As Fane walked, he counted his steps. When he took the seventh step, a mature, old-sounding voice rang.
"Challengers, will you raise the difficulty? The difficulties are spread into the black-iron, bronze, or gold ranks. You're currently at the black-iron rank. If you increase it to the bronze rank, the strongest one will get a special treasure. If you increase it to the gold rank, the strongest warrior will get three treasures and a special badge."
All three of them were stunned to hear that. They could choose their difficulty? They were at the black-iron difficulty at that moment, and there were two other difficulty levels they could choose from. They never heard about that before.
Marth frowned and said, "So there are three difficulties inside the Seven Deaths Array. Why haven't we heard about this before?"
Lourain coughed as he said fearfully, "How strong were those people? How strong is this…man? Those that barely passed wouldn't have been allowed to choose their difficulties. After all, they'd have spent so much effort just to pass at this difficulty. Wouldn't it just be a waste of time to let them choose?
"The other difficulties will only be revealed to those that are stronger. Naturally, the news wouldn't have been spread out."
Even though Lourain was a petty man, his analysis had been spot on. It was just like he said; those who could just barely pass would not have been allowed to pick their difficulty. After all, it would be pointless.
Those who were powerful enough would have passed, so news of them being able to choose their difficulty would not have been spread to the entrance. After all, that place was filled with those who failed or those who had not challenged it yet.
Lourain turned to look at Fane, who seemed visibly calm. Lourain's gaze roamed everywhere, looking like he was thinking about something. He was probably deciding if he wanted to take on the bronze difficulty or the gold difficulty.
It was a sure thing that Fane would increase the difficulty. After all, the black-iron difficulty was easy-breezy to him. Earlier, he had only taken two attacks to deal with the metal attribute array. To someone as strong as Fane, that level of difficulty was incredibly simple.
In truth, Lourain was doing as much as he could to make himself invisible. Even though Fane had not caused him any trouble yet, he was no idiot. Fane's words meant something.
Fane was planning on settling the score only after they got out. Naturally, he would not dare to act arrogantly in front of Fane anymore.
It was just that there were some things he had to say. After all, this concerned him as well.
Lourain mustered up the courage and said carefully, "Fane…"
In truth, Lourain did not know how he should talk to Fane. He was so worried that he would disgust Fane. He did not want to seem disrespectful either, so he tried to maintain an even tone.
When he saw that Fane did not react in a negative manner, Lourain gulped and continued.
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