829 Heartless Monster (Part 1)

"Don't be surprised, kid. The first layer was a decoy that darkness smothered, leaving it visible only the real mark etched under the clay." Jirni explained, repeating the procedure at every corner.

"It seems it's going to be crowded." Kamila said while pointing at the clean path in the middle of the dirt covering the floor. It was something that only many people taking their same path could have created.

Jirni signaled her to halt and be quiet while she conjured a sphere of darkness to keep the light of their amulets from being seen. It wasn't the number of footprints to worry her. For a rare item like Gorgon parts, a crowd had to be expected.

Yet the fact that so many of them had walked orderly was highly unlikely unless they had come all together. Jirni activated the Silencer device of her army amulet and reported the anomaly before taking another step forward.