Chapter 3: the maze

Janna asked, "why did you disappear master?" Rosario said "let's talk about that later, right now we should focus on destroying that door. Does anybody have any suggestion on how to destroy this door?" Janna answered, "I'll use my skill to destroy it." Rosario asked, "Athena can Janna destroy the door?" Athena answered, "all of your aid summonses can destroy the door except Rengar." Rosario said, "I'll check their stats let's start with Rory."

(Name: Rory

Species: spirit vampire

Title: ferocious vampire

Blessing: King of the demon lord blood blessings

 Passive: 

          crimson dance

Main skill: level 98

Coercion

Blood Boil

Special skill: level 98

Vampire curse

Ultimate skill: level 98

Hell execution)

And Rosario asked, "Athena why Rory doesn't have any defense?" Athena answered "aid summons don't need defense as long their master is alive. They'll be safe and they are immortal. Moreover, if they end up dead, they'll respawn at their master's location." Rosario said, "so it's all up to me to keep them alive." Athena said "yes master" and Rosario said, "next let's see Janna's stats." 

(Name: Janna

Species: machine doll

Title: overlord

Blessings: the king of the demon lord's blessings

Main skills:95

Fire element:

Disintegration

Incineration

     II.  Earth element:

 Volley of rocks

 Earth wall

    Ill. Water element:

Aqua prison

Tidal wave

    lV. Wind element: 

Twin aero blades

Monsoon

      V.  Lightning element:

Lightning overload

Spell flux

Realm warp

     Vl. Dark element:

Dark binding

Soil distortion

     All. Light element:

Astral Infusion

 Special skill Healing light

      Vlll. Abyss element:

Soul shackle

Special skill Nether grasp

Ultimate skill: level 95

Matter control

Combine skill)

Rosario said, "wow, she has tons of skills." She noticed something so she asked Athena "how did she acquire this blessing Athena?" Athena answered, "you gave that blessing to her when you declare her as your right hand right after you become the king of the demon lords." Rosario said, "I see, well let's move on with Sebastian."

(Name: Sebastian

Species: griffin

Title: sky expert

Blessings: ruler of the world blessings

Main skill: level 89

Blinding Assault

Feral scream

Hailing gale

Special skill: level 89

Final spark)

Rosario said "that's a weird title to be named. Let's check on Rangers stats.''

(Name: Rengar

Species: wolf

Title: brawling hunter

Blessings: ruler of the world's blessings

Main skill: level 85

Blood hunt

Ambush

Fury of the jungle

Special skill: level 85

Feast)

Rosario said, "so Rengar doesn't have the skill to destroy the door." Athena said, "beware of the doors' rapid regeneration." Rosario said "I know that Athena" and Rosario said "I just need to stop the flow of magic towards the door before Janna destroys the door. I guess watching too much isekai anime gave me a lot of knowledge about how to deal with this issue." Rosario said to Janna "Janna if I give you the signal to destroy the door, destroy it." Janna asked "why master?" she replied, "because it can regenerate rapidly." Janna said "ok master" and Rosario touched the ground and use skill and said "mana manipulation!" Rosario said to herself "all I just need to do is to stop the magic from flowing at this door… there you go, it's done." Rosario said to Janna "do it now! Destroy this huge door!" Janna closed her eyes and created a stance like she was throwing a ball. She opened her eyes and her right hand had a gigantic ball of fire and she throws it towards the door while shouting "disintegration!" A large explosion can be heard and the door was successfully destroyed Rosario said: "everyone goes now I won't be able to hold it much longer and you Janna stay here, I need you to teleport me to the other side." Everyone did what Rosario asked them to do. Janna raised her right and close it as if she was keeping something in it. She opened her hand and a blue particle fall from it. That particle created a huge magic circle. She's at the center of it and Rosario is inside. Janna use skill and said "realm warp!" They instantly teleported to the other side of the door and Rosario immediately removes her hands from the ground. She looks exhausted and Janna produces water in her right hand and gives it to Rosario and quenches her thirst. Rosario drank the water and she said "let's go and continue our journey." 

They continued walking and they keep on reaching dead ends and encountering a lot of dead bodies as they go. The dead bodies rot and emit disgusting smells as moths crawl around them. Rosario asked herself "just how many people died here? This is my first time staring at this shit. It makes me want to throw off. I might lose my appetite here. If I don't want to prolong my suffering here, I have to find a way out." Rosario said to Sebastian "Sebastian I want you to fly and lead the way out of here." Sebastian said, "as you wish master." Sebastian flies as high as he can but before he reaches higher his smooth flying was being disrupted by a powerful force. Sebastian is forcing himself to fly but Rosario stopped him and said: "Sebastian I order you to get back here!" Rosario said "I forgot this anti-aerial gravity force. It's not a forcefield. I made the walls very sensitive to flying objects. If you fly higher than the walls it will react and it will send a signal to the ground to create a very strong gravity that will pull you down. We have to rely on our direction skills but I also established an anti-map system for this maze. This is very troublesome and if we stay longer here the walls move in different locations every hour. Even if you manage to overpower that forcefield, you will encounter a very strong and powerful pressure where if you try to stay you'll be crippled like paper. You will just end up being squashed in the air." Sebastian said "even if I use my aerial ability I will die? Is that what you're trying to say master?" Rosario said "yes, I can't believe that one day I'll end up challenging this deadly maze in my worst situation. Judging by its look, this Maze has already killed thousands of people. We didn't even try to set foot in this maze so we don't have any idea how difficult to conquer this maze. We only have to rely on what we know about this maze to get out."

 Rosario asked, "what do you suggest on getting outta here, Athena?" Athena asked "do you wish to use the skill of clairvoyance" and Rosario said, "yes but the problem is my clairvoyance skill has to be the same level as my clairvoyance skill in my previous life as Diablo." 

The voice of the world speak up and said "soul gate has successfully been established between Rose, Keros, and Rosario Mourning Star." Rosario asked, "Athena how did this happen and what is this soul gate?" Athena answered, "soul gate is a gate that connects souls with other souls." Rosario asked "so what you're trying to say is that my soul has finally been able to connect with Rose and Keros? Why did it take so long?" Athena said "in a normal way of establishing a soul gate you will need a contract to be able to establish it. It's just like your relationship between your aid summons. You forge a contract between them through the process of giving something that is yours." Rosario asked "did I even give something to them that came from me?" Athena answered "yes master, you give them the monster that you killed, blood and your magic." Rosario said "so that is considered as a contract and if my guess is right, this contract is just a requirement for establishing soul gate am I right?" Athena said "yes master, both parties must accept this contract's conditions or else soul gate won't be created." Rosario asked, "what about Rose and Keros, how did our soul manage to create soul gate?" Athena answered "Alicia forcefully created the contract. Alicia used her powers to gain a bit of your soul essence and give it to Rose and Keros as a requirement for the contract. It seems you're going to agree with this contract, we didn't ask for your consent and besides Alicia's power is beyond the voice of the power of the world so the contract went smoothly and so the establishment of the soul gate." Rosario asked "what are the benefits of having the soul gate with my subordinates?" Athena answered "soul gate has 3 benefits. 1. Its telepathy is boundless, meaning you can talk to any of your subordinates even if they are in a different world. Normal telepathy can only reach people within this world but that's not the case if the telepathy network is being assisted with the soul gate. Your telepathy network with your subordinates will become dimensional." Rosario said "so your trying to say is that I can speak with Rose and Keros despite that they're not physically present right now, in this world?" Athena answered "yes master, the 2nd benefits of the soul gate is that your telepathy network with your subordinate won't be penetrated by any people." Rosario said "so it was just like this. The WIFI is the telepathy network and the security it possesses is the soul gate, now I get it." Athena answered "yes master." Athena continued explaining "the 3rd benefit is that you or your subordinates will be able to transfer magic to help each other. Through the soul gate. You might be able to use the clairvoyance skill, with Rose and Keros's assistance." Rosario said, "now that settles the first problem and that leaves 2 more." 

Rengar seems to notice that they are not encountering any monsters so he asked "master, this place feels strange, there are no monsters but there are a lot of dead people around us. It kind of feels off. Moreover, the traps are not activating and yet there are dead people in the traps." Rosario asked "did you know what happens when you enter this maze for the first time and stay here for one hour?" Rengar answered "no master." Rosario said "after 1 hour, you run for your life or you die." Rory said "now that you mentioned it, its almost one hour master." Rosario said, "goddamn it Rory don't jinx it and run for your lives, everyone!"

A bell rang loudly in the whole maze and it started to rumble like there is an earthquake as the walls moves. The floor that they're standing on collapses and they all fall from it. Rosario said to herself while falling "this floor trapped that I created has a wide range area and the only way out is flying or a high-level wall crawling. However, even if you have that kind of ability, those pointy things down there will launch at you like a spear. Are we going to die here?! Got damn it! I just got reincarnated in this world and this how I'm going to die? I was the one who created this maze and yet I'm gonna get myself killed by this maze."

While the chaos is ongoing at the maze the 3rd-floor guardian is watching and said: "they're pretty reckless on forcing themselves to enter this maze without even knowing how deadly this maze is, right demon lord Zestiya?" He's talking to someone through the use of the crystal ball which is a communication tool. Zestiya listened to what he said while sitting on a huge chair her chair is not staring directly at the crystal ball and so is she. Zestiya said, "you're right Meruem and I also wonder why those four servants of demon lord Diablo falls into the hands of that filthy woman." Meruem said, "should I kill that woman to avenge the 1st-floor guardian?" Zestiya said "I want to watch her struggle at that maze and if she managed to get out kill her. She is disrespecting our lords' servants." Meruem said, "as you wish."