CH801

With how fast the second floor had been to finish, there was no need to delay. As soon as they left it they opened the door to the next, ready for whatever new trial that one was going to hold and found a completely empty area that time, with the only thing to indicate it wasn’t endless being the four towering walls around them.

So that looks like what? Two hundred meters across both ways? Plenty of room to move if it comes down to it then. No ceiling though, and as for ground…

He tapped his foot against the floor below, finding it solid enough with no obvious markings and nothing at all in the general area to tell them what they’d have to face for that section, giving them no choice but to wait for whatever was going to come to start while they kept on their guard.

A wait that wasn’t long. Before anyone could question what they were meant to do the attacks came, dozens of constructs of mana all shaped like spears flying at them with force and all of them being stopped by Thera as she raised a barrier around them.

“…Well, that makes things easy,” Vasta muttered. “I suppose this is more of a combat floor than a puzzle one but if all there is to it is waiting it out then that won’t be a challenge with you here.”

“But is it just going to be a matter of waiting?” Thera asked. “There’s no countdown in this one. At least, not one I can see.”

“You don’t always get them,” Amy shrugged. “We’re pretty sure it’s a psychological tactic. Countdowns to create additional mental pressure knowing you only have so long to finish something and then ones without to wear on you, not giving you the chance to say that you only need to survive for however many more minutes. Both types suck. Still, if we can just stand here and relax for however long then I’ll be happy to take that for once.”

It seemed to be a sentiment that Jake and Vasta felt as well. With all of the towers they’d done together by that point, easy floors were always welcome, all the more so when it meant getting some extra breathing room.

It was something Ben was happy to take too, even as he continued to stare outside of the large barrier Thera put up, seeing the attacks continue on.

Once the first round of spear stopped there was what seemed to be a pause, even as his mana sense told him there was still something going on beyond the walls of Thera’s barrier, but after that the attacks changed, looking more like an application of barrier magic rather than mana crystallization as thin sheets of mana flew at them like discs, once more failing to get through.

With the start feeling like a good sign for the rest of that stage, that impression only dropped as the attacks transitioned once more, his and everyone else’s mana sense screaming at them that whatever was coming next was inside of the barrier.

All of them moved at once but it was again Thera’s reaction that mattered as a new barrier went up within the old, just above their heads in an attempt to block whatever mana effect was coming down on them, succeeding with no harm done.

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“Uh, so what just happened?” Jake asked, looking up while whatever aspect of magic continued to push against Thera’s power while she explained.

“It feels like it’s pushing down against me; I’m pretty sure this would count as an advanced application of telekinesis. I’m not sure If we’d be crushed by it but we’d definitely be knocked down.”