The Last Ruler: The Return of the Goddess
Explosion and maze center

In Mira's place, she now sat still on the podium and did not release her hand from the sword that stuck, and her eyes were constantly staring at the screen. He watched closely, there was nothing suspicious as Ninia and her friends did not cheat during the duel.

It was difficult to prosecute them because there was no concrete evidence. As he turned his attention, behind his left side sat a short distance away from him, the leader of the Acrenea Guild, he sat quietly and said nothing but to be asked. Her expression was not very visible, but Mira felt that something was wrong with her.

Not only him, even Derrick who was sitting on the other side was also looking at him with a sharp expression. He must have felt that strange thing too.

" Mira!." when Mira's daydreams broke to hear that.

He and Derrick immediately turned their attention to Israhi who ran over in such a hurry, and behind him was also followed by two three people who were previously with him.

Mira who saw his somewhat panicked look immediately got up from her sitting, "What's up, Israhi??" her question then in a really serious manner, she felt a bit of a bad premonition now.

And Israhi arrived right in front of him, he immediately said. " Mira, we have to stop this duel! It's a trap!" he said.

" What are you saying all of a sudden?? " Derrick doesn't understand his sudden appearance.

Israhi knew that and she began to explain, "With, all this is arranged. Everything is still connected to the person who was behind the attack! Right now, it's not just Altair... But everyone, who is inside might as well be outside the labyrinth, are all in danger!" he said it as clearly as possible.

" Is that possible? This duel is called the head of the Acrenea Guild."

" I'm not sure about that.."

When later Israhi turned her attention to the chairman of the Acrenea Guild who remained standing still even though he said that. Therefore, Israhi quickly pulled a dagger from behind her back, and threw the dagger precisely, so that it stuck in the head of the Acrenea Guild leader and made him fall.

" Israhi?!!." And of course it surprised them.

In addition, Karol immediately pulled the collar of his clothes with an angry expression, while Israhi only gave a silent expression.

" What do you think you're doing?!"

" Wait, Karol!." When then Siran shouted to stop him, Karol immediately turned to him. " Look what he found..." He continued with a furious expression while staring at their leader.

Hearing that, he immediately let go of Israhi and turned towards their chairman who had previously fallen on the podium. And how surprised he was to see what it was..

" What... how can..?"

It was not their leader, not a human anyway, it was a magic puppet.

" As I thought, this is the awkwardness we feel. This duel is not the thing that your Guild leader did, but rather the masked person you said." Israhi later said, and that explained everything.

They're aware of that, except for Mira and Derrick who haven't heard about it.

" What do you mean?"

" There's no time to explain, we have to immediately-..."

Duars...

Israhi's words were cut off by the sound of such a loud explosion, everyone was startled. Plus, there was another commotion in their place after the explosion that sounded so loud and huge...

" ah! What's going on?!"

" The screen is suddenly dead!."

" There's a big explosion going on, what's going on??"

Their relationship with the inside was cut off suddenly, probably due to the huge explosion, the insects were also destroyed together.

" What does this mean...??" even Mira herself was confused as there was no problem whatsoever when she used the insect to explore the labyrinth before.

***

moments before the explosion, in the labyrinth.

Altair and his team are still seen running down the path they took after cutting the path of Ninia and his team earlier. They drove off unhindered as the traps there began to be rare. When later... Aksa felt something dart from there.

He immediately jumped to the side avoiding her, at the same time as Remilia who turned around and pulled over to the labyrinth wall.

A dagger flew past them and struck the labyrinth floor ahead of him, in view of how he darted like the one who threw it was actually exerting his power.

" Wow, that's really fast."

" The dagger was meant to kill, Aksa."

They stopped there when Aksa and Remilia said so, and soon Ninia and her team came after them.

" Damn..!"

He really looked so angry that his path was taken over by them, he just pulled out another dagger and lunged towards them. He had to face off against Remilia, when he also drew his sword to resist the attack.

Trangg...

The sound of iron colliding with each other filled the place, Remilia and Ninia were facing so hard, none of them wanted to budge.

At the same time, his other teammate, Reya comes face to face with Aksa. He attacked him with wind magic, and of course it was quite disturbing for all the arrows of Aksa.

" Give up, you will never be able to get out of this labyrinth!!" Ninia shouted loudly there.

Making the Remilia in front of him so grumpy, "Ah, shut the fuck up. People who use cheating" he said in reply to Ninia's words.

" At least, even if we lose we can get out of the labyrinth easily. Not like you." he continued who then threw Ninia behind.

But of course it was not enough to defeat her, Ninia got back up and laughed cynically.

He gave a signal to Lica who was standing back there, and at that moment, he looked like he was pulling empty air. Remilia was stuck with it, there was a glimpse of the reflection of light from what she was pulling, it was a thread. It stretched towards them, directly connected to the back there.

Remilia immediately turned her head back there, to the place where the dagger had been thrown before. At the same time, Lica moved the object, the elongated thread was spinning around there.

He ensnared Altair and tied him up, "Ah.. Ugh!" Altair didn't have much of a chance to dodge amidst the threads he couldn't see.

" Alrish!!" Remilia was surprised by that, making Aksa also turn her head in a single glance.

Elsewhere, Ninia laughed with excitement. " Ahaahaha... You won't be able to let go of her, this is a thread made by the rare red spider queen." she was sure of it, let alone due to the worried faces of Remilia and Aksa.

And yet...

" Pffit..."

Remilia smiled grimly staring at it, making Ninia and her team confused, then she turned her attention back to them.

" I'm sorry, yeah. But... You guys don't catch, Altair." Remilia said so with certainty.

" What do you mean..??" but Ninia did not understand the meaning, even though what happened right before their eyes.

" Oh, are you completely unconscious??" Aksa then said and made all the attention on him, Aksa himself looked so relaxed. He was really calm and then ruffled his waist. " Altaire.... Not here." he continued.

Ninia and her friends were shocked by it, at the same time as it was, the Altair that was tied to the pepper in her place faded away like dust. And a moment later.... It turned into a golden bird.

Kwakk..

That's Lumine.

He freed himself from the thread and immediately flapped his wings, flew close to Remilia, then alighted on his shoulders.

Remilia and Aksa who knew that only smiled casually.

While Ninia gritted her teeth in anger at that, "Where is she?!!"

****

- At the same time, at the center of the labyrinth.

A portal of space opened up on one of the walls of the labyrinth surrounding it. Altair slowly came out of there, and descended back on the ground gently.

Taps...

" Fuhh... It's faster, isn't that Zico??" altair said there to Zico who is now on his shoulders with his small form.

Ky....

But Zico said he was childish, but he could do that from the start.

" uh..."

Altair felt struck by it, she never got into the labyrinth, so she wanted to have a better time. That's what he meant by having fun, but why are people even bothered about it??

" Oh, let's just get the treasure now!."

Kyu~..

Even so, the two of them were instantly excited by the idea.

Altair stepped closer to the spot before him, it looked like a round altar with five pillar stones surrounding it. It looks like the one he's ever met.

When Altair stepped inside, he felt like he was passing through something like transparent water... " Eh..??" suddenly because of that he turned his head back, but there was nothing there.

" What was that..."

Kyu..!

" Hm? What's up, Zico?"

Kyu.. Kyu~

Zico patted Altair's cheek quickly and pointed towards the middle. The stone table there that looks to have an incompatible carving in the middle of the altar rotates regularly and opposites each other, until everything completes the pictures that exist with each other.

" Wow..." Altair was fascinated by it, and then he stepped closer and looked at it.

Altair stretched out his hand and gently touched the table, watching every image carefully. It was like telling them a story....

" Hm... It's the Devil, the angel, the god and... Wild animal...?? What is war..? "

Altair did not understand the purpose of the pictures there. Then he was surprised by the carvings that gave off light.

" Huh..! What's going on..?!"

The carvings slowly melted, gathered together with each other, and finally formed a necklace. That's really unique...

And somehow it feels familiar.

Altair extended his hand back to the necklace that had not yet been fully formed, and when his finger touched the necklace. Such a dazzling light radiated out from him...

" O...!"

Altair could barely take his eyes off, if only Zico did not directly cover his eyes with his wings.