Ethan walked to the second door.
Same result.
The moment it opened, the outside was still the same cage—only the exit point had shifted. He tried again and again. Every door sent him back into the cage. Not one of them actually led to Vhalrath's core.
Ethan didn't give up.
If these doors belonged to the space inside Vhalrath, then the real route had to be hidden in here too. He closed his eyes and spread his perception outward, feeling through layers of stacked space, searching for a passage that went deeper.
Before he could find it, a figure blocked his way.
At the same time, the battle outside had already detonated.
Kaelira shoved both hands forward. A purple-red fireball tore open space and hit Vhalrath's position head-on. The flames compressed inside it burst free instantly, purple-red light spreading outward and warping the nearby space as it burned.
But when the fire cleared, Kaelira didn't see that enormous dragon body.
