Chapter 277

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Chapter 277: Young Master Rin, a Blend of Wisdom and Power

Rin and the waste hero were under a skill protection system, only feeling a lot less heat.

There was a bright light so dazzling that even with my eyes closed, I had to cover them with my hand.

Surrounding me were sounds like metal melting, and a sharp smell reached my nose, but there was no noise of any movement nearby.

Not long after, I heard a buzzing noise like a microwave; Rin, who had heard it many times before, recognized it as the sound of the teleportation array activating.

Who knows how Leviathan managed to create such a complex and powerful teleportation array.

Before long, everything was silent; even the crackling flames had faded away.

Although it was a high-intensity, super special finishing move, Rin’s level was still too low; still, it was impressive to create such great power and a range larger than the area, continuing to burn and damage for a while.

Rin estimated that his big move had reached the level of a thirty-something mage.

But even a mage of over thirty levels wouldn’t have such a high-class finishing move.

It’s not about being unbeatable… well, it’s about defeating weaklings; it feels great, just one word: awesome!

Well, the embarrassing words from before don’t matter anymore.

Anyway, others can’t understand!

Thinking this, Rin proudly glanced at the somewhat dazed waste hero and playfully struck her with his hand.

"So, what do you think? Were you scared by my ultimate move? I tell you, if you disobey me or dare to poke me with a sword, I’ll blast you away with this!"

After threatening in a fierce voice, Rin instantly smiled wide, feeling very proud.

Although this cheating hero’s ultimate move is also super powerful, it’s not as strong as his!

Wahahaha! What use is the hero! Group magic is the true romance of a man!

The waste hero’s blank gaze flickered as she looked at Rin, expressionless, and began to clap, trying hard to raise her tone to show that she was also really excited.

"Tsundere, awesome, meow!"

"There’s something even better! I won’t tell you!"

He said this, but actually, it was Rin’s biggest secret move.

"With my secret move, if you’re not at least ten levels higher, you’re just asking to lose, you know? This is my special skill, and I’m only showing it to you because I’m in a good mood. Everyone else who has seen it is already gone!"

The more he talked, the happier he got. Rin’s expression was lively, his face a bit flushed with excitement, and his eyes were sparkling as he made wild gestures.

He didn’t even notice that when he was very proud, his two sharp canine teeth were very noticeable on his lips.

Waste Hero couldn’t hide his affectionate gaze as he sheathed his sword and reached out to pat Rin’s head.

"Tundere, you’re really amazing! Awesome, very awesome."

"Hahaha."

After laughing for a while, he finally realized something was off and angrily swatted Waste Hero’s hand away.

"Don’t touch! Only I can touch your head!"

These women really, how can each of them learn from the poor Sword Saint and dare to touch his head?

I wonder if touching the head often makes a person not grow tall?

I finally started to grow again; I can’t let these useless fools make me shorter.

Clearing his throat lightly, Rin suppressed his excitement and glanced around; the runes had all been lit up.

Now everything around him was bright, filled with the light of magic lamps.

At this moment, he could see the whole view; it was less of a cave and more like a ruin.

From the ceiling to the walls, it looked neatly cut, and the rock patterns were very orderly; even the ground was made of stone tiles.

It was just that due to age, the ground had become uneven from erosion, so he didn’t feel it was flat in the dark before.

Together with the previous landing area, a total of eight stone platforms have fallen, blending into the floor.

The style of this stone wall is indeed somewhat similar to all the ancient relics from the old times.

Besides that, the surrounding walls are inlaid with many Earth Spirit Rocks, which create several magical circles.

Rin touched the wall and was surprised to find that this wall was completely different from the rocks in the cave above.

The familiar magical energy above is clearly the foundation of the energy system in this other world, the Magic Source Crystal Mine, but the color is much darker than what he has seen before.

In other words, this layer is made entirely of high-purity magic source ore, also known as Gualarrap ore, which is the core of Gualarrap’s economy.

This is unbelievably rich!

Wow… If I could get a few pieces from here, they would be worth a lot of money!

Although the Magic Source Crystal Mine is quite hard, if the Waste Hero takes action, it should be fine, since many of her sword skills have sharp additional buffs.

Ahem.

Rin held back from directly breaking the ore and instead took a curious walk around.

Well, this is my hometown; not to mention whether Leviathan is still watching, even if she isn’t aware, when she comes back to life and suddenly visits home, what if she finds the walls all broken and wants to harm herself?

Suyu can block for a moment, but she can’t block forever.

Anyway, Rin quickly recovered from his greed and stopped thinking about pointless things.

"Let’s rest here for a bit."

His ultimate move and domain drained about eighty percent of his magic power, and when his level was lower, his magic power was already not as high as a mage’s. Maintaining such strong wind pressure for that long was probably enough.

There’s no set time for the trial, so it’s fine to take a break; as long as we get on a ship to the Holy Empire three to four days before the agreed latest time, we will be okay.

They can stay for a maximum of ten more days, and according to Angela, the trial can be completed in about five days.

If you can’t finish it in seven days, then just give up and admit you’re not strong enough.

Just now, they experienced seven battles in a row, and it took a total of…

Rin took out his pocket watch and saw that it had been a full three hours; no wonder his stomach was growling loudly.

After working hard for so long, of course, he should eat some high-calorie food.

The fried chicken and cheesy pasta he prepared before leaving finally came in handy, and Rin even took out his precious sweet and spicy sauce.

After heating it up, the two of them faced each other, eating fried chicken in big bites and drinking sparkling water, making a crunchy, oily mess.

While they were happily enjoying their fast food, they didn’t notice a line of blue letters appearing in the air nearby.

"Guests who have come to take the trial have easily completed the first round, so you should keep going and continue to the next round."

"Remember, if you push through with energy, you will succeed; if you hesitate, you will weaken."

When Rin and Waste Hero were happily eating together, feeding each other and getting lost in their own world, they didn’t notice the line of blue words at all.

"Before facing the unknown difficulties, one should eat a little quickly to be in a better state for the challenges ahead."

Every sentence made sense, but there was also a bit of envy and reluctance.

The blue words floated around and finally stuck to their faces.

Unfortunately, at that moment, Rin had his eyes closed, enjoying his meal, and didn’t see it at all.

Waste Hero just took a quick glance, swatted the blue words away, tore off half a fried chicken piece, dipped it in sweet chili sauce, and handed it to Rin.

"Tundere, ah."

"Awu!"

Without saying a word, Rin took a bite, even licking the sauce off Waste Hero’s finger. Then he took a sip of sparkling water, savoring the moment before handing the other half of the chicken to Waste Hero’s mouth.

Hmm, he still didn’t see the words beside him.

The blue words trembled and then disappeared with a huff.

After that, Rin and the waste hero strolled through a cave that looked like a ruin, chatting as they casually wandered, as if they were on vacation.

Just when the blue words popped up, ready to remind them it was time to hit the road.

Rin was pushed into a corner by the waste hero and kissed right away.

The blue words jumped around, changing into several different fonts, finally taking the shape of angry blue flames as they bounced back and forth in front of the two.

Just as Rin managed to push the waste hero away after a couple of seconds, he did not stop there but instead flipped the situation, angrily pinning the waste hero against the wall.

The blue words paused in the air for a moment, swaying back and forth, then reluctantly shrank again.

They rested for two hours, and Rin felt full of magic and energy, so he took the waste hero into the next passage.

The Ribbon Fairy led the three sparkling drinks.

Unlike the previous funnel-shaped passage, this time it was a straight and square entrance that looked like a large ventilation pipe.

At the end, it split directly into two entrances, covered by a barrier, making everything invisible.

The blue words jumped out just like in the last trial.

"Next, you will face a test of wisdom, and because it is a pair challenge, an extra test of teamwork has been added."

"You must each enter one of the passages. The puzzles inside are all unknown, and you will need to rely on your wisdom and teamwork to help each other."

After the blue words disappeared, Rin and the Waste Hero exchanged a glance and he patted her on the head.

"If you can’t keep up with me, just wait and see how I will deal with you."

The Waste Hero, with her vacant eyes, looked at Rin for a moment and nodded, "Absolutely, no problem."

The understanding between them did not take long to develop, but it was perfectly matched. With the goddess’s guidance, the waste hero felt that even without thinking, he could easily get through.

So, following the goddess’s guidance, she chose the path on the left.

Rin naturally chose the path on the right. After they both passed through the barrier, they could no longer see or hear each other.

In front of Rin appeared a pathway like a maze, with torches on both sides. Within the light of the torches, everything else was pitch black.

These torches were also sensor-based; they would light up when approached and go out when moved away, providing visibility of only three or four meters.

Rin often played maze and puzzle games before, so he knew that such a design could easily confuse the mind, making it hard to notice details or causing one to stray from the original path without realizing it.

This maze was probably using the same tricks.

Rin tried to open a space and found that the spatial abilities here seemed to be blocked, making it impossible to access items. Not only that, but even magic could not be used.

The situation was similar to Suyu’s magic-restriction area but completely different.

Of course, there are other possibilities, like this may actually be the realm of Leviathan, or perhaps they have already been caught by spiritual magic the moment they entered.

Since they cannot rely on outside help, they must slowly solve the maze by themselves.

In a normal maze, one can follow the edge principle, but in a multi-layered maze like this one that changes structure over time, the edge theory does not work.

They can only remember the patterns of change while recording the branching paths in their mind with simple lines.

Rin uses the method of imagining the route map as words and symbols to aid his memory.

Although he seems a bit forgetful about unimportant things, his memory is very strong when it matters most.

Later, he discovered that both the hidden doors and the mechanisms that needed to be unlocked would open on their own.

In this situation, Rin understands that the waste hero is putting in effort in another trial.

He just doesn’t know how difficult it is for her, but seeing how quickly she is keeping pace with him, it seems she is doing fine.

Well, after all, they are a cheater.

…

In fact, even Leviathan does not know that a hero has entered their territory.

You must know that she is classified as part of the demon race; while not as completely opposite as the Demon King hero, she is definitely an enemy.

Who would have thought that a hero would enter the trial and revive the former strategist of the demon race?

Even absurd comedies wouldn’t dare to write this.

This guy, who has all the tricks and even automatic navigation, still looked confused when they left the maze.

They had no idea how to clear the levels; they just followed some unseen guidance and intuition, wandering around and pressing random buttons.

It’s like holding a scrambled Rubik’s Cube, not knowing how to play, but somehow twisting it and solving it by chance.

On the other hand, Rin came out with a pale face, sweat making his hair all wet. He had even taken off his coat, and his tie was pulled down loosely, making his shirt a bit damp.

Rin pulled out several of his own hairs from overthinking, and as soon as he came out, he saw Waste Hero looking confused but relaxed, not realizing that this guy had gained an advantage again.

After grinding his teeth for a long time without cursing, he simply sat down on the ground, took out some water to rest, and didn’t pay attention to the current situation.

Waste Hero blinked his eyes and neatly squatted beside him. After wetting a towel, he wiped Rin’s face.

Rin felt much more at ease now, stretching out his limbs and letting out a big sigh.

No matter what, at least they had come out, but they were already at their limit.

Looking at the time, it had taken more than five hours, so this result should be quite good.

Now that it was already evening, it would be good to eat some food and rest well, and they would have enough time to continue with the next trial tomorrow.

…

"Huh? Is the world of novels so competitive now?"

Angela opened her mouth wide and said a bit hesitantly.

Standing in front of her was a graceful and noble mermaid with blue hair.

Her tail was similar to Yiran’s, shimmering like glass under the sunlight, with a beautiful gradient of colors.

She looked very beautiful, no older than twenty-five, and carried herself with poise; she was Yilan, the current queen of the Mermaid Kingdom.

She and Xingzhi Witch Angela had known each other for a long time and were very good friends.

As a queen, like Queen Cheryl of Gualarrap, she lacked formality in private and was very easygoing.

Yilan raised her wine glass and gently clinked it with Angela’s cup before saying, "Here’s the thing, I sometimes let the children buy some novels to pass the time."

Nowadays, besides Edgeless and Magic Shell, many continents are dominated by various novels of all kinds.

"Ah, am I really so ignorant?"

Angela took a sip of her drink and said dryly, "Or is it that after peace for so long, these humans are just getting bored?"

"That’s true, remember during the war, all the novels were adventure stories, either fighting demon beasts or the Demon King, or they were sad tales. Now, there are so many different kinds; even love stories have a dozen variations."

Seeing Angela quiet for a while, Yilan tapped her fingers on the wine glass and suddenly asked, "Why are you so curious about this? If you want to read novels, you can just come to me and take some; I won’t even charge you."

"Um… ahem, do you think that right now, adventure stories are still popular?"

"Unless the plot is really good and the writing is excellent, it’s hard to catch people’s attention."

Angela immediately became anxious, scratching her head. With a glint in her eye, she asked, "Do you have any bestsellers here? Let me take a look."

"I do have some."

Yilan smiled slightly and took out a few novels from her space.

"This is the best-selling book in the Gualarrap Kingdom right now; it’s a romance novel. This one is from the Shelley Empire, and this one is from the Meteor Empire. Oh, and there’s this one from the Holy Empire, but it was banned later. This book is about to go out of print, so be careful not to damage it."

"Huh? A best-selling book can be banned? Could it be that it wrote something disrespectful about the gods…? No, that’s not right; if that were the case, the author would have been hanged long ago. There must be another reason."

As a new author, Angela did not yet realize the world’s complexities and the essence of humanity.

She didn’t even know that a little girl from the demon race was sharpening her claws, ready to compete with her fiercely.