Chapter 956: Labyrinth Opening

Chapter 956: Labyrinth Opening

Masayuki was originally regarded as a hero in a daze, and he, a middle-class boy, felt no nostalgia for the title of second-class boy.

In addition, things like Bonnie and Qiu happened. He took the initiative to express his willingness to be Rimuru's subordinate.

Six more days passed leisurely.

The founding ceremony of Tempest was originally expected to last for three days, but due to everyone's pursuit and the affairs of the labyrinth, it lasted for seven days.

On June 17th, the founding ceremony has obviously ended, but the town of Rimuru is still crowded with people, because the last batch of adventurers who enter the underground palace to participate in the skill purchase qualification competition are about to come out, and the top 100 will be completely selected.

The entrance to the underground palace has been urgently expanded into a huge square. Directly opposite the underground maze, there is a scrolling screen that displays the results of the top 100 names in real time.

Just like the results of the ancient imperial examinations, some people did not look at the test at the entrance, but looked around the screen. Occasionally, a person's name appeared on the screen and the original 100th place disappeared, and a burst of noise would erupt.

As the time approached five o'clock in the evening, the top 100 people stared at the screen closely, fearing that their names would be lost if they were not careful.

Among them is a team of B-class adventurers named 'Hao Lei'.

Their captain's name is Basson, a bald and strong man. At this moment, he is calming the magician in a black cloak with a bold face: "It will be okay, Gomes. There are only the last 10 minutes left, you still have In the 99th place, it is impossible for two more people to surpass you, your skills are in hand!”

"Yes, yes, Brother Gomes."

"Boss Basson is right!"

The four minions around him echoed, and Gomes was so nervous that his body tensed up, but he pretended to be nonchalant: "It's my fault, I'm really careless. I thought that with my own strength, I could easily enter the top 100, but I didn't. Thinking that there are many good players participating this time, it will not be so dangerous if we are more serious in the previous seven days."

"Me too?" Basson said: "Who knew that even monsters from the Monster Kingdom could participate? I selected a hundred people early on, and now I estimate that there are only two hundred people left. The four of them are even more useless. Our team this time Whether you can qualify for skill purchase depends entirely on you, Gomes!”

Gomes was stunned for a moment and looked at Basson.

Our team?

It was a tense moment, so he didn't dwell on Basson's words for the time being. The last 10 minutes passed almost in a blink of an eye, especially when his name jumped at the eighth minute and became No. 100. Almost suffocated.

When the words 'final result' appeared in the middle of the screen, he let out a long breath.

"It's done!"

"Hahaha." The boys and captain Basson also laughed: "Well done! Gomes!"

These voices were drowned in the bustling square, until a voice in the distance was amplified through a microphone: "Okay! Now let us congratulate the top 100 people in this maze competition, and everyone outside the 100 should not be discouraged!

Next, I want to introduce to you the last ‘attraction facility’ in Tempest, which is the underground maze that will be officially opened! "

"oh--"

There was another burst of noise, because the picture on the big screen was replaced by some real-time scenes of the maze - endless monsters, the arrogant gatekeeper 'Demon King', various traps, and treasure chests full of surprises.

"As you can see, there are a hundred floors in the underground maze. So... who can make it to the end~?"

"In addition, I think everyone is also very curious about what is in those treasure chests. Here I can give you a surprise in advance - not only the treasure chests, but also monsters. After defeating them, there may be drops including but not limited to Healing potions, magic metals, precious materials, precious weapons, and even...skill books!"

"Yes, it's the skill book that everyone imagined!" Many five books appeared on the big screen at the right time, with ABCDE level skills written on the five covers of gold, silver, purple, green and white.

"As you can see, this is the 'purchase voucher' for skills. The top 100 people this time will get skill books of different levels according to their ranking. With this skill book, everyone can buy skills from Mr. Ji Xing, the skill merchant." Buy the corresponding level of skills there!”

This time, the cheers almost shook the clouds in the sky away, and it was a bit scary to see tens of thousands of adventurers making noise together.

Basson put his arms around Gomes's shoulders and laughed loudly: "It'll be fine this time. When I take you through the maze, I will type out another skill book for each of you!"

Gomes didn't respond... That's the skill book I won. Why did he default to belonging to the team and something to be assigned to him? !

The Haolei team was basically supported by Basson and him, with one captain and one vice-captain. Gomes thought about it and felt that without Basson as the captain and warrior, as a magician, he would not be able to perform well in the maze. ', easily attacked by monsters, and finally reluctantly acquiesced.

It would be nice to work together to get another skill book, right? That must be mine, and it will be ‘constant’ from now on!

Although the host immediately said that the more precious the items, the lower the explosion rate, Gomes didn't take it seriously. As long as he defeated enough monsters and entered enough floors, he would always be able to defeat them.

However, another item sold in the Maze Mall—the resurrection bracelet—has aroused heated discussion.

That is the product of Ramiris' skill.

As long as you wear the resurrection bracelet, you will not really die even if you die in the underground palace, and the host also personally performed a demonstration.

Of course, some people questioned it, but most people still half-believed it, so this underground maze became more like a level-breaking game that you could participate in by paying money, and it was also the kind of level-breaking that was profitable.

After Ramiris built a huge light door and expanded the entrance to the underground palace, the adventurers immediately bought tickets and swarmed in, and the streets became empty for a while.

…

On the ground floor of the underground maze, one of the rooms was arranged to look like a control room, and a sign saying 'no entry for non-employees' was also hung.

Combining Ramiris's skills with technological magic, the split screens here can capture the switching of each floor of the underground palace in real time, and will be managed by operators headed by tree fairies in the future.

But today is the first time the maze is in operation, including Rimuru, Milim, Ji Xing, Hinata and others are here to watch the fun.

"Originally, we planned to have a 'closed test', where we would find a few groups of adventurers to test the performance of the maze. However, the previous competition was already considered a test, and the maze was much more popular than expected. Ji Xing's skills are really popular. "

Rimuru sighed with emotion and said a little worriedly: "I hope there will be no problem."

"Absolutely no problem!" Ramiris flapped her wings and flew in, patting her little chest and saying, "The maze is perfectly designed!"

I'm really worried when you say that... Rimuru cursed in his heart, but on the surface he encouraged Ramiris, until she discovered that the 'unlucky' adventurer had fallen into the trap, and in a short time he had entered. Five floors.

She looked at Ramiris with a dark face, and Ramiris also felt that the atmosphere was not right.

"You idiot...why are there so many falling traps in the first few floors?!"

Ramiris said coquettishly: "This is not for the completion of the maze...and, and aren't there even more ferocious falling traps below? I thought you forgot to set them up on the upper level. It was really a good intention."

Falling from the lower level is a trap, but isn’t it a benefit to fall from the upper level? ! In this way, the maze gameplay on the upper level is meaningless, and you can just attack the lower level casually!

Rimuru was a little helpless and could only comfort himself. This could be regarded as diverting the adventurers who were pouring in, so as to prevent the first floor from being too crowded.

So she just shook her head and said: "It doesn't matter, just make subsequent adjustments. There are no more changes, right?"

"This, this..."

Rimuru had a bad premonition again, and soon discovered that a group of familiar adventurers frequently opened good treasure chests. As for the Mimics, poison gas treasure chests, etc., it seemed as if they did not exist at all.

"Ailian and the others..."

"Ah, yes, Ailian and the others sent gifts of condolences, and we started chatting peacefully afterwards. That cake..."

The more Rimuru heard about this blatant act of bribery, the more headache he got. Ramiris praised the deliciousness of the cake for a while, then realized something was wrong and defended: "You can't blame me! It's not just me, Master and Milim also said it's okay. !”

She began to get angry with embarrassment, Rimuru could only sigh, and Hinata shook her head.

If the church had engaged in such corrupt behavior, the Paladin would have caught it long ago. But she couldn't control it here. Looking at the faces of everyone on the screen, she thought that maybe she should let her subordinates try it out and get some exercise.

There is one more thing... She looked at Ramiris hesitantly. The Elf Queen is here. Do you want to accept the trial and become a brave?

This elf queen, can I pass the trial by giving her a piece of cake? She grumbled inwardly, but of course didn't really mean to.

…

On the other side, the Howley team was not conspicuous among the tens of thousands of adventurers entering the maze.

In just three hours, they encountered falling traps twice and reached the third floor. I also encountered two paralysis treasure chests, a sleeping gas treasure chest, a very weak treasure chest form monster, and a powerful treasure chest monster.

When they discovered the hidden room again, they were afraid to go in for a while.

"No, it's not a trap again, is it?"

"Is there really a treasure here? Isn't it all a propaganda trick?!"

Well, according to common sense, they should encounter something good. Now they are like a team that has encountered a guarantee after ten draws in a row.

After hesitating for a long time, they opened the door and saw a gray wall - a giant bear.

"Is it really a trap?!"

"Retreat first, Boss Bassen."

"No, it looks like they're targeting us! Can we escape?!"

"We can only fight!"

Bassen whined and pushed forward, staring at the giant bear with a desperate expression on his face.

This is a C-level giant bear, and Basson's team is a B-level team, but actual combat does not entirely depend on level. What's more, giant bears are rough-skinned and thick-flesh things, and they are very powerful. As long as the giant claws touch, They would be seriously injured and die.

——As for the resurrection bracelet, who can guarantee whether it is true or false? Besides, dying at least once will be painful.

So after a hard fight, they finally killed the giant bear, and even if they were slightly injured, they carefully used healing potions to completely treat it.

Then they groped for the giant bear's body, but still didn't see any treasure. At this time, another boy shouted in surprise: "Brother Bassen, look, there is a silver treasure chest here!"

"silver?"

"It's the first time I've seen it..."

"Is it poison gas again?!"

Once bitten, one will be afraid of the rope for ten years.

They looked at each other.

"According to the order, it seems that it is Brother Gomez's turn to open the treasure chest this time, right?"

There are six people in the team, and only Gomez, a long-range magician, has not opened a box.

Gomez hesitated for a moment, slowly went over to open the silver treasure chest, and then retreated backwards.

A bright green light was reflected, and several younger brothers were shocked: "It's poison gas!"

"Quickly retreat!"

They retreated to the door, looked inside the door cautiously, and hid for a full half a minute before they found that the green light was just green light, and there was no poison gas.

"...What?"

After a while, they pushed and shoved over, and then shouted: "There is a book in here!"

"A green book with the letter D..."

"Huh?! Is this...?"

"A D-level skill?!"

The six people were all ecstatic, and Bassen grabbed the skill book in his hand: "Great, now there are two, and it is different from the previous E-level skill book, now it is a D-level skill!"

He put the skill book in his arms and said: "If we can get four more skill books, each of our team can get one!"

"..."

Gomes' joy was slightly restrained.

The average score of the skills I got in the game, and the skills I got by luck were still average.

What's more, Bassen has put both skill books in his arms, what if... can he really get an average score with us?

He hesitated and said, "Captain, do you want us to go to the skill merchant to buy the skills first, and then enhance our combat effectiveness before we break through?"

"What's the hurry?" Bassen flatly refused, "We should strike while the iron is hot and make a few more skill books. If C-level or even higher-level skills appear, it will be more convenient to distribute them at that time!"

So the higher-level skills have been automatically assigned to me?

Gomes was silent and didn't say anything, as if he acquiesced. The six members of the team were happy for a while and continued to break through the level.

...

In the monitoring room.

"What good luck, that D-level skill book is the best thing in the first ten floors, right? I put it on the third floor for promotion!"

The main screen was showing the actions of the Hao Lei team, and Rimuru expressed such emotion.

As a result, the next moment, just a few seconds after the team walked out of the treasure chest room, the magician in the team suddenly printed a fireball from behind on the bald captain, and the bald captain screamed and fell to the ground!

A chaos broke out, and several people watched the magician kill the team.

The corners of Rimuru's mouth twitched, and Hinata's eyebrows also twisted, but Ji Xing and Milim's expressions did not change.

"Wahahaha, internal strife!"

Yes, forget about the fact that money can move people's hearts! Rimuru scratched his head helplessly. A small amount of wealth is okay, but when something like a skill book that completely changes fate and is worth a lot of money appears, it is difficult for some adventurers to keep their original intentions.

It seems that the design of the maze needs to be improved. Although it can be resurrected, the adventurers who enter cannot trust their teammates and everyone is in danger.

On the first day of the maze operation, various problems were exposed.