"This guy... doesn't seem to want to give us time to gather our strength, does he?"

Looking at the dust giant below, Catherine revealed the truth.

Indeed — Ronald and his companion could stay in a safe position, continuing to accumulate their value. Then they could deal with this guy, assuredly defeating him.

But during this waiting period,

The dust giant, Sarong below, continued to erode the earth at an exaggerated speed, turning it into seawater.

If things continue to develop like this,

This battle may have no real winner in the end.

The dust giant will die under the attacks of Ronald and Catherine, but the people living on this land will also forever lose their home. This cannot be reversed.

"..."

Now, the only option is to race against this guy.

Realizing the current situation, Ronald secretly accelerated the accumulation of value, with lots of magic power supporting the operation of the "Capitalism" spell.

Of course, he didn't want to just sit and watch the actions of the dust giant.

But it wasn't possible to go down and negotiate with this guy now and have both parties take a step back as if nothing happened?

"Ronald, this guy's body is inflating faster and faster!"

While Ronald nervously manipulated magic power, Catherine beside him continued to deliver bad news.

Always watching the young girl below, she noticed a new change in the dust giant.

It was as though this guy had shifted the speed of repairing his body to making himself inflate. In just a few minutes, his body already completely covered the city area of Hamono.

Looking around, only the lush landscape of the great forest could be seen.

No way!

The speed of value accumulation is too slow, I can't let this guy continue any longer!

Seeing this scene,

Ronald's crisis awareness sent out a warning.

He initially wanted to kill this dust giant once and for all at this place, but now it seems to have become a complete fantasy.

Thus, Ronald's eyes focused.

He immediately withdrew from the tense power-gathering state, putting away all the original texts in his hand. With the flickering of the original text mark, a picture book with a cute art style was taken out by him.

At this moment, Ronald turned his head to invite the Astrology Tower Master beside him:

"Catherine, do you want to go on an adventure with me?"

Seeing the new original text taken out by Ronald, Catherine was also quite curious about it:

"What is this original text?"

"Can it deal with such a giant dust beast with a rapid recovery speed — it can't possibly be a blueprint for some doomsday weapon, right!"

Ronald shook his head and denied:

"The content on it is for little kids. Of course, I quite like it too. Simply put — Catherine, it's no longer realistic to kill this guy below, so I plan to seal him away."

"A sealing spell?" Catherine squinted, looking very interested, "Such things are rare, and are you sure the sealing ability of the original text in your hands can control this giant below?"

Ronald planned to validate this problem with action:

"Whether it works has to be tried to find out."

"Let me say in advance, using this thing, I can't assure the safety of the two of us."

Catherine directly approached, getting close to Ronald with a provocative expression:

"Hehe—"

"Are you implying I'd be scared?"

"..."

"Then I'll start."

Catherine's fearless attitude was also somewhat expected.

So Ronald injected the fully mobilized magic power into the original text in his hand, and immediately began chanting the simple yet effective spell of the labyrinth picture book:

"Catch me, detective!"

"..."

[The fun labyrinth game officially begins—]

[Based on the location of the spell's target, a violence-free labyrinth is established. We wish everyone to fully display their wisdom and exploration abilities to enjoy this puzzle and treasure hunt game.]

[Treasure hunter's goal: 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

—Through the setter's challenge, find the legendary secret treasure within 24 hours.

Success reward:

—At the end of the game, the setter's position is fixed at the start of the game, their ability to move is revoked, sealed for a hundred years.]

[Setter's goal:

—Prevent the treasure hunter from obtaining the secret treasure within 24 hours.

Success reward:

—At the end of the game, the treasure hunter returns to the start position and their ability to move is revoked, sealed for a hundred years.]

Without Gwendolin's interference this time.

The "Labyrinth Picture Book" conveyed the game's rules into the minds of Ronald and Catherine in its original display method.

Then, the two in mid-air immediately, under the influence of the "Labyrinth Picture Book," transformed into adorable cartoon images, and then... began to fall!

The world of the "Labyrinth Picture Book" prohibits the use of spells.

Naturally, it doesn't allow cheating abilities like flying spells to operate here.

Apart from retaining some physical advantages, the two of them now were not much different from any common person.

"Hey! Ronald!"

"Think of something, at this rate we'll fall to our deaths!"

Catherine's voice suddenly came from the air.

After all, in the understanding of the Astrology Tower Master, regardless of the environment, falling from such a height can only lead to one conclusion: death.

Ronald turned to look at her, and as a result, found that Catherine's cartoon image was different from his.

This essentially mechanical young girl, in the world of the labyrinth picture book, turned into a physical structure like a clockwork doll. Although it was very different from the normal human structure, the cute art style combined with the exquisite structure showcased a unique mechanical beauty.

"Catherine, don't worry!"

"The rules of the 'Labyrinth Picture Book' world don't have an opening kill scene, it won't end our challenge just like that!"

Almost as Ronald finished speaking, a group of giant eagles appeared in the sky afar.

But when Ronald and Catherine had only fallen about one-fifth of the height, these aerial masters flew to them, grabbed them, and carried them to a corner of the ground.

"Ronald, where are these guys taking us?"

Trying the "Labyrinth Picture Book" for the first time, Catherine was very alert about this situation where control was completely lost and immediately asked.

Ronald adjusted to a more comfortable position in the claws of the giant eagle, then shouted to Catherine:

"Catherine, don't rush, I'll explain to you slowly!"

"This is my original text spell, its effect is just like the voice that sounded in your head at the beginning..."

As Ronald explained the situation to Catherine, they were taken by the giant eagles and descended to the eastern land.

But intriguingly—

At the moment when the original text spell decided the fate of the dust giant, or rather their own fate too.

Ronald looked at the distant scene.

What he thought of was not the challenges they were about to face.

The thought that arose in his mind,

Was whether in this labyrinth adventure, they would encounter the Sphinx again, asking him riddles...