Ethan expected the massive horde to violently storm the upper tunnels, but an eerie stillness settled over the cavern. The monsters simply stared straight ahead, moving only occasionally to adjust their ranks, maintaining a tight, nearly ironclad discipline. It was a surreal sight.
"Crul, what exactly is happening here?" Ethan asked internally.
[This collective behavior is anomalous,] Crul analyzed. [In our available historical records, such absolute discipline only manifests in the immediate presence of a supreme entity. The undead operate under an absolute hierarchical metric, but there is zero evidence of a high-tier death sovereign inside this outer perimeter.]
