I woke up. I'm not sure how much time I've been asleep for. I have to wait until I can use hero's shout again so I should probably formulate a plan on how to kill the next guardians.

There's about an 80% chance that one of them is a minotaur. That's usually the case in labyrinths. So, minotaurs are more often than not top heavy. I could use Greeny to trip him up and then try and kill him, or I could get him to charge and get his horns stuck in the wall. Either way, the fight should be fairly easy.

The problem is, what is the 3rd guardian going to be? It will be mythical. Whatever it is I know it will be fast. Minotaurs are heavily focused around strength, the gorgon used petrification magic and intelligence, so the last guardian should be focused on speed and agility. I try and use slime on it but it would probably easily dodge. My only hope is to pick the minotaur's path, kill it and level up enough to stand a chance.

I eat more raw eggs and snake before searching the nest. There could be something hidden, maybe a prize of some sort. I look around for an hour or and managed to find a coin. Only a coin with a gorgon head on. I guess I will keep it as a memento.

Hero's shout is now usable

Look's like its sunrise as well. I must have fought the gorgon at night. Anyway, time to head off.

I turn to walk away but Greeny bounces off my shoulder and slides towards the corpse of the gorgon. It's almost as if he is trying to tell me something.

I walk towards the corpse where Greeny is, except it looks like he has the gorgon's eyes inside of him.

Creepy as fuck.

They were slowly absorbed and another box pops up in front of me.

Familiar-GreenyRacePetrification SlimeLevel10Health150Attack30Passive Skills:Petrification: Any enemy that touches its slime will temporarily petrify. Depending on the amount of slime, a larger area of the enemy will be petrified.

(I was going to evolve him before you said Greeny would evolve Nasir. You still guessed it though. I'm not sure whether I should say good job or I should be sad that it was predictable)

Greeny also changed colour slightly. He turned pale green.

That's a fairly useful ability. Still, I won't be able to make enemies slide any more. They will just trip over their petrified feet.

Greeny bounced back onto my shoulder and we left the nest. Instead of the maze we had to go through the first time, we immediately arrived at the grey cross road with the stairs at the start.

I've been left so I could go right or forwards. Right it is. The stone changes colour again. This time, from grey to blue.

I carry on walking in a straight line until I reach a crossroads. It doesn't really matter which way I go anyway, its a magic labyrinth, so I might as well keep walking forwa...

As I try to walk forward, blades come out of the ceiling and swing like a pendulum. Left it is then. I'm not too particularly keen on traps.

The pathway starts to slope downwards. Even so, I continued on walking until I stepped on a piece of floor that goes down a bit. Immediately, I heard some kind of mechanical sound before an earlier wall lifted up and out came a boulder.

Fuck me.

I started running. The rolling sound kept getting louder as I ran, as did a theme tune that had started to play in my mind. The boulder kept getting closer and closer until it was less than a metre behind me.

I should have seen thins coming as soon as the floor started sloping. It was so obvious.

Anyway, I had to drop my snake skin bag of food in order to speed up. As the boulder rolled over it, you could hear the cracking of the eggs. Goodbye food. Still, it worked slightly. I started running a bit faster. Unfortunately, the boulder increased its speed as well.

I didn't want to have to do this but the boulder left me no choice. I grabbed some slime off of Greeny and coated my front in it. Gross. I then jumped on my front and started to slide. The slope started sloping more and that allowed me to accelerate faster than the boulder could. I knew that I wouldn't help for long though. Unless the boulder gets stopped by something, I will get crushed. Damn physics. Damn heavier objects having a higher terminal velocity than lighter ones.

Oh crap. The slope ends in about 100 metres and there is a pit and a path to the right just before it.. I have about 5 seconds to stop and go to the right or just fall to my death. I don't think its possible. This is going to hurt a lot.

I lined myself up so that I started sliding slightly to the right. I put my shield out in front of me and brace for impact. I am going to slam right into the right path's wall just to the side of the pit.

3...2...1...

Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.

And, I think I dislocated my shoulder. Shit. I heard a crunching noise when I hit the wall. My left arm and my shield infront took the full brunt of the impact. The shield is bent so much I doubt its repairable. My arm on the other hand absolutely kills. It feels like someone has smashed it with a sledgehammer. At least I survived though.

I head back up the slope and scavenge what resources I can from my snakeskin sack. At least I can still eat some scrambled egg. I also cut off a bit off of the sack and use it as a makeshift sling. I won't be using my left arm any time soon. Things just got a bit harder.

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Amulet of StatisticsNAMEDraculus AsdainRace???Class[/tds][td2]Foreign WarriorLevel12Health210Mana180Strength25Intelligence20Agility26Wisdom31Vitality26Luck75Passive Skills:Lucky chance: Due to abnormal amounts of luck not normally found in a creature, you are twice as likely to activate a percentage chance activating skill. In addition, you are automatically given a 1% chance to have a critical strike wherever you hit an enemy???: An unknown passive. Will unlock when certain conditions are met???: An unknown passive. Will unlock when certain conditions are metDemonic aura (weak): Some low level monsters will naturally follow you, treating you as their masterActive Skills:Hero's shout: Grants the caster a 30% increase in stats for 15 seconds. Usable once per daySummon familiar: Summon a familiar to your side for a certain amount of mana. Cost=Level of familiar x 20I got hit by lightning multiple times: For a random amount of time, you can not be killed. You can still be damaged however. Costs All mana (Only usable with 100 luck)Titles:Slime nii-san: The youngest and weakest of the slimes recognize you as their older brother and will follow your orders. This is the result of the passive: Demonic aura (weak). Warning, you are not strong enough for them to treat you as their dark lord. Therefore, they will follow any stronger slimes in the vicinity instead.Mythical beast hunter: For killing a mythical creature, adventurers will treat you with some respect while you will be shunned and targeted by those who treat these beasts with great reverence.EquipmentSteel scimitar+15 dmgSteel kite shield (small)+5 defenseLeather braces+1 defLeather shin guards+2 defLeather breast plate+3 defDefense11Damage15Familiar-GreenyRacePetrification SlimeLevel10Health150Attack30Passive Skills:Petrification: Any enemy that touches its slime will temporarily petrify. Depending on the amount of slime, a larger area of the enemy will be petrified.

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Author note: Thanks for reading. Here's what the boulder scene would kind of look like. I didn't rip it off of Ind*ana J*nes but its a similar scene. Short boulder clip.