Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

Yanael lunged forward and lashed out with her sword. The monster moved. It wasn't fast enough. Yanael's sword cut through the monster as smoothly as it drew a golden line through the air.

The monster died.

"...That was anticlimactic," Zach said after a moment of silence. He and his two familiars looked at the corpse as it slowly turned into fading dust. It had been a lot weaker than they thought. Since none of them had been able to read its strength accurately, they had all assumed that it would be noticeably strong.

But at the same time, it couldn't have been too strong since it was only a minor part of the third of twelve Trials. It should be difficult but not impossible. However, it had turned to be extremely easy.

"Nonetheless, it was a satisfying creature to cut. I hope we encounter more." Yanael sheathed her sword again when the monster was completely gone. She took the lead, and they continued their walk with their hands against the wall.

After a while, they encountered another monster that was almost as strong as the first one.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

After that, they encountered a dead end. Zach punched a couple of walls and discovered that one of them was fake that they could walk straight through. It had been an illusion to make them turn around.

Since they had cleared that illusion, Zach felt like they were headed in the right direction.

Then, they encountered a hallway of traps with everything from pitfalls and guillotines to arrows and flamethrowers. Zach's barriers rendered all those traps useless.

The next thing they encountered was another monster. It was a little stronger than the first. Zach had started getting a feel for how to tell how strong they were just by looking at them. Yanael and Alzara had already understood it.

Since the maze wasn't dangerous by any means, they picked up the pace. They only slowed down to rest for Zach's sake every now and then and to let Zach sleep when he needed it. However, the one thing they didn't cater to was Zach's hunger.

Unlike the second Trial, he felt hunger. He needed to eat this Trial or he would starve. They had some emergency rations that Zach could stretch for a while. But those quickly ran out.

They couldn't eat the monsters since they disappeared. The traps and the walls weren't exactly edible either. Unless they found the exit or food, Zach would starve to death.

Alzara did offer to literally feed Zach some of her flesh since she would heal.

Needless to say, he refused. He wasn't going to eat his familiars. He appreciated the offer since he could tell that Alzara was sincere and didn't see anything wrong with it, considering they might have an emergency on their hands. But eating Yanael or Alzara felt even more wrong than those monsters that didn't belong in this world.

Zach and his familiars continued bursting through traps, monsters, and fake walls as they rushed through the maze. It would drain Zach quicker, but it also improved their odds of finding something to eat.

All throughout, Zach had an almost air-tight barrier around himself and his familiars. It was one that he had honed to keep out underworld energy but not air. It was the most secure barrier in case they were dealing with things they couldn't see, control, or sense until it was too late.

Although nothing in the maze had even come close to threatening any of them yet, Zach couldn't be too worried when it came to his safety. It also came from his grudge against the Labyrinth. He didn't trust it enough to think it wouldn't use cheap tricks. Your journey continues at empire

In the end, after what felt like weeks, Zach, Yanael, and Alzara finally arrived at an archway that looked slightly similar to the entrance to the Jira Labyrinth. It was the exit. Zach and his familiars entered it and arrived at an open area, hoping to see a feast prepared for them.

Zach was starving. His cheeks had even hollowed out, and he had lost weight from starvation.

However, he only saw eighteen other entrants in a place similar to the second Trial but without the statues and with stone walls around them.

He frowned. He quickly located Nessa and Violina.

"Where's the food?" He asked instantly.

Nessa and Violina looked him up and down, noting his haggard appearance. They glanced at each other. They turned back to Zach.

"What food?"

"How long were you in there for?"

"Dunno. A couple of weeks maybe. And what do you mean, 'What food?' The food! I'm hungry!"

"Then it's confirmed. Time passed differently for all of us or we were spat out in here at almost the same time or something. And none of us are hungry. It's the same as the second Trial, isn't it? We don't get hungry."

"What the fuck?" Zach frowned. Was the Labyrinth pulling a twisted fucking prank on him again?

Alzara's eyes widened slightly. She tapped on Zach's shoulder and then gestured at the barrier around them. Zach raised an eyebrow. But he understood what she wanted.

He removed the barrier.

Instantly, an imperceptible breeze blew toward Zach and his familiars from around them. Nessa and Violina looked at Zach in confusion.

Zach's eyes widened. Alzara nodded as if she had just confirmed something. Yanael was expressionless, which was a sign she was concentrating.

Zach felt something entering his body.

He wasn't sure how to explain it. It was an incredibly vague feeling. He only felt it because it was so much more than what it had been in the second Trial when it was truly unnoticeable.

It was like air was entering his body from every pore on his skin.

And almost as soon as the feeling came, it disappeared. But it had been enough.

Zach was aware.

He turned to Alzara. She seemed to have known about it before. She gave a light nod. She knew about it. But now was not the time for questions.

Now, it was time for the fourth Trial.