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Chapter 398 - Saltandeer woods

For the first time during this trip, Hera and Alex woke up early in the morning. It wasn't so much because of the length of their journey, but because they were excited about going to the 8th layer. Both of them had seen several pictures of the rooms where the walls once were. Even if this next room wasn't the same where Khan lived, this felt like something special.

Hera and Alex checked out of the hotel and went to the doorway of the next room. There was a small line, but in a few minu...

Chapter 397 - Higher Layers

"OK, now look away."

Alex nodded and looked to the side, removing Hera from her view. Just as she did that, Hera's presence vanished from her mind, "I know I'm still fighting someone. But who's there? Is it Hera or someone I met here?"

"It's me," Hera walked in front of Alex.

Alex blinked a few times, "Fuck, this was weird."

"OK, but what did it feel like?"

"It's like… I still remembered that I was fighting against someone and that it was just a friendly spar, ...

Chapter 396 - An unique guide

"I call upon the Guide of the Moon Base. As an explorer, I have proven that my motives are pure," Hera used her skill in the bathroom. She was sharing a room with Alex, but she didn't have to worry about her friend listening to the conversation due to her soundproofing barrier. It was impossible to know where the guide would come from. Because of that, she was sitting on the floor with her back against the door. That way, even if Alex tried to come inside for some reason, Hera would have time...

Chapter 395 - Going Up

Hera saw the snow coming out of the spell. She yelled to Amanda to stop, but the mage wasn't doing anything to the spell anymore. Daskka saw what was going on and hurried back to the necklace to be closer to Hera. As the mountain of snow came crashing down, it swallowed everything, monster, human, and, despite being almost 2 kilometers away from the spell circle, even the launch pad suffered the same fate. Hera tried to outrun the avalanche, even going as far as using her [All In] skill to ru...

Chapter 394 - Snow in the moon

A Moontlion jumped from its trap and bomb rushed Alex. The monster was peppered with snowballs before it managed to hit the assassin. Amanda armed everyone with some snow, and their entire strategy was the same one would use in a snow fight. Despite that odd situation, it was effective. The Moontlions were used to live in an arid environment, and their outer shells were made to absorb the tiny particles of water that eventually would reach them. Unfortunately for them, their bodies were used ...

The test of the tower pt1

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Hey everyone! I'm sorry for taking one extra week to publish this one. I wanted to finish it up by last friday, but stuff got in the way. A small heads up, this one is big. This chapter is about twice the size of regular chapters and it will probably be like that for all the chapters in this side story. My intention is to make 'The test of the Tower' in 3 to 5 parts, but it depends a bit on how the story develops. Anyway, I hope you guys like it! 

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Chapter 393 - Sea of Nectar

Entering the Antlion Minefield, the group found themselves in another airlock. This led to an orbital elevator that brought the group down to the moon. To make this small dungeon even better, the panoramic elevator gave a view of the entire area as they got closer to the ground. Looking over the moon was surreal, to say the least. Sure, Hera and the others knew about astronauts and the many things one could find in space, but being in a place like this was completely different.

Looking ...

Chapter 392 - Moon Dungeons

Hera ordered some ice cream from one of the shops and waited for her considerably large order to be ready. Everyone got a special flavor while she went to a more traditional option, Neapolitan with rainbow sprinkles, her favorite from when she was a child. In the Moon Station room, all restaurants were in the same area called the food court for obvious reasons. The reason for all that wasn't to save time or centralize all restaurants in the same place. No, the real reason this was the view. O...

Chapter 391 - Moon Station

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Shoutout to Sebas for giving me the idea for this room!

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"You have got to be kidding me," Cris's frustration was the first thing that Hera heard as she entered the Moon Station room. The reason for the comment was that, on this side of the doorway, there were 20 flights of metal stairs going up this large silver structure. Looking up, Hera couldn't even see where they would arrive when reaching the top. However, according to eve...

Chapter 390 - Steps of heaven

"For the love of…. Everything… Can we take a break?" Cris was gasping for air. They were already climbing this set of stairs for a few hours.

"Sure… I could use a break," Hera collapsed on the steps, laying down while looking up. Even if she was exhausted, the view here was amazing. She could see so many stars. Even Mars was a bright shining dot in the sky today. Hera could've sworn that she had never seen the red planet so closely. Then again, she was a few kilometers up a mounta...

Chapter 389 - Post battle discussion

Some time had passed since they killed all the crows. At first, Amanda and her friends were still on edge about the idea of monsters appearing. Alex was the only one who believed in Hera from the get-go. However, after the first hour, they all got more comfortable with the situation. If nothing happened until then, then the information on the compendium should be correct. Hera even let everyone read it on her tablet to calm them and confirm that she wasn't hiding anything. They all were just ...

Chapter 388 - Murder of crows

"When you said we would be fighting against crows, I didn't expect that it was going to be that many," Alex gasped.

The black mass was getting close, and now it wasn't just a cloud but a heavy storm that was about to blot out the sun.

"Yeah, that is a bit more than I expected. But they are still too far for me to hit them," Hera looked at Daskka, who was already floating around her, wanting to attack, but she also knew that the monsters were too far away. Any spells that either of...

Chapter 387 - Three rooms and a bus

The subway was pretty quick. In just ten minutes, they reached their stop. However, crossing the doorway took a while, even longer than the ride. Sunset City was almost twice the size of Boothudurn, and it was the most common destination of people who came to the Kobold Road. Many people lived there because the room didn't have any roaming monsters and would only present any sort of danger during a rampage. You could even find schools and children in that place.

When they finally crosse...

Chapter 386 - On my way

The two days that Hera expected to wait before starting her trip turned into five. Silah took a few days off to spend time with her girlfriend, and Hera didn't mind. It gave her more  time to get everything she wanted, talk to her dad, and make sure he was doing well. She even went to Risli and tried to get an idea for a spell that could help if she got injured, not a battle heal, but something that she could use later when she was resting. In the end, she got some suggestions, but the b...

Chapter 385 - Getting ready for the next room

Hera was at Kahala's place. The blacksmith had already told Rutigan that she would be giving the human her gift, and since this had to be something that the king kept quiet about, there wouldn't be any celebration for it. It wasn't so much that they had to hide this gift, but since he made a big deal about Hera and Blue giving up their rewards, it would seem weird if they suddenly got some armor made by Kahala. Luckily, no one knew where the armorsmith lived, so anyone who saw Hera going insi...

Worldbuilding - Map of the city of Boothudurn

Hey everyone. So this is the first map that I'm making for MAZE. I have a couple of others, but they are in very rough drafts. One is even made by hand, so it will take a while for me to pass to the computer, lol. Let me also add that I'm not really a map maker, I've done a few to my dnd games, but that's about it. Hopefully, as time goes on, I get better at doing that, especially since these are large area maps, and I'm used to making just small things like taverns, caves, and stuff like tha...

Chapter 384 - Time to travel

##### Author's Note ####

Hope the new year is treating everyone well.
If everything goes well, I'm going to post the first side story next week (or at least part 1) and I have a little surprise for you guys tomorrow. I'll post it at the same time the chapters usually go up. 

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It took 3 hours for the rampage to finally stop, and just like how it was in Brinnefront, there was a massive last-ditch effort from the monster part. Thankfully,...

Chapter 383 - Kill it with fire

After finding the location of the wendigos, they decided to head back and warn everyone. Unfortunately, the internet signal couldn't go underwater without some specialized equipment, and going in without telling anyone else could be a recipe for trouble. If the worst came to pass, the people in Boothudurn would still have to search for the lair. When they left the water, Naka was the first to ask if they had found anything. Helena nodded and explained their discovery and that Daskka confirmed...

Chapter 382 - Wendigo Lair

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Small heads up everyone. Who's on discord may already know but I'm saying it here just to be safe. Yesterday, I took my 3rd Covid shot and I'm having a small reaction to it. It might not be anything, but if I wake up too sick, I'll stay in bed and drink lots of fluids which might delay saturday's and/or monday's chapter. I don't think that will happen, but I rater give everyone a head's up just in case. 

Back to the chapter! 

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Chapter 381 - Dangerous Quest

It was the fourth day since the rampage started. Hera already had racked up almost 1 500 kills in the lake. When people heard about how many monsters were coming out of the water, almost all humans asked to change teams, but the guild refused. Unless there was a good reason, people couldn't just change teams like that when a rampage was going on, and saying that they wanted a chance to get the prize for the top 5 humans wasn't exactly a good reason. Hera almost felt bad for the people taking ...

Chapter 380 - Homemade Sashimi

When the first fish jumped at Hera, she slashed with her handaxe while taking a step back. It almost felt like she missed the attack, but then she looked back at the creature, now split in half. She used the Dwarven Hope Axe, which had the shadow buff. Maybe that was the reason why it felt so easy to kill it. Another snapper jumped from the water, surprising Hera. She awkwardly swung her weapon, hoping to just parry the attack. Instead, the blade caught the fish's belly and sunk deep into the...

Chapter 379 - Brown Fin Snapper

Lija, Hera, and a few other mages spent most of their preparation time setting up traps and things that could block the monsters from reaching the wall. If that didn't work, the hopes were that it would at least funnel them a bit and leave less ground for each team member to cover. However, they would have to protect an area about 40 meters wide each. Helena suggested that they keep the mages and people with long-range attacks in the middle. That way, if anything happened, they could assist t...

Chapter 378 - The lake

After hearing the strategy that would be used during this rampage, Hera pulled her tablet to let Blue and the others know about everything that was going on. Luckily, Alex had already taken care of that. She sent a text in their group chat, which even Leo and Mark were a part of, explaining the rampage and how long it would take for the room to be closed off. To Hera's surprise, Leo and Mark had already replied, letting them know they were on their way. Leo was constantly moving around, doing...

Chapter 377 - Boothudurn Rampage

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I made a mess of the chapter numbers a while back and didn't realize. I ended up skipping 366 and made a complete mess of everything. Even going as far as posting a duplicate chapter on RR and the other websites. Now everything is fixed, so don't worry. If you noticed that the numbers don't match what you remember, 

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Hera was already suited up and heading to the guild. Some of the guards noticed her and gave her a...

Chapter 376 - Stepping up

"Welcome back. First of all, I would like to thank Morgan Waaberi, the CEO of New Dawn, Tavine Illolont, the acting leader of the elves, Savyre Tychar, the queen of the children of the sky, and Becca Swan for joining us tonight," the host of the show said with a smile.

"I'm the one who thanks you for the invite, Leandra and let me thank Tavine and Savyre for coming here. I understand that this is a very tense situation, and I appreciate you taking your time to discuss this fringe group ...

Chapter 375 -Fallout

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Happy new year, everyone! I want to thank you all for the support during this past year. I know things were difficult at times, but we are still here, and with a new year comes new opportunities and chances to be happy. 

I know that that line is a bit cheesy, but I do believe in it this time. 

I'm not sure if I told anyone, but Patreon was a way just to make some extra cash while my main source of income is working with translations. I deci...

Chapter 374 -Big surprise

"Hello, everyone. I'm Becca Swan coming at you live from a room in the 15th layer called Azure Seas. We are inside the grand city that has yet to be named. This future metropolis was constructed in a joint effort between the guild, the elves, the dwarves, the beastmen, the orcs, the triton, the wildlings, and the children of the sky. A collaboration like that is unheard of since Cyrus gathered them all during the great invasion," while Becca was speaking, she gestured to the city, letting the...

Chapter 373 - Opening ceremony

It was an excessively opulent hotel. The walls were all decorated with Wyvern scales in different patterns. Some mixed red and green, while others had a black and white layout of a chessboard. On the corners of each corridor, there was a gemstone column. Massive emeralds, rubies, and opals, each three meters tall, seemed to hold the place together. This luxury was replicated inside each room. The higher the floor, the more rare and precious materials were used to decorate the hotel. One floor...

Chapter 372 - Outburst

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To be fair, I do know what's a good way to call it, but if I use that one Nintendo will send in the lawyers in .2 seconds.

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Hera had to read the notification a few times to understand what was going on. She now had a piece of Chika on her necklace? This felt odd, not to mention that this was an unique item and one with its own ego. She had only heard about ego items in passing. They were supposed to have their own minds in a way,...

Chapter 371 - A celebrated return

Hera walked to the temple, but unfortunately, no one was there. Since she was the only one who could open the entrance, there was no reason for anyone to visit that structure at the moment. Without stopping, the explorer kept going, moving towards the path that would lead her to the camp.   Before getting too far away, she pulled up her tablet again and marked the location of the dungeon's exit on the map. Only the entrance appeared on its own. Hera wasn't sure if that was because o...