After Nathan completed his visit with Hera in the depths below, he made his way back up through the dark tunnel system and emerged into the open air of Tenebria.
The tunnel network was actually located within Tenebrian territory—a choice Nathan had made deliberately . He had reasoned that sometimes the best hiding place was the most obvious one, provided you had sufficient protections in place . And thanks to the combined divine magic of Khione, Aphrodite, and Amaterasu layering enchantments upon enchantments, no one could detect what lay hidden in those depths. The three goddesses had woven their powers together into something far stronger than any single one of them could have created alone, producing wards that would baffle even the most determined divine searcher .
