Bab 368: Deny To Persuade

"That's why we will wait for them to strike what they believe to be an empty castle."

"Isn't this simply wasting the time that we moved in so much hurry to secure? It couldn't be that this second stage isn't so hard to clear, wouldn't it be okay if we added a certain number of elites to clear them?"

As another faction head unknowingly questioned, I kept a calm face on as I shook my head deep inside. Though we did mention the stages before, we didn't mention the exact details so that we could get done with the first phase as soon as possible, so it was quite expected for them to react this way.

"The point is, the second stage which is in some cases the first stage is some sort of test conducted on the mental level, its process is quite similar to how the 'Tower of Trial' of the Elemental Blade Sect, but the main point is that one can only enter alone."