The hallway led them to a large, circular hall. Aether paused for a moment, and looked around, between the pillars holding the ceiling, searching for movement in the shadows. A moment passed, and he saw nothing, sensed nothing. Breathing a sigh of relief, he led them through the large hall.
As they walked in between the pillars, Fen drew a sharp breath. His gaze lingered on the ornate carvings on the pillars. "What do they depict?" he asked after a short while. Aether shot a quick glance towards the pillar the young man was looking at.
It was the carving of a handful of people walking into a cave. "The time when the first people decided to leave the world above to your ancestors and descended here. Several millennia ago," He added quickly upon seeing Fen's confusion. "When humans had just begun to walk, and build. And wield magic."
"What do you mean?" Freya chimed in. "Humans only began to wield magic after the catastrophe."