Chapter 53
Chapter 53
They moved on after the short break, Veron feeling a little lighter on his feet now. He no longer had his shield raised but felt ready for another fight.
The next corridor didn’t offer one, and after they’d passed through a forking path, they came out into a far broader section of tunnel. The ceiling was arched as well, and the walls were made up of dark stone bricks. Faint torchlight added a dim gloomy hue to the surroundings. Water dripped from somewhere, the stone floor slick in places.
Compared to the tunnels before, where two people could comfortably walk alongside one another, this one was a lot broader. On each side were slightly elevated platforms of stone, perhaps half a meter high. The center looked like some kind of canal, though there was no water flowing. It was broad enough for their entire group to walk next to each other.
Exactly like on the map. Of course it is, still cool to see it now.
“To the right?” Veron asked to confirm.
Isaac nodded.
It didn’t smell great, but not like a sewer either. It was warmer too than in the corridors before. They followed the tunnel for a while, Veron recontextualizing the size of the dungeon in relation to the map. This section was just a small bit he had copied down, but it took them more than ten minutes to traverse. It ended in a broad stone stairwell leading down and into another tunnel that looked almost the same.
This one had branching paths to the left and right. Arched and open doorways. One had a metal ladder leading down into darkness, the other had more stairs leading down.