Free Web NovelChapter 1059: Chapter 393: Breaking Force Maze_2
"Snake Poison": The damage dealt by Tricky Hand Snake comes with an additional 10% of the opponent’s Combat Power.
The cloak-wearing person opposite Ree Shil remained silent, with followers standing ready on both sides.
Then Ree Shil saw an options Panel appear in front of him.
The options were respectively marked: rock, paper, scissors.
"Please choose your Action for this round"
"No way, this is so childish..."
While showing his disdain, he slapped down a choice, "A real man should always throw a fist!"
"Beep beep beep beep!"
A roller-style icon then appeared above Tricky Hand Snake’s head.
Rock-paper-scissors began to rotate rapidly, the same was happening above the little Elf’s head.
Eventually, Tricky Hand Snake’s icon landed on "rock".
And the little Elf’s landed on "scissors".
"You win!"
Accompanying the prompt, the little Elf stood there looking rather foolish.
Tricky Hand Snake went up and hit the opponent with a couple of Snake Fists.
"Tricky hit!"
300+64, 300+64
Two damage numbers leaped out from above the Elf’s head.
"Woowong!"
Although it just shuddered a bit and dissolved into Blue Light.
"This is too absurd."
Now Ree Shil felt like he understood this Battle mode.
Combat Power represented both Health Points and Health.
So, it’s just rock-paper-scissors, and then whoever loses just takes a beating, right?
This way, the higher your Combat Power, the bigger your advantage.
Because with a substantial Health points, your margin for error is high; even if you lose and take a few hits from the opposition, you wouldn’t die.
Then with a high Attack Power, like Sheep God with over 5000 attack, just one victory might be enough to finish off the opponent.
Too bad the King Card can only be played at the end, something he noticed when choosing his team.
As for his opinion on this level’s Battle mode, Ree Shil wasn’t too impressed.
There’s a great deal of chance involved.
Theoretically, as long as you keep winning, even if you have only one point of Combat Power, it seems you might be able to take down 10,000 points.
Well, not exactly, some Followers with reflective damage Skills might make it not so straightforward.
In any case, there is a possibility for the weak to beat the strong, and it’s not a small chance either.
However, for Ree Shil, he didn’t really mind.
Because how can S-rank Cards be S-rank? With the Spirit Master on his side, he simply swept the opponent away, and Sheep God had no chance to appear.
The strongest Follower of the cloak-clad guy had only a Combat Power of 800+.
Spirit Master, with 2600+ Combat Power, lost two rounds but withstood the Damage, then won one round and immediately eliminated the opponent.
Buzz...
As the Battle ended, the barrier and the cloak-wearing person collapsed together.
"Break and then Establish, the Breakthrough Spirit lives on!"
Right before the complete collapse, it suddenly let out a roar, giving Ree Shil quite a scare.
But then he found out that behind this guy was actually a dead end.
"Wasn’t it supposed to be ’the correct guard’? Are you kidding me?"
He pondered without finding an answer.
Since it was a dead end, he had to turn back.
He chose another Road, and encountered another "correct guard".
The same cloak-wearing person, and the strength of the team of Followers was nearly the same. freewёbnoνel.com
The result was the same final words, and again, a dead end.
Fortunately, on the third Crossroad he tried, it was no longer a dead end.
And Ree Shil also figured out the pattern of these guards.
Just in case, he went to check out the other paths as well.
All these guards were named "the correct guard".
"But I found the Road, and logically, I should’ve gotten through the first little level.
So why hasn’t a reward popped up?
Could it be one of those modes where everything is settled at the end?"
As he kept walking, he arrived at the second Crossroad.
Similarly, there were five diverging paths, five colored tags, and signposts.
"The red Road is longer than the yellow Road, the Red Road is 496 meters long."
"The yellow Road is 88 meters longer than the blue Road..."
Seeing this, Ree Shil skipped to the end.
Sure enough, the sentence at the bottom was the same.
"Please pick the Road that looks most appealing to you."
"That’s not right."
He thought about skipping it, but he then felt that this signpost wasn’t supposed to be meaningless, or just for the sake of playing a prank.
"Could it be that the correct direction is really hidden in these hints?"
Out of options, he could only grit his teeth and read on.
"The yellow path is 88 meters longer than the blue path, the length of the green path is 480 meters."
"The red path is 512 meters long."
"Take half of the sum of the red path and the green path, then subtract the length of the red path divided by 8; that equals the length of the blue path."
"Please choose the path that most appeals to you."
"What is this even about?"
After going through the hints, he felt it would be easier just to take down all five guards.
The puzzle’s information could at best be described as completely irrelevant to the solution.
And so, after several attempts, it wasn’t until the fourth Path that he finally found a clear way through.
Time and again, he encountered crossroads, time and again, he sought an exit.
However, after spending 3 hours and defeating the guard at the tenth junction, Ree Shil felt something was utterly amiss.
"Ten crossroads, and the strength of the enemies stays roughly the same...
Even if the first nine were similar, it doesn’t make sense for the tenth to also be that simple.
After all, the tenth should be equivalent to a Boss level."
It was only then that he truly realized this was the essence of the maze.
During this period, he didn’t neglect to carefully examine the hints on the signs.
The conclusion was that they were all nonsense, utterly failing to provide any useful information.
"No, I can’t keep going forward."
Sitting down right there, he began to ponder.
In a sense, the sixth major level had several advantages.
Firstly, it had no requirements for Inscriptions or Spell Cards.
This meant he could wholly accumulate initial funds for the seventh major level without worrying about the sixth.
Now, the problem also arose here; he had taken down dozens of guards.
Without encountering any rewards like Inscription choices or points rewards.
Furthermore, compared to the difficulty of the previous levels, the enemies in the sixth major level were ridiculously easy.
If it were truly that easy, he would need to grasp the opportunity well to ensure smooth entry into the seventh major level.
"Currently, it seems those hints and signs are complete red herrings.
The real answer should be hidden elsewhere."
He carefully recalled every detail he encountered since entering the level.
"What seems more unusual is those NPC guards.
Their names are all the same, and so are their sayings when defeated..."
"Break before establishing, the spirit of breaking force endures."
This phrase feels worth pondering over.
"Break before establishing, the spirit of breaking force.
Surely they aren’t telling me to break the wall myself to find the way out."
Ree Shil laughed as he touched the passage wall beside him.
This dark aqua brick bore the traces of time.
It felt significantly rough to the touch, as if, for the sake of appearing neat, it had been wiped down countless times.
Looking up, each brick looked unremarkable, lacking anything special.
He tapped on all the surrounding bricks with his knuckles, each one sounding exactly the same.
"There can’t really be some sort of mechanism, can there?"
He placed his hand on the wall, his brow furrowing slightly.
"Wait a minute!"
This time, the tactile sensation on his hand provoked a memory.
It wasn’t that there was anything particular about the brick.
Rather, it was too real!
Usually, the Air Walls are smooth or have an invisible resistance.
But not the walls in this corridor; they were just ordinary, real walls.
"Could it be... no way."
With a mindset of giving it a try, he punched it not too lightly or forcefully.
Crack, crackle!
The wall immediately burst into several web-like cracks.
This thing was far more brittle than it looked!
After a few more punches, a large hole burst open in the wall.
"Well now, if someone with a bad temper came along,
they could find the exit in 3 minutes."
With this, he felt like he began to understand why every guard was called "The Correct Guard."
Possibly, the wall near them could be broken through!
Peering through this big hole, Ree Shil saw a bright passageway constructed from energy material. freewebnovel.cσ๓
In an instant, the scenery and his line of thought became crystal clear.
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