"He''s still in there…" Old Un said when he noticed the look on Exile''s face.


    Exile raised an eyebrow at Old Un''s statement. He could not hide the look of surprise that crossed his face, which made Old Unugh.


    "Don''t underestimate y. He''s stronger than you think." Leggy said with a boastful voice and a look that said their group was amazing.


    ''That or his trial is better suited to him…'' Exile hummed as he considered the likelihood of that being true. ''Maybe these tombs are designed to bepleted by people with specific elements.''


    Exile felt histest theory was probably a stretch too far. Although, it would not surprise him if the legacy item could only be imed by someone with a matching element. Besides that, it should be possible to im the rest of the items. Seeing how everyone else had resigned themselves to wait it out, Exile took a seat on the floor nearby.


    When another half hour had passed, the group became irritated. Waiting was one thing, but not knowing the situation was worse. What would they do if y had be trapped with no way out? Although they doubted the possibility of it actually happening, they could not stop worrying about it.


    ''If I knew how long y would still be in there, I could use Avatar to find out what''s going on in Eraldsfen.'' Exile sighed as he nced at hispanions. ''But I''d be defenceless if y exits while my consciousness is in the Mortal Realms. There''s no telling if they would honour our deal at that point.''


    He was not keen on wasting time, but it looked like he had no other choice. Exile had to stick with the party until they returned to Valheim at least. Unless he wanted to leave himself open to an ambush from Kaleidoscope. ''I just hope they stand and fight if Kaleidoscope really tries something.''


    Exile waited patiently while browsing his thoughts on the game so far. There were plenty of new ideas that he had never seen before. In all honesty, he felt that the game would go far. ''It just remains to be seen what approach they''ll take during general release.'' Exile struggled to see what game the developers were ying with Pantheon.


    It was groundbreaking in many areas. However, if yers were to be banned from the game then who would be willing to pay for it? ''Not many, I bet.'' He was certain they would have a n on how to deal with financing the game. Luckily, he was not forced to wait around much longer, as a sh of light appeared next to them.


    y took several moments to digest what had happened before he broke into a wide grin. "We did it, boys!"


    A chorus of cheers went up from the group, well from everyone except Exile. He squinted at y as he tried to figure out what he had gained from the trials. Besides the horn, of course. But y did not appear to have any new equipment.


    y shed a smirk in Exile''s direction when he saw that he was being studied. "I''m not hiding anything. I chose an amulet for myself."


    Exile raised an eyebrow at how casually y had shared that information. ''Well, so far he hasn''t tried anything, and everyone is being pretty transparent. Maybe they''re not so bad?''


    Even though he thought that, he still would prefer to seek his ownrades and build his own Pantheon. If he were to join these guys, then y would definitely end up as the leader. Which would mean that he would have to trust him not to get his ount ruined by bad decisions.


    ''I''d rather make the decisions myself… At least then I only have myself to me if it goes wrong.'' Exile sighed as he looked over the joyous expressions on their faces. It reminded him of better times with a team that were genuinely excited to just y games.


    "Since we''re all here, we may as well head back to Valheim." y announced as before turning his attention to the indigo barrier.


    "Wait…" Exile frowned as he nced at the group as they stood up. "We still need to deal with the Lost Warriors on the other side."


    y raised an eyebrow as he studied Exile''s expression. "What do you mean? Don''t they disappear once weplete the tomb?"


    Needless to say, the others stared at Exile with confused expressions. It was an established fact in other games that the enemies would disappear whenever a dungeon waspleted. They would obviously question this piece of information.


    "I''m not saying that they haven''t. But be prepared to fight your way out. It''s better to be prepared and we''re still two men down." Exile shared a knowing look with y.


    They considered the weight of his words as they remembered what they had left behind when they had entered the tomb. None of them felt hopeful about being able to pull off another miracle.


    "Uh, y. I lost half of my stats. There''s no way I can survive for long if they are waiting for us." Leggy hung his head as he spoke. Everyone nced at him with a grim expression.


    "So, we really only have three effective team members?" y rubbed his face as he thought about what they could do if Exile was correct. "Ok, here''s what we''ll do. No matter what… Exile must survive."


    Exile''s eyes went wide as he stared at y with his mouth wide open. ''What did he just say?''


    "Exile… You probably have the highest survivability out of all of us. With your Endurance and healing spells you have the best chance of surviving." y sighed while he nced at everyone. "Just… try to secure our Orbs if we die."


    y and the others stared at Exile with expectant expressions. But Exile was unsure how to feel about the sudden disy of trust. What really made him realise they were being serious was when he was handed the Orbs of those who had already died during the quest…