Sand and pebbles rattled down from the ceiling, covering the ground in a layer of earth, and fine cracks had appeared on the walls, but the inherently stable structure of the pyramid meant that these small fissures were unlikely to cause any issues.
"Miss Hilveld, let me go alone from here," Fang Hong suddenly said, "I haven't yet fulfilled my promise to you, and I can't allow you to be in even greater danger."
"Is Lord Captain going to leave me behind?"
"That's not what I meant..."
"Staying here isn't necessarily safer for me, but if it will put Lord Captain at ease——" In the darkness, the noble girl's eyes shone brightly like a pair of cat's pupils, as if she wasn't worried about the situation at hand at all.
She also understood that under the current circumstances she wouldn't be of much help.
Fang Hong, however, fell silent.
All that could be heard were the footfalls of the two of them, together in the midst of the falling sand and stones.
