While Sinafa meditated, everyone else could only wait in silence.
No one spoke. Apart from the crackling flames in the fire, the entire underground cavern was deathly still.
Angel turned back to look at everyone in the cavern. Every face was grave, including those of the formal wizards. Perhaps these powerful wizards stood at the very top of the pyramid in the Southern Region, but after coming to the Abyss, they could only rank in the middle to lower tiers. Creatures stronger than them were everywhere in the Abyss.
Only at that moment did Angel truly feel the terror of the Abyss.
The dead silence persisted for a long time, for fear of disturbing Sinafa's meditation. But at some point, one of the apprentices suddenly screamed.
"Aahhh! Stop talking! Get away, get away!"
He was a somewhat frail-looking young apprentice in a worn purple wizard's robe. His expression was twisted, his hands clamped over his ears as he continually shook his head and shrieked hysterically.
His cries were so piercing that they drew everyone's attention.
Maher strode over furiously, grabbed him by the collar, and lifted him into the air. His chilling gaze bore down on him with naked threat. "Shut up!"
The apprentice seemed not to be fully conscious at first. Only when Maher lifted him up and his collar choked off his breath did he suddenly come to his senses. Seeing the scene before him, he gave a start. Under the pressure Maher directed solely at him, his entire body began to tremble.
"Maher, put him down." A cool, indifferent voice came from behind him.
Maher spun around and discovered that Sinafa had somehow appeared behind him.
"Lady Sinafa, did he wake you?" Maher casually tossed the apprentice aside and asked with concern.
"It's fine. By the time