From a distance, the palace had looked rather small. But once they approached, they realized it was enormous, spanning two or three hundred meters in width. Though they had not measured it, they could roughly estimate its length and width just by looking.
Of course, the length was only an estimate. The team was now standing at the palace entrance and could only see its width from side to side; its length was impossible to see. But when they had emerged from the cave entrance, they had been able to glimpse the palace's overall outline, so they estimated it was several hundred meters long as well. In any case, it was certainly not short.
"Tra, have your people stand guard. I'll see what's behind this door," Tina ordered after walking up to the palace entrance.
As for Tina's Mental Power detection, Tra and the others did not understand it. But from their observations since entering the Underground Space, they could more or less guess that Tina's Ability was probably some kind of detection ability.
As for how she detected things, Tra and the other Ordinary People had no idea. They could not hear it, nor would they ask. If they wanted to live a few more years, they had better not pry into such matters.
Tra waved at the other mercenaries and had them move a little farther from the gate before beginning their watch. They cleared the entrance for Tina to do whatever she wanted. They would not look anyway; they would wait until she needed them.
Tina stepped forward and studied the imposing gate with its golden exterior. When she placed a hand on it, she discovered that its outer layer was actually Gold Foil, while the gate beneath was made of some other metal.
But the instant