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Chapter 203 - RUNIC GAURDIAN

Chapter 200: Runic Gaurdian

The hidden passage was a stark contrast to the labyrinth we had left behind.

The damp, mossy-green corridors of the maze were replaced by a perfectly-cut, dry, and unnervingly silent tunnel.

The walls were smooth, dark stone, and the only light came from our own mana-buffs. Kaelen, his hands still trembling slightly from the shock of the wall-break, cast a low-level [Holy Light] orb that floated above our heads, casting long, stark shadows.

We walked in silence for several minutes, the only sound the scrape of Alex's shield and our own breathing. The tunnel sloped gently downwards, the air growing colder, drier, tinged with the ancient, dusty smell of a place that hadn't seen life in millennia.

"Where... where are we, Chief?" Alex finally whispered, his voice echoing unnaturally in the narrow space.

"We're in a maintenance tunnel," I replied, my voice low. "Or a smuggler's path. Something the Tower's creators built and then sealed away."

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