Michael stared at the forming portal, mild surprise flickering across his face.
"…So the treasure isn't even here," he said. "It's in a secret realm."
Rynne nodded once, her gaze fixed on the shifting light ahead.
"It had to be," she replied. "There was no other way something like this could survive for so long."
The portal continued to stabilize, its edges smoothing out as the void around it grew quiet.
"If they'd kept it in a vault before this place became ruins," she said, "someone would've cracked it eventually. No matter how strong the seals were. But a secret realm barely anybody knows about?" She shook her head. "That's much harder to brute force. After all, you don't even know it exists. If not for our fortune, this secret could very well go on for another thousand years."
Michael's eyes narrowed slightly as he watched the portal ripple.
"Let's find out whether we're actually the first ones through," he said.
