At first, Kael did not understand what Angel wanted his help with. Just as he was wondering about it, Angel's voice came from ahead.
"All right, this is the place."
When Angel stopped, Kael halted as well and looked around. Only then did he realize they were standing right outside the last room.
To the left lay the way back to the hanging staircase, while to the right stretched a pitch-black void.
Kael's gaze naturally drifted left, because that was the only path. The right side was already a dead end. Yet what puzzled him was that Angel did not look left as Kael had expected. Instead, he gestured for Kael to pay attention to the silent void on the right.
Kael immediately looked over.
Yet even after staring for quite a while, Kael still did not understand Angel's meaning. He could only ask, "My lord, is there something special here?"
Angel said, "They cannot see it, but you should be able to sense it."
The others could not see it, but only I could sense it? With that question in mind, Kael continued looking.
After a while, Kael said hesitantly, "My lord, do you mean those spatial rifts?"
Before Angel could answer, Dox's voice came from beside him. "Spatial rifts? There are spatial rifts ahead?"
"Yes, right there... My lord, watch out!" Kael had been about to answer Dox when he looked up and saw that Dox had already reached the end of the path. Directly before him was a tiny crack hidden within the bleak, silent void.
"Watch out? Watch out for what?" Dox asked in confusion.
Kael swallowed hard, his voice tense. "My lord, in front of you... there's a spatial rift."
The moment Dox heard that, he instinctively prepared to retreat a few steps. But just