Many ters before, however, at the end of the path that walked straight through the whole area, branching out to the various encampnts, there was a gigantic mountain, much more similar to a shield volcano for its wide cone shape.
Two huge columns made of the sa stone as the mountain had been excavated on it, reaching more than 40 ters in height, as a result of tens of years of constant work.
Above them, another important elent had been obtained from the rock, naly a large horizontal beam with decorations along its surface.
In the lower part, on the other hand, in correspondence with the fake support floor of the two imposing columns, which were instead part of the mountain, a wide staircase led down, inside a cave with high vaults that followed the morphology of that colossal architectural work.
"I've never seen anything like that" Dag said, not finding the exact words to describe what his eyes were admiring.
"None of us ever imagined that all this stuff was in here... the one carved into the rock must be the entrance of their city... it's not easy to guess it standing still here, we have to get closer" Kranus replied, trying not to be slowed down by that unexpected vision.
Cautiously, accosting themselves in a neat row, with Dag and Kranus ahead, Freydis in the middle and Atran and Kron closing the line, the exploration team continued along the main path leading to the palace.
All of them noticed, however, that at that mont no one else was walking on the sa path, thus inferring that they would surely give in the eye.
Just when everyone was sure that soone would stop them sooner or later, a voice caught their attention.
"Heeey! Where do you think you're going?!" a warrior yelled, watching them pass undisturbed from his camp, surrounded by his comrades.
"The guards let us through! We're headed over there, we have to deliver an important ssage to your leaders" Kranus replied, yelling to make himself heard and not paying attention to the fact that his voice would attract even more looks.
The warrior, who was walking with the other n on the road that connected the main path with his settlent, suddenly began to walk towards them with a nacing air.
When he moved his arm towards his companions, Dag was able to hear his words and clearly hear: "co on, guys! Let's have so fun, you can see they're foreigners! They don't even know where they are!"
"Stay behind and Kranus... these n have no good intentions" Dag told his teammates, standing next to the Giants Of Ymir's Commander and ordering them not to ddle.
"So... what do we have here? An old man, a kid and so other aweso people... who let you through?" the warrior continued, slightly lower than average and of a fairly slender constitution, also dressed in armor slightly wider than his size and without a helt, with short black hair and scars on his head.
"The guards decided to let us through, after realizing we do not pose any threat to you. I don't know the na of the man who decided it, but you can go and ask if you don't believe my words" Kranus replied, sowhat naively, not imdiately realizing that that was just an elentary way to pick a fight.
"Hahaha! Did you guys hear that? We can go ask! Hahaha!" the warrior laughed, turning to his companions and ironizing on that phrase.
"I like your horse, old man... I think I'll borrow it for a while, what do you say?" he continued, looking at Kranus's majestic white horse with a malignant smile printed on his face.
"I'm sorry, but I can't give it to you... Iron obeys only at my commands, it would be useless in your hands" the ice mage replied, slowly stroking the neck of his steed, who remained motionless and quiet.
"Then it ans I'll turn it into steaks for my n! Hahah! Co on old man, get down..." the unknown warrior said again, extending a hand towards him, asking for Iron's bridles.
"I told you I can't. I'm very sorry, but we urgently need to reach out to your leaders to deliver a ssage to them."
As Kranus spoke, Dag activated his reconnaissance skill, Niva.
A faint yellowish aura surrounded the body of the warrior who was being a bully, who was the strongest of his companions.
"They are not a great threat, they are very weak. I'm sure Freydis alone could knock them down... but in any case, we cannot risk starting a fight, otherwise, we would also be alerting the warriors of the other outposts, a few hundred ters from here. Kranus will never deliver his horse... what do we do now?" Dag thought, who, reflecting on how to get out of that uncomfortable situation, did not know how to behave.
"And I said you have to get off your horse now, old man... or do you prefer to taste the steel of my blades?" the warrior said once again, resting a hand on his sword, while the n behind him made the sa gesture, trying to intimidate Kranus and everyone else.
"Let's do sothing... I will leave you 3 gold coins as if your camp is a checkpoint... and after we're done with our diplomatic mission, I'll give you another 3 per person!" the ice mage exclaid, making the n in front of him guess that he had a lot of money with him.
"3 coins each? Uhuhuh! It ans you have a lot of money, you smart old man! Hhahaha! This is our lucky day, guys! Money at will and tonight horse at for dinner! Take the old man!" the warrior replied, ordering his n to steal the money by force and seize the horse.
"Fuck, Kranus! What did you do?!" Dag thought, who in a matter of seconds would have to finish the fight, so as not to risk disastrous consequences.
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