An stepped foot inside the Remedium and saw its signature negative color scheme mirroring the real world.


    As of now, he saw no deviation inside. The streets looked as empty as it was outside the Remedium, the buildings to the side were neatly lined up in their respective streets, and they could see the dark exterior of the Church just further away from them.


    If An didn''t know any better, he would have thought that the way to the Church was as easy as walking a few kilometers.


    But judging from the wary expressions of Ninth and her team, he knew that this was not the time to rx.


    "Keep to your wits. The Remedium will try to lull you into a sense offort, but the moment that you show any weakness, it will pounce. We must keep our eyes peeled." Ninth''s cautious words were heeded by everyone.


    They walked forward on the main road, with the Scout at the very top of the formation. He looked left and right in a second of interval, trying to discern any sign of danger.


    Since this was near the City Center, the buildings were neatly built into blocks, with streets numbered from one up to 100.


    It was also evident that this was a high-ss part of the City, with the buildings a lot more sophisticated and made of better quality materials than the normal buildings An saw in the other districts.


    The main road itself was wide enough to have threenes on each side, which made their formation a lot easier to keep.


    An looked to the side and peeked through the streets they passed. And so far, he hadn''t seen anything wrong with the environment. Even the white skies and ck moon above their heads showed no sign of any anomalies.


    For some reason, that was even more unnerving than seeing something wrong. Theck of any disturbance made the air even eerier than before. The tension only seemed to grow as they advanced further up the main road.


    "Wait!" The Scout stopped in his tracks, and the rest of the team froze in ce.


    An was surprised to see that some people on the team literally froze their own bodies while walking. They had their legs up in the air as they were about to take another step.


    Instead of putting them down, they kept their legs up as they heard the Scout''s warning.


    In their experience, they knew that any excessive movements could set off a trap that none of them expected. When their Scout told them to stop, then they stoppedpletely and made no extra movements.


    "Let''s take a detour," he said.


    Ninth didn''t take a second to hesitate as she agreed with his words. "Okay. Lead the way."


    The Scout didn''t have to exin. There was a deep bond of trust between them that negated the need for any exnations.


    The group took a sharp left turn and entered 24th Street as a detour.


    An had no idea why, but he wasn''t going to question them.


    As they took a turn, An activated his Thermal Vision and observed the supposed hazardous route. But, he saw no difference in thermal energy than normal.


    What''s wrong with going this way?


    He dared not to blurt out his question. The rest of the team uttered not a single breath as they walked on the side street. An was afraid that talking would somehow trigger an event that would destabilize the current peace in the Remedium.


    The 24th street was a particrly short block of street, consisting only of two office buildings on each side. It didn''t take them long to go through the street ande out on the other side.


    As they walked forward, the road opened up as they converged onto another main road.


    But as An turned and looked forward, he was surprised to see that the road led to the Church once again.


    Once he remembered what the main road looked like, he was horrified to realize that this road was extremely simr to the road they left earlier. It was as if they turned back around and re-entered the path back where they wanted to avoid.


    "Is this a loop?" Ninth asked.


    The Scout looked to the left and saw the 24th Street again. They should have already left that street, but here it was again.


    "I''m afraid so. We''ll have to find the right way if we want to get out of it."


    An had no idea what they were talking about, but it seemed that this was not the first time they encountered this. He had to takefort in the fact that they at least knew how to get out of it.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    Ninth walked forward right next to the scout and took out the one-handed sword on her back. She didn''t even have to use her LifeSkill powers to generate a tremendous amount of force in her de.


    With one swing of her sword, a giant cut suddenly appeared and split the road ahead and the skies up above in half!


    An raised his hand and protected himself from the air generated by the swing of her sword, but he didn''t take his eyes off the cut that split the Remedium in half.


    Then, the Mage behind her suddenly chanted something under her breath and pointed her wooden staff at the split in reality.


    Suddenly, violet hands manifested in mid-air and pierced their fingers into the very seam of the cut.


    The Mage strained her face as shemanded the hands to pull the cut open.


    The veryyer of reality crumpled under the giant violet hands and showed the true scenery of the road under the illusion.


    If they kept on walking forward, they would have plummeted down a dark abyss that would have swallowed them whole. Ninth and the others looked down and saw the ground subducting under itself as if it was a giant beast swallowing the very earth itself.