I, the Weakest Human, Start with a Hundredfold Bonus Talent?

Chapter 64: Chapter64-Familiar Faces

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In less than five minutes, ten incendiary bombs were freshly made.

Without a moment's hesitation, John hurled the bombs at the sonic bats.

One of them hit a sonic bat squarely, rebounding off and colliding with the ground.

The next moment, a deafening explosion erupted, and a wave of scorching heat rushed forward.

Exiled Immortal instinctively raised a wind barrier, shielding John and the others.

"It's not over, keep throwing!"

With the woman's reminder, John threw the remaining incendiary bombs, finally managing to take out the sonic bat swarm along with many other monsters.

In an instant, a massive amount of experience points surged into John's mind.

This attack alone leveled him up twice, bringing him to level 45.

"Not bad. Though you're a bit slow on the uptake, your execution skills are fine. Ten tries and not a single failure."

The woman's timely praise did little to lift John's spirits.

He truly despised the cramped confines of the labyrinth, unable to fully utilize his abilities.

If they were outside, would he need to go through all this trouble?

A single giant carnivorous plant seed would turn any pesky bats into fertilizer.

"Whew... I thought I was a goner today."

Even after dealing with the monster swarm, Exiled Immortal still felt a lingering fear.

It was the closest he'd ever come to death.

With the combined effects of the sonic bat's bites and the poison, Exiled Immortal's HP had dropped by half.

He quickly gulped down a basic HP potion, filling his health bar, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Daydreaming in a labyrinth? What do you think this is, an amusement park?"

John rolled his eyes and turned to Elowen.

"What about you? Are you alright?"

"I'm not hurt, just barely holding up."

Elowen nodded.

Besides looking a bit pale, he seemed fine.

During the battle, though worried, Elowen could do little, making him the least involved and least exhausted among them.

"Let's move on. This time, stay alert. You were lucky this time, but next time might not be so forgiving. I'll take the lead."

John bypassed Exiled Immortal and took the front position.

Thinking for a moment, he decided to take out all the useful items he had, ready to face any sudden challenges.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the labyrinth.

Hidden in the shadows, Lawrence's expression darkened as he saw John and his group emerge unscathed.

These sonic bats had troubled him for a long time, and he hadn't found a way to counter them. He had planned to use them to eliminate John and the others.

But unexpectedly, John and his team had dealt with the bats so easily, using just a few items and some antidotes.

Thinking of the trouble he had faced with the sonic bats made Lawrence's expression even more bitter.

"Damn it, damn it! Why can't you just die obediently? Why!

No... I still have a chance, I still have a chance! John, you can't possibly know this labyrinth better than I do. This time, I won't fail. I will definitely take you down!"

...

"Strange, where's John? Exiled Immortal isn't here either. Where did the two of them go?"

Inside the dwelling!

Helena pushed open the door, planning to discuss something with John. But after searching everywhere, she couldn't find him, nor could she find Exiled Immortal.

"Where could those two have gone?"

John had mentioned going to see the Elf Queen, so he might not be back yet, which was understandable.

But what about Exiled Immortal?

He had never disappeared like this before.

She glanced at the status bars of John and Exiled Immortal. Both were still online, ruling out the possibility of them logging off.

"Well... although it's not very nice to do this, I should track their location."

After her successful class change, the thing Helena was most pleased with was her ability to locate her teammates at any moment, at the cost of just a bit of stamina.

Activating her class skill, Helena unfolded the map. It clearly showed John and Exiled Immortal's current location, deep within the labyrinth of the Deep Forest. She furrowed her brow.

"Strange, why did those two suddenly go to the labyrinth?"

Secretly leveling up seemed unlikely. With her talent boosting them, their levels had always been ahead of most players. There was no risk of falling behind.

Was it for equipment?

That didn't make sense either. While most players were still transitioning with exquisite-tier equipment, they had already started pursuing set attributes for their gear.

"No, I need to go check it out. Besides, Lily logged off to rest, and I'm bored alone."

With that thought, Helena locked onto John's current location, left her dwelling, and headed into the dense forest.

...

At this moment, John faced a major dilemma.

Before him were two diverging paths.

The left path had more humid air, suggesting a swamp or a lake environment inside.

The other path looked incredibly dark, the blackness seemingly swallowing all light. Even when John threw in a flare, it made no difference; nothing could be seen.

This made the choice difficult.

"So, which way should we go?"

"Um... Master Exiled Immortal, what do you think?"

"Damn! I have decision paralysis. I hate making choices. Don't put this on me!"

Exiled Immortal waved his hands in distress, looking at John for help. "John, you decide. We'll follow whichever path you choose."

"Alright then... Eenie, meenie, miney, moe, catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go, eenie, meenie, miney, moe... right!"

Exiled Immortal: "..."

Elowen: "..."

For such a critical decision, Exiled Immortal could never have imagined that John would use such a childish method to decide.

However, John's choice made Lawrence, who was hiding in the shadows, gasp in surprise.

Lawrence had spent nearly a month in the labyrinth, gradually learning its layout. Despite the right path looking dangerous, in reality, it was completely empty, not even a single monster. It just looked intimidating.

Lawrence never expected John to choose this path and proceed with unwavering determination!

At this rate, they were likely to run into each other very soon!

"Um... John, it's too dark here. We can't see anything. Should we go back and take the other path?"

"Once we've chosen, there's no turning back. That other path might be the real dead end. I'm not turning back until I've hit a dead end."

John looked ahead, his steps firm, throwing flares as if they were free, trying to illuminate everything around them.

One of the flares landed right at Lawrence's feet, bursting with light and illuminating the area instantly.

Lawrence's unforgettable face was clearly seen by John and Exiled Immortal.

In that moment, Lawrence reacted swiftly, first stomping out the flare and then donning his helmet.

He crushed a targeted teleportation scroll he'd prepared earlier, his figure becoming ethereal within a hexagram array until he completely vanished.

Even at this moment, John and Exiled Immortal stood frozen, their eyes wide with shock.

"Jo-John, there shouldn't be ghosts in this game, right?"

"I don't think so… Even if there were, they wouldn't show up here."

"So that means what we just saw wasn't a ghost, but Lawrence?"

John remained silent.

Was it Lawrence?

That face was unmistakable, etched in his memory.

But if it really was Lawrence, how did he escape from Lily?

Countless thoughts swirled in John's mind, eventually converging into a single sentence.

"Exiled Immortal, we absolutely cannot tell Helena about seeing Lawrence here today."

"If Big Sis finds out, she'll probably be really mad..."

"Mad? Have you thought about what she might do if she knows Lawrence isn't dead?

Besides, I don't intend to keep it from her forever, just haven't figured out how to tell her yet. Just do as I say."

"Got it," Exiled Immortal replied, a bit nervously.