"Start!"
Leonard's shout became a signal, and the situation instantly changed.
RUMBLE.
The walls of previously uniform height began fluctuating violently, rising and falling at different levels like pistons in an engine. Additional walls emerged from the floor, transforming the static maze into something akin to a shifting, crushing labyrinth.
"Ugh!"
The ice bridge that connected the walls shattered as the supports moved in opposite directions. Maya yelped, falling to the ground inside the maze with a heavy thud.
But the hardships didn't end there.
"Fire!" a voice yelled from the observation platform.
Mana-woven arrows of non-elemental magic, roaring fireballs, jagged ice spears... Various magic attacks from the second-year students rained down, surging toward Maya's position in the maze.
She scrambled to her feet, clinging to the shifting walls like a sticker, desperately using them as cover as the floor around her exploded.
