At the top of the final set of stairs in the Palace of Winter, there lay not a translucent barrier like before, but instead a set of grandiose double doors. They were mainly purple in color with golden linings forming a pattern on them for decoration, but all in all, it looked like the entrance to a royal chamber. However, beyond it, Cyanide could feel a powerful presence—and a familiar one as well. He had just encountered it not too long ago, right here in this very tower.
"That Phantom Lord from before… it really is the final boss," Cyanide muttered. Unless, of course, there was another hidden one afterwards, in which case he wasn't able to detect it with his aura reading or [Radar] skill, but that was highly unlikely.
"That thing didn't appear very strong earlier, but it's best to keep our guards up," Luna said. "It's clear that down there, it had been holding back, and was simply testing us."