That should not have been the case.

Amid everyone's confusion, Adrian said, "Scout ahead, Strider, and be careful."

"Yes, sir."

Strider dashed toward the light and disappeared from everyone's sight. In less than a minute, he came out from the light and shouted, "Sir, it’s amazing! There's a city up ahead, a really large city!"

"What?" Adrian quickly walked over as the group followed.

Soon, Adrian was standing beside Strider. He saw a cave with two strange-looking skeleton statues on each side. The skeletons were facing each other and hunched over. They emitted light from their mouths and numerous symbols were engraved on them.

"What is this?" Adrian reached through his memories after finding the scene rather familiar.

"I remember this from somewhere…" Mya, too, found the light-emitting skeleton statues familiar, especially the symbols on their bodies.

Adrian suddenly recalled and said, "You're right. We have seen this before. Do you remember the black metal we found in the b