Chapter 556 Jumble Maze

Arriving at the embassy, Angus' group returns to their own room to rest. They planned to leave the city early in the morning before the street became too crowded from the festival.

Not only Angus' initial group but also planned to evacuate the whole embassy. During their short training, Duchess Ambeblaze finds that most of the knights in the embassy are well-trained.

Some of them are even talented enough to reach fifth grade in the future. They are too precious to be wasted in this place.

Before resting for a few hours, Angus decides to check the gift from the Red Queen Nabe, who only finds it to be something unexpected. However, he decided to keep it and leave it for tomorrow.

'Tch.. No wonder she said it wasn't suitable for a human male. Whatever, I will keep it for now before checking them thoroughly tomorrow. Hopefully, nothing bad attached to it.' thought Angus.

In the meantime, a few groups of people wander around Redmore street covered by darkness. These mysterious people wear the black cloak and blend with the surrounding darkness. Even the trained Red Guards couldn't notice during their patrol.

As tomorrow is the summit of the Maroon Eternity festival, the elders decide to deploy extra Red Guards to patrol the area. Yet, these people somehow could slip away from all these red-armored guards.

"Everything in place." whispered one of the hideous people with a happy mask.

"Good. This will be the new dawn for Nirvas." said another person with a sad mask.

"There is no problem, right? I hear some commotion during the day." said another person with a fear mask.

"Don't worry. They never find it. Besides, it is actually good news since four elders have fallen." said the happy mask.

"Yes, we hear about it. Should we worry about the outsider?" asked the fear mask.

"It is unexpected. Those outsiders may disrupt our plan. But, as long as we don't bother them too much, they will not interfere with us. This is also an opportunity. Now, Yawan is wounded and in a weaker state. We can't miss this chance." said the sad mask.

"*sigh* I hope everything is going well." said another person with a fear mask.

"Hmph!! It should be. No, it must be." said another with a contempt mask.

"Don't worry. Nothing could stop us now." said the happy mask.

As time passed by, the sun started to rise on the horizon. The bright sunlight illuminates the whole city and hits the Thousand Hurdle Monument's peak. Suddenly, the gigantic pyramid peak shines brighter and envelops the entire city.

During this moment, Angus and Jayna already wake up and do a light stretch as their morning activity. Angus feels something terrible will hit them and decides to run while grabbing Jayna nearby. *Shine* *Whoosh* [Formation Magic - Jumble Dungeon]

A moment later, they find themself in a large, dimly lit cave. The cave is only lit by some glowing stones and crystals. Angus also feels the presence of a miasma in the air.

"T-This is…" said Angus in worry.

"A dungeon." continued Jayna.

After their initial surprise, they calm themself and observe the surrounding to search for Anna. When they are teleported, the little girl is still sleeping peacefully on the bed. Therefore, they know she must still be sleeping through all this, which only makes them worry.

Beside them, they also notice a few unknown people teleported nearby them. Almost all of them are Altras, with few being from other races.

"Huh?? What the hell is happening?" asked one of the Altras.

"Where is this?" asked another Altras.

"Tch.. I shouldn't drink too much last night." said another Altras.

Most of the Altras nearby didn't panic and notice the danger, as they had already gotten used to staying in different places.

In contrast, few outsiders look more vigilant and already take out their weapons. Since every outsider needs to pass five ridiculous tests, their strength is also not weak.

Angus ignores these people and spreads his [Great Mana Echolocation] to search for Anna. Unfortunately, the cave is more troublesome than he thought. Not only is it larger than the whole Redmore city, but some areas are filled with thick Miasma preventing his probing.

As everyone was getting calm from the sudden change, they heard a voice. The voice is not coming from inside their mind or specific direction but just right beside their ear to listen to it.

"Good Morning. I hope you had a pleasant rest last night since you will have a lot of work to survive. Now, you must be confused and have a lot of questions in your mind. Well, to make it simple, we Seven Faces decide to rebel."

"Our goal is to kill all the current elders. Currently, there are only ten elders left. As long as they die, you will return to Redmore city. On the other hand, you will stay here forever if there is even a single elder alive. Good luck, everyone." explained the voice.

"What the hell?!! I just woke up to get dragged into this mess!!" grumbled the people.

"Fuck!! Who the hell did you think you are?!!" cursed another person.

The young ones start to cry in a mess, while the older one is relatively calm but still perturbed by the news. They never expected the last day of their annual festival to start like this.

During this moment, Angus notices something approaching their location from the surrounding cave path. *GRROOAARR* a loud roar was heard from the cave path.

"Arrghh!! Help!!" yelled someone from one of the cave paths.

"Monster!!" screamed another person.

Then, they find a few giant lizard monsters coming from one of the dimly lit paths and attack them.

"That's Mandile!!" exclaimed someone.

*Swish* *Sprut* *Sprut* another monster coming the other path.

"That's satyr! They are monsters! Run!!" screamed an Altras.

Despite their ridiculous regeneration and shapeshifting ability, Altras is still like the other race. Once they get hurt by a miasma attack, they will die from it. It could be said that Miasma is one of their weaknesses.

Most of the people here are not trained. They are only regular citizens of Nirvas without battle experience. Facing such a threat, they will be bound to panic like a sheep in front of a wolf. Only a few people could react adequately, including Angus and Jayna.

Seeing the monster, the couple turns serious and decides to fight their way out as fast as they can. As usual, Jayna will fight frontally while Angus supports her with spells from behind.

While slaughtering the incoming monster, they ignore the other people, nor do they try to help them. They may be angry at being dragged into this situation and forced to fight monsters.

Still, it doesn't mean they will help the others, especially the Altras, since it is their mess in the first place.

As they slaughter the monster, Angus and Jayna leave their current location and enter one of the pathways with the least monster on it. They didn't plan to get entangled with the monster and other people for long.

It is also a basic rule in the dungeon to escape the location when a dozen monsters are coming to a single area like this. Any adventurer will know these basic rules to avoid getting swarmed by monsters.

Angus and Jayna may not worry about being swarmed, but they didn't want to waste more time at this place.

[1st Circle - Firebolt] [1st Circle - Firebolt] [Sword Art - Crimson Slash] *BOOOM* As the sand monsters in front of them burned to crips. It's been a few minutes since they moved and separated from other people.

During their move, they find other people and monsters. They also find a few of their knights from the embassy, which decides to tag along.

"Tch.. It changes again. This place is really a maze." complained Angus.

Jayna didn't reply but only gave Angus a reassuring look and tried to calm him through their bond. Among the two, Angus tends to become more emotional and overprotective regarding Anna despite knowing she is ridiculously strong.

Angus didn't want to experience Anna getting helplessly die in front of him again. Unfortunately, the dungeon is more complicated than Deep Hollow Dungeon in their kingdom.

The dungeons constantly change their cave walls randomly. It also completely messes up Angus' [Mana Echolocation].

Currently, he couldn't feel anything more than a dozen meters away before everything got blurred. Although it helps them from the monster's sneak attacks, it also makes them worry about their aunt and Anna.

As there is nothing they can do in the current situation, they decide to keep moving in the hope of finding Anna.

On the other hand, the little troublemaker girl is still sleeping peacefully on the rough ground, surrounded by many corpses from monsters and other people.

Beside the petite girl, two small beasts stay on their guard vigilantly. One of them even keeps releasing a poisonous gas while the others detect any danger with its sharp sense. Since they didn't take the five entrance tests, Onyx could not use all his capabilities.

In contrast, Magen didn't need to use mana to manipulate her poison. The crabfrog only needs mana to control the poison lethality. But it didn't take too much energy to produce a lot of deathly poison.