The look of respect and fear deepened on Kindra's face, as she knelt on the ground and performed the highest ceremonial rituals of worshipping deities, bowing three times and knocking her forehead on the ground nine times.
This was the highest form of respect given to a god.
Without Aubree having to ask, Kindra willingly revealed everything. Her family had lived in these parts for generations, guarding Lopez Mountain. They considered this as a boundary, forbidding mortals from setting foot beyond this point into the mountain.
She said, "Living beings are not allowed into Skyla Mountain. This area is filled with yin energy and the mountain is teeming with strange creatures. From ancient times, nobody who has ventured into the mountain has ever returned alive. Intruding on the territory of the mountain lord is a grave offence, so grave that you cannot even become a ghost."
Aubree asked, "Do you know about the ten men and an old path who entered the mountain earlier?"