Once Madam Violet, who had been the first to exit through the stone gate, stepped beyond the threshold, she suddenly cried out in complete astonishment:
"What is this?!"
Her voice carried such genuine shock that it immediately caused alarm among those still approaching. Vogue and the rest of the expedition quickened their pace, eager to see what had provoked such a reaction from the normally composed elderly woman.
When they emerged through the doorway one by one, every single person appeared astounded by what lay before them.
They had entered a hall that was several times larger than the previous chamber—easily spanning three or four hundred meters in diameter with a ceiling that soared at least fifty meters overhead. The sheer scale was breathtaking.
But the size alone wasn't what had shocked Madam Violet into an outcry.
