Of course it didn't deter them though, they quested on further into the eastern area, only to find more compact and fresh spider webs than before. Jigano help the lantern up to a large covering of silver web, and for a moment it seemed a thousand red diamonds had become caught in the mess. The lost treasure of this forgotten passageway. But then the diamonds blinked and skittered away, spine-tinglingly fast, back further into their webbing.
Killian shuddered, feeling a sudden itch all over as he imagine those tiny spindly legs crawling all over his body. Jigano suggested they take a different path, asking if he wanted to. He squinted at the eastern path, thinking it over, then decided, "South, south sounds fine, and hopefully less infested.
The duo back tracked a bit to clear the webs, and started going south now. The further they went down this path way, the less damp the air felt. The mossy walls didn' have the same moist glint as the ones near the hole, and the fallen shelves looked a bit fresher. Dustier albeit, the drier air and staler air stung his nose a bit. He paused the walk forward to go look at a collapsed stack of wood. Lifting into the air and flipping it over, he brushed it off to reveal what might've once been a very nice varnish, and even the remains of an engraving.
"Hey, this stack over here isn't too bad," he said, and beckoned Jigano and the light nearer. He dropped the wood he was holding and began to sift through the pile. Most of it was just splintered wood, but as he lifted one particularly thick piece, he saw something of color underneath. Just a splash of red in a sea of dull browns and greys.
The boy pushed away the rubble surrounding it, and delicately reached for a small book, bound with a faint red cloth. A smile spread across his face as he carefully flipped it over to the front, and found symbols, age beaten and paled but symbols all the same. "I found something!" he said, turning to face Jigano and hand him the book. "Can you read it?" he asked.
