When Alex, Dim Dim, and Latifa regained their senses, they found themselves in a spacious room with an obsidian floor.
However, when they looked up, they saw something, and Latifa's eyes widened in shock.
The interior of the Chrono Maze looked the same as it did in the game. It was an impossible labyrinth of ticking gears, floating platforms, stairs that seemed to go in every direction, countless doors, and shimmering transparent corridors that looped back on themselves once a wrong turn was taken.
Time hung heavy in the air, like the moment before a clock struck midnight.
A low humming filled the space, accompanied by the slow, rhythmic tick… tock… tick… tock that echoed in all directions.
Latifa looked at her surroundings, and quickly understood why this dungeon was forbidden to students.
"T-This place is indeed dangerous," Latifa stuttered. "I already understand why someone can get lost in this place. That shining gate at the top—is that the exit of the dungeon?"
