The Person Standing Outside the Circle

The spiral flight of steps led directly underground.

The width of the steps was just enough for two people to walk side by side. Rody and the King slowly walked down. Although there was no lighting from torches along the way, the design of the place seemed worthy of being the biggest secret of the Royal Family of the Sauron Kingdom. From the first step down the spiral staircase, the gems on both sides of the handrail lit up with a gentle radiance.

Rody immediately realized that that was a kind of illuminating sorcery array.

The flight of steps continued downwards. Based on Rody's mental calculation, they had been walking down for quite some time—at their walking speed, the depth of that secret underground place must be amazing.

In fact, all the way down, Rody was counting the number of steps in his heart. When he had secretly counted up until three hundred and thirty-three, he finally saw the ground below...and the end of the flight of steps.