Regarding the Master, Who Was, in Fact, the Apprentice An earthquake strikes the area and hobgoblins manage to reach Mardat. They are dispatched by Raust and his party but are shocked to find the hobgoblins speaking the human language. An even larger goblin army appears from the labyrinth, causing havoc in Mardat as Hanzum authorises bounties to be paid in advance, only for many adventurers to take the money then run. Raust realises Hanzum must have been planning for this for months. Amherst reveals they are experiencing a Labyrinth Uprising, where due to excessive amounts of mana a labyrinth will overproduce monsters to get rid of that mana, so many they spill out and attack cities...