As soon as I reached the tunnel, I ran toward the junction. Seeing Grendel firsthand, I was sure that he couldn't leave the boss room given the size difference between his body and the tunnel.
Upon reaching the junction, I found Alex sitting there, his head bleeding and his clothes scratched.
"Hey, did you fight a troll?" I asked.
He slowly raised his head and said, completely ignoring my question, "There are several trolls coming from the right tunnel. We need to run quickly."
"Alex," I called, drawing out my sword. "Is the middle tunnel still sealed?"
He nodded slightly.
"Alright then, go inside. I will be coming soon."
Since I had used Void Step twice to escape from the boss room, I was two hundred Yin Energy short of a breakthrough.
After a few minutes, several trolls barged out from the rightmost tunnel—the same tunnel from which I had come.
"Where has that human gone?" one of the trolls muttered as they reached the junction.
