Genggui's sneak attack came even faster than they'd imagined.
Angel had originally said they would keep moving forward and Genggui could launch surprise attacks on them at any time along the way, but what he hadn't expected was that even as they were still talking, Genggui's ambush had already arrived.
Without any warning at all, the ground suddenly split open into a hole.
Vay and Kaier, who happened to be right above the opening, didn't put up any resistance and simply dropped into the pit.
Angel and Dox reacted at the first instant; each grabbed for one person—Angel went for Kaier, Dox for Vay—trying to haul them back out of the hole.
But they failed.
And the opening in the ground didn't close; it still lay there quietly gaping, showing no sign that it had just swallowed two people.
Angel and Dox exchanged a look, then made the same motion: they lowered their heads to look at their own hands.
