Clang!
The enormous iron doors continued opening, revealing a long passageway covered in golden inscriptions. Several strange pillars stood along the walls, while a large formation occupied the floor at the opposite end.
Velvet narrowed her eyes.
'Another damn teleportation formation?'
She was beginning to wonder just how many of those things the Empire possessed. Although teleportation magic wasn't particularly rare, the methods these people used were completely different from those employed by ordinary mages.
Even Alice would probably struggle to reproduce something like this.
"Are you planning to send me somewhere else?" Velvet asked, watching the fox-masked woman slowly retreat towards the entrance. "Hmph, you haven't learned anything from our little fight, have you?"
The woman ignored her.
Instead, she turned towards the injured men.
"Get up. We don't have much time."
"Understood..."
