Hill watched indifferently as the thieves madly fled from the leaf-shaped blades flying all over the place on the screen.
This was a wood element ultimate move that only appeared after the second stage of the maze had started.
Hill would never completely seal off escape routes from the beginning, even though deadly ground spikes appeared in the first stage. However, if it was an intruder who realized their mistake immediately and desperately ran towards the exit, they actually stood a fifty-fifty chance of survival.
It was entirely possible to wait until the puppets within the Forest Array determined whether someone had entered by mistake or with malicious intent.
But with today's situation, puppets wouldn't show up at all, and naturally, the safety point by the exit remained closed.
The maze naturally transitioned into the second phase, full lockdown.
