With the official start of the Scorching Sun Competition in Neverwinter City that had been suspended for many years, and with the thunderous cheers and celebrations of the audience, the six participating teams, including the four members of the 'Rogue' team who were forced to participate, started using their
As fast as possible, he ran towards the center of the maze from different directions.
This is just the first round of the competition. According to the rules, they must reach the center of the maze as soon as possible, find the cage and enter it. Otherwise, with the end of each round, the high walls of the maze will peel off layer by layer like peeling eggs.
Retracting towards the center, if the destination cannot be reached as soon as possible, then those monsters wandering around the periphery of the maze or that have entered the maze will definitely kill any prey exposed in their sight without the obstruction of the maze wall.
Tear it into pieces!
And there is no doubt that in this first round of the competition, the six teams of contestants are undoubtedly acting as prey, especially when they were restricted by various restrictions at the beginning and were unarmed?
"quick!"
"This way!"
"Run!"
At this time, due to the application of magic, in the maze that seemed to twist and turn and make people completely confused, like other participating teams, the four members of the Rogue Team, Edkin, Simon, Holgai and
Doric was forced to run wildly in this maze.
Unlike the other five teams of challengers who took the initiative and ran with clear purpose while looking for something different, the four of them were forced to participate. Therefore, they knew nothing about the specific rules. They only knew that they had to find this link as soon as possible.
The cage in the middle of the maze and hide in it, otherwise, let alone win, they may not even be able to save their lives!
As a result, the audience discovered that they were completely opposite to the other five teams who had a clear division of labor and were busy collecting treasure boxes to arm the team. While others were doing their best to gain victory and a chance to survive, they were just as headless.
Running around like flies.
‘!!’
'Whoaaah!'
Soon, as the first man's shrill scream came, the four people running wildly were all trembling. Then they subconsciously stopped and looked at each other, then started running wildly again, and their footsteps were also fast.
I couldn't help but speed up a little more.
What I didn’t say is that people who heard the screams didn’t need to think too much to know that the guy who screamed just now must be dead!
Therefore, all the contestants, including Edkin and others from the Rogue Team, unconsciously accelerated their running speeds.
Unfortunately, before the four of them could run for long, they discovered a new situation as soon as they turned a corner.
"ah!"
"!?"
"??"
"That is……"
Not far away, a pretty and cute wood elf girl dressed as a ranger accidentally ran into a dead end of a maze. Then, by coincidence, at this moment, a
The Snake Leopard, the terrifying hunter with the body of a leopard and two snake-like tentacles on its back that they saw at the beginning of the game, appeared behind her and blocked her.
"Snake, snake leopard!!"
"Is it a leopard snake?"
"Shh!"
"Don't worry about what it is..."
"Everyone, please keep your voice down!"
"Don't draw its attention..."
Unfortunately, Edkin, Simon, Holgai and Doric happened to be running by at this time and subconsciously stopped, standing just a few dozen steps away from the helpless and beautiful wood elf girl.
The eyes looked at each other.
"Help, help!"
"Please!!"
Then, of course, the beautiful and young-looking wood elf girl, out of the desire to survive, brazenly called out to the four of them and asked for help.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
But unfortunately, before the four of them could react, with a scream, the terrifying snake leopard pounced towards her with lightning speed.
‘Ouch!!!’
It grunted, pounced on the wood elf, and plunged its sharp claws deeply into her thighs and chest. While firmly controlling her to prevent her from struggling to make a sound, it retaliated with a bloody mouth.
He bit her delicate neck fiercely, inserted his fangs deeply into it, and at the same time, his throat began to vibrate vigorously, and he greedily drank the warm, salty blood that spurted out from her neck.
.
"!!"
"run!!"
"Run quickly!!"
Upon seeing this, Edkin, as the captain, was of course frightened, and then he immediately turned around and ran away. At the same time, of course, he did not forget to warn the team members in a trembling voice.
"..."
"..."
"..."
In fact, he didn't need to remind him at all. Simon, Holgay and Doric were not stupid. Almost as soon as the woman was knocked down, they turned around and ran after Edkin without hesitation.
.
After all, with their bare hands and no weapons and their magic power still restrained, the three of them knew better than anyone else that if they stepped forward to help easily, they would not only give the terrifying creature that could project realistic holographic images to confuse its prey.
In addition to its abilities, the Snake Leopard, which also has fatal lethality, can add a few achievements and add a few fresh human blood drinks, there will be absolutely no other possibilities!
Besides, now in the competition, Fuch has made it clear that he wants to kill them, and they are too busy taking care of themselves. How can they have any spare time to help those poor people who actively participate in the competition and dream of getting the winning rewards and honors?
soon!
The two men Edkin and Simon, probably because of their long legs, ran away and disappeared within a few seconds, while Holgai and Doric, who were left behind, were completely lost after wandering around for a while.
I lost my direction and couldn't see the shadow of those two guys anymore.
"!!"
"look!"
"Holgai, what did I find?"
Soon, while running, Druid girl Doric discovered a box next to the passage of the maze. Then, driven by curiosity, she stepped forward and opened it, and then she was surprised to find that there was a very good weapon inside.
The standard knight long sword?
"ha!"
"I have one here too!"
At this time, Holgay also discovered another box not far away. Knowing that there was something inside, she couldn't wait to step forward and squat down to open it.
But...
"?!"
As soon as she opened it, she was horrified to find that it was not a serious box at all, but a terrifying monster disguised as a box. There was nothing inside except a big mouth full of fangs and a prickly tongue.
No!
What's even more frightening is that the sticky tongue that the other party stuck out immediately wrapped around her ankles and dragged her with brute force, preparing to drag her into that terrifying fanged mouth.
Swallowed raw?
"Go away!!!"
"Whoaaah!"
"damn it!!!"
Then, of course, after finding that he couldn't get away no matter how hard he struggled, Holgai couldn't help but exclaimed and let out horrifying screams, and successfully attracted the man not far away who was looking at the sword.
Doric attention.
Wow!!
"So dangerous!"
"There is actually this kind of monster hidden in the treasure chest!"
"Holgay, are you okay?"
First, he cut off the monster's tongue with a single stroke of his sword, and then he held his sword vigilantly for a while. After seeing that it was just rolling around in pain and screaming and giving up, with no sign of another attack from Horgai, Doric stepped forward and pulled him up.
The companion asked with lingering fear.
"fine!"
"Fortunately you are here, I thought it was also a treasure chest..."
Of course Holgai was very frightened just now.
After all, she just thought it was a treasure chest with something in it, and wanted to see what good things were inside. But when she opened it, she found that it was a monster in disguise.
Fortunately, she had good eyesight and quick hands, and fortunately she did not reach out subconsciously, otherwise, Doric would only be able to see a headless corpse now.
"What a hell!"
"How many monsters are there here?"
She never thought that in addition to the terrifying snake and leopard monsters that had been chasing them behind and around the maze, that damn Fuch actually had other monsters lurking in the maze?
"Watch out!"
"Stop talking about it yet."
"Let's get out of here quickly. I don't know where Edkin and Simon have gone."
After saying that, after pulling up Holgay, Doric did not hesitate and ran directly with him toward another maze passage ahead.
that's all!
As the game progressed, the members of the 'Rogue' team divided into two teams and ran around in the maze, trying hard to find the members and the way to the central cage.
As the four of them continued to run, screams that made them tremble could be heard from time to time in the maze, indicating that more and more contestants were dying tragically in the huge maze.
For example, a dwarf warrior who is extremely lucky has obtained armor, a helmet and a very convenient meteor hammer after opening several treasure chests. He passed several rounds without any danger and even knocked over several treasure chests.
Monster and killed an unknown monster.
But when he thought he was fully equipped and confident enough to continue searching, he encountered a cunning snake leopard, and was successfully misled by the opponent's projection magic, so that he was soon killed in the leopard's mouth due to neglect of precautions.
Down.
The other male mage was much worse!
Although, he also found a magic wand, but he did not find the key to unlock the magic-forbidden bracelet, so it is self-evident what the result will be.
Not to mention those unlucky rangers who found a bow but no arrows!
Anyway!
Those screams naturally continued one after another as the game progressed, especially in the third stage, when more maze walls began to be peeled off and retracted layer by layer, more people died.
But fortunately, the total of the six teams is thirty or forty people, so even if they meet in this short period of time, they can easily die.
The death and failure of the contestants naturally made some viewers addicted to watching it, and they cheered from time to time.
But for some viewers who placed bets, that was bad news!
They were different from the spectators who were simply watching the battle. They would just wail and curse from time to time, and angrily tear up the betting slips into pieces and throw them into the arena after a certain team member or the entire team was killed.
As for the changes in the audience, Edkin and Simon of the 'Rogues' team couldn't care so much.
They passed through passages together and opened several boxes, but each time they could only obtain some less useful items and weapons. As they moved forward quickly, they inevitably encountered Mimics and Mimics.
If they were not clever enough to escape in time and save the day when being chased by snakes and leopards, they would be the ones screaming and falling now.
finally!
It wasn't until the two met Doric and Horgai, and by chance, found the key from a treasure box that they opened the magic-forbidden bracelets in their hands to cast magic, that the situation completely improved.
After taking off the bracelets on their hands, the four fully equipped people finally had the confidence to confront the terrifying hunter and the snake and leopard head-on.
"ha!"
"Shincho!!"
Isn’t this?
As the snake leopard caught up again, and as Simon recited a spell loudly, he soon released a series of lightning chains, directly beating a snake leopard that was chasing behind the four people and preparing to attack until it screamed.
He couldn't help but kept retreating.
"!!"
Then, Edkin took the opportunity to use the long sword Doric gave him, stepped forward and cut off the two snake-like tentacles on the back of the snake and leopard with one sword stroke.
"Roar!!"
Doric, on the other hand, turned into a fierce hero and roared forward, suppressing the painful monster with one hand.
"go to hell!"
"I've tolerated you for a long time!!"
In the end, Holgai roared and waved the two-handed ax she got from an unlucky guy who died on the way. With just one blow, she chopped off the snake leopard's head with brute force, directly killing the audience.
Their cheers reached a climax.
pity……
What the four people didn't know was that with the death of the snake leopard, when they regrouped to continue searching for the cage in the center of the maze and were discussing some countermeasures, due to the death of the snake leopard, the new 'hunter'
was thrown into the arena.
So, a new round of hunting quietly began.
"!!"
!(o)
"good!"
(ˊ〇ˋ*)
"Sister Doric, come on!"
(｀)
At this time, a certain naughty little guy was still dancing and cheering for the four of them in her VIP room, without paying any attention to the joking expression of the Lord of Neverwinter, Fudge, who was looking at her behind her.
and playful eyes.
"..."
In fact, at this moment, the city lord of Neverwinter, Fuch, looked at the others with similar eyes.
In this VIP room located at the highest point of the arena, when the VIPs, lords, nobles, wealthy businessmen and other big figures from Neverwinter, Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep were participating in games and gambling with joy or annoyance,
As the organizer, his mind is no longer on the competition.
"Your Mightiness!"
"The ship is ready."
Finally, feeling a little impatient, he waited for the report from his loyal subordinate.
"..."
After waving his hand to signal his subordinates to prepare first, he didn't move much. He just looked at the people around him again and found that everyone was paying attention to the game, sometimes cheering and sometimes immersed in annoyance. No one paid attention at all.
After he saw himself, he smiled proudly, then looked at the time and walked straight to his chief mage, Sofina.
"Sophina."
"My ship and men seem ready, so..."
"As agreed, I am leaving with Kira now."
After whispering these words into Sofina's ear, Fuch found that the other party was indifferent and stood as straight as a dead person. Fuchs hesitated for a moment, and then continued to say with a flattering smile:
"Anyway!"
"I really hope that our cooperation this time will satisfy you."
"Can it also satisfy you?"
"if……"
"I mean, if there is another chance next time, can we continue to cooperate?"
"Although I also know that we will probably have few intersections in the future. After all, after this incident, I am afraid that I will have to take those treasures and gold and silver and fly far away from Neverwinter, Sword Coast, Baldur's Gate and Deepwater.
The city is here."
"but……"
"Who knows what will happen in the future, maybe..."
However, before Fudge could continue gushing and talking triumphantly, he was suddenly frightened by the terrifying expression and eyes of the red-robed witch Sofina who suddenly turned towards him.
"roll!"
"Get out of my city!"
Then, Sofina coldly said such cold and seemingly contradictory words.
After all, everyone knows that Fudge is the city lord of Neverwinter, and Sofina is just Fudge's chief mage. But now, Sofina is taking over the role and claiming that Neverwinter is 'her city', and even let Fudge
Get out of her city, this statement is of course very thought-provoking.
"..."
What's even more intriguing is that Fuch didn't refute, he just smiled awkwardly and looked at Sofina's cold expression, then turned around and left?
"!!"
"that……"
However, when he walked behind Anne, he didn't know what he was thinking of, but he suddenly stopped and leaned over and asked:
"Dear Her Majesty Queen Anne, how are you?"
"Are you satisfied with this game?"
Speaking of which, Fudge himself didn't know why he suddenly came over to talk to such a little girl who didn't like him very much, but he just came over.
"Satisfied!"
(`)
"What's wrong?"
(o▽)o
Annie didn't know why, so she turned her head and asked strangely.
"Nothing!"
"I just asked casually, really, just asked casually..."
As he said that, Fuch also stood in front of the guardrail of the VIP room that overlooked the entire arena and began to overlook the huge arena and the contestants who were running in the maze and looking for the right direction.
"It looks like..."
"You are indeed very discerning. The 'Rogue' team you chose has miraculously persisted until now, and you are about to truly win!"
"very nice!"
Fauci saw the figures of Edkin and others, and then he spoke in a somewhat incomprehensible manner and said angrily.
To be honest, Fauci really admired the tenacity of Edkin and others, and vaguely felt that those four people were likely to win the final victory?
"Of course they will win!"
ヾ(▽)
"Uncle City Lord, just wait and compensate others!"
(゜▽＾*)
Yes, Anne was very optimistic about those people, after all, she was watching them.
Besides, she is also looking forward to the wonderful expressions on the faces of the four people when she wins the city and then the old man in front of her is driven away and knocked down by her in despair?
"Ha ha!"
"Don't worry, I will definitely compensate!"
"If you can't pay the compensation, will I give this city to you?"
After saying that, Fuch subconsciously glanced at the witch Sofina, who was still standing motionless not far away.
Obviously, he will not say that this city no longer belongs to him, and he will definitely not lose the money, because he is about to leave here with a boatload of treasures and a boatload of gold.
"Anyway!"
"I have something else to do. I wish you a good time?"
After saying that, he once again glanced at Anne with his joking eyes and once again glanced at the ' dignitaries ' present, Fudge stopped talking and hurriedly turned around and walked away.
Although, less than one-fifth of the large gold ingot was cut, but he had no time, so he had to do this.
"..."
(°ー°〃)
"..."
(~)Chew!
Watching the other party leave in a hurry, Anne didn't say anything. She just stared at the other party's back and then turned away to continue eating her pastries and watching the game.
(Report, dear little master, that guy is going to run away!)
(●￣￣●)
(At this time, Tibbs, who was acting as a waiter with a fruit plate and pastries, quickly reminded him, because he had just heard all the conversations between the other party and the red-robed witch, so he quickly made a small report,
Expressing willingness to take action to bring the other party back.)
"rest assured!"
()°
"He can't run away!"
(￣～￣)Chew!
After saying that, Annie once again watched the game attentively.
In her opinion, the most important thing is to watch this competition hosted and organized by the badass city lord uncle. As for the other things, she doesn't need to worry about it at all.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
(Since his bad little master seemed to have an arrangement, Tibbers of course obeyed and shut his mouth, continued to stand aside and acted as the waiter bear and waited patiently, wanting to see that the one behind him must not be delicious.
What’s next for the undead witch?)
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Chapter completed!