The King asked the experts to withdraw, which they obeyed reluctantly but immediately...
However, not only did he allow his son Julius, he also let the girls and Zhao follow him for some reason.
The door opened toward a staircase that descended deeper than any of them had imagined possible.
"How far down does this go?" Julius asked, his voice echoing strangely in the cavernous space that opened before them.
"To the other side of the world, hahaha, or so some believe," Dragarion responded, beginning the descent while carrying Ren. "Though in my opinion it's less deep than it should be."
The small fungus jumped ahead of them with renewed determination, as if it were finally approaching its destination. Its movements had become more deliberate, faster, guiding them through a staircase carved from living rock and with intricate symbols that seemed to have been built by a civilization that knew no resource limits for geometric 'artistic' finishing.
