Shalnark not far away looked at Lion's action of rushing towards Tonpa, and then glanced at Moses who was standing still.
Without much room to think, Shalnark chose to chase after Tonpa.
'Let's get the treasure first.'
This is Shalnark's idea.
In just a few seconds, the situation in the battlefield changed drastically.
With his short legs, Tonpa could not outrun a Nen User. After running for a short distance, he was chased by Lion from behind.
In an instant, a strong sense of danger surged from behind him. Tonpa's fear and panic directly broke through the critical point at this moment, and the desire for the pure gold crown in his heart disappeared.
There is no doubt that the pure gold crown in his hands has become the hottest potato.
'Am I going crazy after being poor...!!'
As if he suddenly came back to his sense, Tonpa cursed himself in his heart and then used all his strength to throw the pure gold crown to the back.
Swish—!
The pure gold crown flew over Tonpa's head, drew an upward arc in the air, and coincidentally flew towards Shalnark's antenna-inserted puppet examinee.
Lion stopped abruptly and glanced at Tonpa with his cold eyes.
Before turning around to chase after the crown, Lion kicked a stone next to him and sent it straight to the back of Tonpa's head.
After making this move, Lion didn't even glance back and turned to pursue the pure gold crown.
With the strength of his kick, as long as this stone hit Tonpa's head, Tonpa would undoubtedly be dead.
However, just when the stone was about to hit Tonpa on the back of his head, Tonpa lost his balance due to exerting too much force when throwing the crown and fell flat on his face.
Because of this, he narrowly avoided the deadly stone shooting from behind.
Tonpa fell so hard that his eyes saw stars, completely unaware that he had just narrowly escaped death.
He quickly scrambled to his feet. Right now, he just wanted to disappear from the sight of those monsters.
'Damn, what kind of damn exam is this year…'
Tonpa, whose nerves were always on the edge, was on the verge of tears. At this moment, the only thing he was grateful for was that the monster behind him didn't pursue him.
"Hmm?"
After running away in a sorry state for a while, Tonpa suddenly looked towards the temple with its heavy stone door wide open ahead.
'I should hide in there first.'
Looking at the temple, Tonpa's thoughts changed.
He didn't believe the temple only had one entrance.
If he hides in there first, he can escape at any time through passages such as the back door if necessary.
And if he could close the heavy stone door, he could also stop the moving armors and weird statues around him from coming to cause trouble for him.
Having made a decision, Tonpa ran straight to the temple, then passed through the open thick stone door and entered the temple.
"Huff, huff…"
He gasped for breath and then pushed the stone door with all his strength.
But no matter how hard he tried, the thick stone door showed no sign of moving.
'It's too heavy.'
Tonpa was a little disappointed and immediately looked at the situation outside.
The pure gold crown he had thrown out had been picked up by a man he vaguely recognized.
'Terebie?'
Tonpa quickly recognized the man's identity. He was an examinee who had participated in several exams, barely qualifying as a veteran, and had some interaction with him.
'So-'
'Did the hot potato I had thrown out just now fall into Terebie's hands?'
Tonpa was a little shocked, and then looked at the bulky dinosaur-like man, only to see him rushing towards Terebie with killing intent on his face.
Obviously, whoever tried to lay hands on the pure gold crown would be seen as the primary target by the bulky man.
'Why won't you let go now that it's been like this?!'
Tonpa, who was well aware of Lion's terrifying Aura, couldn't help but cursed Terebie in his heart when he saw that Terebie had no intention of throwing away the pure gold crown.
It's just that he knew nothing about Nen, so how could he have imagined that Terebie was already a living dead controlled by Shalnark.
Tonpa felt that Terebie was done for, so he withdrew his gaze and retreated into the temple.
This is the only place that can give him a sense of security now.
"Hufff…"
Tonpa breathed a sigh of relief. Now, he finally had time to look at the environment inside the temple.
"Eh?"
With just one glance, Tonpa saw a large number of gold coins piled next to a stone pillar.
"This…!!"
Tonpa's eyes slowly widened to their maximum size, and his face is filled with astonishment.
He really didn't know how to describe his mood when he suddenly saw so many gold coins.
He always felt that after arriving at the first phase location, his emotions were like a roller coaster.
One minute ago, he was very excited to get the pure gold crown.
Half a minute ago, he was so frightened by that bulky guy that he almost suffered a cardiac arrest.
Now, another mountain of gold coins appears before his eyes.
'It's too tortuous…'
'Too surprising!!'
Tonpa resisted the urge to shout loudly in excitement and stepped towards the pillar, then threw himself into the mountain of gold coins.
Immediately, the crisp sound of gold coins colliding echoed throughout the temple.
'What a blessing in disguise!'
Emerging from the mountain of gold coins, Tonpa cupped a large pile of coins in his hands and then threw them upwards with all his might, creating a rain of gold coins with his bare hands.
Tonpa, who was in a state of extreme excitement, did not even notice the presence of another figure in the temple.
Mammon, who had black wings folded on his back and a naked body devoid of any gender features, was staring at Tonpa, who was reveling in the mountain of gold coins, with a somewhat strange gaze.
'This human being in front of me—'
'My [Hand of No Return to Paradise] has just been disabled due to extreme fear, and not even a minute has passed...'
'Because of a mountain of gold coins, the [Hand of No Return to Paradise] was instantly revived.'
Mammen stared at Tonpa as if looking at a piece of meat.
'Human beings are indeed magical creatures.'
Mammon thought to himself.
He was born only to plunder greedy desires, and had no interest in causing death.
So now, he just silently watched Tonpa enjoying himself in the mountain of gold coins without making any further moves.
"Is it my imagination?"
Tonpa fiddled with the gold coins casually, frowned and muttered to himself: "I always feel that the temperature here is much lower than outside."
As he said this, he rolled over in the mountain of gold coins, ready to start collecting the gold coins.
Then-
He finally saw Mammon, who is motionless under the green light.
"…"
"???"
"!!!"
Tonpa's face froze as he stared blankly at Mammon.
'What the hell!'
'What kind of surprise is this!!'
At the same time.
Outside the temple.
The antenna-inserted puppet accidentally caught the pure gold crown, and became Lion's primary target.
But how could Shalnark let Lion get what he wanted? While interfering with Lion, he controlled the antenna-inserted puppet to rush into the armors and head-holding human statues that were gradually approaching.
In this way, the confrontation in the battlefield turned into Shalnark versus Lion.
On the contrary, Moses and Menchi became the ones watching the fight from the sidelines.
The position has changed!
Moses looked at Shalnark and Lion, who were having a conflict over the pure gold crown, and felt that something was off...
But, one couldn't deny that this might be an opportunity.