Akira Maximilian's patience was beginning to grow thin.
He'd shaken the [Maidé Ball], tried tossing and dropping it onto the ground, yet still nothing would happen. Until, with all his ideas exhausted, there seemed no other recourse but to stash it away and try again later.
"There is still much ground for us to cover," Zhao warned, having taken the helm of the group—leading their progress, as the one most knowledgeable about the tunnel layout. "And the rest of the tunnels are sure to be crawling with many dangerous beasts, so we'd all best be on our guard."
Already, he could see the rocky walls around them were layered in [Giant Spider] silk. As well as some eerily human-sized cocoons, dangling from the ceiling.
The torches on the walls were all snuffed out, leaving just the one in Zhao's grasp as their only remaining source of light.
