Silence before the storm

Ten minutes earlier

"What the hell is this…?"

Ultimately, Callane ended up following the instinct of her guide.

It all boiled down to the simple question of experience.

Contrary to any of Callane's mercenaries or the girl herself, this wasn't the first time for their guide to be in this forbidden realm.

In the zone where none of the usual common sense applied, an instinctive feeling of someone who was here before had greater value than even the best stratagems Callane could try to come up with.

After all, no matter how great of a plan she would come up with, it would all be based on rules that no longer applied.

And now, rising up several meters into the sky, a robust ring of robust stone walls proved the guide's instincts correct.

"I…"

At this point, however, not even the guide appeared to have the first clue as to what the hell was going on.