"Oh no, what's happening?" Chelsie suddenly stopped breathing for a moment as she saw thickening smoke rising.
"Wait, I'll try to see," Shaan said, squinting his eyes and trying to look down. "Damn, I can't see clearly. We're too far from the gate."
"I feel like something bad might have happened down there," Nalira said as she stood up and started climbing the stairs again. "Come on, we can't stay here too long. We have to keep moving."
"I agree. We need to get to Twilight Sanctum as fast as possible and report this to the officers there."
However, just as they prepared to continue, a mysterious silhouette suddenly appeared from behind a tree near the stairs. The figure looked quite large, maybe twice Shaan's size, and slowly walked toward them.
"Damn, could that be the one who caused this explosion?" Shaan grabbed his dual short swords. "We need to be careful."
