90 The Changing World (1/2)

Xin Fan walked down through the darkness between the pillars. Following close behind was Chilong and Tianfei, each wielding their respective weapons. Every step resounded throughout the void that was the abyss. There was nothing there except for the marble pillars. Xin Fan rested his scythe along the back of his neck and moved in a somewhat carefree manner.

'What is the cooldown for Harvest Slash II S?'

'It's 2 days, 18 hours, 14 Minutes and 33 seconds.'

'So in other words, 3 days.'

'Indeed.'

”What do you reckon will be at the end?”

Chilong shrugged his shoulders.

”I don't know.”

Xin Fan played around with the orb with his right hand. He spun it around his fingers and tossed it from hand to hand. He passed it to Chilong who caught it with both hands.

”My guess is probably something to do with that.”

”Well, that is a given. It was what led us here.”

Chilong threw the orb back to Xin Fan who caught it with a single hand. Xin Fan squinted his eyes as he saw something in the distance. It was a block was made of black marble and slowly became more clear as he approached.

'Is this an altar?'

Xin Fan placed his hands on the stone cold marble altar. For now, it seemed simply part of the decoration. There was a hole shaped similar to the orb that was now resting on his right hand. Xin Fan observed the intricate detail that was faintly engraved into the marble. Small text could be seen however it was written in a way that he was unable to read it.

”There seems to be some ancient language.”

Xin Fan looked over to Chilong who bent down to observe the carvings a lot more closely. He looked at it from many different angle and shook his head.

”It's like nothing I have seen before. I guess there is only one thing we can do. It is what we came here for after all.”

Xin Fan looked at the orb in his hand and at the small indent on the altar. It was quite obvious that the orb was intended to fill in this slot. Xin Fan slowly edged the orb towards the slot intending to fill it in. He didn't know why but he felt something trying to hold him back.

”Stop!”

Before he could put it in, Tianfei called out behind him. Xin Fan turned around in surprise. Tianfei seemed quite nervous however recomposed herself.

”S...Sorry. That just came out. It's nothing just continue.”

”Hmm? At least give a proper reason why you said that. We aren't in a rush after all.”

Xin Fan looked at her slightly in intrigue. She seemed quite shaken be even herself.

”It's nothing really. I just had a really bad feeling about this.”