I have an Apocalypse City - Chapter 232

Chapter 232: Chapter 232: Labyrinth

Translator: 549690339

It only took a few moves to kill a level 10 ordinary monster, and Song Jian was quite satisfied with his performance. The venomous skeleton didn’t drop any valuable items, just a few materials. Song Jian glanced at them and put them into his inventory.

“Let’s keep going,” Song Jian said to the goblin merchant hiding nearby.

“Alright, let’s go.” This time, the goblin merchant, Canaan, didn’t dare to walk ahead but walked side by side with Song Jian while guiding the way.

At every intersection, Canaan would make a mark on the wall. After walking for more than ten minutes, Song Jian’s eyebrows furrowed: “Why has it turned into this?”

Even though it was his first time entering the city’s underground sewer network, Song Jian already noticed something was off. It was indeed like the name given by the system, a huge maze, rather than an ordinary city sewer.

“This is a moving maze. The path is different every time you enter. You need to explore carefully. Don’t worry, I’ve been to places like this more than once. If you follow me, you won’t get lost. It will just take some time!” Canaan said while drawing something on a piece of parchment.

Song Jian took a glance and realized Canaan was drawing the path they had just walked. He couldn’t help but say: “Is this maze big? Exploring it like this is quite time-consuming.”

“There is no other way. This maze moves once a month, and then all previous paths are invalidated, so you have to explore it again. But don’t worry, if we’re lucky, it will only take a day or two for us to find the exit and reach Kantelu Ruins!” Canaan said somewhat helplessly.

“What if we’re not lucky?” Song Jian asked.

“The longest it took me to pass the maze was six days!” Canaan glanced at Song Jian and said.

As they were talking, Song Jian suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh-

Several crossbow bolts suddenly shot out from the wall opposite them. Song Jian instinctively activated the “Knight’s Faith”, a skill that came with the Guardian’s Sword. Immediately, a milky white glow enveloped his body.

Boom boom boom-

The bolts hit the protective light barrier on Song Jian’s body, sinking one finger’s length into it. The barrier shook violently, its defense dropping by more than half.

The bolts lasted for a second or two before the kinetic energy dissipated, and they all fell to the ground with a clang.

“Oh, damn it, another trap! I hate traps! It hurts so much!” The goblin merchant Canaan pulled out two bolts from his body, threw them on the ground, and stomped on them angrily.

Song Jian looked at Canaan in surprise. These bolts were extremely powerful and could instantly kill any ordinary level 10 player without any defense. But the goblin merchant in front of him seemed unharmed, casually pulling out the bolts from his body and only losing two vitality points.

“Your defense is really strong!” Song Jian exclaimed.

“Of course, any attack that doesn’t exceed my maximum vitality will only reduce my vitality by one point!” Canaan said proudly.

“So, having such strong defense comes at the price of no attack power, right?” Song Jian asked.

Canaan hesitated for a moment, then glared at Song Jian: “I’m a merchant, not a warrior. What use would attack power have for me? Let’s move on. It seems that this passage should be the right one!”

Song Jian followed Canaan as they continuously navigated the maze. At first, he was able to remember some of the path features, but soon he gave up. There were too many passages, densely packed and seemingly identical. He simply couldn’t remember the ones he had walked through before.

On Canaan’s parchment, about a quarter of the area had been depicted. Song Jian remained silent, feeling numb after walking for several hours.

“We should go this way!” Canaan pointed to the leftmost passage at a three-way intersection.

As Song Jian walked along the passage, he suddenly heard a faint click. Startled, he instinctively jumped back.

Whoosh-

A huge ball of flame flared up, engulfing the spot where Song Jian had just been standing.

This maze was extremely dangerous, full of traps at every step. Song Jian had to use the Black Mist Morph skill to narrowly avoid several traps when his Guardian’s Sword skill was on cooldown.

The levels of the monsters encountered were getting higher and higher, from the initial level 10 venomous skeletons to level 15 monsters now.

Surprisingly, Canaan seemed exicted: “The higher the monster’s level, the more it indicates that we’re on the right path!”

“So in the end, will we encounter level 30 monsters?” Song Jian couldn’t help but ask.

He could still handle level 15 monsters, but level 30 represented a huge gap. Due to the level suppression, Song Jian didn’t even know if he could break through a level 30 monster’s defense.

” It’s possible, but even level 30 monsters couldn’t outrun me!” Canaan said proudly. However, Song Jian’s expression turned dark.

“Of course, it’s not certain. After all, there aren’t many monsters here and the Kantelu Ruins might not necessarily lie within the level 30 monsters’ territory!” Sensing that Song Jian’s mood had turned sour, Canaan quickly added.

Thus, a day passed, and Song Jian felt exhausted navigating the maze. Once they had replenished their food and water, they continued on the trail alongside Canaan.

Over half of the map had been depicted by Canaan, and it seemed that they could cover the entire area within one more day.

“Be careful, we might encounter level 18 monsters further ahead!” Canaan wore a serious expression as he spoke.

On the way, they encountered numerous monsters. The last one they killed was a level 16 ordinary monster. Although it was defeated, Song Jian felt it was quite laborious, consuming more than two-thirds of his vitality to kill it.

However, hunting so many high-level monsters had rapidly increased Song Jian’s experience points. He had already reached level 11 with 98% experience.

If he killed seven or eight more monsters, he could level up to 12.

“Go this way!” Canaan struggled to carve a symbol into a corner and pointed to a passage in front.

Just as Song Jian was about to walk forward, he noticed a faint glow flickering in the left passage.

“What’s that over there? Should we go take a look?” Song Jian pointed to the left passage and looked at Canaan.