Adrian was momentarily taken aback by the words. His suspicions had been correct—an unseen force had been manipulating him all along.

The claim that people from all five regions—East, South, West, North, and Central—had entered this realm was clearly a ploy to sow doubt.

In reality, it seemed only his group had stumbled in accidentally.

This secret realm appeared to be dominated solely by the forces of Central Wasteland. Otherwise, it would have been too much of a coincidence that Adrian had