Before they entered the second palace, Adrian sensed the presence of others inside it. But upon careful observation, he confirmed that the other teams were rushing toward this palace and had not entered yet.

Sion had told Adrian that while in the secret realm, the three teams would avoid running into each other if they could. This place was too dangerous, and no one wanted to risk a confrontation that could lead to disaster.

"There are people on their way here. Can you sense them?" Adrian asked softly as he stepped into the palace.

Sion nodded. "Don't worry, we got here first. They’ll probably leave and go elsewhere." He then led everyone in to start the search.

Adrian was a little lacking in enthusiasm. He had hoped to find some useful items here, but the first palace had left him disappointed. Most of the things in this secret realm were useless to him. Some things, like swords, might be useful to him, but he already had the Divine Frost Slayer Blade and Hellblade. Other items w