The fabled city of Cibola Part 1

Noticing Uriel's expression, Nika scanned her surroundings in high alert as though expecting an enemy to pounce at them at any moment, though once she confirmed they were safe she didn't feel better in the slightest. Everything about that place gave her the chills, the strange holes buried in the ground and the yellow tape encircling them made her think of a crime scene and her first instinct was to hide inside Uriel's shadow.

Uriel didn't mind this or the fact that his friends were taking long to arrive and took his chance to inspect the place in hopes of finding something he missed last time. All the ancient artifacts he found in that burial site were priceless cultural remains, but not even the Ulfberht sword that looked promising as a weapon could be stored in his museum.