After resting for a few hours, the duo moved outside. Maximilian took the pagoda with him and deactivated the array around it as well.
He transformed into his dragon form and flew upward, just below the grey mist covering the sky. Evangeline was still in her human form, sitting on his back, her silhouette covered in Death Lightning.
In his transformed state, Maximilian reached the crater where the Control Room was located in less than an hour.
He moved the large rock to the side, revealing the tunnel in the hill. At the end of the tunnel, a wall of dark metal stood. Maximilian touched the wall and ordered, "AINOS, open the door."
The wall shifted upward, revealing the massive Control Room inside. A thin, translucent barrier was still there, blocking the Death Energy in the tunnel from entering inside.
