The two thousand feet mark was reached in the first ten minutes by Iwan, but as they continued, the distance between him and the old demon had slightly increased.
"Boom." With a blasting force, the force weighing down on Iwan doubled. He was already falling forward to climb faster, but with another increase in gravity, he had to readjust his posture.
There was hardly any effect on his climbing speed. But Iwan still looked troubled.
"Is the old demon speeding up?" Iwan wondered while looking at the distance between himself and the old demon. "Or, am I slowing down?" He considered both possibilities, but he calmed down while mumbling about the second one.