As the trio headed in that direction, a few people couldn''t help but look at them. Some people snorted, looking at them with disdain; they felt like the trio overestimated themselves.


    Being looked at by so many people made Alice a bit ufortable, especially given how they stared at them as if they were looking at fools.


    "You don''t need to bother with them." Grey whispered to her as they got close to the throne.


    They stood in front of it, and before they could even touch it, the throne reacted and actively sent out a gentle stream of force their way, it soon covered Grey and Void, and only after a short moment did it cover Alice as well. It was clear that Grey and Void triggered it. Alice, who was with them, was essed by it before it surrounded her and took her with them.


    It wasn''t that Alice didn''t meet the requirements, but Grey and Void exceeded it by far, so it was naturally triggered.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    Being with the duo meant she would have to be essed first before being sent through with them.


    The strange situation made the others look at Grey and his friends with mouths wide agape. There were a few people who knew Grey, so when they saw the reaction of the throne, they were beyond shocked.


    "Could it be that it doesn''t ess strength but potential?" Someone from the crowd asked.


    Those rejected were olderpared to those who entered. Age might not be the only factor the energy was essing, but it should also be among the requirements.


    The others fell deep into thoughts, and a few in the Sage ne suddenly had the urge also to try. Since Alice could enter, then they could as well.


    "Don''t be rash. Do you think you''re like them?" An Elemental Venerable chided when he saw someone from his Faction trying to go and try. He was the leader of his group, so he had the final say.


    Everyone saw that, unlike the previous times, there was a different reaction when it got to Grey and his friends'' turn. There must''ve been something that triggered this.


    The Sage ne Elementalist paused and looked at the throne, his eyes burning with passion. He felt he was on the same level as the trio who were epted. Even a cat could enter. How could he be inferior to a dumb Magical Beast?


    This was the question in his head.


    Everyone saw the cat that entered with Grey; it was also essed by the energy, if not, it would not have been able to enter.


    …..


    While those people were considering the requirements to enter with therge stone, Grey, Alice, and Void appeared in another space.


    They arrived at argepound, and looking around; they couldn''t find anyone.


    "Another space, I wonder what it holds. There should be rewards, I think." Grey said thoughtfully.


    None of them knew anything about this ce.


    "Do you think those people from the Heavenly Fate Faction got to this ce?" He suddenly asked.


    There is a high chance that they did, but it was probably too dangerous, or the tasks were tooplicated, so they needed more people to try and break through it.


    "We''ll only know when we explore this ce." Alice said.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Grey was always overthinking things. In such a ce, there was no need to overthink everything. As they advanced, they would naturally find out some things.


    Grey shrugged, he was only curious.


    The trio soon started to explore the ce. Other than a garden, they didn''t see anything else.


    Void suddenly thought of something, and he brought out a small bunny. He had kept the bunny in his spatial storage under Grey''s instructions, but seeing a garden, he recalled it.


    The bunny looked at them with an annoyed expression. It couldn''t believe they kept it in such a ce for so long.


    "Don''t look at me that way, it was his idea." Void shifted the me to Grey. He only followed Grey''s instructions, so it had nothing to do with him.


    Grey smiled sheepishly before looking away as if he didn''t do anything. The bunny couldn''tin and only stared at the garden in front of it.


    "Let''s explore this ce together." Grey suggested to the bunny.


    The bunny didn''t say anything and just hopped around. A few secondster, it said to Grey.


    ''Something is guarding this ce. It won''te out now, but it wille outter.''


    Grey didn''t sense anything. He ryed the message to Void and Alice, they sensed for a while but didn''t find anything unusual.


    "How did you know?" He asked the bunny.


    ''What do you take me for? I''m a top-tier expert, and I''m used to these things. You''ll need to pass through a trail to break through this ce. It should have something to do with this garden.'' The bunny looked at Grey in disdain.


    Grey didn''t mind being looked down on by the bunny, it could say whatever it wanted. He told Void to keep the bunny thest time because it didn''t want to fight, so there was no need to keep it there.


    Grey tried to keep it in his storage ring but realized he couldn''t. Void was surprisingly able to, so he left it to Void.


    After some thought, he walked forward. There was nothing he could do. Thepound was covered with a film, and he knew there was no way he could break through it. He didn''t even bother to try.


    When they got close to the garden, a projection appeared. Some sort of spiritual energy formed it.


    The projection was that of an old man who looked harmless and friendly. The old man looked at Grey and Void before looking at the bunny leader. Alice was thest person it looked at, a little taken aback.


    It seemed to have some sort of intelligence.


    "To pass this stage, you must care for the nts."


    With that, the projection vanished.