Glancing at the completely sealed passage ahead, Claire cautiously controlled an empty Alchemy Flask and slowly moved it toward the blocked area.
Before their eyes, the front end of the empty flask was instantly swallowed by the warped space-time and vanished without a trace. The remaining portion directly turned into white grains of sand, scattering to the ground.
"Anvis, do you have a way through this?"
No longer attempting anything further, Claire shook her head and turned her azure eyes toward Anvis, indicating that she was at a loss.
"If we want to decipher it, I'm afraid our strength alone won't be enough."
Staring at the spatial barrier before them, Anvis found it somewhat troublesome as well.
"Also, Claire, there seems to be something wrong with this passage."
After carefully examining the corridor walls on both sides, he raised his right hand and cast a Third Rank Earth Fissure Spell.
But once the magical radiance faded, the spell—which could normally tear a great crack through an ordinary stone wall—had no effect whatsoever on the walls that appeared to be made of common rock.
"Although these walls look like stone, they don't seem to be actual rock. They are more like Space Mirror Images. Just like last time, digging through the walls on either side won't work here."
Unsurprised by the result, Anvis gave his final assessment.
"So, we aren't on the real plane right now, but in an area similar to a Mirror Space?"
Having heard Anvis's explanation, Claire immediately understood what he meant.
"How about this, Anvis? Let's search nearby and see whether there's a Magic Array that can deactivate this defense. If we find one, we continue onward. If not, we can only turn back."
Of course, there was another uncontrollable method: relying on Claire's legendary explorer trait