Chapter 603: Useless [Bonus]

Chapter 603: Useless [Bonus]



An Enlightened Rune.

The Rune shone, illuminating the space. The pyramid trembled and quaked. The movement beneath their feet was so fierce that Alex and the others even began to somewhat fear for their lives.

Even with their Levels, they weren't capable of weathering the collapse of a structure this big. They would surely die.

However, at that moment, the lines in this world of black mirrors began to glow more and more brightly, moving and shaping around them until the pinecone and eye became so bright that they could be picked up by even the more unobservant of individuals.

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"NO!"

Standing in the middle of a puzzle, a furious roar echoed.

This wasn't the only location that such a roar resonated. They had spent days inside of this pyramid, scraping by from challenge to challenge. The idea that they would lose out at the last moment was more infuriating than they could put into words.

...

In a world of floating ice shards, Lauren looked up and blinked with surprise.

'Someone... was faster than me?'

She seemed to be genuinely surprised. She had gotten here late, but she didn't think that she would be outpaced.

"What is it, Lauren?"

The question had only just come from a young man by her side before the rumbling commenced. Then, everyone's expression changed just the same.

Of them all, only Lauren seemed to remain calm.

When Sylas first met her, his evaluation of her was that she was a calm, secretary of a CEO type. He noted that she had the air to be a CEO herself if it wasn't for the fact that she was so soft-spoken.

Sylas took a breath, realizing all too late that he hadn't taken one in a while. The pressure on his chest made it difficult for him to take a second, but he forced his body to comply, closing his eyes to try and regain his composure.

Finally, he opened them, ripping his gaze away from the statue ahead to look at his surroundings. He found that Alex and the others were here as well, floating on their own platforms.

However, nothing was happening. It was like they were summoned here only to be stranded.

Sylas frowned after several seconds had ticked by. If there was a puzzle to be found, he was pretty sure that he would have already done so. But there was nothing at all.

It just wanted them to...

Wait.

But time was the resource that Sylas had the least of. He had already lost seven months of it; he couldn't afford to lose any more.

Unfortunately, there didn't seem to be anything that he could do.

Sylas looked down and then tried to summon the peacock. A bit to his surprise, he succeeded.

He didn't know why, but for some reason, he felt very constrained here as though his every movement was being suppressed in some way. He really hadn't expected it to succeed.

The wooden branch unwound from his arm and formed the flapping wings of the peacock. But Sylas' expression changed immediately.

With quick reactions, he summoned the peacock back, reaching forward and grabbing its branch before it could plummet.

'It can't fly here...'

His instincts had been telling him that it was too easy, but now it was confirmed.

Was he just supposed to stand here? How long could he even stand on a small platform before fatigue got to him? Two or three days at most?

Sylas' brain was working on overdrive in an attempt to find a path out, but no matter what he

tried...

Everything was useless.