They had successfully entered the aisle entrance, but they couldn’t relax. The statues were too big to go past the entranceway, but they could enter it through unexpected means or relentlessly smash through the walls.

Zich looked towards the hall of the entranceway and thought, ‘I don’t think we have to worry about the statues anymore.’ 

The statues, which chased Zich and his companions like they would follow them to the ends of Hell, halted as soon as the group entered the aisle and turned around to return to their original spots. It seemed like Zich and his companions could catch their breaths now. Of course, they couldn’t just rest easy because unlike the statues, the shadows were even inside the aisle; and the ones outside were squeezing themselves into the aisle’s entryway.

‘They will be more bothersome here.’ The shadows packed the aisle from corner to corner. It wasn’t just the floor. With no regard for the surface they were on, the shadows stuck to the walls and ceiling and attacked the group.

Slice! Zich sliced one of the shadows flying in the air. It burst in mid-air, but another shadow instantly replaced its spot. These shadows fell from the...