"You really put them through the wringer..."
Walking down the street beside Airi and listening to her talk about how she trained those Heroes, Elena could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
"How is that putting them through the wringer? It's training, training... Look, at least the Royal Palace hasn't raised any objections, right?"
Airi herself seemed perfectly calm. She wandered down the street, looking around left and right, merely passing the time by shopping.
"Good thing we don't need that kind of training. Honestly, I couldn't take it."
Azusa also offered her opinion, while Little White nodded with lingering fear.
"Forget it. Let those idiots deal with their own problems. I'm not their mother, after all. I explained everything clearly enough. If they're still too stupid to understand their current situation, then they deserve to die."
Airi shrugged and changed the subject.
"Anyway, how are things over at Sacred Mountain? Find anything?"
"No."
At Airi's question, Elena immediately answered with a bitter expression.
"We've searched inside several times already, but we still haven't found where the Sacred Mountain labyrinth entrance is."
Indeed, while Airi trained those Heroes, the other three had not been idle either. Sacred Mountain was forbidden ground, and no one except followers of the Supreme God was allowed inside. Thus, they had no choice but to use their own methods to avoid attention and sneak into Sacred Mountain in search of the labyrinth.
After three days of searching, however, they had found nothing.
"Basically, we've searched every nook and cranny of Sacred Mountain and found no trace of a labyrinth entrance. The only place we haven't searched is... the Holy Temple on Sacred Mountain."
"So we still have to force our way in..."
Airi raised a hand to her chin and pondered