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The sound had been loud—echoing like thunder in a cavernous tomb—and it left a ringing silence in its wake. Ethan and his companions stood tense, eyes trained toward the direction it came from.
"Let's move," Ethan said, his voice low, steady.
Daniel gave a firm nod, spinning his axe once in his grip. Reyna cracked her knuckles and smirked, and Liora adjusted her gloves, crimson threads of mana flickering faintly between her fingers.
As they advanced through the brightly lit chamber, they arrived at the far end where the wall had collapsed.
Rubble coated the floor like shattered bones, and a thick dust cloud still lingered in the air, making the light glow hazy and silver.
Through the crumbled stone, a new passage yawned before them—narrow, unnatural, like it had been sealed off for centuries.
