Strike a Deal

[First night inside the Element forest…]

Making her way through the darkness, Xenia felt as if the dark stoned walls she were passing through never seemed to end. There was no other direction for her to take except for the straight path lit by torches, guiding her as if it was intentionally made to be that way. 

Truly, it seemed as if she and Osman would have completely different experiences in regards to the Basilisk's Territory. Wading through the heat, she wiped away a few sweat drops running down her face. She was getting thirstier the longer she spent time in that place, not to mention how her stomach was also already grumbling in protest.

After some time, she stopped for a bit of rest, and she was about to pick out one of the fruits from inside her sack when she suddenly sniffed out a luscious aroma coming from the distance. Walking further up, she ended up following the scent all the way to an unfortunate dead end.