Both Nightingale and Flaming Rose came to a halt a few minutes later as they finally reached their destination — a narrow, descending pathway that spiraled deeper into the Black Spire.
Evidently, the First Floor wasn't nearly as vast as it initially appeared. At first glance, one might assume the swamp stretched on without end, an endless mire of fog and decay. But that was merely the illusion created by the Grey Mist. It was a deception of the mind meant to manipulate perception and trap wanderers in a false sense of infinity.
In truth, the entire floor was no larger than a small valley at best.
