The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

Chapter 1377 401: Players Sneaking into the Trial_4

Hard was also looking forward to it, but his cautious face, as always, was marked by prudence and worry, afraid of causing trouble.

The Maze Trial doesn't prohibit the use of Magic Devices and Magic Scrolls, but tools' power must not be used to damage the maze walls, nor endanger other apprentices' lives...

That's the game rule.

Ophelia nodded, her confident face now glowing with excitement, like a captain ready to set sail for Demon Island to rescue the princess.

The heirs of the Castelion family are born adventurers, and she is no exception. But the interests of the Holy City and Nobles suppressed her nature, until recently when she stepped onto this snowfield, her restless heart was finally unleashed.

All this time, she could only indulge in such thrilling things in novels, and now she finally gets to experience them firsthand!

With heroic enthusiasm, she waved her hand to Bain and Hard, issuing the order to set out.

"Let's go!"

...

Just as the army of apprentices was marching grandly towards the maze, an unknown "arrival" was also taking place inside the maze.

Skeletons merely used as decoration and casually placed in the corners of passages abruptly lit up with ghostly green Soul Fire within their skulls, without any warning.

Meanwhile, energy mirages created by the maze core were refreshed one after another. Among them were Slimes, goblins, Little Demons, and other curious creatures.

They showed no interest in their "alive" counterparts beside them, simply roaming the corridors of the maze according to the set program, waiting for the first batch of "challengers" to enter the hunting area.

These demons, though, were knockoffs made by spells from the Holy Power School, not true maze core monsters, naturally they couldn't match the ethereal nature of the Great Graveyard maze both in terms of physical authenticity and attack ferocity.

Nonetheless, when they make a move, they are still very lifelike, not holding back at all just because the opponent is an apprentice.

And when some "skeletons" startledly issued a PK invitation, they would unhesitantly fight back...

On the first floor of the maze, in a dark and damp corner, the consciousness of [Knowledge Explosion] awoke in a fresh skeleton soldier body.

First, he flexed his creaking bone frame, then closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into the "Sea of Consciousness," using the player's unique system interface to confirm that he was on the long-awaited new map of the Academic State, participating in a special event called "Maze Trial of the All Souls Festival."

His original game character is currently in a frozen state, operating a mirror character until the event ends when everything will return to normal.

Or when the "mirror character" dies during the event.

Perhaps due to server upgrades, "Catastrophe OL" recently updated with many new features. He couldn't help but anticipate that maybe someday in the future, secondary character creation would be open.

If that's the case, it would be awesome!

Then, Luo Yan's solemn voice rang out in his mind, echoing in the Sea of Consciousness like a bell sound over the snowfield.

"Awaken, my servants!"

"Magic Apprentices from the Academic State are making final preparations before invading our maze. I need you to spare no effort to stifle the crisis in its cradle!"

[System notification: The timed event 'Maze Trial of the All Souls Festival' is officially launched! Main quest: At all costs, prevent Magic Apprentices from entering the lower maze!]

At the same time, the quest interface updated with detailed score rules—

Participating players can earn points by stunning or capturing Magic Apprentices, and can also receive extra rewards by searching for treasure chests hidden in the maze.

It's necessary to note that this event is just a drill.

Even though it's the enemy's drill, the open and upright Lord Demon King is different from the despicable and cunning humans, and refrains from attacking students who aren't prepared for a life-or-death struggle.

All undead must restrain themselves, spar with restraint, and seriously forbid causing any deaths.

+1 or -1 is not allowed!

"Despicable and cunning humans can still try... This guy himself is human." Looking at this absurd line in the text, the newly arrived Hu Wan couldn't help but retort.

Pig-headed Knight: "No problem; he never said he's not despicable and cunning."

Minotaur Warrior: "What about upright and open?"

Pig-headed Knight: "Naturally, the open and upright yet despicable and cunning Lord Demon King! No problem!"

Minotaur Warrior: "Damn it... what is this?"

Similar to Hu Wan, Yiye Zhiqu's expression also had a hint of subtlety, but his subtlety was mainly focused on the last line.

They're skeletons, not goblins.

How to +1?

Elsewhere, the newly awakened [Knowledge Explosion] was thrilled to see the announcement.

He has been looking forward to this Academic State map for such a long time, but previously it was only Lord Demon King letting them "cloud" experience it. They, the working horses of the Great Graveyard, couldn't even catch its scent.

Even though this might just be Academic State's "sewer," if you round it up, it counts as him personally attending Academic State for training!

And the event rewards are unusually generous, with rewards that can be carried back outside the instance, which is very "silverable"!

It's just a pity the part about not being able to kill, in the Great Graveyard he always felt, their Demon King seemed a bit too merciful to enemies.

[Knowledge Explosion] excitedly looked at his two teammates—[Good Citizen of Gotham] and [Go to the pier and get some seagulls].

He opened his jawbone, producing a "cack cack cack" sound of bone friction.

"Brothers! Get to work! Let's teach the lads of the Academic State a lesson!"

"Damn... what kind of lousy bone frame is this? It's nothing compared to my Armored Dragon Warriors!" [Good Citizen of Gotham] first complained, "Level is reset, no skills, can't even wear my favorite plate armor, this event is really absurd!"

At least give him a lizardman skeleton soldier!

The Great Grave doesn't lack similar ones...

"Stop complaining," [Knowledge Explosion] laughed and said, "Didn't the announcement say? These are temporary bodies Lord Demon King prepared for us, everyone is the same! Just as well, those big shots are brought down to the same level as us, too. This is exactly the time to test skills, right?"

"Snow Leopard is right!" [Go to the pier and get some seagulls] seized the chance to support, "I support the dog strategist!"

[Good Citizen of Gotham] grumbled: "Save it; even if you kiss up to the dog strategist, he can't hear what you say."

[Go to the pier and get some seagulls] argued without logic yet with pride: "How do you know he can't hear if you don't kiss up?!"

[Good Citizen of Gotham] was left speechless for a moment, surprised, before he raised a fragile middle finger made of porous bone to the dog object.

"This is what you are!"

[Go to the pier and get some seagulls] shamelessly assumed it as a compliment, grinning with shameless pride.

"Thanks for the compliment, I am indeed this long."

[Good Citizen of Gotham]: "..."

[Knowledge Explosion]: "...... Is this damn thing long?"