I am of the opinion that if you want to employ a person, you should either provide the request, or meet them. In his place, I would have left said to the guard to call me if/when they wanted to actually meet me...
When will people learn that the surest solution to a hedge maze is fire?
And the surest solution to a magic hedge maze is magic fire.
Kinda similar to the way that the surest solution to a regular labyrinth is to smash through the fuckin walls, though that takes longer. And in open-topped stone labyrinths, just climbing on top of the walls also works.
@Qubac12
Have you ever tried to walk through a hedge? They're boundaries for a reason. They exist to prevent medium-sized creatures getting through. That includes humans. Very small children might manage it if they find the right spot, but they'd probably get a bit scratched up. And that is just one hedge. This is a whole maze of hedges.
So yeah, you can just burn down others mazes like that if you want to get through them.