"Rather than discuss that spell, we should first figure out how to enter this Secret Chamber. Otherwise, someone else might find this place."
Seeing the atmosphere grow a little awkward, Anvis smiled and redirected the conversation.
"There are two most likely ways to enter normally.
"First, there may be a switch nearby that opens the door, but we have yet to find it.
"Second, this truly is a Secret Chamber that can only be opened from within, and the only way in is through a Teleportation Array—
"However, no matter which of those methods it is, after enduring millions of years, it has probably decayed away with time."
As he spoke, he raised a hand and clenched it into a fist. After coating his glove with Mana, he lightly knocked on the dim metal gate.
With each knock, faint hollow echoes reverberated from behind the door.
"Did you hear that? A hollow sound like this means it is not especially thick. So, there is actually a more direct way for us to get inside."
Facing the two girls watching him, Anvis calmly raised his hand, then gave it a gentle downward sweep.
"That is, remove this door—"
"Remove it? But how?"
Claire tilted her head slightly, a trace of surprise and confusion entering her light, lilting voice.
She had also heard of Finiel Alloy. The emergency isolation walls of Mage Tower Elemental Pools and the armor of the famed Spellbreaker corps were both made from this alloy.
Because the finished product possessed strong anti-magic properties, equipment made from this alloy could only be cast in one piece while several high-temperature molten metals had just been mixed and had not yet cooled.
Once formed, it could not be remelted and reforged, and its shape could only be altered through polishing.
"It's