The Arcane Light Cluster hovered in the air, casting a steady, gentle glow. Behind them, the mine passage seemed swallowed by darkness. The road appeared to have no end, and an intangible fear silently crept in from all around.
Giant Axe and the others stopped moving forward. Elizabeth's words had clearly struck them hard, and they recalled what she had said at the very beginning.
The patterns on the stone walls resembled vines or the roots of plants.
This inevitably made them think of a possibility they had never considered before.
Wang Gulas swallowed. "Say, this passage wasn't carved out by tentacles, was it?"
Tentacles alone possessed such power, even forcibly dragging nearby creatures into their dreams. Wang Gulas could no longer imagine what kind of creature could accomplish something like that.
"Giant Axe, you dwarves really know how to pick a place."
Elizabeth let out a piercing laugh. She did not seem nervous in the slightest; if anything, she looked rather eager.
It fit Kolo World's view of liches perfectly—virtually all liches were madmen.
Giant Axe's expression was quite solemn. The current situation had clearly exceeded his expectations, but that was all. He was not panicked in the least.
The dwarves had considerable experience dealing with such matters.
"Do you think we should keep moving forward?" Giant Axe looked at Koya, seeking his opinion.
"Based on current data analysis, the creature's size... analysis failed, unable to estimate." Koya's voice did not fluctuate in the slightest. "All numerical fluctuations remain within normal ranges. Exploration may continue."
He nodded and gave an affirmative answer.
"Then we'll keep going." Giant Axe hefted the axe in his hand. "I'd like to see just how big this thing really is."
Dwarves were indeed rough and carefree by nature, but that did not mean they