Trouble comes back.

'How did things get to this level?' Major Erik's feelings were complicated. 

The aim of separating from Blake's team was to have the highest contribution by being the first to explore the ruin and discover the reason for the disappearance. Now he was no different from a headless chicken running without direction.

While he was contemplating his next move, Erik felt a force trying to stealthily penetrate his mental walls, but he immediately shut it out.

'Illusions!' Major Erick was shocked. 'That explains why they were falling for the traps even though they were in the open!'

With the strong mental fortitude of demigods, it was nearly impossible for the weakened cursed entity controlling the ruin to put him under an illusion, especially since it was spending most of its energy on the ruins and beasts. However the same couldn't be said for the members of his units who were still in the Hero realm.