Diana instinctively thought that Rocky was in contact with one of her servants outside the Abyss Prison.
If that were the case, couldn't Rocky deliver a message? Then there would still be room for maneuver!
At this thought, a sense of joy as if seeing a glimmer of light in the darkest night rose in Diana's heart. Before today, she had never thought she would feel joy because of Rocky.
Of course, this joy didn't last long before the guard who came to report said "just outside," leaving her stunned.
Just... outside?
Diana looked somewhat bewildered at the doorway, and when she saw that all-too-familiar figure, the hope she had painstakingly ignited instantly vanished.
...
Something's off.
When Isaiah stepped over the ruins of the Storm God Stele and formally entered the Abyss Prison, he immediately sensed something was amiss.
Because the resistance in the Abyss Prison... was too weak.
