At the end of the passage before them was a dead end, with a wall of stone blocking everyone's path.
Timaria stopped at Li's words and looked at him. "This way should be impassable, shouldn't it?"
Li shook his head lightly. "That makes absolutely no sense. We just walked through such a long passage—how could there be a wall at the end... If anything, passages are carved for people to walk through. If they wanted people to think they had taken the wrong path, there should have been countless forks along the way. But there weren't any. So when we reached this point, we shouldn't have seen this. What we should have seen was a door—a tightly shut door! Even if it couldn't be opened, it still shouldn't have been a wall."
Timaria shrugged. "Then let's go back. There are still so many other entrances. Maybe we really did take the wrong path."
Li shook his head again. "If those other passages are blocked as well, we have no idea how much time we'll waste."
Timaria immediately understood what Li meant. Who knew when that legitimate king would arrive? If they explored every passage in the area, they would inevitably have to fight when they emerged. Naturally, the sooner they resolved this, the better.
"Or... should we dig through it by force?" Azshara offered her suggestion. It suited Li's tastes quite well. Since it was blocked, they could simply break it open.
"But we don't even know how thick this wall is." Timaria frowned at the wall before them. "What if it's really seven or eight meters thick... Besides, we can't use magic right now!"
Li lightly shook his head at Timaria. "You two, stand farther back."
Then Li took a deep breath. In an instant, a blood-red glint flashed