Just as the fight between the two sides had gotten heated up, Lucas had arrived at the bottom of the tunnel and into the Mystic Silver lode cave.
After walking towards the location of the sound he heard earlier, Lucas spotted two individuals duelling it out. Based on the energy they gave off as well as his experience with other practitioners, Lucas was able to estimate that the two were third level Apertures Opening stage stellar practitioners.
Considering they were facing off against each other, they were most likely from two different camps.
'As I thought.' Lucas sighed.
Earlier, he had seen the shuttles taken off with one side pursuing the other. However, Lucas guessed that not all their men were present in those shuttles. The value of the Heart of Silver was immense, so there was no way one side would just send all their forces in pursuit while another side would simply retreat just like that. It was most likely a diversion tactic, and he turned out to be right.
