The chamber fell into stunned silence for a breath. Then chaos erupted.
"He was here all this time!" one of the humanoid beasts bellowed, slamming his clawed fist into the stone wall, splitting it apart like fragile wood.
Tower Lord Mathew's face turned grim as he scanned the wreckage with his divine sense, but Max's aura was nowhere to be found. "Impossible… I never detected him. Not a single fluctuation of soul or mana! How did he—"
Thunder Lord Xander's jaw tightened, his eyes flashing with killing intent. "No human should have been able to enter this lair. For him to appear here unnoticed…" His gaze turned ice cold. "...someone must have guided him here."
