[Carag Continent, Edoria Kingdom, Somewhere around Northern Sea]
"Swish!"
High above the sky, above the vast sea with no boundaries visible, a flash of huge shadow flashed in at incredible speed, heading toward a certain direction.
Despite the shadow being too large, due to its incredible speed, nobody could recognise or even feel what it was.
Yet if someone could look at it somehow, he could see a huge owl the size of a mansion flying silently with two beings atop its massive figure.
"Grandpa, why is Dorian opening the Shadow Kingdom ahead of time? Did something happen?"
Lucien suddenly asked Malcolm while taking in the scenery of the passing ocean.
Surprisingly, he realised the more they got near to the portal leading to that domain dungeon, the more he felt the mana getting scarcer and scarcer.
By now, he felt almost no mana in the air.
"I don't know. But he must have some plans. Don't worry about what he wants to do. It must be related to Soren's disappearance."
