What do we do now?

Raja then asked, "Bronze doors?"

And Briny said, "Yes. If you look around you will see them."

Everyone then looked around, and saw the bronze doors that Briny was talking about.

Raja then said, "Isn't that the door we needed to get to?"

And Briny said, "It is and it isn't at the same time."

"What do you mean?"

"Those are the doors that people who only have bronze orbs use. So, they are the doors I was talking about, but they are not the doors that we are going to go through since we got silver orbs, and the golden orb."

"Got it. So there must be silver doors and a golden door ahead, right?"

"Exactly, but we have to go through another hallway to get to the room with the silver doors, and then another hallway to get to the room with the golden door."

"Got it. Let's not waste any more time then. Let's move on."

"Yes, let's keep going. Follow me."

Briny then started walking, and after a while, she came to a corridor, and then said, "This is the corridor that leads to the silver doors."

And Gen said, "Okay."

He then stopped in front of it for a while, and said, "I'll start."

And Briny said, "Be careful, Gen. This corridor is a lot harder to get through than the previous one."

"Don't worry. Just follow me like before."

"Okay."

Gen then started walking down the corridor, with his group right behind him.

Some of the groups that had followed him when he started down the first corridor followed him down this second corridor, and you could hear some people saying, "Gee, I've never seen someone go past the first corridor without a mistake.", "That's right. Was it luck?", "Of course not. Unless they have the essence of luck, it would be impossible to get through like that.", "How do you think he figured out the way then?", "He probably has some way of finding it.", "Interesting. Hopefully, he'll figure out how to get past that hallway too."

Gen then continued down the hall, and sometimes he would stop for a few seconds, but then he would take another step and go on. This went on for some time until they came to another small room.

Gen then said, "We're here."

And Briny said, "It looks like you really know the way."

"It's not hard. These corridors emulate the orbs."

"Emulate the orbs?"

"Yes. The first corridor is like the bronze orb. It has a path that you have to follow exactly, so you just follow it and you'll get through. The second corridor is like the silver orb. It also has a defined path, but in the middle of the path, there are several wrong turns. So all you have to do is identify these mistakes and the rest will be easy."

"Got it. So the next corridor will probably be related to the golden orb, right?"

"Most likely. Let's go towards it. I want to take a look at the path from there."

"Okay. Let's go."

Briny then began to guide him toward the corridor that led to the golden door. When they got in front of it Briny said, "This is the hallway.", and then Gen stopped in front of it, and frowned as he looked at it.

When Briny saw that, she said, "Is there a problem Gen?"

And Gen said, "No, this hallway is exactly as I expected.", and Briny said, "Well, I don't know what you mean by that, but let me tell you this, no one has ever passed this corridor."

Raja then said, "No one?"

And Briny said, "Yes. Everyone who has tried to pass it has missed the way, and have been forced to go to the start of the temple, and some even had to do the event from the beginning."

Raja  then said, "What?! From the beginning?! Gen, you'd better be pretty sure of the way this time. Otherwise, we're going to have to go through this all over again."

And Gen said, "There's no way to be sure of this path."

"What? What do you mean? You can't find this path?"

"The problem is not finding the path, but the path itself."

"Hm? What do you mean?"

Gen then said, "Briny, tell me something. If I'm not mistaken, everyone who tried to go through this path, not only failed, but failed instantly upon taking the first step into the corridor didn't they?"

And Briny said, "I never stopped to think about it, but now that you mention it, that's really what happened."

Raja then said, "How do you know that Gen?"

And Gen said, "It's simple. I know that because this corridor doesn't have a path."

Briny then said, "It doesn't have a path? What do you mean?"

And Gen said, "Exactly that. Unlike the other two hallways, this hallway doesn't have a path. That's why when people tried to cross it, they failed instantly."

Briny then said, "Got it. So that's why nobody ever got through. It was never possible to get through this corridor."

And Raja said, "What do we do now? Did Gen go to all that trouble to get the golden orb for nothing?"

Briny then said, "Looks like it."

And Gen said, "Not necessarily."

Briny then said, "What do you mean Gen? Didn't you just say there is no path? How are we going to get through?"

And Gen said, "It's simple. We just have to make a path."

"Make a path? Is that possible?"

"Yes. In fact, that's the way to get the golden orb."

Raja then said, "Good. Let's move on then."

And Gen said, "Okay, but there's a problem."

Raja then said, "What problem?"

And Gen said, "I know how to make a path, but I have no control over how wide it's going to be, or how long it's going to last. So I couldn't guarantee that you wouldn't get kicked out of the temple."

Briny then said, "That's a big problem."

And Raja said, "What do we do now?"

Briny then said, "Well, as a last resort Gen will have to go there alone."

And Raja said, "Hm, it looks like that's really the only option."

Gen was then silent as he looked down the hallway to the golden door, and then he remembered when he was trying to get the golden orb, and said, "Maybe there's a way you can get through."

And Briny said, "What way?"

"Let me borrow the golden orb."

Briny then took the golden orb, handed it to Gen, and said, "Here."

Gen then took the golden orb, and stretched it out into the hallway still holding it in his hand.

He then stood in that position for a while watching the orb, and after a while he came back with his hand and said, "Looks like I was right."

And Raja said, "What do you mean? What were you right about?"

Gen then said, "You will get through the corridor. Just use the golden orb."

And Briny said, "Use the golden orb?"

"Yes. I just tested it, and it can make a path just like I imagined."

"Great. Let's go then."

"Wait, there's just one problem."

"Another one? What is it now?"

"The path disappears very fast, so you have to go as fast as you can."

"How fast are we talking about?"

"Not too fast. Just run a little above normal speed."

"And what's the problem with that?"

"Well, it wouldn't be a problem if it was just you and Raja going through, but with Alex and the rest of the guys going through, there may not be time for all of you to get through before the path disappears."

"Hm, that's true. What do we do then?"

Gen was about to say something when suddenly Alex said, "There's no problem, Gen. You've brought us this far, that's more than enough. You can go ahead without us."

And Gen said, "Calm down Alex. Maybe I can find a safe way for you to get through."

Alex then said, "No need Gen. Like I said, you've already done more than you needed to, and our goal was to get to one of the silver doors. So there's no point in wasting your time trying to take us with you."

And Fir said, "Alex is right Gen, don't worry about us and go ahead."

Kimi then said, "It's kind of sad, but they are right. Go ahead. I don't want all that work to be for nothing."

Gen was speechless, and Raja then said, "What do we do now Gen?"

Gen was silent for a moment, wondering if there was a way to get them through, until at one point he heard a familiar voice say, "Leave it to us. If the problem is being fast we will solve it."