The atmosphere grew tense. There was no shortage of heroes who had made it this far, and they did not lack the courage to sacrifice themselves. But because of that, deciding who should make the sacrifice became a problem instead.
The situation was that the chains were descending too quickly. The gap was only wide enough for someone to reach out and touch the chain, but not wide enough to pull their hand back. As long as they reached out to touch the chain, their hand would one hundred percent be cut off.
They had also tried using things like a Crowbar to reach it, but there still was not enough time. It was only a little better than using a bare hand. At most, they would lose one hand instead of an entire arm.
But in this situation, there was not much difference between losing a hand and losing an arm. An injury of that degree would inevitably lead to excessive blood loss, which basically meant saying goodbye to the final stage.
Of course, everyone had also considered the possibility that the Organizer was misleading them, but after some reasoning, they realized this seemed to be the only solution to this puzzle. They had to let one key fall first and let one group leave before it would be possible to find a solution somewhere else.
They first fell into an argument within each group, meaning that if their group was going to sacrifice someone, who would stick their arm out? For some groups, the answer was obvious, such as Thor and Loki's group. In this situation, Loki had very little say, and all he could do was try his best to persuade Thor not to let their group be the one to sacrifice.
Loki was still quite optimistic.