As he spoke, Xino picked up his axe to demonstrate an upward strike followed by a horizontal cleave, using a method only he could understand to reenact the situation.

"...and then it was over."

Yiye Zhiqu looked at him incredulously, especially double-checking the ID above his head, while Hu Wan was more straightforward, taking a step back to create some distance, gripping a dagger in his hand.

"Are you familiar with that guy?" Xino asked, noticing the guarded stance of the Undead Rat, a subtle expression crossing his face.

He wasn't scared by the Undead Rat; it's just that these two little Skeletons were the only beings here he could actually talk to.

If possible, he really didn't want to have a conflict with these two.

"Not really,"

Yiye Zhiqu shook his head and continued talking.

"I just didn't expect you to be able to beat him... What happened next? Did anything else happen?"

"Nothing," Xino shook his head, his voice heavy, "I thought that winning would allow me to return, but then a sound echoed in the air and a beam of light fell on my head, and then nothing... I even stayed in place for a bit afterwards."

"Maybe something did happen." The usually silent Undead Rat suddenly coldly spoke up, spitting out these words.

Xino looked towards the little creature, furrowing his eyebrows intensely.

"What do you mean?"

Hu Wan asked with a heavy voice.

"We encountered a similar situation before, an NPC named Mel was struck by a beam of light, and then a crack appeared over his head."

Looking at it now, that crack might, like the fifth level of the Maze, also connect to a world dominated by Chaos.

Perhaps the map wasn't fully developed back then; just when they had just won the battle, the other side seemed to close the door on its own.

Although he didn't understand what NPC meant, as soon as Xino heard about someone with a similar experience, he hurriedly asked.

"What happened to that guy afterwards?"

Hu Wan was silent for a while before he honestly answered.

"He died."

Xino's Adam's apple moved, and his expression grew uneasy.

"How did he die?"

Hu Wan looked towards Yiye Zhiqu, using body language to question if he should tell this guy.

After pondering for a while, Yiye Zhiqu finally answered truthfully.

"That guy became a chosen of the Chaos God, and he was killed by our Demon King."

Chosen of the Chaos God?!

Xino froze, his face gradually reflecting terror, his lips trembling, even stepping back involuntarily.

It seemed not just a fear of death.

There was another element mixed in!

"Wait... this has nothing to do with me! I am also a victim! I swear on my family name, I never agreed to anything with Calmandes! Please let me see Lord Demon God! I am loyal! He must know that I am loyal!"

Calmandes?

It seemed to be Flame of Destruction, Yiye Zhiqu rubbed his chin with his index finger, recalling content from the official setting collection which was updated not long ago.

Seeing the two skeletons silently staring at him, the terrified Xino remembered something else and rambled ragingly.

"Exactly! It's all your doing! I've discovered... the mushrooms on the fifth level of the Maze and the mushrooms here, they look as if they were made from the same mold! From the beginning, that Chaos was a trap set by you—"

"Then you're even more doomed," Hu Wan couldn't help interrupting him, reminding, "Great Graveyard took over the Maze just a couple of months ago, before that the Lord of the Maze was Reggie Dragon. In other words, rephrasing it, even if those mushrooms on the fifth level were related, it was your old man who planted them."

Xino froze.

It… kind of made sense?

Looking at the increasingly despairing Bull, Hu Wan shook his head and sighed,

"We didn't mean to pin this hat on your head, you need to calm down, now is not the time to discuss whose fault it is."

"...perhaps you are right."

Xino's shoulders and head drooped helplessly, looking at the axe in his hand, he finally remembered the grave situation at hand.

This place might very well be another world entirely, Lord Demon God might not even hear his prayers. Even if he wanted to prove his loyalty, he would have to wait until he got back.

Looking at the two little skeletons in front of him, he continued in a more collected tone.

"...where are you planning to go now? Any plans?"

Yiye Zhiqu said.

"We plan to go back first."

Xino's face lit up upon hearing this.

"You found that crack?!"

Yiye Zhiqu shook his head.

"No."

Xino was stunned.

"Then how are you going to go back?"

"Of course, draw our own Teleportation Array... Anyway, finding a crack, what use is it, are they going to lend you the Gate of Chaos?" he couldn't help but comment sarcastically towards the end.

From what other players had seen on the fifth level, there seemed to be a city of Kao people on the other side of the crack. With just the three of them, it was doubtful if they could even storm into the city, let alone use the teleportation gate there.

"Draw your own Teleportation Array?!" Xino looked at him incredulously, his face full of disbelief, "Does that thing... really work?"

"Whether it works or not, we won't know unless we try... By the way, setting up a Teleportation Array needs Demon Crystals, we're not sure if those red Blood Crystals can be used, but at the moment that is the only possible substitute. Considering the energy consumption of the Teleportation Array might be substantial, can I ask for your help to collect some? Just kill the demons in this world, and they will drop that stuff."

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