All of the disciples of the Unbreaking Pavilion probably already knew what Fane looked like. Fane let out a sigh.He then said, "They know how I look and that I'm called Fane. They know I'm skilled as well, but they don't know where I'm from. It means that they only knew of me from the Whirling World!"Rudy nodded, looking at Fane respectfully. Rudy had been so confused about everything, but Fane had started to analyze things earnestly. Everything Fane said seemed logical.Fane continued, "If they did not know me from what I did in Black Sun City, then it had to be someone from Thousand Leaves City who recorded me and sent it over."Before we entered Thousand Leaves City, we met quite a few people, but there were no disciples from the Unbreaking Pavilion among them. Even if I did well, there could not have been any disciples sending my image over."So I'm sure that the person who recorded my image must be a warrior we met after entering the Thousand Leaves Tower."Hearing that, F
Fane nodded, saying quickly, "Do you remember how Grayson looked at you when you were questioning him? He looked at you as if it was the first time he has seen you. He did not seem to know the two of you, and looked at us like enemies when you questioned him!"Rudy had a dark look on his face and replied, "That's true! That's what happened! So he recorded your image with a special array and broadcasted it. He really doesn't know us, and wanted to figure out where you're from…"Fane nodded. That should have been what happened. That was the only reason he could think of after considering everything that had happened. However, a bigger question remained; What did Grayson go through?Could Grayson have done all that just to try and figure Fane out? Fane sighed…"There are too many questions regarding Grayson. The information we can get is not enough to determine what happened to him. Why doesn't he know us? Why was he looking into us? What does he want…"After saying that, Fane no lon
All of them widened their eyes as they looked around. They were all on full alert, ready for anything to suddenly happen. After a few moments, that familiar voice was heard again. It was as deep and monotonous as usual…"All members gathered, and the fifth level's test will begin. All of you entered an illusory world, you're not in the real world…"Everyone froze at that. Even Fane looked up in disbelief. They were not in the actual world, but an illusion.Fane never felt like he was in one from start to finish, because everything had felt so real. After absorbing so many memories of past heroes, Fane was very confident in his intuition.After all, he had all that experience to fall back on. Fane would usually notice any hint of irregularity. Yet, Fane had felt like everything was normal after entering the place.Everyone he saw and everything he heard seemed perfect. There had been no way for him to know that he had been trapped in an illusion at all. The ones around him were inc
Even if he was not eliminated, it was useless for Fane to keep guard of him anyway. After all, Rudy could not get the prize.Fane nodded, if Fane really decided to ignore Rudy, then Rudy would definitely be eliminated. A few familiar roars were heard in the distance.Green figures started to rapidly charge at them. A few hundred wind beasts were basically rushing at them with all their might.Those wind beasts were flaring their teeth with eyes full of bloodlust, looking like they wanted to rip everyone apart."What do we do?! Break the array? Is this an array? Do they want us to break out of the illusion or the array? I have no idea what's happening, and the test has already started…""I haven't figured anything out either. There was so much free time at the start, and nothing was said. Why is the test so rushed? We didn't get any time to think about what array we were supposed to break at all. Could those wind beasts have all been formed by arrays?"The warriors were all in con
There was only one thing he knew. It was impossible to break the array just by relying on constantly killing the wind beast."Fane, why are the wind beasts not attacking me?" Rudy said to Fane.Fane had pushed Rudy behind him earlier, but as time passed, Rudy realized in surprise that those wind beasts did not seem to see him at all. All of the attacks fell on the warriors that relied on themselves to enter the fifth level.He was completely ignored as a dependent. Even without Fane's protection, the wind beasts ignored him anyway, not attacking him. That actually gave Fane more room to relax, not needing to protect Rudy."Everyone, quickly figure something out! We can let this go on, or all of us will be eliminated!""I can't hold on any longer…" A man from the Deer Pavilion let out a cry of misery.Right after he said that a wind beast bit him on the arm. The wind beast's bite was incredibly strong. With a pull, it ripped that man's arm off.The disciple of the Deer Pavilion l
Earlier, Edgar had been fully focused on arguing with Albert, but he did not forget how disrespectful Fane had been. Even with how humble and friendly he had been acting, Fane still gave him the cold shoulder. It was deeply humiliating to Edgar.Edgar immediately shouted back at Fane's words, "What are you blindly talking about? Everyone here couldn't figure anything out even after working together, but you claim to know everything!"Even if you want to brag, you should do it at the right time. Don't think that we'll look at you just because you said something at this moment!" Edgar's words infuriated Rudy.Rudy shouted back, "What do you mean by this?! If Fane said that, it means he's sure. You're just trying to be petty!"Edgar let out a laugh and brushed it aside, "Don't judge others by your own standards. Petty? Do you think Fane is that righteous or noble?"I want to see what he's figured out. Don't tell me he's figured out how to break the array, I won't believe it!"A lot
"That has to be it. That guy bragged so much earlier, but actually can't back it up. So he's trying to kill himself to avoid embarrassment."Those harsh words echoed around Fane. Not a single person thought that Fane could do anything. Fane did not care what everyone else thought. He merely took a deep breath as he moved his hand. Everyone heard a piercing sound, and blood immediately flowed from Fane's throat. It was the first time Fane felt his life slowly slipping away.That was the feeling of being close to death, but Fane was not in a panic at all. Even though everyone had talked up a storm, feeling like Fane's crazy actions were him giving up, no one expected Fane to actually do it."This guy actually did kill himself. If he really wanted to give up and leave this place, he could have just stopped fighting and let the wind beasts finish him. Did he need to kill himself? Does he think it would look sad? So what if it did? Would we look at him in a better light?"Fane's actio
The next second, the wind beasts suddenly started to explode one by one, turning into green specs of light, dispersing into the air. Everything had happened too quickly, and the warriors did not even have a chance to react."What happened? Why did those wind beasts suddenly explode into a green light?""I don't know, could we have accidentally broken the array?""Maybe we've all lost?" At the same time as everyone was celebrating the disappearance of those annoying wind beasts, they started to discuss why the wind beasts disappeared.As everyone was wondering in confusion, the wizened voice was heard again, "The Phantom Array has been broken. The fifth level's test has ended. The victor will be given one key!"That answered the doubt in everyone's hearts. When they heard that someone had actually broken the array, they all widened their eyes as they looked around at each other in confusion.At that moment, they only had one thought in mind. They all wondered which genius had brok