Three days later, the duo—joined by a silent mercenary named Jax—stood at the base of the first peak. The air was thin and smelled of ozone.
The ground beneath them didn't just shake; it groaned. With a deafening roar of grinding stone, the mountain to their left began to slide southward, revealing a hidden valley filled with bioluminescent flora.
"The map!" Jax shouted over the wind.
Kaelen unfurled the vellum. As the mountains moved, the ink on the page began to crawl, redrawing the coastlines and peaks in real-time. "The valley! We have to get through the valley before the mountains close the gap!"