Nero and Pavel were walking into the corridor of the labyrinth; Nero, however, was walking ahead of Pavel even though he didn't know the correct path.

He had promised he would be back in two days, so he wanted to reach for the weapon as soon as possible.

Pavel increased his pace to match it with Nero and glanced at him from the corners of his eyes.

"You know, I, honestly, was expecting you to be different. I was expecting you to be angry or sad since 'she' betrayed you, but I guess I was worried for nothing."

Nero took a deep breath and exhaled with a sigh: "You know, you just saved your own life by not mentioning her name."

"Heh!" Pavel scoffed. "I am not a stupid person. I do realize that I shouldn't mention her name."

Nero stared at nothingness as though he was thinking about something: "And I am indeed sad and angry, but.. I guess, maybe I am not that sad."

"When I was looking for the prison realm to find you, I always wondered, 'What if I woke up something or someone else'. I was genuinely scared of waking you up, but well, I couldn't find you."

"..." Nero said nothing and kept walking forward.

"Say, Zeus.." Pavel turned to Nero and asked, "Are you happy right now?"

After a brief silence, Nero opened his mouth to utter, "I am enjoying my life right now, and I am always excited for a new tomorrow."

"As long as you are happy," Pavel murmured.

"You don't have to worry about me, Pavel. Just worry about you and Rhea; she is still looking for a way to prolong your life, right?"

"How do you.."

Pavel stopped walking and stood still on the path.

"Rhea's powers were so less, almost similar to that of a normal mortal. And you were cultivating when I found you in the dungeon, but you were simply trying to maintain your spiritual realm, right?"

Pavel was born from spirit magic and alchemy, and if he lost his spirit powers or spiritual realm, he would disappear into thin air as though he had never existed.

"The spiritual energy from his mortal realm has been decreasing every day. If it continues like that, then all the spirits will die, and humankind will cease to exist," Pavel asserted.

"Maybe that's the better and deserved end for them?" Nero scoffed.

They walked through various corridors and mazes for hours, with no progress.

Annoyed and impatient, Nero turned and glared at Pavel: "Are you sure we are not lost?"

"No. We are getting closer. I can feel it."

"Oh?" Nero raised his brows and asked, "You can feel it? Feel what exactly?"

"Well.. something something?" Pavel answered and averted his gaze.

Pavel had created the labyrinth in a way that its corridors and mazes automatically moved and changed over time, making it almost impossible to clear.

SIGH!

Nero sighed and sighed for a while.

After walking and wandering for some more hours, they finally saw a different type of structure.

"We have cleared the first labyrinth!" Pavel exclaimed excitedly.

"First..? How many more are there?" Nero asked in an annoyed tone.

"Only 300 and some extra for additional protection," Pavel replied nonchalantly.

Nero's face twitched in anger. He grabbed Pavel's collar and asserted, "If I don't go back in two days, or even if I am one minute later than two days, I swear I will kill you."

"But you are the one who promised without thinking. I had already told you that it would take seven days, or minimum three days if we are lucky. But you just tried to act cool by saying, 'I will be back in one day'."

Pavel tried to imitate Nero.

"You are the one who created this labyrinth with any back access! It's your damn fault in the first place!" Nero yelled in frustration.

"But I wanted to make it 100% unclearable—!" Pavel stopped when his gaze fell to the bridge on the side.

"There is a bridge!" Pavel said out aloud.

"So you want me to throw you down the bridge? Alright!"

Nero dragged Pavel to the edge of the bridge and prepared to throw him.

"There is a monster down the bridge!" Pavel screamed.

"That's even better," Nero uttered with a smirk on his face.

Nero hung Pavel down the bridge and waited for the monster to come to eat him.

"Zeus. We are friends, right? We can talk this out, right?"

"...." Nero said nothing and kept his gaze focused down the bridge.

ROAR!

A loud blood-curdling roar echoed from down the bridge.

"Up here! Your food is ready!" Nero yelled.

"Zeus. I know you are better than this; let's talk about it." Pavel begged for mercy.

After a brief moment, an enormous winged monster emerged from the darkness of the bridge.

It opened its mouth and flew at Pavel to eat him; But as it was about to reach Pavel, Nero snapped, and the monster disappeared.

SIGH!

Pavel sighed in relief and muttered, "You are so cruel, Zeus."historical

Nero pulled Pavel up and patted his shoulders with a grin on his face: "Now I feel a little good."

Pavel's face turned pale, and his body froze as he stammered, "Don't.. tell me.. you plan.. to do this again?"

"I don't plan to; I will do it," Nero answered with a straight face.

"If.. we don't progress for a while," he added.

"We will progress!" Pavel proclaimed.

"We better should."

They walked for a few minutes and encountered an armored monster, fives times the size of a normal human.

Pavel conjured his sword and uttered, "I will handle it."

SNAP!

Nero snapped, and the monster disappeared.

Pavel stared at the empty corridor with his mouth wide open.

"Close you mouth; it's disgusting."

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