While waiting for the ropes, Liszt carefully questioned the serf Sean about the situation at the bottom of the collapsed sinkhole.
The serf Sean had already adapted to the dark environment. He only said that the bottom of the sinkhole was very spacious, with no underground river, and that he seemed to have seen thick stone pillars all around.
There were no beasts or anything of the sort, nor was there any poisonous gas.
By Liszt's estimate, the bottom of the sinkhole was roughly thirty meters deep. Since the sun could not shine directly into it, the light was very dim. Before long, someone brought over ropes. They were joined together section by section until they could finally reach the bottom of the pit. Two retainer knights were sent down first, carrying crystal lamps.
By the time the serf Sean was tied up and hauled back out, the two retainer knights had already reported what they found at the bottom of the sinkhole. "My lord, the sinkhole is very strange. There are many passageways leading in all directions. At the bottom of this cavern, there seem to be the lower halves of the five huge bones above, embedded in the cave."
With the danger ruled out.
Unable to make much sense of the retainer knights' description, Liszt went down to investigate himself.
Upon reaching the bottom of the sinkhole, he finally saw its true form by the light of the crystal lamps—a typical lava cavern and lava tunnel structure. The bottom of the sinkhole was a massive cave, surrounded by countless tunnels stretching deep underground. From the ceiling of the cave, five Fire Dragon bones plunged down.
On the surface, these five Fire Dragon bones were arranged in an irregular blade-like pattern.
Liszt had initially thought the dragon bones were