More than a day passed in the blink of an eye...
In the last few hours inside the labyrinth, Lothur and the demon had traversed three entire corridors, finally reaching the fourth corridor, where they were at the moment.
On their journey to this place, they encountered dead-end paths six times. On each of these occasions, one had to fight hard to get rid of his opponents, while the other suffered a little more.
The difficulty they had in each encounter with strange labyrinth beings was initially the same as that which Lothur had faced after merging those earth beings earlier. Still, the difficulty gradually increased with each level.
However, not on all of these occasions did Lothur encounter enemies protecting items of value. On three occasions, he and the demon only had to fight and suffer against opponents who had nothing of use to them.