The black gate shuddered and twisted, then soundlessly melted, flowing like ink into the ground. In its place, a gaping hole yawned wide, leading to somewhere else, somewhere utterly unknown.
Kaedros extended his awareness, probing the darkness beyond but he sensed nothing, not even a whisper.
He turned to his companions, their faces dimly illuminated by the flickering wall torches. "That leads somewhere, although I don't sense anything but it must lead somewhere."
"Where?" Taria asked, gripping her spear. "It's not the forbidden zone. I doubt that. Everything Is strange and wrong now."
"I agree," Kaedros said. "We may not even be in the same place anymore."
He sniffed the air, empty. No rot, no mold, no earth. Nothing. Just emptiness tha put him on edge.
"Maybe we're not even in our world," Rauk offered quietly.
Silence met that possibility.
