(Outside the dungeon, at the same time the trio discovered the ninth floor)
The guards were still posted all around the portal to the dungeon, protecting any adventurers foolish enough to try and attempt to beat it.
And before they could even react, an explosion around the frame of the violet portal occurred, making its texture even more unstable than before.
~FWISHH~
[Floor 9 has been reached]
Panick had initially taken over the knights who immediately pulled out their weapons, but upon reading the message above the portal, they all sighed in relief, thankful it wasn't some kind of monster coming out of it.
"Oh shit, someone actually completed floor 8," one of the guards realized, surprised it happened after around two weeks with no real progress.
