-2 minutes later…
Kaelion: Finally, I've reached a room…
(stands at the doorway)
Stepping forward might be dangerous…
(picks up a stone from the floor and rolls it ahead)
Click.
Kaelion: What kind of trap got triggered this time?
What were they trying to protect with such heavy security?
(A green gas cloud fills the room.)
Kaelion: Good thing I didn't step inside…
Whatever this green mist is, it's definitely not beneficial…
I'll enter once it fades.
-5 minutes later
Kaelion: Looks like the danger has passed.
Going a little further shouldn't hurt…
(enters the room)
Kaelion: What's this? These dozens of bookshelves are completely empty, and only ashes remain behind them.
(He approaches the large central table.)
Whatever was on this table…
it's gone.
All that's left is a bunch of shattered pieces.
(He reaches out and touches a fragment.)
Kaelion: Feels almost like glass… but with some differences. I don't know what this is…
But whoever destroyed it was definitely in a hurry.
(follows more battle marks further inside)
Interesting…
(walks forward)
These marks… instead of claw marks, these look like remnants caused by magic surface level scorch marks and arrow impacts.
Meaning someone some race I can't identify fought an all out life and death battle with the elves here…
System Message… You found a clue. (Elves)
Kaelion: Well, the structure of the ruin and its harmony with nature already hinted this place was an Elf ruin…
but let's follow the clue anyway.
Seems like something wanted to wipe out the elves or at least this region.
Burnt books, battle marks, ashes, glass-like fragments…
Could this have been a research facility?
But what were the elves researching?
-5 minutes later
Kaelion: The battle marks continue…
Looks like I've reached the end of the trail for now.
And I still have no idea what's what…
I'm stuck in the middle of a complete mystery…
(sees a faint flickering light ahead)