The blue map sharpens across the cracked altar, its lines narrowing into a steep route beneath the shrine. Dust sifts steadily from the ceiling as stone shifts below.
The Elf Woman
That passage descends to the lock the bandits found. If they reach it first, the next seal will not hold.
The route ends at a marked chamber far beneath the hill, where three branching lines converge around a darkened crown. The altar gives another heavy knock.
Daniella
Something is moving beyond the door. Not footsteps. More like stone being dragged through a narrow passage.
Daniella turns toward the sealed inner door, sword rising into guard. The elf woman gathers the copper bracers at her wrists and keeps one palm pressed to the weakening relic.
The Elf Woman
I can guide you below, but I must stay near the altar. Without me, this first lock may open behind us.
Daniella
Then Gabby and I take the lower route. You hold this chamber, and we stop the bandits at their lock.