The three of them chose a secluded corner and quietly sat down.
To outsiders, it seemed as though the three were examining the entrance's Array Formation and then devising a plan to dismantle it. Of course, it's also possible they had no solution and simply gave up.
There were plenty of people like them around, who couldn't breach the Array Formation to enter the Palace and couldn't find anyone willing to help. After all, everyone outside faced similar situations.
Moreover, even if others had the ability to enter, why would they want to help you?
Help you enter just to add a future competitor?
Unable to enter and unable to retreat, adventurers often choose to wait in place, awaiting a potential variable or a chance at survival.
These days of waiting stretched on, and during this time, more adventurers arrived, each one with considerable strength—after all, only those who passed the prior stages would be here.
