Chapter 591: Either Their Leader Is Hiding Their Strength, Or He Is Simply A Fool
10th Floor of the Temple of Courage...
Thirteen narrowed his eyes as he looked at the wide open plain right in front of him.
There was not a single blade of grass nor a place of elevation in sight.
The entire place was merely a flat, wide plain, giving most people no place to hide.
He could easily see monsters in the distance, all of whom had detected his presence.
All of them were Rank 4 Monsters, and they consisted of Lions and Hyenas.
As the familiar chuckle of the Hyenas reached his ears, he subconsciously remembered the time when he was still in the Valbarra Archipelago.
"I see. So this place is meant to weed out the weak, huh?" Thirteen muttered.
With no place to hide, it was very easy for the monsters to see his location, allowing them to focus their attention on him.
"Blacky, let's go," Thirteen ordered as he mounted the Nightmare Black Hound and urged it to run to look for the portal meant to take him to the next floor.
The Rank 4 Monsters immediately gave chase, not noticing that Thirteen's Parade of a Hundred Demons had begun to run in the opposite direction.
Their goal was simple.
Look for the Teleportation Portal and find the Boss Monster of the 10th Floor.
Depending on the type of Boss Monster that was present on the flat plains, Thirteen would make plans to give it an injury, leveling the playing field for the other Wanderers.
According to his estimate, if the Hero Party, Siri, Stella, and the Elites of his Battalion worked together, they would be able to bring down a Rank 6 Sovereign.
That was the maximum rank of the Monster that they could face after using everything in their disposal.
If they faced any Rank 7 Monsters, they would start having casualties, which was something that Thirteen wanted to avoid at all costs.
Because of this, whenever he discovered any Rank 7 Monsters, he would dispose of them, allowing the Wanderers to pass to the next floor without suffering mass casualties.
There were currently five Wanderer Teams that were currently challenging the Trial of Courage.
The First Team was led by Roland.
The Second Team was led by Kyle Walkers.
The Third Team was led by David.
The Final Team was led by Sean and the members of the Cygni Faction.
Each team had a Guide of the Champion Rank, allowing them to progress faster inside the Temple.
After the Wanderers all cleared the First Floor with ease, a middle-aged man stepped inside the First Floor.
It was none other than the Demonic Salamander, who had sneaked inside the Temple in order to have his wish granted.
Since he wasn't in a hurry to clear the challenges, he waited for the Wanderers to go in first before stepping inside the Temple.
He had been observing all of them from the beginning, but he didn't see the teenage boy named Zion, who was their leader.
Using his sharp senses, he overheard the Wanderers talking that Zion Leventis had decided to challenge the Temple alone, which made the Demonic Salamander arch an eyebrow.
'Either their leader is hiding his strength, or he is simply a fool,' the Demonic Salamander thought as he traveled through the maze.
All the Horned Rabbits that respawned in the temple had avoided him like a plague, allowing him to move unhindered on the First Floor.
The Demonic Salamander took his sweet time as if he was merely taking a stroll in the park.
Since he didn't want to be discovered by the Wanderers—at least for now, he simply stayed in the First Floor for an hour longer before entering the portal which led him to the Second Floor of the Temple.
Meanwhile, high above the Thirteenth Floor, an old man stood at the center of an Arena, holding a staff with what looked like a mechanical clock on its end.
His gaze was locked on the teenage boy who was on the 10th Floor, riding on the back of his Nightmare Black Hound, who outsped all the monsters in the open plains, preventing anyone from getting close.
His wizened gaze focused on Thirteen's face, making the corner of his lips rise up into a devilish smile.