The mood changed just from the appearance of the Naga King. The excitement of the mob and their surroundings was suppressed in an instant. At that moment, it was as though the world itself had stopped.

“Why? Keep talking,” Kim Jin-Woo said.

The faces of those in the mob turned black. They wondered how long he had been watching them for. They slowly looked away, trying to sneakily retreat.

But Kim Jin-Woo didn’t give them a chance to do so. “One more step forward or backward…”

His warning kept the mob tied down. He wasn’t growling fiercely at them, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t a threat. With a few muttered words, the thousands-strong mob was bound in place.

If this had been like the previous 9th Floor, they could have sneakily escaped through the various narrow corridors. But now, they were in a spacious, empty chamber that had been newly created. From the beginning, there had been no place for them to hide from the king’s warnings.

Gulp.

Someone gulped. Normally, no one would be bothered, but now, that small sound echoed everywhere, causing the others’ gazes...