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"I\'m worried about Aster," she whispered while looking around. "But I can\'t detect his presence anywhere nearby. He must be in a separate space altogether."

Faeloria remained calm despite the situation, keeping an eye on everything around her. Observing the space, she realized it was a maze-type field. The walls, reaching up to the ceiling, blocked her path and prevented her from going over the maze to take the easy way out.

"Hmmm?"

The walls intrigued her. The material wasn\'t anything she recognized. It wasn\'t made of stone, at least. She approached the closest wall and touched its surface lightly.

Her eyes widened before she let out a gasp of awe. "This is... interesting."

The walls looked like they were made of dark wood, with a texture resembling tree bark. However, the material wasn\'t as soft as wood; it was tougher than iron. When she tried punching through it with her finger, she chipped her fingernail but did no damage at all.

"Is this wall made entirely of Black-Iron Cedar? The properties seem similar," Faeloria mused. "Well, enough of that. I need to move soon."

The walls were nearly indestructible, and she couldn\'t climb over them. Moreover, the space itself was solid, without a single node she could exploit to break through.

With all those obstacles combined, Faeloria could only sigh. "I hate maze exploration the most," she grumbled.

Without delay, she began navigating the maze\'s complicated paths. Yet, every path she chose led to dead ends after a few turns. Every direction seemed like it held promise at first, but none of them panned out, and soon she found herself going in circles.

Undeterred by her lack of progress, she continued searching for the optimal path, but... "Where did I start from again?"

Barely 10 minutes after she began, she was already lost!

It wasn\'t that Faeloria lacked a sense of direction. Rather, the paths she took "forward" and the path "back" didn\'t seem to match. There was an extra corner where there should have been three, or paths vanished even though she had just walked through them.

"This is..." Faeloria frowned, realizing what was happening. "A variable maze. One that changes its design after a fixed number of steps!"

To verify her guess, she carefully counted her steps while observing the maze\'s structure. After some time, she confirmed that every 100 steps, the paths rotated and shuffled.

"Hmm... I see..." Faeloria nodded, her lips pursed into a thin frown.

She continued testing the maze, taking steps here and there, turning corners, and tracking the changes. This tedious process went on for hours, but Faeloria eventually figured out the mechanism. She even discovered a way to reach the entrance in one go!

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"This algorithm should be the solution to this maze\'s puzzle!" she declared proudly, the faintest glimmer of triumph in her eyes.

Without delay, she followed the solution she had devised. Running without stopping, she turned left or right at even intervals and occasionally took a few steps back. As she did, the path ahead opened up, as if the maze itself welcomed her deeper into its core. The walls that once seemed impenetrable now parted as though recognizing her efforts to outsmart the system.

Each turn reinforced her confidence in the pattern she had unraveled.

*GROWL!*

"Hmm?"

Of course, a maze wouldn\'t be a maze without obstacles. Just as Faeloria estimated she was halfway through, she crossed paths with the maze\'s guardians.

Giant, humanoid, tree-like monsters with sharp red eyes and jagged mouths resembling rows of teeth. Their large bodies towered over Faeloria, completely blocking the path ahead. The sight of their hulking forms casting shadows in the dim maze was enough to stop anyone in their tracks.

"Huh, so I need to defeat you to proceed, is that it?" Faeloria smiled but then frowned. "Wait... these things are high-level beings?"

Though they tried to hide it, she sensed the Corrupted Demonic Treants ahead were at least level 1000, perhaps even higher.

Faeloria\'s eyes glowed as her mind raced. She was in a pinch, though not in life-threatening danger. The real issue was that if she made one wrong move, she\'d have to restart the algorithm and begin the maze from scratch, negating all her progress.

"Fighting without moving off the true path... Now this is what I call a challenge!" Faeloria grinned slightly, her competitive side kicking in. The thrill of overcoming obstacles, even in the midst of danger, made her heart race.

While she hadn\'t forgotten about Aster\'s life being in danger, that didn\'t mean Faeloria couldn\'t enjoy herself. A sweet smile crossed her face as her fingers moved gently, tapping the wind.

The crisp sound of a lyre echoed, filling the air with a heartwarming melody. But that was only a byproduct of her advanced-level spellcasting.

"Corrupted beings have high magic resistance, and Treants have high physical damage resistance. Combining the two means they have an almost perfect defense..." Faeloria analyzed, her expression growing more focused.

Such creatures were nothing short of boss monsters. But even tight defenses had weaknesses.

"It\'s been proven that different types of attack resistance and nullification only work one at a time, not simultaneously!"

With this knowledge, she knew how to break through the enemy\'s defenses. She just needed to attack with both physical and magic forces at the same time, exploiting the loophole in their dual resistances.

"Kyuin Thorne Ambuor Mythra Sirreo Gala Spicht! Tree God\'s Wrathful Iron Spear!"

As she finished her chant, gigantic metallic roots sprouted from the ground like spears. They shot forward, forming a net that wouldn\'t let anything escape, attacking from complicated angles and various directions.

*GRAAAAH!*

The Corrupted Demonic Treant was too slow to dodge, and its body was smashed to bits by the powerful spell. The creature, boasting immense toughness, had its core crushed into fine powder in an instant.

Faeloria gasped, placing a hand over her mouth. "Oh? Was a 9th-tier spell overkill? I guess I overestimated the enemy."

*GROWL!*

*OOOH!*

But of course, there wasn\'t just one. Five more appeared from the corner ahead, and Faeloria\'s smile slowly faded as she readied herself for what was to come.