Nothing that says one can't enter multiple times, especially since each entry is quite an effort.

And so it continues...

Party Members
Front Row: Riese(Dark Hunter) Elrick(Protector)
Back Row: Haruna(Alchemist) Atani(Survivalist) Pico(Troubadour)

The Guild Master signed up for a notably challenging Explorers Guild Trial - Spend Two Weeks on the 8th floor of the Labyrinth. Word has it that absolutely no party has survived this ordeal, and the challenge was going to be shortened to 5 days. The reward of 3000 En was too tempting to pass up.

"No pansies! We're gonna get rich!" Riese ran off ahead of the party leaving them in the dust. Riese's contagious excitement hit Pico quickly, who hopped after the drill-haired Dark Huntress clapping her hands as she pranced.

Elrick scratched his head. The mute Protector diligently checked his equipment and strolled after the 2 fanatics. True to his title, he would allow no one in the guild to venture into the maze as long as he lived. Full plate armor made it impossible to run.

The two remaining sane members of the party shopped for a few additional revival medicines before regrouping at the Geomagnetic Field and descending to the 6th floor. Several shortcuts had the party on the 8th floor within a day. A member of the Explorers Guild wrote a time and date marking the start of the challenge.

"Where's the challenge in this? There's a healing spring! This alleged 'challenge' is pathetic." Riese and Pico practiced some fencing moves on each other chiding about the experience.

The first day passed rather uneventfully. A few packs of Sleepgels and Venomgels dared to attack but were dispatched quickly. The party spared no TP in combat, with a trip to the Healing Spring a short walk away.

The second day went by the same as the first. The party continued to indulge in the Healing Spring's pure, clear water. By the fifth day, the party had undergone a change. The jungle heat had made everyone sweat profusely. Drinking sludgy tea made from Thick Leaves and feeding on bitter Star Seeds has taken a psychological toll. A low growl rumbled across the party's collective gut, followed by a silence broken by a creepy uttering: "M, m...Meat!"

The 4 party members capable of audible speech stared at each other, eyes darting back and forth. Then, they heard it again. A trembling voice, seeking to consume the flesh of others. "Wait a second, Haruna's anemic. Stay here, I'll get you some meat!" Riese, Elrick and Pico ran off, leaving Atani to tend to the hungry one.

Meanwhile, Pico started getting a little loopy. She began alternating ever other line of her song between the proper words and random gibberish.
"Braavely rode Sir Elrick! He rode from Etriaaaaa...
Fnord quat pim da foom she doop, nooo braaave Sir Elriick!"
Riese began swinging her sword more violently to drown out Pico's...music, not that it kept her from continuing: "And his head crunched in and his eyes pulled out and pinkies removed and..."
Pico suddenly fell over. A nasty lump formed on her head with a distinct groove on it. Riese looked back. "Did he...? No way, he's lived his life to never see harm done to women..."
Pico stood up, nearly falling over again.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaall ways mook an the braaight side of..." Pico speech was slurred completely into gibberish from that point.

The hunting party hacked through hordes of various slimes and bugs. Gem Cores-though high in mineral content-were not food that could placate anemia. Luck hit the hunters when a Firebird attacked. The party made short work of the creature, then brought back its carcass. After roasting it on an open fire, Riese lunged at the bird.
"I killed it! I cooked it! It's MINE!" She proceeded to devour the meat, only to be overpowered by the hungry Alchemist. "Whoa, didn't know you had that in you..." Riese yielded the bird to the normally composed lady cramming meat into her mouth and getting the grease all over her glasses.

"I think it would be in our best interest to cancel this challenge," Atani spoke, matter of factly. "We have one more week of this. I can't take this any more. I've been roughing it as long as I've ever known and my body is crying for a bath. I can't put up with the feeling of my clothes sticking to my skin. Or the stench of Elrick's feet for that matter..."

Riese was about to object on the grounds of having put up with this nonsense for a week already, but took in a whiff of the air. "Oh gross!" Elrick sat on his feet, but it didn't make any difference. Riese grabbed all of the sprigs of Scent Wood and began shoving them into his boots. A minor improvement, but it only took hours for the Scent Wood to lose its effect. Wandering around and killing off Petaloids kept the supply of Scent Wood fresh, but it became time consuming to change.

Atani looked at the quest journal with a certificate of when the party had reached the 8th floor. The two weeks had passed! The triumphant party warped back to the town. The party's entrance to the Golden Deer marked a mass exodus of the rest of the patrons. The pub mistress handed the party their reward, then collapsed shortly thereafter.

Quinn from Radha Hall stood before the party. "Egad, that's a stench that would knock Cernunos off his feet! You are here by forbidden from entering the village until properly cleaned."
"We're going to the Inn for a real night's rest and you aren't going to stop us!"
"Now, now, this is official business, surely you'd understand..."
"Bring out the secret weapon! Take the Scent Woods out of his feet!"
"Oh no..."

When Quinn regained consciousness, from that day fourth, the Explorers Guild Trial was shortened to 5 days under mandate from Radha.

The End. This was a long one, thanks for reading!