Chapter 493: Coming Across The First Inhabitant - 2
"Wha—!" Leo was so astonished that the words escaped his mouth.
"Lord! What happened?" Lyswenna shouted from a distance as both elves came running toward him, ready to react in case there was any danger.
"In here, there's like a whole living space built underground, and it stretches even farther than my senses allow. And I can sense nearly 4 kilometres!"
Beneath the seemingly barren ground stretched a sprawling labyrinth of tunnels. What Leo discovered through Howl's trait was a tangled underground network spreading for kilometres in every direction, resembling the veins of a colossal living creature.
Countless narrow passages intertwined with larger caverns, some large enough to house entire communities. Rough chambers branched from the main tunnels like clustered nests, while hidden shafts connected multiple levels below. Faint traces of life flickered throughout the maze—hundreds, perhaps thousands, moving within its depths.
