Unlike before where Grey had to withstand the overwhelming pressure on the steps, the feeling Grey got this time was different.
With a single step, he felt as if he had crossed an unknown amount of distance. At this instant, he was no longer standing on the singular seventh step with no way to advance or retreat, Grey was taking the next step.
The eighth step. And the moment he did, Grey suddenly felt as if he had returned from an incredibly long and ardous journey. At the same time, he saw the captain's faint figure in front of him, and from the edge of his eye, he saw Roxanne behind him.
They looked to have never moved and were still in the same place. This was completely surreal and almost made Grey think he had imagined the whole thing.
If not for the feeling of the laws resonating with his body, and the golden piece of cloth in his hands, Grey would have indeed thought that this was the case.
But the moment that Grey realized he was back, he opened his mouth and shouted.
