Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today.

The hall and courtyard are mostly flooded areas. Except for a few platforms and roads above the water, most of the time you have to use water to move forward.

Not only that, after arriving here, the types of monsters also changed, becoming monsters that live in water, such as murlocs, mermaids, aquatic horses, flying blade fish, sirens, sea serpents, giant krakens, etc.

During the few days they were on the fourth underground floor, they would occasionally come here to eat and catch some flying blade fish to make fish soup. Sometimes there would be sirens singing as accompaniment, and the atmosphere became much more elegant.

Of course, the sirens' song has the ability to enchant people, but both she and Mash can resist it. It is not recommended for ordinary people to do so.

Back to the point.

"..."

Looking at the Kabul team in front of him, Fujimaru Ritsuka scratched his head, not knowing what to say for a moment.

The scene was almost the same as yesterday. All members of Kabul's team were arranged and placed on a platform exposed by the water. The monsters in the water would not come ashore, so there was no need to worry about them being eaten. It was a safe area.

However, unlike yesterday, this time they were indeed wiped out. All of them died, and their bodies bore obvious scars of battle, but it was unknown whether the target of the battle was a monster or the team of adventurers they were chasing.

They were wiped out twice in two days. Although it seems not good to think so about the other side, but... could it be that they are actually quite weak?

"senior……?"

Hearing Mashu's call, Fujimaru Ritsuka came back to his senses, looked at them again and said:

"Anyway, let's revive them first."

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"Thank you so much, I was saved by you again."

After everyone was resurrected, Kabul thanked Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu again, then scratched his head helplessly and said:

"But I'm really sorry that you guys witnessed such an embarrassing situation. We were wiped out twice in a row..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and comforted:

"No, exploring a maze is dangerous in itself, so it's normal to have accidents."

"..."xn

Hearing this, everyone else showed an indescribable expression.

The people who rescued them twice in a row were two rookie adventurers who they originally thought would not even survive the second underground floor, which made them feel a little ashamed.

But at the same time, seeing that Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu had penetrated deep into this place by themselves and even seemed to be quite at ease, they immediately realized that the strength of the two of them was probably much stronger than they could imagine.

And hearing the words "the maze is dangerous" from the other party, they really didn't know what expression to use to respond.

Noticing that there was something wrong with their expressions, Fujimaru Ritsuka had to change the subject:

"By the way, did you encounter any unexpected situation this time?"

"No,"

Kabul shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"This time it's simply because we are not strong enough."

The story is very simple. After arriving in this area, they first fought a hard battle with the Flying Blade Fish, and then encountered the Sirens. In order to prevent being seduced by the Sirens, they blocked their ears and continued moving forward.

However, it was this action that caused them to fail to detect the fishman who attacked from behind in time. When they noticed the abnormal situation, he and Lin Xia were the only ones left in the entire team.

In the end, Lin Xia desperately used magic to cause them and the fishmen to die together, thus avoiding the fate of being eaten.

As for why their bodies appeared on the shore——

"Tallmen, dwarves, elves, halflings..."

“It’s still the same group of people from before.”

After checking the smell on each of them and the surrounding areas, Xiao Hei replied.

Not only that, Bellmick shook his empty backpack and said madly:

"And they stole all the food I had with me! What the hell are those bastards doing?!"

Although the food was stolen, they still had all the money they had, and this time the police were kind enough to drag them ashore. These strange things made them puzzled.

Kabul stroked his chin and analyzed:

"Perhaps it's because you got the treasure that you don't care about the little money in our pockets anymore?"

"As for the food problem, it may be because they are running low on food supplies."

“It’s so infuriating… We must catch them!”

Lin Xia gritted her teeth, but after hearing her words, Kabul shook his head and said:

"No, we're going back."

"What?"

Everyone's reaction was very resistant. Bellmick said in disbelief:

"Are you serious?!"

Dai Ya also hesitated and said:

"Are you just going to ignore those thieves?"

"of course not,"

Kabul explained with a wry smile:

"But we are not strong enough to explore here, and we don't have enough food supplies. Going further would just be a waste of time, so we must return to the city to rest."

"..."xn

No matter how angry everyone was, they had to admit that what the other party said was true, so they could only accept it reluctantly.

However, at this moment, Lin Xia suddenly thought of something and turned her gaze to Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu beside her. Just as she was about to say something, Kabul put his hand on her shoulder and shook his head at her.

With a helpless smile, he comforted her:

"Don't worry, I will never let those guys go. I will make them pay the price."

"……All right."

Looking at Kabul's smile, Lin Xia's cheeks blushed slightly. She agreed awkwardly and did not make any other moves.

Hearing their conversation, Fujimaru Ritsuka pointed to the backpack behind him and asked with a smile:

"Will your food supplies last until you get back? If not, we can share some with you."

There were still a lot of dry food purchased here in her backpack, but because the taste was not very good, she had only opened it a few times. All she ate along the way were the food from [Minister's Treasure] and monster dishes.

"Thanks, but no need."

Kabul smiled and said:

"The food we have left should be enough for us to return to the surface. As for you who are going to go deeper into the lower layers, you may need these supplies more than we do."

"OK then."

After hearing the other party's words, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't say anything more.

Because from her own experience, even if there is really no supplies, she can actually survive well by relying on the edible monsters in the maze, so she was not too worried.

At the same time, Kabul on the opposite side suddenly shuddered for some reason and felt an inexplicable chill.

So the Kabul team prepared to return. At this time, Kabul seemed to remember something and suddenly asked Fujimaru Ritsuka:

"By the way, Ms. Fujimaru. Although it may be a bit presumptuous, I would like to ask you a question—"

"According to what the king of the Golden Kingdom said, as long as we defeat the crazy magician, we can get everything here."

He watched the other party's reaction intently, still smiling:

"If you defeat the Mad Magician and get everything here, what are your plans?"

"Um……"

Fujimaru Ritsuka thought about it and replied a little embarrassedly:

"We haven't thought about this question before, and we don't have any ideas for the time being. If you have to answer, I can only say 'I don't know'."