“Ouch now, what.” Elone gazed around. “Where is Fren?”
“I think he still at the previous place”
“I should stay near him. Che..” Elone grumbled.
“Do not worry. He can go out from this maze whenever he wants besides, it only us here Ailen said this maze 100% save.”
“Okay. Let us get going.” unfortunately Elone activates one of the trapped by accidentally stepped into it. A few dozen of balloons containing red liquid ink flew toward both Elone and Miguel. Both of them desperately dodged it away. The final result. One of the balloons manage to dirty Elone’s trouser and four balloons hit Miguel. Miguel was unprepared for the attack.
“Ahh. I do not have much uniform!” Miguel groaned.
“Me either” “Hmm hurry up. I do not want to stay longer. Something can happen to Fren.” Elone afraid someone tried to detriment Fren. There always a few attempted to harm Fren since the grudge caused by Rizel old past. And most important, Fren have emotion unstable. Fren too powerful when negative emotion dragged him away since he has berserker state.
Both of walked to one place to another finding the way out. Easily answered one other riddle they found. And activate two other traps. As the result, Miguel became clothes became dirtier. One of it was a spoiled eggs trap caused him to smell like rotten eggs.
“Ewww… Really disgusting and smelly. Who the one suggested it! Next time warn me before activating any traps Elone!” Miguel looked at himself. He in two different colors in his clothes, a bit at his face and his hand. He smells awful. Meanwhile, Elone managed to dodge everything perfectly.
“This one must be created by Loke (vice president). Forest. And like usual the warnings. ‘Do not harm any of the animals. Do not throw any rubbish. Do break any trees. Do not pluck any plant or fruit. Do not even use magic. Punishment will be given to those who disobey.’ ” Miguel deadpanned for a while and shuddered when remembering something. Loke was really scary if someone destroying his property. He loves his property more than anything
“That creatures need to be slain.” Elone grinned evilly at the horn squirrels who throwing the stones?
“Stop! Nazhi already embed the warning not to harm his animals”
“Che.. ‘the water of life, follow my voice, spin and protect, ‘Vortex Water Shield’ ”
“Elone! No magic either.”
“It hurt being hit by the stones. Or you want me to disposed of that nasty creatures” Elone grumbled. Weirdly, the horn squirrels only threw something at Elone and not Miguel at all.
Suddenly an earthquake, shaking the ground. A large robot with Loke's face appeared.
“It not supposed to be dangerous!” Miguel shook his head. Thinking whether he should attack it or not. It was an incomplete creation. It being tested but the result still unidentified. ‘Why it is here?’ Loke likes that robot so much.
“PU.. NISH.. MENT… PU.. NISH.. MENT… NO MA.. GIC.. ELIMINATE” the huge robot pointed his cannon toward Elone ready to blast it anytime. Elone brought his magic sword out. And even started to mutter some sort of spell.
“Elone just run. Do not attack it!”
Miguel pulled Elone and they started to ran. The robot shot a few big watermelons and move at a slow pace toward them. And again Elone and Miguel dodging the trap that activates as they move.
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“Ahhh... Again with this riddle. ‘I am something thin and flat, on the branch, I can be found, when I’m from a deciduous, in the fall I’m on the ground’ ” Miguel gazed around. The Loke's face robot still searching for them. ‘it must have relation with forest, forest, tree, ahh I know’ “Leaf.”
A door was opened. “Hurry up Elone!”
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“What is this?” Elone felt like they turned tiny because all the things he saw was too huge. It was a gigantic room. A giant bear sitting on the wide chair. The titanic bunny looked like playing with some toys. The giant panda seems sleeping on the huge bed. A few human size of dolls.
“Ah… Milka place.” Miguel pale. “ Out of all place, why must we come to this forbidden den! This is worse”
The giant bear suddenly moves its head toward them. Elone totally startled. It was disturbing.
“Welcome... ANSWER TO BE RELEASE OR PLAY WITH US~” it said without moving it smiley mouth.
The bunny also slowly move its head. “Pl..ay….”
The human size dolls synchronically clapped their hands.
“What belong.. to you but, other people.. use more than you?” the bear voice asked. “Answer in 5 minutes or… play with us~”
“I cannot think as this place really torturing my mind. Elone answers it.” Miguel distressed. He was one of the person in the council that will never ever into Milka weird obsession.
“Honestly, I do not hear the riddle question at all. Why not we just escape toward the passage next to the bunny?” Elone pointed at the exit. He also wanted to move away from that place as fast as possible.
Miguel nodded. He did not think he will last longer there. But the bunny eyes suddenly shined then, blocking the way out.
“Play..ing?” the bunny cocked its head.
The panda abruptly moved from its bed and slowly walked toward them. “Visitor?… Pl..ay?”
“Ughh... Trouble.. ‘Wind slasher’ “ Miguel using his magic and manage to cut the bunny hand. The kapok inside it shattered and flew around. “Milka will be mad.” Miguel sighed.
The other dolls saw both Elone and Miguel as offender since they hurt the giant bunny plushie. All of them hardly moved and some of them fall but still tried to went toward them by crawling. The other two giant plushies also started to move toward them.
“What is this? Nightmare?” Elone turned pale. 'Now I know the reason why Fren afraid of the bunny.' “Follow my guide, water the purer of all, flow and descend, ‘water call’ “ the water from the ground and splashed all of it toward all of the three giant cotton plushies. “Ice manipulation ‘activate’ “ the room temperature decreasing drastically and all the giant plushies stopped moving, froze. However, the dolls were still trying to capture them. One of it grasped Elone feet. “ ‘Frenzied Etcher’ ” Elone called his magic sword and quickly kicked the doll away from him. He thrusts his sword toward the doll arms, cutting it hand. In hurried, he spins, striking the other dolls.
“Elone hurry up!” Miguel already ran toward the passage.
“Okay.”
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Back to Fren
Fren still trying to solve another riddle in the same place. It already 10 minutes but he cannot solve the evil thing at all. Fren can felt the anger and frustration abrupted inside him. In the end, he destroyed the rock wall in front.
Immediately, Fren ran searching for Elone and Miguel. After seven minutes lost his way, he, for the first time activate one of the trap. But it did not harm him anything since Fren use his shield barrier when he detects something wrong.
When he opened one door he found out he was in a desert?
He walked slowly with a slight of awe with all sight. Then a cactus creature approached him.
“Welcome... Answer to escape or trap ins..” immediately the cactus burned in dark flame cast by Fren. He really not in a mood to answer any nonsense riddle.
Like sightseeing, Fren walked slowly around. He found out he was inside a crystal room. A sentence appeared as all the way out unexpectedly being closed causing Fren to shocked. ‘Search the key. The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I cannot escape my crystal cage. The key was to the right.”
“HUH?!! WHAT?? THIS AGAIN!!!” Fren totally in despaired.
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One hour after, Fren surrendered himself. He cannot find any key. He even broke the many walls already. In the end, he always stuck because of the riddle question.
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Two hours, Elone and Miguel safely went out while panting hard. Miguel was dirty with colorful colors paint that threw at him and his clothes totally ripped apart. Elone clothes also torn.
“I will kill Ailen after this!! What with the huge insects!!! Giant spider?!! And the volcano inside a maze?!!!! Do he even understand the meaning of safe?!!! This totally not a maze but a DUNGEON!!!!!!!!” Miguel growled. Elone does not have the energy to say anything or even do anything. He needs to rest for a while before searching Fren. All the fight really tiring.