Hot! So hot!
Su Yao arrived at the spot where the magical fluctuation had occurred, and it had already turned into a sea of flames.
The dormant gargoyles had all turned to ashes; even with their defense bonus when motionless, they couldn’t withstand this raging fire.
If she remembered correctly, not long ago she had set up a spawn point for Mother Spiders in this labyrinthine Hub.
But now, there was no sign of any monster activity here.
The strange thing was that the maze’s gray brick walls remained intact—well, not really strange.
From the moment it started, her own magic had been continuously drained away, apparently to repair the “terrain” here.
What had happened?
Even Sophia couldn’t cast magic of this magnitude, and according to Clor, the greatest human mages in this world could only wield up to Eighth-Tier Magic.
To translate: Eighth-Tier Magic is roughly equivalent to a certain magic type at Level 8.
Moreover, unlike some fantasy works from an island nation, magic in this world was almost monopolized by the nobility.
Commoners, even if they had magic power and could sense it, couldn’t use magic without proper education.
Only a few geniuses or those known as Witches could break into the path of magic on their own.
And their fate was either being ennobled or burned at the stake, which explained why mages were so rare.
She didn’t think her labyrinth could possibly attract a Witch, so whoever was casting magic here had to be a noble.
Could it be the Norton Ashley the intel dealer mentioned? Impossible—such a useless noble couldn’t possibly have this ability.
Or maybe the border marquis Willrie Ashley coveting the dungeon’s treasure chests? Also unlikely.
Although he had all the faults of a villainous noble, greed was not one of them.
Or perhaps he simply didn’t care about his wealth; the only thing this man cared about was pleasure.
In that case, Su Yao recalled the socially anxious pink-haired loli she’d met in the forest before. Given the situation, the only culprit she could think of was her.
Damn! She had even planned to gift that loli the “Phoenix Wood Staff” from a splendid treasure chest, but now they were even.
A noble mage this powerful turned out to be a socially anxious girl—so many points to roast, she didn’t know where to start.
Alright, time to deal with this blazing fire. The continuously raging magic was probably the fuel for these flames.
She had no idea what the socially anxious mage had encountered.
Casting magic for so long—normally, her magic power should have been drained by now.
“Spend 20 DP to summon [Slime—Water]?”
“Y-yes, yes, yes…”
DP minus 4000.
Although Su Yao didn’t have water magic on her skill list, she was an excellent Summoner.
The pale blue, gel-like slimes jumped headlong into the sea of flames, and moments later, they carved a path for her to advance.
“Maliciously killing slimes will result in a curse; dungeon adventure rewards become zero.”
A certain blonde loli remembered the Warning Sign she had seen in the entrance hall…
What nonsense was that? Did it count as putting out the fire?
Fine, Su Yao admitted it—she was biased. If you don’t agree, come and fight her.
DP minus 4000.
Heartbreaking! Watching the adorable slimes sacrifice themselves for her labyrinth was truly…
Using slimes to put out fires was such a waste. Spending so much DP just on firefighting was painful!
After the sacrifice of four hundred slimes, Su Yao successfully arrived at this small Hub inside the labyrinth.
The gray brick walls glowed red from the fire, and in the center of the blaze stood a mage who, judging by her build, was the loli she’d once met.
Her originally pink hair had vanished, replaced by a vivid crimson that gradually faded to orange-yellow tips swaying in the heat—looking just like burning flames.
Her once beautiful pale purple eyes had now turned dazzling gold.
And she wore nothing on her body, providing quite the eye candy!
Just kidding! The searing flames surrounding her distorted the air—Su Yao had only seen such heat waves on scorching roads in her original world.
She wasn’t sure if the socially anxious loli felt hot, but she herself was nearly dying from the heat.
Come to think of it, the loli had been standing there motionless since the beginning. Weird.
One more look.
“Whoa!”
“Spend 80 DP to summon [Large Slime—Water]?”
“Yes!”
Light particles gathered, and suddenly a pale blue, ellipsoid-shaped slime appeared before Su Yao, twice her height.
But the moment it appeared, it vanished, leaving only scorching white steam before the blonde loli.
So hot! Steam burns—this must be what they mean.
She had just glanced a bit longer at the loli in the fire, and then she exploded.
That girl must have sensed something, because she immediately launched a fireball bigger than Su Yao herself at her.
No way to win. Absolutely no way!
Didn’t she recognize herself? Both were lolis; why such ruthless fighting?
Unfortunately, Su Yao’s third [Binding Card] had already been used, and the fourth card required expanding the dungeon to the second floor to purchase.
Otherwise, Su Yao really wanted to “bind” this loli right here.
This skill was too broken—ordinary people couldn’t get close at all, but it did waste clothes.
While Su Yao was lost in thought, the mage in the fire raised her hand again and launched another massive fireball.
No point counting on Clor or Sophia; even if they noticed something was wrong and rushed here from the Boss’s room, it would take three to four hours.
And her DP reserves weren’t enough to fight a socially anxious loli who could evaporate a Large Slime at will.
Was she about to use her trump card already?
The fireball was nearly hitting her face. DP minus 160.
Alright, no hesitation—once this pink-haired loli recovered, she would make her pay big time!
Su Yao took out an experimental Scroll from her warehouse. Soon, the used Scroll turned to ashes and scattered into the air.
Her skill list now displayed “Water Magic Lv1.”
Fortunately, unlike Clor, she had an aptitude for water magic.
“Water Arrow, Water Arrow, Water Arrow…”
Without a magic wand, Su Yao continuously chanted the spell, summoning transparent arrows toward the loli in the flames.
With “Magic Sensory,” she didn’t need a wand to gather magic power—something only human mage prodigies and elves could do.
Though this talent was an “import,” there was no doubt she was one of the geniuses of this era.
The arrows lost their form as they flew over the fire, turning into small streams of water, dribbling onto the socially anxious loli in the center like a mischievous child peeing.
They caused no harm, but that was enough.
“Hey! Perverted naked loli, come chase me!”
The blonde loli stuck out her tongue teasingly, patted her rear, and ran down the dark, deep labyrinth corridor.
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