Edulcore, Drake, Mauri and Ghort were walking over the soft sand of the lake shore, in total obscurity. If the night was dark, with no moon and lit just by stars, after they entered inside the enormous cave housing the lake, all went just black.
Ed was walking with one hand on the shoulder of the lizard man, which was doing the same with the cat-girl. Drake was behind Euro, his left hand gripping the long brown mantle that Euro was wearing. His right hand over the hilt of his sword.
Using torches would have revealed their presence to the eons old dangerous beasts that roamed the island. Only Mauri, with her nose typical of a race adapted to live in the darkness of night, was able to stay on path. soon, after they got around a massive rocky cliff, they saw a distant glow. When their eyes became adapted to the light, they recognize the form of a tall tower, emanating a blue gaze.
"The blue spire?" asked Drake.
Mauri nodded. Ghort coughed, and then said: "It is too cold here for me, I am loosing all the energy I cumulated in the day. I must return to the entrance of the cave, to sleep until the sun will rise tomorrow. Farewell, heroes, I don't think we'll see again."
And with those words, the two strange friends disappeared back into the darkness, leaving the two heroes and the bird alone, facing the blue tall tower.
