Chapter 21: The Quartz Ruins(Part 1)
"Ow...," Groaned Raven, as his back firmly thudded against the ground, right before Celia landed butt-first onto his stomach, eliciting a winded grunt from him.
"S-sorry! Are you okay, Raven?" She responded, as she quickly got off him before reaching down and helping him onto his feet.
"Y-yeah, I'll live...more importantly, what the hell just happened? That was an insanely elaborate trap," Frowned Raven, as he stared up at the ceiling.
After they got pulled into that room and ended up falling down one of the holes that opened up, they found themselves sliding down a steep tunnel.
The space within the tunnel was too narrow for Raven to spread our his wings, so they had no choice but to keep falling.
After several long seconds of sliding down, they then fell out of an opening, which closed up once they shot out of it and landed in a heap on the ground below.
"Yeah, it exerted that powerful pulling force to drag us in right after my brother used his Magic inside the room, then sealed us inside the space, then the entire floor opened up into three sections, we ended up falling down that looooong slide, and who knows where we are now? Not to mention the Magic-blocking effect in the room and those fake weapons...Ancient Magic is scary stuff," Replied Celia with a sigh.
"Tell me about it. Any idea how far down we ended up?" Inquired Raven, dusting his back.
"Not a clue...but considering how long we were sliding for and how steep the slide was, we're definitely several levels deeper into the ruins. What do you think we should do? The opening we fell out of has closed up, but we could try busting through by force and then fly up the slide back to the thirtieth level," Suggested Celia, as she stared up the ceiling.
"I don't think that's a good idea...these ruins are ancient, damaging the ceiling could result in a cave-in, and I'm not particularly keen on that. And even if we do manage to bust that spot open, the space is too narrow for me to fly through, it wasn't wide enough for me to spread my wings," Raven shook his head after briefly mulling it over.
"Yeah, that's a good point...otherwise, you could've just flown us back us while we were falling."