Everyone looked at Hisashi, while he looked right at Yukino and for some reason, Yukino felt more and more irritated coupled with another unknown emotion. Yukino broke the gaze first, and frowned as she felt herself shaking from the overwhelming emotions that wished to break the dam and surge forward, swallowing the person who gazed at her as if she was the center of the world. However, before she could understand where these emotions came from- and before Yan and the others could ask Hisashi what he meant- the corridor started to rumble violently as the stone walls cracked and viper-like vines- filled with thorns- shot out. Thankfully, even though the group was quite distracted, being A ranked adventurers, they never lowered their guard, allowing them to efficiently react to the vines,

