With the first puzzle behind them, Adam and his companions continued deeper into the ancient temple.
The passage beyond the chamber was considerably narrower, its walls covered in faded carvings depicting jackal-headed figures, strange rituals, and processions of humanoids carrying offerings toward a towering pyramid.
Adam occasionally glanced at the inscriptions, but most of them were too worn to decipher.
Sylphy, meanwhile, floated ahead with an unusually proud expression.
"Hehehe! See? I told you I knew this place!"
"You've been saying that ever since we entered," Adam replied.
"Because it's true!"
Azrynn followed quietly, occasionally glancing at the dark passage behind them. The sound of their footsteps echoed through the corridor, mixing with the faint rumble of ancient mechanisms somewhere beneath the temple.
After a while, she looked over her shoulder.
"Do you think those beastkin are still pursuing us?"
Sylphy immediately waved her hand dismissively.
