Chapter 109: Secrets of the temple
Calen spent most of his day attempting to fix the walls of the temple, and since he had a lot of free time on his hands, he experimented with turning mans to divine power and vice versa.
The results were mixed - he had no problem reshaping divine power into magic, but he had no idea how to do it the other way around. Still, considering what he was doing it was at least a helpful discovery.
He couldn’t fix everything because he lacked the architectural knowledge needed to fill some parts, but he managed to restore a significant portion of the temple and make it look somewhat presentable.
More importantly, he managed to find a few hidden things when he was cleaning it - the first and perhaps the biggest one were the stairs, which apparently weren’t actually destroyed by the Krakee, but rather remained hidden.
Each of the staircases could be mechanically retracted using a lever on the ground floor, making them virtually invisible. Once he found it, he and Isara dispelled their own rather ugly constructs, and used the levers to open the proper ones.
His second discovery was smaller, but no less interesting - there was a statue behind the temple depicting a faceless man holding a sword.
Normally it wouldn’t be that intriguing, as there are many statues representing the idea of a warrior rather than a specific individual, but Calen was certain that this one was dedicated to someone - they were just shown without details on purpose.
The thing seemingly confirming this theory was the plaque beneath it, there was a quote:
If you don’t fit in then change the world, or yourself.
But there was no name of who said it, not like someone didn’t put it in, but rather there was a blank space where the name was supposed to be.
He didn’t know whether the person sculpted here was one of the priests, a legendary hero or the god the temple was dedicated to, but he had a feeling it was important.
His last discovery was very peculiar - he found a stone trapdoor hidden beneath some boxes on the ground floor, leading gods-know-where.