I narrowed my eyes as I gripped my spear tightly, and Lucia next to me did the same with her sword.
The cracking sound we heard didn't bode well in a cave like this, after all.
"Let's go slowly."
Lucia nodded in agreement, extinguishing the flame in her right hand.
We moved slowly and silently, impossible to see in the pitch darkness, but we didn't need to. We could sense the movements of the awakened mana and know if something was about to attack us. Both Lucia and I had a high level of mana perception.
After a short while, as we were getting closer to the crackling sounds we were hearing, I motioned for Lucia and Sue to stop. I could feel concentrated mana just ahead of us, where we would encounter it if we turned slightly to the right.
I closed my eyes briefly, discarded all my senses, and concentrated entirely on my mana perception.
