They waited in silence, minutes stretching thin while the arena breathed around them.
No one lowered their guard. Every gaze in that place stayed sharp and their every sense pushed outward.
Magic power hummed beneath skin and armor. For now they were restrained but ready to explode at the slightest trigger.
Erend hovered above, eyes glowing as Dragon eyes narrowed.
They were certain that the monster was here. It had to be. Every level before this had followed the same rule of trial and battle facing different kinds of monsters. And this one was a Boss, something forged to surpass everything they had faced so far.
The fact that none of them could detect it made the pressure heavier.
"That means it's dangerous," Erend said to them. "If it can hide from us, then it's not ordinary."
They all think the same as him. Even he, Eccar, and Aesa as Dragonborns couldn't detect this monster.
But then, the air suddenly rippled.
