Book 5: Chapter 46: The Elder Princess


    <strong>Scarlet</strong>


    Not long after the roar, I see arge minotaur-like monster from old world Earth mythology charging down the maze corridor while roaring. The thing just in looks like a humanoid bull, with a bulls head, bulls legs, and fur over a humanoid torso and arms.


    To be honest, the only thing its missing from old world Earth myth is a tail.


    Wonder why?


    I float slightly into the air as the thing lets out a huff of visible air from its nostrils before I identify the thing. Only to find my lips person afterwards.


    Huh.


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    Okay. So Im not the only one seeing this, right?


    <strong>Youre not, </strong>Tar answers.


    Right. Thought so.


    This minotaur is as strong as if not stronger than the Demon Lords.


    <strong>Appears so, </strong>Tarments as the minotaur begins charging towards us while making a sound thats a mixture of a roar and a bulls moo.


    I watch the thing for half a second, finding it moving so fast that its almost just a blur with the ground beneath it actually cracking in its charge. Then I raise one hand and let out the Red gue, causing a flood of it to fill the tunnel, sweeping away the minotaur in an instant until it crashes into the next bend in the corridor. At which point I stop it from proceeding further. Meanwhile it attempts to eat through the walls and floor of the maze until I stop it from doing so.


    The minotaur on the other hand wait, really?


    I frown as I realize that its already dead. Just utterly devoured by the Red gue.


    Huh.


    <strong>I told you thebat portions of thepetition arent going to be any trouble for you, </strong>Tar says in an I told you so voice.


    Yeah, guess so. But I still wont be using it against otherpetitors unless they have death allowed.


    Not only do I not want to kill indiscriminately, especially now that the war is over, but I also dont want to waste ourbat potential that could be used against the void creatures. And I dont want to kill family, obviously.


    Well, minotaur aside, I pull my Red gue back into my body, to the Red gues displeasure. And I quickly feel the reality energy and life force of the minotaur filling my body, followed by several level-ups.


    A grin stretches across my face.


    Okay, I could definitely work with this.


    Tar lets out a sigh as I begin flying through the air of the maze.


    <strong>The Main Stadium</strong>


    <strong>Dear Brother, </strong>Nyx says, her sweet voice echoing out over the silence of the stadium as most of the audience stares at the red ash covered maze corridor the Warden had left behind. <strong>Would you mind exining to me how a mortal is able to control the most dangerous gue in existence?</strong>


    Oberon scratches his chin with his w before shrugging and saying, <strong>You know how mothers System works. No one can control someones potential. All the System does is guide you to fulfilling that potential.</strong>


    His sister stares at him for several seconds, only to eventually sigh and turn to look at therge screen again, where Scarlet can be seen flying through the maze with ease. Doing what she can only assume is searching for more of the maze guardians to devour.


    <em>We really are just trading one disaster for another, arent we just that one of them is sapient and the other isnt.</em>


    The Elder princess lets out a slow sigh at that as her brother quickly exins to the audience everything about the Red gue.


    Or at least, everything except that its currently making directly for Earth, targeting the Princess. And that the Princess is the only one that can save them.


    Nyx watches the blood lycan princes for a while, ignoring her brothers exnation all the way until the screen moves to show otherpetitors, many of whom are fighting with or running from the maze guardians.


    Most thetter rather than the former.


    The only people Nyx finds fighting with the maze guardians instead of running are the ones Titled Knights of Humanity and Demon Lords. Ignoring the lunatic going around hunting them down to level up.


    Something that shouldnt even be possible. To level up from the monsters in this universe.


    <em>Just another broken and terrifying aspect of the Red gue. Its simply devouring the energy mother used to make the monsters in the first ce.</em>


    <strong>Is this even still apetition at this rate? </strong>Nyx mutters as she watches the Wardens point count raise with each and every monster kill she makes.


    Her brother shakes his head out of the corner of her eye and answers, <strong>This is why there are three types ofpetitions. And the Red gue wont help her in the duels.</strong>


    Nyx turns to look at her brother with a frown as she asks, <strong>Why not?</strong>


    He just keeps staring down at the maze beneath them, ignoring the screen to look directly at the Princess in question. And after a few seconds, he answers, <strong>Because at the end of the day, shes a good person.</strong>


    Nyx frowns at that answer, finding it difficult to understand.


    <em>If you have the power, why should you hold back from using it?</em>


    Her brother just nce at her with a sad look on his face and answers her unspoken question with a simple statement, <strong>Remember why I was chosen to be the next King instead of you? This is simr.</strong>


    That has Nyx frowning harder, only for her to sigh and decide that its not something she can understand.


    Emotions and empathy were never her strong suit after all.


    So she refocuses her attention on thepetitors down below, trying to find one that interests her and eventually locking onto a mindeater. One of the Demon Lords. And a powerful one to boot.


    The Demon Lord is simply lying still within the dungeon as illusions move all around her, with more rushing through the dungeon. But unlike normal illusions, these can actually interact with things.


    <em>She looks interesting.</em>