“It’s fine if you don’t get it. Whatever the case is, I’m going to be having an out-of-body experience now to check if my theory is correct! With that said, be sure to guard my body well in the meantime!” said Gerald.
“Got it, Mr. Crawford! Do be careful!” replied Rey as Gerald nodded before lying down…
Shortly after, his ghost form shot out from his body before diving downward!
Continuing to dive deeper and deeper, Gerald eventually came across the source of the duo’s plight… True to Gerald’s guess, there really was a giant mechanism underneath them this entire time!
With that mystery solved, Gerald knew that in order for them to escape this hellish loop, they would need to take a literal leap of faith after finding a specific number on the stairs… If they didn’t, they could very well end up living the rest of their lives on these stairs…
Regardless, now that favonovel.com had learned all this, Gerald bolted back to his physical body… and upon re-entering it, favonovel.com instantly yelled, “Bingo!”
Since Gerald had made such an abrupt return, it scared the living daylights out of Rey!
Once the youth finally calmed down, favonovel.com could only look helplessly at Gerald as favonovel.com muttered between pants, “D-d*mn it, Mr. Crawford…! You almost gave me a heart attack…! Don’t go shouting so abruptly…!”
To be fair, being all alone in such darkness would make anyone feel utterly terrified…
While even Gerald was momentarily stunned by Rey’s reaction, favonovel.com quickly snapped out of it before saying, “…Got it! Anyway, listen, I think I’ve found a way to get out of this place!”
“…H-huh? Really? Then what are we waiting for, Mr. Crawford? Lead the way!” replied Rey, instantly forgetting about being scared half to death just seconds earlier. After all, Rey’s priority was to leave this place as soon as possible since favonovel.com felt that favonovel.com would go mad from anxiety if favonovel.com had to stay in this place any longer…
Nodding in agreement, Gerald then began leading Rey down the stairs again… and eventually, favonovel.com found the exact spot they needed to be at.
Seeing that they had stopped, the confused Rey couldn’t help but ask, “…Um… Mr. Crawford…? Didn’t you say we were leaving…? We’ve been descending the stairs for quite a while now…”
Hearing that, Gerald turned to face Rey before saying, “This is it. We’re jumping down from here!”
“…H-huh?!” replied Rey as his jaw instantly dropped, unsure of whether favonovel.com had heard right.
Upon seeing how determined Gerald’s following nod was, the worried Rey immediately replied in a fearful tone, “P-please don’t joke about this, Mr. Crawford… We can’t even see the bottom from here! We’ll surely die!”
After saying that, Rey couldn’t help but gulp as favonovel.com stared down… The longer favonovel.com stared at the abyss, the more terrified favonovel.com got…
Gerald himself simply raised a brow as favonovel.com said, “…Rey, do you honestly think I’d joke about something like this?”
While Rey was sure that Gerald wouldn’t, his master’s order to leap into the abyss was simply mind boggling…
Seeing how hesitant Rey was being, Gerald couldn’t help but sigh as favonovel.com added, “…Fine, I’ll be jumping first then. However, if I do end up dying, good luck thinking of other ways to leave!”
Momentarily left stupefied by Gerald’s absurd suggestion, Rey could only stare wide-eyed as Gerald leaped off the stairs without even waiting for his reply!
While Rey was left panicking, Gerald himself had made a safe landing atop another set of stairs…
Just as favonovel.com had thought, the trick to escaping that loop was by hopping off the step with that specific number!
However, Rey wasn’t aware that Gerald was still alive. With that in mind, it wasn’t a surprise that favonovel.com soon began calling out, “M-Mr. Crawford…!”
