Not only could one not fly in the dungeon, but they couldn't climb over the walls either. The walls were impossibly high, their surfaces smooth and unbreakable.
The passage within the maze was at least a thousand feet wide, making the Sea Dragon Empress wonder just how long this maze was in reality.
Her senses told her that this was not just a physical structure. It was embedded with magic that was reminiscent of the one used by the Celestial Dragon.
She was curious as to who made this Dungeon in the first place. If she hadn't known better, she would've thought that the Celestial Dragon himself made this place.
"Was this place made as a trap by those who killed the Celestial Dragon?" she wondered.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it made sense. The walls felt like they were made from the scales of the Celestial Dragon. Only the person who killed the Celestial Dragon could do something like this.
Although she knew that it might be a trap, she couldn't give up. She had to reach the Celestial Dragon's heart before Eren. Even if she had to die here, she still had to free her clan from the curse.
The only thing she regretted was that she wasn't with the Celestial Dragon Prince.
If he was also here, searching this place would've been much easier. As the purest kin of the Celestial Dragon, the young man might have had an easier time locating the heart.
She couldn't cry over the spilled milk. She realized that she had to make the best of the situation she had ended up in.
Taking a deep breath, she stepped into the maze, letting her instincts guide her.
Each turn seemed to lead to another, and the further she went, the more she realized that this labyrinth was more complicated than she thought.
Initially, she didn't think about it. However, now that she was calm, she realized that his clothes were also different along with his looks. She could also feel the Celestial Dragon's Aura from the person, that couldn't be faked.
The person in front of her wasn't Eren. Instead, it was the Celestial Dragon Prince that had saved her from the captivity of the Holy Priestess.
She didn't realize that the person was Eren, who had simply changed his identity. He needed to disappear from her view for a short time to change his identity, but he couldn't just appear out of thin air as the Prince.
The Dungeon and this maze granted him a perfect opportunity and a great excuse.
"What are you doing here?" she asked the Prince. She was still supposed to be waiting for him, so why was he already here.
"I came here to check this place after feeling as if something was calling out to me. I thought I would return right after checking to meet up with you, but I lost my way." Eren scratched the back of his head.
"What are you doing here?" he asked the girl on return. "You attacked me out of nowhere. Were you chasing an enemy?"
"That's right. I chased him inside this place, but I seen to have lost him. Have you seen a young man, seemingly in his early twenties?"
The Sea Dragon Empress had already lost hope of finding Eren that easily. With the ever changing maze, even if they both took same turns, they would've ended up in different places based on their timing.
"It has been a long time since I last saw someone." Eren shook his head lightly. There was no way he was going to tell her that the person she was after, was standing right in front of her.
There was no need to antagonize her unnecessarily. Even if he could kill her, that was not a good choice. She was also a descendant of the Celestial Dragon, even if it was a distant branch.
She also knew more about the Celestial Dragon than he did. With her help, he could reach the heart of the Celestial Dragon with much more ease.
In this place, she was the best guide that he could have asked for. He wasn't foolish enough to kill the guide.