Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today.

Everyone returned to the room where they were originally stationed. Laos, who was surrounded by everyone, began to tell about his previous experience.

Just a few days ago, when they were active on the third underground floor, they had not hunted any edible monsters, which led to them falling into a state of hunger. At this time, they happened to encounter several living paintings.

The living painting is a magic trap that uses painting as a medium. It will pull anyone who approaches it into the painting. He suddenly had an idea and asked his companions to tie him up with a rope, and he entered the living painting alone to look for food.

It turns out that the food in the paintings is fake and cannot be eaten. However, while searching for food in the paintings, he accidentally witnessed a story.

Those live paintings all tell the story of a royal family:

The first painting shows a happy scene of a king and his wife holding their newborn baby, who is named Delga. The mad magician stands beside them, looking quite young, like a jester beside the king.

The second painting is a lively banquet scene. The prince Delga, who was still a baby in the previous painting, has grown up. This banquet seems to be his wedding. However, at this banquet, the old king was assassinated, and the whole banquet became a mess. The grown-up mad magician also appeared there.

The third painting is a solemn banquet, and it is also the scene of Prince Delga being crowned king. Just as he is eating happily, the mad magician suddenly appears, claiming that he has also seen him in the previous two scenes, and suspects that he wants to seize the throne and even intends to attack him.

"I sensed that the atmosphere was somewhat dangerous, so I immediately asked Malucelle and the others to pull me out..."

"Why didn't you tell me this important thing earlier?!" x2

Facing Chilchak and Malucel's angry accusations, Laos scratched his head and said:

"I didn't expect that the elf was actually the crazy magician."

Seeing the other's expression, the two men were even more furious and wanted to beat him up on the spot, but looking at Falin on the side, they could only sigh helplessly in the end.

At this moment, Mashu suddenly remembered something and said:

"Could it be that the man who emerged from the maze six years ago and claimed to be the king of the Golden Kingdom was King Delga?"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly said:

"It is indeed very likely. In other words, because King Delga escaped from the maze, the Crazy Magician is now looking for him like this?"

"But, since that crazy magician was close to the king, why did the Golden Kingdom thousands of years ago become like this? And why did that guy go crazy?"

I'm afraid no one can answer this question now. At the same time, looking at Fujimaru Ritsuka who was lost in thought, Chilchak was hesitant to speak, wondering if the other party was thinking a little too far-fetched.

So he couldn't help but say:

"I think, why don't we discuss what to do now?"

After the battle just now, there was no doubt that they had been targeted by the Mad Magician, which meant that continuing to move in the maze would become extremely dangerous. But more importantly...

Chilchak looked at Malucier and accused her bluntly:

"What happened to Falin? Why was she controlled by the mad magician? What did your dark magic do to her?"

"I……"

Facing Chilchak's questioning, Malucier shrank her neck slightly, but still shook her head and explained:

"The magic I cast didn't have that effect. As for why it happened like that... I guess it's because the other party tampered with the Flame Dragon's body, so Falin, who was resurrected using the Flame Dragon's flesh and blood, was also bound by the other party's magic..."

At the same time, Falin lowered her head slightly, feeling a little depressed.

She had no memory of being controlled, but after hearing everyone's stories, she roughly understood what had just happened.

She said self-reproachfully:

"I'm sorry. It's because of me that everyone is in danger. If I die like this..."

"do not talk like that!"

Laos interrupted her and said seriously:

"It was me who insisted on letting Malucelle revive you, and I won't regret this decision! Just blame me if you want to!"

"Forehead……"

Seeing this, Chilchak, who originally wanted to say something, scratched his cheek awkwardly, not knowing how to continue for a moment.

They came here to save Falin, and at that time, only Marucil could revive Falin. If he said that Falin should not be resurrected... he couldn't say such a thing. At this time, Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and said:

"Anyway, since it has already happened, there is no point in blaming each other. How about we discuss how to solve the current problem?"

Mashu also echoed:

"Yes, I think both Miss Marlucil and Mr. Laos are right. The real problem lies in the magic that the crazy magician cast on the fire dragon, right?"

"..."

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other and tacitly chose to go down this staircase.

Besides, compared to them, the three people who joined the team temporarily, Morinishi, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu, were the ones who were really involved. Even the three of them didn't speak, so they had no right to say anything.

"Well, actually I shouldn't blame you like that, but the Crazy Magician's performance made me feel a little panicked, so..."

Chilchak chose to take the initiative to admit his mistake. He scratched his head embarrassedly, then quickly turned to the next topic and asked Malucier:

"Since you also know dark...ancient magic, do you have a way to remove the mad magician's control over Faline?"

"Um……"

Malucier pondered for a moment, then shook her head and said:

"There are many types of ancient magic, and I don't know what kind of magic she used. If I am given enough time, I should be able to try to crack it, but we don't have that much time right now."

Laos asked:

"Then if we leave the maze, can we get rid of the effects of the other party's maze?"

Malucier thought about it and shook her head again:

"If the opponent's control range is limited by distance, it is possible, but this is also uncertain, not to mention..."

On the way back, they might be attacked by the other side at any time.

"Neither this nor that..."

Chilchak scratched his head in annoyance, but at the same time, a bold idea came to his mind. However, because it was too crazy, he didn't dare to say it directly.

Because if he said it, based on his understanding of Laos, the other party would definitely do that, right?

However, at this time, Senxi suddenly asked:

"Is there no other way?"

Chilchak immediately felt something was wrong, and the next moment, he heard Malucier hesitantly say:

"The only other way is to defeat the opponent, right?"

Speak out!

Chilchak's face suddenly turned pale. At the same time, Malucel's eyes involuntarily turned to Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu.

They have clearly witnessed the power of the mad magician, but such a powerful mad magician could not hurt Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu at all. Instead, he was beaten and fled by them.

If there is anyone who can defeat the crazy magician, it is probably only these two, right?

However, they have already received so much care from the other party. What qualifications and reasons do they have now to continue to ask the other party to do such a dangerous thing?

Even Sensi is...

"..."

Laos, who had never understood the ways of the world, seemed to understand this truth. As for Chilchak, there was no need to say more. So the scene fell silent and fell into an eerie silence.

"that,"

At this time, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu looked at each other and nodded in tacit understanding. Then, Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and said:

"If you don't mind, please let Mashu and I continue to travel together for a while."