Seo Yoona

Without requiring any explanation, the guardians escorted me down to the grand dome chamber. Three knights stepped up to the outer nodes of the array, unsheathing their massive longswords and plunging them directly into the runic grooves.

HUMMMMMM!

The circle ignited with an intense mix of crimson and obsidian light.

Stepping into the center of the array, I whispered mentally to Paige, 'Hey, just in case something glitches, override and force the activation, alright?"

[Relax, Host! Your system's got your back!] Paige giggled.

The ancient runes spun, and a wave of pitch-black darkness engulfed my vision. A second later, the weightlessness vanished, and the dark spatial void gave way to the quiet, crystal-lit interior of the hidden mountain cave back on Earth.