Loren seized the opportunity and directly shot the big mouth's body to pieces. Its mouth, carried by montum, shot forward.
[Level Up, Attribute Point 1. Current Level 23. 90% remaining until next level.]
This was why Loren had asked the others not to kill the monster outright;
he wanted to level up in the process.
Loren rummaged through the monster's corpse and eventually pulled out a strange fragnt.
"This is a [Sin Fragnt] symbolizing greed. It can open the treasure chest here."
Only when Loren pointed did everyone notice the treasure chest hidden in the corner.
"Solved. Let's hurry to the next floor."
Loren didn't open the treasure chest. He went directly to the entrance of the next floor, which had the sa construction as the gate—touching it would trigger a teleport.
As everyone held hands again, Laila voiced her doubt:
"Why not open the treasure chest?"
"I'm keeping the fragnt for another use."
After a brief explanation, Loren touched the door, and everyone was transported to the next floor once more.
This ti, they weren't so lucky. The mont they appeared on the next floor, they were attacked. The assailant was a humanoid creature whose head was covered entirely in eyes.
Before it could even launch an attack, Loren used his sword to slash and burst a row of eyes on its head. Taking advantage of the monster's pained retreat, Loren shot its leg, breaking it. As it fell, Loren unleashed a barrage of gunfire, blasting all its eyes.
Only then did the monster stop struggling. Loren's experience bar increased by 10%.
"This is a sinner of doubt. It only dies after all its eyes are destroyed. This one wasn't fully transford into a monster. The complete form has eyes all over its body."
This was also why the monster only provided Loren with 10% experience—it wasn't the complete form.
Just thinking about that appearance sent a shiver down Naclis's spine.
"Let's go. Incomplete monsters don't have Sin Fragnts inside them."
"How do you know everything? This is the first ti this structure has appeared here, right?"
Laila still wasn't completely accustod to Loren's knowledge, but Naclis and the others were long used to it. They wouldn't even be surprised if Loren suddenly revealed how to kill the Orthodox Gods one day.
"Actually, I'm also a prophet. There's nothing in this world I don't know."
More than one person had asked Loren this question, and he had long since prepared a response.
Progress on the second floor was actually less smooth. Loren had already walked into two dead ends. Along the way, he killed so more monsters, not just those of doubt, but also of greed and ignorance, though none were complete forms.
No one was particularly anxious. As long as they kept walking along the left wall, they would eventually find the exit.
This ti, Loren took the lead. There were many traps here, which Loren was more familiar with. Moreover, even if he encountered so traps that couldn't be detected, Loren could rely on his inspiration and Void-walking to evade them.
Since there were no outsiders here, it didn't matter if Laila learned about his Void-walking ability.
When they walked into a third dead end, a sea of flas blocked the path, and all other routes had been confird as dead ends.
"What should we do?"
Gradually, Laila also subconsciously began to see Loren as the backbone, asking him first whenever a problem arose.
"This is [Sin-Burning Flas]. The deeper a person's sins, the greater the damage they suffer. Conversely, people without sin or whose rits outweigh their faults won't be hard."
After saying this, Loren stepped directly into the Sin-Burning Flas. Upon encountering Loren, the flas seed to have been doused with water, instantly calming down into small flickers that didn't even block Loren's vision.
This was another reason Loren was reluctant to let others co;
the Sin-Burning Flas could genuinely burn them.
Seeing this, the others followed. Loren continued his explanation:
"If you encounter Sin-Burning Flas, it ans this path is correct."
Actually, this thing was quite dangerous. Because Sin-Burning Flas could directly burn a sinner's soul, even the High Tower's Void-walking couldn't evade it. Fortunately, Loren didn't qualify as a sinner, so the flas were ineffective against him.
Passing through the corridor covered in Sin-Burning Flas, their field of view suddenly opened up. Many corridors led here, nurous passageways converging like countless tributaries.
The space here was distorted. Even on the sa floor, people weren't in the sa space;
this place forcibly twisted several spaces together.
Simultaneously, Loren finally saw other people here. Many were stuck at this point.
Ahead was a long corridor. People were blocked at its entrance, and there were quite a few of them.
"This is the Hall of Truth. Here, for every distance you walk, a secret from your heart will be automatically broadcast. Stepping back ans death."
"This..."
Hearing Loren's words, Laila, who had been about to step onto it, suddenly halted. Even Naclis hesitated.
"Walk with peace of mind. It's fine."
Loren took the lead and stepped into the corridor. Here, he saw a familiar face—Helen, that Enforcent Team Captain. Loren hadn't expected her to actually enter and even get ahead of him.
This wasn't strange, though, because due to luck, Loren had been stuck on the second floor for a long ti.
"Yo, we et again."
Loren greeted Helen. Upon stepping into the Hall of Truth, part of the rules echoed in his mind, which was why these people were stuck here.
It just hadn't ntioned the part about stepping back;
otherwise, there wouldn't be so many corpses at the corridor entrance. Seeing these corpses, others understood the complete rules.
Many people were stuck at the entrance, not daring to take a step forward, but so had successfully passed.
With so many people here, if certain secrets were broadcast, their lives would be ruined once they got out.
Anna bounced along and followed behind Loren. She didn't have many concerns.
Since Anna was raised by Loren from childhood, she was also the one most similar to him.
Anna's current thought process was simple: if her identity as a witch was exposed, then she'd just kill everyone here.
Anna ran out first. When she had run about one-third of the distance, Anna's voice suddenly echoed within the corridor:
"I like Master ntor the most."
This wasn't spoken by Anna but was directly broadcast by the corridor.
"..."
Loren hadn't expected this to count as a secret. Even the others in the corridor hadn't thought so. If that was the case, could they also proceed?
But Anna was still advancing, so they decided to wait and see.
"I want to be with Master ntor forever."
"I never want to be separated from Master ntor."
After stating three harmless things, Anna successfully passed through the corridor.
As Anna passed, Helen also made up her mind to advance. Staying trapped here wasn't an option.
She too stepped forward, but the Hall of Truth seed to be playing favorites.
"I have no real ability at all. The criminals I've caught were all innocent. I used torture to force their confessions."
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