Chapter 141. Descent into the Hidden City

Eryndor’s POV

I stood frozen for a moment, still digesting the astonishing news that there was another human settlement hidden deep underground. I’d heard rumors and half-whispered legends of an entire city carved into the earth, lighted by enchanted crystals and sustained by subterranean rivers—but nothing concrete. Now that it was confirmed, my mind reeled at how to respond. And the journey to reach that hidden city? It promised to be an epic trial of its own.

Earlier that day, after our private Radiant Circle meeting with the High Seer, Petunia had gathered all the human delegates into the grand hall. The torchlight danced across their anxious faces as she revealed the existence of this secret refuge beneath the mountain. At first, the humans bristled with confusion and anger—how could they not have known? Why hadn’t the werewolves or the elves warned them earlier?

Their voices echoed off the stone walls as they demanded answers. Then Petunia dropped the