Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 424: Invitation

As they neared the base of the mountain and the monsters on the plain, Zach raised a sturdy barrier around himself while his maids prepared for battle. They could feel the monsters turn to look at them, and Zach could feel the source of his bad feeling stronger than ever from deeper into the horde of monsters.

However, contrary to their worries, the monsters didn’t surge to attack them in an unending tide.

They cleared a path straight into the plains.

"..."

"...This looks like a trap, Young Master." Nora offered up her advice, already aware of Zach’s thoughts on the matter.

"I know," he said, taking a step forward, inspecting the monsters. When they didn’t move and only seemed to follow him with their lifeless eyes, he continued walking. His maids had no choice but to follow him, their weapons and powers ready to lay waste to the monsters around them.

After a while, the monsters around them changed from the ones that had attacked the fortress to ones who had yet to do so. They were stronger monsters waiting for their turn.

Zach could tell that Alzara was curious about them and what materials she could get from them despite their situation. And Soara was studying how their reanimation worked since it didn’t work the same way it had done with the Basilisk.

It was a hauntingly silent walk. Zach and his maids were scared they would wake the monsters from their lifeless slumber. And the monsters, despite being numerous enough to fill the vast plain, were dead silent. No breaths or heartbeats of any kind could be heard from them.

Even the wind had died down below the mountain, sinking the area into a dull and rank lifeless wasteland.

Zach had taken more enjoyable walks in his life. The only good thing about it was that there was only one path and all other directions were filled with monsters. The odds of him getting lost were almost nonexistent. And if he did get lost, he had the mountain behind him as an orientation post.

After a while, without them getting lost, Zach and the others found themselves in front of the only thing that wasn’t a monster on what could be the entire plain. It was a tent like the one a military commander might use during an expedition.

Zach glanced at his maids before grabbing and flipping open the flaps and entering the tent, no idea what to expect. His maids were less than half a step behind him, ready to intercept and retaliate against any attack.

However, no one attacked them. There was only one other being inside the tent, and they were sitting in the middle of the floor cross-legged and with their eyes closed.

The being looked like a human but with four arms. They were bald. Even their eyebrows were gone. There was not a hint of hair on their mostly exposed body. Due to that, Zach would have suspected them of being a man if not for their objectively beautiful features and the wrappings around their chest.

If he had to guess between them being a man and a woman, he would say woman.

As the tent flaps closed behind Nora, the four-armed being opened their eyes and looked at Zach with golden irises.

"You," she said with a hoarse but soft voice as her eyes seemed to glow. Enjoy new adventures from novelbuddy

"Me," Zach answered curiously as he looked at her. His spine crawled in discomfort. This four-armed woman was ridiculously dangerous. Probably more so than Ugor had been. But at the same time, Zach could tell that she couldn’t do anything. No, she wouldn’t do anything. It was odd.

"You are the first face I have seen since I was dragged into this place," the four-armed woman explained as she looked at Zach’s face with a light smile.

"My standards may have been influenced by my surroundings, but you’re handsome. Thank you for accepting my invitation."

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Zach returned her smile and sat down in front of her.

"What’s the worst that could happen, right? If I get killed here, I just get sent back to my world. I figured I might as well try to get some answers to my curiosity."

The four-armed woman barely shook her head.

"That only applies if you aren’t killed by me. The Blizzard can protect you from the Blight when it’s been weakened by the hosts out there," the woman said with a strange tone Zach couldn’t tell what it meant. But he could understand the meaning of her words, and his pupils narrowed as he tensed up.

"...If I had known that before, I might have made a different choice."

"Mm. That’s reasonable." The woman looked at Zach with clear eyes as if waiting for him to flee.

Instead…

"So, what’s your story?" Zach asked.

The woman was dangerous and understandably deranged. If what she had said so far was the truth, it seemed like she had been trapped here since the Labyrinth was made. That was at least over a thousand years ago and it could very well be more than several thousand years. And she had been trapped with nothing but the dead monsters for company.

She had invited Zach for a reason, and it probably wasn’t just because she was lonely. But it was an undeniable part of the reason. Zach decided he could try and take advantage of her loneliness as he figured out what to do and how to get out of there.

The woman’s eyes widened slightly as if she had expected Zach to express fear or worry, not curiosity.

She blinked for the first time since the start of their conversation.

"I can tell you my story. I am in no rush, after all. In exchange, I want you to listen to my request when I’m done," she said.

Zach nodded.

"That depends on the request, but I will at least hear you out."

"That much is good enough." The woman returned the nod.