CH416 Divine Heist II
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As soon as Alex drew close to the half-collapsed temple, the instinctive sensation he had felt earlier—that something important to him lay within—returned with renewed strength.
This time, he allowed himself to follow that inner pull.
Instead of cutting back through the rubble, he circled the temple and entered through the front entrance, the section still standing. He passed through the public hall and moved deeper into the restricted inner sanctum where only the clergy were normally permitted.
He soon came upon a wall.
The urging in his chest intensified. Whatever was calling to him was behind that wall. And the faint mana seeping through its surface made it obvious that the wall was fake.
Alex scanned the corridor, but there were no levers or other mechanisms—nothing to reveal how the clergy accessed the hidden chamber.
'It is most likely sealed by a divine spell… or something only the clergy possess,' he mused. 'So… what now?'
