Kapitel 117: The Fifth Floor (part 1)

Present time.

Aito and the siblings arrived from the fourth floor. Surprisingly, this time, the staircase led them inside a majestic cathedral. 

Delicately carved and smooth white marble paved the floor. Six main imposing pillars located at each corner supported the structure, preventing the building from crumbling. Engravings depicting people fighting against monstrous beings were carved into them. 

Aito recognized one of those monstrosities with tentacles, a Paineater. The others were unknown to him, though he could guess that the numerous hulking creatures were Goliaths. 

Challengers were seated on benches lined up specifically so that those who sat on it could admire four tall statues highlighted by the fake sunlight passing through a beautiful multicolor rose window, under which a magnificent painting of a woman clad in armor was fixed on the wall.