Miss Witch’s Devotion Has Gone… Twisted-Chapter 86: Hall of Truth

Loren seized the opportunity and directly shot the big mouth's body to pieces. Its mouth, carried by momentum, shot forward.
[Level Up, Attribute Point +1. Current Level 23. 90% remaining until next level.]
This was why Loren had asked the others not to kill the monster outright;
he wanted to level up in the process.
Loren rummaged through the monster's corpse and eventually pulled out a strange fragment.
"This is a [Sin Fragment] symbolizing greed. It can open the treasure chest here."
Only when Loren pointed did everyone notice the treasure chest hidden in the corner.
"Solved. Let's hurry to the next floor."
Loren didn't open the treasure chest. He went directly to the entrance of the next floor, which had the same construction as the gate—touching it would trigger a teleport.
As everyone held hands again, Laila voiced her doubt:
"Why not open the treasure chest?"
"I'm keeping the fragment for another use."
After a brief explanation, Loren touched the door, and everyone was transported to the next floor once more.
This time, they weren't so lucky. The moment they appeared on the next floor, they were attacked. The assailant was a humanoid creature whose head was covered entirely in eyes.
Before it could even launch an attack, Loren used his sword to slash and burst a row of eyes on its head. Taking advantage of the monster's pained retreat, Loren shot its leg, breaking it. As it fell, Loren unleashed a barrage of gunfire, blasting all its eyes.
Only then did the monster stop struggling. Loren's experience bar increased by 10%.
"This is a sinner of doubt. It only dies after all its eyes are destroyed. This one wasn't fully transformed into a monster. The complete form has eyes all over its body."
This was also why the monster only provided Loren with 10% experience—it wasn't the complete form.
Just thinking about that appearance sent a shiver down Naclis's spine.
"Let's go. Incomplete monsters don't have Sin Fragments inside them."
"How do you know everything? This is the first time this structure has appeared here, right?"
Laila still wasn't completely accustomed to Loren's knowledge, but Naclis and the others were long used to it. They wouldn't even be surprised if Loren suddenly revealed how to kill the Orthodox Gods one day.
"Actually, I'm also a prophet. There's nothing in this world I don't know."
More than one person had asked Loren this question, and he had long since prepared a response.
Progress on the second floor was actually less smooth. Loren had already walked into two dead ends. Along the way, he killed some more monsters, not just those of doubt, but also of greed and ignorance, though none were complete forms.
No one was particularly anxious. As long as they kept walking along the left wall, they would eventually find the exit.
This time, Loren took the lead. There were many traps here, which Loren was more familiar with. Moreover, even if he encountered some traps that couldn't be detected, Loren could rely on his inspiration and Void-walking to evade them.
Since there were no outsiders here, it didn't matter if Laila learned about his Void-walking ability.
When they walked into a third dead end, a sea of flames blocked the path, and all other routes had been confirmed as dead ends.
"What should we do?"
Gradually, Laila also subconsciously began to see Loren as the backbone, asking him first whenever a problem arose.
"This is [Sin-Burning Flames]. The deeper a person's sins, the greater the damage they suffer. Conversely, people without sin or whose merits outweigh their faults won't be harmed."
After saying this, Loren stepped directly into the Sin-Burning Flames. Upon encountering Loren, the flames seemed to have been doused with water, instantly calming down into small flickers that didn't even block Loren's vision.
This was another reason Loren was reluctant to let others come;
the Sin-Burning Flames could genuinely burn them.
Seeing this, the others followed. Loren continued his explanation:
"If you encounter Sin-Burning Flames, it means this path is correct."
Actually, this thing was quite dangerous. Because Sin-Burning Flames could directly burn a sinner's soul, even the High Tower's Void-walking couldn't evade it. Fortunately, Loren didn't qualify as a sinner, so the flames were ineffective against him.
Passing through the corridor covered in Sin-Burning Flames, their field of view suddenly opened up. Many corridors led here, numerous passageways converging like countless tributaries.
The space here was distorted. Even on the same floor, people weren't in the same space;
this place forcibly twisted several spaces together.
Simultaneously, Loren finally saw other people here. Many were stuck at this point.
Ahead was a long corridor. People were blocked at its entrance, and there were quite a few of them.
"This is the Hall of Truth. Here, for every distance you walk, a secret from your heart will be automatically broadcast. Stepping back means death."
"This..."
Hearing Loren's words, Laila, who had been about to step onto it, suddenly halted. Even Naclis hesitated.
"Walk with peace of mind. It's fine."
Loren took the lead and stepped into the corridor. Here, he saw a familiar face—Helen, that Enforcement Team Captain. Loren hadn't expected her to actually enter and even get ahead of him.
This wasn't strange, though, because due to luck, Loren had been stuck on the second floor for a long time.
"Yo, we meet again."
Loren greeted Helen. Upon stepping into the Hall of Truth, part of the rules echoed in his mind, which was why these people were stuck here.
It just hadn't mentioned the part about stepping back;
otherwise, there wouldn't be so many corpses at the corridor entrance. Seeing these corpses, others understood the complete rules.
Many people were stuck at the entrance, not daring to take a step forward, but some had successfully passed.
With so many people here, if certain secrets were broadcast, their lives would be ruined once they got out.
Anna bounced along and followed behind Loren. She didn't have many concerns.
Since Anna was raised by Loren from childhood, she was also the one most similar to him.
Anna's current thought process was simple: if her identity as a witch was exposed, then she'd just kill everyone here.
Anna ran out first. When she had run about one-third of the distance, Anna's voice suddenly echoed within the corridor:
"I like Master Mentor the most."
This wasn't spoken by Anna but was directly broadcast by the corridor.
"..."
Loren hadn't expected this to count as a secret. Even the others in the corridor hadn't thought so. If that was the case, could they also proceed?
But Anna was still advancing, so they decided to wait and see.
"I want to be with Master Mentor forever."
"I never want to be separated from Master Mentor."
After stating three harmless things, Anna successfully passed through the corridor.
As Anna passed, Helen also made up her mind to advance. Staying trapped here wasn't an option.
She too stepped forward, but the Hall of Truth seemed to be playing favorites.
"I have no real ability at all. The criminals I've caught were all innocent. I used torture to force their confessions."