The climber’s head, which had been rolling across the ground, finally came to a halt. Its slitted, reptilian-like pupils stared blankly into the void.0

Disrupting the suffocating silence, I turned to face my party members. “Everyone, prepare to move.”0

“What?”0

“Huh?”0

The others glanced at me with puzzled expressions. Only Ha Hee-Jeong seemed to sense the gravity of my tone, her face turning grave.0

I hefted my hammer.0

“Su-Hyeok, what’s going on all of a sudden?” Seo Ho-Su asked as he sheathed his sword. 0

“We need to return to base.”0

“The arena?”0

“Yes.”0

Perhaps they wholeheartedly trusted my judgment or heard the urgency in my tone, but the others immediately began preparing to leave. Throughout the entire process, however, their curious gazes remained fixed on me.0

Their confusion didn’t surprise me, given how abrupt my declaration had been, but an alarm of this magnitude didn’t give me time to spare.0

“I’ll explain as we go. Let’s get going.”0

I started running without waiting for a response. Though my party members remained perplexed, they followed without complaint.0

Speeding up even more, I turned slightly and explained, “My Sixth Sense went off. Something’s wrong, and I think it is at our base.”1

“At the base? What could have happened?”0

“This suddenly?”0

Amid the murmurs of surprise, Seo Ho-Su wore a worried expression and mentioned something that caused everyone...0