Chapter 724 The biggest variable

The sound of burning flames resounded clearly in the artificial stone maze, vibrating the air and the eardrums of those who entered.

Compared with the real dungeon, this man-made maze is somewhat different after all.

It is common knowledge that the dungeon is alive.

It will breed monsters, make monsters emerge from the walls, and consciously create various abnormal situations, deliberately targeting adventurers who penetrate into its body, so that adventurers can clearly feel the malice and hostility of the dungeon towards them.

The man-made labyrinth of Knossos is different.

You don't feel any of the characteristics that a dungeon should have here.

There is no sense of the activity that a dungeon should have here.

Everything here is full of inorganic feeling, gloomy, silent, and dim, making the inside of the maze full of heavy pressure and a sense of closure.

There are also monster-shaped statues everywhere, and the walls are engraved with detailed reliefs of plants. Blue magic stone lamps are inlaid on the walls, providing a weak light source and telling people who enter this place that this is a man-made building after all. It's not a natural secret like a dungeon.

The only thing that resembles a dungeon here is the complex terrain and maze-like paths.

There is a one-way road connecting the entrance, but at the end of the one-way road there are many forked roads, and there are forked roads after the forked roads, like tree roots that penetrate into the ground, continuously extending branches, and finally turning into a real maze, confusing the intrusion. the person’s sense of direction.

In addition, everything here is the same as outside, made of orichalcum, solid steel, and demon-killing stone.

There are doors made of the hardest metal located in every direction and in each passage.

The walls are all made of super-hard metal steel walls. Although these steel walls are not as thick as the outer walls, they are also mixed with magic stones, which can weaken the power of magic.

Just the hardest metal door and super-hard metal wall outside had shocked the Loki Familia people. As a result, these things were everywhere inside, which really made the Loki Familia adventurers one by one. Everyone was shocked.

So, Finn, who entered the maze with a large army and came to Li Ge, came to a conclusion.

"...This is definitely not something that can be built in a short time. Even if the other party has money and no shortage of materials, it is impossible to build such a horrific underground maze in just a few years or decades."

The history of existence here must be at least several hundred years.

The people who built this place could never have done it by themselves, but it took hundreds of years and the hands of generations of inheritors to create such a great undertaking.

This is the man-made maze of Knossos, a dungeon that was quietly opened up under the eyes of the guild and the major families. It has been hidden under Orario for hundreds of years and has never seen the light of day. .

"I think I probably understand where the second entrance and exit of the dungeon is."

Loki said these words faintly, and his pair of divine eyes had already opened and saw everything.

Li Ge glanced at Loki like this.

She's right.

The man-made labyrinth of Knossos is the second underground city and the second entrance to the real underground city.

It is very large, and it is located underground in Orario. It was opened next to the dungeon. In the end, many passages were excavated, which were directly connected to each floor of the dungeon and could communicate with each floor of the dungeon. .

Daedalus designed this man-made maze in order to create a second underground city, so this man-made maze, like the underground city, extends downward, one layer after another.

Over hundreds of years, Daedalus and his descendants opened up this place to more than ten floors underground, each floor being equal to a dungeon.

The first floor here is the first floor of the dungeon.

The 10th floor here is the 10th floor of the dungeon.

The two are located at the same depth and are connected to each other with multiple entrances and exits.

In this way, the enemies hidden here can avoid the eyes of the guild and the major families in the city, freely enter and leave the dungeon, and bring out the monsters from there unscrupulously.

The monsters brought out are not only colorful ones, but also those bred from the dungeon.

The members of the dark faction hiding here make money by selling these monsters to people outside the city. Sometimes they also hunt by themselves to obtain the materials they need, such as the fire stones produced in the depths, etc., thus becoming self-sufficient without leaving. This man-made maze can survive, and there is even room for expansion.

To this end, people here are also secretly cooperating with many factions, and they have a mutually beneficial relationship.

Therefore, the Loki Familia will face not only the remnants of the dark faction, the descendants of the urban destroyers, and the tentacles of the foul fairies, but also those Familia who cooperate with them.

Finn and Loki relied on analysis and divine intuition to initially grasp this information and share it with the team members.

While the team members were shocked by this, Finn licked his thumb and gave instructions after pondering.

"The enemy is far more complicated than we imagined. This is the enemy's base camp, and it is also an earth-shattering base camp. We don't understand everything here, and we don't know what is waiting for us ahead."

"In this case, we cannot rashly devote all our combat power, otherwise we may fall into the enemy's trap and be wiped out without follow-up support or even rescue."

"We must be divided into two teams here, the attack team that continues to move forward and explore, and the backup team that is on standby."

Finn immediately made his assignment.

"This time, Grace and I will be in charge of leading the team. All the cadres will follow us. Half of the second army will be led by Raul and An Qi, and half of the elite will join the advance team. The rest will be led by Riveria, outside Standby."

Finn was obviously planning to use only high-end combat power to form an advance team for a strong attack. The people he selected to join the team were basically second-level adventurers above Lv. 3 and cadres who were first-level adventurers. Only A few healers are below Lv.3.

The grassroots members joined the support team headed by Riveria, paying attention to the movements in the maze while protecting Loki and making contingency plans at any time.

"It seems we can't get in."

Loki said this with regret, seemingly very curious about this man-made maze, fully demonstrating the gods' desire for the "unknown".

"Stop making trouble. If something happens to you, we will be dead."

Riveria did not object to Finn's arrangement and even took care of Loki.

As the main god who bestows divine favors, if something happens to Loki, her sealed divine power will definitely be activated to extend her life.

Once a god in the lower realm activates his divine power, no matter for whatever reason, he will be judged as being eliminated from the game called "lower realm" and will be sent back to the heaven.

Once the gods are sent back to the heaven, the grace of God behind their dependents will become ineffective, causing them to lose their power and become weak existences no different from ordinary people.

If that happens, they will never be able to use the power shown in their ability scores unless they find another main god to convert and awaken the sleeping god's grace.

With such an extremely fatal link, the Lord God will naturally become the most important object of protection.

Of course, Li Ge is an exception.

He has already discovered that with the skill [Self-Salvation], he can not only update his ability values ​​independently, but also be completely immune to physical interference. Even if the main god is sent back to the heaven, he will not be affected in any way and can still update and use the god. of favor.

He can even change his religion, that is, switch to another clan.

To quit the clan you are currently affiliated with and transfer to another faction is to change your religion.

Generally speaking, if ordinary people want to change their religion, they need to first obtain the consent of the main god of the current clan, let the other party use the divine blood to release the shackles of grace, and then have the main god of other factions drip the divine blood to re-contract.

In this way, the person can continue to use the past blessings of God and continue to exert the power of the past.

In other words, if you want to change your religion, you not only need the acceptance of the new Lord God, but also the consent of the old Lord God.

In only one case, even if the old main god disagrees, the adventurers who hold favors will change their religion.

That means something happened to the other party and he was sent back to heaven.

At this time, although the favors of the Familia members belonging to this main god will expire, it is equivalent to no longer being bound by the old main god. You can choose the Familia you want to join and reactivate the abilities on your back.

Li Ge is different.

Even if Loki is sent back to heaven and has skills that make him immune to physical interference, the abilities on his back will still be effective and will never expire.

Even without the assistance of the Lord God and having skills that can update his ability values ​​independently, he can use the divine blood of other Lord Gods to change his religion on his own without the consent of the old Lord God.

In a sense, Li Ge's favor can no longer be regarded as God's favor, but his own favor.

The only factor limiting his ability value is divine blood. Whether it is updating ability value or converting to another clan, corresponding divine blood assistance is required.

But this restriction doesn't matter at all.

In this world, divine blood is not difficult to obtain. There is even a black market in the "Maze Paradise" on the 18th floor that specializes in selling unlocking potions that can unlock ability values ​​and renewal potions that can renew ability points made with divine blood as raw materials.

It is not that difficult to get their blood from the omniscient and incompetent gods in the lower realm.

There is always a large bottle of Loki's divine blood in the storage space of the Lige Dimension Rubik's Cube. If the divine blood is used to renew the ability value, it can be used hundreds of times.

Therefore, Li Ge was the only person present who did not have to worry about the failure of the favor, but he would not just sit back and watch something happen to Loki.

At that moment, under Finn's command, everyone quickly divided into teams.

The support team exited the maze under the leadership of Riveria, while the vanguard team was fully armed. Someone also transported spare weapons, supplies, elixirs and other recovery items from the outside for each team member who also served as supporter to carry on their backs. heavy backpack.

Lefiya also put on her backpack and followed behind Li Ge and Ace, grabbing her wand and preparing for the attack.

She was also selected for the first team.

Lefia, who is already at Level 4, will take Riveria's place this time, making up for the lack of the powerful defender Mage in the team, making the girl feel a heavy responsibility.

"It's okay, you can do it."

"Well, Lefia is very powerful."

Li Ge and Ai did not doubt Lefiya's ability at all, and one after another comforted the elf girl who felt stressed.

On the other hand, Tiona and Tione, because they loved to worry, they both subconsciously gave Lefia instructions.

"Remember to follow us closely, Lefia."

"You are an important mage and supporter. Without Riveria, you are our most important backer. We will protect you."

The Amazon twin sisters all said this.

"You little guys, remember not to hold me back."

Only Bert was speaking coldly.

"Okay, kid, just say a few words."

Grace, who was wearing a helmet and armor, slapped Burt hard on the back, almost knocking him out of breath.

"Okay, let's use this formation."

"Well, the cadres are responsible for clearing the way in front. We will use this formation in the back to protect the magicians and healers who are also supporting people while advancing."

Raul and Angel, who were assigned to lead the Second Army members and grassroots members below cadres, discussed with each other, and after obtaining Finn's consent, they finalized strategies to deal with various emergencies and emergencies.

Looking at this scene, Li Ge said silently in his heart.

"Hopefully these strategies work."

Don't blame him for thinking so negatively.

Only he knew how extraordinary the maze ahead was.

It is not a real dungeon, but even compared to a real dungeon, its level of danger is even worse.

In the original work, the first time the Loki family entered this man-made maze, there was the first casualty.

Even Loki's family members, who had not lost a single person during the expedition, suffered casualties in this man-made maze.

In fact, even Finn almost died, and the other first-level adventurers were also in danger. If they made a wrong step, they would fall into hell and die directly.

Including Aisi, she almost died in the hands of a weirdo and was taken away by the red-haired weirdo.

Thinking of this, Li Ge couldn't help but look at Ais.

"……What's wrong?"

Sensing Li Ge's gaze, Ais turned her head and asked softly.

"No, it's nothing."

Li Ge shook his head and moved his gaze under Ace's doubtful gaze, looking at Finn, Grace, Bert, Tiona, Tione, Lefia, Raul and Angel respectively.

Compared with the original work, the Loki Familia are much stronger now.

"Finn and Grace have reached Level 7."

"Angel and Raul have also reached Level 5."

"Even Lefiya has been promoted to Level 4. Ais's ability value is much higher than at this time in the original work. She has also mastered the breath of wind. The rest of the team members are also more or less stronger than at this time in the original work. .”

Li Ge raised his eyes and stared at the front of the one-way street.

"Let me see if, facing this lineup, you can still follow the original trajectory and almost eat us."

The biggest variable in the team murmured softly, making the darkness ahead seem to be dispelled.

Soon, the vanguard team took action.

The strategy for the man-made maze has officially begun.