Monica shuddered when she heard Edward was about to set off another explosion. She had experienced the power of those Alchemy Bombs firsthand, and couldn't help asking, "Couldn't you look for a mechanism to open the door? When we were underground, didn't you find the mechanism that opened it?"
"I'll try, but I doubt it'll work." Edward took Monica's Black Knife from her.
"Why?"
"Doors that open downward like this are usually one-use. They only open after some kind of anti-theft measure has been triggered, like the trapdoor over the slide. It probably only opens when monsters attack."
Edward analyzed the situation based on the tomb-raiding novels he'd read in his Previous Life and what they'd seen so far.
Sure enough, he scanned the area with the Black Knife and his Mental Power but didn't find any mechanisms. The control mechanism for the stone door had to be somewhere else.
Edward returned the Black Knife to Monica, told the two women to move farther back, and began setting up the explosives.
Monica supported Andrea as they walked more than ten meters away from Edward, then slowly sat down against the wall.
Seeing that Andrea wasn't wearing a helmet and couldn't see anything, Monica took a lantern out of her Spatial Ring.
It was a Magic Lamp Edward had made to resemble a real lantern.
Monica turned off the Night Vision Magic Array and opened her visor.
The soft glow revealed the two women's lovely faces as they sat opposite each other.
They felt a little awkward and didn't know what to say.
Monica broke the silence. "Stop overthinking it for now. Focus on recovering your Battle Qi!"
Andrea nodded, closed her eyes, and concentrated on her breathing. She felt her Battle Qi recovering much faster this time, as if the