46 Inside the Temple (1/2)

While having small talk Linri and Jaime slowly made their way inside the temple. Before going inside Linri had recreated the mental link he had with the deities but he refrained from saying anything. Because this time he did not want to talk with them, he wanted to them to 'watch'.

He was betting on the possibility that they would help him inside the temple if he lost his way or get trapped. Even if they would not help him in saving his parents they would at least help him stay alive. After all, they still needed him to fight Udcek's avatar so until then they would keep him alive and help when necessary. That was what he hoped anyway.

The empty corridor he was walking was dark. There wasn't any source of natural light and the torches on the walls were not lit for centuries. Almost all of the bowls were dry, there wasn't even a speck of oil left in them.

Linri was following the footsteps on the dusty ground. For now, everything seemed normal as there were only footsteps but not any sign of fights or struggles. Walking to the end of the corridor Linri and Jaime arrived at steps going down inside the temple.

Even though Linri pointed his headlight into the stairs he could not see the end of it. They slowly and carefully went down. The deities were silent and Linri still did not encounter any sort of traps yet which was extremely odd. This should be a temple, in other words, a religious place where they worshipped the Gods. So shouldn't there be any kind of traps protecting this sacred place against intruders?

”Don't you find it weird?” Jaime was startled by Linri suddenly speaking.

”N-no... Weird what?”

”Weird that there are not any traps?”

”Isn't that normal? I mean this is a temple, right? Something like a church, so it is a public place. There should be a lot of normal people coming here to worship. If there were traps a lot of people could have died accidentally. At least there shouldn't any traps till we find somewhere important, like where they keep their gold or something. Right?” Linri halted his steps and looked at Jaime carefully.

”I guess you are right. Though I am surprised you could think that far, shouldn't you be more tense and nervous?”

”Are you implicating that I am dumb?”

”Never said you weren't but that's beside the point. Normally you are jumpy not this calm, a jumpy person would not think as you do. They would think that there would be traps in any corners like I do.” Linri kept looking at Jaime's almond green eyes under the light of torch's flames. He had an idea about what might be going on but he decided it would be best if he kept it for himself.