Everyone cautiously approached the gate. Once its doors opened, however, the strange and lavish hall left them stunned. Only three or four Heaven's Punishment Legion soldiers were slowly patrolling inside, and the pitiful number of monsters made Mydei laugh in exasperation.
"What kind of trial is this? I thought we would be facing an army of thousands, roaring as we slaughtered our way through!"
"This is all I get after raising my expectations?"
Mydei truly could not understand what the Xuanfeng people from a thousand years ago had been thinking.
"Such pointless arrangements are an insult to warriors who fight with death in mind."
Even the Nameless Warrior, Gnaeus, was left speechless by this.
"Uh... it looks like we need to solve puzzles to get through this stage?"
Phainon looked around at the scene, then at the prophecy tablets unique to Amphoreus, and could not help complaining.
"Leave it to me! The Galactic Bat Hero is best at solving puzzles!"
Stelle was relieved by this instead, while Mimi excitedly shouted that she would help too!
"Perhaps it is a diversion before the great battle..."
Acheron had also expected a swarm of monsters to come flooding in. Who would have thought they would end up dealing with bizarre puzzles instead?
She even wondered whether Theresa had foreseen that this trip would be rather boring and left early because of it.
"At this point, we can only solve the puzzles. If Kalpas were here, this hall would probably have been torn apart already..."
Mydei recalled that hotheaded man's violent temper and could not help making a snide remark.
"Ahaha, indeed..."
Remembering Kalpas's savage temperament, Phainon laughed awkwardly and nodded.
Thus, Acheron and Phainon also began solving the puzzles, while Gnaeus and Mydei started chatting. They preferred the thrill of battle and disliked