“… He really passed this river?”

“No way!”

“Maybe there’s another way.”

The French volunteer Players were baffled. They hadn’t gotten any trouble tracking down Chang-Sun ever since he had found a Hidden Piece. However, they had now run into a giant wall—no, a river of fire. The quietly flowing river naturally made the Players feel suffocated. Those who had low heat tolerance or didn’t have fire attributes couldn’t even come to the underground floor.

“There has to be something here…!” Nicolas Pouquet bit his lower lip, looking at the river of fire.

He believed that Chang-Sun had a secret that no one else knew about. Otherwise, a rookie who had become a Player less than a year ago wouldn’t be as skilled as a high-ranker.

‘The guy seemed thorough, so it was weird that we could tail him so easily.’ Nicolas thought, then wondered what to do now.

For a moment, Nicolas considered merging with his Wild Zombie, but he soon shook his head since it would melt as soon as they submerged.

‘Wait.’ Nicolas raised his head, an idea suddenly flashing in his mind. ‘Come to think of it, Grizman also disappeared somewhere as soon as he arrived at the ‘Boiling Hell’ station.’

For some reason, Nicolas could feel the fog inside his head clear up. ‘Chang-Sun is definitely a demonic being and is up to something with Grizman…!’

The ‘Iron Mask’ Grizman Adelie used to be a demonic being, but he was known to have atoned for the sins he had committed during those times, becoming...