On the fifty-second floor, I had completed a hidden mission called “Companionship, the Phantom of the Predecessor.” As a reward, I had been allowed to manifest an illusion that would guide future challengers. That was when I realized that the Kalain who had been accompanying me could be the god I had heard referred to as Kal-Lain, also known as Sky of the Nine Heavens.0

That phantom had attempted to distract me from completing the hidden mission, but it hadn’t impeded me in any other way. In fact, he was instrumental in helping me overcome the trial.0

What will this floor be like?0

The message had yet to update. Still surrounded by darkness, I contemplated different possibilities. 0

Considering the floor’s name, I would likely have to endure physical and mental hardship. The fifty-second floor had forced me to climb a mountain without any equipment. The only difference was that I hadn’t needed to enter the Room of Abandonment. As soon as I had started the floor, everything had simply vanished. Barefoot, clad only in simple cloth and a robe, I had pressed on.1

Regardless, I couldn’t be certain, but it was likely. The previous floor had mirrored the fifth, so for the ninety-fifth to echo the fifty-second was hardly unthinkable. There was no way it would...0