Chapter 343: An Individual Battle, Moss’ Crisis! (1/2)

“Stingham, why don’t you enter first?” Ayrin and Chris said simultaneously as they quickly grabbed and detained the impetuous Belo.

“Why should I enter first? Look at the state I am currently in!” Stingham wailed as he continued to rub his face, which was still emitting steam.

“It’s because you have the strongest defense of all of us.”

Ayrin’s face filled with fighting intent as he looked at Stingham and said very naturally, “If there is a trap waiting for us, you are least likely to be injured.”

“What do you mean least likely to be injured?!” Stingham cried, “I’m currently very injured!”

“Stop talking to him, it’s just wasting time. Let me,” Rinloran abruptly said from aside.

Stingham curled his lip upon hearing Rinloran. It seemed like Rinloran had decided to be the first one to enter.

“Bang!”

But before Stingham could gloat any further, he suddenly felt a force send him flying. Rinloran had viciously kicked his backside!

“I’m never talking to you again Rinloran!” Stingham screamed as he flew through the gate into the chamber.

“Whoosh!”

Upon Stingham’s entrance, the entire chamber seemed to come to life as faint grinding sounds began to emanate out from within the body of the golden metal puppet. It sounded like there were countless pages of a metal book being turned at the same time.

A faint and fluid ring of light abruptly surrounded the entire chamber.

“Ahhhhh!” Stingham screamed miserably as Lover’s Corpse appeared over his body and weeds and saplings began to sprout up on and around him.

“How is it?” Ayrin and Chris asked nervously.

“I don’t know. There seems to be no reaction,” Stingham replied.

The five youths standing outside simultaneously collapsed as they shouted back, “If there is nothing wrong, then why are you screaming?!”

“Is there really nothing happening?”

“There doesn’t seem to be the slightest fluctuations of battle?”

Ayrin cautiously entered the chamber.

As he did, he felt a unique arcane energy continuously brush against his body in waves like a gentle breeze.

However, nothing else occurred.

And there was nothing abnormal occurring within his body as well.

“Let us go over and take a look,” Ayrin said to Stingham as he began to walk forwards.

Ayrin walked through the chamber all the way to the exit, yet still nothing occurred.

The golden metal puppet in the center of the chamber continued to stand their motionlessly as it released a curious arcane energy fluctuation.

“Belo, don’t you dare touch it!” Chris warned as she and Belo entered the chamber side by side.

As they wanted to pass through here as quickly as possible to obtain the Heart of Fury at the end, there was no reason for them to deliberately activate any defenses just for the sake of experiencing them.

“There’s actually nothing?”

“Could it be that it has just been here for too long and has become damaged and non-functioning?”

Everyone carefully, but quickly, made their way through the chamber. And much to their surprise, still nothing happened.

It was just too smooth. Ayrin and the others were extremely perplexed as a sensation of uneasiness pervaded their hearts.

“I’m never talking to you again Rinloran!”

“We weren’t friends to begin with. If you are never talking to me again, then stop blabbering and go away idiot!”

“You, how can you care so little about friendships?”

“I’m only afraid of being infected by your idiocy!”

As Stingham and Rinloran bickered, the group of six continued to traverse the labyrinth, passing through and around several more of the tall bronze walls.

“It seems to be a little more powerful this time,” Belo said as another bronze gate and large building appeared before them.

Looking around, it seemed like all the paths in the labyrinth led here, making it the only path to continue forward deeper into the district.

The building before them was much larger than any of the previous ones, and unlike the others, had no roof. It looked like an open-air arena.

And even though they had yet to touch the bronze gate, it was already releasing arcane energy fluctuations in a regular pattern.

Altogether, this caused them to feel as if there were powerful enemies waiting within.

“Let me!”

This time, it was Stingham who took the initiative as he moved forward, pushed open the bronze gate, and prepared to enter.

“Brave warrior Stingham, why are you so eager to volunteer yourself this time?” Ayrin, Chris, and the others all felt that something was off.

“My luck and character are just too much better than yours. So perhaps it will be just as smooth as last time if I enter first. Perhaps nothing will happen yet again,” Stingham replied as he looked forward beyond the gate.

Gentle sunlight streamed down through the clear sky, illuminating every part of the chamber.

Similar to before, the floor was made of bronze. But whereas the previous chambers had contained metal puppets within, this chamber was completely empty.

“The sky is fake,” Rinloran said abruptly. “This chamber should contain some kind of special arrangement.”

“There is a barrier separating us from the real sky?”

“Indeed, it seems like all of the arcane energy fluctuations are coming down from above as well.”

Ayrin nodded.

The sunlight was just too gentle and stable.