141 141. Underground lakes

"Thanks, Vance, you really saved us out there."

Noah nodded, sitting on the ground.

The effort of vanquishing the fog in the entirety of the fourth floor had tired him greatly, he needed to rest.

"As for the things that you saw when we were inside the illusion..."

Noah raised one hand and interrupted him.

"Don't worry, everyone has its traumatic experiences."

The other three nodded and lowered their heads, they were quite ashamed that they had been seen when they faced their most painful memories.

Another pile of goods, bigger than the previous one, appeared in the middle of the layer.

Errol laid his back on the terrain and spoke in a calm voice.

"I wonder why we are given this much time for each floor."

Nigel answered.

"It's probably in order to let the participants safely approach every test. If it wasn't for Vance, clearing this floor might have taken a while."

"So, what do we do now?"

June asked.