The other mercenaries exchanged glances when they heard Tra's words, then began discussing it among themselves.
Of course, the mercenaries' discussion was peppered with slang and profanity from time to time. There were also plenty of complaints and jokes, which was perfectly normal.
While everyone was talking over one another, Chen Mo said to Tra, "Captain, since we have to destroy the bronze gate and there's no other way, can't we go around the entire gate and destroy the rock encasing it? It may take more effort, but using heat and cold to break rock is much faster than destroying metal!"
Tra froze for a moment, then Turned his head to look at the bronze gate above the Stone Ladder and its surroundings. "Come up with me. Let's talk to Ms. Tina."
Yes, that method should work.
Tra took Chen Mo to find Tina. She was also pondering how to open the bronze gate, and while she was worrying over it, she listened to Tra and Chen Mo's suggestion. After thinking it over briefly, she was stunned.
She had been focused on figuring out how to open the bronze gate and had failed to realize that the gate was encased in rock, cast directly into the doorway.
Thus, she and the others had all focused on the bronze gate itself and had not considered anything else. Besides, the entire bronze gate had been cast into the rock passageway, flush with the surrounding rock. This gave everyone the impression that the entire wall was made of bronze.
Now that Chen Mo had mentioned it, she naturally thought of investigating just how large the bronze gate's cast area was. If it did not extend too far into the surrounding rock, they could destroy the rock around the gate and remove the entire