Su Yao was furious, and the consequences were severe.
The grand opening promotion of the maze had been cut short! Traps, monsters—whatever there was, she had set them all up.
Why? Because all the slimes in the Central Hall of the dungeon had been wiped out by this group of adventurers!
Her adorable and clingy little pets had died an unnatural death just like that.
Su Yao had explicitly ordered them: these slimes would not harm humans, or rather, they were incapable of harming humans.
How could these guys be so ruthless?
If anyone dared to lay a finger on her slimes again, she would make sure they got kicked out of the dungeon empty-handed, without so much as a crumb of bread.
Placing a Wooden Warning Sign beside the large magic spring, the blonde-haired little girl stormed back into the room.
“Miss Su Yao, don’t be angry anymore. How about we go train for a while today?”
“I want to go too!”
The white-haired, red-eyed beauty, now back in her maid outfit, suggested spending time in the Boss Room.
Though her expression remained as calm and gentle as ever, Su Yao could sense her heartbeat was faster than usual—clearly excited.
Ever since she had suddenly challenged Sophia once, the white-haired beauty had been pestering her to train together whenever there was time.
According to her, ever since she had become Chlor’s captain of the guards at such a young age, she hadn’t encountered anyone who could really be called an “equal.”
In her eyes, Su Yao was a genius. Although she had never used a weapon before, after taking up a sword, it was as if she’d transformed into another person.
Except for a slight lack of strength, in terms of technique, Su Yao was only just a little behind her.
Her long-dormant competitive spirit had been reignited, and she also wanted to see if she could train Su Yao into the legendary “Swordmaster.”
As Sophia expressed her wish, her burning gaze toward Su Yao looked like that of a girl in love.
Who would have thought she had such a “sword-obsessed” side?
Su Yao was a little embarrassed by the compliment, but she still liked being called a genius—after all, she often referred to herself by that title too.
Of course, the one whose “competitive spirit” was also awakened was Chlor, but hers was a bit strange.
Whenever Sophia invited Su Yao to train, Chlor would show up as well, as if to say, “No way I’m letting you two hang out alone.”
Truly childhood friends—leaving no chance for exclusive time with Sophia.
“If you two want to go move around a bit, then go ahead. I still need to tally the remaining chests in the maze, and these newly spawned monsters are still unstable. I have to go give them some instructions.”
Su Yao declined Sophia’s invitation for three reasons.
Having reached level 25 at top speed, she could now order the Minotaurs to guard the treasure chests deep inside the maze.
As for leveling up, she could leave it to the two of them—the “Dungeon Bosses.” They could help her level by farming monsters in the Boss Room.
Why would she bother going down herself when she could just AFK to level?
That was reason one.
Reason two was that she actually needed to check the current count of treasure chests. Both ordinary and Exquisite Chests had already refreshed once, and she had personally chosen their spawn locations.
Why? Just imagine what would happen if treasure chests respawned periodically in the same spots. The answer was obvious.
Her maze would never allow such a loophole for exploitation.
Everyone had to venture out properly! No one was going to get anything for free! (Hands on hips)
Reason three was that she also had to “order” the newly summoned monsters in the maze.
Summoning through the shop could directly spawn monsters and chests at any position marked on the maze’s Minimap.
But unlike chests, monsters were alive. Without giving them orders face to face, they could wander all over the place.
So next, she had to patrol the maze for a bit.
Some monsters were assigned to guard chests; others could roam freely.
The Monster Spawn Points that had been put aside earlier finally came in handy. Of course, Su Yao wouldn’t set too many—she placed them in all ten rotating rooms, and a few more in the maze corridors.
These spots were often frequented by adventurers, which helped save a lot of DP when setting spawn points there.
The downside was that monsters here were often killed by adventurers and then respawned, causing her commands to reset.
No choice—adventurers could just take their chances. Hopefully, no one would get hurt. (Hands together in prayer)
In summary, Su Yao had solid reasons not to train with Sophia and Chlor in the Boss Room!
But since they wanted to go, she fully supported it. After all, staying cooped up in the room all day was boring, wasn’t it?
With monsters in the maze and adventurers lingering inside, Su Yao was now earning 7,000 DP daily!
After deducting daily maintenance and maze operating costs, she still cleared 4,000 DP each day.
With that much DP, tossing a few Minotaurs into the Boss Room was no problem.
“Oh right, here’s your lunchboxes. Huh? What’s with that disappointed look all of a sudden?”
“N-nothing. Let’s go, Sophia. Just the two of us, time to practice.”
“Alright, Princess Chlor.”
The two, who had been excited moments ago, suddenly left the room with much less enthusiasm.
Watching their backs, Su Yao was a little puzzled.
Could it be that they didn’t like the lunchboxes she prepared?
She couldn’t understand it at all—completely baffling!
Well, next time she’d try changing the flavor for them.
Speaking of which, things had been busy lately. She wondered how the Dorodori sisters were doing.
She tried sensing them.
“Sir, it looks like you’re in trouble.”
“Sir, do you need help? Just fifty silver coins.”
…
“Sir, please pay according to the contract, fifty silver coins.”
“Fifty silver coins.”
The rescued adventurer didn’t pay as agreed—such a pity, he had made the worst decision.
“Sir, what are you doing?”
“Shut up. Are you slaves? How dare slaves talk about contracts?”
The twins’ eyes turned so cold it was as if frost had formed.
“Although we have a master, she has never treated us as slaves.”
“No need for words. Let’s teach him a lesson.”
After their combined attack, the man was stripped of all his money and clothes and thrown to the ground.
So pitiful! He would have been fine just paying the silver coins—why did he have to be so stubborn?
Su Yao wasn’t sure what level the twin sisters’ martial arts had reached, but if they could team up to defeat a Minotaur, then at least she didn’t have to worry about their safety.
In a way, business was booming for them—quite good.
Next was…
What was happening?
Suddenly, while focusing on sensing the maze’s situation, Su Yao was chilled to the bone by a massive magical fluctuation.
It came from near the center of the maze.
She tried to sense what was happening there, but the overwhelming magical energy in the area kept interfering.
It was like when a TV screen suddenly gets filled with static snow.
Sigh, she really couldn’t rest for a moment.
Well, no matter—she would have to check it out sooner or later anyway.