'It hurts like hell…'
Trafalgar gritted his teeth, lowering his arm slowly. The heat crawling under his skin refused to fade. He stood there, breathing shallowly in front of the massive door that pulsed faintly with light. Unlike the other areas they had explored, there were no runes marked for study, no mana instruments, no footprints — nothing.
He frowned. 'Weird… every other section was studied or sealed off, but this one looks completely untouched. No signs of researchers, no notes, no barrier lines. So why—'
The door answered his thought. A faint tremor ran through the metal-like stone, and the lines across its surface began to shift — softly, soundlessly. It was as if it recognized him.
