Something Wrong with the Passage

Although who knew how many schemes had flashed through their minds in that brief instant, or what kind of storms of thought had surged endlessly through the minds of the three Legendary powerhouses, in reality, that Superluminal thinking had taken only a tiny amount of time. The three adventurers racing toward the ruins' entrance had not forgotten to maintain their respective methods of flight merely because they paused to think. However... after what seemed like only an instant, the formation with Punk in front, Kane second, and Smile at the rear had already changed.

Just as they were about to rush through the ruins' gate, the spellcaster and the mad knight both slowed down without prior agreement. Kane burst forward in a flash and overtook Punk, while Smile swiftly circled around the two slowing down and became the first to charge into the entrance.

This had all been arranged in advance. Smile would take the lead, Kane would enter the ruins second, and Punk would be last. Though they had exchanged no words, a few hints in their phrasing and actions had been enough for the three of them to understand one another's decisions.

As the pitch-black "burrow," now shrunk to a size that could admit only one person, released ripples of spatial turbulence, the maiden goddess's figure instantly disappeared into it.

The spatial passage at the ruins' entrance seemed even smoother than expected. Although both Punk and Kane could clearly tell that Smile's adjustments to the space Law upon touching the entrance had not been precise enough, the stable passage still did not hinder a single Legendary-tier "living being."

"Hehehehe, it seems our Her Majesty the Queen is quite sensible. She should be happily embracing endless wealth by now. So... let this lord enter second. Sian, don't even think