The Wall

We stepped into a chamber patterned with pulsing geometric designs as the dazzling light faded.

As we descended the stairs to the twenty-first floor, Lyle's voice brimmed with anticipation.

"The next one's a golem, right? I'm kind of looking forward to it."

"Once we've tested its strength, let's head back to the nineteenth floor. It's much more efficient for raising our Ranks."

Simply explaining the efficiency wouldn't be enough to convince everyone, who had only just cleared the twentieth floor.

The quickest way to get them to accept the next plan on their own was to have them run headlong into an insurmountable wall and realize their own helplessness.

"Is it really that strong?"

"I don't think we can pierce its defenses at Rank II."

"Ugh, what a pain."

Lyle snorted...