"Surprise?"

Ronald turned his head and immediately understood what Caterina meant.

In order to find his way through the complex labyrinth, Ronald walked to the top of the canopy and his gaze wandered around without even taking it back.

But just behind them, on this tall enough tree, there was actually a very special little thing.

Thanks to Katerina's attentiveness, they were not left unnoticed.

[Look! What did the adventurer's assistant discover? 】

[On this towering tree, there is actually a small mechanism. 】

[The way to get out of the canopy maze is not to go down, but to go up!] 】

[But they need to hurry!] 】

[Because while the adventurer and his assistant are looking for the way, danger in the distance is also approaching!] 】

"——!"

As soon as the voiceover fell, the voice of the giant eagle sounded high in the sky.

These dangerous creatures have returned, hovering in the air at the moment, and there is still a hint of confusion in the eagle's chirp.

They don't understand where the two Ronalds who were in the nest have gone.

However, with the vision of eagles, it may not be long before they find the two people in the canopy on the other side.

"Time is running out!"

Knowing that the situation was tense right now, Ronald immediately checked Caterina's findings.

On the trunk of this tree, a string of five sliding, like a combination lock on a suitcase, is embedded in the tree in front of them.

Ronald tried to flick it.

The diagram on these five sliding locks is exactly the same, and can be fixed to one of the [Eyes], [Palms], [Footprints], [Trees], and [Lips].

Ronald was still thinking, and Katerina said the situation:

"There are five outcomes in each of the five positions, and this puzzle has to be solved exhaustively, and there are three thousand one hundred and twenty-five permutations. Even if we're lucky, I'm afraid it will take a thousand times to crack it! ”

"Then think about what the pattern is here." The terrible giant eagle was hovering looking for them, and it was naturally impossible for Ronald to try three thousand arrangements, "Think about it, there is a high probability that [trees] refer to this forest. ”

"Although the maze is difficult this time, this riddle can't be too difficult!"

Ronald had already analyzed the situation in his head.

With the idea of reaching a high place to observe the entire maze structure, he and Caterina did not waste time going down at all, but almost all the way up to this place, and took the right path.

But the giant eagle returned at this time, and the threat of death was almost behind the ass.

Although this maze is difficult, it is definitely impossible to complete the task.

Therefore, the combination lock in front of you must not be a test that needs to waste a lot of time to pass.

After all, in that case, it's a trap for malicious murder.

It's not a labyrinth that you can really pass through!

"Phew-"

Suddenly, the cry of the giant eagle sounded again.

The voice had approached the two of them, and the moment of life and death was coming in minutes!

"Ronald, get out of the way!"

Caterina squeezed Ronald aside.

Then she quickly swiped the password with her fingers, adjusting the order of the diagram to [Palm] - [Trees] - [Lips] - [Eyes] - [Footprints].

Kata –

Caterina has just completed this change.

The sound of the wooden structure writhing sounded in the trunk of the tree in front of it.

Then the combination lock glowed with a beautiful blue light, and a curved arch suddenly grew out of the trees.

- Caterina has successfully solved this test!

"Let's go!"

Ronald and the two glanced at each other, and at this time, the sound of the giant eagle flapping its wings could even be heard behind them!

Now I don't care about the order and action of pushing the door.

Together, they smashed open the curved archway, resulting in a staircase leading downward. The two of them fell without accident, and then rolled into a ball, and just like that, they fell all the way!

After a while, they fell hard to the ground.

The two entangled, their tones interacted with both complaining and rejoicing:

"Ronald, take your hand off me!"

"I want to take it away too, but can you get up on me first?"

"You've caught me in the eyeball, I'll kill you!"

"Why don't you see where you're arresting me now?"

Bang——!

Suddenly, the sound of an impact sounded from above.

Ronald and the others immediately fell silent.

Although the dense canopy of trees blocked the view above, they also understood that it was the giant eagle that had come to the canopy to vent their anger at the loss of food.

Several giant eagles crunched on it for a while.

It wasn't until they had vented their anger and made sure they couldn't get their food back, and then they departed with the sound of an eagle chirping in the air.

“……”

In silence, Ronald and Caterina stared at each other.

They breathed a sigh of relief together, and then Ronald stood up first, and then stretched out his hand to Caterina and said:

"Katarina, thanks to you this time."

"I really didn't come up with the answer to the mystery at that time, and if it was a little later, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to stand here and talk now."

Caterina grabbed Ronald's hand and got up.

But she was not arrogant at all, but replied in a calm tone:

"Ronald, you have identified the right path upwards so that we have not gone astray; And I solved the final mystery and successfully opened the door to the ground. ”

"This labyrinth is a triumph of the two of us, not the result of individual efforts."

"Maintaining this kind of cooperation is the key to winning this game."

Katerina's calm and correct attitude made Ronald's nervous feeling relax a lot.

The two continued on their way, smiling at each other.

It's all in plain sight.

After walking a distance of nearly 100 meters, Ronald's puzzled voice sounded again:

"But Caterina, to be honest, I haven't figured out that riddle yet, what the hell is going on?"

"It's easy!" Caterina immediately explained her thoughts, "Those five diagrams actually correspond to our experiences after entering this world, as long as they are laid out in chronological order. ”

"The first is the [palm], which represents the action of the giant eagle grabbing us in the air; Then there is the "Tree", which refers to the two of them descending into the forest, which is the best part of the whole secret language; The next "lips" means the voiceover that the two of us hear; "Eyes" refers to the choice of the structure of the maze after the voiceover is over; As for the final [footprint] ......"

Speaking of which, all doubts are solved.

So Ronald directly told the final truth:

"The last [footprint] represents our action to break the maze."