"This is a sacrifice to heaven..."
Watching the attacked party being slowly forced skyward within the pillar of light—or rather, being dragged off to an Independent Time and Space Layer and locked in a little black room—Orsaga's foremost thought was that they were sacrificing a teammate to heaven.
After all.
They had only just descended.
They had not even stepped on a single ant.
Nor were there any ants to step on.
In the entire plane.
Since creation, the only recorded death had been that unlucky fellow who had gone to chop down a tree out of boredom.
So the contestants' actions truly amounted to sacrificing a teammate to heaven before getting down to business.
Seeing this.
Orsaga felt greatly comforted in his old age.
At least, he was enjoying the show~
Only after the attacked party was gradually carried by that pillar of light beyond the far side that mere distance could describe, arriving at an Independent Time and Space Layer on another level and vanishing without a trace, did Orsaga slowly withdraw his gaze.
Though he had not participated.
He understood in his heart.
The greatest reason that group of contestants had not dealt with that fellow directly, instead locking him in a little black room and tying him up, was simply that he was not easy to kill.
During this initial stage, when none of them could fully wield their strength.
Every contestant's available methods had inevitably been severely restricted.
The only difference was that, due to their chosen Character Background Settings, some were restricted more heavily than others.
But regardless of how restricted they were, one of the most fundamental and important traits of those at Abyss Lord Level was that each was better at staying alive than the last.
Even with their strength limited, that