Adam stood still in the center of the ruined library, his crimson eyes narrowing slightly. The Compass of Desire was still pointing firmly at the sealed door, but something else tugged at his senses.
*'There's something down there…'* he thought, focusing his Hunter's Tri-Sense beneath the cracked stone floor. A faint but distinct pulse of ancient mana resonated from below.
Without warning, Adam crouched and activated one of his skills.
[ Burrow - Activated ].
His body melted into the ground like liquid shadow. The stone parted around him as though it were water. The sensation was strange— cool, heavy pressure surrounding him from all sides. He had to hold his breath as he "swam" downward through solid earth and rock.
Seconds later, his hand closed around a small, cold object buried beneath the floor. He grabbed it tightly and immediately swam back up, bursting out of the ground near the center of the chamber with a spray of dust and stone.
