"There’s no more path, so why did you say it ’should’ be a dead end?" Dox wondered. He was only concerned about the oddity in Angel’s words and had no interest in those extraordinary items.
"The uncertainty comes from the fact that the end of the right passage is a door, and behind it is a two-story building," Angel explained. "There’s a magical energy array on the door, but I found some loopholes that allowed some sound echowaves to probe inside. It’s not too big inside. Although the echowaves didn’t detect another door, I couldn’t send many echowaves in, so it’s uncertain if there’s another exit in the room that leads to other parts of the maze."
With Angel’s explanation, Dox understood that since the end wasn’t a wall but a room, there was potential for change.
"Now, can we discuss which path to take?" Angel suggested while looking at the Black Earl, "The short staff is still yours; how about a lucky pick between the two?"
The Black Earl said, "I told you, I only use Luck Choice, and I’ve used up all my chances. I don’t know any other divination."
Angel raised an eyebrow but didn’t say more. However, internally, he was skeptical of the Black Earl’s claim. After all, the Black Earl was quite casual when he used Luck Choice before, giving off a feeling of "using a one-time divine sword that can slay the Demon King on a slime before the hero even reaches the final Demon King Castle."
"I did learn some lucky picking, but the probability of error is about fifty percent," Angel said, fiddling with the short staff and looking eager to try.
Dox, hearing this, laughed in exasperation, "Fifty percent error on a two-choice, doesn’t that mean learning it is no different from not learning it?"
Though Dox was correct, Angel personally felt there was a slight difference. At least, the ritual process before releasing a lucky pick, he had learned it well. As for the final outcome, that was up to destiny.
"Either I use lucky pick, or you say which path we should take," Angel said to Dox.
The whole point of the back-and-forth was to ultimately let Dox choose the path.
If Dox also couldn’t choose a path, then it would be a fifty-fifty pick, excluding the sewer route.
Dox didn’t realize Angel was setting him up... because the inspiration advancement experiment had dulled Dox’s sharpness in inspiration.
So, Dox seriously considered which path to take for a while.
After some thought, Dox pointed to the right, "Let’s try this side first. It’s not far, even if it’s a dead end, we can check it out. After all, there’s a building, there might be some clues inside."
Kaier asked, "Will there be murals?"
Dox replied, somewhat exasperated, "How would I know? Stop going on about murals, you already got one. Greed is taboo when exploring ruins."
Kaier lowered his head, dejected. He was just hoping for Dox to say: maybe there will be murals.
If he said it, there just might be murals after all.
After all, there’s a superstition about what you say coming true.
"You’re right, since we’ve found a building, let’s check it out..." Angel said and led the way down the right path.
As he walked, Angel continued discussing the results from the sound echowave probes: "By the way, I also found a few doors in the sewers, not far from that pit. According to the rule of exploring buildings, should we check out the sewers later?"
Dox replied, "I don’t believe Demon God followers would lose that much dignity, sneaking through the sewers to reclaim a treasure. A thousand years ago, the sewers were completely different from now."
Angel said, "You’re right, but since the Demon God followers built a church underground, a little more endurance doesn’t seem too much."
Dox said, "...I just don’t want to go to the sewers unless absolutely necessary."
"Fine." Angel wasn’t insistent on taking the sewer route; he was just testing Dox’s attitude toward it. If Dox’s intuition was still subtly working, then the sewer route probably wasn’t necessary.
"By the way, if we follow the right path, it’s actually going back. Will we encounter that breathing creature from before?" Kaier suddenly asked.
Kaier’s question reminded everyone. Indeed, considering their journey, this path was backtracking.
However, since they went down a slope earlier and were now on a level path, unless there were upward slopes ahead, it would be difficult to encounter that creature just an invisible wall away.
"Whether we encounter anything depends on whether that building at the end has a second exit," Angel said. However, personally, he didn’t believe they would meet anything, as the labyrinth’s name comes from its twists and oddities.
A wall apart in the maze could be a world apart.