Underground, there was a sea of troops in Prodson uniforms on standby. The army faced a wide tunnel, the same tunnel everyone had used to enter the underground chamber. Spread out between the rows of Prodson soldiers, more than a dozen stone columns were holding up the ceiling.
A handful of early-perennial officers were stationed by the companies of soldiers. But the most powerful men were at the front, standing at the entrance of that wide tunnel.
"Are you sure we have to stay this far back?" the man at the very front asked with an annoyed tone.
The man directly behind him nodded. "Yes. Otherwise, that ape might sense us and ruin everything. It's harder to sense an empty, underground passage compared to a hidden passage filled with cultivators."
The leading man nodded as well but sighed in disappointment. "Fine…"