Chapter: 339

Another black highway stretched out before them yet there were no pillars on either side, and no military blockades either – though there was a rhythmic thumping sound that steadily grew louder as they approached.

Finally, they saw their first group of enemies, a party of five stone soldiers marched in unison; three of them were spearmen while two were swordsmen.

These were not the only group however, as further behind them another group marched endlessly; in total there were five groups of enemies, all marching in unison as if they were perfectly disciplined soldiers.

As Jay and Anya stepped onto the highway, they received a message.

<[Entrance Challenge]>

[Reset Area]

– If you leave the area, enemies will be reset.

“A reset area? Huh…” he watched the soldiers march up and down the highway for a moment.

“What if I just decide to skip it…?” Jay mischievously smiled as he gazed into the distance and looked at the pyramid.

“Damn… seems like the door is shut. I guess that’s why it’s called an entrance challenge.”

Instead of military blockages, these groups of the powerful stone statues marched back and forward along the highway, each stern and threatening as each heavy footstep made a thudding sound while they marched in perfect harmony.

Jay watched for a moment before realising the difficulty of this challenge.

While each group of statues consisted of three spearmen and two swordsmen, that wasn’t what necessarily made it difficult – in fact, to Jay this was a piece of cake.

What made it hard was the marching – If they didn’t kill a group of five statues fast enough, another one would show up.

For instance, if they only killed four statues, and five more showed up, they would then be dealing with six statues.

Dealing with six would be much harder too as it would then be a 6 vs 6 battle, slowing down their killing speed. If they killed three, then five more showed up, they would then be facing eight.

Soon another group of five would show up and slowly they would be overwhelmed.

Everything depended on the first battle, otherwise it would get exponentially harder.

If they retreated from the area they would live, but the statues would be ‘reset’ and come back to life, meaning they would have to try again.

“Hmm… it’s almost like a miniature dungeon.” he thought as he scratched his chin before turning to Anya.

“We will have to kill them fast, otherwise we will need to retreat and try again.” Jay accurately analysed the situation.

“Mm..” Anya nodded in agreement, already understanding the gist of the situation.

“Let’s back off for a bit. I need to repair my shield before I’ll be ready, then as soon as Sweeper returns we can start. Are you prepared?”

“Yeah.. Yes.” Anya said as she looked over her crossbow and checked some things in her inventory and her waist. She was ready since they entered.

Since they last met, Anya had upgraded her crossbow to one which was larger and more sturdy now. It had two light-blue rails that the bolt slipped in between as well as a foot handle on the front.