Global Awakening: The Return of the SSS-Rank Liar-Chapter 50: Second floor!
Location: The maze of champions
Created by various legendary craftsmen to please their king, the movable maze of champions was where the bravest of warriors would go to complete numerous trials upon which the king would grant them a wish
However, after gaining the attention of the god Hephaestus the maze was then upgraded by him and used as a means of entertainment for the gods where they granted wishes to whoever completed the maze]
[Main Quest: successfully reach the end of the maze within 72 hours
Note: Hidden rooms and chests are scattered all through the maze however not all chest symbolizes treasure and every hidden room is one to be found
Sub Quest: Find the key hidden on the second floor
Total attempts: 3/3]
Reading the information for the next Quest, Lin Ye at this time had dressed up and got ready to continue his tower climb
However before that, he had something else he had to do before heading off
"Tower, open the community forum"
Swiping the transparent screen in front of him, Lin Ye suddenly had a great idea that might help him in his future plans
And for it to succeed, a new vest needed to be created
Fortunately the community forum was just the opportunity he was looking for
[Entering community forum, would you like to use the current nickname devourer?]
[note you have only one opportunity to change it!]
Hearing this, Lin Ye had a smile on his face 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
"No! Change the name"
"My new name will be ’The one who knows everything’ "
Creating a new name, Lin Ye also made a post on the traps and monsters to watch out for on the second floor titled ’second floor survival guide’ after which he exited the forum not paying attention to what happens next
"Haha in the tower Devourer, on the forum ’the one who knows everything’, on the outside world ordinary student Lin Ye "
"If this goes on I might need to have a book to keep note of all my identities"
Chuckling to himself Lin Ye picked up his spiral mask getting ready to attempt the next trial
Now that the bait had been cast, all he needed to do was wait for the fish to bite
"tower, teleport me to the second floor!"
Signalling to the tower, Lin Ye ’s figure soon disappeared leaving the waiting room once again empty.
........
[Tower of Trials second floor: The maze of Champions]
*Swoosh!*
Reappearing in a beam of light, Lin Ye held his stomach as he stood somewhat unsteadily
"Argh! I can never get used to this damn teleportation, why can’t the tower have an elevator or something" Lin Ye grumbled
Fortunately the feeling wasn’t too serious as he soon got his bearings back
"The axe of champions hunh, it’s been a while"
"It has to be at least been over five hundred years since was last here, after all the lower floors stopped being interesting to me after I searched them over a few times"
Scanning his surroundings, Lin Ye began to talk to himself as he tried to remember his past experiences
After all, even though there might be changes it would still be better than nothing
However, before going any further there was one thing he needed to do
"Tower starts live broadcast!"
Signalling to the tower, Lin Ye asked for the tower to turn on the broadcast as he just remembered he turned it off back in the waiting room
And as for why he could turn it off, this was a basic rule of the tower that every trialist had to broadcast for at least eight hours a day
Once you reach that amount, to live broadcast for the remainder of the day becomes optional
However even if it’s optional, not broadcasting for long periods of times might result in losing viewership
One thing that Lin Ye definitely didn’t want, thankfully it seemed it wasn’t the case as his screen soon became flooded with a barrage of messages after going live
[a god who loves to play pranks asks the trialists where he has been?]
[a god who loves war and madness asks when the battle will start as he grabs a bag of popcorn]
[a demon who relishes in desires shows interest in the trialist]
[a god who loves light and to sing aims his arrow at the demon motioning it to keep its filthy self away from his future apostle]
One by one all kinds of gods began to send messages in after realising his broadcast was back on
I’m fact, it wasn’t only the gods as even other humans like him couldn’t help but be happy that Lin Ye had gone back online
( [Bis sis onii]: you guys! Lord Devourer is back!
[Dog King47]: Devourer San~ I love you!
[I am him]: upstairs don’t gross out lord devourer, keep quiet let’s see how he clears this floor
[king kong]: yeah keep quiet dog, you’re barking to loud
[Dog king 47]: Damn don’t call me dog it’s dog king 47!
[king Kong ]: haha dog is mad I called him dog
[I am him]: haha dog is a dog
[big sis onii]: haha dog is a dog
[Dog king 47]: .......)
Reading through the chats,Lin Ye couldn’t help but laugh
"Haha no need to argue, I missed you guys too"
"And as you guys can see, thanks to your help I cleared the first floor and am currently on the second"
"Oh and if you didn’t know this place is called the Maze of champions created by a few gods a long time ago"
Heading into the maze, Lin Ye began to brief his audience on its origins while also inspecting his surroundings
However for something that was said to be created and remodeled by gods, it’s current site looked anything but divine
Walking through a narrow corridor which seemed to be able to only fit about three of him, Lin Ye couldn’t help but wonder if the maze was about to collapse or something
And as for why he thought so, the state of the walls spoke for themselves
With huge cracks running down their sides and large vines and moss growing all over its body and the floor
It current state seemed to scream abandoned
However since the trial put this on the second floor then there was definitely something there
And as if to prove his thoughts, a change soon occurred in the maze gaining Lin Ye ’s attention
*click*
Stepping on a certain part of the ground, a click sound suddenly sounded causing the whole maze to vibrate slightly
"Damn! Trap!" Cursed Lin Ye
Unfortunately cursing was the only thing he could do as the trap was already activated, what he needed to do instead was to survive
*Swoosh!*
*Swoosh!*
*Swoosh!*
Following the arrows activation, three arrows suddenly flew out of the distance aimed at Lin Ye ’s eyes and heart respectively
Fortunately while the trap may have been unexpected, but for the current Lin Ye dodging them was a piece of cake
"Haha is that all?"
Activating stone skin, Lin Ye didn’t even bother to dodge as he let the arrows come in contact with his body
According to his thoughts, after making contact with the stone skin they would break further showcasing his strength to the audience
However things don’t always go according to plan as different from what Lin Ye had imagined, the opposite happened
"Arghhh!"
"Damn! My eyes!"
Rather than breaking off his skin, the three arrows penetrated directly into Lin Ye ’s body with zero resistance
Not only that, as soon as they made contact with his body, Lin Ye suddenly felt his whole body go weak
His breath became heavy and his limbs became numb
"Hah~ hah~"
"Damn! Poison!"
"It wasn’t supposed to be like this, could it be that this floor was also interfered with?"
Gasping for breath, Lin Ye suddenly remembered what happened on the first floor with the lich and all
If his guess was correct, then these normal arrows have been somehow upgraded making it easy to pierce his defence so easily
Not only that, whatever that was on it must have been extremely potent as every second that passed Ye Tian felt himself getting weaker and weaker
"Damn! Am I going to die here?"
"Was I too cocky?"
"Was I too unprepared?"
Asking himself various questions, Lin Ye ’s body movements began to become slower and slower
[a certain one eyed god sighs at the difficulty of the trialist trial]
[a certain god who loves war and madness yawns and says is that it?]
[a certain god who loves light and to sing sighs and asks the tower what is going on]
Sadly this time the gods’ questioning seemed to have no effect as the tower didn’t respond
Even the Apollo who he seemed to be on Lin Ye ’s side since the last floor could only question the tower’s fairness unable to interfere
Looking at the current situation, it seemed that this might actually be the end of Lin Ye
