The search began in the palace's lower levels, where the holding cells had been located. The Triumvirate descended through coral corridors that grew increasingly alien as they moved deeper into the Azure Depths' foundation structures.
"The dimensional readings are strongest here," Scholar Miren observed, consulting his crystal tablet as they walked. "Whatever the prisoners did to escape, it left significant energy traces."
Osa extended his healing senses, trying to detect any lingering spiritual presence in the area. But what he found was disturbing, not the chaotic energy he'd expected from a violent escape, but something that felt more like deliberate dissolution.
"The coral restraints didn't break," he reported, examining the empty cells. "They... unraveled. Like someone convinced them to simply stop existing."
