Max looked at the scene with a solemn expression on his face and turned his attention toward the Rune Tower. Looking back, he noticed that the area around that region seemed quiet and calm.
"It seems the monsters haven't reached that part yet," Max muttered, a bit worried about Alice. Though he knew that Lily's grandfather had been with them when they went to eat, he couldn't be sure he would still be with them after what had happened.
'If my guess is correct, then he should have entered the dome as well,' Max thought as he tapped his holowatch and contacted Alice to ask about her situation.
But no reply came from her after a full three minutes passed.
"Did something happen to them?" Max wondered, his expression full of worry.
Boom!
Just then, an explosion erupted far in the distance, and a mushroom cloud of brown flames bloomed into the air.
