Chapter 359 - Scary ol’ knights
They stepped through the archway together.
The corridor gave way to something less like a chamber and more like a half-collapsed vault, its interior split into sharp, angular channels. There were no strange glyphs here, no lines etched into the walls like before. Instead, raised stone partitions jutted from the ground in tight, layered rows — narrow walkways twisting out of view in repeating patterns, like the teeth of some vast gear or the ribs of a fossilised beast. From above, Leon imagined the layout would resemble a coiling spiral. From the ground, it looked more like a maze with no ceiling, its walls just high enough to block the view ahead.
It was unlike any of the other chambers they had seen so far. In fact, it didn’t even feel like Beld Thylelion anymore. More like a different structure had been spliced into the complex.
The prickling at the back of Leon’s neck only intensified.
His aura pulsed again — not enough to spark light, but enough to remind him something was ahead. He still couldn’t pinpoint the source, but somehow… it felt familiar.
Princess Regina narrowed her eyes as she stepped past one of the first ridges. “This place is…different.”
Leon nodded, already mapping the layout. The paths curved in predictable arcs, but there were too many corners. Too many blind spots.
“Which way?” the princess asked, glancing at Dame Smythe.
The Oathbound woman frowned, scanning the forked paths in silence.
Leon’s gaze had already fixed on the leftmost path. It curved behind a fractured pillar into shadow, but even from here, the pressure was stronger in that direction.
Dame Smythe lifted a hand and pointed along the same path.
They got to moving.