The maze was built starting with the mother skeleton replenishing its magic.

Chapter 45 "Kru's Labyrinth v0.15 Update Announcement"

(One more chapter added, the fourth update today)

"Angelica, what happened to the group of subterranean wolves I asked you to arrange?"

"They were defeated by the adventurers."

Lance pondered for a moment and sighed, "As expected of the underground wolf, its name alone destined it to be the younger brother."

"Never mind them for now," he said, waving his hand helplessly. "The rest are all here, right?"

"They're all here." Angelica stood beside Lance, holding her staff in her hands, looking at the monsters gathered in the lord's room with a puzzled expression. She asked curiously, "Mr. Lance, is there something you need from all this?"

"parade."

Lance strode forward with his hands behind his back and his head held high.

To his right was a square formation of monsters, each saluting Lance in their own race.

This was the first military parade in the Kru Labyrinth, and its purpose was to allow Lance to accurately assess his current troop strength so that he could plan how to use the "barracks" in the next phase.

First and foremost, it's certain that each monster will be equipped with the [Shared Vision] talent, allowing Lance to check the situation at any time.

This talent doesn't consume much energy; it can be equipped in about a minute.

For Lance, what he currently lacks most is the talent to enable remote communication—that is, he can only see what the monsters are seeing through [Vision Sharing], but he cannot communicate with them or give them commands.

Although one can use the [Manipulation] talent to perform "divine descent," it consumes too much energy.

Angelica hurriedly followed Lance's steps, slowly moving forward with him, turning her head to look at the square formation on her right.

The first formation was a skeleton formation, with 63 small skeletons, Captain Boneka, and Commander Martin standing in neat rows, saluting Lance.

Actually, Bruce should also be in this group, but he's currently helping Lance guard the gate, so he should be 66, but he's actually 65.

—Lance felt he should get himself a mount; marching to review the troops didn't suit his image as the King of the Labyrinth.

Nowadays, the only rideable creature in the Kru Labyrinth seems to be the Underground Wolf.

Lance looked down on his younger brothers.

The second formation consisted of 36 zombies, who were saluting Lance in the same posture as the skeletons.

After pausing for a moment in front of the zombie formation, Lance felt it was time to choose a captain for them.

Through this period of bartering with adventurers, the zombie squad is now almost entirely equipped with bows and arrows and the [Blood Explosion LV2] skill, basically realizing Lance's previous vision.

The tanky marksman can still burst you down before he dies.

The third formation consisted of kobolds, who naturally knelt on the ground and saluted Lance; there were 40 of them in total.

The kobolds are considered production units and do not go to the battlefield. They are generally managed by Lance's steward, Angelica.

Both the Swamp Frog in the fourth square and the Red Bee in the fifth square are production units.

The swamp frogs process the corpses, and the red bees produce honey—this ensures the basic food supply for the maze.

From an extremely frugal perspective, if you're looking at monsters with flesh and blood, just kill them when they're hungry and wait for them to respawn. This can save a lot of resources.

Our family isn't that poor right now, but if we ever really run out of food... well, you can't be a good leader!

The sixth formation consists of five lance knights fully covered in armor, wielding lances and shields.

These are monsters that Lance recently recruited on the sixth floor of the Starfall Maze; their scientific name is [Living Knights].

This monster's race is [Structured Knight], which is a mechanical life form similar to 3413. It is level 30 and has a full 1500 HP.

Its racial talent, "Knight's Glory," greatly increases defense when health is below 30%, but reduces attack power.

In terms of skills, they are mainly parrying and physical attacks, with no magic.

This kind of monster doesn't need to rest; it can keep moving by eating some magic crystals. It's considered an excellent basic monster around level 30.

However, the Living Rider's weaknesses are also obvious.

It lies in their personalities.

This was the first time Lance had ever felt such a strong presence of "personality" in a monster.

These living knights are all insecure and socially awkward!

You can find every adjective that fits the description of this type of person!

They dislike going out, are prone to internal conflict, lack self-confidence, and are unaware of their own excellence. They need sufficient time for mental preparation before a battle.

Their daily routine is roughly like this.

The seventh group consists of two [Gem Snails], which are also monsters from the sixth level.

It possesses a certain level of offensive power and can unleash light-based abilities, but it is docile in nature and its essential function is to produce gems. Moreover, it moves extremely slowly.

They are considered natural "treasure chest monsters" and are extremely rare in the Starfall Maze. Lance has only found two in all this time.

Jewel Snails are basically classified as production-type monsters.

The eighth group consists of the "starter trio"—bats, drones, surveillance cameras, and many other creatures, totaling 18.

This is all the troops Lance has at his disposal so far.

In summary:

"Krugs Maze v0.15 Update Announcement"

"-New monsters added to the dungeon: Living Knight, Jewel Snail"

"-Wandering living knights may now appear on the first floor of the labyrinth."

"A small number of gems may now be found in the numerous treasure chests within the labyrinth, which are often filled with monsters."

Angelica.

"hold head high."

"Besides the Starfall Maze, do you know of any other mazes that are relatively close to us?"

Angelica tucked her staff under her arm, looking down shyly and poking at her fingers: "Yes, what kinds are there...?"

"You don't just know those few famous mazes, do you?" Lance turned his head and interrogated him.

Judging from Angelica's expression, it seems to confirm the matter.

That makes sense. As a priestess of the Frey Church, she probably spent her whole life fighting witches or on her way to fight them, so she probably didn't know much about the labyrinth.

Moreover... her life was very short.

This kind of question should be asked of Martin, the former adventurer.

Just as Lance finished the parade and was preparing to discuss the next steps of the maze plan with Martin.

In the depths of his being, he felt an idea that wasn't his own emerge from his mind: "I should go see Glenn."

The feeling was very strange. Lance could clearly sense that the idea did not originate from his brain, but rather was more like some kind of information forcibly implanted into his head.

Because Lance was thinking "go ask Martin" one second and then "I should go see Glenn" the next, he almost didn't notice this slight anomaly.

Then, they hastily concluded that it was just a minor incident that occurred when the brain was processing information.

But Lance was certain that the idea had been implanted in his head.

Rather than wild speculation, it seems more like a purposeful hint, or... a message someone wants to tell him?

No.

He needs to go see Glenn and find out what happened.

Given Glenn and 3413's combat strength, they probably haven't gone too deep yet, and should be able to catch up with them.

Lance raised his hand and summoned a portal leading to the first level of the Starfall Maze, then stepped inside.

Then... Lance was dumbfounded.

Where the hell did this come from?!

The first thing that catches the eye is a blood-red heart floating in mid-air, from which an indescribable liquid is constantly flowing. When it drips onto the ground, it dissolves the soil and emits white smoke.

The heart was beating, and its exterior was covered by constantly writhing flesh. Just looking at it caused Lance's sanity to drop rapidly.

Looking around, the entire first floor of the maze was filled with blood-red monsters and adventurers fighting against them.

Lance even spotted acquaintances: Harvey, who was fighting a monster, and Glenn, who was in a throwing motion.

Is this a group fight?

Just as Lance was stunned, a monster leaped up and charged towards him.

The monster's appearance was truly distorted, its body a bloody mess, and the features on its face each had their own thoughts, yet they were forcibly put together, especially the eerie smile that stretched out from the corner of its mouth.

Lance's sanity dropped wildly again.

Holy crap! Monster!

Lance instinctively used the most powerful skill he now possessed.

[Summoning Thunder LV2]

I'll chop you all to pieces!

After a lightning strike wiped out all the monsters, Lance realized that there were still so many humans present, all staring at him in disbelief.

broken.

It revealed its true form before it had fully developed.

We need to find a way to cover this up!

Lance looked at the stunned adventurers, and an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

—It doesn't seem as bad as I imagined.

After all, [Summon Lightning LV2] is a skill of a level 45 Phase Lizard, which should be sufficient for a maze of Starfall Maze's difficulty.