At this point in time, a dozen groups of creatures hovered above the maze.
In front of them were beautiful, magnificent palaces that emitted dazzling lights.
Tons and tons of invaluable treasures were piled up like a mountain. All of which were just mere projections that displayed the palaces' interior.
The treasures were a huge temptation to anyone who saw them.
"Alas! Who would have expected that this maze is full of dangers?"
"We're finally out. I never would have thought that we'll be able to make it out alive."
Soon, every creature was buzzing as they stared at the breathtaking palaces in front of them.
"But it was somewhat worth it. Now my spiritual sense is three times stronger than before!
My fighting power accordingly has increased too."
"Me too. My spiritual sense has also increased by three or four times. I guess this is the reward of almost losing my life in the maze.
But it's not a surprise that we would encounter dangers along the way. After all, adventures always come with hardships.
So there is nothing to complain."
"Yes, you're right."
Some creatures analyzed rationally.
"What's going on? Why haven't Wilfred and his slave come out yet?" Duke murmured to himself.
He quickly scanned every creature nearby using his spiritual sense, but there was no sign of Wilfred nor Austin. He started to grow more and more impatient with every passing second.
Duke and the other members of the beast race had spent a dozen days looking for Austin and Wilfred inside the maze.
However, they couldn't catch even a trail of the two. Frustrated, they activated their Illusionary Tokens and left the maze.
"Sir, perhaps Wilfred and his slave died in the maze,"
a genuine divine god of the beast race said to Duke.
"I don't think so.
That weakling has a high-level magic treasure. In that maze, even I couldn't do anything to him.
It is almost impossible for him to die inside.
T
hat they would find Austin for he was still in the maze.
While everyone was busy looking for him, Austin was in a palace somewhere in the maze.
The palace was vast and empty.
However, when he looked around, he noticed that there was something in the center of the palace.
It looked like a clam, or an oyster.
It laid there, motionless.
Not even a whiff of aura came out of it.
"I guess it's a clam.
But what is that?"
A fist-sized dazzling magic bead hovering above the clam caught Austin's eye.
The bead emitted a beam of misty, colorful light which shone in all directions, filling the empty palace with color.
A large number of runes of the law of illusion also surrounded the bead.
This piqued Austin's curiosity even more.
With his eyes locked on it, he stepped forward to have a better look at the magnificent object.
"Wait!
It seems that this bead is creating illusions. It's the source of all illusions in the maze!"
He stopped in front of the bead in bewilderment. He unleashed the law of illusion to see the illusions inside it.
Then, the bead released the illusions that floated in the air like colorful bubbles.
"Is it possible that all the illusions in this maze were created by this bead? !"
Austin stared at the bead in astonishment.