Reincarnation of the Strongest Healer

Chapter 880: Fearless

Ever since they had realized the key to solving the maze was to gather all 6 icons, Xu Feng used the Mana Resonance Talisman in each divergent path.

Unfortunately, not all paths lead to other portals.

Some of the paths happened to have strong mana resonance. It was either filled with monsters or just some items that could only be used in the maze.

Through many twists and turns, they managed to gather 5 out of the 6 icons with 8 hours left from the initial 40 hours.

Xu Feng swiftly retrieved some food from his inventory and shared it with Carmen.

Carmen accepted the food and asked, ”Guild Leader, do you think the time in the dungeon varied in the outside world?”

She didnʼt mean the real world, but the Divine World outside of the dungeon. After all, this dungeon gave her a deja vu related to the Arcane Vein.

”It could be.” Xu Feng responded. He was unsure of the possibility as well. It was also a good thing that the time didnʼt collapse with the trial deal he made with Floral Witch. Otherwise, that would be the most whoopsie moment ever.

The two then began eating their meals to rejuvenate themselves, mainly because the experience of obtaining the 4 other icons was no less ridiculous than their first portal.

”What do you think will be the last obstacle?” Carmen suddenly raised the question. ”Is it going to be another restriction of our class or another hide-and-seek while escaping?”

The hide-and-seek that Carmen mentioned was equivalent to certain horror games that required the players to stay absolutely quiet and hidden from the terrible monster.

That particular challenge was what stumped them most because Xu Feng was weak to horror.

Yes, it was him who always made mistakes and had Carmen to carry him in that challenge.

Therefore, Xu Feng couldnʼt help but smile bitterly when Carmen subtly brought up that topic again.

”Youʼre doing this on purpose, right?” He narrowed his eyes.

”Hehe, youʼve caught me red-handed.” Without hesitation, Carmen raised her hands up and stuck her tongue out.

She was truly enjoying that particular scene of Xu Feng screaming like a little girl and wrapping his arms around her to cover himself.

Had it been anyone else, then Carmen might have suspected them of trying to take advantage of her. However, if it was from Xu Feng, then she knew he was definitely frightened dearly.

Not once had he ever shown a lustful expression toward any beautiful woman. And no, it wasnʼt that he wasnʼt interested in them. But rather, he was more focused-orientated and refused to let himself be distracted.

”Letʼs both keep the secret to our hearts, okay?” Xu Feng faked a cough and suggested.

”Someone did feel extremely down repeatedly and had numerous self-blame moments after all.” He continued, gently reminding Carmenʼs actions in their first obstacle.

Sure enough, Carmenʼs face turned pale when being reminded of her depressed mood-like behavior.

”Hmm, but if your incident was exposed, it would do more harm than mine,” Carmen muttered, seemingly weighing the pros and cons.

In the end, she flashed a wicked grin as she stared at him. ”Go ahead and expose me. Iʼll gladly endure it while explaining our Guild Leaderʼs weakness.”

”...”

For the first time, Xu Feng seriously regretted his weak will.

How could he not resist and remain calm?

Why did he have to be afraid just because of the spooky-like environment?

The maze they were in was also gloomy-like, but the atmosphere between this and that horror challenge was just overwhelmingly different.

Moreover, just what the hell was Carmenʼs mentality?

She appeared hesitant and even self-depreciated in the first challenge. Yet when it came to that horror challenge, she had taken on his role and was extremely decisive and fearless.

”There there, Guild Leader.” Carmen suddenly wrapped her arm around his shoulder and smiled cheekily. ”I was just kidding. Your secret is safe with me. No one else but me will know how you behave in the horror genre.”

Xu Feng clenched his fist tightly and felt extremely ashamed of himself. He was furious and wanted to slap his previous self to the next dimension.

ʼDamn it. Those jump scares werenʼt shit!ʼ He cursed silently. He even wanted to redo that obstacle again, but then hesitated.

In the end, Xu Feng sulkingly consumed his meal and ignored the cheeky Carmen for the time being.

”Oh come on, my dearest and fearless Guild Leader. Youʼre not really going to be petty toward your beloved Guild Commander, right?” Carmen nudged his arm slightly and smiled.

”The foodʼs about to get cold.” He warned in response. He was only slightly displeased, but he wasnʼt petty enough to take revenge on Carmen for this matter.

He was also certain that Carmen was merely teasing him to lessen the tense and gloomy atmosphere.

After all, she wasnʼt the type to gossip nor was she the type to reveal other peopleʼs secrets.

Sometime later, the two finished their meal. They got up and began their journey.

Thanks to earning 5 icons, most of the restrictions had been lifted slowly.

Thus, Carmen was able to summon her creatures with ease to scout around the surroundings.

Although the sky limit remained in place, they were already grateful that they could use the summoned creatures to explore ahead of them.

Not only could they remain in their safe zone to pause the timer, but they could also save themselves from walking to a dead end and being forced to return.

The dust herbs that Xu Feng had scattered were almost used up, and he had no intention of wasting any more of them.

Half an hour later, Carmenʼs expression darkened as she discovered one particular summoned creature of hers had been running in a circle.

”Guild Leader, Iʼve found something abnormal.” She quickly called out and began relaying the events to him.

After listening to the event, Xu Fengʼs brows furrowed as he realized the abnormality.

”The summoned creature kept returning to the same path huh. Can you try to connect with your summoned creature to share the vision?”