Chapter 202: 5th Floor
The teleport from Floor 4 was a relief.
The hot, sulfurous air of the puzzle chamber was instantly replaced by a wave of cool, clean, and impossibly fresh air.
My ears, which had been ringing with the distant screams of Magnus's trapped team, were now filled with the gentle, melodic sound of flowing water and soft, ethereal music.
We materialized not in a dungeon, but in a paradise.
We were standing in a vast, circular chamber so large it felt like an open-air valley.
The ceiling was a high, crystalline dome that projected a perfect, artificial sky of soft blue with gentle, swirling white clouds.
A glowing crystal sun, the source of the room's warm, pleasant light, hung at its apex.
The floor wasn't stone; it was covered in lush, vibrant green grass, soft as velvet. In the center of the chamber, a multi-tiered fountain carved from white marble gushed with water that shimmered with pure, liquid mana.
