Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today.

Chapter 721 The Arrival of the Crazy Magician

"Ambrosia, please..."

Under the gaze of everyone, Malucil placed the magic book on the ground in front of her, muttered something to her staff, placed it on the magic book, slowly closed her eyes, and began to chant a spell that was difficult for others to understand.

The next moment, the staff woven from countless vines in her hand began to grow gradually like a branch that absorbed nutrients, spreading out thin roots and sprouts. This was the staff eroding the sealing magic cast on the magic book.

"—!"

Soon the spell came to an end, Malucil's eyes suddenly opened, she raised the staff in her hand high, uttered an incomprehensible cry, and then dropped it heavily on the magic book!

At this moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others suddenly felt that something seemed to have been erased from the magic book. At the same time, an inexplicable sound suddenly came from the magic book itself -

Crack. Crack. Crack…

"babble?!"

The sudden movement startled Malucel, and at the same time, she realized something and quickly took back the staff that was placed on the magic book.

With such a strange sound, a crack suddenly appeared on the lid of the magic book that was originally tightly closed. It slowly opened as if struggling to break free from its restraints, and then suddenly burst into a dazzling light!

Everyone subconsciously raised their hands to block it. Soon, the light gradually dissipated. In the surprised eyes of everyone, a lion head suddenly appeared on the magic book, and said in a gentle tone:

"——Hello, nice to meet you. But even though I say this, I've actually been keeping an eye on you guys."

“Speak, speak…!”

“…Is it the Winged Lion?”

"But why did only one head come out...?"

The first meeting with the winged lion was not as exciting as everyone imagined, because the other party's current appearance was really weird and funny, and even gave people a feeling of "Are you here to make people laugh?"

Facing the discussion of the crowd, Yishi remained unmoved and said calmly:

"As you can see, the seal is actually only half lifted. The other half is still in Hisil's hands."

"In this state, I can't use much of my power, but at least I can talk to you."

Hearing this, everyone came back to their senses. At this moment, Laos suddenly thought of something and asked the Winged Lion nervously:

"Um, can you help remove the magic from Falin now?"

The Winged Lion glanced at Falin and shook his head:

"My current power can only prevent her from being controlled by Hisel temporarily, but if I want to completely free her, I still have to defeat her, or find a way to remove the other half of the seal that restricts my power."

"Is this so..."

Laos felt a little disappointed after hearing this, but their goal remained unchanged, so they quickly regained their composure. The next moment, Izuzumi also interrupted and looked at the Winged Lion expectantly and said:

"Hey, Lionhead, can you put me back to normal?!"

"Um……"

The Winged Lion looked at her, hesitated for a moment and said:

"Your situation is a little complicated, but it's no problem. But it can only be achieved after my strength is restored."

"!"

Itsuzumi's eyes lit up instantly, the hope in her heart was completely ignited, and she became excited.

As long as she defeats Thistle, she will be able to get rid of this damn black magic!

After the conversation between the two ended, the atmosphere calmed down a little. At this time, Fujimaru Ritsuka spoke:

"By the way, Winged Lion, do you know why King Delgaru's body is here?"

Hearing her question, everyone immediately cast inquiring and curious glances at her. The Winged Lion smiled and explained:

"Of course, this matter is not complicated."

During this thousand years, many people could not stand the unchanging everything in the labyrinth, nor could they stand living under the control of Hisil, so they chose to rebel. King Delgaru's son Eiodio was one of them.

One day, he came into direct conflict with Hisser, and the result of his protest was that his soul was sucked away by Hisser, who had fallen into madness.

Seeing his son's tragic end, Delgaru was extremely sad and finally made up his mind to escape from the maze and ask for help from people on the ground. However, because Hisser was monitoring him too closely, he could not succeed no matter what he did.

It saw all of this.

After being imprisoned for nearly a thousand years, it had accumulated some strength again. Six years ago, it finally succeeded in contacting Delgaru and began to think of ways to help him escape.

In the end, Delgaru asked it to put his soul into the body of his son Eiodio in order to avoid Hisil's surveillance. In this way, he successfully escaped from the maze and reached the ground. What happened next is well known to everyone.

"I see……"

Finally figuring out the truth of the matter, everyone simultaneously revealed a look of realization. Not only that, the context of the entire incident also seemed to have gradually become clear -

A thousand years ago, the Kingdom of Gold was suddenly hit by various natural and man-made disasters. In order to protect King Delgaru and his people, Hisel asked the Winged Lion to create a maze and became the master of the maze.

After Hisser became the Lord of the Labyrinth, the country prospered again for a while, but Hisser's desires grew stronger and stronger. She began to study ancient magic, became deeply involved in it, and gradually became crazy. She eventually sealed the winged lion that advised her and imposed the [Curse of Immortality] on all the citizens of the Golden Kingdom.

The citizens who could no longer bear it began to rebel, but were brutally suppressed. Finally, with the help of the winged lion, King Delgaru successfully escaped from the maze and sent a distress signal to the people on the ground.

“——That’s about it.”

The Winged Lion nodded in affirmation of Mashu's brief summary, and continued:

"I know you still have questions to ask, and I have a lot to say to you. But there is no time. Thistle is almost here."

"!"

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked and subconsciously looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu.

Although this behavior is somewhat embarrassing, among them, only Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mashu can confront Thistle head-on.

The Winged Lion also looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and said with a serious expression:

"Hissle has now completely fallen into madness and is unable to communicate normally. I can barely suppress some of the power of the labyrinth that he controls, but he also knows a lot of dangerous ancient magic, so please be careful when dealing with him."

"I see."

Ritsuka Fujimaru nodded, then seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but look at the bodies of Delgaru and others in front of the dining table with a thoughtful expression.

Noticing her gaze, Mashu asked with some doubt:

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

"Well, it's nothing."

Fujimaru Ritsuka laughed and said:

"It's just that an idea suddenly came to me."

But in the eyes of Laos and others, Fujimaru Ritsuka's smile at this time seemed a little evil for some reason.

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"It's okay, it's okay, calm down, it's okay..."

Hisser was sitting on the back of a giant monster, descending from the air at high speed, muttering something constantly, with a gloomy and anxious expression.

Not long ago, he suddenly 'saw' the group of adventurers who had killed his fire dragon, eaten its flesh, and injured him, breaking into his home. At this moment, he was rushing home at a rapid speed.

But why had he not found any trace of this group of people before?

"...It must be the Winged Lion causing trouble again, damn it...!"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but grit his teeth, and at the same time, he became more and more anxious. Whenever he thought of the figures of the two powerful invaders, he always felt vaguely uneasy.

Delga...

After using the power of the Lord of the Labyrinth to pass through countless obstacles, the scenery on the ground finally turned into a forest, and his home - the cabin also appeared in his sight, becoming larger and clearer.

At the same time, the two beautiful figures standing in front of the cabin instantly attracted his attention, and his expression changed:

It's them!

"boom--!"

When it was about to approach the ground, the monster under it flapped its wings vigorously to slow down, and finally landed steadily. However, the powerful impact brought by its heavy body still caused cracks in the ground beneath its feet, causing a slight earthquake.

"Roar--"

"Shut up!"

Looking at the two people standing in front of the cabin, the monster stared at them with hostility. Just as it was about to let out a threatening roar, it was stopped by a very unhappy voice behind it.

Thistle jumped off the monster's back and glared at Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu with a gloomy face, but Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and waved in a relaxed tone:

"You're here!"