Author: M_W Cancer 

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

Killing the two three-man team wasn't yet the end of everything.

After they finished killing them and taking out three Tracker Compass from their Storage Rings, Ahmed's team quickly went to search for more targets through the assistance of Leo.

The central region of the maze wasn't really that big compared to the four regions around it, and because of that, it wasn't that difficult to stumble upon other teams.

In addition to that, with the Doorway Keys plus the Tracker Compass being used together, Ahmed's team was able to easily locate their target's location even without Leo informing them. Leo would basically only provide them with the general direction while leaving the rest of the work to them. As such, it had looked liked they were relying on themselves to find their prey and not through external aid.

This also caused Leo to have less work and more time to analyze the Mirror Map Table instead.

Every passing minute, the situation in the maze would undergo some drastic changes. But because he was always paying close attention to the situation of Ahmed's team, in order to prevent any accident from happening to them and to also better coordinate their operation, he could only be updated on the current situation from time to time.

However, now that he doesn't need to pay that much close attention to Ahmed's team anymore, he has more than enough time to observe the Mirror Map Table.

Looking at the Mirror Map Table, Leo soon caught up with the current state of the maze after spending a fair bit of time analyzing it.

Initially, there were only a few teams getting eliminated after arriving at the center region of the maze. This was because they were mainly looking for the exit of the maze earlier ago. But as more teams arrived and still no sign of the exit getting found, they have no other choice but to start hunting for other teams in order to eliminate 25 teams and end the second game 'The Maze'.

As of now, 19 teams have already been eliminated, and more would probably soon follow after as there are more and more fights happening around the central region.

Although that wasn't really the most important part of all...

There were still plenty of teams remaining with members of the Naughty Elves organization in them, specifically more than 10 teams.

It is now technically impossible to eliminate all of them, as there are only six more slots remaining until a total of 25 teams gets eliminated.

Recollecting all the kills that Ahmed's team had completed, they have merely killed five members of the Naughty Elves organization out of the four teams they have eliminated so far. Not that many, but it is also not considered a few.

On the other hand, both Orcborg and Selina's team have eliminated six teams in total, four teams and two teams respectively, which has 11 members of the Naughty Elves organization.

Accounting for the total kills of the three teams together, they have pretty much killed 16 members of the Naughty Elves organization.

Regardless, it is still not enough to consider the operation of the second game 'The Maze' successful compared to the first game 'Hide and Seek'.

In the first game 'Hide and Seek', even though they have only killed 15 members of the Naughty Elves organization, which is less than one kill of their total kill in the second game 'The Maze' right now, that was only because of the fact that they were moving together and had only separated at the mid-stage. Also, aside from cooperating with each other and the indirect help from the Seeker groups, the only other help they have received was by directing them to the location of their targets.

Compared to their case right now, where not only were they receiving detailed directions to the location of their targets, but they were also being guided towards chests with helpful items in them and how to avoid and take advantage of the numerous traps around them.

In spite of that, though, they have actually only killed 16 members of the Naughty Elves organization?!

That simply meant that they either haven't made more efforts in their operation to kill members of the Naughty Elves organization or that their plans were very conservative once again.

No matter what it is, they need to make changes in order to achieve success in their operation in the second game 'The Maze'.

Realizing that, Leo immediately began thinking of how he should fix such a problem.

While he was in deep thought, he suddenly noticed in the Mirror Map Table that there are now three teams with members of the Naughty Elves organization in them being in close proximity with each other around Ahmed's team.

Staring closely at the pathways leading towards the three teams, a sudden realization immediately dawned upon his mind.

"Ahmed, Brad, and Illiad, stop on your tracks for a minute, I have thought of a new plan" Leo ordered.

Hearing Leo's words, Ahmed's team instantly stopped moving as they listen closely to what he was going to tell them.

"As of now, there are three teams around you and all of them have members of the Naughty Elves organization in them. What I want you to do as of now is to lead them all in a single location," Leo explained his plan, he added, "Ahmed, go to your 9 o'clock direction. Brad, to your 12 o'clock direction. And Illiad, to your 3 o'clock direction,"

"Once you make contact with your target, we will then swiftly lead them towards that location you are currently standing on right now. Proceed,"

Without questioning what Leo was exactly planning to do, Ahmed, Brad, and Illiad went in the direction they were assigned.

After more than five minutes, Ahmed, Brad, and Illiad finally made contact with the three teams around them. The three teams, as if like starving wolves, immediately started chasing after them.

Seeing that Ahmed, Brad, and Illiad are now being chased by the three teams through the light screens, Leo swiftly began giving directions, "Ahmed, go to your right... then left... right again... then go straight..."

"Brad, to your left... then left again... another left... and finally go straight..."

"Illiad, keep on moving straight... farther more... a little bit more... and go right..."

Ahmed, Brad, and Illiad didn't hesitate to follow Leo's instructions.

Every now and then, Leo would also send out an order to Ahmed's team with the main intention of preventing any of the three teams from stopping on chasing after them, "Shoot a Fireball spell to make them angrier!"

"Come on, give them a small chance to catch up!"

"Let them feel like they can catch you!"

As the distance between Ahmed, Brad, and Illiad was getting closer and closer to each other, it was finally time to reveal the exact plan.

"All of you, in the count of three, create a hole respectively towards the wall right beside you," Leo said, before beginning to count, "One... Two... Three!"

Whoooosh! Whoooosh! Whoooosh!

As Ahmed, Brad, and Illiad disappeared from the sight of the three teams, what appeared next in front of them were the other two teams.

Instantly, the three teams realized that what Ahmed, Brad, and Illiad had been doing all this time was simply kiting them towards one another.

Just when they wanted to turn around and leave this place before they could fall even deeper on Ahmed's team's scheme, gigantic walls began rising around them and soon forming into a small arena for them to obviously fight with each other. What else could it be aside from a trap that Ahmed's team had deliberately activated?

As much as they don't want to fight the other teams, they have no other choice left now since they can no longer escape from this place.

Without needing to wait for further instructions from their comrades, they swiftly brandished their respective weapons and began to fight against each other.

There was no need for anyone to tell them that the only way for them to escape this place alive is to defeat the other two teams and then finally fight against Ahmed's team who had brought them all here.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Whoooosh! Whoooosh! Whoooosh!

Bang! Booom! Bang! Booom!

Sounds of metal hitting against metal began sounding as different weapons made contact with each other.

Different Elements of Magic spells also began raining down towards the location of the other teams.

While everyone was deeply focused on the fight, thinking that it was the only way for them to live, Ahmed's team suddenly appeared at the location they least expected to be and killed one of their members. They were like assassins that would immediately disappear after killing their targets, which in this case they didn't even know were actually members of the Naughty Elves organization. Though some of the time Ahmed's team would target an unfortunate person who was not a member of the Naughty Elves organization, evidently to confuse the Naughty Elves organization who are currently watching the Emerald Elven Battle Competition.

After killing the three members of the Naughty Elves organization from those three teams, Leo quickly said, "Send them all away before they could eliminate each other!"

Whoooosh! Whoooosh! Whoooosh!

Before any of the teams could even react, they were confusingly thrown far from the reach of the other two teams, specifically down to the first floor of the maze, to the wall right beside them, or by blocking all paths around them.