Butler Mendez emerged, panting heavily, his normally composed demeanor disrupted by urgency.
"Are you in such a hurry that you forgot to activate your mana and reach this place easily?" Wallace asked, raising an eyebrow.
Butler Mendez, still catching his breath, managed a strained smile. "Forgive me, my lord. The urgency of the matter made me rush."
Finally regaining his composure, Mendez straightened up and spoke, his voice filled with gravity. "My lord, the tremors and the explosions in the sky—those were the signs of a natural dungeon forming."
"A natural dungeon?" Wallace repeated, intrigued and concerned. "What exactly does that mean?"
Mendez took a deep breath. "Natural dungeons are rare and dangerous phenomena. They occur when cracks to other worlds are discovered, or when gaps have been opened by natural occurrences. The two explosions we witnessed indicate that this is a second-stage dungeon."
