Chapter 52
When Zeth looked at the portion of the tunnel that went upward into Garon’s house, he found a simple wooden chute with a ladder going up through it and a trapdoor handle at the top. All-in-all, it looked like a completely mundane structure.
Or, it would have, if not for the ritual circles lining the edges.
The interior walls had large circles going from one side to the next drawn across them, each one glowing with life. There were several on each wall, popping up once every few feet, and also one painted onto the trapdoor at the top.
Zeth eyed the ritual circles cautiously, but they simply sat there glowing, clearly active, but doing nothing in particular. He had to assume these were what made the walls so tough. Must’ve been some Skill that came at higher Levels; he certainly didn’t have access to anything of the sort.
But he wasn’t here to investigate some ritual circles. Turning around, he gazed down the long, unlit hallway that extended far off in the distance, angled just slightly downward. He was here for that.
He turned to look at Astrys, who was staring vigilantly down the unknown corridor. “You ready?”
“Yes,” she said. “This is the place you were looking for?”
“Seems so.”
“Is there any intelligence on what might be here?”