The phrasing of words is essential when communicating; everyone knows that. Jake was quite known for sometimes not thinking through what he was saying, but sometimes, he knew exactly what he said. Sometimes, it was just really fun to fuck with people a bit, especially when what you said was entirely truthful.

Miranda had simply given him too good of a setup for Jake to miss the opportunity. It was just perfect. The reaction of Miranda was great as her eyes narrowed in confusion and disbelief… with the one from Holstred and the two who had arrived with him just pure gold as their eyes opened wide as if they had just heard something they really shouldn’t have.

“Jake… what exactly do you mean when you say that the Chosen of the Boundless Hydra died?” Miranda asked after a bit, having clearly sussed out that Jake was messing with her somehow.

“Well, what happened is that we went to the moon,” Jake began.

“Right.”

“And then Sandy wanted to explore the core and met the B-grade ghost haunting the moon deep inside the thing,” he continued.

Miranda nodded.

“This ghost then killed Sandy,” Jake finished.

“To fully clarify, is the Chosen dead as of this moment?” Miranda sighed.

“No? Not right now, as far as I know.”

“Then how exactly was the Chosen of the Lord Protector considered dead?”

“By being killed,” Jake shrugged as if she was asking the most obvious question in the world.

“But they are not dead anymore, correct?” Miranda said with a high level of exasperation.

“Sandy got better.”

“Right… right,” Miranda nodded slowly. “So, to conclude, the Chosen is not actually dead. So where are they right now?”

“Went back to the Order to recuperate. Turns out dying isn’t healthy for you. Who would’ve known?” Jake said with a grin.

“Okay, this was a very enlightening conversation,” Miranda said, as he saw a glint in her eye that made Jake aware she wanted to make him do work stuff. “Now, what’s this about us having to discuss setting up a Minaga’s Labyrinth?”

As she asked, she also threw a look at Holstred and the two others, making them bow and leave. This left only Jake, Lillian, and Miranda remaining in the meeting room. Jake had feared he wouldn’t escape having to set it up now after using Miranda’s return as an excuse for not having done it yet.

“See, while it may have been an excuse I made up in the moment, I do actually think it’s something worth discussing with you,” Jake said in a pretty serious tone. “In fact, I’m pretty sure I told Minaga back when I got it that I would likely just hand it to you.”

“We both know it’s more likely you would have forgotten all about the item. Anyway, I have heard a bit about these Labyrinths while at Nevermore. If I remember correctly, they are temporary dungeons that contain an image of Minaga within, with some of the better ones even having a real clone. However, I’m not sure they can be truly viewed as strategic resources. As far as I remember, they have limited usage and a relatively short duration they can exist,” Miranda said.

“Yeah, about that,” Jake scratched the back of his head. “The one I got is a bit better than the average.”

of Minaga giving two thumbs up as he shared its details with Lillian

desires (conditions may apply). When placing the dungeon, you must choose a suitable location. The nature and design of the dungeon may be modified upon placement with advice from the Minaga clone within. This Minaga’s Labyrinth is of the top tier, allowing you to customize far more options while expanding the size of the dungeon significantly. As a top-tier Minaga’s Labyrinth, sections within the Labyrinth can cross grades. Note that the dungeon must be maintained after placement, and should it run out of power, it will disappear forever. As

Requirements: Soulbound.

carefully, as Lillian commented: ”I do think that reached the level of being considered

Miranda nodded. ”It’s… a lot different to others I have seen. Especially the part about not having an expiration date and the ability to have parts of it cross

it.

just struck me… doesn’t Arnold, the Sword Saint, Sylphie, Carmen, Maria, Caleb, the Fallen King, and a lot of others also have their own Minaga’s Labyrinths to place? I have yet to

just forgot they had it,” Jake shrugged, having very reasonably

them and having some kind of cohesive

was smart of me to

out to those with Labyrinths? Also, Jake, do you know if anyone else has top-tier ones

Sylphie does,” Jake answered, remembering she also got a 25% amplifier. ”Maybe Arnold? Not sure, though. Both

Lord Thayne’s Labyrinth in Haven? The city is already highly congested, and placing a dungeon that will undoubtedly attract even more attention and will only exacerbate

probably, no, definitely, had a point there. ”Then also consider looking into a good site to place the Labyrinth. Perhaps several Labyrinths if we wish to have them in

Jake joked, though he knew it probably wouldn’t end up being a

decided nothing more would be

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felt like his social battery was well and truly spent for the day. Miranda also knew this and said she would contact him once there was any update on the Labyrinth situation or if she needed him for something. She did seem a bit surprised Jake was actually spending time

and got to work on his acids once more. He had a feeling that he wouldn’t have as

to be somewhere a week later. This week also quickly went by before Jake set off to somewhere he hadn’t been before. Apparently, there had been a lot of talks about where to place this Labyrinth City – a name that had somehow become official – and in the end, they’d settled on a small town not far from the headquarters of the Noboru Clan. This is to say that Labyrinth City would be well and

already had a teleportation circle placed there. The town was placed in an area right next to a large mountain range with powerful beasts on the other side,

quite the group. All the expected people from the post-Leaderboards reveal get-together were there, including even Sylphie, who happily flew over to Jake when she saw him. Even Arnold was there in person, having been dragged out of his workshop.

a bit late, but at least he had

a smile as she directed her attention to those who hadn’t also been at the board meeting. ”It’s good to

were exchanged before they got down to business and discussed how they actually wanted to do this entire Minaga’s Labyrinth thing. With several labyrinths available of many different tiers, it was only natural to specialize some of

the Labyrinths were

out that part of the preparations over this week had been to place down a projection circle to allow a certain someone to participate. Jake honestly shouldn’t have been surprised when he saw the familiar four-eyed Unique Lifeform

hi Jake, short time no see! You know, because any passage of time feels short to me because I’m

off?” Jake asked as he looked over at

super rude for someone making time in

right; we shouldn’t take up your valuable time,” Jake

out my schedule, so you’re stuck with me,” the Unique Lifeform

your way,” Jake relented

got the gist of it. You want to create an entire city centered around my Labyrinths – very flattering, by the way – and for that, you requested

greet the All-God Legion, and it is precisely so,” Miranda said with a

we have available,” the projection said as Jake and everyone else presented their statues. Jake saw that while

statues closely. ”Damn, I look good, don’t

we can’t turn it off?” Jake turned to

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