On their journey across the desert, Cam and Sylvia find a peculiar structure in the middle of the desert. "What's that?", asks Sylvia. Cam walks closer and upon further inspection, says "I know what this is! They have secret teleportation runes in them!", Cam looks around the structure and sees that it's open. "Huh? I thought these could only be opened by royalty.". They enter the ruins and stand before the teleportation spell circle. "So, do you know where these will take us?", asks Sylvia nervously. Cam says "I'm guessing these will take us to developed areas or cities.". They stand on the spell circle and in a bright flash, they disappear.
Elsewhere, Cam and Sylvia emerge in a large kingdom built downwards descending, instead of towering upwards. The kingdom is populated by a wide range of Demi Humans like Orcs, Dwarves and even some beastmen. "Whoa, this place is crazy!", says Cam, in awe in the city's peculiar structure. Sylvia explains "This is Eis Gondri, the biggest city in the entire continent. It was originally created from a crater formed during an ancient war.". They explore the city and its features, Cam asks "Do you think there's any guilds around here?", to which Sylvia nods. "I've been here a few times before, apparently it was originally a refuge for Demi humans who's homes were destroyed, but then it just became a multi racial kingdom.". Cam, intrigued by Sylvia's knowledge says "Whoa, I didn't know you were such a nerd.". Sylvia says pouting "I'm not a nerd!".
They visit one of the local guilds to find it teaming with adventurers, mainly orcs. "Why are there so many Orc adventurers, compared to other races?", asks Cam. Sylvia responds "Since most of the Demi humans came here as refugees, they'd naturally want to lead peaceful lives.". They show the guild's receptionist the documents about Lydia "Excuse me, do you know about Lydia Silverrie?". The receptionist says "Well, no. But the Scarlet Fate party does, they were friends back then.". Cam ecstatically asks "Really? Where are they?", however the receptionist says that they haven't been seen in weeks. "Huh? What do you mean?", asks Sylvia. The receptionist shows them a map of an ancient maze and says "They went to the Hymal Labyrinth weeks ago, but they haven't returned. We even sent recon squads to save them, to no avail.". Cam says "Okay, let's go. We'll return with them!". Sylvia buys the map and they head off. "We'd better rest up, before leaving for an adventure like this.", says Cam and they decide to stay the night.
The next morning, Cam, running enthusiastically, is reeled in by Sylvia, saying "Whoa there, Cam. We gotta get better weapons and supplies!". Cam nods, saying "You're right, we gotta be ready.". They enter the local armouries and merchants, buying new gear, outfits and supplies. "Okay, mazes usually take a long time to complete, so we need to save our supplies.", says Sylvia. Cam nods and they follow the map to the maze.
Hours pass, and they walk, hiding their faces in their new cloaks and panting from all the intense desert heat. Cam asks "Syl, gimme the water bottle..", weakly panting in exhaustion, but Sylvia says "You've already drank too much, we haven't even reached the maze yet!". They come upon a strange hut, built suspiciously far from the city. "Hey, maybe they'll have more water!", says Cam as he runs in, however the house seems to crumble as soon as he touches the door. "What the hell!?", exclaims Sylvia.
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As the house crumbles, a spell circle is revealed on the floor. "Huh? It's another teleportation spell.", says Sylvia. Cam asks "You remember the pattern?", and she nods, saying "I have a great memory.". They tap the spell circle and in another flash of light, they disappear from the scene.
They emerge in the first floor of the maze, they notice its dark atmosphere, the sound of thunder in the distance and the echoed screams of adventurers. "This place is..crazy..", Cam says, feeling a cold chill up his spine. Sylvia says "Don't be a baby, let's just find those adventurers.". They begin their trek across the maze, Sylvia explains "So, according to the map, this place has multiple floors.". Cam says "Then, all we gotta do is keep going until we find those guys.". Sylvia nods and as they turn a corner, a plant like tentacle grabs at Sylvia, but Cam instinctively slashes it in half. "You okay?", Cam asks, helping her up. She nods, saying "We gotta keep on our toes in here. One wrong move and we're dead.". They carefully watch their steps, slowly advancing in the maze, passing more and more dead bodies. Noticing Cam's hands trembling, Sylvia asks him "Hey, are you feeling okay?", Cam simply nods, saying "Yeah, just a little..sick.." as he tries his best to avoid looking at the dead bodies.
As they advance deeper into the maze, Cam asks "Its been hours, how much further?", Sylvia checks the map and says "I'm not sure. I need a birds eye view.", as she leaps above the maze walls. She checks ahead and quickly scribbles over the map, but stops when she sees something horrifying up ahead, causing her to fall over. "Syl? What did you see?", asks Cam. Sylvia shouts "We gotta run!", and just then, a stone massive golem awakens and jumps over part of the maze. Cam and Sylvia quickly run away from the incoming golem as it lands, shaking the entire floor. "What the hell is that!?", screams Cam, and Sylvia says "I.. I think it's a golem..". Cam asks her to explain and she says "Golems are..monsters born from inorganic matter and magic.". The golem thrashes through the maze and spots them, it swats at them, knocking over part of the maze. They land on the maze walls and Cam says "We can just run up here! Come on!". They run atop the maze walls, narrowly escaping the golem's raging attacks.
Just as they lose sight of the golem, suddenly the golem's arm appears above them and smashes at them. Before it impacts, Cam draws his trusty sword to defect the blow. It's creates a massive impact, destroying more of the maze. Sylvia and Cam are knocked even further into the maze and she looks at Cam and sees him knocked out, with his sword in pieces. Cam wakes up, groaning in pain, "Huh? Oh damn it..", he lays eyes on his broken blade and says in anger "No! Why..how did..!?". Just then, Sylvia says "Cam! I saw one of those teleportation spell circles up ahead! We're really close, let's go!", as she takes him by the hand, leading him. Cam takes his empty sheathe, leaving the shards of his sword behind.
As they run, the golem throws a massive boulder at them, blocking their path. Just as the golem rears its fist back to deal the final blow, a familiar male voice chants a spell "Eternal wrath of the Sea God, Bathe this world in the depths, Water Basin!", and a massive wave of water washes the golem away. Cam looks up to see that the caster was none other than Winston, then as the golem attempts to get back up, Pollie flys above, holding Twig up by her arms, and drops her onto the golem. Twig's hair glows bright blue and she restrains the golem's arms with vines. And to deal the final blow, Edreus, wielding his silver mace, smashes the golems head apart.
Cam and Sylvia lay there in place in awe at the display. Cam simply says with a shocked expression on his face "G..Grandpa!? G..guys!?". They all collectively look back at him in shock, Edreus simply saying "M..my..boy!"
The quest for answers and self discovery has brought two groups, two sides of the story together. However, This adventure has yet to take a another turn.