Giga pounded the sign firmly on the snow using a big wooden hammer, making sure that it wouldn't fall off even when the ice melted.
The Blaze Chad Skunk looked at the signs he had posted all over the place, all of which were pointing in the direction of the cave where the portal was located.
"Looking for the Portal? You are in luck! Go this way, and you'll find it!"
"Erectile Dysfunction? Say no more, Fam! Salvation is over there!"
"Looking for a Happy Ending? We got you!"
Giga nodded his head in satisfaction as he looked at the signs that he had planted on the ground.
The one who wrote on them was his Master, Thirteen.
Although he didn't understand the meaning behind some of the words written on the signs he posted, he didn't bother trying to find out, thinking it was simply part of human culture.
Similar signs were being put in place all over the 11th Floor.
Due to how vast the floor was, Thirteen made sure that people would at least see one of the signs, which would lead them closer to the portal for the 12th Floor.
This massive undertaking took five hours to complete, and after everything was done, Thirteen finally ordered everyone to return inside Rocky's Mobile Fortress so that they could proceed to the 12th Floor of the Temple of Courage.
Thirteen knew that the second to the last floor would be very challenging to clear.
The only reason they succeeded in taking down the Chenoo was that they were given enough time to lay down a trap on its dwelling place, making sure that it wouldn't be able to escape.
The plan worked well, and they did manage to defeat it.
However, he believed that the same trick might not work on the Boss Monster of the 12th Floor.
"Guys, you already know what to do," Thirteen said as he summoned his Black Flag. "Search for the Boss and the Portal."
The members of the Parade of the Hundred Demons scattered in every direction, burrowing into the ground so that they wouldn't be detected by their enemies.
Thirteen also entered Rocky's Mobile Fortress for his own safety, not wanting to get ambushed while looking for his target.
Somewhere in the 12th Floor, the Grievefoot opened its eyes before scratching its backside.
"We have visitors," the Grievefoot said in an amused tone. "It's been decades since we last had visitors."
"Should we kill them?" one of the Rank 6 Steel Apes asked.
"Capture them alive," the Grievefoot replied. "I don't care if their limbs are broken as long as they still hold breath. It has been a long time since I last talked to other creatures aside from you and those monkeys. A change of pace is good too."
The Steel Ape nodded and moved out of the cave, bringing over a dozen of its subordinates to help him look for the "guests" that had entered their domain.
News that someone had entered the 12th Floor started to spread like wildfire.
The Monkeys, who usually fought against the Apes, found this news quite interesting, so they also told their brethren to look for these visitors and beat the Apes in finding them first.
The turf war between the Monkeys and the Apes had lasted for decades. Unlike the Apes, who had a Rank 8 Sovereign leading them, the Monkeys only had a Rank 7 Sovereign on their side.
However, since the Grievefoot couldn't be bothered to deal with the Monkeys, it made an agreement with the Rank 7 Sovereign—the two of them wouldn't interfere in the affairs of their subordinates.
The Apes still had the upper hand since their High-Ranking fighters were greater than the Monkeys.
But when it came to mischief and cunning, the agile monkeys were unparalleled. They used the trees as their support and hiding place, so from time to time, they would have the upper hand.
Thirteen still didn't know about it, but he had unknowingly become the center of attraction between the two hostile forces vying for the dominion of the 12th Floor, which had remained unconquered for the past hundreds of years.
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