Chapter 142: Escape from the Great Maze? A Prank Maze!
“That was a close call, I almost got hit!”
Kira dodged three consecutive traps and continued to move up. "This trap is too dense! How many traps did the president prepare?"
Because there were too many traps, many people got trapped while moving upwards.
At this time, Kira had already left the others behind and walked alone.
This maze was cast under a spell, and the inside was actually much larger than it looked from the outside. Kira knew that he couldn't be impatient, as the more impatient he was, the easier it would be to trigger the trap. If he couldn't react in time, it would be all over, as there were so many people watching outside!
Don't make a fool of yourself!
[Movement speed is too low! Trigger the mechanism! ]
"Oh my! I forgot about this!" Kira regretted his decision, "I'm shooting myself in the foot!"
At this time, the trap of the maze changed again...
[Complete the puzzle in 3 minutes, and you will get the prank props if you succeed. If you fail, you will be sent to a random location! ]
Kira breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, it's not bad, it's just an 8×8 puzzle, this thing can't be difficult for me..."
2 minutes and 59 seconds later...
[Get a prank item, a thousand-piece puzzle, and designate a person who is not in the trap to use it. ]
“That was a close call!” Kira patted his heart with lingering fear, then revealed an evil smile, “Hehehe, designated Laxus!”
[The designation is invalid! ]
"Huh?" Kira didn't expect this to happen. In his opinion, Laxus should be able to avoid those traps.
"I don't know what that guy is trapped in, then it's Fide!"
[The designation is invalid! ]
"Bigusro?"
[The designation is invalid! ]
"Alba Green?"
[The designation is invalid! ]
"Oh my goodness, the whole army was wiped out? So tragic! Then... Erza?"
【Specified successfully! 】
“Well, it’s fun!”
…
[You become the target of a prank, please complete the thousand-piece puzzle! ]
"What?" Erza, who had just finished the [Underwater Breath Holding] punishment, was stunned, and then became furious, "Who is this bastard?!"
…
[You have received a prank prop, please designate one person to take off his shirt! ]
"This... it's not good to offend everyone, forget it, let's just go with Gray!"
[The designation is invalid! The effect is rebound! ]
“What the hell?!”
…
[You have received a prank prop, please designate one person to complete the dance! ]
"Kira!"
[You have received a prank item, please designate one person to crawl for 3 minutes! ]
“Kira!!”
[You get a prank item...]
"Kira!!!"
"Put it all on that bastard Kira!!!"
When the competition reached a certain point, almost all the contestants who had received the prank props designated Kira as their target, the culprit who had brought them shame.
However……
[The designation is invalid! ]
It worked in the beginning, but gradually it became impossible to specify, and as a result, you had no choice but to find someone else or endure the backlash.
…
"Luckily I got this thing, otherwise I would have been killed by those guys!"
Looking at the [Life-Saving Amulet] in his hand with lingering fear, Kira felt a sense of luck.
[Life-saving talisman: Traps and pranks will be ineffective against you within 5 minutes]
"Run now!"
…
At the stadium, the audience watched with great interest.
“These prank props are so interesting!”
"The people from Fairy Tail are so interesting too!"
"Hahaha, that guy in women's clothing is Laxus from Fairy Tail, right? I recognize him! He's Markrov's grandson!"
Markov's face flushed red. "Didn't we say we were going to escape from the maze? How did it become a maze to trick people?"
"What if the guild is ridiculed by the entire Kingdom of Fiore in the future? How can I face the first and second generations?"
Disper held the harpy and smiled without saying anything.
Fortunately, both the judges and the audience enjoyed it all. They were immersed in their own spontaneous joy and did not show any ridicule or contempt.
…
There are many traps in the maze, but less than half of them are designed to delay the progress of the contestants. There are also many other types, such as truth or dare, and prank punishment, and the evil taste is obvious.
“Phew, we’re finally here!”
Relying on the [Life-saving Talisman] and his familiarity with the maze, Kira was the first to reach the finish line.
The end is not the door. The door you see outside the building is just a decoration. The real end is a crystal ball placed on the fifth floor of the maze. After being triggered for the first time, it will randomly move to somewhere inside the maze.
In other words, even if they reach the 5th floor, they will eventually find that there are only traps and no exit, and the original entrance has long been closed, so they can only try their luck in various traps. This is the true meaning of [Escape from the Big Maze].
The moment Kira touched it, a voice resounded throughout the maze.
[Congratulations to Kira for finding the exit of the maze ! ]
【Maze changes! 】
【Everyone can use magic! 】
[Traps increased! ]
Four consecutive reminders made everyone feel moved, some were happy and some were sad.
"Look! The maze is moving!"
"It would be much easier if I could use magic..."
"The traps are already so dense, do we need to increase them?"
"I knew I should have followed that Kira guy!"
After his magic was restored, Laxus immediately turned into lightning and rushed upwards. At the same time, all those with the ability to fly also flew directly upwards.
Erza put on the Black Feather Armor; the Thunder Gods also showed their magical powers; Wakaba took off into the air with the help of smoke; Gray built an ice staircase and brought a group of people with him...
"Hurry up, there are only 30 spots left, and now there are only 29 left!"
Just as everyone was pushing and shoving towards what they thought was the finish line, a voice came from above: "There is no exit on the 5th floor!!"
"What do you mean there's no way out?"
"There's just no exit! That door is just for show!"
"Are you kidding me?! How did Kira get out then?"
"It seems that we are trapped here. Is this the real way to escape from the maze?"
“Aaaah… it’s all that bastard Kira’s fault! He set up so many traps and made a good qualifying match so troublesome!!”
"I just played a trick on him, but it didn't work!"
"I used it on him too, but it didn't work and it rebounded on me."
"I succeeded once!"
"What? If I had known, I would have designated Kira too!"
…
Kira, who had already arrived outside, looked at the screen on the top and silently memorized the people who said they would use props on him, especially the one who succeeded.
His success naturally drew cheers from the audience outside.
"Kira...Kira..."
Smiling, nodding, and waving to the audience around him, Kira then walked to the rest area, sat down, and quietly ate the melon in the maze.
At this moment, he was extremely glad that he was the first one to come out, because the second act of the maze was more troublesome than the first.
"But I'm the only one here, it's a bit boring."
…
[The exit is somewhere in the maze, go find it! ]
"How can I find it without any clues?"
Everyone was running around, knocking and hitting here and there, not missing any place that looked like an exit.
As a qualified maze, it naturally has not only basic roads and walls, but also many strange decorations.
Of course, most of the decorations have mechanisms, and once touched they will be trapped. They didn’t dare to touch them before, but now they can’t care.
"It's not here... nor is this..."
[Trigger the common sense trap and learn to meow! ]
"Still coming? Never mind, this is relatively simple... meow meow meow..."
One second... Two seconds...
"Why is there no movement, asshole?!"
Natsu thought about it and then imitated Happy and yelled, "Hey!"
[The trap is lifted! ]
“Is this even possible?!”
…
[Trigger the battle trap, only one person can leave! ]
"You want us to fight?"
"I thought we didn't have to fight in the preliminaries. After all, the rules say you can't attack your teammates..."
"I remember there was a phrase 'except for the trap rule', this should be the exception..."
"I'm sorry, take it!"
"Marcus you bastard! How dare you launch a sneak attack?"
…
[Trigger the game trap and shoot all the targets to leave! ]
"It's a piece of cake for us."
Whoosh—boom! Boom!
After the gunshot, Arzak and Bisca blew away the smoke from the muzzles, and the trap was lifted.
Since there are so many types of traps, you may occasionally encounter a type that you are good at.
…
[Trigger the decryption trap and solve the mystery to get information about the exit! ]
"We are very good at decryption!"
"Lucy, Levi, it's up to you!"
“This way…that way…”
[Answer correctly and get a hint: the exit is a crystal ball! ]
"Great, there is finally some progress!"
"Crystal ball? I think I've seen it before, but I don't know if it's still there..."
…
The preliminaries were originally planned to last for 2 hours , and a total of one hour passed from the start of the preliminaries to Kira's appearance; after that, due to the need to speed up the competition process, only 30 minutes had passed before the maze began to give clues one after another.
If there are not enough people to pass the level before the time is up, the person closest to the finish line will be automatically selected to make up the gap to 30.
[Qualifying match remaining time: 30 minutes]
