Unrivaled Demon's Odyssey

Nero and Pavel walked for a few more hours and encountered dozens of monsters.

Pavel tried to fight every monster, but Nero defeated all of them with just a snap.

THUMP! THUMP!

A colossal-sized spider dashed at Nero and Pavel with the speed of light, unnoticed to the naked human eyes.

The spider was spitting venom and melting everything on its way.

Pavel conjured two swords in his hand and glanced at Nero, as though he was waiting for Nero to snap.

Nero turned to Pavel and motioned him to fight the spider: "I guess, I should let you have a spotlight at least once."

Pavel's face cheered up in an instant, and he wore a fox mask on his face.

"Thanks!"

Nero nodded and stood on the side to enjoy the fight between the spider and Pavel.

Pavel took a deep breath and dashed at the spider with double the speed of the spider.

SNAP!

But, as Pavel was about to hit the spider, Nero snapped and killed it.

Pavel landed on the ground and stood in silence.

Nero couldn't stop laughing and grinning.

He walked to Pavel and uttered with a wide grin on his face: "It was an amazing fight." He clapped his hands.

"I should have known," Pavel murmured in a low voice.

After walking for a few more hours, they finally reached the end of the labyrinth.

Nero raised his brows and Pavel and asked, " Are you sure this is the chamber?"

"Yes." Pavel nodded. "I only made one chamber in the labyrinth, and this is it."

"So, how much time did it take us to get here?" Nero asked with a curious yet calm look on his face.

"Umm… around 32 hours," Pavel replied.

"So we are on the second day already," Nero muttered.

"I am surprised we got here sooner than I thought we would. Let's go and get your weapon! Then we are free to go!"

"Don't raise flags." Nero smacked Pavel on the head and asked, "And just curious, but this chamber doesn't happen to have a boss monster or something, right?"

"No. But there is an invisible barrier around your weapon to seal its presence and protect it," Pavel answered.

"Wait… it took us 36 hours to get here, so it's going to take us another 36 hours to get out of here?" Nero asked with a baffled look on his face as he realized it would be 72 hours which was equivalent to 3 days.

"It normally should. But I now know which exact way we should go, and it shouldn't take us more than 10 hours to get out of here."

The Labyrinth's corridors and mazes changed as time passed, but Pavel had calculated what maze would connect to which corridors, so he knew the straight way to get out of the labyrinth.

"So 46 hours." Nero wondered. "If we go back to the inn before the completion of two days, I will ask for a reward from my girls."

"..." After hearing that, Pavel told himself, 'Rest in peace, me.'

He said that on the spur of the moment that it would take 10 hours. However, he wasn't certain about it. He simply calculated the time and estimated it on a theoretical basis. However, the practical value might differ.

"Let's go now! Open the damn door!" Nero yelled.

Pavel nodded and placed his hand on the door as the sigil on his and the door shined.

The door began opening on its own. Nero, however, got impatient and kicked the door, resulting in it slamming on the opposite side.

They walked in and saw a small purple with red-colored blade hovering in the middle of the chamber with an invisible barrier around it.

"Oh!" Nero exclaimed. 'So he was talking about this weapon. I honestly forgot about it since I couldn't use it and never figured out how it worked.'

Nero walked one step forward as he blinked, but when he opened his eyes, he saw a man standing near the blade.

He was wearing black attire that was emitting a black aura with a black hue. There was a black cap on his head and a crow mask on his face.

Nero furrowed his brows and uttered, "Pavel, what did I tell you?"

"You said many things; which one are you talking about?" 

"About raising flags and the boss monster; this is it," Nero sighed.

Nero and Pavel watched the man as he moved his hand towards the blade.

"Do you know him?" Nero whispered.

"No. I thought he was with you."

"How did he get here? You said there is no back access."

"I don't know. But he sure is a foolish person." Pavel sneered. "Not only is he trying to touch the barrier— that will vaporize him instantly. But he came across us; I alone can make a mess of him."

The man moved his hand closer to the barrier, but stopped halfway.

'Did he realize that there was an invisible barrier?' Pavel thought.

The man once again moved his hand towards the barrier, and his hand passed through it.

"...!"

He grabbed the blade and pulled it out of the barrier.

"Impossible!" Pavel yelled. "There is no way one can survive after touching the barrier!"

"He didn't touch the barrier, you dumbass! Didn't you see his hand pass through it," Nero remarked.

"But he touched the blade! The barrier should have been triggered!" Pavel proclaimed.

"It was indeed a fine barrier, but you still have a lot to learn, Pavel," said the man without looking or turning back.

"Who are you?! And what do you mean?!" Pavel asked in a loud voice.

"Hey, hey; keep your voice low. I can hear you fine," the man remarked.

SNAP!

Without wasting a single second, Nero snapped. 

Pavel thought the man would die from Nero's snap, but he still stood there without any injury or any sign of suffering.

'I can't snap harder than this; if I do, then Pavel will be wiped out of existence.'

Nero frowned his face and uttered, "Who are you, and what do you want from my weapon?"

The man finally turned around and looked at Nero through the mask.

"You have grown big, Zeus," uttered the man.

"Fa…ther?"