12 Einder Stronghold (1/2)

In the pitch-black corridor, a light suddenly started appearing. A screeching sound could be heard as they continued to walk towards the source of the light.

As they continued to walk, the bright light had completely enveloped them.

”Welcome to the Einder Stronghold!” A female voice said.

They were then welcomed by a grand sight as the whole room was filled with machines and electronics that were flashing lights. There were lots of passages that seemed to lead towards different rooms.

Cray could clearly remember the owner of the voice. A certain AI came to mind when he thought of the owner of the voice.

”This voice? Note? Are you there?” Cray clearly rejoiced. Even the tone of his voice was so high. He never thought that he would be this happy hearing a familiar voice.

”Affirmative host!” The AI gleefully replied.

”What's that?” Stan curiously asked as he had never heard of a female voice ever talking when he entered other strongholds. He was a bit baffled when Cray seemed to even know where the voice was coming from.

Cray looked at him weirdly. ”Aren't you supposed to be the one who should know this? After all, you seem to know a lot?.” Even so, he gestured towards his chest as he took his silver necklace. ”This is where it came from. It's an AI that seems to come from my father.” He then explained how he got this necklace on his birthday.

”So that's why!” Stan looking like he had finally solved a difficult puzzle looked at the pendant with dazzling eyes. ”This is a relic of the great Einder!” He then smiled as he looked at the treasure in front of him.

”Anyways now that we're here let's have a quick look around. This is the sole stronghold of the Western Continent. We should be able to find something useful.” Stan then explained the reason why he came here with Cray.

”I got it.” Cray then nodded as they split up while exploring the stronghold.

As cray was walking around he saw a large portrait hanging on the white walls. As he closely examined it, there were five people who were wearing rings and a person in the middle who was wearing the same necklace that he was wearing.