At this mont, those inside the artificial labyrinth Knossos were also clearly affected.
No, it should be said that they were the ones most affected.
The shockwave triggered when the repatriation beam rose, piercing through several floors at once, breaking through the surface, and soaring into the sky was imnse.
Thus, the entire artificial labyrinth Knossos was impacted, falling into intense tremors, as if a magnitude ten earthquake had truly arrived, even the super-hard tal walls began to crack and collapse.
Hence, everyone inside the labyrinth, regardless of location, was forced to endure this intense vibration and shock.
"What the hell happened...!?"
Valleta, who was pursuing Finn and the others, scread loudly, with panic in her voice.
Just a mont ago, she felt the blessing on her back losing its power, her ability rating of Lv.5 seed to fall into a dormant state, dropping her from a top-tier adventurer to a re ordinary person.
No one understood the implications of this more than Valleta.
Years ago, Valleta was not yet a mber of the Thanatos Clan, but served another dark faction, where she was a key cadre.
However, the leader deity of that dark faction was repatriated by Loki in the final battle years ago, causing Valleta’s divine blessing to enter a dormant state.
Now, this state had reappeared, aning only one thing.
"Damn Thanatos! Filthy death god! Going belly up just like that...!?"
Valleta completely lost her composure, cursing wildly without any regard for her image.
"Ahhhhhhhh!"
"My, my power...!"
"Thanatos God! How could...?"
"Impossible! You’re lying!"
Around her, death soldiers who were also pursuing Finn and the others with Valleta scread in terror, then were unceremoniously thrown to the ground by the fierce tremors and shocks.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"......
Soon, the ceiling cracked, and pieces of rubble, big and small, fell, so hitting colorful monsters, others hitting the unfortunate death soldiers, activating the explosive devices on them, causing them to explode aninglessly and die without any value.
"Damn, damn, damn...!"
Having lost her power, Valleta failed to resist this catastrophic disaster, not only being thrown to the ground but also having her legs crushed by a huge rock, causing her to cry out in pain and madness.
At this rate, she was bound to die.
Valleta understood this point and cursed the gods who had given her such a fate.
No matter if it was the past deity or the current deity, all were useless worthless beings, otherwise how would she taste this helpless and powerless despair twice?
"No! I can’t die yet!"
Black flas of hatred burned in Valleta’s eyes.
It was the fla of revenge that appeared for this reason.
"Who wants to die here?"
"Dying here would an being laughed at for a lifeti by that bastard Hero!"
"Without cutting off his limbs, crushing his eyeballs, breaking his pretentious face, how could I be content to die like this...!"
Driven by such obsession, Valleta shakily retrieved an item from her blood-stained bosom.
It was a colorful magic stone.
Before Loki’s clan attacked this artificial labyrinth Knossos, Reveis had given it to Valleta.
Now, it was ti to use it.
"The foolish gods’ power is completely unreliable!"
"Since that’s the case, let gain the power of this monster instead!"
"I absolutely won’t forgive you, Finn!"
Uttering these words in a low growl, Valleta swallowed the magic stone in her hand.
......
"Captain!"
"Grace!"
In the area around the second level of the artificial labyrinth, Raul and Angel’s voices mixed with the sound of cracking in a passage blocked by the hardest tal door.
Upon closer inspection, Finn and the others were gathered here, each bearing wounds, so with injuries that hadn’t even healed, seeming to emit black mist, making them look close to death, carried or supported by their companions in the clan.
"Grace! Bert! Protect the injured!"
Finn was also wounded, but he could still fight, wielding a gold spear and a silver spear in his hands, spinning them like a fiery wheel, deflecting the falling super-hard tal debris.
"Got it!"
"Tch! Always dragging us down...!"
Grace and Bert complained in unison but acted swiftly, one kicking away the falling super-hard tal debris with a tal boot, the other smashing them with a battle axe, protecting everyone present.
Raul and Angel also assisted from the side, responsible for protecting everyone.
Everyone raced through the violently shaking, collapsing passage, deftly deflecting the debris like performing acrobatic maneuvers.
"What the hell happened?"
Grace dashed forward, blasting away the stone heaps blocking the path, loudly asking.
"...Not sure."
Unable to see the pillar of light for return, Finn couldn’t provide an accurate answer and could only let his eyes flicker.
He licked his thumb.
At this mont, his thumb was sending intense pain signals.
Such acute pain had only appeared once before, the last ti when he encountered the plant-type fairy clone on the 59th floor.
This told Finn that sothing significant or very unexpected was happening that he was unaware of.
Based on this assumption and the throbbing degree of his thumb, Finn issued an order.
"This place is no longer safe; we must leave this artificial labyrinth."
That’s right, now was not the ti to consider how to raid the underground forces or conquer the artificial labyrinth Knossos; rather, it was crucial to think about survival.
At the very least, the artificial labyrinth had already begun collapsing, and to what extent it would disintegrate was unknown. Staying here might lead to being eternally buried underground with the labyrinth.
To avoid this worst-case scenario, retreat had beco a necessity.
"What about Mr. Reiger over there?"
Angel, running alongside, imdiately spoke out.
"Yeah! Reiger and Miss Ais are still inside this labyrinth!"
Raul also raised his voice.
"Now is not the ti to worry about others," Finn rationally and calmly said, "They will certainly find a way to escape. Let’s first take care of ourselves."
Upon hearing this, everyone collectively fell silent, speechless, and could only bury their heads and run, quickly heading toward the labyrinth’s exit under Finn’s guidance.
Although there was no map, Finn had already used his superior mind to morize all the paths they took upon entering, so he knew how to escape to the exit.
However, as they ran, sohow surpassing Grace’s position, Bert, whose speed was unrivaled among the clan, cried out in astonishnt.
"What the hell is that...!?"
The crowd imdiately looked in the direction of Bert’s cry.
With one look, everyone felt a sudden chill down their spines.
For in front of them, sothing incomprehensible had appeared.
......
At the sa ti, Ais and Rephia were also desperately fleeing.
The tremors on their side were even stronger. Not only were the stone plates on the super-hard tal walls visibly cracking and peeling off quickly, but they were also crashing down one after another from the walls or ceiling. The ground was shaking before their eyes, and the foothold would cave in occasionally, causing many to stumble, and so even almost fell to the floor below.
"[Arc-shaped Beam]!"
Rephia ran breathlessly while releasing magic, sending a large flash to blast away the rubble and debris in the path, clearing the way for others.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, Rephia felt her vision blur, her head dizzy, and her foot unsteadily slipped, causing her to fall into a pit leading to the next floor.
"Rephia!"
"Rephia!"
The group mbers instinctively cried out in shock, and so even shrieked.
"Rephia!"
Finally, it was Ais who dashed over like the wind, grabbing Rephia and saving her from danger.
"A-Ais..."
Rephia seed to realize what happened just then, looking at Ais with eyes full of fatigue.
"Rephia, you’re pushing yourself too hard."
Seeing Rephia like this, Ais couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache.
Rephia was so exhausted because her spiritual power had been over-exhausted.
Ever since encountering the combat prostitutes of the Istar Clan and the warrior maidens of the Kali Clan, Rephia had been constantly fighting, continuously chanting magic, interspersed with countless uses of the [Sword Spirit Chasing] skill, resulting in astonishing spiritual power consumption.
If it weren’t for Rephia’s diverse magical support, soone in the team would have fallen by now.
Although she appeared less significant compared to the continuously triumphant Reiger, Ais, Theona, Theone, etc., her contribution and the role she played in the team were greater than anyone else, even surpassing the battle-focused Reiger.
Then, after dealing with the colorful monsters and rapid marches like this, Rephia had used far too much magic along the way.
If it weren’t for Rephia’s exceptional spiritual power, she might have already collapsed from spiritual exhaustion, unable to last till now.
"I... I’m fine..."
Rephia could naturally feel how bad her condition was.
But it couldn’t be helped; the magical spiritual dicine she carried had been depleted, and the recovery items were also empty, so she could only hold on.
"Staying here any longer is definitely not good, Miss Ais, we must escape first..."
Rephia forced herself to stand up, showing Ais a rather unsightly smile.
This made Ais feel even more heartbroken, yet she felt helpless, and could only lead everyone to leave as quickly as possible.
But in the next second, a nacing presence quietly erged on the road ahead.
"...What is that?"
Ais’ pupils contracted, stunned.
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