A FEW HOURS LATER
ISABELLA'S POINT OF VIEW:
We reached the ancient church by sundown. Its stained glass windows were shattered, its steeple leaning slightly like a weary sentinel. Despite the decay, there was something… sacred about it. Like the land still remembered what it had once been.
"Event Location confirmed. Church of Silent Flame. Initiating Hidden sub path: The Relic of reclamation."The system said.
Inside, the pews were ruined, and the altar was cracked. But words in old runes were carved into the stone. Vanessa stepped forward, running her fingers over them.
"I can read this." She said quietly. "It's like... old script from Blackstone."
"When the flame dies, and memory shatters, bring the relic bound in bone and vow. Only then may the door of truth open once more."Vanessa said.
"Relic bound in… bone and vow?" Noa whispered. "That sounds both poetic and terrifying."
Laura poked a crumbling statue.
"You think it's talking about a literal bone?"Laura asked.
