Karl saw a large group in the distance, headed toward their location, and finally noticed that there was a roadway running not far from the ruins.
By his best guess, it was a tourist attraction of sorts for the locals, and the group was all dressed in simple monk robes, holding some sort of ritual flags. They weren't moving quickly, they were stopping to pray every few minutes.
For Karl, that was a good sign. If this was still a holy place, they should know something about the region in general, and that would help Karl and Cara identify the location where the System Stones would most likely be.
Well, the other system stones as the ones that had been at this temple were apparently long gone.
So, he waited as they approached, and then led Cara over to greet them a few hundred metres from the temple ruins.
"You shouldn't be inside the ruins. If you trample a sacred site, it will upset the gods," an old man among the group of pilgrims noted in a calm tone.
