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Only after walking down the straight passage did Punk realize that Kane's palace was not one enormous whole, but divided into three halls of roughly equal size.

The first hall was the grand chamber where Punk's projection had initially arrived. This level appeared to be a space specifically for visitors to wait in; aside from the gilded little sprites flying about in orderly patterns, there were no guards or maids anywhere in the hall.

Continuing along the diamond carpet and passing through a corridor at the end of the first hall, the caster's projection entered the second hall.

In the second hall, Punk saw another corridor at its far end, as well as over a dozen young and beautiful female guards and maids. Apart from the guards standing watch, the servants—whose strength generally reached Journeyman Level—silently cleaned the hall, occasionally moving back and forth between several teleportation gates to retrieve items.

It seemed that this hall was where the palace connected to the outside world.

"What a strange layout. So the gate in the first hall is just decoration? Kane really has too much time on his hands..."

After making a puzzled remark about the palace's odd structure, Punk stopped paying attention to the gate in the first hall.

Although using teleportation gates as entrances and exits in the middle of a palace did feel rather strange, the projection the caster was currently using lacked powerful enough senses. There was no need to turn back and carefully inspect a gate with magic.

Punk had come to discuss their cooperative adventure with Kane. In any case, he had long grown accustomed to the mad knight being just as full of secrets as himself. Whether the palace's bizarre structure was meant to conceal some secret or was merely another eccentricity Kane had