At this moment, in the Dream World, the Magic Council's Ninth Rank explorers, who had progressed the fastest, had already reached the outside of the core Energy Chamber. At the same time, they discovered something abnormal within it.
"Wait... something's wrong. Don't open the door yet!"
Just as they were about to open the Energy Chamber's door, Mystic Seeker Orvanni abruptly raised a hand, cautiously stopping the entire group.
"Did you discover something, Speaker Orvanni?"
At Orvanni's sudden warning, the three Ninth Rank Council mages around him all halted.
After sensing the situation, one of the female Spellcasters stirred her robes and voiced the group's doubts.
Although it appeared from the outside that the Council had dispatched the largest number of Ninth Ranks, fewer than ten truly belonged to the Magic Council. Most of the rest were lone Ninth Ranks from the major kingdoms of the Itel Federation.
However, since Orvanni, one of the Magic Council's three Speakers, had personally come this time, the Council's members had temporarily taken the lead.
"According to confidential records, this should be where the core Energy Chamber is located. But I can sense something extremely dangerous inside."
Orvanni frowned slightly. His silver-white eyes swept across the dim metal gate, uncertain.
"Before setting out, Sir Brentz once made a separate prophecy for me: 'There will be a great danger on this journey.' Looking at it now, that danger is very likely near the core."
"Speaker, what should we do now?"
After hearing Orvanni's explanation, another Spellcaster spoke up.
"We..."
Creak, creak—
But just as Orvanni began to speak, the heavy gate beside him suddenly trembled, then slowly opened by itself.
The instant the door opened, a hair-raising sense of danger immediately spread through the bodies of the mages.
"Not good!"
Without time to consider why