Down by the central column, Ren, Luna, Larissa, and Liora slowly turned their heads toward the entrance of the vault, staring now with mana eyes at an empty patch of air that had just blown its own high-grade stealth array by yelling at the top of its lungs.
Concealment artifacts were marvels of old-world engineering, yet they were useless if the people wearing them decided to have a loud domestic dispute in a quiet cave.
"...Just how long have you two been standing there?" Ren asked, his voice dropping into a low, dangerous calm.
A heavy silence fell over the stairwell.
"The whole time," Mayo admitted, deactivating her veil with a sigh because trying to lie their way out of this was pointless. "We saw the whole thing, and honestly, it was beautiful. I have to hand it to you, Player Patinder, I had no idea you were hiding that kind of game under the surface..."
