"Is it... safe now?"
Hao Ren panted for a long while before finally catching his breath. He then stared uncertainly at the silent stone hall. The passage through which the three of them had entered had been completely blocked by the huge explosion triggered by the Lightning Shock. The Undead Knights that had chased them all the way were trapped on the other side. Although those Knight Armors possessed astonishing strength, they were nowhere near capable of splitting mountains apart with their bare hands like Lily. Moreover, they were made of metal with limited durability, so they probably couldn't dig through the rubble—at least not in a short time.
It seemed they could finally catch their breath and sort out the situation.
"Probably... not yet." Vivian half-closed her eyes and sensed the energy flowing through the entire Underground Palace. "The aura of the dead is everywhere, but for some reason, none of them are moving for now. The ones that chased us were only a small part of them..."
"Holy crap, only a small part?!" Hao Ren was startled. "What was the lord here planning to do back then?"
Lily was currently lying beside the pile of completely shattered armor fragments, rummaging through them with the vigorous curiosity expected of a canine. She was searching for anything that caught her interest when she suddenly found something strange on a dented breastplate fragment. "Hey, hey, Bat, come take a look at this! Is this also a Rune of Leta?"
Big Dog and Bat. Apparently, the two of them had no intention of properly calling each other by name for the rest of their lives.
Vivian walked over and kicked Lily in the leg in protest. Then she bent down and picked up the breastplate fragment. Sure enough, she found winding patterns