“What do you mean neutralize it?” Kevin asked curiously.

"This fence is strong, and on the other hand, no one has been in this hall for many years, so how come it hasn't weakened after all this time? There is only one answer to this question, and that is that the fence is maintained by an object that has magical powers."

"Right, those crystals up there are probably strengthening the fence," Selena said, pointing up. Then they all looked up. The large crystal was still glowing and happened to be right on top of the fence.

Kevin glanced at everyone and said, "So we just have to break that crystal, right?"

Lenus immediately followed his words and said: "Or we should stop doing this and wait for the others."

After hearing Lenus' words, silence prevailed and the atmosphere seemed a little tense. Robert was clearly about to argue with Lenus again, but he backed off with a sigh at Kevin's gesture. When Robert took a little distance from the crowd and started to look around the platform, Kevin nodded and approached Lenus and said, "Look Lenus, I know this mission is very important and we have to wait carefully for the others, but we also have to look at the situation."

"What do you want to say Kevin?"

Kevin nodded and continued, “Now between us, only you can break that crystal. Since Selena is weakened, Robert and I cannot attack from a distance, only you and your fireball remain, which can destroy the crystal. I swear, don't say no! If you touch it, the rest may come!"

Lenus was still not convinced to act on Kevin's unusual words, but seeing Selena's sad face and trembling legs, he became suspicious. Then he glanced at Robert, who had deliberately kept his distance from them, and finally looked at where they had come from.

He was confused about what to do; On the one hand, there was a possibility that they would find a lot of treasure and maybe he could give up the adventure and join his mother and sister, and on the other hand, the dumb feeling of the strange atmosphere around him and the imperceptible occult inspirations of doubt and passivity penetrated his heart.

After thinking for a few moments and erasing his doubts, he said: "Well then..." But the moment he wanted to express his consent, he suddenly noticed a strange thing.

"Why do you insist that we go to this platform?"

Upon hearing Lenus' question, the faces of Kevin and Selena, who was standing behind him, went blank for a moment; They neither blinked nor moved at all. Startled by their reaction, Lenus was about to say something, but Robert's shout stopped him from doing so.

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“Orcs! The orcs are here!”

Lenus, along with Quinn and Selena, who had snapped out of Robert's trance, looked towards the sound. From the left side of the platform and the altar, where Robert was retreating, the ugly faces of several orcs emerged from the darkness.

Those strong monsters had thick clubs in their hands and tried to move quickly, but Robert was faster than them, and when he reached the pack, all the adventurers wanted to run in every direction. However, they were soon surrounded by other orcs coming at them from all sides.

Kevin, acting as the leader of the pack, yelled, “Damn! Gather quickly and take a stand!"

After Kevin's call, while they all took a defensive position in front of the platform, they realized the predicament they were caught in; Celaena was weakened, the sword and hammer were damaged, Kevin and Robert were exhausted from fighting the golem, and Lenus had already used up all his strength.

"Just what I was afraid of..." Lenus muttered after gathering himself.

As the orcs tightened the encirclement, the adventurers retreated.

Kevin glanced at the space behind them, which was a short distance from the platform, and said to Lenus: "Lenus, hurry up and break that crystal so we can get to the platform. It is easier to fight them from the top of the platform."

Lenus was still hesitant when he faced Robert's shout.

"Don't care about the license plate and rank, stay with Lenus or we will all die!"

Selena, holding her two-handed golden staff to the opposite side, said: "Hurry up!" Please!"

Lenus had to turn back and approach the fence, the moment he raised his cane and wanted to shoot the crystal, he realized that his wooden cane had passed through the fence. Surprised, he put his hand close to the fence and when his hand passed the fence, he shouted: "It can be passed!"

After that, he wanted to completely cross the fence, when the orc's terrible scream shook the tension.

Grrrrrr!

The moment he turned his face, Kevin and Robert simultaneously pushed him and threw him onto the platform. At that moment, Lenus could not see their faces and lost his staff. Then a powerful gravitational force pulled him right to the center point of the circular platform.

The force of gravity strongly pressed his body and did not allow Lenus to make the slightest movement.

"Fuck..."

At the same time, a little black smoke came out of the mouths of Kevin, Robert, and Selena, and went evenly towards the six statues around the platform. As the black smoke settled into the statues, the carved stones began to glow with red light.

Meanwhile, the members of the gang, who had smoke coming out of their mouths, were barely able to control their balance with black eyes. Each of them had foam coming out of their mouths and cold sweat was coming down from their foreheads.

Kevin looked around in surprise, as did Robert and Selena. The last thing they remembered was the image of a fantastic monster at the entrance to the cave. The question was formed in the mind of each of them: What happened and why are they in such a place now?

Suddenly, all of their eyes fell on Lenus, who was left on the platform suspended in the air and was enduring a lot of pressure. Meanwhile, three orcs rushed towards each of them at the same time.