At the time Grey had reached the ninth step, the captain had stepped on the twelfth step and was just two more away from the fourteenth step. Meanwhile, Roxanne's speed was the fastest out of the three of them. She was already on the eighth step, just behind Grey.
'It works! It really works! He actually did it…' the captain thought inwardly, a faint glint appearing in her eyes. Although she was surprised at how Grey could suddenly endure the pressure on their behalf, she was nonetheless stunned and excited.
Mainly because she was now on the twelfth step, and closer to the top of the crystal palace.
With a piece of cloth containing divinity in his right hand, Grey took another step forward. The moment he did, he felt the power of the laws he was controlling within him suddenly tremble and shiver, as though resisting an overwhelming force they could barely withstand.
