"It's a pity that you tormented them like this..."

Walking on the street, looking at Ellie beside her, listening to her talking about her training of those gods' messengers, Irena couldn't help but gasp.

"How can this be called torture? This is training, training... Look, at least there is no protest from the palace, right?"

Ai Li seemed very calm. She walked on the street, looking left and right, just strolling around out of boredom.

"Luckily we don't need this kind of training. Frankly speaking, I can't stand it."

Yazisa also expressed her thoughts, and Xiaobai nodded with lingering fear.

"Forget it, let these idiots deal with their own affairs. After all, I am not their mother. I have already told them everything clearly. If these people are still too stupid to understand their current situation, then they deserve to die."

Ellie shrugged and changed the subject.

"By the way, how's it going over at the sacred mountain? What have you discovered?"

"No."

Hearing Ellie's question, Irena immediately replied with a bitter face.

"We have searched in there several times, but we still haven't found the entrance to the labyrinth of the sacred mountain."

That's right, while Ellie was training the gods, the other three were not idle either. After all, the sacred mountain was a forbidden area, and no one except believers of the Supreme God was allowed to enter. So they had to use their own methods to avoid the eyes and ears of others, sneaking into the sacred mountain to find the location of the maze.

After three days of searching, there was still no result.

"Basically, we have searched every corner of the sacred mountain, but we haven't found any trace of the entrance to the maze. The only thing left is... the temple of the sacred mountain."

“So we still have to fight our way in…”

Ellie put her hand under her chin and thought for a moment, and seeing her thoughtful look, Irena was suddenly startled.

"Wait, you don't really want to break in?"

"Since we can't sneak in, we have to fight our way in."

“Is this really okay?”

"If the maze is really in the temple, then most likely the temple should know the truth about the gods of this world, but they still choose to believe in this guy. We can only regard him as an enemy."

"I think the people here are pretty nice. There doesn't seem to be anything particularly strange about the people in the temple."

Yazisa obviously disagrees with this.

“I say, can’t we just explain it to them? As long as we tell them that we are just adventurers who want to explore the maze, then there will be no problem.”

"If they knew the truth, they would refuse. If they didn't, they would be curious about why we want to conquer the seven labyrinths... In short, I hope..."

Having said this, Ellie paused and then looked up at the sky.

"...Ms. Ellie?"

"nothing."

Hearing Irena's voice, Ellie shook her head. Just now, her intuition as a prophecy mage told Ellie that now was not a good time to take action - and the good opportunity would appear in front of them soon.

"Since you all say so, let's leave this maze for last."

The palace and the Pope didn't know that they had barely escaped, but now, looking at the report in front of them, they nodded with satisfaction.

According to the report submitted by Captain Meld, those gods' messengers have made rapid progress in the past few days. Not only that, but most importantly, they have begun to actively seek assistance from everyone in the Knights Templar and asked them for some common sense and skills in adventures and battles.

This also made Captain Melde feel very relieved. To be honest, he had been responsible for the education of these gods in the past, but at that time he could feel that these gods were just doing their job or didn't care much about his teachings. Captain Melde had no choice at that time. If his soldiers dared to do so, they would have been severely punished by Captain Melde.

However, these gods' messengers were unable to do so due to their noble status. In addition, the differences in values ​​between the two sides were too great, so he could only find ways to slowly solve the problem.

But now...

"It seems that these divine messengers are indeed making rapid progress, Captain Meld."

"Yes."

Hearing the emperor's praise, Captain Meld lowered his head.

"To be honest, I was a little worried at first, but now it seems that the witch's training method is indeed effective... although it is not without problems at all."

At this point, Captain Meld smiled bitterly. In the past, these students were very naive, so as long as he was friendly to them, they would also treat him and others in a friendly way. But now, they already know what he and others are thinking, so it is inevitable that they will feel a sense of distance from them. If it were an adult, they might be able to accept this kind of relationship of mutual benefit, but for children, even if they can understand it in their brains, it is difficult for them to accept it in their hearts.

"It's okay, it's fine this way, after all, this is the relationship between us."

His Majesty the King was quite open-minded. Although it was a little frustrating that the God's Envoy and others were wary of them, on the other hand, this would also make them have a clearer understanding of their position. The King had already told them that if they wanted to return to this world, they had to destroy the demons and protect humans.

And right now, it would be great if they could understand this truth themselves.

"Captain Meld, I want to meet the witch lady and her companions. Can you bring them here?"

"this……"

Upon hearing the emperor's order, Captain Meld showed a bitter expression.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that."

"Oh? Why?"

"She told me herself that she has no intention of getting involved with the royal family or anything like that. If you want to summon her, she won't have the time."

"Hahahaha...what an interesting little girl..."

Hearing this, the king laughed.

"I heard that they even conquered the 65th floor of the Foss Labyrinth, breaking the historical record?"

"Yes, but I went to the Adventurer's Guild to ask about it afterwards, and I learned that the number of floors they reported was only up to the sixty-fifth floor, but... I think it may be more than that."

Captain Meld shook his head. He clearly remembered that the witch easily killed the strongest monster on the 65th floor. With that ability, the 66th floor should not be a problem. But after that, when he asked the Adventurer's Guild, the answer he got was still the 65th floor. Captain Meld was not a fool. He thought about it and realized that the other party must not have intended to report the floor they broke through, but because of his unnecessary action, they had to admit it...

"So what you're saying is that it's possible that they broke through the Great Labyrinth?"

At this time, the Pope, who had been sitting aside with his eyes closed and silent, suddenly asked. Captain Meld was stunned for a moment, then answered.

"I don't know about that. After all, the seven labyrinths have a long history, and no one knows what will happen after breaking through the labyrinth. But I think they should not have broken through the Forth Labyrinth. After all, according to the report of the Adventurer's Guild, the labyrinth is still functioning normally and there are no problems. If it was broken through by someone... maybe it shouldn't be like this?"

After all, in the general impression of people, things like mazes or tombs will not change after breaking through. But no one knows what the seven mazes will look like.

“…”

The Pope said nothing more, just nodded slightly and closed his eyes.

Meanwhile, on the training ground, training continues.

"Seventy points."

Looking at the people lying on the ground, Ai Li spoke lightly, and one of the students couldn't help but scream out when he heard his words.

"Why 70 points? Didn't we kill all the goblins? And we rescued the hostages, so that counts as full marks!"

Hearing this, the others nodded and stared at Ai Li with dissatisfaction. After a few days of training, they finally became familiar with this illusion, and everyone racked their brains to find a way, and finally broke through the goblin's nest - this was not surprising. Originally, in Ai Li's eyes, this nest could be handled by five low-level skilled adventurers. These gods also had the power of system plug-ins. If their spiritual level had not been unable to keep up, they would not have wasted so much time.

But that’s not all.

After they finally killed the goblins in the ruins hall, they were told...

Seventy points???

Are you kidding?

All the traps along the way were disarmed, the woman in the garbage dump was rescued, and the secret passage was sealed. And when they fought the goblins in the ruins hall, they also took care not to harm the hostages... But why was it 70 points?

Where did the 30 points go?

It has to be said that habit is really a scary thing. At the beginning, they would fall to the ground, vomit and faint just by looking at the dead, but now, they have begun to subconsciously consider what they did wrong in the battle just now.

"You didn't kill all the goblins."

As Ellie spoke, she waved her magic wand, and everyone returned to the hall where corpses were strewn all over the floor. Looking at the corpses all over the floor, the students' expressions were a little stiff, but they did not react any further.

After all, I'm used to it.

"Let's go look for it."

Finally, Tian Zhihe Guanghui was the first to stand up and gave instructions to the others.

"You guys should also search through the corpses and give each goblin a shot to prevent them from faking their own death."

"OK."

After hearing Tian Zhihe Guanghui's instructions, several other melee professionals also stood up and began to pick up their swords to stab the goblins lying on the ground one by one. Of course, they didn't like to whip corpses, which was also one of the lessons they learned - they thought they had killed a goblin before, but the other party's counterattack before death cut their throats or pierced their hearts.

Learning this unforgettable lesson once is enough.

Seeing her students killing the goblins like cold-blooded killers, Teacher Aiko felt like crying. On the one hand, she knew that this was a process she had to go through. But on the other hand, she was frustrated that her students would become like this and she was powerless to change them.

"Hello!!"

At this moment, another student's voice came from not far away.

"I found something strange here, come and see!"

Hearing what the student said, everyone hurried over, and then saw the student standing proudly in front of a broken chair, pointing to the back - it seemed that there should have been a ventilation duct or something like that, but now it was blocked by a wooden door.

"These goblins are really cunning. I was just bored and thought of smashing this broken chair, but I didn't expect there was a secret door hidden behind it..."

At this point, the student's expression became quite excited. After all, adventure, exploration, treasure and the like were all romantic things for people of his age.

In the past, he might have opened the door and gone in to see what was going on, but after experiencing so many tragic deaths, the student had learned his lesson.

"It's right behind here."

Tianzhihe Guanghui stared at the secret door, nodded, and winked at Ryutaro.

"You come and open the door, we'll be on guard."

"oh!"

Ryutaro walked to the wooden door, clenched his fists, grabbed the door panel hard - and pulled it open!

At the same time, Tian Zhihe Guanghui and others raised their weapons and looked inside the door with extreme vigilance.

then……

“Gu…Guga…”

After seeing what was happening before their eyes, they were all stunned.

Inside the door were a few little goblins, who looked about the same size as two or three-year-old children. At the moment, these little goblins were curled up in a ball, looking at the people in front of them with anxiety and fear. Seeing this scene, the students outside were also stunned.

"Is this... a goblin?"

"Is it the little goblin...?"

"Looks like you found it."

At this time, Ellie also came to them on a broom.

"Okay, what are you waiting for? Kill them."

“Huh?”

Everyone was shocked to hear Ellie's indifferent words and turned to look at her in surprise.

"Miss Ellie, what are you talking about?"

“They are just children!”

"so what?"

Ellie blinked.

"We have to kill all the goblins, right? There's no point in keeping them alive, because when they grow up, they will continue to attack villages, capture women, and expand their tribe..."

"But, but they are just children, they didn't do anything bad!"

Kaori clenched her hands, looked at Ai Li and shouted loudly.

"So what?"

"……Why?"

“Have locusts ever done anything bad? Why do humans want to kill them all?”

"Because the locusts destroyed the crops..."

"That's the human perspective."

Ellie shook her head.

"Humans distinguish between pests and beneficial insects based on whether they are harmful or harmless, but in fact, locusts never need to follow human morals and values. Just like these goblins, for you, goblins attacking villages, capturing and playing with women are unforgivable behaviors. But for them, this is just the ecological instinct of the goblin clan, just like locusts eating crops. They don't care whether there is human effort in it. This is how they survive."

At this point, Ellie sneered.

"Or do you want to let them go? How is this different from expecting tigers to become vegetarians?"

“…”

No one spoke. They just lowered their heads and looked at the scene in front of them without saying a word.

Seeing this, the corners of Ellie's mouth curled up slightly.

"Then I'll give you a choice."

As she spoke, Ai Li chuckled.

"If you kill these goblins here, I will consider the test complete. But if you can't do it, then you will have to accept another test next... Of course, it will be goblins again."

Having said that, Ai Li looked at the students below with a cold smile.

"So, what are your choices?"

Then she asked.