Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 417: Labyrinth Of Vidur

As the carriages with familiars and former students rolled north, the weather gradually turned colder as they passed through towns and villages. It didn’t bother Violina or Anerias at all. It wouldn’t have bothered Zach at all if he had been healthy, but he wasn’t so it did. He, Nessa, and Dukiel picked up fur coats along the way and made sure to stay warm as they continued toward the depths of the North.

The Labyrinth of Jira was located close to the edge of the Eastern territory in the last city before the border. The Labyrinth of Syst was located outside the continent in the sea. Following that trend, the Labyrinth of Vidur was also located on the outskirts of the northern territory.

But unlike the East or the South, it wasn’t that easy to get to. There also wasn’t a need to organize or safekeep the Labyrinth’s entrance in any way. The rugged, snowy, windy, and almost lethal mountainous path leading to the Labyrinth entrance was enough to ensure only the ones qualified to enter would enter.

The snowy monsters also acted as guards. Anyone unprepared would fall long before they arrived at the Labyrinth.

Direwolves with legs longer than Nessa was tall and fur like blizzards as they ran up and down the mountainsides.

Snow Leopards leaping from snowy shadows and cliffs as soundlessly as falling snowflakes.

Massive primates walking on two legs throwing boulders of rocks and ice from afar before climbing close and attacking. Yetis.

The snowy mountain range of Vidur was not hospitable. An ordinary entourage would have long been driven out or succumbed.

Zach couldn’t put his full strength into his barriers given his condition, but they and Mandra’s magical barriers were more than enough to protect the group from the weather and any attacks they received. The other maids, Violina’s, and Dukiel’s familiars dealt with their attackers.

Nessa’s familiars weren’t great at fighting in blizzards on top of mountains. The Millipede was too big and might end up falling and rolling down the mountain. The Midnight Butterfly and Dawnthief Bat suffered from the same problem as Anerias’ Darkwing. Their wings would get covered in ice and they would be unable to fly in the strong winds.

Anerias’ other familiars, the Blackfire Hound and Hellcat were having trouble with the cold that Zach’s barriers couldn’t keep out. The Hellcat hid inside Anerias’ coat. Unfortunately, the Hound was too big to do the same, so it had to use its flames to heat itself. However, doing that melted the snow around it, soaking its feet, legs, and underside, which ended up freezing and being covered in ice as soon as the Hound let up the flames.

Unsurprisingly, familiars from the fiery parts of hell weren’t suitable for the freezing blizzards of the northernmost mountain range’s peaks.

Fortunately, Anerias and his familiars weren’t alone and could rely on the rest of the group as they made their way toward the Labyrinth’s entrance. Luckily, the entrance wasn’t on the other side or at the absolute highest peak. It was tucked into a corner of the mountain range a little above halfway to the highest peak.

Three weeks after they left the capital, the group finally found themselves standing in front of a stone archway fused with a flat cliff face. A swirling white and glittery cloud made it obvious that the stone archway was not just a decoration in the middle of nowhere.

There was something magical and otherworldly about it. It was the Labyrinth entrance.

The youths glanced at each other tiredly. They had dealt with what the mountains threw at them with ease, but marching through the thick snow had been physically strenuous. Find exclusive stories on novelbuddy

They hoped a warm beach awaited them on the other side as they walked through the archway together.

Unfortunately, the biting chill and the cold winds whipping the barriers with icy flakes did not relent even after they passed through the Entrance.

The tolling of a bell and screeches from far away snapped them to attention, and they hurriedly took in their surroundings. While the weather hadn’t changed, their footing had. Instead of treading on snow, they were standing on frost-covered stone.

They were standing on top of the walls of a large fortress. To one side was the fortress’ insides and a stair leading to the ground where armored soldiers were running around, carrying arrows, kettles of oil, boulders, and javelins.

On the other side of the wall was a snowy battlefield.

In the distance, an avalanche could be seen approaching the fortress. But it was moving uphill. It wasn’t an ordinary avalanche.

Zach frowned. There was an ominous air to the mass of snow climbing toward the fortress.

As it got closer, they could see that it wasn’t an avalanche. The cloud of snow was due to the beings marching so quickly they kicked up the snow on the ground, making it look like a cloud of snow was moving toward them.

The enemy troops continued marching toward them at a thunderous pace. The bell continued tolling like it was the end of the world. The allied soldiers of the fortress shouted and lined up along the edge of the wall with their weapons.

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The youths glanced down the wall.

It was so tall that even the Millipede’s full length was barely half its height.

Yet, the soldiers running around Zach and the others like the youths were invisible had faces of fear and dread.

The enemy troops were close enough that their features were visible.

Those weren’t human features. They were monsters but not like any Zach and the others had seen. No, they were like ones they had seen and killed multiple times.

But they were different. Their movements weren’t right. Almost all of the monsters were injured.

Not a drop of blood flowed from the injuries, but it was clear that all of the monsters were in bad conditions. Still, like they were being carried by the snow, they surged forward like they were in the prime of their life.

Something wasn’t adding up.

Zach’s pupils narrowed as he looked at the enemy army. It looked like there were even humans among them.

[Welcome to Urus Keep! Protect the last bastion of civilization!]