Chapter 1: The compass. (1/2)
Within a bright flash of white light, three people suddenly appeared atop a large ancient ruin This ruin was located within a clearing, surrounded by a seeroup made their way down a corroded staircase, towards the bottom floor, as the scent of rain and pine flooded their noses
"Well, we finally roup announced with a so as she sat down on a piece of shattered pillar
"Warren, any luck?" An older lookingwith a co keeps spinning" Warren snapped in frustration, pelting the coe statue of a turtle, to which it shattered on impact
"Ahhh, what the hell!" The female quickly jumped up and ran over to the shattered re them away, "That was expensive you idiot"
"If it was so expensive why doesn't the da work, huh?" Warren lashed out in response, clearly still frustrated, "Are you just spending guild funds on useless trinkets again?"
As the two began bickering, the oldernote of the architecture, it was soht his interest were the four different stone statues surrounding the ruins, each supported by a large gold encrusted pillar covered in faded red paint and overgroith moss, which stood out from the rest of the ruin's aesthetic
On each of the stone statues, there was a large coloured crystal sphere included so at the statue closest to his group, it looked to beturtle, and within its e black crystal sphere
The next statue was a coiled serpent-like dragon, which held a similar blue crystal within its claws,
A red crystal was next, located within the grip of the phoenix statue's talons
And lastly, underneath the paw of the tiger statue was a white crystal
The oldinto the eer statue, before it suddenly clicked "A black turtle, blue dragon, red phoenix and white tiger"
"Guys, I think I've got a solution" he yelled at the bickering duo They quickly silenced theuy say we had to go?" the old man asked Warren
"Directly east from the ruin's portal" Warren responded, "But our coan to wander around
The oldthe other tards the statue of the dragon, "If I'm correct in my assumption, then this one points towards east" He then stood there quietly, staring at the others as they looked back at hiirl looked at hi for an explanation, but after a ht Merlin, I'll bite, how could you possibly know that?" she asked in a sarcastic tone
The oldanother loop around the ruins, pointing at each of the statues and reciting its naer of the West… The Black Turtle of the North… So that leaves… The Azure Dragon of the East…"
"The what now?" The girl responded, not knohat to hed as he continued to explain, "We started in what looks like a Mayan teh, these statues don't fit the aesthetic at all That is because these statues are based on Chinese design, and represent the four Chinese beasts who relate to the cardinal directions… So this place is basically a giant coht on after the explanation, nodded to signify he understood, however the woht, that's enough, he doesn't pay you to think, we've wasted enough ti in the direction the dragon statue was facing
The three began walking east away fro deep into the dense forest Fortunately, a large bea to everyone where the ruins are, and acting as a beacon for anyone lost in the forest
As they alking, they suddenly heard a high pitched scream, they turned around and drew their weapons, only to find that their female companion had simply walked into cobwebs
"Merire, you idiot…" Warren growled, yet his ani