Hero's Entrance!

"Wait, doesn't this guy look a little different from the others?"

Unlike the Bell Gargoyle, Galio looked more humanoid, with a far more muscular body and a vicious-looking head.

When the Starfire Knights saw Galio's appearance—clearly different in style from other gargoyles, yet impossible to pinpoint exactly how—they didn't know how to describe their feelings.

They were all gargoyles, after all. They were all made of stone, so appearance mostly depended on the sculptor's craftsmanship.

But that subtle feeling of a different artistic style was truly hard to put into words.

There was one feeling they could describe, though: the premonition that something terrible was about to happen!

This scene felt strangely familiar.

Whenever they thought they had finally grasped certain rules of Sain Underground City and planned to exploit them in turn, it might work for a while—but once something unexpected happened, the moment of utter disaster would suddenly arrive!

And this gargoyle, which looked especially powerful and sturdy, was the most obvious unexpected development in the Starfire Knights' eyes!

As a group—no, a team—that could come up with dozens of possible boss entrances from different directions upon seeing an open area, the Starfire Knights were already considering exactly how they were going to die the moment they saw Galio.

Their desire to resist even weakened. It felt as though, no matter what they did, this unforeseen factor would leave them at a disadvantage.

Their efforts would probably become the final joke of Sain Underground City—if the dungeon truly possessed the consciousness to laugh at people.

That was probably the difference between the Starfire Knights and Strategy Groups like Leon and Luluwo.

The former knew Sain Underground City too well, so when faced with unexpected developments, they imagined all sorts of nonsense and let it affect their emotions. The