Time passed, second by second.
A dead silence hung over the square.
Not even the wind stirred.
One minute.
Two minutes.
Suddenly.
Mage Delin's eyes snapped open!
A sharp glint flashed through his murky eyes!
"Found it."
He uttered two words.
Wendel's spirits lifted.
"Where is it?"
Mage Delin didn't answer right away. Instead, he turned and looked toward the far end of the square, at a section of ruins that had collapsed most severely.
Behind those ruins was a massive cliff face that rose all the way to the luminous membrane of the Barrier above.
"Follow me."
Mage Delin strode off in that direction.
The other three immediately followed.
They crossed the vast square, circling around the broken statue.
The closer they got to the ruined buildings, the more Raylo could feel an overwhelming aura of desolation and antiquity wash over him.
Giant stone pillars lay scattered on the ground, each one so thick it would take more than a dozen people to encircle it.
