explore the inside of this labyrinth"

Hearing the rejection from his friends, Kiyan became a little angry. Actually he had a skill called [Danger Sense] thanks to this skill he was able to avoid the impending danger.

But this skill that had saved his life so many times, was inactive when they faced danger before, so kiyan felt quite anxious at this moment.

"i know what you mean, but without the Priest we can't continue exploring. There's no point in collecting those treasures if we can't bring them out alive.

As the leader of this party, I decided to retreat, it's too dangerous to continue exploring now"

"kiyan, reconsider your decision, as long as we..."

He looked at his party friends coldly and exuded a domineering aura throughout his body.

"stop testing my patience Brent, what you want to do right now will harm the other members. Luck doesn't come twice, we might survive this time but the next moment we might be completely annihilated.

You can't buy your life with the treasure you get. The others start packing, we'll leave this labyrinth soon"

Brent who felt the intense pressure that kiyan exuded could only remain silent while lowering his head, while the rest of the members started packing to leave.

This is just one of the fragments of the story experienced by many adventurer parties entering the labyrinth.

Some adventurers were able to escape with treasures in their hands, while the rest could only be frozen in the labyrinth and their souls were devoured by the labyrinth.

Although some treasures had been stolen, for both of them it was only a small compensation for adventurers who managed to survive after sacrificing the lives of their friends.

Alice who was coolly watching the entire incident that occurred within the labyrinth of the projection crystal laughed cheerfully.

Conley who watched the innocent figure of the cute girl laughed at the corpse of the adventurer who was bitten and eaten by the insects as if he was watching a show of comedians slightly scrunched up his face.

Right now, the three of them were in the [Throne Room]

“Un, it feels good, Brother!”

“It looks like the monster I placed from the beginning has given a stable harvest. If this condition continues, we will have enough magic power to strengthen the labyrinth in a few weeks. ”

They spoke casually as if the human lives they had killed were merely a source of energy for the labyrinth.

conley who was standing near them warned them.

“Adventurers are a formidable existence. Please don't be careless. ”

She squinted her brown eyes that were the same color as her hair.

His fear towards these two brothers had faded greatly. This may be due to the ability of humans to adapt in all kinds of environments and situations.

He was getting used to these two labyrinth masters.

According to him, both of them are just pure young people and prematurely mature.

But, they felt desperate at this moment and were at a loss on how to vent it.

Therefore, even though they seemed easy to control and guide, but in reality it was difficult.

When they decide to exterminate the adventure lured by the rumors, Derito stops them by saying

"If you do that, then the rumors that we previously spread will be meaningless. "

Hearing his plausible reason the two cancelled their original plans.

Aaron is a rational person, hearing his reasons make sense, he says.

"you're right, if we annihilate them all now, then the adventurers won't come anymore"

but Alice's response was slightly different, she said

"If they dare to perforate the walls of the labyrinth, I will kill them viciously"

Alice is the type of person who acts according to her own feelings.

Finally, the adventurers who tried to hole the walls of the labyrinth were destroyed and killed tragically, after which Alice could feel calm.

As they discuss the matter, Conley is enveloped by their murderous intent which accidentally seeps out of the bodies of the two 'Especially Alice'.

Therefore, now he had some resistance when he was with them.

Perhaps their opinion of what is right and what is wrong is different from others, that's why they act like a walking disaster at all times. That's what Conley thinks of them.

But, at the same time it was also what attracted him to both.

Like how someone is afraid of burning while playing with fire, but on the other hand they feel happy with the light emitted by the fire at night and the warmth they will give in the cold season, conley was now fascinated by both.

'have I been exposed to the negative energy corrosion of both……'

Thinking so, Conley clasped the sacred emblem hung on his chest.

But, his good impression of the labyrinth master had not changed at all.