Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

"here it is……?"

Looking at the pure white space in front of her, Fujimaru Ritsuka's expression was a little dazed, but soon, she recalled the situation just now——

After entering the ancient dwarf ruins on the seventh floor underground, they found a relatively safe place to rest and went to bed soon after eating, so now...

"...Is it in a dream?"

"That's right."

A strange voice came, attracting her attention, and after seeing the other person's figure clearly, Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but froze for a moment.

The person who spoke to her was not a human being, but a lion with a pair of white wings on its back and the ability to speak human words.

Such a distinctive image immediately reminded Fujimaru Ritsuka of something, so she tentatively said:

"Are you a winged lion?"

"Please allow me to introduce myself,"

The other party flicked his tail gracefully and smiled in a gentle tone:

"To be precise, I don't have a fixed name or appearance, but many people call me Winged Lion."

"I have been paying attention to you, Ritsuka. Thanks to you approaching the bottom of the maze, I was able to talk to you in this way."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded clearly, probably understanding the current situation, and then asked:

"Did you help open the door at the entrance to the seventh floor?"

Winged Lion affirmed:

"Yes, at the same time, my observation of you is also realized through Kensuke's eyes."

The other party's words relieved a doubt in her mind, she nodded again, and then said:

"What's the matter with you coming to me now?"

"I want to talk to you."

The winged lion walked around in a circle behind Fujimaru Ritsuka, slowly walked to her and said:

"I know your purpose is to rescue Laos' sister Faline from the control of the crazy magician. I can indeed help."

"And after that, I hope you can defeat Hisl and replace him as the new master of the labyrinth."

"I?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka raised his eyebrows slightly and said with some confusion:

"Why choose me?"

The Winged Lion pondered for a moment and did not give an immediate answer. Instead, he told another story:

"In order to protect this country and its people, Hisl asked me to create a labyrinth and monsters, and became the master of the labyrinth."

"But after mastering powerful power, his desire gradually deepened, and he was no longer satisfied with the status quo of peace and prosperity. He wanted to go further and make the Kingdom of Gold eternal, so he began to study forbidden ancient magic. The whole person is deeply involved, and his character becomes more and more paranoid and crazy.”

"After I noticed the problems in him, I tried to guide him back to the right path, but he was sealed away by him, which ultimately turned the Golden Kingdom into what it is today."

Fujimaru Ritsuka listened quietly without expressing any opinion. The Winged Lion paused for a moment and continued:

"Human desires are difficult to fill, and powerful forces will continue to expand this desire. If you are not careful, you will be swallowed up by desire and step into the endless abyss."

"Not just Hisl, I have seen too many tragedies like this, so I understand that we must be careful to entrust our power to reliable people."

Having said this, the Winged Lion looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka again and said:

"Adventurers who come to the labyrinth, everyone has their own desires, even your companions are no exception. Laos loves monsters, Maluciel desires knowledge, Kilchak pursues wealth... "

"But Ritsuka, you are different from them. You have no desire for the labyrinth."

Winged Lion's tone became more sincere:

"Since you have no desire, you will not be lost due to the expansion of desire, not to mention that you possess powerful power."

"Therefore, I believe that you are the best candidate to become the master of the labyrinth, and you will definitely be able to use the power of the labyrinth more clearly and rationally."

"So for the people of this country and the stability of this world, I hope you can agree to my request and become the new master of the labyrinth!"

"..."

Facing the Winged Lion's solemn invitation again, Fujimaru Ritsuka thought for a while and said:

"If I become the master of the maze, can I control everything in the maze at will?"

Hearing this, Winged Lion raised the corners of his mouth slightly, nodded lightly and said:

"certainly."

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't seem to say anything more next, the two parties seemed to have made some kind of silent agreement, so the winged lion spread its wings like a salute and said:

"I'm still in the seal, and the power I can barely use has been almost exhausted, so..."

"I'm waiting for you, Ritsuka. I'm sure we'll meet again soon."

As he spoke, the pure white dream space began to collapse. Fujimaru Ritsuka's feet suddenly became empty, and he fell into darkness.

The winged lion stood on the edge of the gap and looked down at her. He seemed to have remembered something and spoke again:

"By the way, I'll give you a piece of advice——"

"Watch out for the canary."

As soon as the words fell, the dream completely collapsed, and the winged lion disappeared.

However, at this moment, in the darkness, a dark green figure suddenly appeared next to Fujimaru Ritsuka, and reminded:

"That guy just tried to pry into your memory."

"careful."

——

"Um……"

As soon as he got up the next morning, Fujimaru Ritsuka looked thoughtful.

During the conversation in the dream last night, Winged Lion had almost explained the situation of the Golden Kingdom, Hisil and the maze, but she did not completely believe what he said.

Although there seemed to be no problem with the other party's speech, if combined with some of the maze situations that Kabul and them had told them before, it would be found that there were many contradictions between the two.

Kabul said that the maze would continue to grow autonomously. If the maze master was not solved in time, the monsters in the maze would eventually go to the ground and cause great harm to the people on the ground;

While Winged Lion meant that the maze itself was harmless, the key was how the maze master who had mastered the power of the maze used it.

But if this was really the case, why would the maze masters unanimously let the monsters in the maze go to the ground to destroy it?

Of course, the speeches of both were just their one-sided words, and considering that Winged Lion was the builder of this maze, his speech might be more reliable, but she still chose to reserve her opinion.

In addition, there were actually many other issues that made her a little concerned.

More importantly, the Cave King said that the Winged Lion had tried to spy on her memory, which was obviously not a friendly move in any way.

So... Is the Winged Lion more suspicious?

At this moment, her unusual behavior quickly attracted Mashu's attention, and she asked with concern:

"Senior, what's wrong with you?"

Looking at Laos and others in the camp, especially the sword assistant on his waist, Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and said:

"Nothing, it's just that the Winged Lion came to my dream last night and talked to me about something."

"Eh?" ×n

As soon as this was said, everyone's eyes gathered instantly, either surprised or curious, Malucel hurriedly asked:

"What's going on? What did the other party say!?"

There was nothing wrong with the conversation between them, so Fujimaru Ritsuka told the truth. Everyone was a little surprised to learn that the maze was built by the Winged Lion. In addition, the other party personally invited Fujimaru Ritsuka to become the master of the maze, which made everyone very concerned.

"The new master of the maze..."